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Stock Car Scoop: How Can NASCAR Fix Martinsville?

Martinsville Speedway under the lights, May 2022. Photo: NKP

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After a weekend of NASCAR racing at Martinsville that featured relatively uneventful NASCAR Camping World Truck and NASCAR Cup series racing, along with a fight to conclude Friday (April 8) night’s Xfinity Series race, Adam Cheek and Bryan Nolen have a lot to discuss on this week’s Stock Car Scoop. Between the total lack of …

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Stock Car Scoop: How Will NASCAR Shortening Martinsville Impact Racing?

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The NASCAR Cup Series stays in Virginia for another week but heads south, this time to Martinsville Speedway for a date with “The Paperclip.” Joe Gibbs Racing is coming off a race at Richmond Raceway that featured all four of its Toyotas in the top 10 and Denny Hamlin rolling into victory lane at its …

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Stock Car Scoop: How Did NASCAR’s Reconfigured Atlanta Fare?

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NASCAR returned to the East Coast for a date with the newly reconfigured Atlanta Motor Speedway, which provided viewers with more superspeedway-style racing and a winner in Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron. However, with a number of tires failing, the reconfiguration itself and more, there’s plenty to discuss after a wild Sunday (Mar. 20) afternoon in …

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Stock Car Scoop: How Many 1st-Time Winners Will NASCAR Have in 2022?

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NASCAR wrapped up its West Coast swing at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday, where Chase Briscoe survived a three-way battle between first-time win candidates to score his first career victory in the Arizona desert. Did the semi-lackluster race at the site of the season finale make Bryan Nolen and Adam Cheek lose faith in the quality …

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Stock Car Scoop: Has Alex Bowman Leapfrogged Chase Elliott at Hendrick Motorsports?

Alex Bowman celebrates after scoring the victory for Hendrick Motorsports at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. (Photo: NKP)

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Bryan Nolen and Adam Cheek are joined by editor and Frontstretch Content Director Michael Massie on Stock Car Scoop to discuss whether Chase Elliott, not one of those winners, is falling down the pecking order at Hendrick Motorsports. Also, is the Toyota resurgence at Las Vegas just a one-off? And can the early season parity we’ve seen in the Cup Series continue for the foreseeable future?

Stock Car Scoop: Should NASCAR Still Convert Auto Club to a Short Track?

The NASCAR Cup Series field lines up for the start of the 2022 Wise Power 400 at Auto Club Speedway. Photo: NKP

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NASCAR put on a show in its return to Auto Club Speedway on Sunday (Feb. 27), with defending champion Kyle Larson coming to life late and claiming his first victory of 2022. After the Cup Series put on a show Sunday afternoon with a quality race, should NASCAR still convert the Fontana venue into a …

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