For a hot minute, it didn’t look like Erik Jones would survive Thursday night’s second Can-Am Duel at Daytona International Speedway. The handling wasn’t there on the No. 20 car, making his second start with Joe Gibbs Racing in a less than a week quite the difficult one. When eventual …
Read More »Kevin Harvick Wants More Balance for Shot at Daytona 500 Victory
Kevin Harvick started fourth in the second Can-Am Duel on Thursday evening and stayed in the top five for the remainder of the night. The race’s only incident came out on lap 11 when Erik Jones got loose, spinning in front of the field, collecting Matt DiBenedetto and Kyle Larson. …
Read More »Chase Elliott Dominates Second Can-Am Duel
Chase Elliott won the second Can-Am Duel on Thursday night (Feb. 15) to claim the fourth-place starting spot in the Daytona 500. The win marks Elliott’s second career Duel win, also winning one last year. “We did this last year. We got the big one to go on Sunday,” Elliott …
Read More »Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: I Feel Like I Can Be Aggressive
The blue and white No. 17 machine was dipping and diving around Daytona International Speedway on Thursday evening. Its fresh coat of paint, though, wasn’t what made it notable during the first of two Can-Am Duels. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wanted to make it known that he is a force to …
Read More »Darrell Wallace Jr. Confident Heading into Daytona 500
For the majority of the first Can-Am Duel, Darrell Wallace Jr. hovered in the back half of the top 10. But when a caution came out with three laps to go, the famed No. 43 machine was in position to pick up the victory. On the green-white-checkered finish, Wallace restarted …
Read More »Darrell Wallace Jr. Pushes Ryan Blaney to Win the First Cam-Am Duel
Alex Bowman started the first Can-Am Duel at Daytona International Speedway on the pole, but was quickly shuffled out on the first lap. The three Team Penske cars maneuvered to the top of the field and claimed the top-three spots, with Brad Keselowski initially leading before Joey Logano took over. …
Read More »BK Racing Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
After having its court date postponed with Union Bank & Trust on Feb. 5, BK Racing filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday in Western District Court of North Carolina. According to Chapter 11 bankruptcy, it generally provides for reorganization, usually involving a corporation or partnership. It also allows a business …
Read More »Frontstretch Podcast: Previewing the 2018 NASCAR Season
In the second episode of the 2018 Frontstretch Podcast, we give our NASCAR playoff predictions. Who can make it all the way to Homestead? Dustin Albino, Zach Catanzareti and Joseph Wolkin break down their top candidates. Coming off an action-packed 2018 season, certain drivers are also expected to perform at a high level. Martin …
Read More »Daily Fantasy NASCAR DraftKings Forecast: 2018 Daytona 500
Daily fantasy NASCAR is back, which is a great reminder that spring is right around the corner. If you live up north like me, the Daytona 500 will shine a bright light on the weekend and help you forget about the foot-and-a-half of snow on the front lawn. The front …
Read More »Happiness Is: Joy
Itʻs time. Time to start imagining the prospect of winterʻs chill receding in the rear-view mirror. Time to enjoy the jet dryer of time blowing away old memories to start the season anew. Time to allow a bit of childish joy to creep into your life if youʻre a motorsport …
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