Special Commentary: Cup

After a season that featured a stoppage due to a global pandemic, way too many rain delays, a frightening crash and more oddities and bizarre moments, the NASCAR Cup Series has finally arrived at the precipice of the offseason. All that chaos has led to championship weekend, which, appropriate for …

So, the 96 Hours of Texas Motor Speedway are over. There have been a lot of rain delays in the history of the NASCAR Cup Series, but this one was one of epic proportions. While it wasn’t the longest ever, it is apparently the longest in which the competitors didn’t …

The third-place finisher on Wednesday (Oct. 28) night at Texas Motor Speedway had a different look to his car, but it was still Christopher Bell who brought his No. 95 Toyota Camry home in third for a career-best finish in the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500. Bell ran quietly most of …

October 19, 2020 was Manic Monday for NASCAR Silly Season. In the course of 12 hours, four major driver announcements connected most of the final puzzle pieces in the 2021 Cup Series garage. Rarely do we see so much news drop in such a short period of time. Let’s take …

The Round of 12 was forgettable for Kevin Harvick, but don’t allow that to make you forget how dangerous the 2014 NASCAR Cup Series champion is. Harvick, who has a series-high nine wins this season and has dominated 2020 statistically, was but a blip on the radar throughout the second …

The realm of sports is often home to feel-good stories, but they frequently prove fleeting in nature.  Given the industry’s sponsorship-focused business model and frequent need for immediate return, that’s arguably more true in motorsports than any other industry.  It’s because of that truth that deals like Thursday’s (Oct. 8) …

So, the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series schedule is out. We asked for changes, and we got them. Some good, some not so good. NASCAR is telling us that this is the first step; let’s hope that it is not the last. We have more road courses, which is one of …

Over the years, Talladega Superspeedway has been a track where the unpredictable is always predictable. You know something unusual is going happen, but you just don’t know what it is or when it’s going to happen. There is the “Big One” of course – that multi-car accident most often created …

Kyle Busch‘s struggles in 2020 are growing more and more evident by the week. But the true extent of what the No. 18 team is facing was placed front and center Saturday night (Sept. 19) in the Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway – even if the …

Twenty-six races in the NASCAR Cup Series regular season. A driver tries all he can during the first 25 but isn’t able to grab a victory. The last race of the regular season provides one last chance for a driver to use all of his skills to get into the …