Dropping the Hammer: The World According to 23XI Racing
While there are obvious comparisons between 23XI Racing and Trackhouse Racing, Denny Hamlin’s young Cup Series team is following a very different path.
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Dropping the Hammer: Joey Logano Doesn’t Care What You Think
A lot of people don’t like Joey Logano. For some reason, ever since the Team Penske driver broke into the NASCAR Cup Series in 2008 as an 18-year-old prodigy heralded by Mark Martin, Logano has rubbed people the wrong way.
Dropping the Hammer: Has Chris Buescher’s Moment Arrived?
Chris Buescher’s first career pole may indicate a turnaround in RFK Racing’s competitiveness on the track.
Dropping The Hammer: The World According to Trackhouse Racing
There’s an eight-letter word that isn’t uttered, at least not often, at Trackhouse Racing Team’s headquarters in Concord, N.C.
Dropping the Hammer: Kyle Busch, ‘Caveats’ and Bristol Dirt
Sunday night (April 17) saw an all-time finish at Bristol Motor Speedway. Two young drivers dueled for the win, one of them still in search of his first Cup victory, until they made contact on the last lap and went spinning to the apron. An aging veteran who hadn’t won since last June materialized out …
Dropping the Hammer: Ty Gibbs & the Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
What do Ty Gibbs and Anakin Skywalker have in common?
Dropping The Hammer: Why Fox Sports’ NASCAR Pre-Race Show Needs Fixing
Roughly 24 hours after Sunday’s (April 3) NASCAR Cup Series event at Richmond Raceway, there was one lasting image from the first short track race of the season.
It wasn’t Denny Hamlin celebrating atop his No. 11 Toyota after scoring his first win of 2022.
It wasn’t Ryan Blaney and Ross Chastain trading bump-and-runs.
It was…..Clint Howard?
Dropping the Hammer: Atlanta’s NASCAR Future Is Here. Survey Says…?
After a full reconfiguration of Atlanta Motor Speedway produced racing SMI CEO Marcus Smith called “sports entertainment,” did the powers that be get this right?
Dropping the Hammer: Chase Briscoe’s Surprising First Cup Win (or Was It?)
With 20 laps left in Sunday’s (March 13) NASCAR Cup race at Phoenix Raceway, the final challengers for the race win came into focus: Somehow, it came down to three drivers under the age of 30 who hadn’t won on the Cup circuit yet. Looking at the makeup of the Cup Series in 2022, the …
Dropping the Hammer: Scoreboard, Baby
We live in a weird world. No more than five years ago, Alex Bowman‘s racing claim to fame in NASCAR was this: climbing from a Tommy Baldwin Racing car at New Hampshire in 2015 as its right-side tire caught fire and sent the car up in flames. That was it. Aside from two Xfinity Series …