Who will advance to the final round of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs? When it comes to the Cup race this weekend at ISM Raceway, it’s really a question of who among Kyle Busch, Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin will not make the championship round. Ryan Blaney and Kyle Larson …
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Was it the right move to release Hinchcliffe? Arrow McLaren SP, formerly Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (presumably with Felix Sabates), announced this week that fan favorite James Hinchcliffe will not be on the two-car team next year in the NTT IndyCar Series. Hinchcliffe, a nine-year veteran of the series, was …
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Who will win themselves a grandfather clock this week? A couple of weeks ago in this column, it was noted that there were just three lead changes at Martinsville Speedway in the spring race. While I don’t think that number is going to go into double digits this weekend, there’ll …
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Who will drive Kyle Busch Motorsports’ No. 18 Toyota in 2020? On Thursday, Oct. 17, Joe Gibbs Racing announced Harrison Burton will be moving up to the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 20 Toyota full time. The news wasn’t as surprising, as he drove the No. 18 car for …
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Has the current aero package been a failure? This week, Austin Dillon took a special Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series racecar to a closed test session at Richmond Raceway. The car, generic as the car manufacturers are still early in development of their own spins on the rules package, represents …
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Will the new ARCA be a success or failure? This week, NASCAR officially unveiled their new direction for ARCA and what is now known as the K&N Pro Series East/West. One platform. 🚗 Four Championship Series. 🏆🏆🏆🏆 Exciting changes are coming to the ARCA Menards Series in 2020: https://t.co/cMVOtRjllJ pic.twitter.com/hh4s19cFgz …
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Is the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL the wildest of cards in a playoff format that also includes races at Talladega Superspeedway and Martinsville Speedway? Yes. No, but really. Until about two or three years from now, the ROVAL will be the greatest unknown. Anything can happen, and the only thing …
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What’s the latest Silly Season development? More Silly Season dominoes fell into place this week, with Richard Childress Racing announcing the departure of Daniel Hemric from the team. NEWS pic.twitter.com/t8qkuqrZl2 — RCR (@RCRracing) September 17, 2019 It has been a fairly rough Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series rookie season for …
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Who is the new driver for Wood Brothers Racing? After a roller coaster of a month where Matt DiBenedetto was told he was out of a job, almost won at Bristol Motor Speedway and had a solid run at Darlington Raceway, Wood Brothers Racing has announced his hiring for 2020 …
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Who will make the 2019 Cup Series playoffs? The field for the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs were just about set following a win by Erik Jones at Darlington Raceway last weekend. The top 14 drivers in regular season points- Kyle Busch (who is also the regular season …
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