Short track racing. The first 240 laps were relatively lame in Saturday’s Toyota Care 250 at Richmond International Raceway. But that all changed with a caution with 12 laps to go. Justin Allgaier had dominated the afternoon, leading a career-high 157 laps. In the final 10 laps it looked as …
Read More »The Underdog House: Are Small-Time NASCAR Drivers Damaged Goods?
Think Small It’s an easy mistake to make: falling into the trap of thinking most of the drivers racing for NASCAR’s smaller teams are damaged goods. Sadly, it’s one that even team owners often fall into. How often have young, talented drivers taken rides in this group hoping for some …
Read More »Entry List: AAA Texas 500 Puts Alex Bowman Back In No. 88
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competes at Texas Motor Speedway for the second time this season Sunday, running their second race in the Chase Round of 8. Just two races remain before that field gets cut to the Championship 4 that will compete in a winner-take-all race for the title …
Read More »NASCAR 101: Recent Road Ringers Who Actually Made An Impact
It’s been a slow descent for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series from having bona fide, competitive road course ringers entered in its events at Sonoma Raceway and Watkins Glen International, to continuing to buy into the illusion that said ringers still had a shot at a top five, let alone …
Read More »Dylan Lupton to Attempt Sprint Cup Debut at Sonoma
In a third entry for BK Racing, NASCAR Next driver class of 2015-16 Dylan Lupton is scheduled to attempt his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut at Sonoma Raceway next weekend. The California native is slated to drive the No. 93 Toyota, which has seen action twice this season, once with …
Read More »Dylan Lupton Joins RSS Racing for Western Swing
On Tuesday, Dylan Lupton announced on SiriusXM Speedway with Dave Moody that he has reached a deal that will see the former K&N Pro Series West competitor drive the No. 93 Chevrolet for RSS Racing at Las Vegas, Phoenix and Auto Club (Fontana) as a teammate to Ryan Sieg. Mike …
Read More »Paul Menard Quickest in Road America Happy Hour
Friday afternoon’s final practice session at Road America for the XFINITY Series was marred by the threat of rain. While the full blown rainstorm did not materialize until after the session ended, sprinkles of varying intensity pelted down on the track for much of the session. The track was more …
Read More »Tweet N Greet: Joey Logano, Dylan Lupton, Jamie McMurray, Plus More!
Each week, Frontstretch will scour Twitter and other social media platforms looking for some of the best posts from your favorite NASCAR personalities, drivers and media members from all across the industry. These were some of our favorite posts from this week and we hope you enjoy them too! It's …
Read More »XFINITY Breakdown: Nationwide Children’s Hospital 200 at Mid-Ohio
There was nothing acceptable about Saturday’s result for Regan Smith unless he crossed the finish line ahead of everyone else. After aggressively going after Ty Dillon following a wild race at Watkins Glen, the former full-time Cup Series driver was determined to get back into Victory Lane. The sweat and …
Read More »Beyond the Cockpit: John Wes Townley Proving People Wrong with Title Run
Chicken is pretty good. For John Wes Townley, it has given him a career doing what he loves – racing cars/trucks for a living. But racing with his father’s company, Zaxby’s, slapped on his cars since his NASCAR debut in 2008, the Georgia native has lived a life full of harsh …
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