In this week’s edition of the Frontstretch Podcast, Dustin Albino and Mike Neff discuss the first three weeks of a busy 2020 offseason. The crew chief change at Joe Gibbs Racing highlights the offseason, as Adam Sevens will move from winning 28 races and two championships with Kyle Busch to Christopher Bell. Was the …
Read More »Riley Herbst Moving to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2021
Riley Herbst will move to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2021 to chase the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship, multiple sources have confirmed to Frontstretch. On Nov. 12, Joe Gibbs Racing — Herbst’s former team — announced it signed Daniel Hemric to drive the No. 18 Toyota in Xfinity, formerly driven by Herbst. Linked …
Read More »Xfinity Breakdown: Texas Scrambles 2020 NXS Championship Race
Everything is indeed bigger in Texas for the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series… including the drama. Suddenly, the NXS championship race is all scrambled up.With many title contenders falling victim to over-aggressive moves, bent fenders and hurt feelings, it was playoff driver Noah Gragson who looked as if he would fight …
Read More »Last-Lap, Last-Gasp Pass For Harrison Burton Wins NXS Race at Texas
In a surprise ending to the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway, NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Harrison Burton snuck past Noah Gragson on the final turn to snag his third victory of the season. Gragson, who took the lead with 15 laps to go, was in the midst …
Read More »Xfinity Breakdown: Chase Briscoe Cruises to Victory Again, Other Playoff Contenders Stumble
You can now eliminate the word “worry” and all synonyms related to the word from Chase Briscoe’s vocabulary because in Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway, he was simply dominant – and all synonyms related to the word too. Briscoe won both stages, much like he did at Las …
Read More »Late-Race Crash at Kansas Sends Anthony Alfredo Rolling, Involves Playoff Contenders
With just 28 laps remaining in the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Kansas Lottery 300, all hell broke loose on a restart and Anthony Alfredo wound up on his lid. The rare non-superspeedway flip occurred when Alfredo, Justin Allgaier and Brandon Brown were side-by-side near the apron heading into the first turn. …
Read More »Frontstretch Podcast: Racing in the Rain, AJ Allmendinger Chats Xfinity Victory at ROVAL
Subscribe: iTunes In this week’s edition of the Frontstretch Podcast, Dustin Albino and Mike Neff discuss rain racing at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL, as it played a factor in both the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity series races.Chase Elliott scored the victory in the Cup race, his fourth straight win on a road course. …
Read More »Couch Potato Tuesday: NBC Splashes About in Charlotte
Charlotte was … drier than expected. I was convinced that it was going to rain all day Saturday and all day Sunday. We ended up with two races in the rain Saturday and the Cup race starting on a drying track. It made for some interesting television, to say the …
Read More »AJ Allmendinger Nabs Xfinity Victory in Wet & Wild Spectacle at Charlotte ROVAL
Heavy rains on a road course, what could possibly go wrong? After dealing with both a downpour and a hard-charging Chase Briscoe, AJ Allmendinger went back to victory lane at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL on Saturday, Oct. 10. Allmendinger’s win in the Drive for the Cure 250 marked his …
Read More »Title Hopes End for Brandon Brown, Harrison Burton, Michael Annett & Riley Herbst
The NASCAR Xfinity Series finished up its Round of 12 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL on Oct. 10. When the checkered flag flew, eight drivers’ hopes of reaching glory in Phoenix Raceway survived, while another four had theirs collapse. Brandon Brown, Harrison Burton, Michael Annett and Riley Herbst were on …
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