In the latest episode of the 2018 Frontstretch Podcast, we review a wild weekend of restrictor plate racing at Talladega Superspeedway with Dustin Albino, Mike Neff, Zach Catanzareti and driver of the No. 62 Beard Motorsports Chevrolet, Brendan Gaughan. Joey Logano led a race-high 70 laps in Sunday’s Geico 500 at Talladega en route to his first victory in 36 races. …
NASCAR announced Wednesday (May 2) that Talladega NASCAR XFINITY winner Spencer Gallagher has been suspended indefinitely from the sport for violating NASCAR’s substance abuse policy. In all three of NASCAR’s National Series, the Substance Abuse Policy comprises Section 19 of the rule book. In order to regain eligibility to race in the future, Gallagher has …
Talladega brings all kinds of unusual instances. This year, we got drivers in the booth, Darrell Waltrip apparently not being in on a joke and wheelies. By Talladega standards, it was quirky, but not insane. Before we get into the Alabama adventure, there’s some TV news of note. On Monday, IMSA and NBC Sports jointly …
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Joey Logano Finds Way Back to Victory Lane – It’s hard to believe that it took Joey Logano over one calendar year to earn another win … yet here we are. Caught in the middle between the young guns and veterans categories used to label drivers, especially this season, Logano …
Whenever NASCAR takes to the high banks of Talladega Superspeedway, there’s going to be fast speeds, big wrecks and possible first-time winners. All of that, along with a plethora of pit strategies, was included in Saturday’s Sparks Energy 300 as Spencer Gallagher won his first NASCAR race, leading just the final lap. Gallagher started the …
Spencer Gallagher was able to hold off a hard-charging Tyler Reddick to secure his first career victory in the Sparks Energy 300 at Talladega Saturday (April 28). Gallagher got a wicked run on the inside of Reddick, who won at Daytona, and he never looked back; Reddick ended up eighth. “The only thing going through my …
Spencer Gallagher would like to forget 2017. Everything was promising as he leaped into the NASCAR XFINITY Series after spending two full-time seasons in the Camping World Truck Series, narrowly missing the playoffs in 2016. But the GMS Racing rookie was in for a rude awakening while taking the next step up the proverbial ladder …
Richmond Raceway put on two fairly different races last weekend. One was going to be one of the fastest Cup races ever at Richmond until a series of late cautions. The other was not quite as clean. Toyota Owners 400 Last weekend’s races were moved back to nighttime in response to fan input. Well, it’s …
Ryan Preece continues to cash in on betting on himself. The former Whelen Modified Tour champion won the Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday afternoon (April 14). It was Preece’s second victory since joining Joe Gibbs Racing for a part-time schedule last year. Preece also won the NASCAR XFINITY Series’ Dash …
Whenever a racetrack has tire wear, Kyle Larson pops to the top of a lot of people’s minds regarding a potential race winner. In Saturday’s Boyd Gaming 300, the No. 42 Chevrolet led 142 laps en route to his first career victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Larson started from second, and it didn’t take …
The 2018 Speedweeks were good to Spencer Gallagher. The son of GMS Racing owner Maurice Gallagher Jr. watched on Friday night as his family’s No. 21 truck of Johnny Sauter won the Camping World Truck Series race at Daytona International Speedway. The younger Gallagher represented his father in the media center after the race and …
Chances are you’re focusing more — if not completely — on the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship battle that’s wrapping up in a month, and rightfully so, since it seems like it could be quite the nail-biter once all is said and done. That said, five races remain in the 2017 Cup season, and …
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