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There is a new No. 1 on this list. Denny Hamlin earned his second victory of the season by capturing the win Sunday at Nashville Superspeedway. And while that is no match for Tyler Reddick’s five wins this year, the fact that he is riding the momentum of three top-three finishes in the last four races puts him atop the power rankings. Here are my power rankings as the NASCAR […]

Here's what's happening this week Inside The Garage: DETROIT — Josef Newgarden had this look of pain on his face. But this wasn’t from his foot. It was for the award he was about to receive for the driver who gained the most positions during the race. For Newgarden, that’s just a reminder that he qualified poorly. In some races, it would also be a little bit of a reminder […]

Admittedly, Denny Hamlin has not executed the best on restarts this season, so winning Sunday in a race that was a nail-biter down the stretch certainly made for a satisfying night. Hamlin led 57 of the 115 laps of the final stage at Nashville Superspeedway but stole the win from Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell after a late caution set up a four-lap dash to the finish. "We had […]

Daniel Suárez held off the field at the Coca-Cola 600 last weekend in Charlotte and captured the checkered flag after closing at +17000 to be the outright winner. Now the NASCAR Cup Series heads to Nashville for the Cracker Barrel 400 on Sunday, May 31. Will Suárez make it two in a row or will another driver get into Victory Lane when Cup heads to Music City this weekend? Here […]

Kevin Harvick recalled a time in the 2010s when young NASCAR drivers with aspirations of the Truck Series and beyond had to make a decision. Compete for Chevrolet and Kevin Harvick Incorporated, or drive with Toyota and Kyle Busch Motorsports. There was no playing both sides. Drivers had to choose a direction. Fans in the grandstands picked a side and were distinctly divided. "You had to pick a path," Harvick […]

Daniel Suárez wasn’t on this list after Watkins Glen, but he's on it now. That’s what winning the Coke 600 will do for a driver. Suárez won with a two-tire pit strategy and he's also now 10th in the standings, meaning he has had consistently good finishes this year. Maybe not many great finishes but consistently good ones. So he’s the first driver you’ll read on this top-10 list. Here […]

Here's what's happening this week Inside The Garage: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Speedway, Ind.) — Alex Palou left Indianapolis Motor Speedway without another Borg Warner Trophy but still remains the INDYCAR points leader. His lead could have been more, though, as Palou was docked five points for a postrace technical infraction following Sunday's Indianapolis 500. It was another punch on a day when the defending race winner wound up in seventh […]

The NASCAR industry rallied behind the Busch family and then tried to bring some normalcy to its weekend by running the traditional 600-mile race Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Daniel Suarez, who has credited Kyle Busch with helping him in his early days moving from NASCAR’s Mexico series to the United States, won on a late strategy call that put him out front. He held off the field for a […]

Tributes to the late Kyle Busch were abundant throughout NASCAR's weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway, especially at Sunday's Coca-Cola 600. Before the green flag, NASCAR had a special tribute moment to Busch, who died suddenly Thursday as the result of pneumonia complications. He was 41. Busch's wife, Samantha, and their two children, Brexton and Lennix, were in attendance, along with Busch's older brother, NASCAR Hall of Famer Kurt Busch. The […]