Author Archives: Phillip Spain

Quaker State 400 Recap: William Byron picks up Fourth win of the season at Atlanta

William Byron won Sunday’s Quaker State 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It’s Byron’s fourth win this season, eighth of his career and the 2000th win in Chevrolet racing history. In second was Daniel Suárez, followed by AJ Allmendinger. A strong run for JJ Yeley in 7th. It’s Yeley’s first top 10 since 2013 and bestContinue reading “Quaker State 400 Recap: William Byron picks up Fourth win of the season at Atlanta”

Rackley Roofing 200 Recap: Hocevar holds off Smith, Sanchez for Second Win of 2023

Carson Hocevar took home the win in Rackley Roofing 200. It’s his second win of 2023. Hocevar held off Zane Smith and Nick Sanchez after a late caution forced a restart with 4 laps to go. The first two stages of Friday’s race were won by Smith and Corey Heim. Third place starter Rajah CaruthContinue reading “Rackley Roofing 200 Recap: Hocevar holds off Smith, Sanchez for Second Win of 2023”

Enjoy Illinois 300 recap: Busch smokes competition en route to victory

Kyle Busch picked up his 63rd career victory at Worldwide Technology Raceway. It was his third win of the season. In race marred by lightning holds, brake failures and power outages, Busch won the first stage and lead for a race high 121 of 243 laps. He held off second place Denny Hamlin after aContinue reading “Enjoy Illinois 300 recap: Busch smokes competition en route to victory”

#POA147 Recap: Cole Custer holds off Allgaier in late stages for first win of the season

Cole Custer held off last week’s winner Justin Allgaier to win the Pacific Office Automation 147 at Portland International Raceway. It’s Custer’s first win of the season, and the 10th of his career. Custer took the lead after restarting 4th on the overtime restart. He was able to get the lead after then-3rd place driverContinue reading “#POA147 Recap: Cole Custer holds off Allgaier in late stages for first win of the season”

Stewart-Haas Racing Handed L3 Level Penalty For Counterfeiting a Next Gen Part

Wednesday afternoon it was announced by NASCAR that the 14 team of Chase Briscoe for Stewart-Haas Racing had been handed down a L3-level penalty for counterfeiting a part on the Next-Gen Ford Mustang. The penalty also includes a loss of 120 points in both the driver and owner standings, an additional loss of 25 pointsContinue reading “Stewart-Haas Racing Handed L3 Level Penalty For Counterfeiting a Next Gen Part”

“Somebody’s Gotta do it”: Why The End of the Kansas Race Could Be The Spark NASCAR Needs

In the moments after Sunday’s Advent Health 400 at Kansas, tempers were flaring. Kyle Larson, the second place finisher, had battled back from an early race spin and looked poised to avenge last year’s late race loss to Kurt Busch. That was not to be, as contact from Denny Hamlin would send the 5 carContinue reading ““Somebody’s Gotta do it”: Why The End of the Kansas Race Could Be The Spark NASCAR Needs”

United Rentals 500 Race Recap: 2 in a Row for William Byron

William Byron backed up last weekend’s victory at Las Vegas with a victory in Sunday’s United Rentals 500 at Phoenix Raceway. Its his 6th career win and his first at the short track. In NASCAR’s first race with a new short track package, the race was mostly run without incident. Aric Almirola would bring outContinue reading “United Rentals 500 Race Recap: 2 in a Row for William Byron”