After an eventful, attrition filled race, Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain picked up his second career win.
Category Archives: Cup Series
It’s a Sprint, Not a Marathon: Weird Stories from NASCAR’s Shortest Races
When races get cut short, weird stuff can happen – and usually does. Jack Swansey counts down the five shortest points-paying Cup races, and the stories behind them.
Busch Ironically Steals One At Bristol Dirt
Taking a page out of the playbook he so famously trashed, Kyle Busch backed into a win of his own at Bristol.
OPINION: NASCAR Needs a Street Race
Jack puts on his anthropology hat and explains why a street race would bring new fans to NASCAR
Week 8 NASCAR Power Rankings
After taking a week off to let things shake up, here is the latest iteration of Walker Skeeter’s power rankings.
Must Go Faster: Jeff Gordon, Ray Evernham, and the Perfect Race Car (If You Ain’t Cheatin’, You Ain’t Tryin’, Part 4)
The fourth entry in the Cheatin’ series covers the T-Rex, a 1997 Hendrick Motorsports chassis that is maybe the greatest individual race car of all time.
Too Soon, Junior! 1970s NASCAR’s Nitrous Problem (If You Ain’t Cheatin’, You Ain’t Tryin’, Part 3)
It’s a dental anaesthetic and an illegal fuel additive! The story of nitrous oxide in NASCAR, and how it led to the strangest Daytona 500 front row in history.
Blue Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400
Recap of the Blue Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 at Martinsville Speedway.
If You Ain’t Cheatin’, You Ain’t Tryin’, Part 2: Junior Johnson’s Yellow Banana
Part 2 of the series sees Junior Johnson hack a ’66 Galaxie into a fruit salad to bring the Blue Oval back to NASCAR.
If You Ain’t Cheatin’, You Ain’t Tryin’, Part 1: The Tall Tale of Smokey Yunick’s 7/8ths-scale Chevelle
Part One of a series celebrating the innovation that only exists in the loopholes of the NASCAR rulebook, beginning with the greatest of all time, Smokey Yunick.
