By John Schutt Who would have thought two Cup races in two weeks would give us two first-time winners. Added to that was first-time winner Ty Gibbs in the Xfiinty cars Saturday. NASCAR, Cup Series, O’Reilly Auto Parts 253 at Daytona, Daytona Road Course, Daytona Beach, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 21....
By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity 500, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Va., Xfinity 500, Sunday, Nov. 1. Chase Elliott won the championship at Martinsville to qualify for the final four in Phoenix at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8. Second place was won by Ryan Blaney, Joe Logano was in third,...
By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series, Bank of America Roval 400, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course, Sunday, Oct. 11. For the fourth time in a row, Chase Elliott was the winner in a Nascar road course race. Following Elliott was Joey Logano in second place, Eric Jones...
By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nev., Sunday, Sept. 27. Kurt Busch scored his first career Cup victory at his hometown track, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, won his first race of the season, and was the first driver to advance to third round of...
By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series, Cook Out Southern 500, Darlington Raceway, Darlington S.C., Sunday, Sept. 6. The race was the first of the playoffs for the 2020 NASCAR championship, a throw back weekend with some cars receiving a paint scheme from the past. In the last 10 laps, race...
By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series, Consumers Energy 400, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Mich., Sunday, Aug. 9. Kevin Harvick won the race followed by Denny Hamin in second place, Martin Truex, Jr. in third, Kyle Busch in fourth, and Joey Logano in fifth. Ryan Blaney was in front with Brad...
By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series, O’Reilly Auto Parts 600, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, July 19. A wreck occurred in the last 10 laps of the race which allowed Austin Dillion to get up front for the first time in the race. He led the final restart...
By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series, Geico 500, Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Ala., Monday, June 22. The race with limited fans due to COVID-19 was marred with a racial incident aimed at the only black NASCAR Cup driver, Bubba Wallace, Jr. Sunday. A noose was found hanging in his pit stall....
By John Schutt According to Nascar, Chicagoland Speedway will not be host to the Cup Series this season originally scheduled for June 18-21. A request has been made to the Joliet planning commission by Hillwood Investment Properties to subdivide a portion of the Speedway Property. The request has been made...
By John Schutt All official Nascar races have been suspended until at least May 3 due to COVID-19 (coronavirus). The next scheduled Cup Race will be the Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500, at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 9 at Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Va.. However, there was a new type of...
By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series, Fan Shield 500, Phoenix Raceway, Phoenix, Ariz., Sunday, March 8. The 500-kilometer race was led by pole-winner Chase Elliott and Kevin Harvick. Eventual race-winner was the Penski Ford, driven by Joe Logano in an overtime finish! Following Logano were Harvick in second place, Kyle...
By John Schutt NASCAR Xfinity Series, Racing Experience 300, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 15. The Xfinity Series race was run with Harrison Burton and Noah Gragson trading place through the 300-mile race. After the last restart Gragson took the lead and won the race for JR...
By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla., Monday, Feb. 17. The race was delayed approximately 23 hours due to rain and was started in the afternoon. On the final lap of the race Ryan Newman was in the lead until he was bumped from behind...
By John Schutt Here is some NASCAR and other auto racing news. The Nascar Daytona schedule is as follows: • The Busch Clash at Daytona will be Saturday, Feb. 9., with practice at 11:30 a.m. followed by Daytona 500 practice. • The Lucas Oil 200 ARCA (Automotive Racing Club of...
By John Schutt NASCAR Monster Energy Series championship, Ford EcoBoost 400, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 17. Kyle Busch won the final race and won the Nascar Championship. Following were Martin Truex, Jr. in second place, Eric Jones in third, Kevin Harvick in fourth, and Joe Logano in fifth....
By John Schutt NASCAR, Monster Energy series, AAA Texas 500, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, Nov. 3. Kevin Harvick started in front and won the third stage and won the overall race for the third time! Following Harvick were Aric Almirola in second place, Daniel Suarez in third,...
By John Schutt NASCAR Monster Energy series, Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kan., Sunday, Oct. 20. Denny Hamlin took over control late in stage two, led 153 laps, and won the race. In second place was Chase Elliott, Kyle Busch was in third, Ryan Blaney in fourth, and...
By John Schutt Nascar, Monster Energy series, Drydene 400, Dover International Speedway, Dover, Del., Sunday, Oct. 6. Denny Hamlin received pole position and chose to start on the outside on this all-concrete race track dubbed the Monster Mile. Kyle “Mister Second Place” Larson, finished in first place! Following were Martin...
By John Schutt NASCAR Monster Energy series, Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond International Speedway, Richmond, Va., Saturday Sept. 21. Brad Keselowski and Kevin Harvick, each in a Ford, started on the pole and looked to be the fastest. But, early on the entire Joe Gibbs racing team took over and...
By John Schutt NASCAR Monster Energy series, Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard Powered By Florida Georgia Line, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Ind. Sunday, Sept. 8. Kevin Harvick raced side by side with Joe Logano in the final laps and pulled away to win this year’s race by three...
