By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series Championship, Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Ariz., 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 7. It was the final race this season and only four racers had collected enough points win. Two racers were from Hendrick Motorsports, Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson, and two from Joe Gibbs Racing, Martin...
By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series, YellaWood 500, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladaga, Ala., Monday, Oct. 4. Rain delays Sunday, Oct. 3 moved the start of the race to late Monday , Oct. 4 morning, however, Bubba Wallace didn’t complain because he was in the lead at the end of the second...
By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series, FireKeepers Casino 400, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Mich., Sunday, Aug. 22. A surprise Ford vehicle came from nowhere with Ryan Blaney driving to win his second Cup race ahead of William Byron and Kyle Larson, who led much of the race. Following in fourth...
By John Schutt Nascar Cup Series, Quaker State 400, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga., Sunday, July 11. The race was run on a very old surface and was won by an old driver, Kurt Busch, 42 years of age. Kurt Busch won over his younger brother, Kyle Busch, by less...
By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series, Food City Dirt Race, Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt, Bristol Tenn., Monday, March 29. The half-mile mile asphalt track nick-named the Colosseum of NASCAR racing, was converted to a dirt track. More than 2,000 truck-loads of special dirt was brought in to lay a perfect...
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...
The partnership between NASCAR driver Ross Chastain and the Moose Fraternity moves into high gear Saturday as Chastain drives the No. 10 Kaulig Racing car on behalf of the Moose during the Xfinity Series UNOH 188 at the Daytona Road Course in Daytona, Fla.. The race will begin at 2...
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, Big Machine Hand Sanitizer 400 Powered By Big Machine Records, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Ind. Sunday, July 5. This famous track is owned by the Penski organization with a recent purchase. The Fourth of July weekend was busy with an Indy Car race on...
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....
Movement on the return to sports competition begins with NASCAR’s decision to hold a race event Sunday, May 17, in a sense. It will be different with no fans in attendance, thankfully. The COVID-19 remains in high gear and fans in attendance only would be asking for trouble. There is...
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...
