[ad_1] Ty Gibbs has six consecutive finishes of sixth or better, with his latest finish being his best. The 23-year-old Joe Gibbs Racing driver’s victory last Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway allowed him to continue to climb in these rankings. Tyler Reddick, though, with four wins and six top-10 finishes in the eight races this year, remains in the No. 1 spot. Here are my power rankings heading into the
[ad_1] Bristol Motor Speedway (Bristol, Va.) — Alex Bowman admits when he was dizzy and puking in his car during the race last month at Circuit of the Americas, he wasn’t sure if he would ever race again. "When I got out at COTA, I was like, ‘This is probably it.’ That was what was going through my head," Bowman said at a news conference on Saturday. "That sucked. And
[ad_1] Alex Bowman, who has missed the last four NASCAR Cup Series races because of vertigo, will return to the Hendrick Motorsports No. 48 car this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway. Bowman spent Tuesday in a street car turning laps on the Ten Tenths road course that is next to Charlotte Motor Speedway. He participated in pit-stop practice and did laps in a simulator Wednesday and was medically cleared to
[ad_1] The NASCAR Cup Series gets back on track at Bristol on Sunday, April 12 for the Food City 500 (3 p.m. ET, FS1). Kyle Larson got into Victory Lane at this race in 2025, with a winning margin of 2.250 seconds. However, with no wins so far in 2026, the Hendrick Motorsports driver could use a little of last year's luck when Cup gets the green flag in Bristol
[ad_1] When NASCAR introduced the new Chase system and got rid of the win-and-in element to its postseason, there was the thought that drivers might not make bold moves or crew chiefs might not take chances because of the new points system. And in some ways, fans can argue that has happened. Crazy moves for the win where the leaders crash? Haven't seen it. But at least for one Cup
[ad_1] Kevin Harvick might know NASCAR's next star pretty well. In fact, he might be influencing his driving style without even knowing it. Harvick's son, Keelan, is 13 and has already signed a long-term deal with Toyota Racing Development. He's following in the path of his father, and taking after his skills, too. That was displayed in a side-by-side shot on the latest episode of "SPEED with Harvick and Buxton"
[ad_1] Chase Elliott and Denny Hamlin have had some notable Martinsville Speedway battles, but the one Sunday came down to pit strategy. Elliott got track position by pitting earlier than most in the final stage and having the lead when the caution came out with 88 laps remaining. He then outlasted Hamlin, who had dominated the first 300 laps of the race, for the victory. Back in 2017 at Martinsville,
[ad_1] Charles R. Jonas Federal Building (Charlotte, N.C.) — Among the few things that Joe Gibbs Racing, Spire Motorsports and Chris Gabehart likely can agree to in their contentious litigation, is this statement from Spire co-owner Jeff Dickerson: "It is extraordinary for an organization in our business to hire a private investigator to follow around any employee, let alone a former employee," Dickerson said in a court filing. "In my
[ad_1] When any driver dominates a racing series, there will be talk and there will be questions. What are they doing? And is what they are doing legal? The winning car is inspected after the race, so it would be mildly surprising if a sanctioning body continuously lets something go that they find — racing series love parity and love having multiple drivers win. They don’t want predictable races. That's
[ad_1] Darlington Raceway (Darlington, S.C.) — Tyler Reddick had to gut out a race-winning performance in a hot race car without some of the creature comforts because of an ailing electrical system that wouldn’t charge Sunday afternoon. When you have basketball icon Michael Jordan as your boss and watching you race, it is probably best not to complain and do everything you can to win. Reddick did that, as he
