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The NASCAR Cup Series is at Dayton International Speedway Saturday for the Coke Zero 400. We had a crazy race Friday, where the last five laps seemed to take 2 hours to finish and the results showed a very unusual top-10 result.   Saturday, just like Friday, Daytona could offer the best chance for an […]

Daytona has finally come back around, starting with Friday’s Wawa 250 at Daytona International Speedway. While the summer classic Xfinity race doesn’t have the same height of stakes as the Cup regular-season finale, the excitement and intrigue will still be on full display. With four races left in the regular season for the Xfinity season, […]

The NASCAR Cup Series is in Watkins Glen Sunday for the Go Bowling at the Glen race. NASCAR brings its top two series to the Empire State this weekend for the famed road course Watkins Glen. One of the least demanding road courses on the circuit, Watkins Glen slots into the “wild card” category with […]

Welcome to New York! NASCAR brings their top two series to The Empire State for the famed road course Watkins Glen. One of the least demanding road courses on the circuit, Watkins Glen slots into the “wild-card” category with numerous Cup Series drivers taking the wheel for the Xfinity series race.   Anytime the series […]

The race for the final playoff spot appears to be a two-car showdown between Ryan Blaney and Martin Truex Jr. Both winless heading into the final three races of the regular season, each has a reason to like their odds to secure the first win of the season for their respective teams. The upcoming Daytona […]

The Camping World Truck Series kicks off the second race of the playoffs this weekend at Richmond with 10 drivers competing for the season championship. Short-track racing always opens up the possibility for carnage and mayhem.    Note: There is a short window between qualifying and publish deadline, so check DISCORD  for updates. High-salaried drivers […]

Michigan has been a personal playground for Ford teams for the past eight years. Whether it has been Team Penske or Stewart-Haas, pole positions and wins have come in spades here for the blue oval. This new car has taken that advantage away this weekend, and throughout the year, Toyota has shown a larger dominance […]

The NASCAR Xfinity Series heads to Michigan Saturday for the New Holland 250. For the oval tracks of 1.5 miles and above, JR Motorsports has been the clear cut class of the field. While it appears that the Kaulig teams have closed the gap on speed based on practice, I expect the JR Motorsports teams […]

Racing at the famed “Brickyard,” dubbed so by the 3-foot wide line of bricks that marks the start/finish line, is not quite the same as the prestigious Brickyard 400 for many drivers or fans. But last season did not disappoint if you were looking for excitement or controversy. As with all road courses, there are […]

The NASCAR Xfinity Series heads to the Midwest this weekend, landing in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Pennzoil 150. Racing at the famed “Brickyard,” this is not quite the same as the prestigious Brickyard 400 for many drivers or fans, but last season did not disappoint if you were looking for excitement or controversy. […]

The “Tricky Triangle” hosts the Top 4 series of NASCAR this weekend with the ARCA race on Friday and a double-header of action on Saturday, culminated by the Cup series on Sunday. In practice, Chevrolet and Toyota were quite superior to Ford, and I expect the top 10 will be dominated by those manufacturers. There […]

Saturday brings us the NASCAR Xfinity Series Pocono Mountains 225 at Pocono Raceway. The “Tricky Triangle” hosts the top four series of NASCAR this weekend, with Friday’s ARCA race and a doubleheader Saturday followed by the Cup Series Sunday. The Xfinity Series race has only one former Xfinity race winner at Pocono in the field […]

The NASCAR Truck Series lands at Pocono Raceway Saturday for the Brakleen 150 race. The “Tricky Triangle” hosts the top four series of NASCAR this weekend, with the ARCA race Friday and a doubleheader of action Saturday, followed by Sunday’s Cup Series event. The Truck Series has seen last year’s stalwart team, John Hunter Nemechek, […]

There is a special place in my heart for the short track in Loudon, New Hampshire. There have been some fantastic races here over the years, and it’s truly a race that can have a perfect strategy, or foil a dominant race car, as evidenced many times over the years.    To break down the […]

The NASCAR Xfinity Series heads to New Hampshire Saturday for the Crayon 200. There is a special place in my heart for the short track In Loudon. There has been some fantastic racing here over the years and it is truly a race that can have a perfect strategy, foil a dominant race car as […]

When the series was here in March, we discovered just how similar to Daytona and Talladega this track became after the remodel. And true to superspeedway form, the superb “plate” drivers did extremely well. The Xfinity series race showed that this weekend as well, with superspeedway ace Austin Hill leading a lot of laps and […]

The NASCAR Xfinist Series returns to what has become the third superspeedway track behind Daytona and Talladega, at the Atlanta Motor Speedway Saturday for the Alsco Uniforms 250. The series was here in March and was won by Ty Gibbs, who secured the win with a last lap pass on Ryan Sieg. This race had […]

This race is an absolute and complete fade of dominator points, as it has the fewest laps of any race on the schedule. For Larson or Elliott to pay off, they would need to lead every lap and win, which isn’t very realistic. I may play minimal Elliott in multi-entry gpp, but the strategy you […]

The NASCAR Xfinity Series is in Wisconsin this week for the Neyr 180 at Road American. I always enjoy seeing the NASCAR series visit road courses — especially the ones that showcase skill a little more than technical prowess. There are a few Cup series drivers in this race headlined by Kyle Larson. After qualifying […]

Rain washed away the back end of qualifying on Saturday, so the drivers will start based on their first run placements. Kyle Busch tagged the wall during his first run and will start last, making him an absolute lock in cash games and a near lock in GPP with only contrarian lines fading him. I […]

After a two-week hiatus, the NASCAR Xfinity Series is back for some Saturday racing with the Tennessee Lottery 250 at Nashville Superspeedway. Intermediate tracks such as Nashville have been dominated by JR Motorsports (Allgaier, Berry, Gragson) and Ty Gibbs. Add in Tyler Reddick and AJ Allmendinger and that is as far as my list for […]

The Cup Series is back on the west coast and returns to a road course track for the third time this season. As always, with road course races, dominator points and fastest lap points take a backseat to potential point differential. Kyle Larson won this race pretty handily last season, and I expect more of […]

The Cup Series makes its first trip to the St. Louis area track as a replacement for one of last year’s Pocono races. The Fords looked really fast in practice, followed by the Toyotas and then the Chevrolets. While I will be targeting Fords for my dominator points, the Chevrolets leave us with some tasty […]

NASCAR’s Xfinity Series heads to the Pacific Northwest Saturday for the Pacific Office Automation 147 in Portland, Oregon. As is typical with the upper Pacific coastline, rain is in the forecast. This is going to make for a long race and what I expect is a lot of incidents with drivers ending up off-course. I […]

Now that NASCAR’s All-Star race is in the rear-view, the series sets its sight on the longest race of the season. For the second consecutive day, the qualifying left some pretty obvious chalk plays that will be important to get into your lineups, and a couple that are interesting fades or contrarian GPP plays.   […]

NASCAR’s Xfinity Series teams return to action this week after a short hiatus for all-star festivities last week. We’re back for the fabled Memorial Day weekend racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway, as the series returns to their roots in the hometown of the sport. The qualifying for Saturday’s Alsco Uniforms 300 left some pretty obvious […]

This race is the epitome of checkers or wreckers racing. If you don’t win, then there are no points or benefits for any other position. The winner gets $1 million, and everyone else goes home. There will be four other non-automatic qualifiers who can earn their way in through the All-Star Open race, and those […]

The series continues on to another intermediate track that has been the bulk of the Nascar schedule in recent years. Christopher Bell was the fastest in both 5- and 10-lap averages and then backed it up with a qualifying lap that put him on the pole. Both practice and qualifying uncovered some tire issues with […]

The NASCAR Cup Series is in South Carolina Sunday for the Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway. As a fan, the throwback weekend at Darlington is my absolute favorite with all of the throwback paint schemes to some of the sport’s pioneers and biggest stars in history. Darlington is a track with a few monikers pointed […]

NASCAR’s Xfinity Series is in South Carolina Saturday for the Mahindra ROXOR 200 at Darlington Raceway. I’ll break down my DFS plays for the race below.   As a fan, the throwback weekend at Darlington is my absolute favorite with all the throwback paint schemes to some of the sport’s pioneers and biggest stars in […]

The NASCAR Cup Series is in Delaware Sunday for the Drydene 400 at Dover Motor Speedway. The monster mile looms ahead for both of the sport’s top series this weekend. The Chevrolet drivers looked extremely fast, namely the drivers from Hendrick and Trackhouse (Larson, Elliott, Bowman, Byron, Suarez, Chastain). With the exception of William Byron, […]

The NASCAR Xfinity Series lands in Delaware Saturday for the A-Game 200 at Dover Motor Speedway. The monster mile looms ahead for both of the sport’s top series this weekend.   In the Xfinity Series, one active driver dwarfs the competition in their dominance here. Justin Allgaier has led 300 laps over the last four […]