Power Rankings: Kurt Busch ascends to the top Welcome to Power Rankings. As always, Power Rankings are far from a scientific formula. In fact, it's the perfect blend of analytics and bias against your favorite driver. Direct all your complaints to us at [email protected] and we'll try to have some fun.  1. Kurt Busch (LW: 3): Busch has been stating a solid case for No. 1 all season. … [Read more...]

Quick takeaways from Pocono: Chase Elliott laments one that got away Throughout 2016 we may have way too many quick thoughts for our post-race posts. So consider our Takeaways feature to be the home of our random and sometimes intelligent musings. Sometimes the post may have a theme. Sometimes it may just be a mess of unrelated thoughts. Make sure you tweet us your thoughts after the race or … [Read more...]

Team Penske sweeps front row in Pocono qualifying The Team Penske cars will be leading the field to green at Pocono on Sunday. Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano posted the two fastest speeds of the final round of Friday's qualifying session and will start on the front row on Sunday. It's the first career pole at Pocono for Keselowski and his 12th-career top starting spot. It's the sixth time … [Read more...]

Ryan Sieg harshly questions Ryan Reed's driving skills after crash The first Xfinity Series race at Pocono might have predictably been dominated by the strongest teams on the circuit and cut short by rain, but it gave us our first serious driver-on-driver word crime of the season. Ryan Sieg went after Ryan Reed, both verbally and apparently physically as well on Saturday. Sieg crashed … [Read more...]

Greg Biffle not content with progress Roush has made in 2016 There's no denying Roush Fenway Racing's three teams have performed better in 2016. Though, as Greg Biffle notes, the team isn't the force that it once was in the Cup Series. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is 18th in the standings while Trevor Bayne is 19th. Biffle is currently 23rd. Yeah, like we said, not a force. But consider last year … [Read more...]

Brad Keselowski wants rear skew taken away from cars immediately Look at that, Brad Keselowski agrees with us. After Sunday's Coca-Cola 600, we advocated for the permanent implementation of the rear skew changes NASCAR made for the cars at the All-Star Race. The sanctioning body took away the chassis-shifting teams are able to do on the back of the car for increased sideforce. The neutrality … [Read more...]

3 crew chiefs suspended for Coca-Cola 600 violations Three crew chiefs have been suspended for violations found after the Coca-Cola 600. Brian Pattie, Greg Biffle's crew chief, has been suspended two races for violating Sections 12-1; 20.4.1; 20.4.2 a,b,c; 12.5.3.4.1 c of the NASCAR rule book. Biffle has also been docked 15 points. Randall Burnett, the crew chief for AJ Allmendinger, has … [Read more...]

Richard Petty Motorsports halts Xfinity team citing missed payments Jeb Burton is without a ride in the Xfinity Series. Richard Petty Motorsports announced that it had suspended its No. 43 Xfinity Series team because of financial issues and missed payments by team sponsor J. Streicher. Burton, who competed for part of the 2015 season in the Sprint Cup Series, joined the team before the … [Read more...]

Lewis Hamilton hands champagne to Justin Bieber after Monaco win Your browser does not support iframes.The first person Lewis Hamilton handed his celebratory champagne bottle to after winning the Monaco Grand Prix wasn't anyone from his team. Instead, he handed the bottle to Justin Bieber. The Biebs was in attendance during Sunday's Formula 1 race and celebrated with the three-time F1 … [Read more...]

Happy Hour: Feel the excitement for the Xfinity Series at Pocono It's time for Happy Hour. As always, tweet us your thoughts or shoot us an email at [email protected] if you want to participate. This weekend marks the first Xfinity Series race at Pocono. We can't say we've got high hopes for the event. As we've said before, parity is not the Xfinity Series' strong suit, so going to … [Read more...]