Happy Hour: Get excited for the All-Star Race 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. Feel the excitement ahead of Saturday night's All-Star Race. It's palpable. Or something. Consider this your reminder for how the All-Star Race is going to work. And make sure you pour one out for Sprint, as … [Read more...]

Kasey Kahne penalized 15 points after Dover Kasey Kahne's point total is 15 points lower than it was immediately after Sunday's race. NASCAR announced that Kahne lost points and crew chief Keith Rodden was fined $25,000 for violating Sections 20.17.3.1.2; 12.5.3.4.2 a,b,c,d; 12.5.3.4.1 n,o of the NASCAR rule book. Kahne's car had failed post-race inspection. Since it's our duty to explain … [Read more...]

Power Rankings: Was Sunday's race at Dover or Talladega? 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. Matt Kenseth (LW: 11): Yes, Matt Kenseth gets to move up 10 spots … [Read more...]

18-car restart crash takes out host of Dover contenders Your browser does not support iframes. Jimmie Johnson's car didn't get going on a restart at Dover with 47 laps to go and it led to an 18-car pileup. “As soon as I went from second [gear] and tried to go to third, I kind of got up into the neutral gate of the transmission and didn’t even go to third," Johnson said. "It stopped before it … [Read more...]

Matt Kenseth holds off Kyle Larson to win at Dover Your browser does not support iframes. Matt Kenseth withstood a fury of charges from Kyle Larson over the last 35 laps of Sunday's race at Dover to grab his first win of the season and deny Larson the first win of his career. Kenseth was the leader on the race's final restart and kept the lead over Larson, who had one of the fastest cars … [Read more...]

Quick takeaways from Dover: The best at the track since 2008? 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 email … [Read more...]

Max Verstappen wins Spanish Grand Prix at 18 years old Your browser does not support iframes.Max Verstappen's first race with Red Bull Racing was a win. Just a week after he was promoted from Red Bull Toro Rosso to team with Daniel Ricciardo at the energy drink's No. 1 Formula 1 team, Verstappen held off Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen at Barcelona on Sunday. The win makes Verstappen the youngest … [Read more...]

Rain gives Kevin Harvick the pole at Dover A rained-out qualifying session means Kevin Harvick will start first at Dover. Harvick, who won the 2015 fall Dover race, posted the fastest speed during Friday's practice. Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start second and Kyle Busch starts third. Coincidentally, Harvick won the pole for the race at Richmond, the most recent race where qualifying was rained … [Read more...]

Joey Logano: I can't criticize Denny Hamlin's 3-wide try at Kansas Joey Logano was simply an innocent bystander that got caught up in someone else's crash at Kansas. Logano was in fifth place shortly after a late-race restart Saturday night. Ahead of him, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin were all vying for second. Hamlin, the driver in fourth entering turn 3, dove between … [Read more...]

Power Rankings: Chasing Kyle Busch 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. Kyle Busch (LW: 1): It's fair to say Busch had the second or third-fastest car … [Read more...]