Austin Dillon wins pole at Auto Club Speedway Austin Dillon has the second pole of his Sprint Cup Series career. The driver of the No. 3 will start first in Sunday's race at Auto Club Speedway. He kicked Kevin Harvick off the pole with just seconds to go in the final round of Friday's qualifying session. Dillon's only other pole came in the 2014 Daytona 500. Dillon has been fast to start the … [Read more...]

Happy Hour: March Madness, NASCAR style 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. We wanted to start an NCAA-type tournament this week for the Sprint Cup Series but the Easter off weekend next weekend puts a crimp in those plans. So we're retroactively starting it. We used a bracket generator … [Read more...]

WIll Power did not suffer concussion before St. Pete race Will Power missed Sunday's IndyCar season-opening race at St. Petersburg because he was diagnosed with a concussion. However, further tests this week have revealed that Power didn't suffer a concussion in his practice crash Friday before the race. Power, who won the pole on Saturday, was replaced by Oriol Servia for the race after he … [Read more...]

Power Rankings: Kyle Busch inherits the top spot Welcome to the 2016 season's 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: 2): When you're leading Power Rankings … [Read more...]

Quick takeaways from Phoenix Throughout 2016 we may have way too many quick thoughts for our post-race posts. So consider our new 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 your post-race rants via the … [Read more...]

Kevin Harvick beats Carl Edwards by 0.01 seconds at Phoenix Well, the winner of this race was predictable. But damn, the finish sure wasn't. Kevin Harvick held off Carl Edwards in an amazing last half lap at Phoenix to win by mere inches. Edwards got underneath Harvick in turns 3 and 4 and the two cars bounced off each other multiple times exiting turn 4. The final piece of contact pushed … [Read more...]

Johnson: Steering wheel 'just came off in my hands' in qualifying Jimmie Johnson explained Saturday how the steering wheel coming loose from the column during his qualifying run caused him to crash in turn one. Johnson's car entered the corner perfectly fine and then shot straight to the wall. The impact demolished the right side of his car. Johnson was uninjured in the crash. “Yeah, as I … [Read more...]

Kyle Busch leads JGR 1-2-3 in Phoenix qualifying The biggest drama during Friday's qualifying session at Phoenix wasn't the race for the pole. It was the mechanical gremlins that struck two Hendrick Motorsports cars. Jimmie Johnson crashed out in the third round of qualifying and Kasey Kahne's car started randomly smoking in the middle of the first round. Meanwhile, the Joe Gibbs Racing cars … [Read more...]

Harvick: 'I don't see any reason' to not be with SHR in 2017 Kevin Harvick said Friday that it'd be extremely tough to leave Stewart-Haas Racing after the 2016 season when the team switches over to Chevrolet. Harvick and the No. 4 team have been one of the best in the Sprint Cup Series since he came over from Richard Childress Racing after the 2013 season. Through 75 races with SHR, he's got … [Read more...]

Donald Trump continues to claim he has endorsement of NASCAR NASCAR's message that CEO Brian France's endorsement of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was a personal and private decision hasn't apparently reached the candidate himself. While speaking at a rally in Concord, North Carolina, on Monday, Trump thanked France for his support. France, along with drivers Bill and Chase … [Read more...]