As the NASCAR playoffs approach, every lap of every race matters more. Some races, however, have more allure than others.
With 305 wins, eight Daytona 500 and 10 Cup Series championships between the two men, fans who were alive to see the two great racers compete on a weekly basis were blessed to watch two legends fully commit to their craft.
Over the seven and a half decades of NASCAR competition, the world's top stock-car racing organization has seen its fair share of underdog winners. Some of those underdogs, however, make for a better story than others.
NASCAR is unique in the sense that no lead is insurmountable. Whether you lead second place by a full lap or only half a second, a flat tire, blown motor or any other variable can take you from victory lane to the garage area in a heartbeat.
With the NASCAR Cup Series on break for the Olympics, the drivers and teams have two weeks to regroup before returning to action at Richmond (Va.) Raceway on Aug. 11. The final 14 races of the season will be chock-full of storylines, including the championship chase.
Both Austin Cindric and Daniel Suarez may be locked into the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs by virtue of wins earlier in the season, but their performance over the course of the year hasn't been playoff worthy.
The first 132 laps of Corey Day's ARCA Menards Series debut at Salem were incredibly impressive. However, a potential top-five run was erased in a matter of seconds on lap 133.
Daniel Dye's youth and inexperience aren't optimal for a short track slugfest that will determine the fate of his season, but while he may be a boy amongst men at the Virginia short track, he should know that his career has much less riding on it than his competitors.
Chandler Smith started the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series season off as a championship favorite, but he's slipped a bit over the summer.
Seven drivers are locked into the postseason field going into the event, but the driver currently on the bubble may have the most riding on the race's outcome.
Shane van Gisbergen has put together an extremely impressive rookie year in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, but you'd be wrong to simply call him a road-course
It seems the organization has a penchant for performing in big races, as Sunday's Brickyard 400 showed what Legacy is capable of when the stars align.
Could it be time for NASCAR Cup Series veteran Kyle Busch to jump ship on Richard Childress Racing?
A major domino in NASCAR free agency has fallen.
The NASCAR Cup Series is off until Aug. 11 because of the Olympics, so this is the perfect time to analyze the field's performance so far. Here are grades for all 34 full-time drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series through the first 22 races of the season.
When Justin Marks bought Chip Ganassi Racing in 2021, it was seen as a move that represented the new era of NASCAR, but that hasn't come to fruition.
These are the five NASCAR Cup Series drivers who have failed to perform like they were expected to through the first 22 races of the season.
The Indianapolis oval may not produce thrilling racing, but if NASCAR wants to get back to the levels of popularity it saw at its peak, choosing to race at the greatest track in the world is imperative.
This year, however, Busch has found more TV time as a victim of a crash than running up front.
After Saturday's thrilling race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the NASCAR Xfinity Series has three weeks off, returning to action on Aug. 17 at Michigan.
After Sunday's Brickyard 400, the NASCAR Cup Series has two weekends off until returning to action at the Richmond Raceway on Aug. 11. Some drivers will need the rest more than others, however. Here are the five drivers most in need of their two-week vacation.
The officiating controversy began way before the race's final laps, however, as both Chase Elliott and Brad Keselowski fell victim to penalties for merging back onto the racing surface after making green flag pit stops. The problem? Written out, NASCAR's rule is extremely confusing.
With only four races remaining in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series regular season, the playoff bubble continues to tighten.
Kyle Larson won the Brickyard 400 on Sunday, but it didn't come without a little bit of controversy.
Has Riley Herbst done enough to earn a car in the NASCAR Cup Series?