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Ryan Blaney isn’t surprised to see non-playoff drivers win in the playoffs as what we saw in the first round of the Cup Series playoffs. View the full article

Joey Logano, speaking before the Bristol race, says the unpredictable nature of the Next Gen car leads to the non-playoff drivers winning races. View the full article

As expected, three crew members from the No. 12 car have been suspended for the next four races. This is because of a loose wheel that came off as Blaney exited his pit stall on Lap 92 of the 500-lap race. He had just hit the wall due to a flat tire and the team was scrambling as he brought the wounded car to pit road. After sending him back out, the left-rear wheel immediately came off and ...Keep readingView the full article

But this one was different. The playoffs opened with Erik Jones earning his third career win at Darlington in what was for sure a surprise, and it was quite the moment to see the iconic No. 43 back in Victory Lane for the first time since 2014. At Kansas the next week, Bubba Wallace scored his second career win and the third for 23XI Racing since it joined the Cup Series last year, which was ...Keep readingView the full article

The goal of the NASCAR playoffs' second round is survive and advance. Bob Pockrass looks at what each driver needs to do. View the full article

Kyle Larson said the second round is a “weird” group of tracks (Texas, Talladega, Charlotte road course). View the full article

Christopher Bell came up short at Bristol but he’s looking forward to Texas. Bell: “There would be no better place than Texas (to win) because that’s going to be a very important race.” View the full article

The Ford squad had planned to field four Ford Pumas for New Zealand’s return to the WRC schedule, with Fourmaux rejoining regulars Craig Breen and Gus Greensmith, alongside a privateer entry for Lorenzo Bertelli, on his return to the WRC. However, the British squad has today confirmed that it will no longer field an entry to be driven by Fourmaux and co-driver Alexandre Coria. The ...Keep readingView the full article

Elliott, who began the playoffs as the regular season champion and No. 1 seed, kicked off the 2022 playoffs by wrecking out of the opener at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, which left him with a 36th place finish. An 11th at Kansas a week later still had him in a precarious position in the Round 1 cutoff race Saturday night at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. Elliott and his No. 9 Hendrick ...Keep readingView the full article

Austin Dillon doesn’t have any worries about Tyler Reddick maintaining focus on racing amid knowing he will lose his crew to Kyle Busch next season. View the full article

Why not just do a deal for Tyler Reddick to leave early instead of working to get a third charter? Richard Childress says: View the full article

Chase Elliott finished second at Bristol and can carry some momentum into the second round as the points leader. View the full article

Tyler Reddick on what the meeting was like with Richard Childress last week, his feelings on not knowing his crew (or possibly even his team) for next year and if 2023 is more a throw away year for him. View the full article

Tyler Reddick doesn’t seem fazed that even if he will race for RCR next year, he won’t have the No. 8 team he has this year. View the full article

Bob Pockrass looks at where things stand in the fractured relationship between Tyler Reddick and Richard Childress Racing. View the full article

The S650 Mustang will underpin a wide-ranging factory-backed motorsport programme that includes NASCAR, Supercars and customer GT racing. While speaking to Australian media during the Mustang launch, Rushbrook was asked if he would like to see Supercars adopt hybrid technology in the future. Ford Performance boss Mark Rushbrook, as part of the global launch of the new seventh-generation Ford ...Keep readingView the full article

The eight-time world champion has been conducting a partial WRC campaign with Toyota this year after electing to scale back his rallying commitments to spend more time with his family, and to explore opportunities racing sportscars in the World Endurance Championship. As a result, Ogier has shared Toyota's third GR Yaris this season with Esapekka Lappi across the 2022 season with the latter ...Keep readingView the full article

That was the message from Ford Performance boss Mark Rushbrook as part of the global launch of the new seventh-generation Ford Mustang last week. The S650 Mustang will underpin a wide-ranging factory-backed motorsport programme that includes NASCAR, Supercars and customer GT racing. While speaking to Australian media during the Mustang launch, Rushbrook was asked if he would like to see ...Keep readingView the full article

Chris Buescher snapped a 222-race winless streak, while Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch were among those eliminated, Bob Pockrass writes. View the full article

Chris Buescher provided a third consecutive playoff surprise, holding off Chase Elliott to win Saturday night’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Buescher assumed the lead among the final series of pitstops, which coincided with a caution brought out for then-leader Christopher Bell. After Bell had inherited the lead when Brad Keselowski was forced to pit under green with a ...Keep readingView the full article

That’s not surprising considering how well he and his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing team performed to begin the playoffs but weren’t able to capitalize with a victory. Bell, 27, was leading Saturday night’s race at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway when he had a flat right-rear tire and tagged the wall on Lap 436 of 500. He managed to rally to a fourth-place finish, giving him a first round of ...Keep readingView the full article

Busch, who recently announced his plans to join Richard Childress Racing in 2023, will not get the opportunity to go for a third NCS title this year. It was a tumultuous three races for the veteran driver. An engine failure while leading the Southern 500 put him in a hole to start the Round of 16, exacerbated by an incident at Kansas that left him with a 26th-place finish. In the Bristol ...Keep readingView the full article

On a final round of pit stops on Lap 438 of 500, Buescher was the first off pit road thanks to a two-tire pit call but he also got a little help. Two of the top contenders for the win – Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin – both had problems during their respective stops that shuffled them back in the field. On the restart with 57 laps to go, Buescher got a big jump on Elliott and quickly ...Keep readingView the full article