NASCAR’s O’Reilly championship picture gets a Martinsville-sized shake-up
Jesse Love arrived at Martinsville with a 19-point cushion. He left 22 points behind. Meanwhile, Carson Kvapil won and Justin Allgaier took control.
Articles by Greg Engle
Layne Riggs saw what could have been become what wasn’t at Martinsville
He led 156 laps, collected maximum stage points and looked destined for a big night. But Chandler Smith had other ideas, leaving Layne Riggs wondering what might have been.
Kyle Larson turns Talladega chaos into championship gold
Kyle Larson needed 59 tries to win at a drafting track, then pulled off a last-lap Talladega stunner that left his rivals picking through the wreckage.
Joey Logano gets a little more Talladega Nights than he bargained for
Joey Logano’s Talladega afternoon ended upside down, sliding across the track on his roof. After climbing out, the two-time champion had just one priority: being alive.
Ryan Blaney’s title hopes are on life support after Big One at Talladega
Ryan Blaney knows he has a problem.
NASCAR’s old Chase format is making the championship fun again
NASCAR brought back a Chase format it abandoned years ago. Now every driver remains eligible with three races left. Perhaps the answer was hiding in the filing cabinet all along
Denny Hamlin’s Phoenix escape plan gets a speeding ticket
Hamlin had a car capable of fighting for the win before a tire failure and pit-road penalty ruined his afternoon. He finished 28th, trails the championship lead by 31 points and is off to Talladega. What could possibly go wrong?
Kyle Larson’s tire wasn’t the only thing to go flat at Phoenix
Larson arrived at Phoenix 49 points clear and left with five. A miserable afternoon, a blown tire and a Chevrolet in the wall have turned his comfortable Chase into a tree-race fight for survival.
Tyler Reddick is back and he brought two tires to a gunfight
Six months without a win was apparently long enough. Tyler Reddick used two tires, one perfectly timed restart and a little aggression to reclaim Victory Lane while the Chase standings went completely bonkers.
Jesse Love takes the Chase lead and now Talladega enters the chat
Love won by 0.128 seconds, took a 36-point championship lead and left Phoenix grinning. Three races remain, and the next one takes place at Talladega. What could possibly go wrong?