NASCAR Weekend Preview: Talladega Superspeedway
Following the only “off weekend” of the season, the NASCAR Cup Series returns to action this week at one of the sport’s most iconic venues, Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
Following the only “off weekend” of the season, the NASCAR Cup Series returns to action this week at one of the sport’s most iconic venues, Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
If Denny Hamlin’s win a week ago at Martinsville, Va. was a competitive relief, his victory Sunday at Darlington, S.C. was championship swagger.
After diligently working through a 98-race winless streak over the last three NASCAR Xfinity Series seasons, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Brandon Jones reminded his competitors — and his fans — Saturday that he’s still a race winner and a title contender.
NASCAR officials met with the entire field of Xfinity Series drivers early Friday morning before any track activity at Darlington Raceway.
Darlington Raceway is known as the track “Too Tough to Tame” – and perhaps too that end, its long and distinguished list of winners includes a noticeable group of veterans.
The last Spring weekend Brad Keselowski spent in Darlington, S.C., he left South Carolina with a big trophy.
Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron won pole position for Sunday’s Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway.
Four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon, now the vice chairman of Hendrick Motorsports sat high above the pit lane action Sunday afternoon often seemingly caught between a grin and a grimace.
One of the more heralded rookies this season is former Australian SuperCars champion Shane Van Gisbergen.
The five NASCAR Cup Series races have all been won by drivers whose last names begin with the letter “B.”