Cup Drivers Line Up for Daytona’s Desperation Derby
Without exception each driver in the NASCAR Cup Series insists that his chances of victory depend a lot not just on the equipment or team but on his own mindset.
Without exception each driver in the NASCAR Cup Series insists that his chances of victory depend a lot not just on the equipment or team but on his own mindset.
Of course, Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman would prefer not to have his championship potential rely so heavily on one race, the Daytona season finale.
For so many race teams heading into Saturday night’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 a trophy hoist in the NASCAR Cup Series regular season finale will be the ultimate in clutch efforts.
It’s now become normal for NASCAR to end its regular season at Daytona, but racing at the superspeedway is always anything but normal.
This is either genius or madness, and honestly, that’s when NASCAR is at its best.
NASCAR gets O’Reilly, fans get tinnitus, and the Waffle House boat sails away.
Twelfth was all he needed at Richmond.
Last year, Austin Dillon was en route to victory lane.
Chase Elliott came to Richmond chasing points. Instead, he got chased straight into the fence by Kyle Busch’s impersonation of a torpedo.
NASCAR’s hotly anticipated international points debut at Mexico City may have added some diversity to the schedule, but it came at a cost.