Hendrick drivers have won two of the 2024 season’s first two races, with William Byron winning the Daytona 500 and Kyle Larson dominating in a victory Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. With Daniel Suarez’s win at Atlanta for Trackhouse Racing, the only manufacturer that did not begin the season with a new car body has … Read more
Busch finished 12th in the season-opening Daytona 500 before coming just 0.007s shy of victory at Atlanta. Unfortunately for Busch, that narrow margin was still only good enough for third place. Between those two results and the stage points he scored during the first two races, the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion now sits atop … Read more
Logano went out midway through Saturday’s final round of qualifying, but his average lap speed of 184.357 mph was good enough to withstand a tough challenge from Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson (184.225 mph). The pole is the 30th of Logano’s career. So far this season, the Team Penske driver won the pole for the Daytona … Read more
Over the years, many drivers have struck trouble with their race garments and helmets or been fined for using the wrong or unapproved type. Starting with Logano, here are five famous instances: Joey Logano, Team Penske, Shell Pennzoil Ford Mustang Photo by: Nigel Kinrade / NKP / Motorsport Images Logano weaves (illegal) webbing on his … Read more
The 2024 NASCAR Cup season has begun in earnest. Following the non-points exhibition race at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum won by Denny Hamlin earlier this month, Joey Logano took pole for this weekend’s Daytona 500 season opener by leading a Ford front-row lockout in qualifying on Wednesday night. Logano and McDowell underlined the potency … Read more
The reigning NASCAR Cup champion has been the unfortunate victim of several recent poor choices at Daytona International Speedway, including in his Daytona 500 qualifying race on Thursday night. An accordion-like accident erupted with 14 of 60 laps to go while Blaney was battling in fourth. Behind him, Brad Keselowski got into the back of Kyle … Read more
The world-famous Daytona 500 will kickstart the 76th season of NASCAR racing where Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney will commence his championship defense. Drivers will tackle 500 miles around the illustrious Daytona International Speedway which, just less than one month ago, hosted the enthralling Daytona 24 Hours where Porsche Penske Motorsport won by 2.1 seconds … Read more
Team Penske’s Joey Logano was the last of the 10-car final round to qualify and bolted to the top of the speed chart with an average lap speed of 181.947 mph to win the pole for Sunday’s Daytona 500. Logano’s pole is the first for a Ford driver in the pole since the 2012 season … Read more
Truex agreed to a one-year extension to return to Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 19 Toyota for the 2024 season and is now on a “year-to-year” basis when it comes to evaluating how long he’ll remain a full-time driver. The 43-year-old native of Mayetta, N.J., has had a Hall of Fame-worthy career featuring one Cup championship, two … Read more
On Monday, the 31-year-old Californian stepped into an Indy car for the first time in 2024 and pounded 172 laps around Phoenix Raceway. The test was moved up by a day due to the impending threat of rain, which forced Larson to “get my mind right to prepare myself for that”. The outing was put … Read more
