Category: NASCAR Cup Series
NASCAR Could Go West After Daytona With ’20 Schedule
Las Vegas could follow the Daytona 500 in 2020 NASCAR is evaluating a possible change to the start of the ’20 season that would see the series go straight to … Read More
Oscar Mayer Bacon Car to Make Sizzling Debut at Phoenix
Can Newman bring home the bacon in Phoenix? If you were to ask Ryan Newman what his favorite food on race day is, he would tell you it’s Oscar Mayer … Read More
Final Weekend TV Ratings – Cup up, Xfinity down
Net Event Location TotalViewers 18-49Viewers 2019TV Rating 2018TV Rating % Chg. FOX NASCAR Cup Race L Las Vegas 5,115,000 1,238,000 3.05 2.89 +5.5% FS1 NASCAR Xfinity Race L Las Vegas … Read More
A Model For Success – SHR & Ford Performance
SHR's Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing’s move to Ford in 2017 paid dividends last year, with all four drivers making the NASCAR Playoffs, led by a charge out the blocks from … Read More
NASCAR Penalty report from Las Vegas
It appears NASCAR's threat to start taking cheater's wins away is working. What took them so long? NASCAR has issued two fines to Cup crew chiefs for having one unsecured … Read More
Streaming audiences minuscule
Boogity-Boogity-Boogity Compared with the 9.17 million who watched the telecast of the Daytona 500 on Fox on Feb. 17, the average audience of 53,293 who watched Fox’s streaming coverage of … Read More
NASCAR Las Vegas TV Rating
Joey Logano Betty Garcia/AR1.com FOX earned a 2.9 overnight rating for yesterday's Pennzoil 400 Las Vegas Motor Speedway, up 4% from a 2.8 for last year's race, but down 12.1% … Read More
Definitely not the greatest
The greatest drivers in the world? A reader writes, Dear AutoRacing1.com, I remember when the NASCAR TV announcers would tout every single race that NASCAR drivers are the best drivers … Read More
Video: NASCAR Las Vegas Cup Pole Q&A
Harvick Wheeling a fast lap of 180.517 mph in the final minutes of Friday’s qualifying session, Kevin Harvick notched his first Busch Pole Award of the 2019 season at Las … Read More
Watch Mario Andretti recall his “biggest test”
Mario Andretti The great Mario Andretti celebrated his birthday Thursday (February 28th). He turned 79. While for the NASCAR Grand National stock car race at Riverside in early 1967 Andretti … Read More
Mars, Incorporated and Joe Gibbs Racing Extend Winning Partnership
Kyle Busch Hackettstown, N.J. – Today, Mars, Incorporated announced a multi-year extension to its partnership with Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR), that will see the confectionery giant continue to serve as … Read More
Electrification on France-Family owned series
Will there ever be a day when NASCAR goes hybrid or full electric? As race cars continue to evolve, automakers want those cars to resemble and even show off what … Read More
Kyle Larson accuses Hendrick Motorsports of cheating
He's almost as dumb as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, but no one can be that dumb. Chip Ganassi Racing gets its engines from Hendrick Motorsports. Larson may never get a competitive engine … Read More
NASCAR Atlanta TV Rating
Sunday's Atlanta start The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race from Atlanta led all sports telecasts over the weekend, drawing a 3.0 overnight on Fox. But Sunday afternoon’s telecast was … Read More
DeLorenzo slams NASCAR, calls Daytona 500 orchestrated insanity
Daytona insanity By Peter M. DeLorenzo/Autoextremist When it comes to the ongoing train wreck/crash-fest that has come to define NASCAR on its biggest stage, there's no point in sugar coating … Read More
Harvick: Johnson under appreciated as one of NASCAR’s all-time greats
Jimmie Johnson Kevin Harvick invited Jimmie Johnson to be a guest on his weekly radio show this week. Friday at Atlanta Motor Speedway, he explained his reasoning, saying he wanted … Read More
Bacon for the Win with Richard Petty Motorsports
Bubba's McDonald's Bacon livery Welcome, N.C.-Bacon makes everything better, and the only thing better than bacon is bacon on the No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 with partnership from McDonald's. McDonald's … Read More
Best in-car cameras from Daytona’s ‘Big One’
From Ryan Preece's daring moves to avoid total disaster to Martin Truex Jr. and Austin Dillon's day being ruined. Relive all the best in-car camera angles from Daytona's 'Big One'. … Read More