Category: NASCAR Cup Series
NASCAR looked like fools in Auto Club Qualifying
NASCAR had egg on their face in Fontana Friday Because being the first car out would likely produce the slowest speed in the draft, none of the final round competitors … Read More
Three-time champion Tony Stewart headlines additions to NASCAR Hall of Fame nominees
Tony Stewart in 2005 Three-time Cup champion Tony Stewart and the late Neil Bonnett are among the list of new nominees eligible for induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. … Read More
Goodyear updates right-side tire for Auto Club Speedway
NASCAR Tires Goodyear will provide a new right-side tire for this weekend’s NASCAR doubleheader at Auto Club Speedway. The new tire construction will be used in both the Monster Energy … Read More
NASCAR Phoenix TV Rating (Update)
Michael McDowell's car on the hook UPDATE The final TV Rating for the Phoenix Monster Cup race on FOX was a 2.86 with 4.794 million total viewers and 1.073 million … Read More
Kyle Busch crew chief, Adam Stevens, fined $10,000 for Phoenix penalty
Kyle Busch wins in Phoenix Kyle Busch won Sunday’s TicketGuardian 500 NASCAR Cup race at Phoenix, but on Monday crew chief Adam Stevens was fined $10,000 by NASCAR. Stevens was … Read More
NASCAR Takes Serious Look At Starting, Ending Season Earlier
NASCAR to copy IndyCar's early schedule tactic NASCAR is in "deep discussion about major revisions to the Cup Series’ marathon 36-race, February-to-November schedule once the sanctioning body’s existing five-year contracts … Read More
Gander RV 400 and Gander RV 150 Races Announced at Pocono Raceway
Pocono Raceway announces Gander RV, the Official RV & Outdoor Company of NASCAR, as the entitlement sponsor for two of their NASCAR-sanctioned motorsport events taking place at ‘The Tricky Triangle’ … Read More
Video: NASCAR Phoenix Monster Cup Post-Race Q&A
Winning Crew Chief Adam Stevens, Race Winning Owner Joe Gibbs and Winner Kyle Busch (No. 18 Skittles Toyota). This Skittles Camry was awesome today. The guys did a great job … Read More
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