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2 weeks ago | 
frontstretch.com | Bryan Nolen |Anthony Damcott
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | MoreOn this episode of Bringing the Heat with Bryan Nolen, the host sits down with NASCAR veteran and current TV analyst Kyle Petty, and the two of them take a look at how the early part of the 2025 season has unraveled. Plus, Petty takes us behind the scenes of his annual Kyle Petty charity ride which features Petty and friends riding motorcycles around the country to raise for his Victory Junction camp.
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1 month ago | 
frontstretch.com | Anthony Damcott |Bryan Nolen
The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series silly season came really early in 2024 when it was announced on May 8 that Michael McDowell would leave Front Row Motorsports and replace Zane Smith at Spire Motorsports. Since then, the landscape of the Cup Series roster has changed. Smith returned to his old team Front Row, while McDowell’s Front Row teammate Todd Gilliland moved over to McDowell’s old No. 34.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
frontstretch.com | Anthony Damcott
Newly-minted NASCAR Cup Series teammates Ross Chastain and Shane van Gisbergen will join JR Motorsports’ Xfinity Series program on a part-time basis in 2025, the team announced on Jan. 9. The Trackhouse Racing duo will drive JRM’s fifth part-time car, the No. 9, in a grand total of nine races. Chastain will contest five races, while van Gisbergen will take the wheel for the other four.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
frontstretch.com | Anthony Damcott
Reaume Brothers Racing will expand its NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team from two to three full-time trucks in 2025, the team announced on Jan. 9. In addition to the Nos. 22 and 33, Reaume will field the No. 2, which it acquired from Rev Racing over the offseason. The team previously ran a third part-time truck, the No. 27, in 2024, earning a best finish of 31st from Keith McGee in the season opener at Daytona International Speedway. The team has not announced who will drive the Nos. 2 or 22.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
frontstretch.com | Anthony Damcott
Boy, 2024 had it all, didn’t it? We started with a three-wide photo finish in the second race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, where Daniel Suarez eked out his second career victory to make the playoffs. That was outdone a couple of months later at Kansas Speedway, when Kyle Larson and Chris Buescher gave NASCAR its closest finish in Cup Series history, with Larson getting the nod over Buescher.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
frontstretch.com | Anthony Damcott
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to crown a champion in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. On Friday night (Nov. 8) when the checkered flag flies at Phoenix Raceway, the Truck Series will crown a brand-new champion, as all four drivers vying for the crown have never won it before. https://twitter.com/nascar_trucks/status/1854224487677407726?s=61It’s time to break down this year’s Championship 4 and give a pick in advance of the 150-lap champion-deciding showdown out west.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
frontstretch.com | Anthony Damcott
He had to earn it in the end (in turn earning the ire of his competitors) but Christian Eckes capped off a dominant day at Martinsville Speedway with a win and a ticket into the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship 4. Despite dominating the whole race, Eckes had to fight with Taylor Gray and Ben Rhodes to win his fourth race of the season, and first since the summer months at Nashville Superspeedway.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
frontstretch.com | Anthony Damcott
Ever since the playoffs began, the Craftsman Truck Series has been relatively dry in terms of big news. Not this week. Lots of news broke since the last time I authored this column, and most of it is important in the grand scheme of the Truck Series. So instead of picking one piece to analyze, we’re going to analyze all of it. Some news was expected. Others, not so much. Let’s dive in. Perhaps one of the more expected pieces of news dropped on Wednesday (Oct.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
frontstretch.com | Anthony Damcott
One race after surviving carnage at Talladega Superspeedway for his first win of the season, Grant Enfinger immediately turned around and won his second consecutive race, this time at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It wasn’t an easy day for Enfinger and CR7 Motorsports, as they had to make an unscheduled pit stop for a tire rub following contact with Christian Eckes on a restart. After playing a bit of fuel strategy, the team got back out front and Enfinger held on for back-to-back victories.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
frontstretch.com | Anthony Damcott
When you think of drivers who have been able to increase viewership in NASCAR within the last 20 years, names like Danica Patrick, Hailie Deegan and Bubba Wallace come to mind. In 2023, a new name entered the stock car scene that everybody turned their attention toward. Not because they were screaming through the ranks like Connor Zilisch. Not because they were breaking barriers for women like Deegan or Patrick, nor breaking barriers for racial minorities like Wallace or Daniel Suarez.
