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1 day ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Suryanshu Choudhary |Chintan Devgania
Ever since he made the switch to Richard Childress Racing, Kyle Busch’s grass hasn’t been greener on the other side. The 2023 season was a good exhibition, and he bagged three wins, but as time went on, it was clear that he wasn’t the driver to watch out for every weekend. In fact, he hit new lows last year as for the first time in his career, he went winless and failed to make it to the playoffs.
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2 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Dhruv George |Chintan Devgania
Earlier, NASCAR dropped a massive announcement that Homestead-Miami would return as the season finale. The announcement itself was pretty memorable because of the nostalgia factor. In a nutshell, the scene is set after the 2019 NASCAR Cup season, and Kyle Busch was just crowned the champion. As he was celebrating his second Cup title, Brad Keselowski walked up to him with an interesting proposition. The driver unveiled a DeLorean DMC car, made famous by the Back to the Future movies.
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2 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Dhruv George |Chintan Devgania
On Sunday, Corey Heim made his 4th career start in the NASCAR Cup Series for the Michael Jordan-run 23XI Racing. Along the way, he romped to his career-best finish of 13th at the Kansas Speedway. What made things even sweeter was that he was the best of the 23XI Racing drivers. Tyler Reddick was the closest teammate in 17th, fellow rookie Riley Herbst was down in 27th, and Bubba Wallace ended with a DNF. Frankly, it was an impressive run from Heim in the #67 Toyota.
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2 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Suryanshu Choudhary |Chintan Devgania
“I don’t think the tracks are broken. And I don’t really necessarily believe the car is broken.” This was Dale Earnhardt Jr. speaking about the torrid short track racing in the NASCAR Cup Series. The tire compound strategy with Goodyear hasn’t yielded any positive results; in fact, they have let go of Richmond Raceway from the schedule to accommodate an international race.
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2 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Suryanshu Choudhary |Chintan Devgania
The 2024 NASCAR season revealed a stark truth that’s making fans and teams alike sit up and take notice. What started as a promising era of competitive equality with the Next-Gen car has slowly transformed into a two-tier performance landscape. Rick Hendrick’s Hendrick Motorsports (HMS) is emerging as the undisputed king of the Chevrolet stable. Just three years ago, the story was different.
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2 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Suryanshu Choudhary |Chintan Devgania
In the unforgiving arena of NASCAR, where dreams are born and shattered in the blink of an eye, Brad Keselowski has become a living testament to resilience. The AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway appeared to be his moment of redemption—a chance to transform a nightmare season into something positive. Starting from the back of the pack at 36th position, Brad Keselowski began weaving through the field with precision.
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2 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Ayush Aggarwal |Chintan Devgania
When the Daytona 500 attracted 6.7 million views despite a delayed start, there was a sense of excitement, a buzz that NASCAR just might be back on track. This sentiment grew louder when NASCAR’s Cup race at Texas beat Formula 1’s Miami Grand Prix with 2.56 million viewers. As good as these numbers might look, there’s a concern that isn’t getting recognized in the grand scheme of things.
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2 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Suryanshu Choudhary |Chintan Devgania
In the high-speed world of NASCAR, where fortunes change as quickly as drivers navigate a turn, Chase Elliott has never been one to mince words. He might not be as expressive as the likes of Denny Hamlin or Kyle Busch, but when he speaks, his opinions hold some weight. For the last week or so, NASCAR’s decision to shift the championship race back to Homestead Miami has been the talk of the town.
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2 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Ayush Aggarwal |Chintan Devgania
“Glad to not win by an inch right here this time and a little bit safer gap. But thanks again to the team.” This is how Kyle Larson summed up his dominating win at Kansas Speedway, after he led 221 of 267 laps to bag his third win of the 2025 season. With this win, he launched himself to the top of the points standings, and for the time being, the #5 HMS Chevy is a team to beat in the Cup Series.
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3 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Dhruv George |Chintan Devgania
Carson Hocevar, who was just a rookie one year ago, has now taken the role of being the polarizing figure in the NASCAR Cup Series garage. He is yet to reveal his true personality with the mic in his hand like Denny Hamlin, but make no mistake, he doesn’t mind ruffling a few feathers on the track with his racing.
