Dalton Hopkins

4 days ago | frontstretch.com | Dalton Hopkins

Jesse Love overtook Sammy Smith in an overtime restart to come across the line first for the second time of the NASCAR Xfinity Series season in what was the series’ long-awaited return to Rockingham Speedway. Finishing behind the duo on Saturday, April 19 was Parker Retzlaff, Harrison Burton and Brennan Poole to round out the top five. However, nearly three hours after the checkered flag, Love was disqualified, and Smith was promoted to the winning position. Taylor Gray was relegated to fifth.

1 week ago | frontstretch.com | Dalton Hopkins

It was precisely noon ET on Thursday, April 10, when I received the text from my Frontstretch colleague Bryan Nolen that my friend Al Pearce, a Hall-of-Fame racing journalist and fellow Army officer, had passed away. I was riding in an armored vehicle in my Army uniform on the way to qualify on the M4 rifle — an annual requirement for us reservists. Silently, I locked my phone and stared at the passing-by landscape, my fellow soldiers unaware of the news I had just received.

1 week ago | frontstretch.com | Dalton Hopkins

It was precisely 12 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 10, when I received the text from my Frontstretch colleague Bryan Nolen that my friend Al Pearce, a Hall of Famer racing journalist and fellow Army officer, had passed away. I was riding in an armored vehicle in my Army uniform on the way to qualify on the M4 rifle – an annual requirement for us reservists. Silently, I locked my phone and stared at the passing-by landscape, my fellow soldiers unaware of the news I had just received.

3 weeks ago | athlonsports.com | Dalton Hopkins

Ross Chastain addressed Joey Logano's critical comments about him when he met with the media on Wednesday. Chastain, who finished sixth in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway, was the target of harsh criticism from the reigning series champion after the two raced each other on track. "I am confused by what he's said," Chastain told reporters at the NASCAR Production Facility in North Carolina. "He's a three-time champion.

3 weeks ago | athlonsports.com | Dalton Hopkins

Legacy Motor Club, a NASCAR Cup Series team owned by seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson, has filed a lawsuit against Rick Ware Racing. The two-car Cup team submitted a preliminary injunction in the Mecklenburg County Clerk of Superior Court on April 1 as a result of a dispute regarding the sale of a charter from RWR to LMC.