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One Final Delivery

Sep 26, 2024 | frontstretch.com | Danny Peters

When I first started watching NASCAR in the dim and distant past, some 20 years ago now, it was absolutely the norm for one company to be a primary sponsor all season long. Drivers would be intimately associated with a singular brand, and the company adorning the hoods and the sides of their cars would be as well-known as their car numbers — the Budweiser No. 8 of Dale Earnhardt Jr. being one such example.
4 Who Could Be King

Aug 21, 2024 | frontstretch.com | Denny Hamlin |Tyler Reddick |William D. Byron |Danny Peters

For those mathematically inclined, we’re exactly two thirds through the arduous slog that is the NASCAR Cup Series schedule. Just two races remain before the playoff field is set and we begin the process of crowning the 2024 champion. Thirteen drivers are locked in, courtesy of those all-important race win(s), and three final places are up for grabs. And with the very definition of a wild card race at Daytona International Speedway under the Saturday night lights this weekend (Aug.
Back to the Big Track

Jul 17, 2024 | frontstretch.com | Danny Peters

We have just one more race before the engines quiet and the drivers and teams get a well-deserved two-week break for NBC’s coverage of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. And what a race it will be, as the Cup Series finally returns to the big track, the two-and-a-half-mile, rectangular-shaped oval at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway after three years of running the 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course layout – more formally known as the Indianapolis Grand Prix Circuit.
Hometown Track Happiness

Jun 13, 2024 | frontstretch.com | Danny Peters

I spent this past weekend at what I affectionately call my happy place: Sonoma Raceway. I live about a 20-minute drive south of the venue and the annual date at the track is one of my favorite weekends of the year – outside of family commitments, of course. Just as I have for the past few years, I got to be an official photographer for Frontstretch and it’s always an amazing experience and privilege, especially at a road course with all the different options and vantage points to shoot from.
The Perfect Race

May 9, 2024 | frontstretch.com | Danny Peters

I’m fast approaching my 20th year working in and covering NASCAR – which is another story in itself – but, hand on my heart, I can honestly say last Sunday’s (May 5) race at Kansas Speedway was the best race I’ve ever seen. From the drop of the green to the flutter of the checkers, I was absolutely riveted. And, added to that, it was the closest finish in NASCAR’s long Cup Series history. And it got me thinking, is there such a thing as a perfect race?
Stairway to 7

Apr 4, 2024 | frontstretch.com | Noah Gragson |Ty Gibbs |William D. Byron |Danny Peters

With seven races in the books for the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, we’re approaching a decent sample size of on track action from which we can begin to make some big picture assumptions about the year so far and what’s to come. Track wise, we’ve seen some variety: two superspeedways, one 1.5-mile track, a road course, two short tracks and a trip to the venue that will crown the champion in November.
Steve Lauletta Talks What's Driving 23XI Racing

Mar 15, 2024 | frontstretch.com | Danny Peters

Danny Peters spoke to 23XI President Steve Lauletta prior to the race at Phoenix Raceway. You’re in the fourth year of operations for 23XI Racing and you have five wins, 31 top fives, 51 top 10s, four poles and 1160 laps led. How do you grade your progress thus far? SL: I think we’re right on schedule. For me, personally, maybe a little ahead of schedule. There’s a lot of work still to be done.
Bringing the Heat: Kyle Petty Continues His Ride, Pt. 1

Mar 7, 2024 | frontstretch.com | Bryan Nolen |Danny Peters

On this episode of Bringing the Heat with Bryan Nolen, Nolen has a special interview with a surprise guest to promote a special event at Phoenix Raceway this weekend. Nolen also spoke with NASCAR on NBC analyst Kyle Petty to get his reaction to the start of the NASCAR season. They also discussed his upcoming charity motorcycle ride, The Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America, which starts in May.
2023 Top NASCAR Storylines: Denny Hamlin Emerges As NASCAR’s Undisputed Villain

Dec 18, 2023 | frontstretch.com | Danny Peters

If there is one wheelman in the whole NASCAR ecosphere that the average fan is guaranteed to have an opinion about, it’s Denny Hamlin. And these days, that opinion might land somewhere squarely in the nexus between extremely negative and visceral hatred. Most of the words that would they would use aren’t fit for publication here, but suffice to say they would not be positive words of love affirmation and respect. In fact, most assuredly, quite the opposite.
Ryan Blaney: The Champion NASCAR Needs

Nov 9, 2023 | frontstretch.com | Danny Peters

Michael Jordan, the 23XI Racing co-owner, and a man who knows more than a fair bit on this particular subject, once said: “Champions don’t become champions when they win an event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it.” And for the newly minted 2023 NASCAR Cup Series champion, Ryan Blaney, some of that crucial preparation came from the crushing disappointment he experienced in the late stages of the 2022 playoffs when mistakes at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and...