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1 week ago | 
thesportsrush.com | Gowtham Ramalingam |Srijan Mandal
Many NASCAR teams and drivers are grappling for funding to keep their cars turned on today. Award-worthy dramas have gone down in recent years over their volatile financial situations. But this wasn’t the case always. In a recent interview with the Business of Sport, Jimmie Johnson revealed how huge merchandise sales used to be back in the day. According to the seven-time champion, drivers could earn more from merchandise than from driving their cars.
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1 week ago | 
thesportsrush.com | Gowtham Ramalingam |Srijan Mandal
NASCAR appears to have made yet another terrible mistake with the Next Gen car. Introduced in 2022, the wheels of the car had a single lug nut in them as opposed to the usual five. The promotion claimed that this approach would help teams save time on the pit road. And it did. But the cost of the few saved seconds is turning out to be too high. NASCAR media member Justin Schuoler revealed an interesting statistic on his X handle recently.
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1 week ago | 
thesportsrush.com | Gowtham Ramalingam |Srijan Mandal
Justin Allgaier has transformed into the apex predator of the Xfinity Series after winning the 2024 championship. There has been nothing or no one to hold the JR Motorsports driver back in 2025 as he stands tall with an average finish of 7.22 after the first nine races. This dominance will only help him this weekend at the Rockingham Speedway. Allgaier entered last Saturday’s race at Bristol with a 71-point lead over Sam Mayer. He finished the race in third place and grew that lead to 83 points.
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1 week ago | 
thesportsrush.com | Gowtham Ramalingam |Srijan Mandal
Benchmarks in NASCAR do not get higher than Jimmie Johnson. The seven-time Cup Series champion is an idol for every youngster dreaming of being a professional race car driver someday. At the end of 2020, he broke the hearts of many by announcing his retirement from full-time racing. He reasoned his decision in a recent interview. He and his wife, Chandra Janway, have two children. Genevieve was born on July 7, 2010, and Lydia was born on September 6, 2013.
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1 week ago | 
thesportsrush.com | William D. Byron |Gowtham Ramalingam |Rahul Ahluwalia
William Byron is one of the best drivers in NASCAR currently. He sits at the top of the 2025 Cup Series standings and is already deemed a challenger for the championship. But it isn’t just stock car racing that the 27-year-old is in love with. He also enjoys playing golf in his off-time and was recently at Augusta, Georgia, for the 2025 Masters Week.
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1 week ago | 
thesportsrush.com | Gowtham Ramalingam |Rahul Ahluwalia
Chase Elliott is not NASCAR’s most popular star after yet another mediocre showing at the Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday. He finished 15th in the #9 Hendrick Motorsports Camaro ZL1 and sits fifth on the points table. Frustrated by his inability to perform at a better level, fans on social media criticized him as he distributed MLB tickets to fans around Bristol. The Speedway Classic is set to be held on August 2 this year.
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1 week ago | 
thesportsrush.com | Gowtham Ramalingam |Rahul Ahluwalia
NASCAR history is filled with records that can’t be imagined being broken. One such record is Kyle Busch’s 19 consecutive seasons with at least one win (2005-2023). Rowdy failed to extend the streak in 2024. Nevertheless, he jumped over Richard Petty’s streak of 18 consecutive seasons with at least one win (1960-1977) before ending his. The driver closest to reaching this level of consistency is the three-time Cup Series champion Joey Logano.
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1 week ago | 
thesportsrush.com | Gowtham Ramalingam |Rahul Ahluwalia
Chase Briscoe is currently nine races deep into what’s turning out to be his best full-time NASCAR Cup Series season. He has already secured three top-5 finishes in the #19 Toyota Camry XSE and is set to do much more. In the meantime, he is also balancing the act of being a father alongside his professional commitments to Joe Gibbs Racing. Briscoe and his wife Marissa had twins (Cooper Banks and Collins Ivy) last October.
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1 week ago | 
thesportsrush.com | Gowtham Ramalingam |Rahul Ahluwalia
After the weekend in Bristol, it has become apparent that NASCAR’s Next Gen car still needs much work. The number of passes made with it was incredibly low, and just four lead changes were recorded. With Kyle Larson leading 411 of 500 laps, fans called the race dull, among many things. This has urged Denny Hamlin to speak up against the promotion’s inaction.
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2 weeks ago | 
thesportsrush.com | Gowtham Ramalingam |Srijan Mandal
The 2023 Cup Series champion, Ryan Blaney, is inarguably the most unlucky driver of the ongoing season. Despite having a car that is blistering fast, he has been unable to secure good results and put himself up the points table. His heightened performance levels are reflected strongly by his Green Flag Pass Differential. The Green Flag Pass Differential is used to measure how many spots a driver gains or maintains during green flag runs.
