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Sep 23, 2024 | 
sportscasting.com | Jeff Hawkins |Kyle Dalton |Jared Turner |John Moriello
Currently driving the No. 9 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports, Chase Elliott is a professional driver who races in the NASCAR Cup Series. He also participates part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 7 car for Spire Motorsports. The son of 1988 Winston Cup Series Champion Bill Elliott, Chase Elliott began racing in the Cup Series full-time in 2016 and went on to win the 2020 series championship.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
sportscasting.com | Jeff Hawkins |Kyle Dalton |John Moriello |Jared Turner
NASCAR Cup Series driver Joey Logano can rest a bit easier the next two weeks. After failing to defend his 2022 circuit title by not racing out of the Round of 16 last summer, Logano’s win during last Sunday’s Quaker State 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway certified advancement. “It hurt a lot,” Logano told […] Brad Keselowski and Denny Hamlin saw the quality of the Texas race differently and their views are reflective of a divided fan base.
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Jul 17, 2023 | 
sportscasting.com | Jared Turner
Widely excoriated for his overly aggressive and oftentimes downright careless style of driving over a season-and-a-half in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Ty Gibbs carried some significant baggage into his new role as a full-time NASCAR Cup Series driver for his grandfather’s team in 2023.
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Jul 15, 2023 | 
sportscasting.com | William D. Byron |Jared Turner
Say goodbye for now to NASCAR Cup Series drivers racing in the Southeast and the Midwest — as the premier series has done each of the past two weekends — and say hello to the northernmost track, New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. But before the field takes the green flag in Sunday’s Crayon 301 at the track known as the “Magic Mile,” let’s take a look at a half-dozen drivers with a great chance to get a win and leave town with New Hampshire’s ceremonial lobster prize in tow. 6.
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Jul 14, 2023 | 
sportscasting.com | William D. Byron |Jared Turner
The NASCAR Cup Series’ traveling circus is on a northern trek and New Hampshire-bound after a weekend of highly entertaining racing in the deep south at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Let’s take a quick look at four drivers who are hot and four who are not before the sport’s top division takes the green flag at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon.
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Jul 8, 2023 | 
sportscasting.com | Jared Turner
When Stewart-Haas Racing recently announced that NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Josh Berry would replace retiring Kevin Harvick next season in the No. 4 SHR Ford, the move was lauded as a match made in heaven by most of the NASCAR world. Berry, after all, isn’t going to be your typical NASCAR Cup Series rookie since he’ll be 33 years old when the 2024 season begins and has been racing stock cars for 14 years.
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Jul 8, 2023 | 
sportscasting.com | William D. Byron |Jared Turner
On the heels of a banner weekend of racing through the streets of downtown Chicago, the NASCAR Cup Series is back in more familiar territory with Sunday night’s running of the Quaker State 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. See which five drivers are best positioned for success under the lights at the wickedly fast 1.54-mile quad-oval that, in recent times, has provided some of the sport’s closest and most entertaining racing. 5. Corey LaJoieNo, Corey LaJoie isn’t here by mistake.
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Jul 5, 2023 | 
sportscasting.com | Jared Turner
After a wet but ultimately successful weekend of racing on the Chicago street course, the NASCAR Cup Series returns to its roots this weekend with a trip to the 1.54-mile Atlanta Motor Speedway quad-oval in Hampton, Georgia. Up next are four drivers who are trending hot and four others who are not so hot — and whose season may go completely to pot if they can’t get things turned around quickly.
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Jul 2, 2023 | 
sportscasting.com | Jared Turner
Last weekend at Nashville Superspeedway, Ross Chastain did something he’d never done before: dominate and win a NASCAR Cup Series race without playing a role in an accident or stirring up controversy. So, not altogether surprisingly, a newfound narrative has emerged over the last few days basically suggesting that Chastain is a new man and has learned from his past mistakes and cleaned up his act on the race track. But is this really a fair conclusion to reach based on just one race?
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Jul 1, 2023 | 
sportscasting.com | Jared Turner
NASCAR’s premier series will break new ground on Sunday when its drivers compete on a street course for the first time in the sport’s 75-year history. This race — formally dubbed the Grant Park 220 and held on a 12-turn, 2.2-mile course in the streets of Chicago — is bound to be one that its participants and those who witness it in person will remember forever. As for who’s going to go to Victory Lane?
