Luken Glover

6 days ago | frontstretch.com | Luken Glover

If NASCAR had a Most Improved Award, it might have to go to Legacy Motor Club as a whole. Following a nightmarish 2024 campaign that saw its full-time drivers finish 28th and 34th in points, the team co-owned by seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson has rebounded in a booming way in 2025. Between John Hunter Nemechek and Erik Jones, the duo combined for six top 10s in 2024. Through 17 races this year, they have already eclipsed that mark with eight.

1 week ago | frontstretch.com | Luken Glover

Bienvenidos a La Casa de Los Desvalidos! The NASCAR Cup Series ventured across the Southern border to Mexico for the first time in its history, marking the first international points race since 1958, as it took to the road course of Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. A road course wields enough potential for a wild card winner to burst onto the playoff scene, but a race at a new road course? That opens a whole new can of worms.

2 weeks ago | frontstretch.com | Luken Glover

As mentioned in the first installment of Frontstretch‘s series commemorating the 75th anniversary of Wood Brothers, NASCAR’s oldest team can trace back to its roots … literally. The Wood Brothers’ patriarchs, Glen and Leonard Wood, built their first race car under a beech tree in 1950, running their first race at Morris Speedway near their home of Stuart, Va.While that beech tree is no longer on property owned by a Wood family member, it still stands as a symbol for the family and their history.

3 weeks ago | frontstretch.com | Luken Glover

In the midst of its 75th year in NASCAR, Wood Brothers Racing has experienced just about everything there is in motorsports. For the Wood Brothers, decades of success had been built by long nights, torn-up race cars and recycled parts. The fruit of that labor was produced from the 1960s and into the 1990s, credited to drivers such as Marvin Panch, Cale Yarborough, David Pearson, Neil Bonnett, Kyle Petty and Dale Jarrett.

3 weeks ago | frontstretch.com | Luken Glover

In the heart of country music’s playground, Sunday’s (June 1) Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway could have played to the tune of several country songs. One driver that could have had multiple songs written about him from this particular race alone was Carson Hocevar. Classics such as “The Gambler,” “Fast As You,” “How Do You Like Me Now” and others could have easily conveyed the events of Hocevar’s night.