Nate Ryan

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Hauler Talk: Testing before ’26 finale at Homestead, drivers’ meeting at Kansas

1 week ago | nascar.com | Nate Ryan

When Homestead-Miami Speedway plays host to the 2026 NASCAR Championship Weekend, it’ll have been more than 19 months since the Cup Series last raced on the 1.5-mile oval. Because of that long layoff, it’s virtually assured there will be cars on track at Homestead well ahead of next year’s season finale.
Analysis: Redemption rings true for Logano at Texas; why we’re not surprised

1 week ago | nascar.com | Nate Ryan

Leave it to Joey Logano, NASCAR’s always merciless opportunist, to flip the narrative of both his 2025 season and a treacherous Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway. As contenders’ cars careened over bumps and into barriers all around him, the Team Penske star patiently waited out the mayhem until his moment arrived.
Chase Elliott has glass half-full, glass half-empty feel as Texas race nears

2 weeks ago | nascar.com | Nate Ryan

Chase Elliott arrives at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend with an outlook that feels vaguely familiar while also vacillating between the varied emotions that have defined his season. NASCAR’s seven-time most popular driver is mired in a 37-race winless streak in points events that is the second-longest of his career. The longest was the 42-race drought he snapped in the April 14, 2024 race at Texas by hanging on for a victory through two overtimes.
Hauler Talk: Talladega wall will look different when NASCAR returns in fall

2 weeks ago | nascar.com | Nate Ryan

In the wake of a heavy front-end impact for Christopher Bell, a section of the inside wall at Talladega Superspeedway will be modified before NASCAR returns in October. Senior director of racing communications Amanda Ellis confirmed the decision was made to prevent the wall from jutting out as it was during Sunday’s 500-mile race at the 2.66-mile oval. “That wall will be corrected before we return in the fall,” Ellis said on the new episode of the “Hauler Talk” podcast.
Hauler Talk: Talladega wall will look different when NASCAR returns in fall

2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Nate Ryan

In the wake of a heavy front-end impact for Christopher Bell, a section of the inside wall at Talladega Superspeedway will be modified before NASCAR returns in October. Senior director of racing communications Amanda Ellis confirmed the decision was made to prevent the wall from jutting out as it was during Sunday‘s 500-mile race at the 2.66-mile oval. Advertisement“That wall will be corrected before we return in the fall,” Ellis said on the new episode of the “Hauler Talk” podcast.
Hauler Talk: Short-track racing, All-Star format, Hall of Fame nominees discussed

3 weeks ago | nascar.com | Nate Ryan

The quality of racing at Bristol Motor Speedway and in the Cup Series recently on short tracks was a topic on the latest episode of the “Hauler Talk” podcast. After leading 462 of 500 laps in a victory last September, Kyle Larson led 411 laps in his April 13 victory at Bristol.
Ryan: Triumph through tragedy, forever intertwined in Hendrick Motorsports’ DNA

1 month ago | nascar.com | Nate Ryan

Hendrick Motorsports has met the moment through overwhelming adversity and withering tragedy for four decades, and Jon Edwards was an unheralded rock of support during many devastating times. The team’s director of communications, whose death was announced last Thursday, joined Hendrick in 1994 just before Jeff Gordon began his run of four championships in seven seasons.
Kyle Larson dedicates emotional victory to the late Jon Edwards at Bristol Motor Speedway

1 month ago | sports.yahoo.com | Nate Ryan

Kyle Larson dominated in an emotional victory at Bristol Motor Speedway, leading 411 of 500 laps for his second NASCAR Cup Series victory this season. The win came three days after the death of Jon Edwards, the Hendrick Motorsports director of communications who was the PR representative for Larson when he began driving the No. 5 Chevrolet in 2021 en route to the Cup championship.
Hauler Talk: Bristol track conditioning a hot topic heading into weekend

1 month ago | nascar.com | Nate Ryan

Concerns about tire rubber being laid on the track have prompted a return to the PJ1 Trackbite traction compound this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway. On the latest episode of the “Hauler Talk” podcast, NASCAR managing director of communications Mike Forde said the decision was made after resin produced unsatisfactory results after Cup Series practice and qualifying last September. In an unusual move, PJ1 Trackbite was applied on the morning of the Sept. 21 night race at Bristol.
Hauler Talk: Bristol track conditioning a hot topic heading into weekend

1 month ago | sports.yahoo.com | Nate Ryan

Concerns about tire rubber being laid on the track have prompted a return to the PJ1 Trackbite traction compound this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway. On the latest episode of the “Hauler Talk” podcast, NASCAR managing director of communications Mike Forde said the decision was made after resin produced unsatisfactory results after Cup Series practice and qualifying last September. In an unusual move, PJ1 Trackbite was applied on the morning of the Sept. 21 night race at Bristol.