Samuel Stubbs

18 hours ago | yardbarker.com | Samuel Stubbs

On Wednesday and Thursday, IndyCar drivers participated in test sessions for the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With the two days of on-track action in the books, here are the top storylines as May approaches. Dixon, McLaughlin lead the way Scott Dixon and Scott McLaughlin were the fastest drivers in Speedway, Indiana, on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.

18 hours ago | yardbarker.com | Samuel Stubbs

As a veteran of nearly five decades of NASCAR broadcasting, Mike Joy knows a thing or two about NASCAR's fan base. Joy was working for MRN during the 1979 Daytona 500, which is arguably the most important race in NASCAR history due to how it transformed NASCAR from a largely regional sport to a nationwide phenomenon. Joy was working for CBS in the 1990s and Fox in the early to mid-2000s when NASCAR soared in popularity and became the second-most popular sport in America behind only the NFL.

19 hours ago | frontstretch.com | Samuel Stubbs

In case you haven’t noticed, superspeedway racing in the NASCAR Cup Series tends to change a lot. With new rules packages, cars and drivers comes a new wave of speedway racing on a relatively consistent basis. Fans are usually split on how they view superspeedway racing, but it’s clear that with every generation of car it’s going to differ.

1 day ago | yardbarker.com | Samuel Stubbs

Over the last two decades, Rick Allen has become a staple of NASCAR broadcasting. The 55-year-old from Grand Island, Nebraska, began his career as a NASCAR play-by-play announcer in 2003 as the lead for the SPEED Channel's coverage of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. In 2015, Allen was tapped by NBC to be the play-by-play announcer for the network's coverage of the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Cup Series, which NBC was covering for the first time since 2006.

1 day ago | news-daily.com | Samuel Stubbs

Going into Sunday's Jack Link's 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, Chase Elliott has not won a Cup Series race since winning at Texas Motor Speedway on April 14, 2024. While he sits fifth in the Cup Series standings, there's been a noticeable lack of race-winning speed from the No. 9 team. With a 36-race winless streak currently on his back, here are the tracks on the schedule in the near future where Elliott could break through and snap the drought.