Zach Sturniolo

5 days ago | nascar.com | Zach Sturniolo

LONG POND, Pa. — Denny Hamlin returned to his best track on the NASCAR Cup Series calendar after one week off and netted a runner-up finish at Pocono Raceway. After sitting out last week’s race in Mexico City as he and fiancée Jordan Fish welcomed the birth of their third child, Hamlin led 32 laps, won Stage 1 and was alongside teammate Chase Briscoe on the final restart.

5 days ago | nascar.com | Zach Sturniolo

LONG POND, Pa. — One week ago, Shane van Gisbergen’s victory in Mexico City vaulted him into the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. In some ways, certainly, the victory was an upset for the driver who sits 30th in the points standings. But the reality is that the New Zealander affectionately known as SVG seemed destined to win at least one of the five road-course races on the regular-season schedule to propel him into the postseason.

6 days ago | nascar.com | Zach Sturniolo

LONG POND, Pa. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. has a 100% win rate as a NASCAR crew chief. The Hall-of-Fame driver, two-time Xfinity Series champion and current JR Motorsports team co-owner helped guide rookie Connor Zilisch and the No. 88 JRM Chevrolet to the win in Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series at Pocono Raceway.

6 days ago | nascar.com | Zach Sturniolo

LONG POND, Pa. — One race remains to set the seeds for the inaugural In-Season Challenge in the NASCAR Cup Series. The 32 drivers locked into this year’s five-race, bracket-style tournament will be seeded according to their best finishes over the course of three races — Michigan International Speedway, Mexico City’s Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez and finally Pocono Raceway on Sunday afternoon (2 p.m. ET, Prime Video, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

6 days ago | nascar.com | Zach Sturniolo

LONG POND, Pa. — Carson Hocevar entered Pocono Raceway Saturday as a hot topic of conversation all over again. The 22-year-old sophomore racer for Spire Motorsports reignited a feud with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in Mexico City — only one week after their tensions cooled. He was also fined $50,000 by Spire Motorsports for derogatory comments Hocevar made about Mexico City on a livestream before the weekend began.