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14 hours ago | frontstretch.com | Tom Bowles

Did You Notice? … We’re edging closer to NASCAR Silly Season? It was in late May 2024 we learned Stewart-Haas Racing was ceasing NASCAR Cup Series operations, closing their four-car team and setting off a wild Silly Season. Within weeks, Martin Truex Jr. had followed suit by announcing his retirement, setting the yearly game of racing musical chairs in full swing. This year, it feels unlikely the earthquake of a Cup championship team or driver leaving the sport will hit a second year in a row.

1 day ago | frontstretch.com | Dalton Hopkins

In 2008, the Wood Brothers Racing team was at what is perhaps one of the lowest points of its 75-year history. The team made only 28 starts during the 36-race season that year, with its only top 10 coming from a third-place finish from road course ace Marcos Ambrose. However, even that didn’t really count, as the Australian’s No. 47 entry was funded by Tad Geschickter’s JTG Daugherty Racing outfit.

2 days ago | frontstretch.com | Dalton Hopkins

When you think of the biggest personalities of NASCAR, you might come to the same conclusions as many in the industry. Denny Hamlin has become the voice of the drivers and the people in the last couple of years and has wielded his role well, using it on his highly popular podcast. Kyle Busch is another candidate, as his candid and confident personality offers us some of the best radio and media soundbites every week. But when they retire – and sometime soon – who will be left to take the mantle?

3 days ago | frontstretch.com | Dalton Hopkins

Kyle Larson put on another clinic from the pole and claimed his third career NASCAR Cup Series win at Kansas Speedway after starting from the pole in the AdventHealth 400 on Sunday (May 11). Finishing behind him were Christopher Bell, Ryan Blaney, Chase Briscoe and Alex Bowman to round out the top five. The victory is already Larson’s third in 2025, matching Bell for highest this season. Are you tired of Larson winning yet? Well, you’re going to have a rough next decade.

3 days ago | frontstretch.com | Daniel McFadin

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Alex Bowman didn’t want to stand around pit road and “bitch” about a fifth-place finish in Sunday’s (May 11) NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway – especially after only having one top-10 finish in the previous five races. But he sure had an abundance of reasons to be a frustrated. First off, he got a terrible night’s sleep. “I slept on my neck wrong last night, so I’ve been a little grumpy all day,” Bowman explained.