NASCAR practice times from Sonoma Raceway
Today, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series unloads in Sonoma, California. Two rounds of NASCAR practice are on deck at Sonoma Raceway.
View full 2019 Sonoma practice results below.
2019 Sonoma Raceway Menu: MENCS
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This is the 50th anniversary year for the California road course.
Read MoreKevin Harvick: “There’s a little frustration on the driver’s side because it has fallen on deaf ears.”
Before and again after, Kyle Busch knocked the Dover International Speedway rules package. Specifically, he comments were regarding an inability to pass.
Before the race, Busch noted the corner speeds were too high.
Read MoreJoey Logano won the battle and the war; Did he think Truex would wreck him in the closing laps at Homestead?
Logano on the closing laps at Homestead as he drove away from the field: “I was running those laps there and my foot was shaking to put the throttle down.”
Read MoreMartin Truex Jr had 5 tires for the race that needed to be replaced
NASCAR runs inner-liners at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and just about everywhere. The only exceptions are short tracks.
The inner-liner is basically a tire within a tire. On the rim, there’s two valve stems.
Read MoreFinal practice results for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series field at Atlanta Motor Speedway
Ryan Newman missed the pole on Friday by 0.038. Today, in final practice, Newman takes it to P1.
Martin Truex Jr had to serve a 30 minute penalty at the end of final practice.
Read MoreFurniture Row Racing comments on the Atlanta Motor Speedway penalty
Furniture Row Racing are the defending champions of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Technically it’s the second race of the season. Though, many in the garage would consider Atlanta to be the ‘first race’ of the season.
The team will be starting Atlanta Motor Speedway from last place on Sunday.
Read MoreMartin Truex Jr explains the plans for the NASCAR tire test at Texas Motor Speedway
Yesterday and today, the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series machines took to the track for the first time. But, it’s not necessarily a test for the teams.
The Goodyear Tire tests are more a test for the tire company as well as the sanctioning body.
Read MoreIn the NASCAR points chart below, stage racing and the NASCAR playoff doesn’t exist
What would that look like?
View the full 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series non-playoff points below.
What is this exactly?
NASCAR Cup Series point standings, old school. No stage points, no playoff points.
Read MoreMartin Truex Jr’s hood features 1200 Auto-Owners Insurance associates
Though he already clinched a Championship 4 berth, Martin Truex Jr. has more than 1200 reasons to go all out in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway, the final event in the Round of 8 playoffs.
Riding along with Truex in the 312-lap race will be 1200 Auto-Owners Insurance associates,
Read MoreMartinsville Speedway lights set the tone on Sunday night
As planned, the race at Martinsville Speedway finished under the lights. That was the first time lights have been used for a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series event at ‘The Paperclip’.
They were fantastic! And did you notice the lack of shadow’s?
Read MoreMeanwhile at the top of the leaderboard…
Martin Truex Jr made a rare runner-up appearance this weekend at Martinsville Speedway. He did it at his worst track, in the round of 8.
“There’s a lot of things I could have done differently,” Martin Truex Jr states from the pass room after finishing 2nd to Kyle Busch at Martinsville Speedway.
Read MoreMartin Truex Jr was hit with a restart violation at Kansas Speedway
It didn’t effect Truex as he still drove back through the field to take the win. However, it was a unique form of restart violation. It wasn’t for getting on the gas too early, it was for changing lanes,
Read MoreNASCAR drivers comment following first go at the Charlotte Roval
Charlotte Roval testing concluded yesterday in Charlotte, NC.
CONCORD, N.C. – Two days of Goodyear tire testing on the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval concluded on Wednesday with drivers gearing up for next year’s Bank of America 500 by lapping Charlotte’s challenging,
Read More2018 sponsor for Martin Truex Jr – 30 race dual primary sponsor
In a spirited partnership arrangement with Furniture Row Racing, Bass Pro Shops and 5-hour ENERGY® have teamed to form a 30-race co-primary sponsorship on Martin Truex Jr.’s #78 Toyota during the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Related: Furniture Row Racing is officially shutting down the #77 team
The #78 paint scheme,
Read MoreDover International Speedway starting lineup for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in October 2017
This weekend the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series unloads at Dover International Speedway. View the full 2017 Dover starting lineup below.
Related: Dover TV Schedule (Fall 2017)
Dale Earnhardt Jr was on the cutoff bubble in round 1.
Read MoreDale Earnhardt Jr: “They talk about ‘not wanting to be the fun police’, being the fun police is not on the radar of their damn problems. That’s a cop out, in my opinion.”
Dale Earnhardt Jr has an epiphany last week. As Chase Elliott caught an L1 penalty, and the race winner went across LIS with a torn racecar.
Read MoreSanctioning body executive Steve O’Donnell discusses the NASCAR ambulance incident
NASCAR had a tough night at Richmond Raceway. In the drivers’ meeting they stated, “We don’t want to get involved.”
Well, indirectly, they were involved. A handful of mistakes offered an alternative race result for many teams.
“We had a tough night for the guys up in race control,”
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