Overview Texas Motor Speedway is the sight for Sunday in the NASCAR Cup Series as we go back to a 1.5-mile intermediate track. As we head into the second quarter of the season, we are starting to see some drivers sort themselves out ahead of the rest as far as points standings go. The intermediate…
Overview We have the second NASCAR night race in as many nights and this time it’s the XFINITY Series drivers taking to the short track of Martinsville. We got a little taste of a short track-type atmosphere last week when the cars hit Richmond Raceway but this track this week is a true short track,…
Overview The Craftsman Truck Series had a bit of a layoff not having raced since COTA on March 23rd but this week they head to the shortest track on the schedule, Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Martinsville is a .526-mile asphalt concrete oval that has 12 degrees of banking in the turns. Commonly called the…
Overview It’s Easter Sunday and we’re racing under the lights. It’s safe to say that we’re getting into the meat and potatoes of the NASCAR Cup Series season heading to Richmond Raceway, one of the premier short tracks on the schedule. Richmond is known for aggressive tire wear putting an emphasis on the drivers to…
Overview Richmond is known as “America’s premier short track” and could be considered a fan-favorite venue. The .75-mile asphalt oval opened in 1946 and the XFINITY Series has been racing there since 1982. The drivers will turn 250 laps totaling 187.5 miles making this race the one with the most dominator points available on the…
Overview The Circuit of the Americas or COTA is a 3.426-mile Formula 1 road course that features 20 turns. The drivers will turn just 68 laps translating to 231.88 miles making dominator points more important than the Truck and XFINITY races but still not something we should run to seek out, specifically the “laps led”…
Overview For the first time since 2020 the NASCAR’s Cup Series returns to Bristol Motor Speedway in the spring on pavement. As you may or may not know, the last three season’s Bristol has featured a dirt race in the Spring. While these races were entertaining, it’s nice to get back to one of NASCAR’s…
Top Drivers Kyle Busch ($15,000) This seems obvious, he’s one of the best drivers ever to hit Bristol. However, KB comes with a crazy price tag but for a guy that’s won at a track 23 times in total (five times in a Truck) it’s hard to argue that he’d be expensive. Whether or not…
Overview Phoenix Raceway is a one-mile flat dogleg asphalt oval considered by some as a short track but unlike typical short tracks there is hardly any banking at Phoenix. Richmond Raceway and New Hampshire Motor Speedway (Loudon) are the two most comparable tracks to Phoenix where track position is everything as far as dominator points…
Overview In the fourth race of the XFINITY Season the drivers take on the first “short track” of the season. Phoenix features a one-mile flat oval that is characterized as a short track. The drivers will turn 200 laps here in what will be the first of two trips here this season. Much like last…
