NASCAR Cup Series Tag

By David Morgan, Associate Editor It’s that time of the year again. Two weeks after the season kicked off with the Busch Clash exhibition race at the L.A. Coliseum, the 2023 campaign shifts into high gear with Sunday’s 65th running of the Daytona 500. The Great American Race has seen many attempt to conquer it, but only a select few have been able to hoist the Harley J. Earl trophy in victory lane at the end of the day. Some go their entire careers without being able to accomplish that feat.Read More

The 2013 Modified Tour champion says he's one of the most intense racers.Read More

By Matt Weaver, Special Contributor All that’s left for Todd Gilliland to do is just win the dang Daytona 500 and everything else will take care of itself. Okay, it’s not quite that dire nor that simple, but winning the biggest race of the year would solve several emerging issues for the second-generation Cup Series racer at Front Row Motorsports. Gilliland found out over the winter that his full-time schedule would be scaled down to 30 races to make room for Truck Series champion Zane Smith and his five-race campaign. SmithRead More

By Luis Torres, Staff Writer NASCAR’s 75th Anniversary kicked off with some fireworks as the Cup Series returned to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum last Sunday. From music entertainment to a plethora of bumper-to-bumper madness, fans who attended the event saw one memorable show. Once the madness ended, it was Martin Truex, Jr. who left Southern California victorious. I was able to shoot photos of the event and proud to share my works. Without further ado, here’s the return of “In Pictures.”Read More

North Wilkesboro and Chicago are big events that may need some help.Read More

This is what a pre-season all-star showcase is supposed to look and sound like. Read More

"We were a bag of dicks," but the 19 is off to a better start in 2023Read More

It was a 'beat em, bang em, bumper car' kind of race. Read More

By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service LOS ANGELES – In front of a large, enthusiastic crowd in one of the most iconic venues in sports, Martin Truex Jr. earned his first NASCAR Cup Series victory in more than a season in a rough-and-tumble all-thrills Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum Sunday night at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Truex’s No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota held off Austin Dillon’s No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet by a mere .786-second leading the final 25 laps of the 150-lap annual non-points exhibitionRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor The wait is over. The 2023 NASCAR Cup Series kicks off this weekend with the annual Busch Light Clash exhibition race. After being held at Daytona International Speedway as the opening salvo to Speedweeks throughout its existence, the race moved away from the birthplace of NASCAR out to the West Coast last year, into the confines of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. For the second year in a row, the purpose-built quarter-mile track plays host to NASCAR’s premier division and will give all of the teamsRead More