Sprint Cup Series Tag

By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor Indianapolis Motor Speedway should be considered the benchmark for every race team in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. To run well at the 2.5-mile speedway it takes stealth-like aerodynamics, incredible horsepower to rocket down the long straightaways, and impeccable handling to get through all four of the iconic track’s sharp turns. While the mega-teams like Joe Gibbs Racing lead the way, one race team showed massive improvement in this year’s Brickyard 400 — Front Row Motorsports. Before this past Sunday, the race team had appeared in eightRead More

By Aaron Bearden, Contributing Writer Sprint Cup Series points leader Kevin Harvick will be without his crew chief Rodney Childers this weekend at Pocono Raceway after a suspension from NASCAR. NASCAR announced Wednesday that Childers has been suspended from NASCAR competition through Aug. 3 and fined $20,000 after Harvick’s No. 4 Chevrolet was observed with improperly installed lug nuts following Sunday’s Combat Wounded Coalition 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Childers, 40, has also been placed on NASCAR probation through Dec. 31. Stewart-Haas Racing has elected not to appeal the decision. InRead More

SPEEDWAY, Ind. – Mission accomplished, a record set, and a torch passed to the next generation. Kyle Busch set a Brickyard record for laps led and became the first driver to sweep both a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series race from the pole in the same weekend, but the real symbolism of Sunday’s Crown Royal 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway didn’t come until the event was over. As Busch spun his No. 18 Toyota in a celebratory burnout and took his customary bows near the yard ofRead More

By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor As a young boy growing up in Indiana with aspirations of being a racecar driver, no ground was more sacred than the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Sunday, Tony Stewart likely completed his final race ever at the 2.5-mile speedway. Stewart began his racing career with an ultimate goal of drinking the milk after capturing Indianapolis 500 glory. To his credit, Stewart came close, as he finished fifth in 1997 while running for an IndyCar championship. In 1999, Stewart changed career paths and traded in his open-wheeled IndyCar forRead More

By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor After being retired for eight months, it was almost inconceivable that even Jeff Gordon — a four-time Sprint Cup Series champion — could strap back into a Sprint Cup Series car at a track as challenging as Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and still be competitive. Yet, Gordon drove a smart race all day long and had a shot at a top-10 finish Sunday, before settling for 13th in his first race substituting for an injured Dale Earnhardt Jr. Gordon started the day from the 21st position,Read More

By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor He may not be locked into his first Chase Berth just yet, but Kyle Larson took a huge step toward securing his first chance at battling for a championship in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Larson started the day 19th in the championship standings, and kept himself in a position for a top-10 finish all day long. He rolled off from the grid in the 10th position, and at a track where it’s hard to pass, that helped Larson stay in theRead More

SHOW #420 – Guest: NBC’s Mike Massaro, we break down the New Hampshire Weekend, huge weekend for Tony Stewart and now Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth gets penalty for laser inspection, listener email, fantasy racing, plus a full Indianapolis Motor Speedway preview. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Toby Christie DOWNLOAD HERE CREDITS: Hosts: Kerry Murphey & Toby Christie Executive Producer: Kerry Murphey Music: Russell Nash Audio Director Voice Over: Thomas Moog SUBSCRIBE FREE HERE RSS FEED RADIO STATIONS CLICK HERE SUBSCRIBE FROM iTUNES: Take us with you! Subscribe to our audioRead More

By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor The news we expected came down Wednesday. Hendrick Motorsports announced that Dale Earnhardt Jr. will miss at least the next two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races while he continues to recover from concussion-like symptoms. This will undoubtedly drop Earnhardt from Chase contention, and upon his return, Earnhardt will have to hope for a health waiver from NASCAR (which should be awarded) at which point he will then have to win a race before the end of the regular season if he wants to Chase hisRead More

By Frank Santoroski, Staff Writer After retiring from the cockpit in 2015, four-time series Champion Jeff Gordon will return to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for the next two events at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Pocono Raceway. Gordon will be filling-in for his former teammate, Dale Earnhardt Jr., who is recovering from concussion-like symptoms that also caused him to sit out this past weekend at New Hampshire. “I know there’s probably a lot of speculation about what type of injury or symptoms I’m dealing with,” said Earnhardt on hisRead More

By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor The pressure on the shoulders of Alex Bowman must have been immense all week long, but you wouldn’t have been able to tell as the young driver from Tucson, Arizona looked calm, cool and collected while driving in relief of NASCAR’s most popular driver — Dale Earnhardt Jr. Bowman got the call mid-week to run the Sprint Cup Series race for Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 88 team, after Earnhardt found out that what he believed to be a sinus infection was actually symptoms of a concussionRead More