NASCAR Podcast
As Martin Truex Jr. came through a hairpin final turn and approached the finish line at Sonoma Raceway in Sunday’s Toyota Save Mart 350, the 38-year old was making more history than just recording the 23rd victory of his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career. His victory actually made Joe Gibbs Racing the winningest team in NASCAR history. Continue reading “Joe Gibbs Racing Becomes Winningest NASCAR Team in History”
Matt DiBenedetto kept his nose clean and drove smoothly in Sunday’s Toyota Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway for an emotional career-best fourth-place finish. A misty-eyed DiBenedetto had reason to be proud of his effort at the 2.52-mile road course, but instead of tooting his own horn he was thankful for his opportunity. Continue reading “Matt DiBenedetto Scores Career Best Finish in Sonoma”
Over the past year, Alex Bowman has proven himself quite capable on road courses. Sunday, in the Toyota Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway the driver of the No. 88 Axalta Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 looked to be heading to yet another top-10. Then, he wasn’t as he faded to 14th. Continue reading “Alex Bowman Had no Power Steering and Still Finished 14th at Sonoma”
Ross Chastain and Niece Motorsports have pulled off the ultimate redemption after they were disqualified following a win last weekend at Iowa Speedway. Chastain was able to hold off the competition in the closing laps despite taking fuel only on the final pit stop. Continue reading “Ross Chastain Takes the Win in Gateway”
Noah Gragson took the lead from Hailie Deegan on lap 1 of the Procore 200 at Sonoma Raceway, and he dominated nearly the entire first Stage of the race.
However, on a restart in the closing laps of the opening stage Gragson was flagged for jumping the start. This sent the leader of the race to pit road and to the back of the field.
Ryan Preece assumed the lead and looked to be cruising to a victory, that is until he was busted for jumping the restart himself on an overtime finish.
Gragson had routed and gouged his way to second, which made him the winner of the race when Preece’s restart was deemed illegal.
Daniel Hemric came home second, Austin Dillon was third. Cole Custer and David Mayhew rounded out the top-five finishers.
Preece was scored the last car on the lead lap in 20th.
Deegan did not lead a lap in the race and finished eighth, while the point leader — Derek Kraus — encountered numerous issues en route to a 19th place finish. Kraus now leads Deegan by just one point in the championship race.
The Final Lap Weekly 