[ad_1] Ty Gibbs won his first Cup race in his 131st start. Many would have thought it would be sooner, but it’s not rare for a driver to need around 100 starts to earn his first win. Of the 26 full-time Cup drivers who have a win, their average first career win came in their 91st start. There are 10 full-time drivers in Cup who don’t have a win. Only
[ad_1] Ty Gibbs has six consecutive finishes of sixth or better, with his latest finish being his best. The 23-year-old Joe Gibbs Racing driver’s victory last Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway allowed him to continue to climb in these rankings. Tyler Reddick, though, with four wins and six top-10 finishes in the eight races this year, remains in the No. 1 spot. Here are my power rankings heading into the
[ad_1] Bristol Motor Speedway (Bristol, Tenn.) — The kid finally did it. Make that, the grandkid. Ty Gibbs, grandson of Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs, won his first Cup race in his 131st start, as he led the final 25 laps to capture an overtime victory at Bristol Motor Speedway. It was the 229th Cup victory for Joe Gibbs Racing, which is celebrating its 35th season this
[ad_1] Bristol Motor Speedway (Bristol, Va.) — Alex Bowman admits when he was dizzy and puking in his car during the race last month at Circuit of the Americas, he wasn’t sure if he would ever race again. "When I got out at COTA, I was like, ‘This is probably it.’ That was what was going through my head," Bowman said at a news conference on Saturday. "That sucked. And
[ad_1] Kevin Harvick's race to the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte is officially on. Harvick was one of the 15 people named as nominees for induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2027 on Sunday. He learned the news during FOX Sports' pre-race broadcast ahead of the Cook Out 400. NASCAR Vice Chairman Mike Helton remarked that Harvick's inclusion on the ballot "wasn't
[ad_1] Alex Bowman, who has missed the last four NASCAR Cup Series races because of vertigo, will return to the Hendrick Motorsports No. 48 car this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway. Bowman spent Tuesday in a street car turning laps on the Ten Tenths road course that is next to Charlotte Motor Speedway. He participated in pit-stop practice and did laps in a simulator Wednesday and was medically cleared to
[ad_1] Less than five weeks from the opening day of practice for the Indianapolis 500, and 31 entries have confirmed their participation. The race traditionally has 33 starters. There should be 33 on the grid come May 24th (10 a.m. ET on FOX). The bigger question is whether there will be 34 entries, leading one driver to be bumped from the field. And does it matter? Bump day is part
[ad_1] The NASCAR Cup Series gets back on track at Bristol on Sunday, April 12 for the Food City 500 (3 p.m. ET, FS1). Kyle Larson got into Victory Lane at this race in 2025, with a winning margin of 2.250 seconds. However, with no wins so far in 2026, the Hendrick Motorsports driver could use a little of last year's luck when Cup gets the green flag in Bristol
[ad_1] Rockingham Speedway (Rockingham, N.C.) — Cleetus McFarland had finished his O’Reilly Series debut and had something to say. "All this internet talk got me thinking, maybe I shouldn't come back," McFarland told me and other reporters as he stood outside his car with a big smile. "Psyche. See you guys in two weeks. Talladega." There was a reason for the YouTube content creator to smile. He had done what
[ad_1] Does a driver have to win their respective race to earn the recognition of Driver of the Week? That is the question FOX Sports' Kevin Harvick and Will Buxton debated during the latest episode of "SPEED With Harvick and Buxton." Harvick says yes, while Buxton thinks otherwise. That was reflected in their choices for Driver of the Week after NASCAR's Cook Out 400 and INDYCAR's Children's of Alabama INDY