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The best driver over a given season should be the one to win the NASCAR Cup Series championship, right? While it would seem that such should be the case. However, a look back at the way the NASCAR Playoffs have played out over the past few years indicates that the best driver over the course of a season does not always win the title. In reality, it might seem as if the opposite is more likely to be true. Just look back at the 2020 season as an example. Kevin Harvick won a total of nine races but did not…

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NASCAR is getting exactly what it wants this weekend in the Xfinity 500 event at the Martinsville Speedway in a race that will decide the Championship 4 for the season finale. Consider that the scenario with the greatest possible drama will play out on the half-mile track located in southern Virginia on Sunday as only one driver will enter that race locked in as a certain championship contender while the other seven remaining hopefuls will have their fate decided over the course of the afternoon and evening. The sanctioning body could not have asked for more. Kyle Larson has assured…

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With all the talk in the NASCAR Cup Series centering on those drivers who are still alive in the Playoffs, it can be easy to overlook those who have already been eliminated from title contention. But one driver who could very well find himself in the mix for a top finish or even a win this weekend in the Hollywood Casino 400 at the Kansas Speedway is Tyler Reddick. The 1.5-mile track located just across the state line from Kansas City, Missouri is one where the 25-year-old racer has run well in the past. And perhaps more importantly, the driver…

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A look at the drivers and teams still in the hunt for the NASCAR Cup Series championship in the ‘Round of 8’ does not reveal very much in the way of parity among the teams as only three organizations are represented among the remaining hopefuls. But on that same note, there does appear to be a certain degree of equality among the auto manufacturers who participate at the highest level of stock car racing as each of the three car makers involved in the sport still have a chance to emerge from the NASCAR Playoffs as a champion. Joe Gibbs…

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The remaining eight drivers in the NASCAR Playoffs all come from just three organizations. Three of those competitors drive for Joe Gibbs Racing, three for Team Penske, and two for Hendrick Motorsports. While it might seem as if JGR and Penske have an advantage due to the fact that each has one more representative in contention for the NASCAR Cup Series championship than does Hendrick, the results of Sunday’s Autotrader Echo Park Automotive 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway may actually paint a different picture. Kyle Larson’s victory in Fort Worth assures that the No. 5 HMS Chevrolet will be…

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If any of the eight contenders who are still alive in the NASCAR Playoffs wins on Sunday in the Autotrader Echo Park Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway they will have the advantage of being locked into the Championship 4 race in three weeks at Phoenix Raceway. Obviously, a victory in Fort Worth will provide a big advantage for any of those title hopefuls as they prepare for that final race. But there may be one driver who would benefit most from a victory in Texas. Kyle Larson and his Hendrick Motorsports have been the talk of the season so…

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For a driver who was eliminated following the NASCAR Cup Series race held last Sunday afternoon at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ‘Roval’, Kevin Harvick has commanded a great deal of this week’s racing news cycle. Last year at this time, he was also a major part of the NASCAR Playoffs story but for a very different reason as many considered him the favorite to go on and add a title to the one he earned in 2014. After the 2020 ‘Round of 8’ Harvick and his Stewart-Haas Racing team were knocked out of contention and went to the season finale…

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Unless you have been off of the planet over the past few weeks, you probably already know of the running feud between NASCAR Cup Series champions Chase Elliott and Kevin Harvick. What appeared to have begun at Bristol Motor Speedway with a side-by-side rub that later turned into one driver holding the other up long enough for a lead change to occur has now evolved into a pair of crashes on the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval. A pair of face-to-face disagreements in the Bristol infield were followed up this past Sunday with some televised post-race barbs thrown in each other’s…

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Jackie Robinson is perhaps the most iconic figure in American sports history in terms of African-American athletes breaking the barrier of what had previously been considered a sovereign realm for whites. When the Dodgers legend entered Major League Baseball in 1947, it was not only a significant moment in the history of sports but also for American culture as a whole. What makes the first black player’s legacy so important in sports as well as life in general is that not only was he a great player but he paved the way for numerous others to follow his lead and…

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Invariably, a trip to the Talladega Super Speedway by the three top series in NASCAR leads to all sorts of chatter before, during and after each racing weekend. Drivers, teams, fans, and media often weigh in with their likes and dislikes of the giant track and the type of racing that goes on there. Pack racing, tight competition, close finishes, and the constantly looming threat of the ‘Big One’ are all topics of conversation in regard to the Alabama facility. Not only did this past weekend provide all of that, but at the same time, history making elements of the…

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