Kyle Busch celebrates after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway on March 24, 2013 in Fontana, California. (Photo by Todd Warshaw/NASCAR via Getty Images)

Last Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway, Denny Hamlin spun Joey Logano while he was racing Jeff Gordon for the lead. Hamlin claimed Logano had cut him off, and Logano vowed to get him back.

Cue to Sunday afternoon at Auto Club Speedway, in Fontana, were Hamlin and Logano were racing yet again for the lead when they got together coming out of corner and wrecking themselves.

“He probably shouldn’t have done what he did last week, so that’s what he gets,” Logano said. Read the rest of this entry »

Kasey Kahne celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 17, 2013 in Bristol, Tennessee. Image by Geoff Burke/ Getty Images for NASCAR

Last week at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Kasey Kahne had the dominate car but was beaten by Matt Kenseth. On Sunday afternoon, Kahne was looking to win after the missed opportunity. Kahne was able to take advantage of a mistake Brad Keselowski on the final restart to grab the lead and never look back. The mistake helped Kahne pull away to a 1.7 second lead over pole sitter, Kyle Busch.

Kahne would lead a total of 109 laps to capture his first win at the “World’s Fastest Half-Mile”. Read the rest of this entry »

Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth crash at Bristol Motor Speedway

Two days after the IRWIN Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, it isn’t the race winner, Denny Hamlin, who is garnering the talk of the race, it is instead three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, Tony Stewart.

In case you missed out on the beating and banging at Bristol on Saturday night, I posted video below from the Official NASCAR YouTube page. Read the rest of this entry »

Denny Hamlin celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series IRWIN Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. (Tyler Barrick/Getty Photo / August 25, 2012)

While his pit strategy was unique, it was the move on the track that got Denny Hamlin and the FedEx team their first career Bristol win. With less than 40 laps to go, Hamlin made a slide move on Carl Edwards, who then tapped his rear bumper, but was able to hang on and pull away in Saturday’s IRWIN Tools Night Race. This is Hamlin’s third win of the 2012 season. However, the coolest state of the night is that Hamlin’s win gave the #11 it’s 200th ever victory.

With Saturday’s victory, Hamlin is now tied with Johnson, Brad Keselowski, and Tony Stewart for the most wins in 2012. However, Hamlin didn’t clinch a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup this evening. The only drivers to do so were Greg Biffle, Jimmie Johnson, and NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Read the rest of this entry »

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Joey Logano drives under the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Nationwide Series auto race at Bristol Motor Speedway, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, in Bristol, Tenn.

While the hometown boy, Trevor Bayne, captured the pole for the Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday night, it was Joey Logano and the No. 18 Dollar General Toyota of Joe Gibbs Racing that ended up in victory lane.

I guess you could say it was a little NCAA rivarly. Bayne being from Tennessee and Logano from Connecticut, and if you ever followed NCAA Women’s Basketball, then you know the two state schools are rivals and most definitely play each other in March.

The win would be Logano’s first at Bristol Motor Speedway and his sixth victory of the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series, a single-season career high.  This is also Logano’s 15th victory in 103 Nationwide starts. Read the rest of this entry »

Photo Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images for NASCAR

While the rain fell on Friday afternoon making it impossible for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series to get qualifying in for the IRWIN Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, Casey Mears, who was fasted in Friday’s first practice session, was able to take the pole due to the new rules for the season. This is the first time since 2007 at Chicagoland Speedway that Mears has started on the pole. However, even though Mears is on the pole he will not get the Coors Light Pole Award or have a place in the 2013 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway.

Coverage for the IRWIN Tools Night Race starts at 7:00pm EST on ABC withNASCAR Countdown.

Starting Lineup:

1. Casey Mears
2. Brad Keselowski
3. Greg Biffle
4. Joey Logano
5. Aric Almirola
6. Jeff Burton
7. Paul Menard
8. Denny Hamlin
9. Marcos Ambrose
10. Kyle Busch Read the rest of this entry »

Trevor Bayne, driver of the #60 Yourracecar.com Ford, poses after qualifying for the pole position in the NASCAR Nationwide Series Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 24, 2012 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

Ford driver, Trevor Bayne, who is making his first NASCAR Nationwide Series start since March led Friday morning’s practice session that lasted almost three hours at Bristol Motor Speedway and later in the day was able to capture the Coors Light Pole Award for the 31st Annual Food City 250. Bayne, who is running a “We Back Pat” paint scheme to help raise awareness for the Pat Summitt Foundation’s fight against Alzheimer’s disease, was the last car to go out in Nationwide Series qualifying. Bayne knocked Joey Logano off the pole with a qualifying speed of 121.190mph, 15.833 seconds. This is Bayne’s fifth career NASCAR Nationwide pole.

Coverage for the Food City 250 begins at 7:00pm EST on ESPN with the NASCAR Countdown show.

Starting Lineup:

1. Trevor Bayne
2. Joey Logano
3. Brian Scott
4. Austin Dillon
5. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
6. Justin Allgaier (ESPN In-Race Reporter)
7. Elliott Sadler
8. Brad Keselowski
9. Sam Hornish, Jr.
10. Kyle Busch Read the rest of this entry »

It’s been 15 years since a winner in the NASCAR Camping World Truck series lead every lap  from the drop of the green to the checkered flag. Ron Hornaday was the driver’s name and Louisville Motor Speedway was the track.

On Wednesday night, an unusual night for a race, it was Timothy Peters and the No. 17 of Red Horse Racing to put his name in the history books. This was the first race on Bristol Motor Speedway’s new surface, which cost approximately $1 million dollars and promised to bring back the beating and banging of Bristol.

There was no early cautions, which cause some fans to be all up in arms on Twitter. The first caution didn’t come until Lap 81 when Chris Jones hit the wall.

With 41 laps to go and Peters still leading, Keystone Pole Winner Cale Gale tried to pass Todd Bodine on the backstretch but made contact, cutting Bodine’s rear tire and sending him into the Turn 3 wall bringing out the yellow.

Brad Keselowski celebrates winning his second race in the Sprint Summer Showdown presented by HTC EVO 3D after winning the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday. Credit: John Harrelson/Getty Images for NASCAR

It seems like it has been ages since NASCAR hosted a Saturday night race. It doesn’t get any better than Bristol Motor Speedway. 500 miles of beating and banging at what has been nicknamed the “World’s Fastest Half Mile.” I can already feel the excitement.

Last year, Brad Keselowski was able to capture his third win of the season and his second since breaking his ankle in a testing accident on August 3^rd at Road Atlanta. Keselowski grabbed the lead on a restart with 80 laps to go and never looked back. The victory all but assured at least a wild-card spot in the 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup, a first in his career. Can Keselowski do it again?

Seven drivers can secure a spot in the Chase this weekend at Bristol. Greg Biffle can clinch with a finish of 28^th with no laps led, 29^th with at least ne lap led and 30^th with the most laps led. The scenario for Matt Kenseth is eighth with no laps led, ninth at least one lap led and 10^th with most laps led. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. laps a spot in the post season with finishes of sixth with no laps led, seventh with at least one lap led and eighth with the most laps led. Jimmie Johnson will punch his Chase ticket with a victory or second-place finish while leading the most laps. Brad Keselowski, Martin Truex Jr. and Clint Bowyer also can reserve spots in the Chase but are not yet in charge of the their own destinies. The magic number is 97 points ahead of the 11^th-place driver’s total.

And in other NASCAR news, Danica Patrick makes her NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut at Bristol Motor Speedway and fourth start of the 2012 season. She finished 19^th in the track’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race in March.

I hope you all enjoy the great racing at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend. Below you’ll find the TV schedule for the weekend, which will actually start on Wednesday with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series:

2011 Pole Winner: Elliott Sadler
2011 Winner:  Kevin Harvick
Laps: 200
Distance: 106.6 Miles

Wednesday, August 22, 2012:

5:00pm NASCAR Truck Series Qualifying SPEED
6:00pm NASCAR Whelen Modified Series SPEED
7:30PM NCWTS Setup SPEED
8:00PM NASCAR Camping World Truck Series SPEED
(Bristol 200)

NASCAR Nationwide Series: 

2011 Pole Winner: Kyle Busch
2011 Winner: Kyle Busch
Laps: 250
Distance: 133.24 Miles

Friday, August 24, 2012: 

10:00AM NASCAR Nationwide Practice SPEED
12:00PM NASCAR Sprint Cup Practice SPEED
2:00PM NASCAR Live SPEED
2:30PM NASCAR Sprint Cup Final Practice SPEED
3:30PM NASCAR Nationwide Qualifying SPEED
5:00PM NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Qualifying ESPN
6:30PM Trackside SPEED
7:00PM NASCAR Countdown ESPN
7:30PM NASCAR Nationwide Series Race ESPN
(Food City 250. Justin Allgaier is the in-race reporter)
11:30PM NASCAR Sprint Cup Practice (RE-AIR) SPEED

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series:

2011 Pole Sitter: Ryan Newman
2011 Winner: Brad Keselowski
Laps: 500
Distance: 266.5 Miles

Saturday, August 25, 2012: 

12:00 Prerace NASCAR Now ESPN2
4:00PM NASCAR Performance SPEED
4:30PM SPEED Center NASCAR Edition SPEED
5:00 PM NASCAR RaceDay SPEED
7:00PM NASCAR Countdown ABC
7:30PM NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race ABC
(Irwin Tools Night Race. Carl Edwards is the in-race reporter)
11:00PM NASCAR Victory Lane – Special Edition SPEED