Nascar News

  The L.A. Busch Clash is one week away as the Nascar offseason is coming to a close. A lot has happened this offseason with next-gen car testings, driver changes, new tracks added to the schedule, and more. Today as February is now two days away, we will be looking at all of the changes that have come over the past 3 and a half months.  (The logo for the 2022 Busch Clash) Starting off will be the next-gen car. Race fans will see a brand new car in the Cup Series as Daytona is on the horizon. The next-gen Ford, Toyota, and Chevrolet have been tested at the Charlotte Roval and regular oval track. Following the next-gen test in Charlotte, Nascar visited Daytona International Speedway and Phoenix Raceway to fill out their notebook heading into this year. Nascar officials have agreed on running the 670 horsepower package with a 4-inch spoiler at all non-superspeedway tracks not including Atlanta Motor Speedway. With the reconfiguration to Atlanta, the track is now supposed to race like a s

  As we are on the back half of January the Nascar offseason is starting to wind down. For this article we will be talking about my way to early Nascar playoff predictions. Starting off my playoff list is Kyle Larson, Larson shouldn’t have any issues making the playoffs once again. He is the defending champion and racked up 10 wins across the 2021 season. Following Larson will be Denny Hamlin, the number 11 team has had no issues making the playoffs over the last several years. To confirm it, the last time Hamlin missed the playoffs was 2013.  ( Martin Truex Jr's 2022 Daytona 500 Scheme) To continue my locks for the postseason this year will be Martin Truex jr. making the playoffs. Truex has struggled on some occasions but has always found a way to grab a win. Truex won four races total in 2021 and should hover right around that number this season. Staying in the Joe Gibbs Racing camp, I have Kyle Busch as another driver for my 2022 playoff field. Busch, the same as Truex, has stru

  The Nascar Cup Series will see a lot of changes this offseason, one in particular is the 36 race schedule. With us now in 2022, we are getting closer to the L.A. Coliseum Busch Clash, along with the 64th annual Daytona 500. This year’s schedule will feature two new tracks that the Nascar Cup Series has never raced at. Along with these new additions, the schedule shakes up majorly, races that normally take place in a certain month will now take place in different slots down the line.  Starting off the year the “2022 Busch Clash” will take place in Los Angeles, California at the L.A. Coliseum. This will be a highly anticipated event as this will be the first time Nascar will ever race in the Coliseum. This event will be February 6th at 6:00pm on FOX. After this Sunday night race, Nascar will take a short week off as the NFL’s superbowl Sunday will take place the Sunday before Valentine’s day. After Sunday the 13th in February, Nascar will run it’s traditional “Speedweeks” at Daytona. Q