HT Image That's what NASCAR Cup Series drivers want, not only from their pit crews and engineers but also from the governing body and how decisions are made in the race command center. After NASCAR said Denny Hamlin jumped the overtime restart at Richmond Raceway last Sunday night and won the race, senior vice president of competition Elton Sawyer acknowledged …
The week after Ross Chastain pulled his viral “Hail Melon” move at Martinsville Speedway to advance to NASCAR’s championship race last fall, he sat in a meeting with Cup Series officials and listened to his driver colleagues argue about whether the move should be banned. Despite several close calls, Chastain didn’t win until late June and said the time before …
While the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs should in theory feature the eight best drivers and teams from the season, that isn’t always the case. And though I think they’ll be fine, we haven’t really seen these guys pushed like that.” … “From a pressure standpoint, it’s uncharted territory.” Martin Truex Jr. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing …
