TRE NEWS/OPINION
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Kyle Larson: ‘We can do great things’
Despite leading the most laps in the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Kyle Lason came up short in his quest for his second win of the 2021 season. Larson won the first two stages of the Sunday race at Atlanta Motor Speedway and led on five occasions for 269 total laps. However, Ryan Blaney ate…
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Six-for-Six: Ryan Blaney continues trend of different winners
Ryan Blaney spoiled Kyle Larson’s dominant run in the Folds of Honor QT 500 Sunday to capture his first checkered flag of the 2021 Cup Series season. Blaney made the race-winning pass on race-leader Kyle Larson at Atlanta Motor Speedway with nine laps to go, earning his fifth career win in NASCAR’s top series. “Gosh,…
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Martin Truex Jr. scores first win at Phoenix
AVONDALE, Ariz. — It took 31 races, but Martin Truex Jr. finally won a Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway. Truex led the final 25 laps Sunday in the Instacart 500, passing race leader Joey Logano after the final restart of the race. “I can’t believe it, I’m speechless, this feels pretty amazing,” Truex said.…
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Martin Truex Jr. ties Carl Edwards, Rex White on wins list
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Martin Truex Jr.’s victory in the Instacart 500 Sunday (Mar. 14) marked his first Cup Series win of 2021 and the 28th of his Cup Series career. Truex’s win ties him with 1960 series champion Rex White and Carl Edwards on the Cup Series all-time wins list. The three drivers are tied…
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Denny Hamlin continues to lead field in stage points, stage wins
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Five races into the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season, Denny Hamlin continues to lead all competitors in stage points earned and stage wins. Hamlin has earned 77 stage points so far — including 15 points Sunday (Mar. 14) in the Instacart 500 at Phoenix Raceway — 25 points over Brad Keselowski who…
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Ty Gibbs dominates in Phoenix during ARCA National, West Series combination event
Ty Gibbs captured his first win of the 2021 ARCA Menards Series Championship campaign with a win at the Phoenix Raceway on Friday night.
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Austin Cindric victorious again at Phoenix
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Austin Cindric held off Justin Allgaier and the rest of the field in the Call 811 Before You Dig 200 Saturday at Phoenix Raceway Saturday to claim his second win of the 2021 season. Cindric led 119 laps, including the last 54, to pick up his 10th career win in the series.…
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Austin Cindric ties Bobby Labonte, others on wins list
AVONDALE — With his victory in the Call 811 Before You Dig 200 at Phoenix Raceway Saturday (Mar. 13), Austin Cindric has hit the double-digit mark with victories in NASCAR’s second-tier series. Cindric is now tied with Jason Keller, 1991 series champion Bobby Labonte, and Robert Pressley with 10 wins in the series, good for…
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Top-5 longest winless Phoenix streaks
Among the 38 starters in this Sunday’s Instacart 500, seven drivers are past winners of a Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway. Kevin Harvick leads the active drivers with nine total victories at the 1-mile speedway, with the most recent victory in March of 2018. Below, we will take a look at the drivers in…
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Joey Logano looking to be ‘competitive’ in Phoenix
Defending March Phoenix Cup Series race-winner Joey Logano expects to be competitive in Sunday’s Instacart 500 at Phoenix Raceway. “We’ve been close to a few victories already, so I feel like you look at on the road course, the Daytona 500 we were really close to winning those races,” Logano said. “We had a struggle…