By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend the Cup Series travels to Kansas City, Kansas for the Advent Health 400 at Kansas Speedway.   Kansas is a 1.5-mile tri-oval speedway, built in 2001.  Jeff Gordon won the first Cup Series race there that same year.  Kyle Larson won this race in the spring last year, and Chase Elliott won it in the fall.   Tomorrow’s race will be 267 laps long (for a total of 400.5 miles), wit

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend the NASCAR Cup Series travels to Bristol, Tennessee for the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.   Bristol is a 0.533-mile short track oval, with a concrete surface and heavy banking in the corners.  The track was built in 1961, and has been a staple on the Cup Series calendar ever since.  Jack Smith won the first Cup race there that same year.  Christopher Bell won the

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend the NASCAR Cup Series travels to Ridgeway, Virginia for the Cook Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway   Martinsville is a 0.526-mile oval track, nicknamed “The Paperclip,” because of its uniquely tight corners and longer straightaways.  It opened in 1947, with Red Byron winning the first NASCAR race there in 1949.  Denny Hamlin and William Byron won the races at this track last

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend the NASCAR Cup Series travels to Avondale, Arizona for the Straight Talk Wireless 500 at Phoenix Raceway.   Phoenix is a 1-mile oval with a signature dogleg just past the start/finish line.  It served as the Championship Race for the past six years, though that has changed in 2026.  The track opened in 1964, but the Cup Series didn’t start racing there until 1988.  Alan Kulw

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series travels to Austin, Texas for the DuraMAX Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas, or COTA.   The portion of the track that NASCAR uses at COTA is a 17-turn 2.4-mile road course.  The facility opened in 2012, and NASCAR first visited in 2021. Christopher Bell won this race last year.   Tomorrow’s race will be 95 laps long (for a total of 223.82 mi

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend NASCAR travels to Avondale, Arizona for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway.   Phoenix is a 1-mile oval track with a unique dogleg corner just past the start-finish line.  The track opened in 1964, but NASCAR didn’t start racing there until 1988.  Alan Kulwicki won the first race there that year.  Christopher Bell won in Phoenix earlier this year.  Joey Log

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend NASCAR travels to Ridgeway, Virginia for the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway.   Martinsville is a 0.526-mile oval, nicknamed “The Paperclip,” because of its shape. It’s the only track that has concrete in the turns, but asphalt on the straightaways.  Martinsville is also the oldest track that is still run on the NASCAR schedule.  It opened in 1947, and Red Byron was the

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend NASCAR travels to Lincoln, Alabama for the YellaWood 500 at Talladega SuperSpeedway.   Talladega is the largest oval on the NASCAR circuit, at 2.66 miles long.  The track opened in 1969, and Richard Brickhouse was the first to win a NASCAR race at the facility that same year.  Last year, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won this race in the fall.  Earlier this season, the race was won by

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend NASCAR travels to Las Vegas,...

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend NASCAR travels to Concord, North...

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend NASCAR travels to Kansas City,...

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend NASCAR travels to Loudon, New...

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday (on a Friday!). This weekend NASCAR travels to...

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend NASCAR travels to Madison,...

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend NASCAR travels to Darlington,...

By Adam Carabine Happy Friday everyone!  This weekend, the NASCAR Cup Series travels to Daytona, Florida for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at...

By Adam Carabine Happy Friday everyone!  This weekend, the NASCAR Cup Series travels to Richmond, Virginia for the Cook Out 400 at...

By Adam Carabine Happy Saturday everyone!  This weekend, the NASCAR Cup Series travels to Speedway, Indiana for the Brickyard 400 at...

By Adam Carabine Happy Saturday everyone!  This weekend, the NASCAR Cup Series travels to Dover, Delaware for the Autotrader EchoPark...

By Adam Carabine Happy Saturday everyone!  This weekend, the NASCAR Cup Series travels to Sonoma, California for the Toyota/Save Mart 350...