Just A Fan's View of Nascar Racing

From a NASCAR Fan’s View The Cup teams are taking on the tricky triangle at Pocono once again, and things are different even though they are basically the same. One thing that didn’t change was the person sitting on the pole. Yeah, that’s right, Denny Hamlin took the pole position again this weekend, and it’s ... Read more

From a NASCAR Fan’s View Next up for the NASCAR Cup teams is the high-speed Michigan International Speedway. It is a favorite of the drivers for many reasons, and high speed is one of them. Another would be the wide racing surface, which allows a number of ways to aggressively try to make their way ... Read more

From a NASCAR Fan’s View The Cup teams take it to Nashville Superspeedway, and once again, the weather just wasn’t cooperating for them at all. So, once again, NASCAR had to make a decision: they eliminated qualifying and gave the teams practice time instead. So, instead of qualifying for the final lineup, they went to ... Read more

From a NASCAR Fan’s View Even as the Cup teams take to the Charlotte Motor Speedway Sunday evening, there will be a dark cloud hanging over this race. On Saturday, it seemed that even the heavens were weeping with all of NASCAR. With the sudden death of Kyle Bush settling in over the fans and ... Read more

From a NASCAR Fan’s View The place for the All-Star race this season is the Monster Mile at Dover Motor Speedway. NASCAR couldn’t have picked a better venue than Dover for the race this season, and it will be a definite challenge for all involved. NASCAR set up the race in three stages of 75 ... Read more

From a NASCAR Fan’s View Yeah, it’s that time again. Time for the Cup teams to take to the Go Bowling at Watkins Glen International. It’s one hundred laps and two hundred and sixty-five miles of road course racing. Don’t know about you, but it came as no surprise to this fan and many others ... Read more

From a NASCAR Fan’s View The Cup Teams take on Talladega Superspeedway this weekend, and it shouldn’t be business as usual this time. In case you missed it, NASCAR has made changes to make the race a better overall race this time around. In recent times, the name of the game has been all about ... Read more

From a NASCAR Fan’s View Yeah, the Cup Teams take on the Kansas Speedway on Sunday afternoon. From this fan’s view, there are questions to be answered by the time the race gets started. Some of them were answered by the practice and qualifying sessions. Some will be answered when the race begins, and others ... Read more

From a NASCAR Fan’s View Well, the Easter break is done, and the drivers are eager to get back to racing. It just so happens that they are taking on the short track at Bristol, which is known as the “World’s Fastest Half Mile.’ That could mean a lot when it comes to some drivers ... Read more

From a NASCAR Fan’s View It’s time for the Cup teams to take to the short track at Martinsville, and once again, it looks like the Toyotas have shown up ready to race. Fortunately, it may not be a dominating day like last weekend. Personally, I am glad there is a good mix of cars ... Read more

From a NASCAR Fan’s View It’s Springtime in South Carolina, and that means the Cup teams are taking on the Darlington Raceway. You know, the “Track Too Tough To Tame.” Well, at least that’s how the advertising talks about it. I will also admit that I agree with the phrase, and it is that way ... Read more

From a NASCAR Fan’s View The Cup Teams take to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and from the looks of it, the Toyotas have brought something to the show that looks ominous. Well, that is from paying attention to the practice and the qualifying. Of course, that is a matter of this fan’s opinion, along ... Read more

From a NASCAR Fan’s View This is the first time the NASCAR Cup teams have returned to Phoenix since the disastrous ending to the championship race for Denny Hamlin. I’m sure you all remember what happened in the closing laps during that race. You know, when Kyle Larson ended up winning the championship, even though ... Read more

From a NASCAR Fan’s View Well, it’s the first road course race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup season, and COTA is the place. Yeah, the Circuit Of The Americas, one of the most challenging Road courses the teams face, is the track that starts off the Road Course part of the year, and there are … Continue reading "NASCAR Cup Teams Take It To COTA              "

From a NASCAR Fan’s View It’s really week two of the 2026 regular season races and this weekend the Cup teams take it to the high-speed, 1.5-mile Echo Park track near Atlanta. I know this is actually the fourth race, but counting the actual points races, it is only week number two. Basically, it is … Continue reading "NASCAR Cup Teams Take It To Echo Park            "

From a NASCAR Fan’s View In usual fashion, the 2026 NASCAR season starts off with the biggest race of the season. There are big races in every type of racing, and there are big games in every sport, but when it comes to NASCAR Cup teams, the first race of their season is probably the … Continue reading "The Great American Race – The Daytona 500             "

From a NASCAR Fan’s View The last NASCAR race was the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium, but the real regular season starts this week at Daytona. The first races that count for anything towards this NASCAR season are the “Fresh From Florida” 250 Duels. As we all already know, this is the way … Continue reading "Daytona Really Starts The Season With The Duels           "

From a NASCAR Fan’s View And so it all comes down to this… The Final Four go for the Championship at Phoenix, and there is a good chance there could be a surprise victor when the final black and white checkered flag drops to close out the 2025 NASCAR Cup Season. Of course there are … Continue reading "The Final Four Go For The Championship At Phoenix              "