With a deep breath, we will see live racing on Sunday. No, you will not hear the roar of the crowd, and you won't see much of a victory lane celebration, but in these days of pandemic, it's still much better than virtual racing.
The news all NASCAR fans were waiting to hear came this past Thursday when the sanctioning body announced the next race would be held on Sunday, May 17 at Darlington Raceway.
Alex Bowman and his No. 88 would find victory lane at virtual Talladega Superspeedway after a late race restart. At the end it was a race down to the wire as he held off drivers Corey LaJoie and Ryan Preece.
William Byron held off a hard charging Timmy Hill to take the checkered flag at Richmond in the eNASCAR Pro Invitational iRacing Series. It would be the first time in the series that a driver would win back-to-back races.
With the Coronavirus hindering the status of NASCAR, the organization proceeded to set up an iRacing event with a multitude of NASCAR drivers from various series to compete.
Elite Motorsports closes out the three-race Mission Foods NHRA Drag Racing Series Eastern swing with this weekend’s Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway.
In 18 previous NASCAR Cup Series starts at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway, Spire Motorsports has five top-20 finishes, with a best result of 17th earned by Carson Hocevar in 2024.
For Casey Mears, the road to a milestone 500th career NASCAR Cup Series start got a little sidetracked thanks to the intervention of Mother Nature seven weekends ago at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.