Homestead-Miami
2021 Homestead-Miami Race Preview
The 2021 Homestead-Miami Race Preview predicts what type of race to expect based on the last few years of data. […]
Tracks
Chase Elliott
Daytona 2021 Road Course Deep Dive: Chase Elliott
The Daytona 2021 Road Course deep dive features Chase Elliott, who had four consecutive road-course wins, but finished 21st here. Why? […]
Daytona Road Course
2021 Daytona Road Course Race Report
The 2021 Daytona Road Course Race features a surprise winner and an incredibly frustrating end to Chase Elliott’s string of road course wins. […]
Daytona 500
2021 Daytona 500 Race Report
The 2021 Daytona 500 race report: A lot of crashes and a pleasantly surprising winner — but many fewer green-flag passes […]
Daytona 500
Is Avoiding Accidents the Most Important Skill for Winning the Daytona 500?
Brad Keselowski said that the reason he thinks Denny Hamlin wins at Daytona is that Hamlin is good at avoiding accidents. Is Brad right? […]
Racing
Best Drivers by Track Type 2000-2020
Today’s analysis is the last in the track-type series. Today, we’ll look at the best drivers who drove at least 50 races in their careers and at least one race in the time period 2000-2020. […]
Racing
The Best Average Finishing Position by Track Type
We’ve looked in detail at the average finishing positions for the five track types (superspeedway, short tracks, road courses, intermediate tracks and the 2-mile non-superspeedway tracks, which I’ve creatively called ‘other’. Now, let’s put all […]
Auto Club Speedway of California
2021 NASCAR Preview: ‘Other’ Tracks
Fontana (the old Fontana), Pocono, Indy and Michigan are larger than intermediate tracks, but not superspeedways. The number of such tracks is going way down in 2021, which means that drivers who did well at […]
Road Courses
How Does Having Seven Road Courses in 2021 Change the Championship Race?
Once upon a time, road courses were the least popular type of racing among NASCAR fans — and also among many drivers. But that’s changed. And it’ll change even more given that there are seven […]
Racing
Which NASCAR Drivers are Best at Superspeedways?
If asked who the best superspeedway driver was, most NASCAR fans would say Dale Earnhardt. But what do the numbers say? This post is part of a preseason series on how the 2021 NASCAR schedule […]