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Joey Logano Begins Ninth For Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350
Joey Logano and his No. 22 Ford got around the road course at Sonoma a half second slower than Kyle Larson on Saturday afternoon. That was good for the ninth spot on Sunday. Logano won last week as his second win of 2022 got him within 40 points of Chase Elliott for the overall points... Read More
Daniel Suarez Finishes Behind Ross Chastain In Qualifying
The TrackHouse Racing cars were indeed quite quick on Saturday afternoon. Ross Chastain will be on the inside of Row 4 and Daniel Suarez will be on the outside. Suarez was just 0.011 seconds behind his teammate in qualifying. The Sonoma track may be a bit of a challenge for the No. 99 car but... Read More
Ross Chastain One To Watch At Sonoma On Sunday
Ross Chastain keeps getting closer and closer to the points lead. He stands in third place just 17 points behind Chase Elliott. It will be a tall order for Chastain to finish ahead of Elliott on Sunday but Chastain did find a way to win at COTA for his first win of the season. Aside... Read More
Cole Custer Finds Himself Starting Sixth On Sunday
Cole Custer put together a solid lap on Saturday afternoon as the Stewart-Haas Racing driver qualified sixth for the Toyota/Save Mart 350. Custer's No. 41 Ford got around the track in 78.07 seconds (0.294 behind the pole-sitter Kyle Larson). Custer has shown some good speed the past few races. It will come down to the... Read More
Tyler Reddick Quick Enough To Start Fifth At Sonoma
Tyler Reddick did not seem that fast at first but the Chevy finished 0.245 seconds behind Kyle Larson. That was good enough for fifth place in qualifying. The No. 8 car driving for Richard Childress Racing has been fast in the Next-Gen setup all season. On road courses, Reddick has been improving. In his last... Read More
Michael McDowell Qualifies Fourth On Sunday
Michael McDowell did not have the best practice session but managed to put one good lap together when it counted. At 0.165 seconds behind Kyle Larson, the No. 34 Ford will start from the outside of Row Two (fourth spot) on Sunday. Does the Front Row Motorsports driver lose speed as the laps mount early?... Read More
Chris Buescher Surprises Some With Third Place Qualifying Run
Chris Buescher and his No. 17 Ford car got around the Sonoma Raceway track just 0.162 seconds off the time of Kyle Larson on Saturday. That placed Buescher in third behind the two Hendrick cars (Elliott) for Sunday's race. Qualifying at Sonoma was dominated by Chevy and Ford with the first nine spots taken by... Read More
Chase Elliott Comes Up Just Short Of The Pole Saturday
Chase Elliott drove his No. 9 almost to the pole position on Saturday afternoon. He came up just 0.023 seconds shy of the lap time from Kyle Larson. The Hendrick Motorsports racer has won six of the last 13 road races including ten results in the top ten. His average finish of 6.8 since 2019... Read More
Kyle Larson Wins Pole One More Time At Sonoma
Kyle Larson and this Sonoma Raceway are like synergy. Larson won the pole again on Saturday afternoon finishing 0.023 seconds ahead of Chase Elliott. It is not a surprise how fast the two Hendrick Motorsports racers were on Saturday. Larson won and led a bunch of laps last year. In his last two appearances, the... Read More
Greyson Sigg Hoping June Is Better Than May
Greyson Sigg has struggled on the PGA Tour in 2022 but started off May on a promising note. He finished tied for 33rd at the Mexican Open. The American golfer closed that weekend with a 70-68 and had a few chances to shoot even lower. After that, the rest of the month was an exercise... Read More
Carlos Ortiz Looking To Get His Game Back In Canada
Carlos Ortiz has had a rough 2022 season so far. The Mexican golfer has missed seven cuts in all and has not cracked the Top-30 once in 13 PGA tournaments entered. He loses almost a half-stroke overall on the course which ranks 157th on the tour. If that is not bad enough, Ortiz hurts himself... Read More
Emiliano Grillo Hard To Recommend At Canadian Open
Emiliano Grillo has been somewhat of an enigma in 2022. The Argentinian golfer started poorly at The Sony Open then missed seven out of the next nine cuts after an outside top-50 result at The American Express. Grillo just cannot put a few rounds together or even one sometimes. However, he has found a way... Read More
Mackenzie Hughes Could Contend In Canada
Mackenzie Hughes has been a bit hit-or-miss in 2022 but has a couple of top-five results and did make the cut at last week's Memorial. Though he only finished in a tie for 37th, it was a better showing for the Canadian golfer. Weekends at bigger tournaments have not been kind to Hughes. He keeps... Read More
NASCAR DFS Prop Picks for Enjoy Illinois 300 - PrizePicks
Hello everyone once again! We head out to near the Arches in Madison, Illinois, for the Enjoy Illinois 300 this week and the 15th 2022 edition of NASCAR DFS on PrizePicks. Our friends over at PrizePicks have a TON of great props we can look to take advantage of. PrizePicks is a great DFS props... Read More
Brad Keselowski Could Improve By A Few Spots On Sunday
Brad Keselowski and the RFK Racing team have been up against it all season. It is safe to say little has gone right from the start. Charlotte was looking great for the No. 6 Ford when disaster struck. He still improved by five positions but Keselowski was well into the middle of the pack at... Read More
Alex Bowman A Prime Candidate For Track Position Increases Sunday
Alex Bowman has sort of become William Byron for NASCAR. Bowman has been providing surprising numbers. The Chevy starts the race all the way down in 25th position. Bowman has a way of turning in unexpectedly good performances. Though he has led just 2.2% of the laps, the No. 48 car is still one to... Read More
William Byron Starts From Outside Top 20 On Sunday
William Byron was almost as fast as Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson but lost time late in sectors. Byron has performed okay on intermediate tracks with six top-tens. The driver begins the Enjoy Illinois 300 from the 24th spot. Can the Hendrick Motorsports racer start to put his slump behind him? It has been two... Read More
Kevin Harvick's Consistency Could Be Major Asset Sunday
Kevin Harvick is another one of the few drivers to win a couple races on intermediate tracks in his last 16 runs. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver is the only driver to have a top-ten result every time out on these tracks. This Madison track could be very beneficial to Harvick. He even has eight top-five... Read More
Chase Elliott Starts Right Next To Kyle Larson On Sunday
Chase Elliott begins Sunday's Enjoy Illinois 300 right next to fellow Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver, Kyle Larson. That's right. Both drivers occupy row number eight on Sunday afternoon from Madison. Elliott has some mixed results on intermediate tracks but does have a couple of wins and nine top-ten results. He should be able to make... Read More
Kyle Larson Begins Sunday 15th At Madison
Kyle Larson and the Chevy's did not fare all that well in qualifying. However, Larson had been pretty good testing wise on this track and other intermediates with the Next-Gen car. So, what happened here? Well, the No. 5 just was not quite fast enough for his best lap. However, his practice loop speed did... Read More
Martin Truex Jr. Could Gain Track Position On Sunday
Martin Truex Jr. is another driver who enjoys the intermediate tracks. Madison presents a challenge but one Truex has seen many times before. The No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing car could be one of the more dangerous race cars on the track Sunday. He has two wins and 11 top-ten results in his last 16... Read More
Kyle Busch Continues The Run On Toyotas
Younger brother, Kyle Busch looks to build on his recent good fortunes. The No. 18 M&M car nearly pulled off the win last week. His second place result at Charlotte along with 12th in qualifying at Madison gives Busch backers a little hope heading into Sunday. Busch has one win in his last 16 races... Read More
Kurt Busch Lurking Again at Madison
Kurt Busch and the 23XI Racing Team have something going. Few believed he would be racing this well this late into the season. However, Busch did finish just 0.259 seconds behind the pole sitter, who was Chase Briscoe. Busch typically performs poorly on these types of tracks. Madison is a unique one at 1.25 miles.... Read More
Ross Chastain Hangs On To Top Ten Result In Qualifying
Ross Chastain must have felt like he was surrounded by Ford's. After all, six cars from Ford qualified in the top ten. Chastain hung on to tenth on Saturday by finishing his lap a little over 0 .3 seconds. Other than Tyler Reddick, they are the only Chevy cars in the starting five rows. The... Read More
Harrison Burton Surprises In Qualifying On Saturday
Harrison Burton showed a little something on Saturday. The result of that is he found a good position to start from on Sunday. Burton qualified in ninth place as he was the last of six Ford cars to finish in the top ten. The No. 21 car has struggled in his first full year at... Read More
Keegan Bradley Could Bounce Back This Week
It was a bit of an off week for Keegan Bradley at the PGA Championship. He didn't miss the cut but did not factor in contention either. Bradley ended up 48th as he did not shoot under par in one single round at Southern Hills. The American golfer finished 11th and 5th in back-to-back weeks... Read More
Max Homa Should Get More Positive Results At The Memorial
Max Homa has had a nice run of play since his weekend blowup at The Masters in April. His last four tournaments have seen the American golfer win with a few top-25 results to boot. He even fared well at The Players Championship where a final-round 66 nearly put him back into contention. Homa has... Read More
Rickie Fowler Expecting A Wild Ride At The Memorial
Rickie Fowler dresses outrageous sometimes, but his golf game can be just as erratic. He can easily contend in a tournament one week and miss the cut the next. Lately, Fowler has made three straight cuts, but he did blow up with a 75 during the final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge on Sunday.... Read More
Jason Day May Not Factor Much Into Memorial Equation
The one thing that Jason Day does not do is drive the ball far, and lately his work off the tee and while approaching the greens has been less-than-stellar. His putting still ranks 50th on tour, but again, he cannot set up his shots. It has dropped his greens-in-regulation percentage to 64.17%, which ranks just... Read More
Adam Scott Looking For Any Momentum At The Memorial
Adam Scott has not fared well in the last three big PGA tournaments. He nearly did have a top-30 result at the Byron Nelson but faltered badly at the PGA Championship. The Australian golfer missed the cut unlike The Masters and The Players Championship. His putting gains him almost a half stroke on average but... Read More
