NASCAR Fans View

From a NASCAR Fan’s View It’s been seven long years since the NASCAR Cup teams have visited this place called the Chicagoland Speedway, but that’s exactly what they’re doing on this race day. In fact, there are two races taking place as they take to the track for the Eero 400, but then that isn’t news to you or me. There are eight races left for the drivers and teams to qualify for the Chase...

From a NASCAR Fan’s View This podcast is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify For the second week in a row, the NASCAR Cup teams are taking on another Road Course. Even though they are still in California, there is really no comparison between the two venues other than that they are both Road Courses. This one is shorter and possibly more challenging, even though that might be a hard sell...

From a NASCAR Fan’s View The NASCAR Cup Teams take on a new venue this weekend at the Naval Base Coronado. It is a long road course with a lot of turns to the right and the left. There are many places for the drivers to mess up and there are many places that could end their day if they make the wrong choice or move. From this fan’s view, and after watching the practices and the qualifying, t...

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 beginning to look like it’s becoming a habit for him. Now, before you think I’m goi...

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 to the front. I realize it is only the second race of the second half of the 2026 season, but...

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 the usual plan for no qualifying and set the field according to the metri...

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 competitors, there is a sorrow and a heaviness for his family, team, and fans; both supporters and d...

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 that SVG took the pole position. From my view – and I was not alone – it was kind of expected that he...

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 fuel mileage, with all of the stages being approximately the same length. The stages previously wer...

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 will be answered as the race progresses and ends. So, what are some of those question...