#AJ Allmendinger

It's the end of December. I don't know if I should go back to the previous season or turn to the next one. How about both? Here are my attempts at a version of the awards for 2022 - with winner predictions for 2023. Best Pilot 2022: Joey Logan Logano was at his best when it mattered most - later in the season. He took everything he learned over the…

NASCAR is back on a road course this weekend in Wisconsin, at Road America in Elkhart Lake. Chase Elliott took the checkered flag last week and is the favorite here - is there any question who we're behind in our Kwik Trip 250 picks? After Chase Elliott stood atop the podium last weekend, NASCAR heads to Wisconsin this weekend for the Kwik Trip…

Watkins Glen is the fifth road course race of the 2022 NASCAR season. USA Today It's time to go road racing in New York. Watkins Glen International will play host to the NASCAR Cup Series this weekend. An 11-turn road course in Western New York, Watkins Glen has hosted a summer race every year since 1986 (except for 2020 due to the pandemic). This…

One great thing about gambling on NASCAR races, you know you'll get a good payday, because not since Jeff Gordon's dominance has it been relatively easy to pick a winner. Chase Elliott is the favorite on most boards entering Saturday night's Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona, and at+1000 most places, he's getting 10-to-1 odds - a $100 bet will win you…

The NASCAR Cup Series' Silly Season front has been quiet as of late but that's mostly due to the abundance of rides already taken. However, the two-feeder series have been busy with a slew of announcements this week. On Thursday, Toyota solidified their plans for the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series season with both Joe Gibbs Racing and Sam Hunt Racing…

The NASCAR Cup Series took another turn last weekend when Pocono winner Denny Hamlin and second-place finisher Kyle Busch were disqualified for failing post-race inspections. It was the first time the winner of a Cup Series race had been disqualified since 1960. Chase Elliott never led a lap, but was deemed the official winner after finishing…

Brendan Gaughan lends a unique perspective to the intersection of gambling and NASCAR. The former NASCAR Cup, Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series driver grew up in Las Vegas and around the casino business - his father, Michael, and grandfather, Jackie, both magnates of the industry. Michael currently owns the South Point Hotel & Casino, which…

There is only one more opportunity to bet on NASCAR for the next few months, as the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Championship will take place on Sunday at Phoenix. Chase Elliott, who won the fall race at this track in 2020, is one of four drivers in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Championship field who is still alive for the title. He is the 12-5 favorite to…

The 2022 NASCAR playoffs are starting to wind down, as this weekend's race at Martinsville will set the table for the season finale. As has been the case numerous times this season, Chase Elliott is favored to win the 2022 Xfinity 500. Elliott is priced at 13-2 in the latest 2022 Xfinity 500 odds at Caesars Sportsbook, while Denny Hamlin is 7-1.…

After a busy last couple of days in the NASCAR front in terms of driver announcements, what's now left? On Tuesday, it was revealed that the long-awaited news that Ty Gibbs would replace Kyle Busch with Joe Gibbs Racing on the Cup level has now been confirmed. However, he'll drive the No. 54 instead of the No. 18. On Wednesday morning, it was…

AVONDALE, AZ - We're now in the dawn of the NASCAR season. One chapter closed on Sunday in Phoenix and in 90 days, we'll be back in action in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the 2nd Busch Light Clash in So Cal. NASCAR has not only the longest season in all of sports, but as a result of that, the shortest offseason as well. With that said,…

And this is the year it gives. Has to be, right? NASCAR unveiled this current championship format in 2014. We have a "final four" reaching the season finale to decide the championship among themselves, while also racing against all the others. Coincidentally or not, over these past eight seasons, one of those four eligible racers has won the final…

There are two races left in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. This weekend in Martinsville, the playoff field will go from eight to four, setting up the championship race in Phoenix. Joey Logano has already locked up his spot among the final four drivers thanks to his win in Las Vegas and he leads the points standings. Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott…

Only one race remains to set the Championship 4 in the NASCAR Cup Series. The premier stock-car racing division heads to Martinsville Speedway for the Xfinity 500 on Sunday (2 p.m. ET, NBC, NBC Sports App, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) for the final race of the Round of 8. With only one driver sure of his championship hopes, let's set the table for a…

Silly Season is winding down as only a few remaining seats are still open for the 2023 season.

Chase Elliott pulled off an impressive victory last Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, earning a guaranteed spot in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs' Round of 8. As a consequence, Elliott-alone among the 11 remaining Playoff drivers-can race without pressure in Sunday's Bank of America ROVAL 400. That puts NASCAR's most popular driver in an enviable…

There's a good reason why AJ Allmendinger considers the Charlotte ROVAL his favorite track on the NASCAR circuit. In baseball parlance, Allmendinger is batting 1.000 at the 2.280-mile, 17-turn road course (dubbed the "ROVAL" because it incorporates both the Charlotte oval and infield road course into its layout). The acknowledged king of NASCAR…

With the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs halfway over, the Round of 12 comes to a close at the Charlotte Motor Speedway road course. Four drivers will be eliminated following the Bank of America ROVAL 400 on Sunday afternoon (2 p.m. ET, NBC, NBC Sports App, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) while eight drivers will continue chasing their championship…

It would be difficult to enter the NASCAR Xfinity Series postseason on more of a roll than the one Noah Gragson currently enjoys. The driver of the No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet has won the last three races-at Darlington, Kansas and Bristol -giving him six victories for the season. Gragson enters the Playoffs on top of the 12-driver grid, 46…

Team Penske has all three cars in the playoffs, but will that change after tomorrow night's race at Bristol? It has been a dream season already for Roger Penske's team, even by their standards. The season kicked off with a dramatic Daytona 500 win for rookie Austin Cindric, as two of their drivers battled for the win. The organization's success…

The 2022 NASCAR Playoffs will continue on Saturday night when Bristol Motor Speedway hosts the Bass Pro Shops Night Race with the green flag scheduled to drop at 7:30 p.m. ET. The field of 16 postseason drivers will be cut to 12 following the race and two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch is currently right on the bubble. Busch is 13th in…

NASCAR rolls into Circuit of the Americas in Austin for Sunday's EchoPark Automotive Texas Grand Prix - the season's first road course. Find out why we might see the favorites re-establish themselves with our NASCAR betting picks. NASCAR's season of parity continues with a great divider: the season's first road course. As the favorites look to…

Christopher Bell's win in the 2016 Drivin' for Linemen 200 at Gateway Motorsports Park was a "dream come true" that made things "less stressful" for his Kyle Busch Motorsports crew. Six years later, Bell is back at the 1.25-mile oval just east of St. Louis in Madison, Ill., for the track's - now named the World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway -…