Confessions of a Closet Racing Fan
Kasey Kahne’s win at the Brickyard 400, breaking a long winless streak was not enough to continue Kahne’s career in the No. 5 Chevrolet SS of Hendrick Motorsports. The two will part ways after the 2017 season.
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NASCAR has recognized that the 2017 experiment with an overtime line finishing races was a failure and has decided to revert back to the older system. The green-white-checkered returns, and it’s effective immediately.
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While this is a reality today, I feel like there was a lot of speculation that Target was pulling out of sponsoring the No. 42 team for quite awhile. It’s official today. Target is leaving the sponsorship of the No. 42 at the end of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.
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The NASCAR silly season is in full effect. As previously rumored, Team Penske is tooling up to three full-time cars for the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The third ride will be piloted by Ryan Blaney.
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Things are really coming into place for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in his post-race career. First, his choice for the No. 88 in 2018 was announced. Now Junior has announced his first career move after he’s out of the No. 88 next year.
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One of the key empty rides for the 2018 season has been filled. Alex Bowman will drive the Hendrick Motorsports No. 88 Chevrolet SS for the entire 2018 season, after current No. 88 driver Dale Earnhardt retires at the end of the current season.
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We’re just a pair of days past the Bristol race that was renamed to honor Steve Byrnes, long-time broadcaster within the NASCAR family. Sadly, the solemn news has just started echoing through the NASCAR world that Steven Patrick Byrnes, age 56 has passed after a long bout with cancer.
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