With only 11 races remaining in the NASCAR Cup Series regular season, the bubble battle for the 16-driver playoff is starting to heat up.
All looked set in stone as the conclusion neared in Sunday's Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Ill before an empty gas tank shook up the finish, and these power rankings.
The Coca Cola 600 was cut short due to weather over the weekend on Sunday, but not before plenty of drama was allowed to unfold. Some of it included a pit stall showdown between Chris Buescher and Denny Hamlin.
During the Coca-Cola 600, Denny Hamlin and Chris Buescher clashed due to the proximity of the No. 17 and the No. 11 on pit road at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Kyle Larson entered the weekend as the power rankings leader, but was unable to compete in the 600 due to scheduling complications from running in the Indianapolis 500, which was also impacted by rain. That means there's a new No. 1 driver this week.
After some heated moments on the race track at the Coca-Cola 600, pit crew members for Chris Buescher and Denny Hamlin got together to hash things out over how the two teams would pit.
Chris Buescher has been the talk of NASCAR’s town, and after two misfortunate races, he will look for success at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The 65th running of the Coca-Cola 600 will occur Memorial Day weekend on Sunday, May 26th.
Here's three names to watch — a favorite, a contender and a dark horse — for the main event, as well as one to stay away from.
Kyle Petty tried to get inside the mind of Tyler Reddick following his daring move that didn’t work out during last weekend’s race at Darlington, but he simply couldn’t understand what happened.
After the Cup Series race at Darlington, Chris Buescher and Tyler Reddick had a bit of a moment on pit road. Kevin Harvick didn’t like it. At least, he didn’t like what Reddick had to say after almost getting into a classic NASCAR fight.
Kyle Petty heaped some praise on Chris Buescher for the way he handled himself following an incident with Tyler Reddick at Darlington Raceway on Sunday afternoon.
The race in Darlington involved every bit of drama, glory, and much more. However, the eyes of the fans were attracted to the heated confrontation between Chris Buescher and Tyler Reddick in the outbox, as a chance of a win slipped away from the pair after colliding with each other in the latter half of the race.
Chris Buescher didn’t have much time to sulk following the finish to Sunday’s Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway, in which he was forced to pit while leading after getting pushed up into the outside wall by Tyler Reddick with 10 laps to go.
Denny Hamlin provided some fascinating commentary on Chris Buescher following NASCAR’s trip to Darlington Raceway over the weekend. First, the No. 11 wheelman explained why he believes Buescher wasn’t necessarily wrong for being annoyed with Tyler Reddick at the end of the race, but it’s something the No.
23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick came close to winning his second Cup race of the season on Sunday at Darlington. He found himself in a dual with RFK Racing’s Chris Buescher with just a few laps left in the Goodyear 400.
NASCAR Cup Series driver Chris Buescher has been having a tough month of May.
Chris Buescher is currently the most heart broken drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series garage. He lost the Kansas Cup race to Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson on Sunday with a margin of just 0.001 second.
Ford can’t get any closer to a win than it did Sunday night at Kansas Speedway.
Chris Buescher was the runner-up Sunday in what turned out to be the closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history. After initially seeming upset, Buescher had a wholesome message following his defeat.
NASCAR Cup Series driver Chris Buescher seemed befuddled by the fact that he lost to Kyle Larson on Sunday.
After a multi-hour rain delay, the NASCAR Cup Series' Advent Health 400 at Kansas Speedway on Sunday was worth the wait.
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