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  Two races into the season, and we have seen dominating performances from the likes of Colton Herta and Alex Palou to open up the NTT IndyCar Series season. Now the series heads to the first oval race of the season, as the series heads to Texas Motor Speedway for a weekend doubleheader Saturday and Sunday night.      Race History:  The IndyCar series has been coming to the lightning fast 1.5 mile quad-oval since it opened back in 1997. In that inaugural race, Billy Boat crossed the line first, but the win was awarded to Arie Luyendyk after a timing and scoring error the next day. There are five active drivers that have won at Texas in the field this weekend. Scott Dixon won last time the series made its way into the Lone Star State. Winners also include Tony Kanaan, Will Power, Joesf Newgarden, Ed Carpenter, and Graham Rahal. Kenny Brack holds the qualifying record that was set in 2001, with a time of 22.854 seconds. Or an average speed of 233.447 miles per hou...

Welcome to our NASCAR Cup Series Projections page.  The Playoff Forecast is where you will find the probability of each 2021 charter making the playoffs, their chances of advancing to future rounds, and also their odds of winning the Championship.    Projections are calculated by simulating the 2021 Cup Series schedule 50,000 times, using a top-secret predictive formula that is based on 3 important factors: Driver History @ Each Track, Driver Recent Overall History, and Team Performance.   This page will be updated every week, incorporating each week’s real results to (ideally) make the formula more accurate.  Keep checking back to see how your favorite driver’s odds change from week to week!   *note – As 2021 is this project’s first season, some of the underlying formulas and data have been tweaked since the last update in order to better reflect the parity in the NASCAR Cup Series.   Forecast – After Race 10     Projecte...

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                         (Brad Keselowski celebrates after winning at  Talladega. https://twitter.com/Team_Penske A wild day of unpredictability is the normal game at Talladega Superspeedway as Brad Keselowski crossed the finish line fending off a late charge by Michael McDowell and William Byron. Only leading one lap, the most important lap. the number 2 Money Lion Ford Mustang was fast all day being in the lead pack for the majority of the race. It's not if but when for the "Big One" at Talladega... and the aggressive nature of the drivers took over. The Big one never stood out as the most violent crash of the day, claiming victim Joey Logano in what is described as a product of Talladega. He flipped over multiple times on the entrance of turn three, causing safety concerns and complaints from the driver. When asked about the flip he told Jamie Little of Fox NASCAR  "I'm one hit away f...

        After setting fast times all week through practice and qualifying, it is a no brainier with hindsight the young twenty-one-year-old Colton Herta would set the world on fire this past weekend at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, as he led a IndyCar record 97 laps of the 100 lap marathon.     Herta, who won the P1 award on Saturday afternoon, got off to a fast start as he took his Bainbridge Honda to an early two-second lead over the young an upcoming talent in the series Jack Harvey. Sixteen laps would quickly pass until we had our first caution of the day, as Jimmie Johnson locked up the brakes heading into Turn 13 and slid off the racing surface, in which time we went one lap down as Johnson could not safely rejoin the track, as the first caution would come out as Herta was in turn six working lap seventeen.       At the one-quarter mark of the race, your top five were Herta, Harvey, Newgarden, Pagenaud, and Bourdais. ...

Each week, we’re going to take a look at how the most recent race winner is doing in a collection of stat categories, and how they stack up against the field.    Geico 500 - Talladega Congratulations to the Winner Brad Keselowski   2021 STATS STANDINGS Ryan Blaney Brad Keselowski Kyle Larson 347 Points 318 Points 300 Points 4 th 5 th 6 th   AVERAGE POINTS Ryan Blaney Brad Keselowski Kevin Harvick 34.20 Average Points 31.80 Average Points 30.00 Average Points 5 th 6 th 7 th   AVERAGE FINISH Joey Logano Brad Keselowski Ryan Blaney 11.40 Average Finish 12.70 Average Finish 12.90 Average Finish 5 th 6 th 7 th   LAPS LED William Byron Brad Keselowski Chase Elliott 150 Laps Led 119 Laps Led 76...

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                                           Colton Herta celebrates his first win of the season. (Tampa Bay Times)           The second round of the 2021 NTT IndyCar Series season took place Sunday afternoon for The Grand Prix of St. Petersburg where we saw Colton Herta take the dominating victory. Herta, who started on pole position, led 97 laps in rout to his first win of the season and his fourth win of his career.     Odds on favorite of the day, Josef Newgarden made the battle closer as the race came down to 15 to go, but with him being on the alternate red tires, lost grip and speed for the final laps as Herta pulled away with a margin of victory of 2.49 seconds.      Jimmie Johnson had a rough day on the slick street course as he spun once late in the race and got into the tire barrier between turns...

We’re officially 1/4 of the way through the 2021 season, and while there may be some underperforming drivers, it might still be too soon to overreact.  A prime example is the hate being thrown at Denny Hamlin for not having won yet.  Can Hamlin’s 2021 season be classified as troubling?  He’s finished every race on the lead lap, his worst finish is 11 th , he has already built up an 81-point lead in the standings, and he’s got a better average finish through the first 9 races than Kevin Harvick did in 2020.  The only thing missing is the ever-elusive P1.  Are we ready to believe that he won’t score a win in any of the 17 remaining regular season races?  Let’s talk again in 10 weeks if he still hasn’t won.  Until then, Hamlin shouldn’t be discounted as a real championship threat.   This weekend, the Cup Series makes its way to Talladega Superspeedway for the Geico 500.  Talladega is the longest oval on the NASCAR circuit, at 2.66 miles ...