The tug-of-war between drivers Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin did not let up over the two race double-header this past weekend at Dover. It was Hamlin that struck first blood on Saturday, working himself around race leader Martin Truex Jr. with eight laps left remaining. Hamlin put himself into a jam after a bad restart on lap 193 but would systematically pass through the cars in front.
After starting the season 2-2 the Ravens would go on an incredible tear, winning their next 12 games. They would finish the regular season with
We now leave Daytona Beach and move north to Dover, Delaware, and the Infamous Monster Mile. The track is a one-mile concrete oval, with 24-degree banking in the turns and nine degrees banked straight away’s. This will be a doubleheader weekend after which there will be five more races until the Playoffs start.
After 59 years in California, the Las Vegas Raiders now start a brand journey in the state of Nevada. They would wrap up their last season in Oakland with a 7-9 overall record which was tied with the Denver Broncos for second in the AFC West behind the Kansas City Chiefs.
After having beat out runner-up Brad Keselowski on Saturday, Kevin Harvick would top off the doubleheader with his second win in as many days at Michigan. Although that second win wouldn’t come easy, as Harvick would get a hard challenge from Denny Hamlin in the final laps. With four laps left to go, Hamlin had cut the lead to as low as 0.074, but would not be able to make the pass on Harvick. Hamlin would make one last-ditch effort as they were coming towards the finish line, to no avail.
After coming off three straight Xfinity wins, Austin Cindric was looking to add to his incredible win streak at Kansas. Cindric had cleared both of the first two stages and would lead 131 of 175 laps. However, Gibbs driver Brandon Jones would end up spoiling those plans. As it would come down to a second green-white-checkered.
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Denny Hamlin would battle it out with Brad Keselowski, down to the last handful of laps for the win at Kansas. And would best Keselowski
It was a Richard Childress 1-2 finish at Texas, as Austin Dillon and Tyler Reddick would lead the way to the checkered flag. Ryan Blaney would in fact dominate a majority of the event, having led the first two race stages and 150 of the 334 laps in total. However, due to a foolish mistake caused by Quin Houff, with under 30 laps left. They would need to throw out a caution, reshuffling the deck. With the caution, a majority of the top cars would stay on the track while both Dillon and Reddick would choose to hit pit lane. This decision proved to pay off in the long run for the two Childress drivers.
Austin Cindric left Kentucky Speedway on cloud nine, as he would sweep the doubleheader. Cindric makes history as the only driver to win two straight nights at Kentucky. The only other NASCAR driver to have ever won on back to back nights at one track was in fact Richard Petty. Cindric is currently locked into third place in the Xfinity standings, just 14 points behind Noah Gragson.
What looked like a potential victory for Denny Hamlin at the Brickyard 400 on Sunday afternoon, would end up being dashed within a blink of an eye. With just seven laps left to go and leading second-place driver Kevin Harvick by just under a second, his right front tire would give out.
The 2019 season was meant to be the year the Cleveland Browns finally put it all together. Baker Mayfield had just come off a rookie season, in which he had led the Browns to their best record in more than a decade. Odell Beckham would be added that offseason through a trade with the New York Giants. The hope with Beckham was that he would help put Mayfield over the top and get them into the playoffs for the first time since 2002. Instead, the Browns crashed and burned, finishing the year out with a 6-10 record, which was good for second to last in the AFC North division. Let’s take a look at the team’s award predictions.
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