BRISTOL, Tenn. — Austin Cindric could chuckle after a night of managing tires, overcoming a fire and watching a 30th-place finish be good enough to advance to the next round of the Cup playoffs. “Just another race at Bristol,” he quipped after exiting his scarred car.

Here are seven more interesting NASCAR statistics that sound fake but are real. Texas Motor Speedway is listed at 1.5 miles but it can measure shorter. NASCAR calculates laps using a line roughly 10 feet from the wall. IndyCar uses the preferred racing groove, which yields the track's length slightly shorter.

There’s something brewing in the NASCAR garage, and it’s got nothing to do with engine temperatures or tire compounds. It’s about heart, grit, and whether being a genuinely good guy can actually hurt you when you’re wheel-to-wheel with the sport’s most aggressive drivers.

There wasn't a lot of drama in the Gateway race. However, Kyle Larson and Ryan Blaney gave NASCAR fans a little bit.

Ever since Joey Logano hoisted the NASCAR Cup Series trophy at Phoenix Raceway in November of last year, the discourse about the playoff format has been almost nonstop.

Denny Hamlin was satisfied with the quality of racing at Richmond Raceway this past weekend. The Joe Gibbs Racing wheelman believes Goodyear deserves a ton of credit for the tire they brought to the track this time around. “It was good to see a great ...

Shane van Gisbergen sees the NASCAR playoff format debate from two different perspectives. Not too long ago, van Gisbergen was just a casual fan of the stock car racing series. The fan in him loved the elimination style playoff format.