Three races into the NASCAR Cup Series 2020 season and we have three different winners with three different teams. The restarts have been amazing and 7-time champion Jimmie Johnson is even making a couple top 10 finishes. Sam and Brian are in the FOX4 Racezone to talk about the racing so far this season and what drivers need to start stepping it up. Also a big talk this week has been the Next Gen car announcement with NASCAR going to a single lug-nut design.

Denny Hamlin wins his third Daytona 500 victory and days after being involved in a horrific lap on the last lap, Ryan Newman is walking out of the hospital. Safe to say it has been one insane start to the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season. Sam Atwell and Brian Dulle are back in the FOX4 Race Zone to break it all down.

Kevin Harvick now joins Martin Truex Jr. after his win at Texas Sunday to be locked in for a run at the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Championship at Homestead. Bad luck continued to follow Chase Elliott who was already in a must win situation after having mechanical trouble at Martinsville. Hamlin came into the race second in points but after leaves Texas fifth and 20 points behind Logano in fourth. Sam Atwell and Brian Dulle discuss what drivers besides Truex and Harvick are most likely to move on with a shot at the championship at this point. Only three drivers in the last 20 years have won more than one NASCAR cup championship. They are Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson.

Denny Hamlin was the car to beat October 20, 2019 in a chaotic elimination race at Kansas Speedway. Four more drivers, including Kansas native Clint Bowyer, are now out. Chase Elliott had a fast car and was in a must win situation to move on. Or so everyone thought. Luck seemed to go his way as Brad Keslowski had trouble and ended up below the cut line. Sam Atwell and Brian Dulle discuss Sunday's race and what we can expect with just four races left in the 2019 season.

After Talladega, Kyle Larson and Ryan Blaney remain the only drivers locked into the NASCAR round of 8. The three Hendrick drivers in the playoffs are all in a must win situation along with Kansas native Clint Bowyer. We saw multiple wrecks and an exciting photo finish with Blaney and Ryan Newman Monday afternoon. With the race this Sunday being an elimination race, Sam Atwell and Brian Dulle break down what craziness we might see at the Kansas Speedway this Sunday.

After nearly wrecking his race car, Chase Elliott was still able to come away with the win on The Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the first elimination race in the 2019 NASCAR Cup playoffs. Multiple drivers battled to stay in but in the end four drivers had to be eliminated. The next round is expected to be packed with excitement with racing at Dover, Talladega and the elimination race at the Kansas Speedway.

Martin Truex Jr. rallied Saturday, September 21, 2019, passing teammate Kyle Busch to win the second race in the first round of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. With just one race left in the first round, multiple drivers, including Kansas native Clint Bowyer and Erik Jones, who was disqualified after his Toyota failed post-race inspection.

Kevin Harvick dominated at the Brickyard Sunday, September 8, 2019, to win his second race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. As it has all season long, bad luck continued for 7-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson after he crashed with 55 laps to go, ruining 15 consecutive season making it into the postseason. Sam Atwell and Brian Dulle discuss what drivers are lucky to be in the playoffs and whether or not we will see a repeating NASCAR Cup champion or a first time champion.

With just a couple races left in the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series, it’s crunch time to try and get a win for those drivers unable to get in on points. Sam Atwell and Brian Dulle are in the FOX4 Race Zone talking Denny Hamlin’s win over what could have been Matt DiBenedetto’s first cup win in the same week it was announced he won’t be racing for Leavine Family Racing in 2020. As well as the horrifying plane crash that Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his family were involved in on their way to Bristol.

Chase Elliott dominated the race Sunday at Watkins Glen, returning to victory lane for the second time at the track he earned his first win a year ago. The NASCAR playoffs are just a few weeks away. Sam Atwell and Brian Dulle discuss what drivers are safe and what drivers need to worry about making it.