Whew! Blaney Wins Talladega in Photo Finish

Winning is fun. Winning at Talladega is a thrill. Winning at Talladega by a nose is the ultimate blast. Winning at Talladega by a nose more than once? Ryan Blaney would know. The Team Penske driver claimed his third win on the 2.66-mile superspeedway on Sunday, by .012 seconds, in the second race of the Round 12 in the NASCAR…

Hamlin Riding High After Victory at Bristol

Denny Hamlin has it all — Daytona 500s, Southern 500s, a Coca-Cola 600, an All-Star Race win, wide acclaim, a spot on NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers list and a near-certain reservation in the Hall of Fame. Almost all. He just needs that one championship. And the way he feels after winning at Bristol in the playoffs on Saturday night, that…

Larson Opens Playoffs with Big Victory

After one race in the 2023 NASCAR playoffs, some drivers may be against the wall. Not Kyle Larson, who advanced to the Round of 12 with his win at Darlington on Sunday night — although he didn't mind being literally against the wall during the opening round of the 10-race playoffs. "Been really, really fast here my whole career," he…

Drivers Start Their Engines for NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs

Get your brackets. NASCAR has its Sweet 16 on the starting grid for the playoffs. It starts Sunday night at historic Darlington Speedway, where Cup racers have been running since 1950. But the NASCAR postseason is a relatively new circumstance, barely two decades old since the sport parked the season-long points system. Kevin Harvick is back for another run at…

Wallace Secures Final NASCAR Playoff Spot

Get in, guys, we're going to the playoffs. One problem, though — only one seat left. The Coke Zero Sugar 400 set the 2023 postseason field on Saturday night when Bubba Wallace locked in the 16th and final spot, coming home 12th in his No. 23 Toyota Camry TRD to highlight the last weekend of the regular season. It was…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2021 Donruss NASCAR Racing

The green flag officially drops on the 2021 NASCAR collecting season tomorrow with the long-awaited release of Panini America's flagship 2021 Donruss NASCAR Racing product. Finely tuned with both nods to nostalgia and the newest in card-manufacturing techniques, 2021 Donruss NASCAR Racing is revved up and ready to roll. On average, each hobby box of 2021 Donruss NASCAR Racing (eight…

Panini America Delivers a Detailed First Look at 2021 Donruss NASCAR Racing

Panini America officials recently sent out preliminary Product Information Solicitations for several exciting new products coming soon to a hobby shop or online retailer near you. Today, we’re sharing that same information with you here on The Knight’s Lance, this time featuring the green-flag-dropping Donruss NASCAR Racing. In the product preview that follows, we’ll showcase a must-see bevy of preliminary images from the…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2018 Prizm NASCAR Racing (100+ Images)

There's a lot going on in Panini America's live-tomorrow 2018 Prizm NASCAR Racing -- and that's a good thing. It combines the pomp, pageantry and patriotism of NASCAR's biggest superstars, legends and newcomers with the spectacular rainbow of collecting possibilities that only the fabled Prizm brand can provide. The product arrives in hobby shops across North America tomorrow with hobby…

Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2018 Prime NASCAR Racing (Gallery)

Panini America's Prime Hockey brand made an instant impact with collectors when it first debuted as a memorabilia-based masterpiece during the 2011-12 season. The product raised eyebrows and dropped jaws immediately based almost entirely upon an unparalleled memorabilia roster that helped deliver some of the most unique trading cards ever manufactured. The autograph lineup was pretty spectacular, too. That auspicious beginning…