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Newsweek
18-05-2025
- Automotive
- Newsweek
Denny Hamlin Joins NASCAR Penalty Debate: "Boxed In So Many Areas"
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Denny Hamlin, co-owner of 23XI Racing and driver for Joe Gibbs Racing, has revealed his stance on the current debate about the amount of penalties being given in NASCAR. There have been a large amount of disqualifications just twelve races into the season. Just this week Chris Buescher and RFK Racing were hit with a hefty $75,000 fine, docked 60 championship points, 5 playoff points, and his crew chief Scott Graves was suspended for two races. When asked about the ongoing debate about whether there are too many penalties, Hamlin explained: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Progressive Toyota, enters his car during the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Pit Road Qualifying Entry/Exit Practice (Open) at North Wilkesboro Speedway on May 16, 2025 in North Wilkesboro, North... Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Progressive Toyota, enters his car during the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Pit Road Qualifying Entry/Exit Practice (Open) at North Wilkesboro Speedway on May 16, 2025 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. More"I mean, certainly gotta be fair to everyone. Had a race win taken away. We won for all for sure. And whatever it is, whatever the infraction, whatever says in the book. The penalty should be level. It shouldn't be negotiated up or down or anything like that, just by the book. "Teams are trying to find any edge that they can with the Next-Gen car because you're boxed in so many areas... It's just a game of can you get caught or not." "They don't bolster it as much."@dennyhamlin shares his opinion on how #NASCAR promotes the All-Star Race and the $1 million dollar prize. He also discusses the development of 23XI Racing's pit crews and the rise in disqualifications. — Frontstretch (@Frontstretch) May 17, 2025 What penalties have been given in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series so far? Daytona 500 Pre-Qualifying Inspection: #34 Todd Gilliland – Improperly Installed Ballast (Loss of 10 points; Crew Chief Ejected) #47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – Multiple inspection failures (Sent to rear) #51 Cody Ware – Improperly Installed Ballast (Loss of 10 points; Crew Chief Ejected) Unapproved Modifications: #5 Kyle Larson – Backup Car (Sent to rear) #6 Brad Keselowski – Backup Car #7 Justin Haley – Backup Car #35 Riley Herbst – Backup Car #48 Alex Bowman – Backup Car #54 Ty Gibbs – Backup Car #88 Shane van Gisbergen – Backup Car #91 Hélio Castroneves – Engine Change #99 Daniel Suarez – Backup Car Post-Race Penalty: #19 Chase Briscoe – L2 penalty (100 points, 10 playoff points, $100,000 fine; Crew Chief James Small suspended 4 races) (Overturned) Atlanta Other: #51 Cody Ware – Improper Dual Role COTA (Circuit of the Americas) Unapproved Modifications: #38 Zane Smith – Sent to rear Post-Race Penalties: #2 Austin Cindric – Intentional wreck on Ty Dillon (Fined $50,000; docked 50 points) #5 Kyle Larson – Lost wheel (Crew members suspended) Phoenix Pre-Qualifying Inspection: #71 Michael McDowell – Multiple inspection failures (Car Chief ejected, loss of pit selection) Unapproved Modifications: #71 Michael McDowell – Sent to rear Post-Race Penalty: #22 Joey Logano – Went below yellow line before finish (Warning) Las Vegas Unapproved Modifications: #12 Ryan Blaney – Sent to rear #20 Christopher Bell – Sent to rear #35 Riley Herbst – Sent to rear #42 John Hunter Nemechek – Sent to rear #47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – Sent to rear Post-Race Penalties: #19 Chase Briscoe – Lost wheel (Crew members suspended) #8 Kyle Busch – Lost wheel (Crew members suspended) Homestead-Miami Speedway Unapproved Modifications: #43 Erik Jones – Sent to rear Martinsville Post-Race Penalties: #88 Shane van Gisbergen – Lost wheel (Crew members suspended) #43 Erik Jones – Disqualified (Failed minimum weight inspection) Darlington No reported pre-race or post-race penalties. Bristol Unapproved Modifications: #22 Joey Logano – Sent to rear #42 John Hunter Nemechek – Sent to rear Talladega Unapproved Modifications: #44 J.J. Yeley – Sent to rear Post-Race Penalties: #22 Joey Logano – Disqualified (Post-race inspection failure) #41 Ryan Preece – Disqualified (Post-race inspection failure) Kansas Unapproved Modifications: #6 Brad Keselowski – Sent to rear #10 Ty Dillon – Sent to rear #19 Chase Briscoe – Sent to rear #21 Josh Berry – Sent to rear #38 Zane Smith – Sent to rear #54 Ty Gibbs – Sent to rear #88 Shane van Gisbergen – Sent to rear Post-Race Penalty:
Fox Sports
05-05-2025
- Automotive
- Fox Sports
Chase Elliott fourth in standings despite winless streak: ‘We're capable of more'
FORT WORTH, Texas — Chase Elliott returned to the track where he earned his last NASCAR Cup Series points-race victory. And he didn't know how to feel. He could have felt excited because he was returning to the Texas Motor Speedway track where he last earned a win (not including the preseason exhibition Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium). Or he could have returned with a little bit of frustration, considering it has been more than a full year (37 races) since his last triumph. "Obviously, I would have loved to have had more points wins," Elliott said. "Certainly the Clash was a great weekend for us. And while it wasn't a points win — and I'm very much aware of that — it wasn't like nobody was trying. "For us, that was a great way to start the season, and we just have to keep building on it." Elliott said he takes things week to week and believes the lessons learned in recent races are much more pertinent than what they might have learned a year ago at Texas. He qualified 29th and ended up 16th at Texas, and it was a frustrating day. He took two tires for track position after the second stage, but he wasn't able to maintain a top-10 pace and then battled a vibration. But he remains fourth in the Cup standings, well above the current playoff cut line. In 11 races, Elliott has three top fives, six top 10s and no finishes worse than 20th. So it's not like the Hendrick driver has had a bad season. Far from it. But he also has not won a stage this year, let alone a race. "No different than anyone else on our team. We want more," Elliott said prior to the Texas race. "We're capable of more, and we just have high expectations of ourselves and we know what we're capable of. "That's where we are proud of those good runs that we've had. But we know that there's more in the tank and that we can extract more out of our team and race results and lead some more laps and get ourselves in good position." Elliott has led laps in just three races this year. He led two laps at Daytona, 42 laps at Martinsville and one lap at Talladega. He has not finished better than fourth. He has finished in the top 10 in nine of the 22 stages this year but has finished in the top four in stages just four times. "We've had a couple opportunities at [wins and stage wins] this year, but certainly not the amount of opportunities that I think we need to have, or that we should have, or that we should give ourselves," Elliott said. "The season is still very early. ... I've seen enough high spots to kind of give me hope." The fourth-place finish at Circuit of the Americas and the other fourth-place finish at Martinsville were among those that give him hope. He has been in the mix at all the superspeedways and entered Texas coming off a fifth-place finish at Talladega. "There's been enough high spots in there for me to have confidence in some of the things that we're doing and keep going to work each week," Elliott said. So what's the answer? For Elliott, he said he needs to keep faith in their preparation and continue preparing like they know they should. "All you can do when you're in this fight is just keep showing up ... continue to put the right amount of effort throughout the weekend to make sure you're prepared to show up on any given weekend and put together a solid day," Elliott said. "But it's all got to go together. It all has to come together at the right time. I have to do my job. We've got to call good races on the box. We have to have good pit stops. It's all there. Obviously, we want more and we expect more." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR and INDYCAR for FOX Sports. He has spent decades covering motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Scene magazine and The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. recommended Get more from NASCAR Cup Series Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more in this topic
ARN News Center
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- ARN News Center
Formula One extends Miami GP contract to 2041
Formula One handed Miami the longest contract on the calendar on Friday, securing the grand prix until 2041 with a 10-year extension on top of an existing decade-long deal. Miami is the first of three races in the United States - the others being Austin's Circuit of the Americas and Las Vegas - and Formula One is at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens this weekend. The race was held for the first time in 2022. Formula One chief executive Stefano Domenicali said the extension marked "a strategic milestone of enormous importance". "In this moment of an incredible period of growth of Formula One, we want to make sure that we stay tuned and work together with the best partner that we have," the Italian told a press conference. "Miami will be part of our bigger strategy to be even stronger in the United States of America. This is a place where it is crucial to be. "We are getting bigger and bigger but we are still very small if you compare to the biggest sport franchise in the US... this will help us to grow in the right segment, in the right direction. "We want to think bigger and bigger. The only way to think big is to work together with partners that are the best and will help us to know an environment that we are still discovering." Liberty Media-owned Formula One has boomed in popularity, particularly in the Americas where it has plenty of potential for growth, thanks largely to the hit Netflix docu-series 'Drive to Survive'. A Hollywood movie 'F1', starring Brad Pitt, is due for release next month. Domenicali said also that there was a lot of interest in the US media rights package, currently held by ESPN, with discussions ongoing. He gave no details of the interested parties. Miami GP promoter Tom Garfinkel said the extension would enable organisers to invest more in the event and make improvements. The Hard Rock Stadium is home to the NFL Miami Dolphins and also a venue for football - including next year's World Cup - and concerts. The surrounding complex also hosts tennis and track day events. "This has a huge impact, both financially on South Florida but also locally here in the Miami Gardens community," said Garfinkel, adding they could now be sure the event was here to stay. "When you take someone to an event who's a casual fan who may not love the sport, that's when they really fall in love and become more of an avid fan," he said. "So we believe if we're here doing that year after year, we're just going to grow more fans here in the United States."
Dubai Eye
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Dubai Eye
Formula One extends Miami GP contract to 2041
Formula One handed Miami the longest contract on the calendar on Friday, securing the grand prix until 2041 with a 10-year extension on top of an existing decade-long deal. Miami is the first of three races in the United States -- the others being Austin's Circuit of the Americas and Las Vegas -- and Formula One is at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens this weekend. The race was held for the first time in 2022. Formula One chief executive Stefano Domenicali said the extension marked "a strategic milestone of enormous importance". "In this moment of an incredible period of growth of Formula One, we want to make sure that we stay tuned and work together with the best partner that we have," the Italian told a press conference. "Miami will be part of our bigger strategy to be even stronger in the United States of America. This is a place where it is crucial to be. "We are getting bigger and bigger but we are still very small if you compare to the biggest sport franchise in the U.S... this will help us to grow in the right segment, in the right direction. "We want to think bigger and bigger. The only way to think big is to work together with partners that are the best and will help us to know an environment that we are still discovering." Liberty Media-owned Formula One has boomed in popularity, particularly in the Americas where it has plenty of potential for growth, thanks largely to the hit Netflix docu-series 'Drive to Survive'. A Hollywood movie 'F1', starring Brad Pitt, is due for release next month. Domenicali said also that there was a lot of interest in the U.S. media rights package, currently held by ESPN, with discussions ongoing. He gave no details of the interested parties. Miami GP promoter Tom Garfinkel said the extension would enable organisers to invest more in the event and make improvements. The Hard Rock Stadium is home to the NFL Miami Dolphins and also a venue for soccer -- including next year's World Cup -- and concerts. The surrounding complex also hosts tennis and track day events. "This has a huge impact, both financially on South Florida but also locally here in the Miami Gardens community," said Garfinkel, adding they could now be sure the event was here to stay. "When you take someone to an event who's a casual fan who may not love the sport, that's when they really fall in love and become more of an avid fan," he said. "So we believe if we're here doing that year after year, we're just going to grow more fans here in the United States."
New York Times
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Ken Griffey Jr. Is a Photographer Now
As if 630 home runs and a trip to the Hall of Fame were not enough, Ken Griffey Jr. has taken up a new activity since he retired in 2010: photography. Most recently he was spotted taking pictures at the Masters where he captured an image of the winner, Rory McIlroy, celebrating on his knees that spread quickly online. But Griffey, a.k.a. the Kid, has been shooting for years in the sporting and non-sporting realms. 'Because I played baseball, then I'm not allowed to do anything else?' Griffey, 55, said in an interview. 'They see me as one thing; that's not necessarily who I am.' Griffey tries to bring the perseverance he showed on the diamond to his life behind the lens. 'What I'm trying to do is get better at something that I really enjoy doing,' he said. 'I didn't start off in the big leagues,' he added. 'If you're willing to learn and put in time, you're going to get better.' While at the Masters, Griffey picked up tips from professional photographers. 'It really helped me understand about what's in the foreground, the background: Will it be a distraction? If you asked me that 10 years ago, I'm fine, I don't care what the background is. But now I'm looking at it.' Griffey shared five of his favorite shots with The New York Times and the stories behind how he got them. Shohei Ohtani Griffey traveled to Tokyo for the Dodgers-Cubs regular season opener this year and photographed the Los Angeles superstar Shohei Ohtani. 'Look at the attention to detail on how he puts on his equipment. How particular he is about it, the way he put on things.' On Safari A trip to Kenya for a photographic safari put Griffey closer than he expected to wild animals. 'I was like 20 feet away. At one point, one of the cheetahs ran underneath the safari vehicle.' 'We landed in Nairobi; it was five minutes from downtown. There were kids playing in the field next to a pack of lions; I'd say they were like a couple hundred yards away. It's just a huge part of life there.' Circuit of the Americas Griffey has shot the annual motorcycle races at the Circuit of the Americas racetrack in Austin. Trying to catch motorcycles speeding by posed some photographic challenges: 'It's funny, because I actually learned how to pan that day. You just try to follow them. In 25 shots, I get like half the motorcycle. It was a learning experience.' Fernando Tatis Jr. In a full-circle moment, Griffey caught Fernando Tatis Jr. on camera at a Padres game in Seoul. Griffey played against his father, Tatis Sr. 'I was just taking pictures of the guys warming up right before the game. I was on the field; I was next to the dugout.' 'I just captured it. It wasn't like I was hoping for something like that or told him to turn away. Actually, I thought I was going to get a face-on and he just turned, and I was like, oh, I'll just keep that.' Tiger and Charlie Woods Griffey captured Tiger Woods watching his son, Charlie, putting at a golf event in Orlando. 'I've known Tiger since he was 15; he did a clinic in Seattle. There's the good, the bad and the ugly throughout the years, but you see the joy he has when he's watching Charlie play.' Griffey's said his renaissance as a photographer started when his children were playing sports. 'As a dad, I'm more ecstatic and happy for what they do than anything that I've done,' he said. 'There are going to be some kids who are good. There are going to be some kids who are bad. All I'm looking for is effort, because I feel that if you give me effort, you're going to give me effort in life.'
