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21 hours ago
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Who will clinch last two playoff spots at Daytona?
Austin Dillon became the 14th race winner to earn a spot in the 16-driver Cup playoffs field. The regular season concludes Saturday at Daytona International Speedway, where the last two playoff drivers will be confirmed.
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2 days ago
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Preece: We need to be elite to make the playoffs
Ryan Preece talks to Kim Coon about how well he needs to run in the last two races of the regular season to make the NASCAR Cup Playoffs.
Hindustan Times
02-08-2025
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- Hindustan Times
Chase Briscoe wins sixth NASCAR Cup pole of 2025 season at Iowa Speedway
NEWTON, Iowa -- Big track, road course or short track -- Chase Briscoe has shown blistering speed in his first season in the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota on all sorts of venues. HT Image On Saturday at Iowa Speedway, a 0.875-mile short track, Briscoe won his sixth pole of the season with a lap at 136.933 mph (23.004 seconds) to earn the top starting spot in Sunday's Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol (3:30 p.m. ET on USA, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). That effort followed a pole run last Saturday at mammoth 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In fact, in the last 11 NASCAR Cup Series qualifying sessions, Briscoe has put his car on the front row seven times with five Busch Light Pole Awards and a pair of second-place starts. Briscoe, who has eight career poles, attributed his qualifying success to a burgeoning working relationship with crew chief James Small. "I just feel that James and the engineers on the No.19 crew have done a really, really good job, especially these last two months, of understanding what I want and what I need out of the race car," Briscoe said. "I've even kind of noticed a switch with James over the course of the last two or three weeks even, where it went from 'We've got to be doing this different' to 'We've got to get the car better for you now.' "I think that came as they started to understand me more, and our performance has been better. James does such a great job of understanding what I need, especially on Saturdays for qualifying." Briscoe edged William Byron (136.435 mph) for the top starting spot by 0.084 seconds. Kyle Larson, Byron's Hendrick Motorsport teammate, was third fastest at 136.429 mph. Byron, Larson and teammate Chase Elliott, who qualified eighth, are locked in a tight battle for the Cup Series Regular Season Championship, with Elliott leading the series by four points over Byron and 15 over third-place Larson. Austin Cindric (136.258 mph) qualified fourth in the fastest Ford, followed by Brad Keselowski and defending race winner Ryan Blaney. Carson Hocevar, Elliott, AJ Allmendinger and Justin Haley secured positions seven through 10 on the grid. Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing teammates Chris Buescher and Ryan Preece will start 27th and 33rd, respectively, as they battle for berth in the Cup Playoffs. Preece trails Buescher by 42 points in the race for what is currently the final spot. Briscoe's Camry was the only Toyota in the top 10. Denny Hamlin, who scraped the Turn 1 wall during practice, was 11th fastest in the No. 11 JGR Toyota. Kyle Busch crashed in Turn 1 on his 18th practice lap and damaged his No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet beyond repair. He'll start from the rear of the field in a backup car on Sunday. --Reid Spencer, special to Field Level Media
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18-06-2025
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NASCAR Announcer Kevin Harvick Sends 'Warning' To Drivers
NASCAR Announcer Kevin Harvick Sends 'Warning' To Drivers originally appeared on The Spun. Following Shane van Gisbergen's win at the NASCAR Mexico City race, the number of wildcard spots available in the Cup Playoffs has shrunk by one. For former NASCAR champion Kevin Harvick, this puts more pressure on the remaining contenders. Advertisement On the latest episode of his Happy Hour podcast, Harvick warned that the drivers sitting in 14th place and beyond need to be "concerned" - especially Josh Berry. He believes that from this point forward they need to race with the intention of winning and can't just settle for points. 'I think everybody from 14th back in the current point standing needs to be concerned,' Kevin Harvick said. 'So Briscoe, Bowman, Buescher, Kyle Busch, Ryan Preece, Carson Hocevar, Ty Gibbs, Brad Keselowski, anybody in between, I think they're worried. 'The guy that's in the points right now that I'm worried about right now is Josh Berry. Where did that 21 car speed and just everything that they started the year go? So I'm a little bit worried about him, but I think that those guys need to race like they need to win. I know they all want to win, but if you're talking about points in your shop, you are having the wrong conversation if you're 14th and back.' Harvick's not far off. There's a logjam of great drivers at 11th place and beyond that are all reasonably close to each other jockeying for position in the coveted points-qualifying spots in the NASCAR Cup Playoffs. Advertisement Harvick spoke at length about how Shane van Gisbergen's big win in Mexico City shook up the standings. 'He's a world-class racer,' Harvick said after the race. 'We thought this was coming, and now we see it with the standings and everything that it mixes up with the points. I still believe we're going to have a couple more winners. HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA - MARCH 23: FOX Sports NASCAR broadcaster, Kevin Harvick waits on the grid prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Straight Talk Wireless 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on March 23, 2025 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by)"Right now, Briscoe is 14th. That puts Bowman and Buescher, if that were the case, out if they're not one of the winners. But from SVG's standpoint, he's a world-class road racer, and I think he continues to get better on the ovals, and I think that will make his road racing even better as he gets more comfortable in the cars.' Advertisement One thing seems certain: Whichever driver is the first one on the outside looking in won't be inviting van Gisbergen to Thanksgiving dinner anytime soon. Related: Shane Van Gisbergen Had 6-Word Reaction To Winning First NASCAR Race NASCAR Announcer Kevin Harvick Sends 'Warning' To Drivers first appeared on The Spun on Jun 17, 2025 This story was originally reported by The Spun on Jun 17, 2025, where it first appeared.
