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Yahoo
10-08-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
How should playoff hopefuls navigate Watkins Glen?
Marty Snider, Dale Jarrett, and Steve Letarte run through the Cup Series playoff grid and discuss if the better plan of attack at Watkins Glen is to play for points or the win with three regular season races remaining.
NBC Sports
10-08-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
How should playoff hopefuls navigate Watkins Glen?
Marty Snider, Dale Jarrett, and Steve Letarte run through the Cup Series playoff grid and discuss if the better plan of attack at Watkins Glen is to play for points or the win with three regular season races remaining.
Reuters
12-05-2025
- Automotive
- Reuters
Polesitter Kyle Larson manages worn tires to capture AdventHealth 400
May 11 - Kyle Larson had another dominant car Sunday afternoon in Kansas, but he was a little unsure in the closing laps. The Hendrick Motorsports racer withstood a flurry of caution periods over the final 72 laps to claim victory in the NASCAR Cup Series' AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan. The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion passed leader Christopher Bell's No. 20 following the fourth caution, overcame three more yellow flags and led the field for 49 green-flag laps to top the Toyota driver by 0.712 seconds for his 32nd career win, tying him with Dale Jarrett. The Elk Grove, Calif., racer matched Bell for the 2025 lead in wins with three with his third career Kansas triumph. It was Hendrick Motorsports' 10th at the track. On a weekend when cars were blowing tires after lengthy wear, Larson said his Chevrolet definitely lost speed over the final few circuits as he tried to manage his rubber. "I was trying really hard to pace myself because I believe that was our longest run of the day," said Larson, who led 221 of the 267 laps on the 1.5-mile speedway. "I had been struggling at the end of runs ... I don't know if the right-front was starting to wear a lot or what, but I was starting to lose a lot of grip and then I was vibrating really bad. I was afraid a right-rear or something would let go." Bell was pleased to record a career-best runner-up finish at Kansas and his sixth top-five run of 2025. "I was surprised that he gave up on the top (line) on the last couple of laps and pulled down," said Bell, "but I was struggling just as bad as he was." Ryan Blaney, Chase Briscoe and Alex Bowman rounded out the top five. Chevrolet won for the third straight time at the speedway while Ford had its winless skid hit nine races in Kansas. After A.J. Allmendinger's Chevrolet expired on the race's seventh lap, polesitter Larson and 19 others stayed out on the track -- and Larson's No. 5 Chevrolet rocketed away from the pack with a slight challenge on a restart. With Larson pulling away in the 80-lap first segment, the front 20 drivers who stayed out had to pit around Lap 40 while the previous group continued to turn green-flag circuits. That put Denny Hamlin's No. 11 at the point as the field basically inverted. Points leader William Byron had his right rear tire go flat on Lap 67 after a gamble on low air pressure, which ended with the No. 24 car completely losing grip and spinning on pit road. Larson topped teammate Chase Elliott by just under two seconds to win the top bonus points in Stage 1. Bell, Blaney and Austin Cindric rounded out the top five. In also winning Stage 2 by nipping Elliott, Larson reached 10,000 career laps led. Larson, Hamlin and Kyle Busch are the only active drivers to reach that milestone. Blaney, Josh Berry and Bell followed the Hendrick duo in Stage 2. Chasing down Elliott after the No. 9 beat Larson on pit road, Brad Keselowski, without a top-10 finish during a miserable season, blew a tire on his No. 6 Ford while running second with 73 laps to go and crashed into the wall for his fifth Did Not Finish this season. --Field Level Media
NBC Sports
06-05-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
Homestead holds a special place in NASCAR with its many memorable moments
NASCAR's Championship Weekend returns to Homestead-Miami Speedway next year, marking the 19th time in the last 25 years the track has crowned the sport's drivers in Cup, Xfinity and the Craftsman Truck Series. The track's first NASCAR race was in 1995 and its first Cup race took place in 1999. Homestead hosted NASCAR's Championship Weekend from 2002-19. NBC Sports, which has broadcast the Cup playoffs and championship race since 2015, will do so through 2031. Since it's debut, Homestead has been the site of several memorable moments. Here are some of those moments: 1995 — Dale Jarrett wins the first NASCAR race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, taking the checkered flag in the Xfinity race. Tim Fedewa, the spotter for Ryan Blaney these days in the Cup Series, finished second. The race featured three drivers who later became NASCAR officials: Elton Sawyer (12th), Chad Little (26th) and David Green (28th). 1999 — Dale Jarrett finished fifth at Homestead, in a race won by Tony Stewart, to clinch the championship with one race left in the season. Dale and Ned Jarrett became only the second father-son combination at the time to win Cup championships, joining Lee and Richard Petty. The Elliotts joined the list when Chase won the 2020 title to match his father Bill's crown in 1988. Said Jeff Burton of Dale Jarrett winning the title: ``The guy that deserved to win the championship and the team that deserved to win the championship this year locked it up.'' 2004 — The first year of the Chase, what later would be called the playoffs, saw Kurt Busch beat Jimmie Johnson by eight points for the championship. A dramatic moment happened when Busch brought out the caution on Lap 94 after his right front tire came off just as he entered pit road. Busch likely would have fallen a lap down with a green-flag stop but the wheel rolled on to the track, leading to a caution. Busch stayed on the lead lap and went on to finish fifth to win the championship. 2010 — Jimmie Johnson won his fifth consecutive Cup championship, clinching the title by finishing second to race winner Carl Edwards. 2011 — Tony Stewart won to claim the championship via a tiebreaker on Carl Edwards, who finished second. The victory was the fifth in 10 Chase races that season for Stewart, who livened the weekend with a few spicy exchanges with Edwards at a media session a few days ahead of the race. NASCAR 75th anniversary: Stewart's 2011 title Relive Tony Stewart's 2011 NASCAR Cup Series Championship, where for the first time in the sport's history, a tiebreaker would be used to determine the title winner between him and Carl Edwards. 2014 — Chase Elliott became the youngest Xfinity Series champion at age 18 years, 11 months and 18 days when he claimed the title at Homestead with a 17th-place finish. 2016 — Jimmie Johnson won his seventh championship, tying Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty for most in the series. The title race changed when Carl Edwards wrecked after blocking Joey Logano on a restart 10 laps from the scheduled distance. That helped open the way for Johnson to win the race and claim the title. Celebrating NASCAR's 75 greatest drivers Take a look back at NASCAR's 75 greatest drivers in honor of NASCAR's 75th anniversary. 2018 — Joey Logano wins the first of his three Cup championships by passing Martin Truex Jr. for the lead with 12 laps to go. It came three weeks after Logano bumped Truex out of the lead to win at Martinsville to earn a spot in the title race. Truex said after that race: 'He may have won the battle, but he ain't winning the damn war.' 2019 — Kyle Busch wins his second championship in a race that saw title contender Martin Truex Jr. felled by a pit road gaffe when his team put the left front and right front tires on the wrong side and had to pit again to correct the mistake. Later, Denny Hamlin's crew put a large piece of tape on the front grille that caused the engine to overheat and sent Hamlin back to pit road to have the tape removed. 2024 — Tyler Reddick goes from third to first on the last lap to win and advance to the championship race. The race featured a track-record 33 lead changes. There were three different leaders over the final three laps of the race. Team co-owner Michael Jordan celebrated by lifting Tyler Reddick in a bearhug and yelled 'Yeah, baby! Yeah!' Christopher Bell, who finished fourth and watched the lead change in those final laps, said afterward of Homestead: 'This place is awesome. It leads to some amazing races.' Highlights: Cup Series playoff race at Homestead Watch highlights from the NASCAR Cup Series Straight Talk Wireless 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Yahoo
30-01-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
On the Auction Block: 3 Race Cars We're Watching This Week
The folks over at Bring A Trailer have no shortage of cool race cars on its virtual auction blocks at any given time. Here's a few eye-catchers that have our attention this week:From Bring A Trailer: This Ford Mustang is a NASCAR Cup Series race car that was built by the now-defunct Stewart-Haas Racing team and re-bodied in 2022 with Next Gen carbon-composite panels. Power is supplied by a Ford V8 linked with a G-Force GT4 four-speed manual gearbox, and the white body panels have a No. 4 Mobil 1 livery. Equipment includes forged 18-inch center-locking BBS wheels with Goodyear slicks as well as Stewart-Haas Racing shocks, a Ford 9-inch rear end, Holley electronic fuel injection, an ATL fuel cell, a vented hood and windshield, left-side air deflectors, and side-exit exhaust outlets. The cockpit has fire extinguishers, an integrated roll cage, a Holley EFI instrument panel, and a single bucket seat with Simpson harnesses. Acquired by the seller in 2024, this NASCAR racer is now offered in Pennsylvania with a car cover and a bill of sale. Why We're Watching: Are you kidding me? Okay, so it's not street legal, but park that baby in the driveway on race day and be the talk of the neighborhood. Auction Ends: Monday, February 3, 1:51 p.m. The Link: Ford Mustang NASCAR Cup CarFrom Bring A Trailer: This 1968 Porsche 911 coupe has been used as a race car over the past several decades, and it was modified in the mid-2000s with 911R-style bodywork and a replacement 2,464cc flat-six. Finished in white with black graphics, the car features a central fuel filler, flared quarter panels, acrylic side windows, and Fuchs-style 15-inch wheels. Following the current owner's acquisition in 2017, the engine was further modified with twin-plug cylinder heads, JE 92 mm pistons, Web Cam camshafts, and MSD ignition modules. This 911 race car is now offered by the seller on behalf of the current owner at no reserve in California with logbooks, service records, and a clean Arizona title in the name of the owner's family trust. Why We're Watching: We've always been a sucker for a racing Porsche. This one will cost a pretty penny, and it should. Auction Ends: Sunday, February 2, 1:07 p.m. The Link: 1968 Porsche 911 CoupeFrom Bring A Trailer: This Ford Thunderbird is a non-running NASCAR race car that was campaigned by Robert Yates Racing with driver Davey Allison during the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Referred to internally as 'Superstar', the car participated in three races, leading all three and scoring a second-place finish after leading 190 laps in the GM Goodwrench 500 at Rockingham Speedway. The car suffered mechanical issues at the Food City 500 race in Bristol and crashed out of the Bud 500 later in the season. The car was rebuilt and used as a backup for the 1993 season and was later fitted with a Ford Taurus-style body for use as a show car to honor Dale Jarrett's 1999 title win. It was donated to the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2001 and has not been started in more than 20 years. Why We're Watching: This one comes with a signed letter of authenticity and car history from Robert Yates Racing's former assistant crew chief Joey Knuckles. The legendary status of Davey Allison in NASCAR puts this car on our wish list. Auction Ends: Wednesday, February 5, 2:27 p.m. The Link: 1992 Davey Allison Ford Thunderbird
