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NBC Sports
3 days ago
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
How to watch Sunday's Cup race at Nashville: Start time, TV info and weather
After completing its longest distance of the season in the Coca-Cola 600, the NASCAR Cup Series will race Sunday at Nashville Superspeedway, which produced its longest race in duration last year. The 2024 race lasted a marathon 4 hours, 3 minutes and 54 seconds because of five overtimes that extended the distance by 31 laps — an OT record for the Cup Series. Joey Logano capitalized on his sterling fuel conservation to earn the victory that locked the No. 22 Ford into a playoff run to last year's championship. Logano, Kyle Larson (two) and Denny Hamlin (three) have won the past six Cup races on concrete surfaces. Larson is the only Cup driver with four top 10s at Nashville since the track returned to the circuit in 2021. The Hendrick Motorsports star's has a personal-best average finish of 4.5 at Nashville. Halfway through the 26-race regular season, eight drivers have clinched playoff spots with victories. Coke 600 winner Ross Chastain became the third driver in the past four races to earn his first victory of 2025. Dustin Long, Details for Sunday's Cup race at Nashville Superspeedway (All times Eastern) START: The command to fire engines will be given at 7:09 p.m. ... The race is scheduled to begin at 7:19 p.m. PRERACE: The Cup garage will open at 4 p.m. ... Driver introductions are at 6:30 p.m. ... The invocation will be given at 7:01 p.m. ... The national anthem will be performed by Sgt. Elizabeth Marino, 2D Marine Aircraft Wing Band at 7:02 p.m. DISTANCE: The race is 300 laps (399 miles) on the 1.333-mile oval. STAGES: Stage 1 ends at Lap 90. Stage 2 ends at Lap 185. ENTRY LIST: Click here for the 39 cars entered at Charlotte. TV/RADIO: Prime will broadcast the race starting at 6:30 p.m. ... Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will have radio coverage. FORECAST: WeatherUnderground — Partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon, a high of 83 degrees and winds from the west at 5 to 10 mph with a 40 percent chance of rain. It's expected to be 80 degrees with a 24 percent chance of rain at the start of the Cup race. LAST TIME: In a key moment during his championship season, Joey Logano seized the lead in the third overtime and hung on to lead the final nine laps through two more overtime restarts.
NBC Sports
20-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Joey Logano takes back critical comments of how Christopher Bell raced him in All-Star Race
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — A day after finishing second in the All-Star Race and being critical of how Christopher Bell raced him for the win, Joey Logano told NBC Sports that how Bell drove him 'wasn't as bad as I thought it was.' Bell and Logano dueled much of the final 20 laps Sunday night at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Logano blocked Bell and tried to take his lane away while Bell worked to get by. Bell made a second attempt and eventually moved Logano up the track and took the lead with 10 laps to go. Bell went on to win his first All-Star Race. After the race, Logano expressed his displeasure with Bell's move. 'I did all I could do to hold him off and he got under me and released the brake and gave me no option,' Logano told FS1. 'Kind of just ran me up into the wall, and if I could've got to him, he was going around after a move like that, I just couldn't get back to him.' Dustin Long, Monday, before a ceremony by the mayor of Mooresville and Town Board honoring the teams of Logano and Ryan Blaney for winning the last three Cup titles, Logano admitted he had a different take on how Bell raced him in those final laps. 'When I went back and re-watched it, I was like, that wasn't as bad as I thought it was,' Logano told NBC Sports. 'If he did that (move Logano up the track) the first time he got to me, I'd be like, 'Dude, why would you do that?' 'But he made solid attempts to pass me. I ran him all up and down the racetrack. So I opened the door. Like at that point, I opened the door (to more aggressive racing). I had to do that to try to maintain the lead. 'But it also to me, it was like, OK, well, if you're willing to do that, you should be able to move that person up the racetrack. Then I should have been able to get back at him. 'I set the tone that we're going to race like assholes. It's OK that he did that to me. But in the moment you're just pissed, right? You're just like, 'He ran me up the track.' Then when I watched it, I was like, 'Nah, it's probably warranted.' 'So, I shouldn't have said that (after the race). You're mad. It is what it is. He knocked me up and then moved me up. Would I have done the same? Probably. Especially after someone ran me all over the racetrack like I did, I probably would have done the same. 'I'm a really bad loser. I'm a sore loser. I can't help it. It is who I am, but I think that's also what makes us winners.'
Newsweek
19-05-2025
- Automotive
- Newsweek
Logano 'P***ed Off' After Bell Gave Him 'No Option' In NASCAR All-Star Race
Team Penske driver Joey Logano missed out on the $1 million prize in the NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway after seeing his lead slip away. Logano shared his frustrations after being edged out by Christopher Bell, who went on to celebrate on Victory Lane, while speaking to the media after the race. He explained: "I'm glad you had a blast. I'm p***ed off right now. Just dang it, we had the fastest car. The Shell-Pennzoil Mustang was so fast. I'm trying to choose my words correctly on the caution situation. "Obviously I got bit by it, so I am the one frustrated. I felt like the falloff wasn't too bad as the sun went down, and yeah, six cars or so stayed out with us. Thought maybe we could hold him off, but [Bell] had a good enough restart, cleared too many of them too fast. I couldn't get away in time. It took me six, seven laps to get my car up and rolling again. Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, waits on the grid prior to the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway on May 18, 2025 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, waits on the grid prior to the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway on May 18, 2025 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina."I did all I could do to hold him off and he got under me and released the brake and gave me no option. Kind of just ran me up into the wall, and if I could've got to him, he was going around after a move like that, I just couldn't get back to him. Just too much to try to make up with the tire deficit." The 34-year-old added: "Just frustrated after you lead so many laps and the car is so fast and you don't win, it hurts quite a bit. ... Yeah, I'm all about no gimmicks with the caution. I am all about that. Me and Marcus Smith aren't seeing eye to eye right now, OK? I've got to have a word with him. "It's all you've got. I was hoping I could just fight him long enough to where the advantage would go away a little bit, but it just never did. I did as best I can blocking my butt off, but once he got under me just released the brake and gave me no option to either fence it and wreck or run up in the marbles and spin out like what happened to Heim in the Truck race. I get it. "We're racing for a million bucks, but things carry over all the time, but it just stings. I'm upset because we had the best car. We had the best car by a long shot and we didn't win. I don't know. A lot of things are running through my mind I probably shouldn't say." NASCAR All-Star Race results
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Joey Logano Sends Blunt Message After NASCAR All-Star Caution Costs Him the Win
Joey Logano didn't win back-to-back NASCAR All-Star Races — and he thinks a manufactured caution is to blame. After dominating most of the race at North Wilkesboro Speedway, the Team Penske driver was caught off guard by a new 'Promoter's Option' rule that triggered a caution with under 40 laps to go. The twist? The yellow wasn't for debris, weather, or an incident — it was dropped by choice, as allowed between Laps 100 and 220 of the 250-lap race. And it changed everything. Advertisement 'I'm all about no gimmicks with the caution,' Logano said after finishing second to Christopher Bell. 'I'm a little — me and Marcus Smith aren't seeing eye to eye right now, okay? I've got to have a word with him.' That 'word' may not be polite. Smith, the CEO of Speedway Motorsports and the man behind the mid-race caution twist, drew criticism from what many, including Logano, saw as an unnecessary intervention that changed the outcome of the race. Joey Logano talks to reporters at Texas Motor Dalton | Athlon Sports 'I'm pissed off right now. We had the fastest car — the Shell-Pennzoil Mustang was so fast,' Logano said. 'Then the caution came out and flipped the whole thing. I stayed out on old tires, hoping to hold 'em off, but Bell had a great restart and just ran me up into the wall.' Advertisement Logano made it clear that he felt robbed. 'I couldn't get away in time. Took me six, seven laps to get my car up and rolling again. I did all I could to hold him off… If I could've got to him, he was going around after a move like that.' Despite the sting, Logano took some solace in his car's performance. 'We'll be happy that we had the best car the last two times that we've been here. I wish we had two wins, though.' With tempers flaring and fans debating the merit of gimmick rules, NASCAR may have gotten the drama it wanted — but Logano's message to Smith made one thing clear: not everyone's buying it. Related: Upset Joey Logano Threatens Payback After Christopher Bell's Winning Move at All-Star Race
TimesLIVE
19-05-2025
- Automotive
- TimesLIVE
Christopher Bell blasts past Joey Logano to win $1m All-Star Race
Christopher Bell kept adding to his growing resume on Sunday night. The Toyota driver got physical with Joey Logano with 10 laps to go, moved past the No 22 Ford and won NASCAR's $1m (R18,064,300) payday, the All-Star Race, at the historic North Wilkesboro Speedway. Bell's Joe Gibbs Racing No 20 became the third Toyota to win the race when he went low on Logano and beat the defending race champion by 0.829 seconds on the tiny track in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina. "That right there is absolutely incredible," said Bell, who led 28 laps in his first All-Star win. "North Wilkesboro is the best short track on the schedule. (My team) is the big picture. I'm the guy who gets up here and talks to you and takes pictures. Without them, I'm nobody. I owe it all to these guys." Logano led 139 laps but found himself at a tyre deficit after the late promoter's caution session, and he was upset after the race. "Dang it," the reigning Cup champ said, "we had the fastest car. I thought maybe we could hold them off. I couldn't get away. I'm frustrated after leading so many laps and the car's so fast and you don't win. It hurts quite a bit." Following Logano were Ross Chastain, Alex Bowman and Chase Elliott. It was the third All-Star Race win by JGR and the first by Toyota since 2017 when Kyle Busch won at Charlotte. Bell won his first All-Star Race after capturing three races earlier this season. Larson returned from Indianapolis Motor Speedway, started in row 10 in the 23-car field and finished 21st. Starting from the pole position, Brad Keselowski and his No 6 RFK Racing Ford were under attack from the start as former teammate Logano, Bell and Elliott made hard charges to the front to try to steal the lead, all to no avail. Keselowski held the high line and got his best challenge from Logano, who raced out of the Penske stable with the 2012 champ until the 2022 season. Keselowski stayed up high, while Logano could not muster the pass and leaned on his tyres from the low lane. The first caution flew just before the field turned 60 circuits on the 1km short track. Keselowski, William Byron and Busch decided on a two tyre change while most of the field chose four. Soon after lap 100, NASCAR threw a scheduled competition caution, and every team hit pit road for service, with Bell, Logano and Elliott emerging as the top three. With 100 laps left in the high-stakes race, three-time champ Logano led Bell, teammate Ryan Blaney, Elliott and Bowman, alternating hot laps and backing off to save his tyres at times. After Keselowski's problems with less than 80 laps left forced another caution, Larson gained six spots and took the lead when his crew gambled on a two tyre stop. From the flag stand, Michael Waltrip waved the promoter's caution with 35 laps left, then dropped the flag on the track as fireworks went off between turns 3 and 4 before Logano restarted the race with the lead with 28 laps remaining.
