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Austin Dillon becomes first repeat Cook Out 400 winner in 15 years
Austin Dillon won again in Virginia's capital on Saturday night, this time without any controversy. Dillon's No 3 Chevrolet came to life late in the second half of the NASCAR Cup Series' penultimate regular season race in Richmond, Virginia, leading him to repeat as winner of the Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway and join the playoff field. In successfully defending his title, Dillon became the race's first repeat victor since Denny Hamlin accomplished the feat in 2009 and 2010. The Richard Childress Racing driver wrecked his way to victory last season through leader Joey Logano and Hamlin off the final turn. NASCAR allowed him to keep the win, but did not let him use it to get into the playoffs. However, on Saturday, an aggressive pit stop - coming in right after passing leader Ryan Blaney on lap 340 - allowed the 35-year-old from North Carolina to beat Alex Bowman's No 48 Chevrolet by 2.471 seconds for his sixth career win, placing him in the 16-car postseason. "That felt good. Last year hurt bad going through the whole process of it," said Dillon, who led 107 laps on Saturday, and added he was driving with a broken rib. "This one feels so sweet, and man, I love Richmond. "It's so special. Every one of these (wins) means so much to me. My grandfather (Richard Childress), for all that he's put up in believing in me, there's been a lot of ups and downs. It would have been easy for him to change the driver in this 3 car, but today it feels darn good." Blaney finished third, followed by Logano, who started last for the fourth time in his career. Austin Cindric was fifth. A Chevrolet driver has won three of the past five races at the three- quarters-mile short track. Dillon became the 14th different winner, bumping Bowman into the 16th spot in the playoff picture, 60 points ahead of 17th-place Chris Buescher, the first driver below the cut line. Polesitter Ryan Preece crept away from AJ Allmendinger and Tyler Reddick after earning his second career pole on Friday, while Hamlin moved up to third to start the season's fourth short-track race. Despite most drivers taking tyres at the midpoint as the rubber fell off, Preece stayed out and lost the lead to Reddick late. Bubba Wallace, Hamlin, Dillon and Cindric rounded out the top five after the 70-lap first stage. Wallace's No 23 led fellow Toyota driver Christopher Bell in the early portions of Stage 2, but after a full green-flag run in Stage 1, the second segment featured three cautions for incidents, including a 16-car pile that started with Chase Briscoe getting hit by Kyle Busch in turn 3. The melee included Hamlin, William Byron, Brad Keselowski and Reddick, who led 41 laps, among others. The No 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet of Chase Elliott was retired from the event and finished last in 38th. Wallace earned the top bonus points by clinching the segment. Daniel Suarez, Blaney, Dillon and Bowman were the next four finishers behind Wallace, who led a race-high 123 laps. However, with Dillon pacing the field, Wallace's left front tyre came off as pit stops began near lap 300, ending a strong run by the Brickyard 400 winner in Indianapolis last month.
NBC Sports
6 days ago
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
NASCAR CUP SERIES RACING AT RICHMOND RACEWAY IN PRIMETIME ON USA NETWORK HEADLINES NBC SPORTS' MOTORSPORTS COVERAGE THIS WEEK
NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400 in Richmond, Va., this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET on USA Network; Countdown to Green Gets Underway at 7 p.m. ET Live Coverage of Pro Motocross from Unadilla Begins Saturday at 1 p.m. ET Exclusively on Peacock Penultimate Regular-Season Races of NASCAR Cup Series and Pro Motocross Seasons STAMFORD, Conn. – Aug. 13, 2025 – NBC Sports' motorsports action is headlined this week by the NASCAR Cup Series' Cook Out 400 from Richmond, Va., this Saturday, Aug. 16, at 7:30 p.m. ET on USA Network and Pro Motocross from Unadilla in New Berlin, N.Y., this Saturday at 1 p.m. ET exclusively on Peacock. NASCAR CUP SERIES: RICHMOND The NASCAR Cup Series continues this Saturday, Aug. 16, at Richmond Raceway with the Cook Out 400 at 7:30 p.m. ET on USA Network. Live pre-race coverage on USA Network begins at 7 p.m. ET with Countdown to Green. NBC Sports' broadcast team of veteran motorsports play-by-play commentator Leigh Diffey, 21-time Cup Series race winner and 'The Mayor' of NASCAR Jeff Burton, and Daytona 500-winning crew chief Steve Letarte will call the action. Marty Snider, Dave Burns, and Kim Coon will serve as pit reporters. Marty Snider will host pre- and post-race coverage alongside Burton and Letarte. NBC Sports NASCAR analysts won at Richmond Raceway three years in a row from 1997 to 1999, with Jarrett winning in 1997 and 1999 and Burton in 1998. Last weekend's race in Watkins Glen saw Shane van Gisbergen (25th, -371 points) win his fourth road course victory of the season after previous wins in Mexico City, Chicago, and Sonoma. Christoper Bell (4th, -85) finished in second place while Chris Buescher (10th, -194) took third. Austin Dillon is the defending champion at Richmond Raceway. This is the penultimate race before the Playoffs begin on Aug. 31, with the top 16 drivers at the end of the regular season qualifying for the Playoffs. ON THE BUBBLE The official home of the NASCAR Championship and Playoffs, NBC Sports will present the final 14 NASCAR Cup Series races in 2025 across NBC, USA Network, and Peacock, culminating with the Championship at Phoenix Raceway on Nov. 2. Click here for more information on NBC Sports' 2025 NASCAR coverage. Live coverage of practice and qualifying will be presented on truTV this Friday starting at 4:30 p.m. ET. BROADCAST TEAM Play-by-Play: Leigh Diffey Analysts: Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte Pit Reporters: Marty Snider, Dave Burns, Kim Coon STUDIO TEAM Host: Marty Snider Studio Analysts: Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte HOW TO WATCH TV – USA Network Streaming – NBC Sports app PRO MOTOCROSS: UNADILLA The 2025 SMX World ChampionshipTM series and Pro Motocross season continues this Saturday, Aug. 16, from Unadilla MX in New Berlin, N.Y., live at 1 p.m. ET exclusively on Peacock. 450 Class leader Jett Lawrence (412 points) and 250 Class leader Haiden Deegan (418 points) need to finish 50+ points ahead of second place this weekend to clinch their respective 2025 Pro Motocross Class Championships. Lawrence currently has a 47-point lead over his brother and last week's first-time overall winner, Hunter Lawrence, while Deegan is currently 51 points ahead of Jo Shimoda. NBC Sports' Jason Weigandt and SuperMotocross analyst James Stewart, a seven-time AMA champion, will call this weekend's action. Jason Thomas and Katie Osborne will serve as reporters. Race Day Live qualifying coverage this Saturday from Unadilla gets underway at 10 a.m. ET on Peacock. All live Pro Motocross coverage, including races and qualifying, plus on-demand replays, will be available on Peacock this season. Click here for more details. 15-time AMA champion Ricky Carmichael and nine-time AMA Champion Ryan Villopoto sat down with last week's race winner, Hunter Lawrence, to discuss his first 450 Class victory, the upcoming races, his love of fixing cars, and much more on the latest episode of the Title 24 podcast here. BROADCAST TEAM Play by Play: Jason Weigandt Analyst: James Stewart Reporters: Jason Thomas, Katie Osborne Race Day Live: Jason Weigandt, James Stewart, Jason Thomas, Katie Osborne HOW TO WATCH Streaming – Peacock (LIVE) Audio – SiriusXM NBC Sports Audio – Channel 85 --NBC SPORTS--
Yahoo
11-08-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
NASCAR results: Full finishing order of Go Bowling at The Glen race at Watkins Glen
Shane van Gisbergen struck again. The NASCAR Cup Series' road-course ace did Sunday, Aug. 10, what he's done all season. He dominated a road race. Van Gisbergen won the Go Bowling at the Glen, giving him his fourth victory of the season. All four have come in the last two months. SVG led 38 of the 90 laps. The margin between first and second place: 11 seconds. His triumph also ensured NASCAR will not fill its 16 playoff spots with winners. At least one driver will make it on points. Christopher Bell and Chris Buescher rounded out the top three at Watkins Glen. Here is the full lineup. NASCAR standings: Results of Cup Series race at Watkins Glen Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Christopher Bell, No. 20 Chris Buescher, No. 17 William Byron, No. 24 Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Bubba Wallace, No. 23 Tyler Reddick, No. 45 Ross Chastain, No. 1 AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Erik Jones, No. 43 Ryan Preece, No. 60 Joey Logano, No. 22 Austin Dillon, No. 3 Austin Cindric, No. 2 Zane Smith, No. 38 Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Michael McDowell, No. 71 Alex Bowman, No. 48 Noah Gragson, No. 4 Kyle Busch, No. 8 Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Riley Herbst, No. 35 Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Chase Elliott, No. 9 Justin Haley, No. 7 Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Cody Ware, No. 51 Ty Dillon, No. 10 Brad Keselowski, No. 6 John Hunter Nemecheck, No. 42 Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Cole Custer, No. 41 Josh Berry, No. 21 Katherine Legge, No. 78 Josh Bilicki, No. 66 JJ Yeley, No. 44 Kyle Larson, No. 5 (This story was updated to add more information.) This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: NASCAR race today: Results, winner of Cup Series race at Watkins Glen
TimesLIVE
07-07-2025
- Automotive
- TimesLIVE
Shane van Gisbergen cruises to victory at Chicago Street Race
It was hot in Chicago last week, but Shane van Gisbergen was even hotter. The road course ace roared to the lead on Lake Shore Drive and ran away from the field in a nine-lap shootout, winning Sunday's third annual Grant Park 165, the NASCAR Cup Series' Chicago Street Race. The Trackhouse Racing driver, who won Saturday's Xfinity Race and the Cup race's pole, took his No 88 Chevrolet past leader Chase Briscoe with 16 laps left and had a 2.5 second lead over Ty Gibbs before a caution on the final lap gave him his second win of 2025. The victory was the Auckland, New Zealand native's third in 33 career starts and helped Chevrolet to sweep three victories in the streets of Chicago. He started the weekend by winning the pole for the Sunday race. The 36-year- old Supercars champion then backed up his first career Cup victory in the Second City in 2023 by doing it again. "What an amazing weekend for me," said Van Gisbergen, who led 26 laps and dominated the series last month on Mexico City's road layout. "We made no mistakes and there were some really fast cars." Van Gisbergen said the weather was a problem. "It was so hot this weekend," he said. "The track was very slick and the times were a lot slower. The margin for error was very tiny. Had to get it right." Chevrolet was first to the chequers for the third time in the past five races. Gibbs posted a season-best finish with the runner-up showing in his black Toyota. "I feel like I wasn't free enough to hit my points," the No 54 Joe Gibbs Racing driver said. "We had a good day overall but need to be faster." Following Gibbs were Tyler Reddick, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch. Michael McDowell led a race-high 31 laps but developed a stuck throttle midway through the race and finished 32nd. With the entire Hendrick Motorsports stable starting at the rear of the 40-car field due to failed qualifying runs or repairs, four drivers holding playoff spots had to work to move through the field. Alex Bowman finished eighth, while Kyle Larson was 13th. Chase Elliott ended up 16th, and points leader William Byron came in last. In what may have been NASCAR's final run in the Windy City's usually busy streets, race favourite Van Gisbergen led the field from the pole position, but row 1 starter McDowell snagged the lead in less than half a circuit. Carson Hocevar caused the first caution on lap 4 when he bounced off the apron of turn 10 and smacked the outside wall, coming to rest as seven cars, including Austin Dillon and Brad Keselowski, piled into Hocevar's No 77 car as it sat sideways against the outer barrier. While much of the field pitted, McDowell stayed on the 3.54km course, leading every circuit to beat Busch and Reddick for the top bonus points as stage 1 ended at lap 20. Ryan Blaney put his No 12 Ford in position to claim 10 segment points as stage 2 concluded on lap 45. Briscoe, Reddick, Bowman and Bubba Wallace trailed the Team Penske driver.
Hindustan Times
29-06-2025
- Automotive
- Hindustan Times
Chase Elliott gets by Brad Keselowski to capture Atlanta race
Chase Elliott passed Brad Keselowski in Turn 1 on the final lap and won a wild, wreck-filled NASCAR Cup Series' Quaker State 400 on Saturday night at EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, Ga. HT Image After moving to second place with two to go, the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet driver winless through 17 races slipped below Keselowski's No. 6 Ford and beat it to the checkers for his 20th career win and just his second in three seasons. The seven-time Most Popular Driver Award winner topped Keselowski by 0.168 seconds and earned a spot in NASCAR's 10-race postseason. Alex Bowman, Tyler Reddick and Erik Jones completed the top-five finishers. In the track's first race under its new name, Team Penske racer Joey Logano took the green flag and led seven more Fords in the season's 18th race. Logano's No. 22 led every circuit as Fords owned the top six positions through 25 laps, but the No. 77 Chevrolet of Carson Hocevar was the biggest mover, climbing 23 spots to get to fourth on Lap 27. The first caution on Lap 35 for rain resulted in a nearly 15-minute red flag. Logano led the first 49 laps, but the first melee occurred on Lap 57 as Christopher Bell lost control of his No. 20 Toyota to trigger a wreck with Ryan Blaney, Bubba Wallace, Kyle Larson and Austin Dillon. That ended the 60-lap Stage 1 under caution with Austin Cindric as the winner. Fellow Fords driven by Keselowski and Logano trailed him. The third caution on Lap 70 nearing Turn 3, from about eighth on back, created an even bigger mess. Denny Hamlin, Logano, Ross Chastain, Cindric, Hocevar, William Byron and last week's winner Chase Briscoe all suffered major damage in the 23-car accident that brought out a second red flag. Stage 2, a 160-lap segment, produced the 1.54-mile tri-oval's best racing action that looked like recent finishes at the superspeedway as a hornet's nest of drivers 10-deep fought for the bonus points. At the end, a photo-finish showed Reddick clipping Elliott for the maximum amount, while Chris Buescher, Bowman and Jones rounded out the top five. With 34 laps left, seventh-place Justin Haley was tapped by Ty Dillon's No. 10 in a single-car incident for the 10th caution to set up the finish. Field Level Media This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
