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4 days ago
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How to watch 2025 NASCAR Nashville: Schedule, start time, TV channel for Cracker Barrel 400
The 2025 Cracker Barrel 400 is back at Nashville Superspeedway for another year of racing. A 400-mile race that requires 300 laps to complete, it will mark the next race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season. Here's what you need to know about the race, how to watch and more. The Cracker Barrel 400 is scheduled for Sunday, June 1st at 7 p.m. ET. The Cracker Barrel 400 will take place at Nashville Superspeedway in Nashville, Tennessee. The Cracker Barrel 400 is a total of 300 laps and 400 miles. The race will be broadcast live on Amazon Prime Video. The Cracker Barrel 400 can be streamed on Amazon Prime Video. There are 39 drivers entered into the Cracker Barrel 400. Qualifying starts on Saturday, 5/31.
Fox News
20-05-2025
- Automotive
- Fox News
Kurt Busch headlines 2026 NASCAR Hall of Fame class as first-ballot honoree
Print Close Published May 20, 2025 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kurt Busch earned a spot in the NASCAR Hall of Fame as a first-ballot selection with stats that show him as one of the sport's greats. Busch, Harry Gant and Ray Hendrick — all three former NASCAR Cup drivers — will comprise the 2026 NASCAR Hall of Fame class. "I've been through a lot, and to have this is a nice icing on the cake so to speak, from how my career finished in the car versus where we are today, it's a nice feeling," said Busch, who has not raced in NASCAR since July 2022 when concussions sidelined him. "It's fun to reflect back on all the different moments now." A panel of 48 voters plus one combined vote from fan online voting determined the 2026 Hall of Fame class. The two top vote-getters from the 10 Modern Era nominees and the one top vote-getter from the five Pioneer Era nominees earned spots in the 16th induction class. Busch had far and away the most prolific career when it came to results: 34 Cup victories, one Cup title, a Daytona 500 win, finishing top-5 in more than 20 percent of his starts, winning in 19 different seasons at 18 different tracks. But two suspensions — one race in 2012 for threatening a reporter (this reporter) and three races in 2015 after a civil no-contact order was issued against him for alleged domestic abuse — and several run-ins with media and competitors were considered a hurdle for Busch to get in on first ballot. "The late [NASCAR public relations director] Jim Hunter, said it best to me once when I was in some trouble, and he said, 'Son, you can get as much trouble as you want because you have that much talent to dig yourself out of these holes you keep putting yourself in. But wouldn't it be better if you didn't dig those holes, and you could just stay on top riding with your talent?' Busch said. "Took a lot of lessons, but this was a fun announcement, and I can't wait to tell more stories to everyone on what this sport has meant to me and how I'll still be around." He made my ballot — his achievements on the track were significantly stronger than any of the other drivers nominated — as did Gant. Gant won 18 Cup races, including twice in the tough Southern 500. He also is the oldest driver (age 52) to win a Cup race. Similar statistics as the other drivers nominated as well as his toughness and his appearing in several racing movies pushed him onto my ballot. I felt people came to watch "Handsome Harry" Gant, and he played a role in increased exposure of the sport. Busch and Gant each earned 30 votes among the 49 panelists on the Modern Era ballot. Former driver and current broadcaster Jeff Burton was third, followed by former crew chief Harry Hyde and former engine builder Randy Dorton. Hendrick earned the spot reserved for the Pioneer Era with 15 of the 49 votes, indicating a heavy split among the voters (former driver Bill Welborn was second). Hendrick was on my ballot last year and kept that spot this year. Winner of more than 700 short-track races and named one of the top-10 modified drivers of all time, Hendrick had respectable results when racing in top divisions against those who did it regularly. Former Charlotte Motor Speedway president Humpy Wheeler earned the Landmark Award for contributions to the sport. The 2026 NASCAR Hall of Fame ceremony is scheduled for Jan. 23. 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. Print Close URL
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Carson Hocevar, Ryan Preece move on from Texas dustup after 'productive' conversation
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Texas-sized dustup between Carson Hocevar and Ryan Preece in Fort Worth has been resolved one week later at Kansas Speedway. Hocevar, Spire Motorsports' speedy sophomore, reached out to Preece via text midweek after an incident May 4 at Texas Motor Speedway ultimately resulted in Hocevar putting both himself and Preece into the outside wall, creating a crash exiting Turn 2. Advertisement MORE: Kansas schedule | Cup standings After being evaluated and released from the infield care center, Preece told FOX Sports: 'He (Hocevar) just seems to be proving me right over and over again. … Just got ran into the fence by somebody that has no respect for his equipment, anybody else's equipment and any other driver out there. He'll have his day.' Hocevar extended his apologies to Preece and the No. 60 in post-race interviews but made sure to touch base with Preece in the aftermath as well ahead of Sunday's AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway (3 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). 'I reached out and texted him, and we reached out and we talked a little bit just this afternoon in person,' Hocevar told Saturday at Kansas. 'I thought it would be healthy to do it in person, not a phone call or text, and shook each other's hand and have a really good understanding of where each other's at. Advertisement 'I thought it was very productive,' he said during a press availability. 'I thought he heard my point of view, and I heard his and I think we have a really good understanding to go forward.' Hocevar explained he had just completed a pass on Chris Buescher on entry to Turn 1 and was unwinding the wheel on corner exit when his car began pushing toward the outside wall. Simultaneously, Preece had pounced to Hocevar's outside. As the handling of Hocevar's car grew tight, Preece was squeezed into the outside SAFER barrier and spun to the inside retaining wall, where he was then struck by a spinning Cody Ware who was collected in the aftermath. 'I think he was very understanding of it,' Hocevar said. 'Obviously we both wrecked, and it wasn't good for either of us. And we're both around the same points situation and he's having a good year. I feel like we're faster than expected. I think we just both have the understanding that we don't want to ruin the momentum each other has moving forward.' RELATED: Kansas at-track photos Hocevar, driver of the No. 77 Chevrolet, has been making starts across NASCAR's national series since 2019, but Preece has been doing so since 2013, the same year he won the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship. As a veteran, he sees the speed Hocevar has — and simply wants him to harness it. Advertisement 'What he did is he explained what happened, what he was hearing, and why he made the decisions he made,' Preece said Saturday. 'Then I tried to give him a different perspective of what I would have done if I was in his situation. You know, it's up to him to choose whether he's going to put himself and myself or another racer in those type of positions. And I think with the intentions and him coming over, hopefully, that's the case. And I hope moving forward, you don't hear him in controversy.' Preece shared his perspective later Saturday with hopes that Hocevar would use better judgment moving forward. 'It's going to be up to him to hopefully do the things that he said when we talked to each other and prove to everybody around that he's just going to make better decisions. I hope he does. He's a good racer. I told him that when we were in the trailer. So I think moving forward, it's going to be up to him to make good decisions.' Hocevar has had a fair share of detractors, earning criticism for his on-track aggression — evidenced at Atlanta where veterans Ross Chastain and Ryan Blaney spoke with him post-race — mixed with his impressive speed — evidenced at Texas by earning his first career Busch Light Pole Award. The 22-year-old is careful what comments he lets impact his perspective as he adapts to racing at NASCAR's top level. Advertisement 'I mean, there's certain things that are said in the heat of the moment, and then when you go talk to them, it's a different conversation, right?' Hocevar said. 'And I think that's, a lot of times, what happens. You get the radio transmission or you see the talks after the race, or interviews and everything, and then when I have that conversation, it's just different. It's heat of the moment. I mean, there's so many times where I feel like drivers will say something on the radio and they don't even remember they said it, right? I mean, you saw it with teammates before, right? So there's so many different things, and it's just balancing that and knowing, for me, the intent of it.' Hocevar's decision to reach out to Preece was a welcomed one, but Hocevar's future actions are what Preece will be watching. 'It's a step, but I think moving forward, you prove it on the race track,' Preece said. 'I think that's your next opportunity. Words are words — and I think he really does mean what he's saying. And moving forward, I hope we're not talking about incidents. We're talking about good runs or whatnot.'
