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Yahoo
26-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Cup results, points after Charlotte Motor Speedway as Ross Chastain earns first Coke 600 win
Ross Chastain became the eighth winner to lock into the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, capturing a victory in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The Trackhouse Racing driver ended an 18-race winless streak in the No. 1 Chevrolet with his sixth career victory in his 236th start. He also won for the first time in his eighth start at the 1.5-mile oval in Concord, N.C. (where his previous best finish was eighth). Advertisement Chastain started last after crashing in practice Saturday ane led twice for eight of 400 laps (including the final six). Per Racing Insights, he was the first Cup driver to win in a backup car since William Byron in the 2024 Daytona 500. Byron finished second at Charlotte after getting passed by Chastain with six laps remaining. Chase Briscoe finished a season-high third. A.J. Allmendinger took fourth for his first top-five finish since October 2023. Brad Keselowski placed fifth for his first top 10 this season. In the regular-season standings, Byronn moved into first by 29 points over Kyle Larson, who finished 37th after crashing.
NBC Sports
26-05-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
Cup results, points after Charlotte Motor Speedway as Ross Chastain earns first Coke 600 win
Ross Chastain became the eighth winner to lock into the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, capturing a victory in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The Trackhouse Racing driver ended an 18-race winless streak in the No. 1 Chevrolet with his sixth career victory in his 236th start. He also won for the first time in his eighth start at the 1.5-mile oval in Concord, N.C. (where his previous best finish was eighth). Chastain started last after crashing in practice Saturday ane led twice for eight of 400 laps (including the final six). Per Racing Insights, he was the first Cup driver to win in a backup car since William Byron in the 2024 Daytona 500. MORE: Click here for Charlotte results l Click here for the cumulative report l Click here for the penalty report l Click here for race notes MORE: Click here for Charlotte driver points l Click here for owner points Byron finished second at Charlotte after getting passed by Chastain with six laps remaining. Chase Briscoe finished a season-high third. A.J. Allmendinger took fourth for his first top-five finish since October 2023. Brad Keselowski placed fifth for his first top 10 this season. In the regular-season standings, Byronn moved into first by 29 points over Kyle Larson, who finished 37th after crashing.
NBC Sports
07-05-2025
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- NBC Sports
Good news, bad news for NASCAR teams going into Kansas weekend
The NASCAR Cup Series makes its first of two visits this season to Kansas Speedway this weekend. A year ago, Kyle Larson beat Chris Buescher by .001 seconds. In last fall's playoff race, Ross Chastain won. Here is a look at the good news and bad news for Cup teams heading to Kansas. 23XI Racing — Good news: The organization has won three of the last six races at Kansas Speedway. … Tyler Reddick has led in each of the last seven Kansas races. … Bubba Wallace ranks third in the series with 100 stage points. … Wallace's pit crew ranks first, according to Racing Insights. … Riley Herbst finished a season-best 14th at Texas last weekend. … Corey Heim will make his first start of the season and fourth in his Cup career this weekend, driving the No. 67 car. Bad news: Wallace has placed 19th or worse in three of the last four races. … Reddick has placed 20th or worse in five of the last seven Kansas races. Front Row Motorsports — Good news: Todd Gilliland has placed 16th or better in four of the last five races. … Gilliland's 11th-place result last week at Texas was his best finish in 24 career starts on 1.5-mile tracks. … Zane Smith finished 10th in last fall's race at Kansas. Bad news: Noah Gragson has finished on the lead lap in only three of the last eight races. Haas Factory Team — Good news: Cole Custer has scored back-to-back top 20s for the first time this season, placing 13th at Talladega and 19th last weekend at Texas. Bad News: Even with those finishes the last two weeks, Custer is 34th in the points. Hendrick Motorsports — Good news: Kyle Larson has ranked first or second in speed in the previous two races on 1.5-mile tracks. He ranked second in speed at Homestead, a race he won, and first in speed at Texas, a race he finished fourth. … Larson's average finish on 1.5-mile tracks this season is a series-best 4.7. … Larson leads the series with seven top-five finishes and eight top 10s this year. … Larson has scored a series-best 108 stage points. … Alex Bowman's 10 top 10s at Kansas are his most at any track. … Chase Elliott is the only driver to finish in the top 20 in every race this season. … Elliott has four consecutive top 10s at Kansas. … William Byron's average finish this season is 8.91, best in the series. … Byron has scored 107 stage points to rank second to Larson in that category. Bad news: Bowman has three finishes of 35th or worse in the last four races. Hyak Motorsports — Good news: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.'s sixth-place finish at Texas last weekend moved him into the the final transfer spot to the playoffs. … That finish also was his best result at Texas in 21 starts. Bad news: Stenhouse has one top 10 finish in 24 Cup starts at Kansas. Joe Gibbs Racing — Good news: Christopher Bell has won the pole for the last three races at Kansas. … Bell has led each of the six Kansas races in the Next Gen era. … Bell has 10 top 10s, including two wins, in the last 14 races on 1.5-mile tracks. … Denny Hamlin has seven consecutive top-10 finishes at Kansas. … Ty Gibbs has started in the top 10 in the last three races. Bad news: The organization has led only 16 laps on 1.5-mile tracks this season. … Hamlin has finished outside the top 20 in the past two races. … Chase Briscoe has not finished better than 13th in eight Kansas starts. … Gibbs' average finish of 23.8 at Kansas is his worst among 1.5-mile tracks. Kaulig Racing — Good news: Ty Dillon finished a season-best 12th last weekend at Texas after gaining six spots in overtime. … AJ Allmendinger has four top-10 finishes in his last five starts on 1.5-mile tracks. Bad news: Allmendinger has finished 18th or worse in four of his last five races. Legacy Motor Club — Good news: Placed both cars in the top 10 last weekend at Texas, marking the first time the team has done that since the season-opening Daytona 500. … Erik Jones finished a season-best fifth at Texas and John Hunter Nemechek was eighth. … The organization's five top 10s this year is one less than what it had all of last season. … Nemechek has two Xfinity wins and one Truck win at Kansas. Bad news: Jones has made 90 starts since his last Cup victory. Richard Childress Racing — Good news: Austin Dillon has scored three top-10 finishes in a row, tied for his longest Cup streak. … Jesse Love makes his third start of the season and will be in the No. 33 at Kansas. Bad news: The organization has only one top-five finish this season. … It is now 68 races win Kyle Busch's last Cup win. Rick Ware Racing — Good news: Last weekend's race at Texas saw Cody Ware finish 30th, marking the fifth time he's placed between 24th and 30th this season. Bad news: Ware has not started better than 33rd in the last nine races. RFK Racing — Good news: All three of Ryan Preece's top 10s on 1.5-mile tracks were in the last four races. Bad news: It was this race a year ago that Chris Buescher lost to Kyle Larson by a series-record .001 seconds. … Buescher has finished 18th or worse in four of the last five races. … Brad Keselowski has finished 26th or worse in eight of the 11 races this year. … Preece has had four finishes of 20th or worse this season. Larson edges Buescher in historic Kansas finish Kyle Larson and Chris Buescher wheel nose-to-nose as the checkered flag waves in the AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway, combining for the closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history with a margin of 0.001 seconds. Spire Motorsports — Good news: The team has won the pole for two of the last three races at 1.5-mile tracks. … Carson Hocevar has scored points in five of the last six stages. Bad news: Justin Haley has not finished better than 18th in eight starts at Kansas. … Michael McDowell has one top-10 finish in the last 21 races on 1.5-mile tracks. Team Penske — Good news: Team has won the past two Cup races with Austin Cindric winning at Talladega and Joey Logano winning at Texas. … Ryan Blaney placed a season-best third at Texas last weekend. … Logano has three Kansas wins. Bad news: Austin Cindric does not have a top-10 finish in seven Kansas starts in Cup and has finished 31st or worse in each of his last four starts there. Trackhouse Racing — Good news: Ross Chastain has finished in the top 10 in five of the last seven races, including his runner-up finish last weekend at Texas. … Chastain's last win came at Kansas in last year's playoff race. … Daniel Suarez has scored back-to-back top 10s. Bad news: Shane van Gisbergen has started 33rd or worse in each of the last six races. Wood Brothers Racing — Good news: Josh Berry's victory this season came on a 1.5-mile track (Las Vegas). … He led 41 laps last weekend at Texas, also 1.5-mile track. Bad news: Berry finished 32nd at Texas due to damage suffered in a crash. … Berry has finished 26th or worse in four of the last five races.
Time of India
01-05-2025
- Automotive
- Time of India
IBM and Scuderia Ferrari launch AI-powered mobile app for F1 fans
Available on Apple App Store and Google Play Store, the app combines data and AI technologies with Scuderia Ferrari 's historical data to reimagine the digital fan experience. The new Scuderia Ferrari HP mobile app aims to connect the team's global fanbase of nearly 400 million Tifosi more closely with the cars, drivers, and races they follow. Key highlights -IBM watsonx powers all-new Race Centre and Racing Insights -AI-driven tools designed to provide fans with a more immersive experience during race weekends. -AI-generated race summaries, providing post-race recaps of the Scuderia Ferrari HP team's performance within hours of a race's conclusion. -Large language models (LLMs) on watsonx transform complex race data into narratives that include reflections from the Scuderia Ferrari HP drivers and team principal. ' IBM and Ferrari are bound by a shared commitment to progress, innovation and excellence," said Jonathan Adashek, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications at IBM. "With AI, we're creating a new blueprint for digital fan engagement that brings fans even closer to Scuderia Ferrari whether it's race weekend or not. The app is built with the same data and analytics technologies used by IBM clients across industries to achieve enhanced customer experiences, help their employees reach new levels of productivity and make more informed, data-driven business decisions.' A more personalised application Beyond the Race Centre, IBM and Scuderia Ferrari have introduced new app features designed to deliver personalised and interactive fan experiences year-round. 'This app is about bringing all our fans closer to the heart of the racing world of Ferrari," said Lorenzo Giorgetti, Chief Racing Revenue Officer, Ferrari. "With IBM's cutting-edge AI technology and our shared commitment to innovation and excellence, we are creating a digital experience worthy of the Ferrari name. The project has just been launched and will become more and more comprehensive in the next few months, maximising the potential of the tools that IBM is putting at our disposal. I can't wait to see the fans interacting with this new app, entering a new dimension of the Ferrari experience.'
NBC Sports
30-04-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
Good news, bad news for NASCAR teams ahead of Texas Cup weekend
The NASCAR Cup Series makes its only visit to Texas Motor Speedway this weekend. The next three points races are at 1.5-mile tracks — Texas, Kansas and the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. Here is a look at the good news and bad news for Cup teams heading to Texas. Dustin Long, 23XI Racing — Good news: Bubba Wallace ranks second in the series in stage points with 94 this season. … Wallace's pit crew has gained him a net 37 spots on four-tire stops this season, most of all teams. … Tyler Reddick's average finish in Cup at Texas is 9.3. … Reddick has scored at least one stage point in every race this season. Bad news: Riley Herbst has five finishes of 28th or worse in the last seven races. Front Row Motorsports — Good news: Noah Gragson finished a season-best fourth at Talladega. … Zane Smith won the pole at Talladega last weekend, his first career Cup pole. … Todd Gilliland has finished 16th or better in three of the last four races. Bad news: Gilliland has not finished better than 28th in three Cup starts at Texas. Haas Factory Team — Good news: Cole Custer finished a season-best 13th last weekend at Talladega. Bad News: Custer's average finish this season is 26.3. Hendrick Motorsports — Good news: Kyle Larson has scored a series-high 100 points in the last two races on 1.5-mile tracks. He won at Homestead and finished ninth at Las Vegas, winning a stage there. … Larson's six top-five finishes and seven top 10s are the most in his career through 10 races. … Alex Bowman has seven consecutive top-10 finishes on 1.5-mile tracks, the longest active streak in the series. … Chase Elliott is the only driver to finish in the top 20 in each of the season's first 10 races. … William Byron has a series-best average finish of 8.5 this year, the best average by a Hendrick driver since Jimmie Johnson had an average finish of 7.0 in the first 10 races of 2013. … Byron has finished third or better in three of the last four Texas races. … The organization has won three of the last four Texas points races with three different drivers: Elliott in April 2024, Byron in September 2023 and Larson in October 2021. … Hendrick is the only team to have at least one car finish in the top five in all 10 races this year. Bad news: Elliott is winless in his last 37 starts in points races (he did win the Clash in early February). Hyak Motorsports — Good news: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has six top-20 finishes this season. Bad news: Stenhouse has only two top 10s in his last 20 starts on a 1.5-mile track. … Stenhouse is 18th in the playoff standings although he ranks 32nd in passing, 31st in speed and 35th in pit crew, according to Racing Insights. Joe Gibbs Racing — Good news: Denny Hamlin has finished in the top two in three of the last four races. … Hamlin has finished on the lead lap in 21 consecutive races, the longest active streak. … Chase Briscoe's average finish of 9.0 at Texas is the best all time by any driver. … Briscoe has three top 10s in the last five races. … Christopher Bell has finished in the top three in half of the 10 races this season, including three wins. … Ty Gibbs has four consecutive top-20 finishes after placing in the top 20 only once in the first six races of the season. Bad news: Briscoe has scored stage points in only three of 10 races this year. Kaulig Racing — Good news: AJ Allmendinger has top 10s in the last four races on 1.5-mile tracks. Bad news: Ty Dillon has had fuel issues in each of the past two races. He was forced to pit with less than 10 laps left at Bristol for fuel and ran out of fuel last weekend at Talladega while in position to score his first top 10 of the season. Legacy Motor Club — Good news: Erik Jones makes his 300th career Cup start this weekend. Bad news: John Hunter Nemechek has finished 30th in two of the last three races. Richard Childress Racing — Good news: Austin Dillon has scored back-to-back 10th-place finishes, his only two top 10s of the season. … Kyle Busch has six top 10s in his last eight starts at Texas. Bad news: Busch has not finished in the top 10 in the last six races at 1.5-mile tracks. … Busch has had a pit road speeding penalty in each of the last two races. … This is the second year in a row RCR has had only one top-five finish in the first 10 races of the season. Rick Ware Racing — Good news: Cody Ware scored his first stage points of the season last weekend at Talladega. Bad news: Ware's best finish at Texas was 33rd in 2022, his most recent Cup start at the track. RFK Racing — Good news: Brad Keselowski has six consecutive top 10s at Texas. … Ryan Preece has finished in the top 10 in both races at 1.5-mile tracks this season. He placed ninth at Homestead and third at Las Vegas. Bad news: Preece's second-place finish at Talladega was taken away when his car was disqualified for failing post-race inspection (had three shims instead of required two with spoiler). He lost 39 points, which dropped him from 12th to 18th in the points. … Chris Buescher finished 34th at Talladega after he was collected in a crash with Christopher Bell on a restart while they were at the front of the field. … Keselowski finished 36th at Talladega due to a crash as cars slowed to come to pit road in the opening stage. Spire Motorsports — Good news: Carson Hocevar's 40 stage points this season are more than five drivers who are in a playoff spot after 10 races. … Michael McDowell scored the bonus point for the fastest lap in the race at Talladega. That is the third time he has done that this season. Bad news: Justin Haley has one top-10 finish in his last 15 starts on 1.5-mile tracks. … Hocevar has four finishes of 30th or worse in the last seven races. Team Penske — Good news: Austin Cindric comes into Texas off his Talladega win. Bad news: Ryan Blaney has failed to finish four of the last seven races this season, including last weekend's race at Talladega. Those four DNFs are the most in the series this year. … Joey Logano lost 40 points with his car being disqualified at Talladega for failing post-race inspection (missing a spoiler bolt). He went from finishing fifth to placing last in the 39-car field. He fell from eight to 11th in points. Trackhouse Racing — Good news: Ross Chastain has gained 21 positions on restarts at 1.5-mile tracks this season, the most in the series. … Chastain has finished in the top 10 in four of the last six races. … Daniel Suarez has three top-10 finishes in the last four races at Texas. Bad news: Shane van Gisbergen has five pit road speeding penalties in the last three races. Wood Brothers Racing — Good news: Josh Berry won earlier this season at Las Vegas, a 1.5-mile track. … Berry has started in the top 10 in five of the last nine races. Bad news: Berry finished 36th last April in his only Cup start at Texas after an accident eliminated him.
