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30-05-2025
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The Beast Shuts Down Nashville's Famed Broadway to Throw Massive Street Party in Epic NASCAR Weekend Takeover
The Beast On Broadway Is Bringing the Smoke to Downtown Nashville May 31 with Motorcycle Stunts Shows, Appearances by NASCAR Stars and a No Holds Barred Afterparty NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Beast is taking over Nashville, Tennessee, this Saturday in celebration of NASCAR weekend with The Beast On Broadway. The Beast crew are shutting down Broadway – literally – for a high-octane experience that fuses motorsports, adrenaline-pumping entertainment and the raw energy of Music City. From 12pm to 12am, the Honkytonk Highway will be filled with the roars of engines and screams of fans as The Beast On Broadway brings out the Concrete Cowboys for three action-packed stunt shows where they push their Harleys – and whatever other horse-powered vehicles they get their hands on – to the limits. Complete with smoke, fire, lasers and, of course, the smell of burning rubber, each performance is a full-throttle display of what it means to live The Beast lifestyle. "The team is locked in and ready – it's time to shake the buildings, get the people rowdy and standing on their feet as we blow smoke through the streets of downtown," says Concrete Cowboy's CJ Barham. "It's go time for the Concrete Cowboys!" Motorheads and NASCAR fans are in for more high-powered entertainment with appearances The Beast's own Tyler Reddick, his 23XI teammate Riley Herbst and more special guests in honor of race weekend. Beyond the stunts and special appearances, fans are also being treated to pit crew demonstrations and surprise moments that bring them closer to Sunday's racing action. The Beast On Broadway's action will be centered on the iconic strip between 4th and 5th Streets and is hosted by Dylan "Mamba" Smith, NASCAR's Chief Hype Officer, while Joe Comedy will also bring his signature flair as MC for the Concrete Cowboys stunt shows. Capping off the adrenaline-fueled day, The Beast will host an exclusive afterparty at Nudie's Honky Tonk, one of Broadway's most iconic venues. Celebs, NASCAR personalities, Monster athletes and fans will party into the night with music by a special surprise guest artist and, of course, plenty of The Beast and Beast Nasty Tea to ensure everyone will be ready to rage. "Who doesn't love a high-octane party? We're stoked to unleash the Beast on Broadway in downtown Nashville and bring The Beast brand to life with an epic takeover of Music City," says Monster Brewing Co.'s SVP of Marketing & Sales Strategy Renold Aparicio. "We've got everything covered for adrenaline junkies... the Concrete Cowboys, Tyler Reddick, Riley Herbst, pit crews, and one helluva afterparty." About The Beast Turning 21 years old seemed like the perfect time for Monster Energy to turn its hand to adult beverages… and thus, The Beast was born. We hit delete on the energy blend, cut out the caffeine, and ditched the sugar. Next, we brewed up the smoothest-tasting alcohol ever and blended it with some tried and true Monster flavors – as well as some brand-new ones: Mean Green, White Haze, Peach Perfect, Scary Berries, Killer Sunrise, Pink Poison, and Gnarly Grape. Nasty Beast, our hard-hitting tea, comes in four flavors: Original, Tea+Lemonade, Peach, and Green Tea. 6% alcohol, no added sugar to weigh you down – the Beasts Unleashed! For more information: press@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Monster Energy Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
NBC Sports
28-05-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
Good news, bad news ahead of Nashville weekend for NASCAR Cup teams
The NASCAR Cup Series begins the second half of the regular season with Sunday's trip to Nashville Superspeedway. Ross Chastain's Coca-Cola 600 victory last weekend made him the fourth different winner in the last four points races. Kyle Larson won at Kansas, Joey Logano at Texas and Austin Cindric at Talladega in that stretch. Here is a look at the good news and bad news for Cup teams heading into Sunday's race at Nashville Superspeedway. 23XI Racing — Good news: Tyler Reddick placed third in last year's Nashville race. … Corey Heim will drive the No. 67 car in a fourth entry for the organization this weekend at Nashville. Bad news: Bubba Wallace has finished 33rd or worse in the last three points races, dropping him from seventh to 12th in the standings. … Reddick has one top 10 in his last seven Cup points races. … Riley Herbst has finished 27th or worse in seven of the last 10 points races. … Herbst has six pit road speeding penalties, tied with Shane van Gisbergen for most in the series this year. … The team has one top-10 finish in the last five races. Front Row Motorsports — Good news: Noah Gragson has finished in the top 15 in three of the last four races. … Gragson's five stage points in the Coca-Cola 600 were more than he's scored in the previous 12 races. … Todd Gilliland has finished 18th or better in six of the last seven races. … Zane Smith finished a Cup career-best second at Nashville last year. Bad news: Smith comes to Nashville after a 39th-place result in the Coca-Cola 600. Haas Factory Team — Good news: Cole Custer has averaged 17.5 points per race in the last four races after averaging 9.4 points per race in the first nine races of the season. Bad News: Custer is one of four full-time drivers without a top-10 finish this season, joining Ty Dillon, Riley Herbst and Cody Ware in that category. Hendrick Motorsports — Good news: Kyle Larson has a 4.5 average finish at Nashville, his best at all tracks. … Larson is the only driver to finish in the top 10 in all four races at Nashville. … Larson has won six of the last 11 stages. … Hendrick drivers have combined to lead 72% of the laps in the last six races. … The organization has had at least one driver finish in the top five in all 13 races this season. … William Byron's average start this season is 8.8, best of all drivers, and his average finish of 9.5 is best of all drivers. … Byron has finished in the top three in five of 13 races this season. … Chase Elliott is the only driver to finish in the top 20 in every race this season. … Alex Bowman will make his 268th career Cup start for Hendrick Motorsports, passing Ken Schrader for sixth on the team's all-time starts list. Bad news: Bowman has finished 27th or worse in five of the last seven races. Dustin Long, Hyak Motorsports — Good news: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will make his 450th Cup start this weekend. … Stenhouse is in a playoff spot halfway through the regular season. … Stenhouse has four consecutive top-20 finishes. Bad news: Stenhouse has started in the top 20 only twice in the first 13 races of the season. … Stenhouse has yet to lead a lap this year. Joe Gibbs Racing — Good news: Denny Hamlin will make his 700th career Cup start this weekend. … Chase Briscoe finished a season-best third in last weekend's Coca-Cola 600. … Christopher Bell has six top 10s in the last eight races. … Bell has three top 10s in four starts at Nashville. Bad news: Hamlin has finished 16th or worse in the last four races. … Briscoe has not finished better than 21st in four Nashville starts. … Ty Gibbs has placed 17th or worse in each of the last four races. … Bell has led eight of the 1,923 laps run in the last six races. Kaulig Racing — Good news: AJ Allmendinger is coming off a season-best fourth-place finish in the Coca-Cola 600. … Allmendinger won a race in the Xfinity Series in 2023 at Nashville. … Ty Dillon has finished in the top 20 in six of 13 races this season. Bad news: Allmendinger is 13 points out of the last playoff spot at the halfway point in the regular season. Legacy Motor Club — Good news: Erik Jones has placed in the top 15 in two of the last three races. … John Hunter Nemechek won the Xfinity race at Nashville last year. Bad news: Nemechek finished 31st last year at Nashville in his only Cup start there. Richard Childress Racing — Good news: All three of Austin Dillon's top-10 finishes this season have come in the last five races. … Dillon has three top-15 finishes in four Cup starts at Nashville. … Kyle Busch has two Xfinity and two Truck wins at Nashville. Bad news: Busch has one top-10 finish in the last nine races. Rick Ware Racing — Good news: Cody Ware's 25th-place finish in the Coca-Cola 600 is his best result since placing 24th at Phoenix in March. Bad news: Ware has started 33rd or worse in 11 consecutive races. RFK Racing — Good news: Ryan Preece has five top-10 finishes this season, tied for the most he's had in a Cup season. … Preece has scored back-to-back top-10 results… Brad Keselowski finished a season-best fifth in the Coca-Cola 600. … Chris Buescher's crew chief, Scott Graves, returns after sitting out the past two races (Coke 600 and All-Star Race) for a violation after the Kansas race. Bad news: Nashville is the only oval that Keselowski does not have a top-10 finish. … Chris Buescher's average finish of 22.3 at Nashville his his worst among active tracks. Spire Motorsports — Good news: Michael McDowell scored a season-best seventh-place result in last weekend's Coca-Cola 600. … Carson Hocevar has scored points in seven of the last 11 stages. Bad news: Justin Haley finished 30th or worse in each of the past two races. … Hocevar has had two blown engines this season. Team Penske — Good news: Joey Logano is the defending winner at Nashville, taking the checkered flag after five overtimes. … Logano has three top 10s in four Nashville starts. Bad news: Austin Cindric has one top-10 finish in the last eight races. … Ryan Blaney has failed to finish five races, tied with Bubba Wallace and Brad Keselowski for most in the series. Trackhouse Racing — Good news: Coca-Cola 600 winner Ross Chastain is finishing 20.7 positions better than he's starting over the past seven races. … Chastain has six top 10s in the last nine races. … Chastain has three top-five finishes in four Nashville starts, including a win in 2023. … Shane van Gisbergen's 14th-place result in last weekend's Coca-Cola 600 is his best finish on an oval since last October at Martinsville. Bad news: Daniel Suarez has three finishes of 33rd or worse in the last five races. … Shane van Gisbergen has six pit road speeding penalties, tying Riley Herbst for most in the series this year. Wood Brothers Racing — Good news: Josh Berry started second in last year's Nashville race, his first Cup start there. … The 169 laps he's led this year are his most in a season. Bad news: Berry has four finishes of 26th or worse in the last seven races.
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29-04-2025
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Full NASCAR at Texas entry list for triple-header weekend
The NASCAR Cup Series will be joined by both the Xfinity and Truck Series divisions this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) in Fort Worth, Texas. The Cup field will feature the expected 36 chartered teams with no driver changes there, but that is not the whole story. Two open teams have also entered the event with the No. 66 of Chad Finchum (Garage 66 team, formerly known as MBM Motorsports), as well as Jesse Love in the No. 62 Beard Motorsports Chevrolet. Advertisement Love, a two-time race winner in the NASCAR Xfinity Series with Richard Childress Racing, made his Cup debut a few weeks ago with RCR. He'll be performing double duty this weekend, joining Riley Herbst as the only two drivers running both the Cup and Xfinity races. The Xfinity field features 40 cars fighting for 38 spots on the grid. Some of the more notable entries beyond the series regulars include Katherine Legge in the No. 32 Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet, but also Herbst win the No. 19 for Joe Gibbs Racing and Corey Day in the No. 17 for Hendrick Motorsports. As expected, the Truck field is the smallest with 32 entries for Texas. Xfinity regulars Nick Sanchez and Brandon Jones will be running the race while Carson Hocevar stands as the only full-time Cup driver in the field. Hocevar will be piloting the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet. Complete NASCAR Cup Texas entry list Complete NASCAR Xfinity Texas entry list No. Driver Team Manufacturer 00 Sheldon Creed Haas Factory Team Ford 1 Carson Kvapil JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2 Jesse Love Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Parker Retzlaff Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 5 Kris Wright Our Motorsports Chevrolet 07 Nick Leitz SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Sammy Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Daniel Dye Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Josh Williams Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 14 Garrett Smithley SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 16 Christian Eckes Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Corey Day Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 18 William Sawalich Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Riley Herbst Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 25 Harrison Burton AM Racing Ford 26 Dean Thomspon Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 27 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 28 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing Ford 31 Blaine Perkins Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 32 Katherine Legge Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 35 Joey Gase Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Ford 41 Sam Mayer Haas Factory Team Ford 42 Anthony Alfredo Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 44 Brennan Poole Alpa Prime Racing Chevrolet 45 Mason Massey Alpa Prime Racing Chevrolet 48 Nick Sanchez Big Machine Racing Chevrolet 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 53 Mason Maggio Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet 54 Taylor Gray Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 70 Leland Honeyman Jr. Cope Family Racing Chevrolet 71 Ryan Ellis DGM Racing x JIM Chevrolet 74 Dawson Cram Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 88 Connor Zilisch JR Motorsports Chevrolet 91 Josh Bilicki DGM Racing x JIM Chevrolet 92 CJ Mclaughlin DGM Racing x JIM Chevrolet 99 Matt DiBenedetto Viking Motorsports Chevrolet Complete NASCAR Truck Texas entry list To read more articles visit our website.
NBC Sports
25-04-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
How to watch Saturday's Xfinity race at Talladega: Start time, TV info and weather
Inexperience has been a recent theme for the Xfinity Series at Talladega Superspeedway, and the trend figures to play a role in Saturday's 113-lap race. The 41-car entry list includes 11 drivers who never have made an Xfinity start at Talladega. That seems to increase the odds of a first-time or surprise winner at the 2.66-mile oval. Five of the last 11 Xfinity winners at Talladega earned their first career victory — Jesse Love (2024), Brandon Brown (2021), Jeb Burton (2021), Justin Haley (2020) and Spencer Gallagher (2018). Among the newcomers in this race, Jake Garcia will attempt to make his Xfinity Series debut, and Katherine Legge will make her first Xfinity start on a superspeedway. Jeffrey Earnhardt and Jesse Iwuji also will be making their first starts this year. Chevrolet has won the past 11 Xfinity Series races at Talladega, the second-longest series streak for a manufacturer at a track since 16 consecutive for Chevy at Bristol from 1997-2005. The last six Xfinity races at Talladega also have been won by six different drivers. Perhaps the best bet for keeping the streak alive is Richard Childress Racing's Austin Hill, who has led 189 laps at Talladega but never finished higher than 14th there despite eight wins on drafting tracks. RCR has been stellar on drafting tracks, winning 10 of the past 19 while leading a series-best 1,152 laps (no other team has more than 399). RCR also has five consecutive Xfinity poles at Talladega. Details for Saturday's Xfinity race at Talladega Superspeedway (All times Eastern) START: The command to start engines will be given at 3:58 p.m. ... The green flag is scheduled to wave at 4:10 p.m.. PRERACE: The Xfinity garage will open at 1 p.m. ... Driver introductions are at 3:20 p.m. ... The Appling County High School Choir will perform the anthem at 3:51 p.m. DISTANCE: The race is 113 laps (300.58 miles) on the 2.66-mile oval. STAGES: Stage 1 ends at Lap 25. Stage 2 ends at Lap 50. ENTRY LIST: Click here for the 41 cars entered at Talladega TV/RADIO: The CW Network will broadcast the race starting at 4 p.m. ... Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will have radio coverage. FORECAST: WeatherUndergound — Partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. High of 83 degrees with a 40% chance of rain. It's expected to be 77 degrees with a 24% chance of rain at the start of the ARCA race and 81 degrees with a 41% chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity race. LAST TIME: Sammy Smith took the lead from Riley Herbst on the final lap of the Oct. 5, 2024 race, which was extended into overtime by a massive pileup on Lap 92 of a scheduled 94. LAST YEAR: Jesse Love earned his first career Xfinity victory in the April 20, 2024 race, holding off Riley Herbst by 0.141 seconds.
NBC Sports
02-04-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
Good news, bad news for NASCAR Cup teams ahead of Darlington weekend
NASCAR celebrates Throwback Weekend at Darlington Raceway. While the past is honored, it is the present and future that will be on the mind of competitors. Sunday's race is the eighth of the season and also can provide teams with data to prepare for the Southern 500, which will be the opening race of the playoffs on Labor Day weekend. The last nine Darlington races have been won by nine different drivers. The last three spring races at Darlington have had a lead change in the final 10 laps. Here is a look at the good news and bad news for Cup teams heading to Darlington. 23XI Racing — Good news: Bubba Wallace has scored back-to-back third-place finishes. … Tyler Reddick has three top-three finishes at Darlington in the Next Gen car. … Rookie Riley Herbst has finished in the top 20 in four of the season's seven races. Bad news: Reddick has three finishes of 14th or worse in the last four races this season. Front Row Motorsports — Good news: Todd Gilliland is coming off a 10th-place finish last weekend at Martinsville. … Noah Gragson is a two-time Xfinity winner Darlington. … Zane Smith has three finishes of 16th or better in the last four races this year. … Smith has improved his average finish by a series-high 9.7 spots to 19.3 from this time a year ago. … Bad news: Smith is one of four full-time Cup drivers yet to score stage points, joining Cody Ware, Justin Haley and Riley Herbst. Haas Factory Team — Good news: Cole Custer scored two stage points last weekend at Martinsville, his first stage points of the season. Bad News: Custer has finished 26th or worse in each of the last four races this year. Hendrick Motorsports — Good news: William Byron has the best average running position (6.32) at Darlington in the Next Gen car. … Kyle Larson has finished in the top 10 in the last four races this season. … Larson and Alex Bowman each has five top 10s in the first seven races of the season. … Chase Elliott also is entered in the Xfinity Series race this weekend. Bad news: Elliott has started in the top 15 once in the last six races at Darlington. … William Byron has had back-to-back finishes outside the top 10, his only consecutive finishes outside the top 10 in the last 14 races. … Bowman has been penalized for speeding on pit road in two of the last three races this season. Hyak Motorsports — Good news: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has five top-20 finishes in seven starts this season after placing 20th at Martinsville last weekend. Bad news: Stenhouse's average start of 28.7 is the worst of his career through the first seven races of a season. Joe Gibbs Racing — Good news: Denny Hamlin and Chase Briscoe were the only two drivers to finish in the top 10 at both Darlington races last year. … Briscoe, who won last year's Southern 500, was the only driver to finish in the top five in both Darlington races last year. … Hamlin has led in each of the last 10 Cup races at Darlington. … Hamlin has an average finish of 8.2 at Darlington, the best all-time by a driver with more than two starts there. … All three of Christopher Bell's top 10s at Darlington have come in the past six races there. … Bell also is entered in the Xfinity race there this weekend. Bad news: Joe Gibbs Racing has had more DNFs (six) than top-five finishes (five) at Darlington in the Next Gen car. … Ty Gibbs' average finish this season is 23.9 after it was 9.0 at this time a year ago. The change of 14.9 is the worst in the series. Dustin Long, Kaulig Racing — Good news: AJ Allmendinger has placed in the top 10 in two of the last three races this year. Bad news: Allmendinger has never finished better than 13th in 13 career Cup starts at Darlington. … Ty Dillon has never finished better than 12th in 10 career Cup starts at Darlington. Legacy Motor Club — Good news: Erik Jones has two Darlington wins. … Jones has eight top 10s in 14 Darlington starts. Bad news: John Hunter Nemechek finished a season-worst 25th last weekend at Martinsville. … Jones' car was disqualified for failing inspection after last weekend's race at Martinsville. His car did not meet minimum weight requirement. Richard Childress Racing — Good news: Kyle Busch finished second at Darlington in last year's Southern 500. … Austin Dillon has three top-20 finishes in the last four races this year. … Austin Hill will make his season debut in the No. 33 Cup car this weekend at Darlington. It is one of five announced Cup starts for him this year. Bad news: Busch's lone Cup win at Darlington happened in May 2008. Rick Ware Racing — Good news: Cody Ware finished 19th at Darlington in May 2022, his best finish at the track. Bad news: Ware has finished 30th or worse in each of the last three races. RFK Racing — Good news: Ryan Preece has had three consecutive top 10s heading into Darlington. … Brad Keselowski's last win came at Darlington in May 2024. … Keselowski has placed in the top 10 in four of the last five Darlington races. … Chris Buescher has finished in the top 10 in five of the last eight races at Darlington. Bad news: Keselowski has no top 10s in the first seven races of the season, the first time that's happened to him since 2011. … Keselowski's average finish of 25.1 is the worst in his Cup career through the first seven races of the season. Spire Motorsports — Good news: Justin Haley has finished in the top 10 in three of the last six Darlington races. … Michael McDowell has three top 10s in his last six starts at Darlington. Bad news: McDowell has had three finishes of 28th or worse in his last six starts at Darlington. … Carson Hocevar has three finishes of 30th or worse in the last four races this year. Team Penske — Good news: Ryan Blaney will be making his 350th career Cup start this weekend. … Blaney ranks first in stage points scored this season with 74. … Joey Logano scored his first top-10 finish of the season last weekend at Martinsville, placing eighth. Bad news: Blaney has three top 10s in 16 Cup starts at Darlington. … Blaney finished 36th and 37th at Darlington last year. … Team Penske has one top-five finish in the first seven races, its fewest total since 2011. … Austin Cindric has finished 19th or worse in five of the last six races this season. … Logano has yet to finish a race better than he's started this year. Trackhouse Racing — Good news: Ross Chastain has two top-five finishes in his last three Darlington starts. … Chastain also is entered in the Xfinity race this weekend, driving the No. 9 car for JR Motorsports. Bad news: Daniel Suarez has two DNFs in the last four Darlington races. … Shane van Gisbergen has placed outside the top 30 in each of the last four races this year. Wood Brothers Racing — Good news: Josh Berry has two of Ford's five top-five finishes this season and Ford's only Cup win so far. … Berry finished third in the spring Darlington race last year. Bad news: Since his Las Vegas win, Berry has finished 17th (Homestead) and 32nd (Martinsville).
