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Ryan Blaney races to first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the year at Nashville
Ryan Blaney and Team Penske have been fast with his No. 12 Ford Mustang this year only to have races slip away when it mattered most. Blaney ran away down the stretch for his first Cup Series victory of the year Sunday night at Nashville Superspeedway, then he celebrated with a burnout in front of the roaring fans after what he called a rough year. "I'm ready to go celebrate,' Blaney said. The 2023 Cup champ had been racing well with five top-five finishes over the first half of this season. He finally got to victory lane for his 14th career victory and first since Martinsville in November after leading a race-high 139 laps. "I never gave up hope that's for sure," Blaney said. "We've had great speed all year. It just hasn't really been the best year for us as far as good fortune. But (No.) 12 boys are awesome. They stick with it no matter how it goes.' He became the ninth different winner this season and the fifth driver to win in as many races at Nashville. He also gave Team Penske a second straight Cup win at Nashville's 1.33-mile concrete track. Blaney, who started 15th, quickly drove his way to the front as he won the second stage. He easily held off Carson Hocevar by 2.83 seconds. Hocevar matched his career-best finish at Atlanta in February after complaining during the race that his No. 77 Chevrolet was undriveable. "Either I'm really dramatic or they're really good on adjustments," Hocevar said. "Probably a little bit of both, but, yeah, proud of this group proud of this car. A place that is really, really difficult to pass, we're able to go 26th to second.' Ryan Blaney celebrates with a burnout after winning the race. AFP Denny Hamlin finished third in his 700th career Cup Series race, matching the third-place finish by Jeff Gordon at Darlington in 2013 for the best finish in a driver's 700th race. Joey Logano, who won here last year, was fourth and William Byron fifth. Hamlin was hoping for one more caution that never came after seven cautions for 35 laps. "Just couldn't run with the 12 (Blaney) there in the super long run," Hamlin said. "After 40 laps, I could maintain with him. But then after that, he just pulled away and stretched it on us.' There was a sprint to the finish under green forcing teams and drivers to pick and choose went to pit. Blaney had led 107 laps when he went to the pits under green flag on lap 248. Hamlin took the lead before going to pit road on lap 256. Crew chief Jonathan Hassler said they decided on Blaney's fifth and final pit stop trying to make sure he could get back out into the cleanest air possible. "It was really nice just to finish off a race,' Hassler said. Brad Keselowski had the lead when he went to the pits on lap 269. Blaney took the lead for the final 31 laps. Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Progressive Toyota, William Byron, driver of the #24 Raptor High Heat Chevrolet, and Ryan Blaney, driver of the #12 Menards/Cardell Cabinetry Ford, race during the NASCAR Cup Series Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee. AFP Hamlin raced Sunday night hoping to take advantage of his starting spot spot beside pole-sitter Chase Briscoe. Whether Hamlin would chase his third win this season had been in question with his third child, a boy, due the same day. Hamlin practiced and qualified well, so he drove his No. 11 Toyota even as Joe Gibbs Racing had Ryan Truex on standby in case Hamlin got the call that his fiancee was in labor. Hamlin won the first stage and survived the final stretch without water or fresh air. Tyler Reddick beat his boss Hamlin, a co-owner of his 23XI Racing team, to new parent status, which Reddick announced on social media earlier Sunday. His family welcomed their second son at 2:20 am on May 25, then Reddick followed up hours later by finishing 26th in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. didn't finish his first race this year. He was the first out when Hocevar tapped his No. 47 Chevrolet, spinning Stenhouse into the wall between Turns 3 and 4 for the second caution of the race on lap 106. AJ Allmendinger started at the back of the field and served a stop-and-go penalty after the green flag for an unapproved adjustment to the splitter during Saturday's practice. His No. 16 Chevrolet was sent back to the garage and then the scanning station before practice and qualifying. The No. 66 Ford of Chad Finchum failed inspection twice leading to engineer Austin Webb's ejection. The Garage 66 team also lost pit stall selection. NASCAR heads to Michigan International Speedway for the Cup Series on June 8. Associated Press
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2 days ago
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2025 NASCAR odds: Kyle Larson favorite to win Firekeepers Casino 400 at Michigan
The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Michigan for the Firekeepers Casino 400 this weekend. And when it comes to the odds, bettors can dive into that action and place wagers on which driver they think has what it takes to win outright. Last week at Nashville, Denny Hamlin closed as the favorite at +400. But it was Ryan Blaney at +800 who got into victory lane with his first win of the season. Which driver takes the checkered flag this weekend? Here are the early odds at DraftKings Sportsbook as of June 3. Kyle Larson: +550 (bet $10 to win $65 total)Denny Hamlin: +650 (bet $10 to win $75 total)Ryan Blaney: +750 (bet $10 to win $85 total)Tyler Reddick: +800 (bet $10 to win $90 total)Christopher Bell: +850 (bet $10 to win $95 total)William Byron: +900 (bet $10 to win $100 total)Chase Elliott: +1200 (bet $10 to win $130 total)Ross Chastain: +1400 (bet $10 to win $150 total)Joey Logano: +1400 (bet $10 to win $150 total)Kyle Busch: +1800 (bet $10 to win $190 total)Chase Briscoe: +1800 (bet $10 to win $190 total)Carson Hocevar: +2000 (bet $10 to win $210 total)Chris Buescher: +2500 (bet $10 to win $260 total)Bubba Wallace: +2800 (bet $10 to win $290 total)Brad Keselowski: +2800 (bet $10 to win $290 total)Josh Berry: +3500 (bet $10 to win $360 total)Alex Bowman: +3500 (bet $10 to win $360 total)Austin Cindric: +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total)Ty Gibbs: +4500 (bet $10 to win $460 total)Erik Jones: +5500 (bet $10 to win $560 total)Ryan Preece: +6500 (bet $10 to win $660 total)Daniel Suarez: +9000 (bet $10 to win $910 total)Zane Smith: +10000 (bet $10 to win $1,010 total)Michael McDowell: +10000 (bet $10 to win $1,010 total)Austin Dillon: +10000 (bet $10 to win $1,010 total)AJ Allmendinger: +10000 (bet $10 to win $1,010 total)Noah Gragson: +13000 (bet $10 to win $1,310 total)Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: +15000 (bet $10 to win $1,510 total)John Hunter Nemechek: +15000 (bet $10 to win $1,510 total)Shane van Gisbergen: +20000 (bet $10 to win $2,010 total)Todd Gilliland: +25000 (bet $10 to win $2,510 total)Justin Haley: +15000 (bet $10 to win $1,510 total)Ty Dillon: +40000 (bet $10 to win $4,010 total)Riley Herbst: +40000 (bet $10 to win $4,010 total)Cole Custer: +40000 (bet $10 to win $4,010 total)Cody Ware: +50000 (bet $10 to win $5,010 total)Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized
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2 days ago
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NASCAR Power Rankings: Kyle Larson unseated at the top after Nashville
Cup teams are getting their last chances to race on intermediate-style tracks, ones that are more than 1 mile and have moderate banking. They are coming off four races at those tracks (Texas, Kansas, Charlotte and Nashville) and then have upcoming races at Michigan (this weekend) and Pocono (in three weeks following Mexico City). So the drivers who have been strong in the last month very well could be the ones who thrive in the playoffs, which has one intermediate-track race in each of the first three rounds. That said, here are this week's power rankings following Ryan Blaney's victory at Nashville: Dropped out: Alex Bowman (LW: 8) On the verge: Bowman, Chris Buescher, Kyle Busch, Austin Cindric, Erik Jones, Bubba Wallace 10. Chase Briscoe (Last Week: 7) Briscoe has won back-to-back poles but saw a two-race streak of top-5 finishes end as he placed 17th at Nashville. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver led 51 laps Sunday. 9. Joey Logano (LW: NR) Maybe a little overshadowed by Blaney's win was another top-5 finish from a Team Penske driver. Joey Logano finished fourth for his third top-10 finish in his last four starts. 8. Ross Chastain (LW: 9) It wasn't a win but an 11th-place finish at Nashville was respectable. He is showing better speed as he started fifth. The Trackhouse driver has moved up to ninth in the standings. 7. Tyler Reddick (LW: 10) Reddick finished second in the opening stage (thanks to some pit strategy) and wound up ninth at Nashville. A ninth might not sound great, but it was the best finish for the 23XI Racing driver in his last six starts. 6. Chase Elliott (LW: 6) It was a meh day at Nashville for Elliott, who finished 15th. And yet he is still fifth in the standings as he consistently is finishing races — he hasn't placed worse than 20th all year. He has just one top-5 finish, though, in his last seven starts. 5. Christopher Bell (LW: 3) Bell was involved in a wreck on Lap 119 and still came back to finish 10th. Finishes such as that amid some adversity is why people think this Joe Gibbs Racing driver can vie for the championship again. 4. Denny Hamlin (LW: 4) Hamlin led 79 laps and finished third at Nashville in a race where he started on the front row. The JGR driver won the opening stage and stayed up front for most of the night. 3. Ryan Blaney (LW: 5) Finally! A win for Blaney, who has had five finishes of 25th or worse and now six top-5 finishes on the year. The Penske driver led a race-high 139 laps at Nashville. 2. Kyle Larson (LW: 1) Larson had a tough day at Nashville, his second consecutive frustrating Cup weekend. He finished this one, though, and ended up eighth as he and the team were able to improve on the car throughout the event. 1. William Byron (LW: 2) Byron finished fifth at Nashville but moves into the No. 1 spot as he was fourth in the first stage and second in the second stage — and ran among the leaders for much of the night, maybe not as much as a week earlier at Charlotte but he continues to show he's a threat and a driver they will have to beat. 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.
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2 days ago
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NASCAR Power Rankings: Kyle Larson unseated at the top after Nashville
Cup teams are getting their last chances to race on intermediate-style tracks, ones that are more than 1 mile and have moderate banking. They are coming off four races at those tracks (Texas, Kansas, Charlotte and Nashville) and then have upcoming races at Michigan (this weekend) and Pocono (in three weeks following Mexico City). So the drivers who have been strong in the last month very well could be the ones who thrive in the playoffs, which has one intermediate-track race in each of the first three rounds. That said, here are this week's power rankings following Ryan Blaney's victory at Nashville: Dropped out: Alex Bowman (LW: 8) On the verge: Bowman, Chris Buescher, Kyle Busch, Austin Cindric, Erik Jones, Bubba Wallace 10. Chase Briscoe (Last Week: 7) Briscoe has won back-to-back poles but saw a two-race streak of top-5 finishes end as he placed 17th at Nashville. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver led 51 laps Sunday. 9. Joey Logano (LW: NR) Maybe a little overshadowed by Blaney's win was another top-5 finish from a Team Penske driver. Joey Logano finished fourth for his third top-10 finish in his last four starts. 8. Ross Chastain (LW: 9) It wasn't a win but an 11th-place finish at Nashville was respectable. He is showing better speed as he started fifth. The Trackhouse driver has moved up to ninth in the standings. 7. Tyler Reddick (LW: 10) Reddick finished second in the opening stage (thanks to some pit strategy) and wound up ninth at Nashville. A ninth might not sound great, but it was the best finish for the 23XI Racing driver in his last six starts. 6. Chase Elliott (LW: 6) It was a meh day at Nashville for Elliott, who finished 15th. And yet he is still fifth in the standings as he consistently is finishing races — he hasn't placed worse than 20th all year. He has just one top-5 finish, though, in his last seven starts. 5. Christopher Bell (LW: 3) Bell was involved in a wreck on Lap 119 and still came back to finish 10th. Finishes such as that amid some adversity is why people think this Joe Gibbs Racing driver can vie for the championship again. 4. Denny Hamlin (LW: 4) Hamlin led 79 laps and finished third at Nashville in a race where he started on the front row. The JGR driver won the opening stage and stayed up front for most of the night. 3. Ryan Blaney (LW: 5) Finally! A win for Blaney, who has had five finishes of 25th or worse and now six top-5 finishes on the year. The Penske driver led a race-high 139 laps at Nashville. 2. Kyle Larson (LW: 1) Larson had a tough day at Nashville, his second consecutive frustrating Cup weekend. He finished this one, though, and ended up eighth as he and the team were able to improve on the car throughout the event. 1. William Byron (LW: 2) Byron finished fifth at Nashville but moves into the No. 1 spot as he was fourth in the first stage and second in the second stage — and ran among the leaders for much of the night, maybe not as much as a week earlier at Charlotte but he continues to show he's a threat and a driver they will have to beat. 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. recommended Get more from NASCAR Cup Series Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more
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2 days ago
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2025 NASCAR odds: Kyle Larson favorite to win Firekeepers Casino 400 at Michigan
The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Michigan for the Firekeepers Casino 400 this weekend. And when it comes to the odds, bettors can dive into that action and place wagers on which driver they think has what it takes to win outright. Last week at Nashville, Denny Hamlin closed as the favorite at +400. But it was Ryan Blaney at +800 who got into victory lane with his first win of the season. Which driver takes the checkered flag this weekend? Here are the early odds at DraftKings Sportsbook as of June 3. Firekeepers Casino 400 2025 Kyle Larson : +550 (bet $10 to win $65 total) Denny Hamlin : +650 (bet $10 to win $75 total) Ryan Blaney : +750 (bet $10 to win $85 total) Tyler Reddick : +800 (bet $10 to win $90 total) Christopher Bell : +850 (bet $10 to win $95 total) William Byron : +900 (bet $10 to win $100 total) Chase Elliott : +1200 (bet $10 to win $130 total) Ross Chastain : +1400 (bet $10 to win $150 total) Joey Logano : +1400 (bet $10 to win $150 total) Kyle Busch : +1800 (bet $10 to win $190 total) Chase Briscoe : +1800 (bet $10 to win $190 total) Carson Hocevar : +2000 (bet $10 to win $210 total) Chris Buescher : +2500 (bet $10 to win $260 total) Bubba Wallace : +2800 (bet $10 to win $290 total) Brad Keselowski : +2800 (bet $10 to win $290 total) Josh Berry : +3500 (bet $10 to win $360 total) Alex Bowman : +3500 (bet $10 to win $360 total) Austin Cindric : +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total) Ty Gibbs : +4500 (bet $10 to win $460 total) Erik Jones : +5500 (bet $10 to win $560 total) Ryan Preece : +6500 (bet $10 to win $660 total) Daniel Suarez : +9000 (bet $10 to win $910 total) Zane Smith : +10000 (bet $10 to win $1,010 total) Michael McDowell : +10000 (bet $10 to win $1,010 total) Austin Dillon : +10000 (bet $10 to win $1,010 total) AJ Allmendinger : +10000 (bet $10 to win $1,010 total) Noah Gragson : +13000 (bet $10 to win $1,310 total) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. : +15000 (bet $10 to win $1,510 total) John Hunter Nemechek : +15000 (bet $10 to win $1,510 total) Shane van Gisbergen : +20000 (bet $10 to win $2,010 total) Todd Gilliland : +25000 (bet $10 to win $2,510 total) Justin Haley : +15000 (bet $10 to win $1,510 total) Ty Dillon : +40000 (bet $10 to win $4,010 total) Riley Herbst : +40000 (bet $10 to win $4,010 total) Cole Custer : +40000 (bet $10 to win $4,010 total) Cody Ware : +50000 (bet $10 to win $5,010 total) Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account , and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized recommended Get more from NASCAR Cup Series Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more
