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a day ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
NASCAR Channel 24/7 Streaming Service Expands to Roku
The NASCAR Channel just became more available, as NASCAR announced that the 24/7 free streaming service has been added to the Roku Channel, beginning today. NASCAR Channel is a free, no subscription required, streaming spot on the Roku Channel. The content will include classic NASCAR races, delayed broadcasts of current season events, select live coverage, documentaries, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio's The Morning Drive, NASCAR Studios original series, and video podcasts. In addition to the Roku Channel, fans can now find the NASCAR Channel on Xumo Play, Tubi, Samsung TV Plus, Prime Video, and more. 'This expansion to The Roku Channel puts the NASCAR Channel in front of one of the largest streaming audiences in the world,' said Dan Barker, NASCAR managing director of media strategy. 'Our goal has always been to make NASCAR's rich history, original content, and live racing more accessible to fans everywhere, and Roku helps us deliver on that promise.' The NASCAR Channel also has an established partnership with FloSports for select live racing. The Roku Channel is available to stream for free on Roku devices or TVs and can be easily accessed online at and on iOS and Android devices, Amazon Fire TVs, Samsung TVs, Google TVs, and other Android TV OS devices.
NBC Sports
01-08-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
Confidence high for another playoff run for reigning Cup champ Joey Logano despite results
Reigning Cup champion Joey Logano has one top-10 finish in the last eight races, but he and crew chief Paul Wolfe see progress by the team that could lead to another title run. Logano claimed a playoff spot with his victory in Texas in early May. But since placing fourth at Nashville in early June, Logano has not finished better than ninth. He'll look to change that Sunday at Iowa Speedway (coverage begins at 3 p.m. ET on USA Network). 'When I sat down with Joey a couple of weeks ago and just kind of laid out the playoff rounds and what tracks are where, obviously it's a little different again this year, I told him I feel pretty good, there's a pretty clear path, 'Wolfe told NBC Sports ahead of last weekend's race at Indianapolis. ' … There's no reason if we do our jobs that we can't be in Phoenix again.' Nate Ryan, After winning only once in the regular season last year, Logano won three playoff races on the way to his third Cup title. Fifteen of his 37 career Cup wins — 40.5% — have come in the playoffs. While Logano finished 14th at Dover and 32nd at Indianapolis the past two weeks, both races showed promise for the team, Logano said this week on 'The Morning Drive' on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. 'Dover has notoriously been our worst racetrack, and we were pretty good there,' he said on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. 'Like we weren't great, we weren't going to go up there and win the race, but we can run the top six to 10. That's way better than last year. 'In Indy, we had better speed than we had last year and we were positioned to win that race if we can just keep air in the tire.' Wolfe's strategy had Logano as the lead car that had made its final pit stop before a right rear went down 25 laps from the scheduled finish. Logano's race was made worse when he was collected in a crash on the first of two overtime restarts. 'There is some momentum behind the 22 right now, behind Team Penske, that there's some good things going,' Logano said this week on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. 'I mean, if I look at Indy alone, (teammate Austin Cindric) was probably the best car, probably the car that could have won the race. Had a flat tire, too. Then we were next in line. I feel like that's a good thing. We're not that far off.' Wolfe said a tire test last week at New Hampshire Motor Speedway went well for the No. 22 team. New Hampshire will host the opening race of the second round of the playoffs in September. 'I feel confident in where we're at,' Wolfe said ahead of Indy. 'We had a great two days up in New Hampshire, which was encouraging. I think the driver probably has some pretty good confidence after the test as well.' Dustin Long, That Logano did the Goodyear tire test at New Hampshire was a part of Wolfe's strategy to make a run at back-to-back Cup titles. 'As we looked at the testing schedule in the offseason, all the Ford teams divvy them up and then we divvy them up amongst our company,' Wolfe said. 'So we're like where do we want to go, what's going to be most productive for us? 'There's different theories and approaches. Do you go test at the track that is your weaker track, or do you go somewhere that is your strength and really make it better and know that you have a legit chance to win that race? 'That was kind of the approach I took, was, hey, we know (New Hampshire) is a really good track for us, it is a short track, obviously, Phoenix, the final race, is a short track, let's take that one and make that one even a step better than what we've been and that was our approach.' Wolfe admitted he had to convince Logano that it would be best to test at New Hampshire than do a tire test elsewhere. Teammate Ryan Blaney took part in a tire test at Charlotte and Cindric did the tire test at Iowa earlier this season. 'Joey, at first, when we discussed it, (he was saying) we're not very good on intermediates, should we take the Charlotte test?' Wolfe said. 'I said let (Blaney) have that, he's typically our fastest car on the high-speed tracks. Maybe they can learn something there that helps us all. 'I feel like if we're going to go somewhere and really dial in a setup, Joey's going to do it as good or better than any one of our drivers in our company. I feel like we've shown that over the years. 'When we go to Phoenix for these championship races, us and (Blaney) are running the same setup because it works and we've developed it throughout the year and testing and that's kind of what we did (at New Hampshire) and we feel good about it.'
Hamilton Spectator
29-04-2025
- Automotive
- Hamilton Spectator
Logano responds to criticism from Hall of Famer, asks ‘Has Chipper Jones ever driven a race car?'
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Joey Logano wondered Tuesday if Baseball Hall of Famer Chipper Jones had ever driven a race car at Talladega after the former Atlanta Braves slugger criticized the NASCAR champion in a series of social media posts. Jones was defending Austin Cindric, winner of Sunday's race at Talladega Superspeedway , after Team Penske teammate Logano unleashed an expletive-laden rant about Cindric around the halfway mark of the race. Logano was furious he did not receive the help he needed from Cindric, which allowed rival Toyota driver Bubba Wallace to win the second stage and earn valuable bonus points. 'Way to go Austin. Way to go. You dumb (expletive). Way to (expletive) go,' Logano said on his team radio. 'What a stupid (expletive). He just gave it to him. Gave Toyota a stage win. Nice job. Way to go. What the (expletive).' Jones was angered by Logano's rant and in six social media posts congratulated Cindric, called Logano selfish and celebrated Logano being disqualified for failing postrace inspection. 'Good teammates are hard to come by, Boss! Remember that one of urs MFed u on national tv, when in all actuality, u did everything possible to keep from wrecking him,' Jones wrote. 'Some people are 'hooray for our team as long as I'm the star' as every team has them. Hendrick, RCR, JGR, Penske, etc. Sometimes karma is glorious.' When told of Jones' comments on a Tuesday appearance of SiriusXM NASCAR Radio's 'The Morning Drive,' Logano said he was unaware of them. Once he was told, Logano asked: 'Has Chipper Jones ever driven a race car at Talladega? That would be my first question. I'm pretty certain he hasn't. 'That's like me saying something about baseball. I know nothing about baseball. That's like me saying something that he did something in baseball that was wrong. That doesn't matter.' Logano continued by saying that as a former professional athlete, Jones should understand there was more to the situation than what he saw on television. Jones grew up outside Daytona International Speedway and was once the grand marshal for the Daytona 500. 'Chipper Jones, he seems like a cool dude, he's done a lot, right? He's a pretty popular, good baseball player, but he's not a race car driver, and I know he wasn't in the room with us when we set in place the way things are supposed to go,' Logano said. 'You would think somebody that has been in professional sports and has been in meetings like that would probably take a step back and say, 'Man, there's probably more to the story here than what there is.' I'm surprised it went that way. Maybe he was just bored. I don't know what his situation is. I tell you I don't care.' Logano said he and Cindric cleared the air in Penske's Monday meeting. 'Austin and I talked about it. We've got to move forward. That's what it is,' he said. 'I explained my side. He understood. We move on. There's no sense in airing our dirty laundry and airing out what the actual rules are because that's private information that doesn't need to be out to everybody. But the facts are that what we set in place wasn't happening and that's why I got frustrated. Like I said, we talked about it and we moved on.' Logano did acknowledge that he probably should not have hit the radio button and 'spouted off so much.' 'Probably blew up into a little bigger situation than it needed to, but the conversation, either way, needed to happen. Just more people are talking about it now,' he added. ___ AP auto racing:
Fox Sports
29-04-2025
- Automotive
- Fox Sports
Logano responds to criticism from Hall of Famer, asks 'Has Chipper Jones ever driven a race car?'
Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Joey Logano wondered Tuesday if Baseball Hall of Famer Chipper Jones had ever driven a race car at Talladega after the former Atlanta Braves slugger criticized the NASCAR champion in a series of social media posts. Jones was defending Austin Cindric, winner of Sunday's race at Talladega Superspeedway, after Team Penske teammate Logano unleashed an expletive-laden rant about Cindric around the halfway mark of the race. Logano was furious he did not receive the help he needed from Cindric, which allowed rival Toyota driver Bubba Wallace to win the second stage and earn valuable bonus points. 'Way to go Austin. Way to go. You dumb (expletive). Way to (expletive) go," Logano said on his team radio. "What a stupid (expletive). He just gave it to him. Gave Toyota a stage win. Nice job. Way to go. What the (expletive).' Jones was angered by Logano's rant and in six social media posts congratulated Cindric, called Logano selfish and celebrated Logano being disqualified for failing postrace inspection. 'Good teammates are hard to come by, Boss! Remember that one of urs MFed u on national tv, when in all actuality, u did everything possible to keep from wrecking him,' Jones wrote. 'Some people are 'hooray for our team as long as I'm the star' as every team has them. Hendrick, RCR, JGR, Penske, etc. Sometimes karma is glorious.' When told of Jones' comments on a Tuesday appearance of SiriusXM NASCAR Radio's 'The Morning Drive," Logano said he was unaware of them. Once he was told, Logano asked: 'Has Chipper Jones ever driven a race car at Talladega? That would be my first question. I'm pretty certain he hasn't. 'That's like me saying something about baseball. I know nothing about baseball. That's like me saying something that he did something in baseball that was wrong. That doesn't matter." Logano continued by saying that as a former professional athlete, Jones should understand there was more to the situation than what he saw on television. Jones grew up outside Daytona International Speedway and was once the grand marshal for the Daytona 500. 'Chipper Jones, he seems like a cool dude, he's done a lot, right? He's a pretty popular, good baseball player, but he's not a race car driver, and I know he wasn't in the room with us when we set in place the way things are supposed to go,' Logano said. "You would think somebody that has been in professional sports and has been in meetings like that would probably take a step back and say, 'Man, there's probably more to the story here than what there is.' I'm surprised it went that way. Maybe he was just bored. I don't know what his situation is. I tell you I don't care.' Logano said he and Cindric cleared the air in Penske's Monday meeting. 'Austin and I talked about it. We've got to move forward. That's what it is," he said. "I explained my side. He understood. We move on. There's no sense in airing our dirty laundry and airing out what the actual rules are because that's private information that doesn't need to be out to everybody. But the facts are that what we set in place wasn't happening and that's why I got frustrated. Like I said, we talked about it and we moved on.' Logano did acknowledge that he probably should not have hit the radio button and 'spouted off so much.' 'Probably blew up into a little bigger situation than it needed to, but the conversation, either way, needed to happen. Just more people are talking about it now,' he added. ___ AP auto racing: recommended in this topic
Winnipeg Free Press
29-04-2025
- Automotive
- Winnipeg Free Press
Logano responds to criticism from Hall of Famer, asks ‘Has Chipper Jones ever driven a race car?'
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Joey Logano wondered Tuesday if Baseball Hall of Famer Chipper Jones had ever driven a race car at Talladega after the former Atlanta Braves slugger criticized the NASCAR champion in a series of social media posts. Jones was defending Austin Cindric, winner of Sunday's race at Talladega Superspeedway, after Team Penske teammate Logano unleashed an expletive-laden rant about Cindric around the halfway mark of the race. Logano was furious he did not receive the help he needed from Cindric, which allowed rival Toyota driver Bubba Wallace to win the second stage and earn valuable bonus points. 'Way to go Austin. Way to go. You dumb (expletive). Way to (expletive) go,' Logano said on his team radio. 'What a stupid (expletive). He just gave it to him. Gave Toyota a stage win. Nice job. Way to go. What the (expletive).' Jones was angered by Logano's rant and in six social media posts congratulated Cindric, called Logano selfish and celebrated Logano being disqualified for failing postrace inspection. 'Good teammates are hard to come by, Boss! Remember that one of urs MFed u on national tv, when in all actuality, u did everything possible to keep from wrecking him,' Jones wrote. 'Some people are 'hooray for our team as long as I'm the star' as every team has them. Hendrick, RCR, JGR, Penske, etc. Sometimes karma is glorious.' When told of Jones' comments on a Tuesday appearance of SiriusXM NASCAR Radio's 'The Morning Drive,' Logano said he was unaware of them. Once he was told, Logano asked: 'Has Chipper Jones ever driven a race car at Talladega? That would be my first question. I'm pretty certain he hasn't. 'That's like me saying something about baseball. I know nothing about baseball. That's like me saying something that he did something in baseball that was wrong. That doesn't matter.' Logano continued by saying that as a former professional athlete, Jones should understand there was more to the situation than what he saw on television. Jones grew up outside Daytona International Speedway and was once the grand marshal for the Daytona 500. 'Chipper Jones, he seems like a cool dude, he's done a lot, right? He's a pretty popular, good baseball player, but he's not a race car driver, and I know he wasn't in the room with us when we set in place the way things are supposed to go,' Logano said. 'You would think somebody that has been in professional sports and has been in meetings like that would probably take a step back and say, 'Man, there's probably more to the story here than what there is.' I'm surprised it went that way. Maybe he was just bored. I don't know what his situation is. I tell you I don't care.' Logano said he and Cindric cleared the air in Penske's Monday meeting. During Elections Get campaign news, insight, analysis and commentary delivered to your inbox during Canada's 2025 election. 'Austin and I talked about it. We've got to move forward. That's what it is,' he said. 'I explained my side. He understood. We move on. There's no sense in airing our dirty laundry and airing out what the actual rules are because that's private information that doesn't need to be out to everybody. But the facts are that what we set in place wasn't happening and that's why I got frustrated. Like I said, we talked about it and we moved on.' Logano did acknowledge that he probably should not have hit the radio button and 'spouted off so much.' 'Probably blew up into a little bigger situation than it needed to, but the conversation, either way, needed to happen. Just more people are talking about it now,' he added. ___ AP auto racing:
