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Fox Sports
04-04-2025
- Automotive
- Fox Sports
Briscoe hoping for second straight Darlington win in first season with JGR
Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Chase Briscoe didn't get much time to revel in his Southern 500 victory the last time he was at Darlington Raceway. He plans to soak in some of the memories when he returns to the track this weekend. Briscoe used a dramatic, three-wide pass late in the day to take the checkered flag last September in NASCAR's final regular-season race — a true walk-off moment — and gave his soon-to-be shuttered Stewart-Haas Racing team a shot at a series championship. Briscoe's focus quickly turned to the playoffs and, after that, getting accustomed to his new Joe Gibbs Racing ride for 2025. 'It was kind of weird,' Briscoe said by phone this week. 'You didn't get to celebrate because next week you're in the championship race when you didn't think you were going to be in it. It was a little bit different.' The NASCAR Cup Series runs at Darlington with the Goodyear 400 on Sunday. Briscoe will have more time to remember and recall his fantastic finish at the track 'Too Tough To Tame,' when he held off two-time NASCAR champion Kyle Busch, who was also hoping for a final-race victory to make the playoffs. Briscoe, like most of NASCAR's past winners at Darlington, calls it a career achievement in winning one of the sports crown jewels. More importantly, he believes, there's a confidence that comes from having won at a place long known as one of the most difficult places to succeed on the circuit. 'The confidence that came from winning that race, even the respect level in the garage,' Briscoe said. 'Everything changes after you win at Darlington, let alone the Southern 500. People just look at you differently.' William Byron, who won the Daytona 500 to start the season, understands the effect a Darlington win can have. He took the spring event there in 2023 and felt the good feelings that a win there can bring. 'It feels good knowing you can make it around this place to win,' he said. 'It's always been a track all drivers want to win on.' Briscoe hopes he make it two in a row at Darlington. But this season, he's had a slew of adjustments to make after taking over JGR's No. 19 car previously driven by retired NASCAR champion Martin Truex Jr. Briscoe acknowledged he's still getting used to the new team, new demands on him and higher expectations. He been told to be as critical of the car as possible so his technicians and mechanics can get the most out of a run. "(It) has been a lot,' Briscoe said. 'Honestly, I did not anticipate it being this different. I thought I would just do my normal thing and I'd go faster because the cars were better.' Briscoe has to be much more serious and business-like in his approach during the week and at the track. At Stewart-Haas, his team knew they would not contend for wins most weekends and 'we truthfully just had fun going to the racetrack.' The bar is much higher at JGR where Briscoe's teammates in Christopher Bell and Denny Hamlin have combined to win four of seven NASCAR races this season. 'You're expected to go and win and be in the mix and if you're not, it's a huge disappointment,' he said. Briscoe has been in the mix at times early this season. He gave Toyota its first-ever pole for the Daytona 500 and he's had a pair of fourths, at Daytona and Homestead. He's coming off a ninth-place finish at Martinsville a week ago. And he welcomes stepping things up if it means he's bringing wins to JGR. 'It's the kind of place I'm excited to hopefully be at for a long time,' he said. 'The capability of the car is there and that's exciting for me as a driver.' ___ AP auto racing: recommended
Express Tribune
25-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Quavo teases potential Young Thug & Future collaboration while sharing 'Trappa Rappa' BTS
Quavo has been on a roll, dropping a steady stream of singles, and his latest, Trappa Rappa, is already turning heads. Over the weekend, the Atlanta rapper took to social media to promote the track, but fans were quick to notice something even bigger—behind-the-scenes footage featuring Young Thug and Future. The teaser clip, shared on both X and Instagram, had Quavo captioning the post with a spider and wizard emoji—widely recognized as references to Young Thug and Future. The 'spider' nods to Thugger's Metro Spider off Heroes & Villains, while the 'wizard' ties back to Future's The WIZRD album. Fans are now speculating that a major collaboration between the three rap heavyweights could be in the works. While the footage could simply be a show of support for Trappa Rappa, many believe Quavo is subtly hinting at a joint track. With Young Thug newly free and Future coming off a dominant 2024 with three mixtapes, a team-up between the three Atlanta icons would be a huge moment for trap music. Quavo has yet to confirm an upcoming project, but with his frequent releases—including cross-genre experiments like Tough with Lana Del Rey and Georgia Ways with Teddy Swims and Luke Bryan—fans are hopeful that a new album is on the horizon. Whether or not a Thugger and Future collab is next, Quavo is keeping fans on their toes as he continues to shape his post-Migos solo career.
Yahoo
27-01-2025
- Yahoo
Machete attack driver jailed after police pursuit
A banned driver who led police on a dangerous high-speed pursuit while drunk, after earlier attacking a car with a machete, has been jailed for two years and three months. Raymond Tough, 28, "could have killed" people as he sped along residential streets and over pavements in an attempt to evade officers in North Tyneside, Newcastle Crown Court heard. He had earlier smashed the windows of a car and stolen £59 worth of fuel from a petrol station. Tough, of Falmouth Road in North Shields, admitted offences including dangerous driving, possessing a bladed weapon, criminal damage and drink-driving. Tough was caught on CCTV filling a white van with fuel at an Esso garage in Wallsend and then making off without payment at about 09:30 GMT on 28 December, prosecutor David Robinson-Young said. About two hours later, Tough went to a woman's home and threatened her before pulling a machete out of his trousers and smashing the windows of her car causing £1,200 worth of damage, the court heard. Police were on the lookout for him when officers spotted him driving his white Fiat Scudo van near the Fox Hunters pub in North Shields shortly before 15:00. He refused to stop and instead drove off, with two sets of officers both abandoning pursuits due to his highly dangerous manoeuvres, Mr Robinson-Young said. These included driving at more than 60mph along a 20mph road busy with pedestrians, forcing his way through traffic, going the wrong way round roundabouts, mounting pavements and ignoring red lights, the court heard. He was arrested at his home later that day and found to have 67mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, the driving limit being 35mcg. The court heard he was banned from driving at the time for earlier motoring offences and this was the tenth time he had been caught behind the wheel while disqualified. He was also free on licence at the time having been jailed for arson, the court heard. Judge Carolyn Scott said it was "hard to think of a worse example of dangerous driving" and it "could easily have resulted in someone being injured, if not killed". She said he had an "appalling" record for motoring offences and banned him from driving for five years and one month. Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@ HM Courts and Tribunals Service
BBC News
27-01-2025
- BBC News
North Shields driver jailed for machete attack and police pursuit
A banned driver who led police on a dangerous high-speed pursuit while drunk, after earlier attacking a car with a machete, has been jailed for two years and three Tough, 28, "could have killed" people as he sped along residential streets and over pavements in an attempt to evade officers in North Tyneside, Newcastle Crown Court had earlier smashed the windows of a car and stolen £59 worth of fuel from a petrol of Falmouth Road in North Shields, admitted offences including dangerous driving, possessing a bladed weapon, criminal damage and drink-driving. Tough was caught on CCTV filling a white van with fuel at an Esso garage in Wallsend and then making off without payment at about 09:30 GMT on 28 December, prosecutor David Robinson-Young two hours later, Tough went to a woman's home and threatened her before pulling a machete out of his trousers and smashing the windows of her car causing £1,200 worth of damage, the court heard. 'Appalling' record Police were on the lookout for him when officers spotted him driving his white Fiat Scudo van near the Fox Hunters pub in North Shields shortly before 15: refused to stop and instead drove off, with two sets of officers both abandoning pursuits due to his highly dangerous manoeuvres, Mr Robinson-Young included driving at more than 60mph along a 20mph road busy with pedestrians, forcing his way through traffic, going the wrong way round roundabouts, mounting pavements and ignoring red lights, the court was arrested at his home later that day and found to have 67mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, the driving limit being court heard he was banned from driving at the time for earlier motoring offences and this was the tenth time he had been caught behind the wheel while was also free on licence at the time having been jailed for arson, the court Carolyn Scott said it was "hard to think of a worse example of dangerous driving" and it "could easily have resulted in someone being injured, if not killed".She said he had an "appalling" record for motoring offences and banned him from driving for five years and one month.
