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Associated Press
11 hours ago
- Automotive
- Associated Press
Denny Hamlin to miss NASCAR's first international race after birth of son
Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] MEXICO CITY (AP) — Denny Hamlin will miss NASCAR's first international race of the modern era to remain in North Carolina following the birth of his child. Ryan Truex will replace him Sunday in Mexico City. 'See you guys in Pocono,' Hamlin posted on social media. 'We are happy to announce the birth of our son. Everyone is doing well. My main priority is to be here at home for Jordan and our family over the next few days when she is able to go home and we transition to life as a family of five.' Hamlin and fiancee Jordan Fish now have three children, two daughters and a son born Wednesday. Hamlin had been on baby watch the last 12 days as Fish went nearly two weeks past her predicted due date. He had planned to get out of the car at Michigan last Sunday if she went into labor early in the race, but when the first stage passed with no word, he went on to score his third win of the season. The victory was the 57th of his career and made him the all-time winningest driver at Joe Gibbs Racing. Through 15 races this season, Hamlin ranks third in the overall Cup Series standings. Truex, younger brother of former JGR full-time driver Martin Truex Jr., is Gibbs' reserve driver. His last Cup Series start was in 2014 and he has 26 starts at NASCAR's top level. Hamlin will need NASCAR to grant him a waiver to be eligible to compete in the playoffs for the Cup Series championship. NASCAR during the offseason tightened the rules for granting waivers, but said it would permit a driver skipping an event for the birth of a child. The 44-year-old Hamlin will snap his streak of 406 consecutive starts. Hamlin last missed a race in 2014 at California Speedway because of an eye irritation. ___ AP auto racing:
Fox Sports
13 hours ago
- Automotive
- Fox Sports
Denny Hamlin to miss NASCAR's Mexico City race following birth of son
MEXICO CITY — Denny Hamlin will not race at the inaugural Cup Series event this weekend in Mexico City after the birth of his son Wednesday. Joe Gibbs Racing reserve driver Ryan Truex will drive the No. 11 Cup car at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. The son was the third child for Hamlin and fiancée Jordan Fish. "We are happy to announce the birth of our son," Hamlin said in a statement. "Everyone is doing well. My main priority is to be here at home for Jordan and our family over the next few days when she is able to go home and we transition to life as a family of five. "I appreciate everyone at Joe Gibbs Racing, our partners, and our fans for the support over the last few weeks and I look forward to being back at the track next weekend in Pocono." JGR will have to ask for a waiver from NASCAR for Hamlin to remain playoff eligible despite missing a race. NASCAR implemented a policy earlier this year that only a waiver granted for medical reasons would allow a driver to retain all playoff points earned during the regular season. The birth of a child is expected to be included in that. "JGR supports Hamlin in his decision," the team said in its news release announcing Truex would race the car. Truex, the younger brother of former JGR driver Martin Truex Jr., spends several hours each week in a racing simulator to help JGR with its baseline setups and has been on standby the last couple of weeks as Fish's due date was last week. Hamlin won last Sunday at Michigan, his third win of the year. "If [the birth] causes me to miss a race, it's one of 701 races that I missed and it's just not that big of a deal," Hamlin said at the time. Hamlin has made 406 consecutive starts, having last missed a race in 2014 when he missed the race at California Speedway because of an object in his eye. It will be Truex's first Cup start since 2014, when he competed in 23 races for BK Racing. 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 in this topic
NBC Sports
13 hours ago
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
Denny Hamlin to skip Mexico City race after birth of son
MEXICO CITY — Denny Hamlin will miss Sunday's Cup race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez to remain in the United States with his family after the birth of his son Wednesday. Ryan Truex, who is Joe Gibbs Racing's reserve driver, will drive the No. 11 car this weekend in Hamlin's absence. 'We are happy to announce the birth of our son,' Hamlin said in a statement. 'Everyone is doing well. My main priority is to be here at home for (fiancee) Jordan and our family over the next few days when she is able to go home and we transition to life as a family of five. 'I appreciate everyone at Joe Gibbs Racing, our partners, and our fans for the support over the last few weeks and I look forward to being back at the track next weekend in Pocono.' Dustin Long, Joe Gibbs Racing stated Thursday it will apply for a playoff waiver so Hamlin, who has three wins this year, remains eligible for the playoffs. NASCAR stated before the season it would grant a playoff waiver to a driver who missed a race for the birth of a child. This will be Truex's first Cup start since 2014. He has driven one Xfinity race this season, competing in the season opener at Daytona for Sam Hunt Racing. Truex has won three of his last 18 Xfinity starts since 2023. This will be the first Cup race Hamlin has missed since 2014. He sat out a race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, that season when he developed a sinus infection that affected his vision before the event. Hamlin will have his streak of 406 consecutive Cup starts end this weekend.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Double Trouble? Kyle Larson Faces Tight Timeline to Race Indy 500 AND Coca-Cola 600
NASCAR rewrote a rule to now state that a driver must start and attempt to compete in all of the championship races to be eligible for the playoffs. If a competitor requests a playoff waiver, the driver will forfeit all playoff points earned prior to the start of the playoffs. In 2024, NASCAR granted Larson a waiver for missing the Coca-Cola 600 with no playoff ramifications. A rule implemented this year by NASCAR won't allow Kyle Larson to escape Cup Series playoffs ramifications if he chooses to miss the start of the Coca-Cola 600 to complete the Indianapolis 500. Before the season started, NASCAR rewrote a rule to now state that a driver must start and attempt to compete in all of the championship races to be eligible for the playoffs. If a competitor requests a playoff waiver under the new rule and it's granted for anything other than a medical reason or an age restriction, the driver will forfeit all playoff points earned prior to the start of the playoffs. Larson currently possesses 23 playoff points, which he would carry throughout the post-season, with the potential to earn more. To be in compliance with the rule, Larson's plane must be wheels up from Indianapolis at 4:15 p.m. on Sunday for him to reach Charlotte for the start of the Coca-Cola 600. Last year, the start of the Indianapolis 500 was delayed by rain. Larson led four laps and finished 18th in the event but missed the start of the same day Coca-Cola 600. Justin Allgaier started Larson's Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet and finished 13th. Larson arrived at the 1.5-mile Charlotte speedway during a rain delay. The race never restarted as 249 of the 400 laps had been completed. In 2024, a driver was required to start all 26 races in the regular season to be eligible for the playoffs. NASCAR granted Larson a waiver for missing the Coca-Cola 600 with no playoff ramifications. Martin Truex Jr.'s championship run in 2023 showed the importance of playoff points. He won the regular season and entered the post-season with 36 playoff points. At the end of the first round, he was 11th in the points but after the reseeding occurred for the Round of 12, he was second. Following the cutoff race for the Round of 8, Truex was eighth in the standings, but after the standings were reseeded, he was once again in second due to the 36 playoff points. Truex failed to make the Championship 4 that year.
The Star
03-05-2025
- Politics
- The Star
Most mainland Chinese citizens oppose use of force to unify with Taiwan: survey
More than half of mainland Chinese citizens oppose the use of force to unify with Taiwan under any circumstances, according to a survey released on Wednesday. The study, designed jointly by the Atlanta-based Carter Center and Emory University, found that 55.1 per cent of respondents agreed or somewhat agreed with the statement that 'the Taiwan problem should not be resolved using force under any circumstances', while 24.5 per cent disagreed or somewhat disagreed. A fifth of respondents were neutral. Yet on Russia respondents expressed more hawkish views: 66.1 per cent said it was in China's national interest to support Russia's actions in Ukraine, while 5.8 per cent disagreed and 28.2 per cent felt neutral. Do you have questions about the biggest topics and trends from around the world? Get the answers with SCMP Knowledge, our new platform of curated content with explainers, FAQs, analyses and infographics brought to you by our award-winning team. On India, 79.7 per cent of respondents supported maintaining Beijing's border claims with the South Asian country even at the risk of conflict, while the rest, about a fifth, preferred a more diplomatic approach. Similarly, 81.1 per cent believed that the Philippines and Vietnam should respect China's sovereignty claims over the South China Sea and cease their objections, regardless of what international law says. The online study of 2,211 Chinese citizens aged 18 and 54 was conducted between September 1 and 25 by survey company Dynata. The sample was designed to reflect the demographic distribution of the country's internet-using population. Surveys of Chinese citizen views on foreign policy are rare, and experts have voiced concern that respondents may hold back in conveying their true beliefs for fear of government retaliation. It is 'becoming increasingly difficult to get good representative samples' in China, said Rory Truex, a political scientist at Princeton University, adding that researchers must often therefore rely on convenience samples. Exact percentages in Wednesday's survey should be interpreted cautiously, said Truex, who was not involved in the study. But he believed the results clearly indicated there may be significant public opposition to a Taiwan takeover by Beijing. And that opposition may matter to Beijing. 'Increasingly, in the China field, there's a sense that this regime does have a real responsiveness to it,' Truex said, while noting that the attention was selective and not consistent across all issues. Beijing sees Taiwan as part of China to be reunited by force if necessary. Most countries, including the US, do not recognise Taiwan as an independent state, but Washington is opposed to any attempt to take the self-governed island by force and is committed to arming Taiwan. In recent years, Washington has grown increasingly anxious about a mainland takeover of Taiwan, with some officials eyeing 2027 as a possible window and warning that Chinese President Xi Jinping might use an invasion to divert attention from mounting economic troubles. Despite results showing high opposition to the use of force, Wednesday's survey also revealed that many Chinese may accept eventual military action. Only 18.1 per cent of respondents said there was 'no military action needed' when asked how long China should wait to resolve the Taiwan issue before using force. Given the option of waiting for one, five, 10, 25 or more than 25 years, the most common response – selected by 33.5 per cent – was 'within five years'. An earlier survey, conducted in two waves between late 2020 and early 2021 and later published in the Journal of Contemporary China, found that a slim majority of Chinese citizens – 55 per cent – backed a full-scale war to achieve unification with Taiwan. That result came alongside similar levels of support for military coercion short of war (58 per cent), economic sanctions (57 per cent) and maintaining the status quo (55 per cent). Respondents in the Carter Center-Emory University survey were not explicitly asked about a potential conflict with the US. But when asked what they thought of the US and its people, only 23.5 per cent said they had a favourable or somewhat favourable view. About 70 per cent, however, were found to support 'friendly and peaceful' relations between the two countries 'to continue China's prosperity and economic development'. More from South China Morning Post: For the latest news from the South China Morning Post download our mobile app. Copyright 2025.
