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Shane van Gisbergen sweeps pole positions at Charlotte Road Course

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By Reid Spencer

NASCAR Wire Service

 

CONCORD, N.C.—New Zealander Shane van Gisbergen monopolized qualifying on Saturday at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course—to say the least.

 

After winning the top starting spot for Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race, the three-time Australian Supercars champion won a tight battle with Playoff driver Tyler Reddick for the pole position in Sunday’s Bank of America Roval 400 (2 p.m. ET on NBC, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

 

The Busch Light pole award was Van Gisbergen’s first in the NASCAR Cup Series, but it wasn’t secure until Reddick made a last-ditch run to try to unseat the Kaulig Racing Chevrolet driver.

 

Van Gisbergen’s lap at 99.246 mph (82.704 seconds) held up, as Reddick earned the second grid position in his No. 45 23XI Toyota with a lap at 99.135 mph (82.796 seconds).

 

“What an amazing day,” Van Gisbergen proclaimed after claiming his second pole of the afternoon. “I’m at a loss for words.”

 

Because the Bank of America Roval 400 is the elimination race for the Round of 12 in the series Playoffs, Van Gisbergen, making his 10th Cup start of the season, wants to avoid scenarios where he influences postseason outcomes.

 

“We’ve got to race respectfully,” he acknowledged. “There are a lot of Playoff guys, but I’m here to win the race.”

 

In addition to Reddick, five other Playoff drivers made the final round of time trials and will starts from top-10 positions. Joey Logano was fourth and Team Penske teammate Austin Cindric fifth in the top two Fords on the grid.

 

Kyle Larson claimed the sixth stating spot ahead of Hendrick Motorsports teammates Chase Elliott (seventh), a two-time winner at the Roval, and William Byron (10th), who already has clinched a berth on the Round of 8.

 

Non-Playoff drivers A.J. Allmendinger (third at 98.874 mph), Brad Keselowski (eighth) and Bubba Wallace (ninth) also will start from the top 10.

 

Allmendinger is the defending winner of this race. The driver of the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet also has triumphed in each of his four NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at the 2.28-mile, 17-turn hybrid road course, which has been reconfigured in Turns 6, 7 and 16.

 

Other Playoff drivers will start as follows: Christopher Bell 12th, Daniel Suárez 13th, defending series champion Ryan Blaney 14th, Alex Bowman 17th, Denny Hamlin 18th and Chase Briscoe 25th.

 

Logano, Suárez, Cindric and Briscoe start the event below the current cut line for the Round of 8.

 

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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. bests Keselowski, Byron in intense Talladega Playoff race

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October 6, 2024
By Holly Cain
NASCAR Wire Service 
 
TALLADEGA, Ala. – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. held off the field in overtime to claim the victory in a dramatic NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway – edging Brad Keselowski and William Byron by a mere .006-second in a thrilling three-wide finish.
That heart-stopping finish was indicative of the afternoon of competition at NASCAR’s biggest track (2.66-mile) – which once again lived up to its reputation and provided a thrilling Playoff race that has major implications for the championship contenders. 
A massive 27-car accident with five laps remaining brought out a red flag and stopped the race for nearly 10 minutes. The incident affected eight of the 12 Playoff cars in varying degrees. There is only one more race remaining in this round to settle which eight drivers advance to the next round of championship competition.
Stenhouse, the 36-year-old Mississippi native who is not Playoff-eligible, hoisted his fourth career trophy – all coming at superspeedway tracks – and first in 65 races. His No. 47 JTG-Daugherty Chevrolet led 19 of the 195 laps, including the all-important last one after a side-to-battle with six-time Talladega winner Keselowski and this year’s Daytona 500 winner Byron. 
This marks the third time in the five Playoff races that a non-Playoff driver has hoisted the race trophy.
“Felt really good, we had our Chevy teammates behind us and I was hoping Kyle [Busch] wouldn’t push the six [Keselowski] that hard, I knew the 24 was going to try to get to the line,’’ said Stenhouse, who scored his first career NASCAR Cup Series win at Talladega in 2017.
“Man, this team has put a lot of hard work in and obviously we haven’t won since the Daytona 500 in ’23. It’s been an up and down season, a lot of hard work this season trying to find a little bit of speed but we knew this track is one of ours to come get it.’’
The finish was set-up after the vast incident that took out several front-running cars and affected all but four Playoff drivers. Team Penske’s Austin Cindric – who essentially needed a victory to earn an automatic berth in the next Playoff round – was leading the race – having exchanged the top spot multiple time with Stenhouse in the closing 20 laps.
With five laps remaining, Cindric’s leading No. 2 Ford was hit from behind on the backstretch by Keselowski’s No. 6 Roush Fenway Keselowski Ford which triggered an accordion-style accident from three rows behind the leader. Harrison Burton’s No. 21 Ford struck Joey Logano’s No. 22 Ford that then pushed Keselowski’s car forward and into Cindric.
The aftermath collected 27 cars in all, completely sidelining Playoff drivers Cindric, who was credited with a 32nd place finish, his Penske teammate Logano (33rd), and Stewart-Haas Racing’s Chase Briscoe (30th).  
“Obviously incredibly frustrated,’’ Cindric said. “Just really proud of my team and the full execution of the day. We got that stage win {second stage) and put ourselves at the front of that green flag pit cycle and had another shot [to win].
“I don’t feel like complaining right now, I’m too pissed off and it won’t do anything. But proud of the team. We’ve brought really fast race cars to every single race of the Playoffs and we’re going to have to bring another one next week and I need to go out and do my job.’’
His Penske teammate Logano, who was similarly frustrated, said there was nothing he could have done to avoid the accident.
“I don’t think we could have done anything much different,’’ the two-time series champion Logano said. “We had the bottom working fairly well and by the time we got off [turn] two, the push from the 21 [Burton] that transferred to the six (Keselowski) that transferred to the 2 [Cindric] just at a bad angle. And off he went.’’
Other Playoff drivers affected in the accident included, perennial Talladega race favorite Chase Elliott, who finished 29th after pitting for repairs following the accident.  
Regular season champion Tyler Reddick was also in the accident and rallied to finish 20th. Alex Bowman, who was involved in two accidents on the day, finished 16th,
Reigning series champion Ryan Blaney ran among the leaders and scored points in both stages but was eliminated from competition mid-race in the day’s first multiple car accident, leaving him 39th of the 40 starters.
On the up-side, Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson finished fourth tying his best ever Talladega finish - only his second top-five at the track in 20 races.  Non-Playoff driver Erik Jones was fifth.
Another Playoff competitor, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell was sixth, followed by Justin Haley, Austin Dillon, Bubba Wallace and Bell’s fellow Playoff driver and JGR teammate Denny Hamlin in 10th,
With Byron’s finish, he becomes the first and only Playoff driver to secure a position in the next eight-race round. Bell is next in the standings, holding a 57-point advantage on the Playoff cutoff line, followed by Larson, Hamlin, Bowman, Blaney, Reddick and Elliott.
Elliott is 13 points ahead of Logano going into next week’s road course race at the Charlotte ROVAL – the final race of this Playoff round which will set the next eight-driver round. Daniel Suarez, who rallied to a 26th place finish despite spending most of the race recovering from a pre-race penalty for equipment violations, is now 20 points behind Elliott for that final transfer position.
Cindric and Briscoe are 29 and 32 points back, respectively, essentially needing a victory at Charlotte. 
The final race of this Playoff round is next Sunday, the Bank of America ROVAL400 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course (2 p.m. ET, NBC, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). A.J. Allmendinger is the defending race winner.
 
NASCAR Cup Series Race - YellaWood 500
Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega, Alabama
Sunday, October 6, 2024
 
                1. (32)  Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet, 195.
                2. (13)  Brad Keselowski, Ford, 195.
                3. (16)  William Byron (P), Chevrolet, 195.
                4. (12)  Kyle Larson (P), Chevrolet, 195.
                5. (30)  Erik Jones, Toyota, 195.
                6. (21)  Christopher Bell (P), Toyota, 195.
                7. (35)  Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 195.
                8. (7)  Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 195.
                9. (26)  Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 195.
                10. (8)  Denny Hamlin (P), Toyota, 195.
                11. (24)  Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 195.
                12. (34)  Cody Ware, Ford, 195.
                13. (15)  Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 195.
                14. (37)  Carson Hocevar #, Chevrolet, 195.
                15. (17)  Shane Van Gisbergen(i), Chevrolet, 195.
                16. (23)  Alex Bowman (P), Chevrolet, 195.
                17. (20)  Chris Buescher, Ford, 195.
                18. (28)  Corey LaJoie, Ford, 195.
                19. (4)  Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 195.
                20. (14)  Tyler Reddick (P), Toyota, 195.
                21. (39)  Zane Smith #, Chevrolet, 195.
                22. (38)  BJ McLeod(i), Chevrolet, 195.
                23. (3)  Todd Gilliland, Ford, 194.
                24. (33)  Anthony Alfredo(i), Chevrolet, 194.
                25. (22)  Noah Gragson, Ford, 194.
                26. (31)  Daniel Suarez (P), Chevrolet, 194.
                27. (40)  JJ Yeley(i), Chevrolet, 193.
                28. (25)  AJ Allmendinger(i), Chevrolet, 193.
                29. (11)  Chase Elliott (P), Chevrolet, 190.
                30. (36)  Chase Briscoe (P), Ford, 189.
                31. (29)  John Hunter Nemechek, Toyota, 188.
                32. (2)  Austin Cindric (P), Ford, Accident, 183.
                33. (6)  Joey Logano (P), Ford, Accident, 183.
                34. (9)  Harrison Burton, Ford, Accident, 183.
                35. (18)  Ryan Preece, Ford, Accident, 183.
                36. (19)  Josh Berry #, Ford, Accident, 183.
                37. (1)  Michael McDowell, Ford, Accident, 183.
                38. (10)  Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, Accident, 183.
                39. (5)  Ryan Blaney (P), Ford, Accident, 124.
                40. (27)  Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, Accident, 120.
 
Average Speed of Race Winner:  150.773 mph.
Time of Race:  3 Hrs, 26 Mins, 25 Secs. Margin of Victory:  0.006 Seconds.
Caution Flags:  4 for 24 laps.
Lead Changes:  66 among 24 drivers.
Lap Leaders:   M. McDowell 1-13;*. McLeod(i) 14;B. Keselowski 15;M. McDowell 16-38;J. Haley 39;R. Chastain 40-41;A. Bowman (P) 42;R. Chastain 43-47;D. Hemric 48;R. Chastain 49-51;K. Larson (P) 52;R. Chastain 53-57;R. Stenhouse Jr. 58-59;C. Buescher 60-62;B. Keselowski 63;W. Byron (P) 64;C. Buescher 65-66;T. Reddick (P) 67;C. Buescher 68-73;C. LaJoie 74-78;M. McDowell 79-82;R. Blaney (P) 83-87;S. Van Gisbergen(i) 88-90;R. Chastain 91;S. Van Gisbergen(i) 92;R. Blaney (P) 93;S. Van Gisbergen(i) 94-95;R. Chastain 96;S. Van Gisbergen(i) 97-99;J. Haley 100-102;A. Cindric (P) 103-116;C. Elliott (P) 117;A. Cindric (P) 118-122;T. Reddick (P) 123;K. Busch 124-129;B. Wallace 130;K. Busch 131;B. Wallace 132-133;C. Buescher 134;*. Allmendinger(i) 135;C. Ware 136;J. Logano (P) 137-141;*. Allmendinger(i) 142;J. Logano (P) 143-145;*. Allmendinger(i) 146-150;J. Logano (P) 151;A. Cindric (P) 152;J. Logano (P) 153-157;*. Allmendinger(i) 158;J. Logano (P) 159;A. Cindric (P) 160;J. Logano (P) 161;A. Cindric (P) 162;*. Allmendinger(i) 163;J. Logano (P) 164-166;A. Cindric (P) 167-168;A. Dillon 169;T. Gilliland 170-171;M. McDowell 172-173;A. Cindric (P) 174-175;R. Stenhouse Jr. 176-177;A. Cindric (P) 178;R. Stenhouse Jr. 179;A. Cindric (P) 180;R. Stenhouse Jr. 181-182;A. Cindric (P) 183;R. Stenhouse Jr. 184-195.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  Michael McDowell 4 times for 42 laps; Austin Cindric (P) 10 times for 29 laps; Joey Logano (P) 7 times for 19 laps; Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 5 times for 19 laps; Ross Chastain 6 times for 17 laps; Chris Buescher 4 times for 12 laps; Shane Van Gisbergen(i) 4 times for 9 laps; * AJ Allmendinger(i) 5 times for 9 laps; Kyle Busch 2 times for 7 laps; Ryan Blaney (P) 2 times for 6 laps; Corey LaJoie 1 time for 5 laps; Justin Haley 2 times for 4 laps; Bubba Wallace 2 times for 3 laps; Brad Keselowski 2 times for 2 laps; Todd Gilliland 1 time for 2 laps; Tyler Reddick (P) 2 times for 2 laps; Alex Bowman (P) 1 time for 1 lap; Kyle Larson (P) 1 time for 1 lap; William Byron (P) 1 time for 1 lap; Austin Dillon 1 time for 1 lap; Daniel Hemric 1 time for 1 lap; Cody Ware 1 time for 1 lap; * BJ McLeod(i) 1 time for 1 lap; Chase Elliott (P) 1 time for 1 lap.
Stage #1 Top Ten: 17,47,24,5,20,45,1,14,2,12
Stage #2 Top Ten: 2,9,8,16,24,48,23,12,5,1

 


 

 

McDowell captures fifth consecutive superspeedway pole for tomorrow's Talladega Cup Playoff race

 

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Oct. 5, 2024

 

By Holly Cain

NASCAR Wire Service

 

TALLADEGA, Ala. – Front Row Motorsports and driver Michael McDowell continued a superspeedway qualifying mastery with McDowell claiming the pole position for Sunday’s YellaWood 500 at the Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway (2 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

 

McDowell’s No. 34 FRM Ford turned a lap of 183.063 mph in Saturday’s final qualifying session around the 2.66-mile high banks, besting Austin Cindric’s lap in the No. 2 Team Penske Ford by less than two-tenths of a second.

 

It was McDowell’s sixth pole position of his career – all six coming this year – and five of them consecutively on superspeedways, also including a sweep at both Talladega and Atlanta Motor Speedway as well as the top starting position at Daytona International Speedway this summer.

 

“We knew coming here we’d have a shot at the pole and it’s a priority for us, so you feel that pressure of not making any mistakes and screwing it up,’’ McDowell said. “I’m really proud of the effort. We sort of had this in mind that today would be a day to come here and get the rest of the superspeedways locked down.’’

 

Cindric, a Playoff contender and the 2022 Daytona 500 winner, smiled  following qualifying and offered, “His right foot must be heavier than mine.’’

 

Ford drivers claimed six of the top-10 starting positions Saturday. McDowell’s teammate Todd Gilliland was third fastest in the No. 38 FRM Ford Mustang. Richard Childress Racing’s Kyle Busch, a two-time Talladega winner, was fourth fastest in the No. 8 RCR Chevrolet.

 

Penske teammates Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano were fifth and sixth fastest followed by RCR’s Austin Dillon in the No. 3 Chevy. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin was the only Toyota to make the 10-car final round and he’ll roll off sixth in the No. 11 JGR Supra. Wood Brothers Racing’s Harrison Burton and Kaulig Racng’s Daniel Hemric rounded out the fast-10.

 

The reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Blaney is the defending race winner and has three Talladega trophies to his credit. 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick – the regular season champion – will roll off 14th.

 

Cindric, Blaney, Logano and Hamlin are all current Playoff drivers, as are Blaney and Reddick. Hendrick teammates Chase Elliott, a two-time Talladega winner and Kyle Larson will start 11th and 12th.  Their teammate William Byron will roll off 16th.

 

Christopher Bell, who will start 21st, Alex Bowman (23rd), Daniel Suarez (31st) and Chase Briscoe (36th) round out the Playoff lineup.

 

NOTEBOOK

 

*TIME TO GO

23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick won the regular season championship by a single point over Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson posting a two-win regular season that included victories at Talladega this spring and Michigan this summer. He won a coveted 15-point Playoff bonus with that regular season title, but even so, the 28-year old Californian comes into this weekend’s race ranked ninth – four points below the cutoff line with two races remaining in this Round of 12.

 

Reddick insisted Saturday that qualifying and pit stall will be especially important this weekend as he races to become one of the eight drivers advancing to the next round. He’s had only a single top-10 in the four Playoff races and been 20th or worse in the other three. He sits ninth in the standings, four points behind former series champions, Chase Elliott and Joey Logano.

 

“I think for us, we kinda know what we need to do to get toward the front from the back during a green flag cycle, but we’ll just be ready for anything,’’ said Reddick, driver of the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota.  “You never know how the race is going to play out on the track, the pace of the field can determine what your options are. But we have a good understanding of what we need to do depending on what plays out on that strategy part of it.

 

“If we do our jobs we’ll be at the front of the field.’’

 

*BACK-TO-BACK

Reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Ryan Blaney said he was very optimistic about accomplishing a rare feat in the sport – earning back-to-back titles – something that hasn’t been done by a driver since Hendrick Motorsports’ Jimmie Johnson won five consecutively between 2006-10.

 

“I don’t know why you haven’t seen a repeat champion back-to-back since Jimmie when he won five in a row, I don’t know why,’’ Blaney said. “It’s tough to do.  Teams are always getting smarter.  It takes everything kind of perfect to go your way.  The team has to execute the best they can and you have to have a little bit of fortune on your side to not be in any unfortunate circumstances through the playoffs, so I don’t know why.

 

“I look back and there have been plenty of teams good enough to win back-to-back and it just hasn’t happened.  I think that just shows you how hard it is to do. 

 

Blaney’s Team Penske organization has won the last two NASCAR Cup Series championships – with 2023 winner Joey Logano and Blaney

 

“I’m confident with our group and that’s not from a cocky or arrogant standpoint,’’ Blaney said. “I have faith in our group that we can do it and we’re good enough to where we can do it again, and I just have so much faith in our team and our guys.  I’d like to, obviously.  I think we’re in a good position.  We just have to keep doing what we can and keep staying hungry.  It’s funny, I think we’re all even hungrier for a second one than we were the first.

 

*RECORD PACE

Chase Elliott, a two-time Talladega winner, agrees with the general consensus that this weekend’s 500-miler on the sport’s biggest track is a real opportunity for anyone to win. There have been 17 different race winners to date this season with Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain adding his name to the list last Sunday at Kansas -- and there are still six races remaining in the season.

 

“It does seem like we have a more consistent widespread number of winners yearly since we’ve had this car, so that’s been interesting to watch,’’ said Elliott, who is ranked seventh in the Playoff standings, only four points above the cutoff line with two races remaining in this round.

 

“And I think a lot of that has come down to just the aero-platform that we have to work with, and just how much defense can be played by the lead car; restarts shaking out, how fast your pit stop is, all those little details throughout the day can put you in a good position at the end of those races. And a lot of guys are good enough to hold on for short stints. We see a lot of green-white-checkered finishes ... all those things are really just recipes for more winners."

 

*BOWMAN CONFIDENCE

Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman concedes he may not have been a consensus pick to challenge for the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series championship, but after winning this summer in Chicago his team is invigorated competing.  And it shows.

 

He’s currently ranked sixth in the standings – eight points up on the cutoff line. He’s had three top-10 finishes in the four Playoff races with a best showing of third place in the Atlanta opener. He was fifth at Talladega earlier this year and his best finish there is runner-up in 2019. He comes into the weekend very encouraged.

 

“It’s been a good four weeks for us, but a long way to go still,’’ Bowman said. “Just need to keep executing on a high level. I certainly know that we are capable of it, that I’m capable of it. Just have a long way to go and need to keep it up.

 

“We haven’t won in the Playoffs and we’re running okay, not amazing,’’ he added, conceding that he’s been underestimated for much of his career at the NASCAR Cup Series level even with eight wins.

 

“I think that’s been kinda the story of my career [overcoming doubters]. I know my situation with the team and what we’re capable of, but that’s just how things have been forever."

 

*TOYOTA TALLADEGA CHALLENGE

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Christopher Bell said his Toyota teammate Reddick raised a good point during a discussion on their flight to Talladega. With so few Toyotas in Sunday’s field - compared to the double digit entries for rival Chevrolet and Ford, there is more importance on working together.

 

“I think it all just boils down to having friends at the end of the race and executing the pit cycle," said Bell, driver of the No. 20 JGR Toyota. “Tyler and I were talking on the plane about strategies through the pit cycle and one thing he pointed out and I hadn’t even thought about was we just have to be so diligent on our protocol and our system we have in place because we don’t have the numbers.

 

“Where if a couple Fords or a couple Chevrolets mess up on the pit cycle they can get away with it because they have almost twice as many cars as we do. Only having eight in the field, if you lose one or two it hurts. It you lose three or more, it’s basically a strategy killer. You just have to be really mindful and very diligent. I think if you make mistakes and lose numbers it affects us more greatly than other manufacturers.’’

 

Ross Chastain plays spoiler in NASCAR Cup Round of 12 opener at Kansas

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By Reid Spencer 

NASCAR Wire Service

 

KANSAS CITY, Kansas — Enter the Great Disrupter.

 

Ross Chastain’s No 1. Trackhouse Chevrolet came to life in the second half of Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 and beat William Byron’s Chevrolet to the finish line in a hotly contested Round of 12 opener in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.

 

Chastain grabbed the lead from Martin Truex Jr. moments after the final restart on Lap 248 at Kansas Speedway and held off a charging Byron by 0.388 seconds to thwart the Playoff driver’s bid for automatic advancement into the Round of 8.

 

Having failed to qualify for the postseason this year, Chastain reveled in his first victory of the season, his first at Kansas and the fifth of his career.

 

“For us on this 1 team, it's what Cup racing is all about,” said Chastain, who led 52 laps. “It's what (team co-owner) Justin Marks bought into Trackhouse with Pitbull, bought into NASCAR with Trackhouse to do stuff like this—to disrupt.

 

“Look, there's been times this year where we couldn't have disrupted the minnow pond outside of Darlington, let alone a Cup race. It's hard. It's really tough.

 

“To come and do this, there are times where I didn't think after practicing and qualifying we had what it took. I thought we have been way stronger here in the past. It didn't feel great all day, but our Kubota Chevy, it was better as the rubber went down, and the adjustments were great.”

 

Byron led 24 laps but couldn’t overcome Chastain’s aerodynamic advantage over the closing laps.

 

“Yeah, just clean air,” Byron said ruefully. “I feel like he got the restart he needed to, and I was in the second row just trying to clear those guys. Once I got clear of them, my balance was OK. Just a little bit tight, but just kind of inching up on him. I needed probably, you know, for it to be a longer run being in second.

 

“Damn it, I wanted that one really bad. It just sucks, man. You're so close, and you know going to Talladega you know what that is. So just sucks, but proud of the effort.”

 

Truex finished third after restarting in the top lane and surrendering the first two positions to Chastain and Byron. Playoff driver and defending series champion Ryan Blaney rallied to finish fourth after an unscheduled pit stop for a loose wheel.

 

Ty Gibbs, eliminated from the Playoffs at Bristol in the final Round of 16 race, came home fifth, followed by Playoff drivers Alex Bowman, Christopher Bell (the pole winner), Denny Hamlin and Chase Elliott, who started from the rear of the field after an engine change in his No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.

 

Byron heads to next Sunday’s race at Talladega Superspeedway as the series leader, with a six-point edge over Bell and Blaney and a 34-point margin over ninth-place Tyler Reddick, the first driver below the cut line for the next round.

 

Hamlin and Bowman are fifth and sixth in the standings, 11 and eight points above the cutoff, respectively.

 

For Kyle Larson, top seed in the Playoffs entering the Round of 12, Sunday’s race was an unwelcome instance of déjà vu. Reminiscent of his early exit after a slamming the wall in Turn 2 in the first Round of 16 race at Atlanta, Larson cut a right rear tire and bounced of the Turn 2 wall on Sunday at Kansas just 19 laps into the race.

 

During the subsequent 56-lap green-flag run to the end of Stage 1, Larson complained of a vibration in his No. 5 Chevrolet. fell one lap down and finished the stage in 35th place.

 

Larson got his lap back as the beneficiary car under caution for Daniel Hemric’s spin on Lap 143 and mitigated some of the damage to his points position with a 26th-place finish. Larson leaves Kansas fourth in the standings, 18 points above the current cut line for the Round of 8.

 

Reddick, Daniel Suarez, Chase Briscoe and Austin Cindric weren’t as fortunate.

 

Reddick, the defending race winner, could only manage a 25th-place result and leaves Kansas four points below the cutoff. Suarez finished 14th and trials Elliott and Joey Logano (tied for eighth) by 14 points.

 

Briscoe fought an ill-handling car and finished 24th, falling 25 points down to eighth place. Cindric sustained damage during a spin on the backstretch on Lap 157, finished four laps down in 34th and trails Logano and Elliott by 29 points.

 

Seeking his first victory of the season—with a record 19-year streak of winning at least one race per season on the line—Kyle Busch held the lead on Lap 26, with Chastain in pursuit. But as Busch attempted to put Briscoe a lap down though a narrow gap at the top of the track, his car broke loose and spun off Turn 2, causing the ninth caution.

 

“I’m sure he was racing to stay on the lead lap with whoever was in front of him there,” said Busch, who finished 19th. “Granted, they have a race to run, but back in the old days when you were under 30 (laps) to go or whatever it was, lapped traffic would kind of lay over and give you a lane and let the leaders race.

 

“I just wasn’t getting that, so I tried to force my hand into getting that and get to his outside, and for whatever reason, it just gave all the air in all the wrong places, and I spun out.”

 

The race featured 30 lead changes among 15 drivers, the latter a track record. Bell led a race-high 122 laps. Hendrick teammates Byron and Bowman won stages 1 and 2, respectively.

 

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NASCAR Cup Series Race - Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by ESPN Bet

Kansas Speedway

Kansas City, Kansas

Sunday, September 29, 2024

 

                    1. (20)  Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 267.

                    2. (6)  William Byron (P), Chevrolet, 267.

                    3. (19)  Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 267.

                    4. (7)  Ryan Blaney (P), Ford, 267.

                    5. (2)  Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 267.

                    6. (12)  Alex Bowman (P), Chevrolet, 267.

                    7. (1)  Christopher Bell (P), Toyota, 267.

                    8. (8)  Denny Hamlin (P), Toyota, 267.

                    9. (38)  Chase Elliott (P), Chevrolet, 267.

                    10. (15)  Zane Smith #, Chevrolet, 267.

                    11. (25)  Chris Buescher, Ford, 267.

                    12. (22)  Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 267.

                    13. (10)  Daniel Suarez (P), Chevrolet, 267.

                    14. (5)  Joey Logano (P), Ford, 267.

                    15. (27)  Corey LaJoie, Ford, 267.

                    16. (37)  Ryan Preece, Ford, 267.

                    17. (13)  Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 267.

                    18. (24)  Noah Gragson, Ford, 267.

                    19. (3)  Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 267.

                    20. (30)  Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 267.

                    21. (32)  Ty Dillon(i), Chevrolet, 267.

                    22. (26)  Brad Keselowski, Ford, 267.

                    23. (28)  Harrison Burton, Ford, 267.

                    24. (9)  Chase Briscoe (P), Ford, 267.

                    25. (4)  Tyler Reddick (P), Toyota, 267.

                    26. (11)  Kyle Larson (P), Chevrolet, 267.

                    27. (33)  Todd Gilliland, Ford, 267.

                    28. (18)  Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet, 267.

                    29. (21)  Michael McDowell, Ford, 267.

                    30. (31)  John Hunter Nemechek, Toyota, 267.

                    31. (34)  Kaz Grala #, Ford, 267.

                    32. (14)  Carson Hocevar #, Chevrolet, 267.

                    33. (23)  Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 266.

                    34. (17)  Austin Cindric (P), Ford, 263.

                    35. (16)  Erik Jones, Toyota, 263.

                    36. (35)  Jimmie Johnson, Toyota, 257.

                    37. (36)  JJ Yeley(i), Chevrolet, Electrical, 118.

                    38. (29)  Josh Berry #, Ford, Accident, 0.

 

Average Speed of Race Winner:  123.294 mph.

Time of Race:  3 Hrs, 14 Mins, 54 Secs. Margin of Victory:  .388 Seconds.

Caution Flags:  10 for 47 laps.

Lead Changes:  30 among 15 drivers.

Lap Leaders:   C. Bell (P) 1-21;*. Yeley(i) 22;C. Bell (P) 23-72;W. Byron (P) 73-82;D. Hamlin (P) 83;J. Logano (P) 84-86;W. Byron (P) 87-100;T. Gibbs 101;K. Busch 102-105;C. Bell (P) 106-141;R. Blaney (P) 142-144;C. Bell (P) 145;Z. Smith # 146-148;C. Bell (P) 149-161;A. Bowman (P) 162-167;T. Gibbs 168-171;C. Hocevar # 172-176;R. Chastain 177-202;K. Busch 203;R. Chastain 204;K. Busch 205-210;T. Reddick (P) 211-217;C. Bell (P) 218;B. Keselowski 219;K. Busch 220-224;R. Chastain 225;K. Busch 226-235;R. Chastain 236-238;B. Keselowski 239-241;M. Truex Jr. 242-246;R. Chastain 247-267.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  Christopher Bell (P) 6 times for 122 laps; Ross Chastain 5 times for 52 laps; Kyle Busch 5 times for 26 laps; William Byron (P) 2 times for 24 laps; Tyler Reddick (P) 1 time for 7 laps; Alex Bowman (P) 1 time for 6 laps; Ty Gibbs 2 times for 5 laps; Carson Hocevar # 1 time for 5 laps; Martin Truex Jr. 1 time for 5 laps; Brad Keselowski 2 times for 4 laps; Zane Smith # 1 time for 3 laps; Ryan Blaney (P) 1 time for 3 laps; Joey Logano (P) 1 time for 3 laps; * JJ Yeley(i) 1 time for 1 lap; Denny Hamlin (P) 1 time for 1 lap.

Stage #1 Top Ten: 24,22,12,11,20,54,2,19,48,77

Stage #2 Top Ten: 48,54,12,24,6,77,8,19,9,14

 


 

Christopher Bell streaks to third straight Kansas Speedway pole

 

September 28, 2024

 

By Reid Spencer

NASCAR Wire Service

 

KANSAS CITY, Kan.—For once, Chistopher Bell thinks he has a car that’s race-worthy as well as lightning fast in qualifying at Kansas Speedway.

 

Navigating the 1.5-mile track in 30.111 seconds (179.336 mph) in the final round of Saturday’s time trials, Bell edged Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Ty Gibbs (179.099 mph) by 0.040 seconds for the top starting spot in Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by ESPN BET (3 p.m. ET on USA, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

 

Bell will start the first race of the Round of 12 in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs from a familiar spot. He earned the Busch Light Pole Award at the track for the third consecutive race and fourth time overall.

 

“I’ll tell you what, it’s the people that work on this race car that made the statement,” said Bell, who claimed his second pole position this season and the 12th of his career. “We showed up with probably the best Kansas car we’ve ever had.

 

“It’s always been a great track for us to qualify, and it seems like whenever we go race, we’re always in the third-to-seventh range. Today it was different. It felt really, really good in practice. I felt really comfortable driving the car.”

 

Bell has never converted a pole into a victory at Kansas Speedway, a situation he hopes to correct on Sunday as the second round of the Playoffs begins.

 

“The tough thing about Kansas is maintaining the balance,” Bell said. "This place, with these (Gen 7) cars, it swings really, really bad. You’ll start off really comfortable, and depending on how your car is, you might go really tight, you might go really loose.

 

“Typically, the fast lane is up top, but then you have to really adjust your line to what your balance is doing. I’ve got to drive a little bit better here (Sunday) than I have in the previous Kansas races, but I definitely have the car to do it.”

 

Bell enters the Round of 12 second in the standings, 24 points above the current cut line for the Round of 8. Coming off his dominating victory at Bristol, top-seeded Kyle Larson will start 11th on Sunday.

 

Gibbs and third-place starter Kyle Busch (178.643 mph) were the only two non-Playoff drivers to advance to the final round during Saturday’s time trials.

 

Tyler Reddick, third in the standings, will occupy the fourth spot on the grid, followed by Joey Logano, William Byron, defending series champion Ryan Blaney, four-time Kansas winner Denny Hamlin, Chase Briscoe and Daniel Suárez.

 

Larson won the 2024 spring race at Kansas, while Reddick is the defending winner of this event.

 

Playoff drivers Alex Bowman, Austin Cindric and Chase Elliott will start 12th, 17th and 38th, respectively. Elliott was down a cylinder in practice and qualifying, necessitating an engine change.

 

 


Talladega leaves the door to the Playoffs' Round of 8 wide-open

 

October 8, 2024

 

By Holly Cain

NASCAR Wire Service

 

As the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs move to the Round of 12 elimination race, the Bank of America ROVAL 400 on Sunday at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course (2 p.m. ET on NBC, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) the championship standings actually – and perhaps amazingly – look similar to their position before last weekend’s predictably unpredictable race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.

 

Several Playoff contenders needing good days, had good days. Until a massive 27-car accident in the closing laps. And for the second time in as many races in this round of Playoff competition, a non-Playoff competitor, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. hoisted the trophy in Victory Lane.

 

Playoff driver Austin Cindric, who essentially needed a win and was leading the race with five laps remaining was among the title players to see their rally end abruptly with that massive accident. Instead of a trophy, he ended up in the garage with a frustrating 32nd-place finish that hardly reflected his No. 2 Team Penske team’s front-running effort on the afternoon.

 

Talladega crowd favorite, Hendrick Motorsports Chase Elliott, another driver dangerously close to the cut-off line before the green flag was also involved in that accident and finished 29th. The Regular Season Champion, 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick – who went into the race ranked below the transfer line – rallied to a 20th-place finish after also being involved in the massive melee. As with Cindric, these cars had been up front in the final laps.

 

So as the series moves to the always-exciting Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL this weekend, Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron – who finished third to Brad Keselowski and Stenhouse in a three-wide photo finish at Talladega – is the only driver to have secured a position in the Round of 8 based on points.

 

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell and Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson are second and third to Byron in the standings with healthy 57 and 52 point advantages on the cutoff line, respectively. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin, who hardly raced near the front all day at Talladega benefitted from the turn of events, finishing 10th and now sits 30 points to the good in advancing - much better than the 11-point edge he had before Sunday’s race.

 

“I’m excited about the points standings," Bell said. “We came out of here as good as we ever have, so that’s awesome. Hopefully, we can have a (good) day next week at the ROVAL. I think we’re going to have pace, and we can open up the strategy a little to hopefully race for the win."

 

Alex Bowman, who was involved in two accidents Sunday, is still a strong 26 points above the Round of 8 cutoff line. Reigning series champion, Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney, who finished 39th out of 40 cars Sunday after being collected in an accident just after the race midpoint, still holds a 25-point edge on the cutoff line.

 

Reddick is seventh, 14 points up and, Elliott is in that eighth and final position, 13 points to the good over Team Penske’s Joey Logano, who suffered a DNF after being in the late race “Big One” at Talladega.

 

Trackhouse Racing’s Daniel Suarez is 20 points below the Playoff elimination line, followed by Cindric (-29) and Stewart-Haas Racing’s Chase Briscoe (-32).

 

“I don’t really feel like doing a whole lot of complaining about what happened or whose fault it is, it doesn’t really matter," Cindric said Sunday. “It puts us in a must-win situation for the Charlotte Road Course. We’ve brought some exceptionally fast race cars every single race of the playoffs and I cannot understate how proud I am of my race team and we’ll have to bring another one next week.”

 

Four of the five previous Charlotte ROVAL race winners are current Playoff drivers – Blaney, Larson, Bell and the only multiple-time ROVAL winner Elliott, who claimed victory in 2019-2020.

 

Playoff drivers have won three of the four road course events this season. Byron won at Circuit of The Americas. Larson at Sonoma, Calif. and Bowman at the Chicago Street Race.

 

And it’s worth noting, all four of the drivers below the cutoff line – Logano, Suarez, Cindric and Briscoe - are winning road course drivers in either the NASCAR Cup Series or NASCAR Xfinity Series.

 

Practice (12:30 p.m. ET) followed by Busch Light Pole Qualifying (2 p.m. ET) for the Bank of America ROVAL 400 is Saturday (USA Network, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Only once – Elliott in 2020 - has the race been won from a front row starting position. No pole-winner has won in the six races to date.

 


 

No ticket punched at Kansas for NASCAR Cup Playoff drivers

 

October 1, 2024

 

By Reid Spencer

NASCAR Wire Service

 

The NASCAR Cup Series left Kansas Speedway on Sunday night, and none of the remaining 12 Playoff drivers could draw much comfort from the Hollywood Casino 400 that had just ended.

 

Ross Chastain played spoiler in the first race of the Round of 12, depriving the championship hopefuls of a potential ticket to the Round of 8.

 

That was particularly galling to runner-up William Byron, who chased Chastain throughout the final 20-lap green-flag run, craving the victory that would have sent him to Talladega Superspeedway worry-free.

 

Chastain, however, held on to win by 0.388 seconds.

 

“Damn it, I wanted that one really bad,” a frustrated Byron said after the race. “It just sucks, man. You're so close, and you know going to Talladega—you know what that is. So just sucks, but proud of the effort.

 

“Brought an awesome car. Proud of all my guys. They've been working their tails off. We've gotten a lot of BS over the summer from the outside, and just I know how good this team is, and I know what we're capable of. So, this is a great day to build on.”

 

Although Chastain denied Byron the victory, it was a strong performance for the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports team. Byron won three of the first eight races this season but hadn’t been to Victory Lane since then.

 

With the runner-up finish, Byron assumed the series lead over by six points over defending series champion Ryan Blaney and Christopher Bell, but even though Byron holds a 34-point edge over ninth-place Tyler Reddick, there’s no real security heading to Talladega, where a typical massive wreck has the potential to scramble the Playoff field.

 

Frustrated, too, was Bell, the Kansas pole winner. Though he led 122 of the 267 laps, two brushes with the outside wall proved costly to the driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, who rallied to finish seventh.

 

“Just obviously wish I had a couple corners back, because there were a couple of them where I made mistakes and let a lot of track position go,” Bell said.

 

“Yeah, to come back and finish seventh after getting mired back in the back is something that is good, but definitely (not) what could’ve been.”

 

If the Playoff drivers felt pressure to perform at Kansas, so did the pit crews, and mistakes were rife among the over-the-wall-gangs. All three Team Penske Fords had to make extra pit stops to remedy loose wheels, and Austin Cindric paid dearly for that error — a spin off Turn 2 on Lap 157 that damaged his car.

 

Cindric finished four laps down in 34th and fell to 12th in the standings, 29 points below the current cut line.

 

Joey Logano came home 14th and is tied for seventh, just four points to the good heading to Talladega. Blaney rallied to finish fourth in a potential race-winning car.

 

“We definitely have some things we have to work on, for sure,” Blaney said. “Having a loose wheel and having to come in under green there. A couple of things we have to address. Overall, at the end of the day, I thought our car was really good.”

 

For 2021 series champion Kyle Larson, Sunday’s race was eerily similar to the opening race of the Round of 16 at Atlanta, where his car broke loose and slammed the outside wall in Turn 2 on Lap 56.

 

At Kansas, the mishap occurred on Lap 19, again in Turn 2. Larson ran over debris, cut his right-rear tire and clipped the outside wall. Unlike Atlanta, Larson was able to continue, but he finished 26th and fell from first to fourth in the standings, just 18 points ahead of Reddick.

 

“Our team did a really good job fighting and clawing to get better where we ended up,” Larson said. “…It is what it is, but we’ll regroup and move on to Talladega.”

 

But Larson will get no comfort from that. In 19 starts at NASCAR’s longest closed course (2.66 miles), the driver of the No. 5 Hendrick Chevrolet has one top five, three top 10s and an average finish of 22.8.

 

 

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2024 NASCAR CUP SERIES SCHEDULE

Date

Race / Track

Network

Start Time (ET)

Radio

Sunday, February 4

Clash (L.A. Memorial Coliseum)

FOX

8:00 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

Thursday, February 15

Duel at Daytona

FS1

7:00 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, February 18

DAYTONA 500

FOX

2:30 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, February 25

Atlanta Motor Speedway

FOX

3:00 p.m.

PRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, March 3

Las Vegas Motor Speedway

FOX

3:30 p.m.

PRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, March 10

Phoenix Raceway

FOX

3:30 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, March 17

Bristol Motor Speedway

FOX

3:30 p.m.

PRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, March 24

COTA

FOX

3:30 p.m.

PRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, March 31

Richmond Raceway

FOX

7:00 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, April 7

Martinsville Speedway

FS1

3:00 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, April 14

Texas Motor Speedway

FS1

3:30 p.m.

PRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, April 21

Talladega Superspeedway

FOX

3:00 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, April 28

Dover Motor Speedway

FS1

2:00 p.m.

PRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, May 5

Kansas Speedway

FS1

3:00 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, May 12

Darlington Raceway

FS1

3:00 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, May 19

All-Star Race (N. Wilkesboro)

FS1

8:00 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, May 26

Charlotte Motor Speedway

FOX

6:00 p.m.

PRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, June 2

World Wide Technology Raceway

FS1

3:30 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, June 9

Sonoma Raceway

FOX

3:30 p.m.

PRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, June 16

Iowa Speedway

USA

7:00 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, June 23

New Hampshire Motor Speedway

USA

2:30 p.m.

PRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, June 30

Nashville Superspeedway

NBC

3:30 p.m.

PRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, July 7

Chicago Street Race

NBC

4:30 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, July 14

Pocono Raceway

USA

2:30 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, July 21

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

NBC

2:30 p.m.

IMS/SiriusXM

Sunday, August 11

Richmond Raceway

USA

6:00 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, August 18

Michigan International Speedway

USA

2:30 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

Saturday, August 24

Daytona International Speedway

NBC

7:30 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, September 1

Darlington Raceway

USA

6:00 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, September 8

Atlanta Motor Speedway

USA

3:00 p.m.

PRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, September 15

Watkins Glen International

USA

3:00 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

Saturday, September 21

Bristol Motor Speedway

USA

7:30 p.m.

PRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, September 29

Kansas Speedway

USA

3:00 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, October 6

Talladega Superspeedway

NBC

2:00 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, October 13

Charlotte Roval

NBC

2:00 p.m.

PRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, October 20

Las Vegas Motor Speedway

NBC

2:30 p.m.

PRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, October 27

Homestead-Miami Speedway

NBC

2:30 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, November 3

Martinsville Speedway

NBC

2:00 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

Sunday, November 10

Phoenix Raceway

NBC

3:00 p.m.

MRN/SiriusXM

 

2025 NASCAR CUP SERIES SCHEDULE

 

Date

Race / Track

Sunday, February 2

Clash (Bowman Gray)

Sunday, February 16

DAYTONA 500

Sunday, February 23

Atlanta

Sunday, March 2

COTA

Sunday, March 9

Phoenix

Sunday, March 16

Las Vegas

Sunday, March 23

Homestead-Miami

Sunday, March 30

Martinsville

Sunday, April 6

Darlington

Sunday, April 13

Bristol

Sunday, April 27

Talladega

Sunday, May 4

Texas

Sunday, May 11

Kansas

Sunday, May 18

North Wilkesboro (All-Star Race)

Sunday, May 25

Charlotte

Sunday, June 1

Nashville Superspeedway

Sunday, June 8

Michigan

Sunday, June 15

Mexico City

Sunday, June 22

Pocono

Saturday, June 28

Atlanta

Sunday, July 6

Chicago Street Race

Sunday, July 13

Sonoma

Sunday, July 20

Dover

Sunday, July 27

Indianapolis

Sunday, August 3

Iowa

Sunday, August 10

Watkins Glen

Saturday, August 16

Richmond

Saturday, August 23

Daytona

Sunday, August 31

Darlington

Sunday, September 7

World Wide Technology Raceway

Saturday, September 13

Bristol

Sunday, September 21

New Hampshire

Sunday, September 28

Kansas

Sunday, October 5

Charlotte Roval

Sunday, October 12

Las Vegas

Sunday, October 19

Talladega

Sunday, October 26

Martinsville

Sunday, November 2

Phoenix (Championship)

 

 
       

 

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