Cup / Xfinity / Truck News

WATKINS GLEN, NY – RIS – In a wild finish, Chris Buescher passed Shane van Gisbergen with a little nudge and went on to claim victory in the NASCAR Cup Series at The Glen in an overtime finish.  In the final lap of overtime, Shane Van Gisbergen put the bumper to Chris Buescher to snatch away the race lead. He held a slim advantage on the final lap but touched the Armco on entry to the bus stop chicane. This unsettled his No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet, allowing Buescher to close in on him with the No. 17 RFK Racing Ford and go on to victory.

WATKINS GLEN, NY - Ross Chastain was fastest in NASCAR Cup Series qualifying for Sunday's race at Watkins Glen International Speedway.  Chastain the charts at 122.279 mph. Martin Truex Jr. (122.052 mph), Shane van Gisbergen (121.864 mph), Alex Bowman (121.843 mph) and Austin Cindric (121.779 mph) rounded out the top five. 

WATKINS GLEN, NY – Connor Zilisch was fastest in qualifying for Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race.  Zilisch, piloting the No. 88 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports that he is slated to drive full time for the 2025 season, qualified with a speed of 124.176 mph on Saturday morning.

HAMPTON, GA -RIS – Joey Logan, with pushing help from teammate Ryan Blaney and won the opening NASCAQR Cup playoff race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday. Logano’s victory, his second of 2024, propels him into the Round of 12 in the NASCAR Playoffs. He and fellow playoff contender Daniel Suárez restarted alongside each other in overtime, each getting a push from their teammates with Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain pushing Suárez. Entering Turn 3 on the final lap, an errant shove from Chase Elliott put Chastain into the wall. The field stacked up behind, resulting in a multicar crash that involved playoff drivers Harrison Burton and Denny Hamlin.

HAMPTON, GA – Austin Hill pr0ved he is one of the best at drafting tracks as he persevered after a late-race “big one” to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday.  Hill claimed his third career win at Atlanta Motor Speedway while also winning the first two NASCAR Xfinity races of the 2024 season in overtime of the RAPTOR King of Tough 250 Saturday. Hill, in his No. 21 Richard Childress Chevrolet, became the first driver since Tony Stewart in 2008 to win the first two races of the season

(HAMPTON, GA – SEP 7, 2024 – RIS) In a replay of qualifying two weeks ago at Daytona, Michael McDowell and David Gilliland will start on the front row for the Quaker State 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The pole is McDowell’s fifth of the season and his fourth drafting track pole in a row. “I’m just so proud of everybody here at Front Row,” said McDowell after stepping out of the car. Denny Hamlin’s car never came up to speed, causing him to qualify last in the field for the second time in his career.

DARLINGTON,SC – RIS -  Chase Briscoe went three-wide to pass Kyle Larson and Ross Chastain for the lead, then outran two-time series champion Kyle Busch to win the Southern 500 on Sunday night and make the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs on Sunday at Darlington Raceway.

(DARLINGTON, SC – AUG 31, 2024 – RIS) Christopher Bell’s pit crew got him off of pit road approaching an overtime restart and he went on to capture his first NASCAR Xfinity Series race win by 0.351 second over Cole Custer

DARLINGTON, SC – AUG 31, 2024 – RIS) Bubba Wallace started to make amends for the disappointing season in the No. 23 Toyota, taking the pole position for the Cook Out Southern 500.

WEST ALLIS,, WI – Lance Riggs won his first Craftsman Truck Series race on Sunday at the Milwaukee Mile.  Ty Majeski finished second.  Both were racing Ford F-150’s.

DAYTONA BEACH, FL – RIS -Harrison Burton won his first career NASCAR Cup Series race in overtime after getting by Kyle Busch on the final restart and rocketing in front of the field to earn a spot in the playoffs. Burton scored the Wood Brothers Racing’s 100th win and earned his first victory in 98 starts. Busch finished second behind the No. 21.

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL – AUG 23, 2024 – RIS) In a race interrupted by seven cautions, including a red flag for cleanup leading to an overtime finish, Ryan Truex scored his second victory of the 2024 season and third career win. Truex’ win came under caution when a spin in overtime by AJ Allmendinger brought out the caution after the white flag flew.

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL – AUG 23, 2024 – RIS) Michael McDowell and Todd Gilliland sped to the front row starting positions for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 race, putting the No. 38 and No. 34 Fords from Front Row Motorsports in front of the field for Saturday’s regular season final race in the NASCAR Cup Series shedule. “I’m just so proud of everybody at Front Row Motorsports,” said McDowell after the qualifying sessions. “To have both cars on the front row is amazing,” he continued.

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL – AUG 23, 2024 – RIS) After an eight-year reign in Xfinity Series drafting track qualifying, Chevrolet’s streak ended at Daytona when an the lightning from an adjacent thunderstorm halted qualifying after the first round. This let Chandler Smith claim his first Daytona pole, flanked by Austin Hill, with AJ Allmendinger and Joe Graf on the second row. 

(BROOKLYN, MI – AUG 19, 2024 – RIS) Talladega winner earlier this year Tyler Reddick held off challenges from William Byron to win the rain-interrupted FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Byron finished second, with Ty Gibbs, Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski completing the top five finishing positions.

(BROOKLYN, MI – AUG 18, 2024 – RIS) Weather won Sunday at Michigan International Speedway, delaying the start of the race and then halting it before the second stage could be started, causing NASCAR to schedule the finish of the race until 11:00 Monday morning. Chase Elliott was leading as the red flag halted the day’s action, with Martin Truex, Bubba Wallace, Alex Bowman and Tyler Reddick the rest of the top five when the race restarts Monday.

BROOKLYN, MI – RIS – Jason Allgaier won his second race of the 2024 NASCAR  Xfinity Series  on Saturday at Michigan International Speedway.  The race ended in overtime with Allgaier winning after a short rain shower.The  race ended in a two-lap overtime finish. Justin Allgaier jumped ahead, but the Joe Gibbs Racing duo of Sheldon Creed and John-Hunter Nemechek were in hot pursuit.

(BROOKLYN, MI – AUG 17, 2024 – RIS) Rain halted the practice session for NASCAR Cup racers after only a few laps and continued to fall, forcing qualifying to be cancelled and the starting lineup for Sunday’s Fire Keepers 400 to be set by NASCAR’s rulebook instead of time on the track. This puts Denny Hamlin on the pole, flanked by Tyler Reddick with Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott the remainder of the top five starters. Last weeks’ winner at Richmond, Austin Dillon, will start tenth on the field.

(BROOKLYN, MI – AUG 16, 2024 – RIS) Sheldon Creed ran third fastest in practice, then jumped to the top of the time chart in qualifying for the Cabo Wabo 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Michigan International Speedway. This is Creed’s third career pole and second first start in the 2024 season. Creed’s lap of 41.947 sec at 171.645 mph beat out Riley Herbst’s effort by 0.101 second.

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL – AUG 14, 2024 – RIS) NASCAR announced that penalties will be levied against Austin Dillon, RCR and Dillon’s spotter after the bump and run finish at Richmond Sunday evening. Joey Logano was also fined $50,000, apparently for his comments following the race which saw him knocked out of the lead by Dillon as they approached the checkered flag.

RICHMOND, VA – RIS - Austin Dillon turned Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin in a chaotic short-track overtime Sunday night, claiming the Cook Out 400 in the NASCAR Cup Series' return to action in Richmond, Virginia.

(SPEEDWAY, IND – JULY 21, 2024 – RIS) Kyle Larson, in a car wearing flashes of the McLaren ‘papaya’ orange from his attempt to run the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 “double” in May, won the Brickyard 400 in double overtime. This is Larson’s fourth win of the season, his first at Indianapolis and owner Rick Hendrick’s eleventh win on the “Brickyard.”

(SPEEDWAY, IN – JULY 20, 2024 – RIS) Riley Herbst took the NASCAR Xfinity Series Pennzoil 250 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for his second career Xfinity win, in a thrilling final lap battle with teammate Cole Custer and Aric Almirola. “Thisis the most famous race track in the world – it’s an honor just to walk into this place,” said Herbst in celebrating the victory. “I’m going to go drink beer and turn by phone off for three weeks.”

SPEEDWAY, IN – RIS – Tyler Reddick scorched the field in winning the pole position for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  Reddick had been fastest in practice sessions, and he followed it up with a hot lap to surpass team owner Denny Hamlin.  It will be an all-Toyota front row start for the event. Reddick was the final driver to put down a lap  in his first career start at the Brickyard 400 with a speed of 181.932 mph.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - RIS - Ty Majeski went looking for his first win of the season and found it at Indianapolis Speedway Park on Friday night.  The driver of the No. 98 ThorSport Racing Ford cemented a spot in the Round of 8 in dominating fashion, leading 179 of 200 laps, sweeping the first two stages of the race and beating pole winner and runner-up Christian Eckes to the finish line by 3.422 seconds.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – RIS -  Christian Eckes claimed the pole position in qualifying for the TSport 200 NASCAR Crafsman Truck Series at Indianapolis Motor Park. Ty Majeski will join him on the front row. Lawless Alan and Tyler Ankrum had issues in qualifying and were unable to post times. They’ll start at the back of the pack AT Indianapolis Speedway Motor Speedway Raceway Park.

(SPEEDWAY, IN – JULY 19, 2024 – RIS) Chandler Smith and Tyler Reddick set the quick times in Xfinity and Cup Series practice sessions at Indianapolsi Motor Speedway to set the scene for qualifying at the races on the “Brickyard”. 

(LONG POND, PA – JULY 14, 2024 – RIS) NASCAR Cup Series champion Ryan Blaney won his second race of 2024, leading only once, for the finall 44 laps, the most of any driver and ahead of runner-up Denny Hamlin by 2.373 seconds at the end of the Great American Getaway 400 race in front of a sell-out crowd at the triangular 2.5-mile track. 

LONG POND, PA -  RIS - Reigning Xfinity Series champion Cole Custer scored his first victory of the season, taking the checkered flag Saturday at Pocono Raceway.  At the end, Custer, Jason Allgaier, and William Bowman.  Bowman, though close behind the two faded and Custer took the advantage with six laps to go and went on to his first victory of 2024.

LONG POND, PA – RIS - Ty Gibbs was fastest in NASCAR Cup qualifying on Saturday.  Gibbs, driving the No. 54 Toyota owned by his grandfather, Joe Gibbs, won the pole with a lap averaging 170.031 mph around the 2.5-mile track.

LONG POND, PA – RIS - Corey Heim won Friday evening’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway after leading a race-high 55 laps. It's the fifth victory of the season for Heim, who swept both stages as well around the 2.5-mile Pennsylvania circuit.

Rain led to the cancelation of NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series qualifying on Friday, July 12, at Pocono Raceway, handing the pole to Christian Eckes based on the qualifying metric NASCAR has in place.  Eckes, the series points leader, will start on the front row alongside Corey Heim. Heim is 40 points behind the driver of the No. 19 Chevy.

CHICAGO, IL – RIS – Alex Bowman came on after the last pit stop and despite real competition from Joey hand and Tyler Reddick, held on to win the race and qualify for the NASCAR Cup series playoffs.  It was Bowman's first win in 80 races.

CHICAGO, IL - RIS - Shane van Gisbergen is 2 for 2 in racing in the streets of America's third largest city. After his breakout success last summer, the Australian Supercars champion made the decision to come over and race in America first time, signing a contract with Kaulig Racing for the full Xfinity season. A year later, he's a threat for the championship with his remarkable road course results and modern success on ovals.

CHICAGO, IL - RIS - Kyle Larson nipped Shane van Gisbergen for the NASCAR Cup race in the Chicwgo streets on Saturday.  Larson had the top overall average lap speed at 89.549 mph while van Gisbergen was close behind at 89.434 mph. Both drivers ran in the first 20-minute session of the day. Earlier in the day, van Gisbergen edged Larson for the pole in Saturday’s Xfinity Series race.

CHICAGO, IL – RIS - Shane van Gisbergen was fastest in Saturday’s qualifying for today’s street course through downtown Chicago. The New Zealander turned the fastest lap overall in two-round qualifying with a speed of 88.543 mph. Van Gisbergen, a two-time winner on road courses in 2024, won his second pole of the season in the No. 97 Chevrolet for Kaulig Racing.

(CONCORD, NC – JULY 3, 2024 – RIS) Wood Brothers Racing and Josh Berry announced this morning that Berry will be moving into the seat of the No. 21 Mustang for the 2025 NASCAR Cup season.

(LEBANON, TN – JUNE 30, 2024 – RIS) Joey Logano became the eleventh winner in NASCAR Cup Series races for 2024, taking the Ally 400 on the fifth overtime restart after a rainstorm halted the race for an hour and 21 minutes.

(LEBANON, TN - JUNE 29, 2024 - RIS) John Hunter  Nemechek won with  Chandler Smith right behind on Saturday Nemechek, a Mooresville, North Carolina native and the son of former NASCAR Cup driver Joe Nemechek, won the 30th annual All-American 400 at Nashville Fairgrounds in 2015. Joe Nemechek also raced at Nashville Fairgrounds early in his career. 

LEBANON, TN – JUNE 29, 2024 - RIS – Denny Hamlin was the last to qualify, but he was the fastest and rewarded with the pole position for Sunday’s race at Nashville Speedway on Saturday. Joining Hamlin on the front row will be Stewart-Haas Racing’s Josh Berry. With a new qualifying format being used, Berry, the fastest of those from group A with a speed of 159.749 mph, will make his second runner-up start of his career, tying his career-best starting position.