Cup / Xfinity / Truck News
by John Davison
(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.
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Volume 2024, Issue 8, Posted 5:35 PM, 08.14.2024
by Ron Fleshman with John Davison
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.
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Volume 2024, Issue 8, Posted 7:14 AM, 08.12.2024
by John Davison
(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.”
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Volume 2024, Issue 7, Posted 7:40 PM, 07.21.2024
by John Davison
(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.”
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Volume 2024, Issue 7, Posted 6:47 PM, 07.20.2024
by Ron Fleshman and John Davison
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.
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Volume 2024, Issue 7, Posted 2:58 PM, 07.20.2024
by Ronald Fleshman
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.
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Volume 2024, Issue 7, Posted 10:31 PM, 07.19.2024
by Ronald Fleshman and John Davison
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.
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Volume 2024, Issue 7, Posted 5:26 PM, 07.19.2024
by John Davison
(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”.
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Volume 2024, Issue 7, Posted 4:35 PM, 07.19.2024
by John Davison
(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.
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Volume 2024, Issue 7, Posted 6:47 PM, 07.14.2024
by Ron Fleshman and John Davison
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.
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Volume 2024, Issue 7, Posted 8:07 PM, 07.13.2024
by Ronald Fleshman
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.
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Volume 2024, Issue 7, Posted 7:43 PM, 07.13.2024
by Ron Fleshman and John Davison
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.
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Volume 2024, Issue 7, Posted 9:02 PM, 07.12.2024
by Ronald Fleshman
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.
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Volume 2024, Issue 7, Posted 4:31 PM, 07.12.2024
by Ron Fleshman and John Davison
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.
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Volume 2024, Issue 7, Posted 10:04 PM, 07.07.2024
by Ronald Fleshman
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.
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Volume 2024, Issue 7, Posted 6:56 PM, 07.06.2024
by Ronald Fleshman and John Davison
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.
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Volume 2024, Issue 7, Posted 3:44 PM, 07.06.2024
by Ron Fleshman and John Davison
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.
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Volume 2024, Issue 7, Posted 1:11 PM, 07.06.2024
by John Davison
(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.
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Volume 2024, Issue 7, Posted 7:48 PM, 07.03.2024
by John Davison
(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.
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Volume 2024, Issue 6, Posted 10:41 PM, 06.30.2024
by Ronald Fleshman & John Davison
(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.
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Volume 2024, Issue 6, Posted 10:11 PM, 06.29.2024
by Ronald Fleshman & John Davison
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.
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Volume 2024, Issue 6, Posted 8:42 PM, 06.29.2024
by Ron Fleshman & John Davison
LEBANON, TN – JUNE 29, 2024 RIS – Ty Gibbs was fastest in Xfinity qualifying on Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway. His la; was 30.876 mph. He will start alongside Cole Custer on the front row for today’s race.
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Volume 2024, Issue 6, Posted 8:27 PM, 06.29.2024
by Ronald Fleshman
NASHVILLE, TN - RIS - It was a dominating win for Christian Eckes. Eckes went wire-to-wire in the Rackley Roofing 200, sweeping the stages and guiding the No. 19 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet to a 2.028-second margin of victory. His first win at the 1.33-mile concrete track was the eighth of his Truck Series career. The victory meant an extra $50,000 payday for Eckes as the winner of the third and final race in this year’s Triple Truck Challenge incentive program. Other winners of the bonus in the three-race series this season were Corey Heim and Nick Sanchez.
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Volume 2024, Issue 6, Posted 11:24 PM, 06.28.2024
by Ronald Fleshman
NASHVILLE, TN = RIS - For the first time since 2019, Stewart Friesen wins the pole award ahead of the Rackley Roofing 200 in a great effort from the 52. The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series veteran will lead the field to green tonight. On the other hand, these were many issues during qualifying.
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Volume 2024, Issue 6, Posted 7:03 PM, 06.28.2024
by Ronald Fleshman
NASHVILLE, TN - RIS - Chandler Smith was fastest in Friday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice session at Nashville Superspeedway. Smith turned a lap at 161.489 miles per hour in the No. 18 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota.
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Volume 2024, Issue 6, Posted 5:41 PM, 06.28.2024
by Ronald Fleshman and John Davison
LOUDON, N.H - RIS - Christopher Bell won the USA Today 301 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway Sunday, after the race was delayed for two hours due to weather. The win was Bell’s third this NASCAR Cup Series season
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Volume 2024, Issue 6, Posted 9:07 PM, 06.23.2024
by John Davison
(Loudon, NH – June 22, 2024 – RIS) Christopher Bell made an overtime last lap pass on both Cole Custer and Sheldon Creed for the win in the SciApps 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
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Volume 2024, Issue 6, Posted 6:55 PM, 06.22.2024
by Ronald Fleshman
LOUDON, NH – RIS – The news continues to break on the SHR collapse. Gene Haas will remain a presence in NASCAR in 2025 but with a different outlook.
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Volume 2024, Issue 6, Posted 3:43 PM, 06.22.2024
by Ronald Fleshman and John Davison
LOUDON, NH – RIS – Persistent rain has cancelled NASCAR qualifying today at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The field for Sunday’s race was set by the NASCAR performance metric, which is based in large part on the driver’s most recent finishing position and his team’s rank in owner points.
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Volume 2024, Issue 6, Posted 1:19 PM, 06.22.2024
by Ron Fleshman and John Davison
Loudon, NH – RIS – The rains came and finally NASCAR Xfinity qualifying was cancelled at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Friday. Cole Custer attained rights to the No. 1 spot for his Stewart Haas Racing No. 00 Ford Mustang due to NASCAR’s qualifying metric, which has The points leader in the series to take the number one position. Custer has a career-best finish of second at New Hampshire in 2019 and won here in 2014 in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
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Volume 2024, Issue 6, Posted 8:24 PM, 06.21.2024
by John Davison
(NEWTON, IOWA – JUNE 16, 2024 – RIS) Ryan Blaney led 201 of the 350 laps, winning the Iowa Corn 350 in front of a large crowd of relatives and a sellout crowd of fans. The tire problems feared after the Xfinity race woes did not occur, save for some blown right-side tires that had little effect on the track action. Multi-lane racing throughout the field, sometimes three-wide, added to the attraction of the event.
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Volume 2024, Issue 6, Posted 11:00 PM, 06.16.2024
by Ronald Fleshman and John Davison
NEWTON, IA – RIS – It took overtime, but Sam Mayer took first place in that extra run to win the Xfinity race at Iowa Speedway. In the three lap shootout, the two ran side by side until the final lap with Mayer got an advantage. Mayer, who led 47 laps in the 250-lap race, pulled ahead of Herbst on the restart after John Hunter Nemechek’s crash six laps from the finish.
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Volume 2024, Issue 6, Posted 7:26 PM, 06.15.2024
by Ronald Fleshman and John Davison
NEWTON, IA – RIS – The rains came and cancelled Xfinity qualifying at Iowa Speedway on Saturday, but it cleared enough to be able to have NASCAR Cup time trails. The Xfinity race will start later today with NASCAR’s performance metric system. The skies cleared enough to enable the Cup cars to qualify.
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Volume 2024, Issue 6, Posted 2:51 PM, 06.15.2024
by John Davison
(NEWTON, IOWA – JUNE 14, 2024 – RIS) Noah Gragson topped the practice charts for the Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol at Iowa Speedway, while flat tires sent several cars into the wall in the Cup session. Corey Heim headed the Xfinity Series practice for the HyVee Parks 250.
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Volume 2024, Issue 6, Posted 8:20 PM, 06.14.2024
by Ronald Fleshman
CONCORD, NC – RIS – Martin Truex, Jr. made an expected announcement today. Truex announced Friday that he plans to retire from full-time competition at the conclusion of the 2024 season. Truex, the 2017 title winner, has raced full-time in NASCAR’s premier series for nearly two decades, compiling 34 Cup wins, 146 top-five finishes and 287 top 10s.
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Volume 2024, Issue 6, Posted 5:23 PM, 06.14.2024
by Ronald Fleshman and John Davison
Sanoma, CA – RIS – Kyle Larson came on late in the race at the picturesque road course at Somona and went on to victory. Larson only led 19 of the 110 laps in the Toyota/Save Mart 350, and he claimed his second win on the 1.99-mile road course by 4.258 seconds. His third win of the season also marked the 26th of his Cup Series career.
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Volume 2024, Issue 6, Posted 8:23 PM, 06.09.2024
by John Davison
(SONOMA, CA – JUNE 8, 2024 – RIS) Australian Supercar champion Shane Van Gisbergen scored the trifecta of fastest in practice, winning the pole and then winning the race in his WeatherTech Chevy at Sonoma Raceway, winning his second consecutive Xfinity Series race.
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Volume 2024, Issue 6, Posted 11:36 PM, 06.08.2024
by John Davison
(SONOMA, CA – JUNE 8, 2024 – RIS) Joey Logano continued his string of top qualifying efforts on new surfaces, winning the pole for the Toyota / SaveMart 350 on newly-paved Sonoma Raceway.
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Volume 2024, Issue 6, Posted 8:50 PM, 06.08.2024
by Ronald Fleshman and John Davison
SONOMO, CA - RIS -Joey Logano won his fourth pole of 2024 in a fast run at Sonoma. The two-time Cup champion earned his 31st pole of his career, his first since the third race of the season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and his second at Sonoma.
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Volume 2024, Issue 6, Posted 7:37 PM, 06.08.2024
by John Davison
(SONOMA, CA – JUNE 8, 2024 – RIS) Fresh off his win at Portland International Raceway last weekend, Shane Van Gisbergen easily set a new track qualifying record for Sonoma Raceway’s Xfinity Series’ Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250 race, using the new pavement on the California wine country road course to beat out Ty Gibbs by 0.372 second with a lap in the final qualifying session of 1:14.677 at 95.933 mph.
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Volume 2024, Issue 6, Posted 5:20 PM, 06.08.2024