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Recap: Las Vegas

Cup: South Point 400

• Denny Hamlin gets career win 60 and gets one more shot at the Championship.
  • Is this it?  
• William Byron has the script flipped in a moment
• RYB enters must win territory

Xfinity: Focused Health 302

• Aric Almirola will race for a championship

News

• Horsepower is creeping back up to 750 in select races in 2026
  • https://www.jayski.com/2025/10/08/teams-to-run-750hp-engines-at-road-courses-and-tracks-shorter-than-1-5-miles-in-2026/ 
• It sure sounds like the points system is about to really change, according to Steve O.
  • Eric wants to talk about “star power”
• Harrison Burton leaving AM Motorsports at the end of the season
  • JRM?
• Tickets are on sale for Chicagoland in 2026

Checkered Flags or Black Flags

Preview: DEGA

Weekend Schedule

• NASCAR Cup Series: YellaWood 400, Sunday, 2 p.m. EDT, NBC
• NASCAR Xfinity Series: United Rentals 250, Saturday, 4 p.m. EDT, CW
• NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Love’s RV Stop 225, Friday, 4 p.m. EDT, FS1

• Cup Picks

• James: William Byron
• Eric: Ryan Blaney

Fantasy League

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