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KANSAS CITY, KANSAS – SEPTEMBER 29: Kyle Busch, driver of the #8 BetMGM Chevrolet, and Ross Chastain, driver of the #1 Kubota Chevrolet, race during the NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by ESPN BET at Kansas Speedway on September 29, 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Discussion Topics:
Cup: Hollywood Casino 400
KFB Spins and Melon Man Wins.
Ross holds off a late charge from Byron
Kyle Busch, who done it?
Chris Bell and Tyler Reddick miss out on many point-earning opportunities.
Justin Haley wrecks
Xfinity: Kansas Lottery 300
Aric Almirola wins again
Allgaier blows another one
Cole Custer mad at Chandler Smith
Riley Herbst mad at Austin Hill
Trucks: Kubota Tractor 200
Corey Heim wins
Daniel Dye/Ben Rhodes fall out of playoffs
News:
NASCAR says they will look at rule that eliminated Josh Berry in Kansas
BRISTOL, TENNESSEE – SEPTEMBER 21: Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on September 21, 2024 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
Discussion Topics:
Cup: Bass Pro Shops Night Race
Kyle Larson dominates
Did anything else happen?
Out of the playoffs: Gibbs, Keselowski, Truex and Burton
Gibbs/Truex pit road speeding penalties
Xfinity: Food City 300
Cole Custer wins the race and the regular season championship
Justin Allgaier gives another one away
Sheldon Creed finishes second AGAIN
Dale Jr. runs his “last” race (until his next one)
Trucks: UNOH 200
Layne Riggs wins second in a row, doesn’t throw his shoulder out of socket this time
Connor Zilisch wins the pole
News:
Justin Haley and Corey LaJoie swap rides THIS WEEK
Haley will be in the 7 next year
LaJoie not guaranteed anything for next season yet, but COULD stay in the 51
Geico is leaving as a NASCAR premier sponsor after this season. No more Geico Restart Zone.
Bubba Wallace signs multi-year extension with 23Xi
Nick Sanchez will drive for Big Machine Racing next year, replacing the retiring Parker Kligerman
Checkered Flags
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Black Flags
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Short track corner:
Kyle Crump won
Preview: Kansas
NASCAR Cup Series: Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by ESPN Bet, Sunday, 3 p.m. ET
NASCAR Xfinity Series: Kansas Lottery 300, Saturday, 4 p.m. ET
WATKINS GLEN, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 15: Chris Buescher, driver of the #17 BuildSubmarines.com Ford, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Cup Series Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International on September 15, 2024 in Watkins Glen, New York. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Discussion Topics:
Cup: Go Bowling at the Glen
Buescher and SVG battle in a great final lap.
Chris gets his sticker
1st Playoff race ever with no playoff drivers in the top 5
Blaney lap 1 crash – DVP issues?
Hamlin does Hamlin
Byron tries to escape the track with Brad
Brad pit issues
Larson pit issues
Bell and Reddick Spin
Many playoff drivers have issues all day
Are we sick of hearing about tire fall off forever?
Xfinity: Mission 200
Connor Zilisch wastes no time.
Also wins ARCA
Almost gives it away by skipping the inner loop
Carnage in the final laps
News:
Ty Norris leaves Trackhouse. May be heading to Kaulig.
HAMPTON, GEORGIA – SEPTEMBER 08: Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Autotrader Ford, Daniel Suarez, driver of the #99 Quaker State Chevrolet, and Ty Gibbs, driver of the #54 He Gets Us Toyota, race during the NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart at Atlanta Motor Speedway on September 08, 2024 in Hampton, Georgia. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA – SEPTEMBER 01: Chase Briscoe, driver of the #14 HighPoint.com Ford, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on September 01, 2024 in Darlington, South Carolina. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)
Discussion Topics:
Cup: Southern 500
Chase Briscoe outduels both Kyles to get a win and lock into the playoffs
Chris Buescher, Bubba Wallace, Ross Chastain, Kyle Busch miss playoffs
Tyler Reddick, sick, wins regular season championship
Larson dominates, but doesn’t win (common theme for the Southern 500)
Xfinity: Sport Clips Haircuts Help a Hero 200
Sheldon Creed loses another one
Chris Bell gets the victory
Playoff Standings via Diecast Charv:
Preseason Predictions Check-In
One big gamble:
Eric: Kyle Larson wins the Indianapolis 500 and Coca Cola 600 in the same day
James: Erik Jones makes final 8
Team to watch:
James: Legacy Motor Club
Eric: Spire Motorsports
Pick 2 drivers that made the playoffs last year who won’t make it in 2024. Can’t say Harvick.
Eric: McDowell and Stenhouse
James: McDowell and Stenhouse
Pick 2 new playoff drivers
James: Erik Jones, Ty Gibbs
Eric: Corey LaJoie, Ty Gibbs
Who will be the first driver to win their first race this season?
Eric: Ty Gibbs
James: Josh Berry
What will be the best race?
James: Spring Bristol
Eric: Coca Cola 600
What will be the worst race?
Eric: Watkins Glen
James: Spring Martinsville
Who will be our final 4?
James: Larson, Byron, Bell, Keselowski
Eric: Larson, Bell, Byron, Logano
Who will be our 2024 Champion?
Eric: Byron
James: Byron
News:
2025 schedule released
Mexico City for Cup/Xfinity
Rockingham for Xfinity and Trucks
Trucks replace Xfinity at Michigan
Trucks will race at Lime Rock Park
Brandon Jones buys another ride at JGR
Charter Negotiations going well?
Denny’s partner was wearing a shirt on pit road saying not to ask him about his charter
Denny implies on his podcast that part of the new ask is not to say anything bad about NASCAR.
DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA – SEPTEMBER 01: Chase Briscoe, driver of the #14 HighPoint.com Ford, tk the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on September 01, 2024 in Darlington, South Carolina. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)
When the history books are written, I don’t think there will be a bigger signing in 2024 than Joe Gibbs Racing tapping Chase Briscoe to replace the retiring Martin Truex Jr. in the 19 car.
I’ve had my doubts about Chase Briscoe over the years. I famously debated on the podcast as to whether there was more upside to signing Josh Berry than Chase Briscoe as Stewart-Haas Racing sold off.
There is no debate.
Josh Berry is a great driver. He’s an excellent short track racer and will win races in the NASCAR Cup Series, I have no doubt.
But Chase Briscoe is going to win a championship. Or many.
Chase Briscoe is a wheelman, and he proved it Sunday night in the Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. Not only did he get a walk-off victory that qualified him for the playoffs in the final regular season race, but he beat arguably two of the best ever in our sport to do it.
Briscoe first out-dueled Kyle Larson to take the lead late in the race, a driver who dominated the race, leading 263 laps of a 367-lap race, more than 70% of the event. But then he held off two-time Cup Series champion Kyle Busch, who is hungrier than ever to get back to victory lane.
Briscoe has had his share of poor performances. He’s made his mistakes, most notably during the Bristol Dirt Race, when he dive-bombed Tyler Reddick on the final lap, wrecking them both and giving the victory to Kyle Busch.
He also hasn’t performed well lately. But SHR has been on its way out for a few years now. Even Kevin Harvick struggled in an SHR car in the final years of his career. But Briscoe has had strong runs mixed in there, and Sunday night showed that he has the ability to strap the car to his back and get the most out of it, without making a mistake doing it.
Next year he will get behind the wheel of a car at one of the two best organizations in NASCAR. It’s not a sure thing that he will win there, but expectations should be high that he will. And often.
Chase Briscoe to JGR could be as big of a move in the history of NASCAR as Kyle Larson to Hendrick, Joey Logano to Penske, Kyle Busch to JGR. This could be a moment in history that we look back on as a turning point in a career.
Chase Briscoe will be a force to be reckoned with in 2025 and beyond.
In fact, now that he’s in the playoffs, he could be a force to be reckoned with in 2024, too.
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA – AUGUST 24: The pit crew of the #21 DEX Imaging Ford, celebrates after Harrison Burton wins the NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway on August 24, 2024 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Discussion Topics:
Cup: Coke Zero Sugar 400
Harrison Burton lives his dream and steals it from KFB
SHOULD Burton be in the playoffs?
Jeff Burton gets his Ned Jarrett moment.
Wood Brothers 100th Win
Parker Retzlaff, driving for an RCR-affiliated team, pushed another car past an RCR car for the win.
Right decision?
Did Brad blow it or did Cindric just not go?
Playoffs get yet another shake-up
We got flips (4 and 34)
Leigh Diffey was worth the wait.
Xfinity: Wawa 250 presented by Coca-Cola
Ryan. Truex. Jr.
Is it time for a full time ride for Truex?
An early crash shakes up the evening
Trucks: LiUNA 175 at the Milwaukee Mile
Layne Riggs gets a win and throws out his shoulder
Playoff Standings via Diecast Charv:
News:
Shane VanGisbergen to drive 88 for Trackhouse full time in Cup for 2025
Zane Smith gets the ax
Trackhouse secures third charter
Makes sense why Connor Zilisch is racing the 88 in Xfinity next year
Austin Dillon loses Richmond appeals and needs to win Darlington to make the playoffs.
BROOKLYN, MICHIGAN – AUGUST 19: Tyler Reddick, driver of the #45 McDonald’s Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Cup Series FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway on August 19, 2024 in Brooklyn, Michigan. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
Discussion Topics:
Cup: FireKeepers Casino 400
Tyler Reddick gets the win
Race postponed to Monday after 51 laps
Start times??? UGH.
Larson spins and takes out strong contenders in Bubba Wallace and Christopher Bell.
Corey LaJoie flips
Martin Truex Jr. Caution
Xfinity: Cabo Wabo 250
Justin Allgaier wins
Sheldon Creed with ANOTHER second (11 so far)
Dear NASCAR, Michigan is not a super speedway. Stop trying to make it one.
It didn’t race like a super speedway, but it sure wrecked like one
Three wrecks at the end of the backstraight
Kyle Sieg goes for wild ride at the end
NASCAR stopped the race with two-laps to go due to rain and dried the track to have an overtime finish. Result was the driver who was leading still won, and a car flipped. Right decision?
Playoff Standings via Diecast Charv:
News:
RCR is appealing Austin Dillon’s penalty from Richmond this week.
Haas Factory team announces Xfinity Lineup for 2025
Sheldon Creed and Sam Mayer
Joe Custer says batting 100% in Xfinity drivers moving to Cup, so Riley Herbst confirmed to Cup?
Joe Custer also said nothing to announce with regard to charters — could they keep more than one charter for next year?
Ben Kennedy announces the 2025 Clash will be held at Bowman Gray Stadium on Feb. 2, 2025.
Leigh Diffey officially taking over the NASCAR Cup Series broadcast starting this weekend in Daytona.
Rick Allen will call the Xfinity races for the rest of this season and next year on the CW
Did we get a sneak preview of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series schedule??
Checkered Flags
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Short track corner:
Preview and Olympic Break: Daytona
NASCAR Cup Series: Coke Zero Sugar 400 from Daytona, Saturday. 7:30 p.m. EDT on NBC
NASCAR Xfinity Series: Wawa 250 presented by Coca-Cola, Friday, 7:30 p.m. EDT on USA
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: LiUNA 175 at the Milwaukee Mile, Sunday, 4 p.m. EDT, on FS1
BROOKLYN, MICHIGAN – AUGUST 18: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Yahoo! Toyota, and Tyler Reddick, driver of the #45 McDonald’s Toyota, lead the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR Cup Series FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway on August 18, 2024 in Brooklyn, Michigan. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
Tyler Reddick won the 2024 FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway after two overtime attempts Monday, Aug. 19, 2024.
The race was postponed to Monday after 51 laps Sunday after two rain delays.
“It wasn’t really a smooth day,” Reddick said after the race. “We made some mistakes on pit road and put us in a bad spot going into stage three, but put us right behind the wreck, which was good I guess.”
He fell back a bit after pitstops later in the race, but was able to come back from that.
“We had to take more fuel than the 9 and some of those guys, so we had to go up there and pass them back,” he said.
Reddick said an assist from a quasi teammate was the last boost he needed to get the victory on the final restart.
“I got a really good push from Ty (Gibbs) on the last restart and pushed us back to the lead,” Reddick said.
Gibbs drives the 54 car for Joe Gibbs Racing, which Reddick’s team 23Xi has an affiliation with.
“You always hope it’s a teammate pushing you because things just line up better,” Reddick said, talking about bumpers, engine power, and more. “Brad (Keselowski has) always been a good pusher, he’s really good at understanding how these things work as well, so I would have felt good either way.”
“It just worked out really well,” Reddick said.
Denny Hamlin, the winning car owner, spoke to media following the race. He first commented on Bubba Wallace’s day. Bubba had a fast car, leading five laps on the day before being involved in an accident when Kyle Larson spun at the beginning of Stage 3. Bubba, who is fighting for a playoff spot, finished 26th.
“Super unfortunate for the 23,” Hamlin said. “That’s racing, so they say.”
He went on to add that it’s beneficial to have “two bullets in the gun” in two cars, because when Wallace faltered, Reddick was able to rebound and get the victory.
Reddick has been visibly upset with second-place finishes this season when he feels he should have won. Hamlin said that’s one of the things that’s great about having him as a driver — his will to improve.
“He’s always trying to get better,” Hamlin said. “He’s going to come away from this weekend with a laundry list of things he can do better and the team can do better, and that’s what I’m most impressed with.”
William Byron restarted on the final overtime attempt with the lead and chose the top for the restart. He said there was a lot of debate whether to take the top or the bottom.
“I felt like the bottom gives you a chance for sure, but it seems like the leader always takes top here, but it seems like he always gets beat pretty often,” Byron said. “I don’t know, I just feel like lane choice is really difficult here. If you’re the leader, the safe bet’s to take the top, but I feel like I’ll replay the fact that I could have won from the bottom.”
he added that choosing the other lane might not have made a difference in the end.
“He had a better car than us, he was faster on the long run, and he deserved it, but I would have liked to steal one for sure,” Byron said.
Check out some postrace video below and watch for more this week on The SuperSpeedway Podcast.
William Byron talks about his second-place finish at Michigan.
Brad Keselowski finished fifth at his home track Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.
Saturday at Michigan International Speedway includes practice and qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series as well as the Cabo Wabo 250 for the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Coverage from Saturday’s events can be found below and will be updated throughout the day.
Sheldon Creed talks about his day following the Cabo Wabo 250, where he finished second.
Kyle Busch’s full media availability at Michigan International Speedway where he discusses Richmond, teammate Austin Dillon, his past history with Joey Logano, and his thoughts on Michigan International Speedway.
Josh Berry talks about his chances at Michigan and where the track fits in on the Cup Series schedule.
Alex Bowman talks about his chances at Michigan and how the track fits in with the rest of the Cup schedule.
Carson Hocevar talks about preparing for his home race at Michigan International Speedway.
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