Buckle up, Nashville. The Slush Motorsports Festival is back at Nashville Superspeedway on Saturday, September 13th, and it’s bringing serious horsepower to the track! This high-octane celebration of motorsports and custom car culture is set to feature top-tier racing talent alongside one of the region’s most exciting car shows—presented by Elite Customs of Franklin, TN.

“Elite Customs is thrilled to be a proud sponsor of the annual Slush Motorsports event,” said Rich McClellan, owner of Elite Customs. “Attendees are going to love every aspect—from the incredible cars on display to the wheel-to-wheel racing. I’m especially looking forward to judging the car show and seeing the creativity and craftsmanship up close.”
The Slush Motorsports Car Show, powered by Elite Customs, will showcase vehicles across 35+ categories, including imports, domestics, exotics, classics, muscle cars, trucks, Jeeps, motorcycles, and more. All makes and models are welcome, and one standout will take home the coveted Best in Show award. Attendees can view hundreds of stunning custom builds and vote for their favorites.

Car show participants can also take their builds on track with a driver’s pass, allowing access to high-speed driving experiences. Spectators and drivers alike will enjoy a full day of action, including drag and roll racing, autocross, drifting, hot laps, and 2-step competitions.

“Elite Customs is all about quality, precision, and passion,” says Slush Motorsports CEO Philip Thomas. “That’s why they’re the perfect partner to present the car show. Their builds speak for themselves. They truly understand the dedication it takes to create a show-worthy car. Elite Customs shares our passion for the community, craftsmanship, and the culture of motorsports.”

The festival is a playground for car lovers and adrenaline junkies alike. Professional driver appearances include Formula Drift Drivers Connor O’Sully, Hooman Rahimi and Alex Lichliter, all hitting the track. Other attractions include “Big Kid Energy” drift carts, Podium1’s state-of-the-art SIM racing rigs, a car stereo competition and the Cookeville Hobbies RC drift course, where attendees can bring their own RC cars to join the fun.

For event details, schedules, tickets, and more, visit SlushMotorsports.com.

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Shane van Gisbergen struck again.

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y – By virtue of a solid, fourth-place run and nine stage points at Watkins Glen International on Sunday, William Byron extended his advantage atop the NASCAR Cup Series regular season points standings. 

Byron entered with an 18-point lead over Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott and kept his No. 24 RAPTOR Chevrolet clean all event long in stretching that advantage to 42 markers. Just two races remain in the regular season with stops at Richmond Raceway and Daytona International Speedway left. 

Elliott, who came home 26th on Sunday, still has time to cut into that lead. Kyle Larson continues to lead the way for Hendrick Motorsports in the Cup Series playoff standings. His three wins have him in a tie for third with Christopher Bell.  

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Finally, Alex Bowman continued to maintain a healthy margin to the playoff cutline now 60 points up in 15th place. 

Here’s a look at the NASCAR playoff standings through 24 races in the 2025 season: 

NASCAR race results from Watkins Glen International

NASCAR Cup Series drivers are on the grid in Watkins Glen, New York. The 2.45-mile road course of Watkins Glen International is set to host the Go Bowling at the Glen.

View Watkins Glen results for the NASCAR Cup Series below.

Watkins Glen Menu
ARCA: Prac/Qual | Race
Truck: Prac/Qual | Race
Xfinity: Prac/Qual | Race
Cup: Prac/Qual | Race

TV Schedule for Watkins Glen

Ryan Blaney and Shane van Gisbergen set the front row. 90 laps of stock car racing are up next…

Watkins Glen
Stage 1 – Report

Laps: 20 (1-20 / 90)

Green flag, they side-by-side into turn one. Blaney outbrakes him but van Gisbergen crosses under him into turn two. Blaney holds him off as they roll up the hill.

Lap 6, Kyle Larson spins into turn one. “I have no brakes,” Larson says over the radio as he heads for the pit lane.

2 to go in stage one, Blaney and van Gisbergen pit in tandem. Blaney wins the race to the pit exit.

Chris Buescher stays out and he takes the stage one win!

Watkins Glen Results (Stage 1) : 1. Chris Buescher; 2. Alex Bowman; 3. Ryan Preece; 4. Chase Elliott; 5. John Hunter Nemechek; 6. Ricky Stenhouse Jr; 7. Ryan Blaney; 8. Shane van Gisbergen; 9. Chase Briscoe; 10. Cody Ware

Watkins Glen
Stage 2 – Report

Laps: 20 (21-40 / 90)

Alex Bowman pits from 2nd as Chris Buescher stays out.

Green flag on stage two, Preece clears Buescher before turn one. Shane van Gisbergen makes it three wide for 3rd, he’s coming to the front on fresh tires.

Shane van Gisbergen run three wide for 2nd into the bustop! He takes 2nd away but he’s not done. He dives inside of Preece into turn six. Shane van Gisbergen takes the lead away in just one lap.

Lap 28, Ty Gibbs tags the bumper of Josh Berry exiting turn five. Berry tags the wall, no caution.

Chase Elliott heads for the pit lane. Moments later, the caution is out from debris.

Green, van Gisbergen clears Blaney in turn one to hold the race lead.

3 to go in stage two, van Gisbergen pits from the lead.

1 to go in stage two, Ty Gibbs shoves John Hunter Nemechek into the carousel wall! He keeps it rolling, no caution.

Ryan Blaney stays out and he wins stage two at WGI!

Watkins Glen Results (Stage 2) : 1. Ryan Blaney; 2. William Byron; 3. Christopher Bell; 4. AJ Allmendinger; 5. Brad Keselowski; 6. Riley Herbst; 7. Alex Bowman; 8. Ricky Stenhouse Jr; 9. Ty Gibbs; 10. Ryan Preece

Watkins Glen
Stage 3 – Report

Laps: 50 (41-90 / 90)

Green flag on stage three, Blaney gets the jump and he clears Byron before the flagstand.

Lap 45, Kyle Busch is turned around in turn 7 as Denny Hamlin and Ross Chastain were three wide, no caution.

Lap 54, Shane van Gisbergen has a run on Blaney out of the carousel. He dives inside into turn six and with fresher tires, he drives right by. Shane van Gisbergen returns to the lead.

29 to go

29 to go, Shane van Gisbergen leads Ross Chastain by 19 seconds. The green flag pit cycle is underway.

27 to go, race leader van Gisbergen and Chastain head for the pit lane.

25 to go, Daniel Suarez shoves Kyle Busch off track as they run side-by-side in the bus stop. No caution as Busch keeps it rolling.

16 to go, Brad Keselowski is the last car to pit. Shane van Gisbergen cycles back to the race lead. Chris Buescher and William Byron trail by 2 seconds.

10 to go, van Gisbergen leads Buescher by 4 seconds. He’s driving away.

6 to go, Brad Keselowski picks up a flat tire, no caution.

1 to go, Bell has a run on Buescher into the bus stop. Bell clears him and takes 2nd away.

Shane van Gisbergen wins at Watkins Glen International!

Watkins Glen International
Race Results
August 10, 2025
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver

1. Shane van Gisbergen

2. Christopher Bell

3. Chris Buescher

4. William Byron

5. Ryan Blaney

6. Chase Briscoe

7. Daniel Suarez

8. Bubba Wallace

9. Tyler Reddick

10. Ross Chastain

11. AJ Allmendinger

12. Erik Jones

13. Ryan Preece

14. Joey Logano

15. Austin Dillon

16. Austin Cindric

17. Zane Smith

18. Carson Hocevar

19. Michael McDowell

20. Alex Bowman

21. Noah Gragson

22. Kyle Busch

23. Ricky Stenhouse Jr

24. Riley Herbst

25. Denny Hamlin

26. Chase Elliott

27. Justin Haley

28. Todd Gilliland

29. Cody Ware

30. Ty Dillon

31. Brad Keselowski

32. John Hunter Nemechek

33. Ty Gibbs

34. Cole Custer

35. Josh Berry

36. Katherine Legge

37. Josh Bilicki

38. JJ Yeley

39. Kyle Larson

NASCAR Cup Series
Playoff Standings

Pos | Driver | Wins | Points

1. Denny Hamlin
4 Wins

2. Shane van Gisbergen
4 Wins

3. Christopher Bell
3 Wins

4. Kyle Larson
3 Wins

5. William Byron
2 Wins

6. Chase Elliott
1 Win

7. Ryan Blaney
1 Win

8. Chase Briscoe
1 Win

9. Bubba Wallace
1 Win

10. Joey Logano
1 Win

11. Ross Chastain
1 Win

12. Austin Cindric
1 Win

13. Josh Berry
1 Win

14. Tyler Reddick
+117

15. Alex Bowman
+60

16. Chris Buescher
+34

— Playoff Cutline —

17. Ryan Preece
-34

18. Kyle Busch
-102

19. Ty Gibbs
-125

20. AJ Allmendinger
-129

Watkins Glen International
Video Highlights

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Zach Wigal wired all 25 laps to capture Friday night’s USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget feature victory at Findlay, Ohio’s Millstream Speedway.

The 2023 series champion from Belpre, Ohio started from the pole and never looked back as he raced to his second triumph of the series season by a 0.691 second margin in a race that was slowed by only one caution.

Joining Wigal on the podium was Jakeb Boxell (Zanesville, Indiana) and Matt Lux (Manilla, Indiana).

Bryce Massingill (Troy, Ohio) entered the race as the series point leader but crashed out of the feature. Furthermore, Luke Hall (Ludlow Falls, Ohio), fourth in points, dropped out early with mechanical issues, opening the door for Tyler Nelson, Matt Lux and Wigal to advance up the standings.

Lux was the VMS Motorsports Fast Qualifier, turning a 16.161 second lap. Wigal won the Performance Electronics First Heat while Boxell captured the Stiefel Home & Auto Second Heat as Ian Creager (Covington, Ohio) scored the Hoosier Auto Racing Fan Club Third Heat.

Michael Magic (Winder, Georgia) earned his second consecutive Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger award. Back in the family owned No. 5m, he started 16th and raced up to an eighth place feature finish.

Massingill received the Lynn Cook A Racers Friend Hard Luck award after flipping on lap 13 of the feature while running in second place. He was uninjured, but the crash ended his two race series winning streak.

Boxell took the Rosewood Machine and Tool Company Precision Move of the Race. Boxell is always an exciting competitor with multiple Precision Move awards to his credit over the last several years. Starting fifth, Boxell moved into the second spot on lap 17, 1.9 seconds behind race leader Wigal. Over the final eight laps, Boxell closed to within 0.691 seconds as he charged to the front, running his fastest lap of the night on lap 19.

Abby Hohlbein received the LynK Chassis cash bonus for finishing in the 10th position during the feature.

Creager picked up the Wilwood Disc Brakes Tough Brake of the Race gift certificate after pulling the number nine pill in the feature redraw. Creager went on to finish fifth in the feature.

Taten Long (Miller City, Ohio) was the recipient of a Saldana Racing Products gift certificate after being the first driver out of the feature.

USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 8, 2025 – Millstream Speedway – Findlay, Ohio‍

VMS MOTORSPORTS FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Matt Lux, 5, Wells-16.161; 2. Zach Wigal, 18, Wigal-16.338; 3. Ryan Moran, 01, Moran-16.479; 4. Chett Gehrke, 10, Moore-16.579; 5. Abby Hohlbein, 11H, Hohlbein-16.630; 6. Cody Dye, 4T, Dye-17.501; 7. Derrick Noffsinger, 18N, Noffsinger-18.017; 8. Michael Magic, 5m, Magic-NT

VMS MOTORSPORTS SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Bryce Massingill, 35, Massingill-16.560; 2. Cole Morgan, 7m, Morgan-16.566; 3. Tyler Nelson, 91, Nelson-16.663; 4. Buddy Hollmeyer, 11, Taylor-17.243; 5. Taten Long, 99, Long-17.806; 6. Alex Watson, 3w, Watson-NT; 7. Jakeb Boxell, 44JB, Boxell/Merkler-NT.

VMS MOTORSPORTS THIRD QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Luke Hall, 74, Heitmeyer-16.362; 2. Wes Pinkerton, 211, Pinkerton-16.482; 3. Ian Creager, 36, Creager-16.683; 4. Jon Watson, 2w, Watson-17.080; 5. Brayden Schwartz, 55s, Schwartz-17.115; 6. Dylan Trost, 21, Trost-17.167; 7. Jim Jones, 97, Jones-17.963.

PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Zach Wigal (3), 2. Chett Gehrke (1), 3. Matt Lux (4), 4. Ryan Moran (2), 5. Abby Hohlbein (5), 6. Michael Magic (8), 7. Derrick Noffsinger (7), 8. Cody Dye (6). NT

STIEFEL’S HOME & AUTO SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jakeb Boxell (7), 2. Bryce Massingill (4), 3. Tyler Nelson (2), 4. Cole Morgan (3), 5. Buddy Hollmeyer (1), 6. Taten Long (5). NT

HOOSIER AUTO RACING FANS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Ian Creager (2), 2. Luke Hall (4), 3. Wes Pinkerton (3), 4. Brayden Schwartz (1), 5. Dylan Trost (5), 6. Jim Jones (6), 7. Jon Watson (7). NT

FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Zach Wigal (1), 2. Jakeb Boxell (5), 3. Matt Lux (3), 4. Chett Gehrke (4), 5. Ian Creager (9), 6. Wes Pinkerton (7), 7. Tyler Nelson (6), 8. Michael Magic (16), 9. Cole Morgan (11), 10. Abby Hohlbein (13), 11. Dylan Trost (15), 12. Brayden Schwartz (12), 13. Buddy Hollmeyer (14), 14. Derrick Noffsinger (19), 15. Jim Jones (18), 16. Jon Watson (20), 17. Cody Dye (21), 18. Alex Watson (22), 19. Bryce Massingill (2), 20. Ryan Moran (10), 21. Luke Hall (8), 22. Taten Long (17). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Zach Wigal.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: August 16, 2025 – Montpelier Motor Speedway – Montpelier, Indiana

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

VMS Motorsports Fast Qualifier: Matt Lux (16.161)

Performance Electronics First Heat Winner: Zach Wigal

Stiefel’s Home & Auto Second Heat Winner: Jakeb Boxell

Hoosier Auto Racing Fans Third Heat Winner: Ian Creager

Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Michael Magic (16th to 8th)

LynK Chassis 10th Place Bonus: Abby Hohlbein

Saldana Racing Products First Out: Taten Long

Wilwood Disc Brakes Tough Brake (Highest Pill Drawn): Ian Creager

Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move: Jakeb Boxell

Lynn Cook A Racer’s Friend Hard Luck: Bryce Massingill

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Rising NASCAR racing star Connor Zilisch broke his collarbone, he said, after a dramatic fall from the roof of his car, where he had just climbed up to celebrate a win.

The 19-year-old had claimed victory in his sixth race of the season in NASCAR’s second tier on Saturday, and shimmied out the window of his Chevrolet to perch on the roof in celebration.

But one foot appeared to slip on his window netting, and to the horror of the watching crowd he crashed to the pavement on Victory Lane at Watkins Glen International in New York.

The terrifying moment was caught on camera, but NASCAR said the Xfinity Series driver was “awake and alert” as he was rushed to hospital. 

“I’m out of the hospital and getting better already. Thankfully, CT scans for my head are clear, I just have a broken collarbone,” Zilisch posted on X shortly after.

“Thankful for all the medics for quick attention and grateful it wasn’t any worse,” added Zilisch, who had to be carried to an ambulance on a stretcher. 

CBS Sports said Zilisch’s series of wins have seen him emerge as “perhaps NASCAR’s brightest young star.”

He had been scheduled to compete again Sunday, but was forced to withdraw, CBS said. 

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