Now that Acura Meyer Shank Racing’s Nick Yelloly broke one long IMSA streak by taking the pole position in Detroit on Friday, he’s looking to end another on Saturday.

“Yes,” the Englishman said confidently when asked about the possibility of ending Porsche Penske Motorsport’s unbeaten run in 2025 after snapping a run of four straight poles for BMW and driver Dries Vanthoor.

Meyer Shank’s hotshoe said he was a big fan of street circuits leading into this weekend’s race around the Detroit Renaissance Center, but now the affinity is “a bit more” after getting his first career IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship pole position.

“It’s the best place to start, definitely, on any street circuit,” Yelloly said. “Having been on pole, actually, at a few street circuits, it usually makes your life quite a bit easier. I obviously know this circuit from last year already, and we were pretty fast last year already as a combination (with BMW M Team RLL). I felt very good in the race last year, but now, back with Acura and Meyer Shank, I’m super happy to get my first pole in IMSA.”

The pole run was the first for Meyer Shank Racing since the 2023 round at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, the first since the team returned from its 2024 sabbatical, and the first for the new #93 team, which is engineered by Honda Racing Corporation US.

With MSR’s No. 60 ARX-06 of Tom Blomqvist and Colin Braun qualifying second, it makes for an all-Acura front row – the first time the Shank team had locked out an overall front row in IMSA since the 2008 Rolex 24 At Daytona.

Yelloly and van der Zande have been together for some time, making this pole that much sweeter. Jake Galstad/IMSA

“We’ve been working so hard to make sure we get everything right,” Yelloly says of the No. 93 squad. “Chipping away, week after week. I mean, the program is so new; we all got together in November only last year, and I think we go from strength to strength every weekend, and we’re just getting better and better. It’s a sign of things to come.

“I think it’s an amazing achievement. Obviously, [HRC has] been in motorsport beforehand, but never actually ran a car specifically that is theirs and controlled by them. We share everything across both cars, and we work together as a two-car team. I’m super happy for all the guys and girls over on the HRC side and the Meyer Shank side. They’ve been working their little tails off for a long time, with some results that really haven’t gone our way.

“Now, to give them our, let’s say, first little high point is very, very nice,” he affirmed.

To defeat his former team in qualifying, Yelloly grabbed provisional pole and continued to improve, lap after lap, all the way to the end of the 15-minute GTP qualifying session. He also had the usual close calls with the barriers that comes with the territory of street circuits, and was disrupted slightly by Aston Martin’s Roman de Angelis going off an escape road and reversing back onto the course.

“I knew I’d done a relatively good lap already,” Yelloly recalled, “I can’t remember if it was the Aston or a BMW that went long in turn one. We did a cool-down lap and I knew I had two laps to go at the end. … I put it all on the line and rubbed the wall a few times, but it was just enough to get that pole. it’s great to have the one-two. Tom’s a great driver, and when we qualify, we’re usually very close. This time, it was my time, but I’m glad to be sharing the front row with him.”

Meyer Shank Racing’s pole at the course formerly known as Mosport two years ago was also the last time in GTP that the pole-winning car went on to win the race. Even last year, Wayne Taylor Racing’s Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque started fourth on their way to a win.

At Detroit, a course where on-track overtaking is expected to come at a premium unless drivers are ready to take big risks, pit strategy could be as one-dimensional as it was in the series’ last street race in Long Beach.

“I would say it depends on where you are after the time where you can fuel,” Yelloly pondered. “If there’s a yellow at the wrong time and you want to put on some tires and maybe rush through, there is a possibility to do so, but I think it’s going to be quite important to try and get a bit of a gap, whether that’s with the traffic or just on pace, and make sure you nail the driver change and then see from there.

“The people starting further back will maybe roll the dice more than the people at the front, with track position at such a premium.”

Depending on what risks Porsche is willing to take from the third row of the grid, they can’t be counted out, but at the moment, Acura Meyer Shank Racing is best-positioned to put a new manufacturer in the win column before Le Mans.

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series hits Nashville Superspeedway today (Saturday, May 31) for qualifying ahead of the Cracker Barrel 400.

This weekend’s event marks just the fifth time that the Cup Series has raced at the track in Tennessee, and last year, it was Denny Hamlin who came out on top in qualifying for Joe Gibbs Racing.

That day last June, Hamlin edged the likes of Christopher Bell and Josh Berry for pole, although in the end, the race itself went on to be won by Joey Logano in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford.

Of course, this weekend’s race comes right after the Coca Cola 600 at Charlotte last weekend, with an exciting finish on display when Ross Chastain snatched the lead from William Byron with six laps to go on Sunday night and never looked back.

Despite losing out on last weekend’s win, his dominance at the track and the fact that he swept all three stages in the race mean Byron tops the Cup Series standings heading into the weekend.

Kyle Larson sits second, meanwhile, with Bell, Chase Elliott and Tyler Reddick rounding out the current top five.

With that said, let’s get into all of the details you need to know ahead of today’s qualifying action!

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NASCAR Cup Series Nashville qualifying start times

The all-important qualifying session from Nashville Superspeedway kicks off on Saturday, May 31, at 5:40 pm ET.

Here are the start times converted to your local city and time zone.

Cup Series practice from Nashville Superspeedway takes place directly before qualifying at 4:30 pm ET.

How to watch NASCAR qualifying live on TV

Qualifying action from Nashville Superspeedway today will be broadcast live on Amazon Prime Video

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Broadcast details vary depending on your location. Please check below to see how you can catch the action in your country.

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Kyle Busch joins the field for the NASCAR Truck race at Nashville Superspeedway

NASCAR Truck Series drivers are on the grid in Nashville, Tennessee. The 1.33-mile of Nashville Superspeedway is set to host the Rackley Roofing 200.

View Nashville results for the NASCAR Truck Series below.

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Truck: Prac/Qual | Race
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Corey Heim Kaden Honeycutt set the front row. 150 laps of truck racing are up next…

Nashville Trucks
Stage 1 – Report

Laps: 45 (1-45 / 150)

Green flag, Heim is clear into turn one. The field scatters behind them as Layne Riggs wiggles off the bottom into the door of Honeycutt.

Lap 2, the caution is out as the truck of Frankie Muniz has dropped oil.

Green, Heim and Day run side by side into turn one. Rajah Caruth makes it three wide for the lead into turn three! Corey Day wins the battle off turn four. Heim fights back, Heim retakes the lead as they return to turn one.

Penalty: Kyle Busch will serve a pass-through penalty for a restart violation.

Lap 20, Layne Riggs works inside of Heim in the battle for the lead. Riggs to the lead!

1 to go, in stage one, Riggs throws a block on Heim into turn one. He holds the race lead.

Layne Riggs wins stage one at Nashville Superspeedway!

Nashville Results (Stage 1) : 1. Layne Riggs; 2. Corey Heim; 3. Rajah Caruth; 4. Daniel Hemric; 5. Kaden Honeycutt; 6. Corey Day; 7. Tyler Ankrum; 8. Grant Enfinger; 9. Bayley Currey; 10. Ben Rhodes

Nashville Trucks
Stage 2 – Report

Laps: 50 (46-95 / 150)

Riggs leads the field to the pit lane. Caruth wins the race to the pit exit.

Green flag on stage two, Caruth is clear into turn one.

Lap 56, Jack Wood spins into turn three. He collects Akinori Ogata and the caution is out.

Green, Heim clears Caruth into turn one to reclaim the lead.

Corey Heim wins stage two at Nashville Superspeedway!

Nashville Results (Stage 2) : 1. Corey Heim; 2. Layne Riggs; 3. Rajah Caruth; 4. Corey Day; 5. Kaden Honeycutt; 6. Grant Enfinger; 7. Bayley Currey; 8. Daniel Hemric; 9. Jake Garcia; 10. Dawson Sutton

Nashville Trucks
Stage 3 – Report

Laps: 55 (96-150 / 150)

Heim leads the field to the pit lane. Caruth wins the race to the pit exit once more.

Green flag on stage three, Caruth drives it deep to the bottom in turn one. He clears Heim for the lead.

25 to go, Caruth leads Heim by 1 second.

10 to go, Caruth works lap traffic. Heim has closed the gap. Caruth leads by just 0.4 seconds.

6 to go, Heim looks to the outside of Caruth into turn one. He can’t clear him. Heim throws a block on Riggs to hold 2nd.

2 to go, Heim and Riggs rub doors for 2nd. Caruth has opened the gap.

1 to go, Heim drives it deep into turn three for the final time but he can’t get there.

Rajah Caruth wins at Nashville Superspeedway!

Nashville Superspeedway
Race Results
May 30, 2025
NASCAR Truck Series

Pos | Driver

1. Rajah Caruth

2. Corey Heim

3. Layne Riggs

4. Daniel Hemric

5. Corey Day

6. Kaden Honeycutt

7. Chandler Smith

8. Ty Majeski

9. Bayley Currey

10. Grant Enfinger

11. Dawson Sutton

12. Jake Garcia

13. Gio Ruggiero

14. Ben Rhodes

15. Kyle Busch

16. Tanner Gray

17. Tyler Ankrum

18. Luke Fenhaus

19. Andres Perez

20. Jack Wood

21. Stewart Friesen

22. Matt Mills

23. Connor Mosack

24. William Sawalich

25. Matt Crafton

26. Spencer Boyd

27. Clayton Green

28. Nathan Byrd

29. Tyler Tomassi

30. Toni Breidinger

31. Akinori Ogata

32. Frankie Muniz

NASCAR Truck Series
Point Standings

Pos | Driver | Wins | Points

1. Corey Heim
4 Wins

2. Chandler Smith
2 Wins

3. Daniel Hemric
1 Win

4. Tyler Ankrum
1 Win

5. Rajah Caruth
1 Win

6. Grant Enfinger
+98

7. Layne Riggs
+87

8. Kaden Honeycutt
+70

9. Jake Garcia
+51

10. Ty Majeski
+48

— Playoff Cutline —

11. Gio Ruggiero
-48

12. Stewart Friesen
-49

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And I ain’t talking about George W. Bush. That’s right. I’m talking about his DADDY!

With the NASCAR season reaching the halfway point (sort of), the series has released updated marketing & merchandise numbers as we towards June. All the usual suspects are on the list, including Chase Elliott and the Earnhardt fellas. 

Yeah, Dale Sr. is STILL in the top-10 all these years later. That should shock nobody, by the way. 

Anyway, the big takeaway for me? For the first time in years – and I mean YEARS – there’s a new driver atop the list.

Kyle. Larson. 

Chase Elliott and NASCAR have a problem

That may not seem like much, but … it’s certainly a talker. And, more importantly, it spells bad news for Chase Elliott. 

Elliott has been the Cup Series’ Most Popular Driver – as voted on by the fans – since 2018. Before him, Dale Earnhardt Jr. held that title from 2003-17. 

Chase’s daddy, Bill Elliott, held it in 2002, Dale Sr. was obviously the choice in 2001, and Elliott again held it from 1991-2000. 

The last time an Elliott or an Earnhardt wasn’t No. 1? Darrell Waltrip, in 1990. Yeah, it’s been a while. 

Frankly, this is what I’ve been saying for years now. Hell, I said it last week, when IHOP chose to feature Dale Jr. in their brand-new commercial ahead of NASCAR’s debut on Amazon Prime. 

Dale Jr. has been retired for nearly a decade now, yet he’s still the most marketable face in the sport? That’s an issue. 

When Chase Elliott broke into the Cup Series in 2016, NASCAR banked on him being the new Dale Jr. For a while, it seemed like he would be. 

Chase piled up MPD awards, got into a fight with Denny Hamlin, won a ton of races for about a three-year stretch, and took home a Cup title in 2020. It was all ham and eggs! 

But, it appears, his recent cold streak has finally caught up to him – at least at this point in the 2025 season. Elliott has won one points-paying race in two years – and that came at Texas … in April of ’24. 

For that counting at home, that’s one win over the past 108 races. One. 

Beyond that, Chase just … doesn’t really seem interested in holding the mantle, which is perhaps the most depressing part of this equation. He’s a private dude, which is fine, but not great for marketing. With Kevin Harvick retired, and the 2017 Hamlin feud in the rearview, he no longer has any enemies on the track. 

Again, that’s good for Chase, but bad for marketing. 

And, most importantly, he just hasn’t won a ton over the past few seasons. At all, really. 

Kyle Larson, on the other hand, has won a billion races, led a billion laps, and is probably the most marketable driver in the series right now given his two recent attempts at the Indy 500. 

Obviously, these numbers don’t mean anything right now. And they could be just that – numbers. Chase Elliott fans are fierce, and they could easily push Chase across the finish line once again later this year when Most Popular Driver opens. 

But that list? It’s a wake-up call for Chase, and a red flag for NASCAR. 

The latter is certainly taking notice. The former may not care at all.  

Juan Manuel Correa is an Ecuadorian American racing driver. At age 14, he moved to Europe to chase the dream of reaching Formula One, considered by many to be the most prestigious form of global motorsport.

At one point, he was the closest American to reaching F1. That all changed in 2019 during an F2 race in Belgium — Correa was involved in a crash that left him severally injured. Another driver died.

Correa’s legs were shattered and he spent weeks in a coma, having lung complications along the way. He says the lengthy rehab time after the accident effectively ended his chance of racing in F1.

“The path to F1,” says Correa, “it’s a train that goes by once and if you miss it, it’s very difficult that it’ll come by again.”

Correa resumed his racing career once he felt healthy enough to do so. But even after returning, he says it wasn’t until late 2023 that he started to feel like himself again behind the wheel.

Now he’s racing in America, competing in the Indy NXT Series for HMD Motorsports at this weekend’s Detroit Grand Prix. Correa says he’d be happy racing in anything, whether it’s in open-wheel or sportscar, but wouldn’t turn down an opportunity to progress into IndyCar if given the chance.

“I’d like to be getting paid to drive a racecar,” says Correa, “and I’m very lucky to be so close to being in that position.”

The Detroit event marks Correa’s second race weekend in Indy NXT. He says his immediate goal is to continue learning the cars and how racing works in America, having been in Europe for most of his career.