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NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta: Live updates, highlights, leaderboard

The NASCAR Cup Series returns to Atlanta for the second time this season with the Quaker State 400 on June 28 at EchoPark Speedway. A rare Saturday night race in 2025 will feature the unique pack racing that Atlanta has featured over the last few years. In February, Christopher Bell won just ahead of Carson […]

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The NASCAR Cup Series returns to Atlanta for the second time this season with the Quaker State 400 on June 28 at EchoPark Speedway.

A rare Saturday night race in 2025 will feature the unique pack racing that Atlanta has featured over the last few years.

In February, Christopher Bell won just ahead of Carson Hocevar and Kyle Larson in a chaotic final lap.

Two things will be of central focus on Saturday night: The playoff picture and the in-season tournament. Nine races remain in the regular season, and 11 drivers have won this year. The playoff cutline has narrowed to put drivers like Alex Bowman and Bubba Wallace at risk of missing out.

Saturday’s race will also be the first round of the in-season tournament, with 32 drivers in 16 head-to-head matchups. The in-season tournament will be a battle within the normal race, with matchups decided by the final race results. We’ll be keeping tabs all night long.

Follow along with our live race updates, with green flag set for after 6 p.m. CT on Saturday.

LIVE LEADERBOARD: Full field leaderboard of NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400

Chase Elliott gets a run coming to the white flag, then slides past Brad Keselowski for the lead in turn 1. Alex Bowman got alongside Keselowski for second instead of pushing the 6, and Elliott wins unabated at the line. What a final 20 laps.

Alex Bowman and Zane Smith are trading the lead up front, with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Brad Keselowski behind. All four will be desperate to win.

Brad Keselowski preserves the lead with a big-time push from Chris Buescher, while Chase Elliott and Alex Bowman can’t imagine the same.

Ty Dillon tags Justin Haley while attempting to side draft, and Haley spins. Caution is out. Take a breather. Brad Keselowski leads Chase Elliott.

Haley is being hauled back to the garage area. He was running inside the top 10, and as mentioned below, was a willing pusher for other Chevys up front. He was in an in-season matchup with Ty Gibbs, who remains in the top 10.

Chris Buescher is a willing pusher to teammate/owner Brad Keselowski, but Justin Haley and Ty Dillon are pushing well too.

Brad Keselowski and Chris Buescher are quite the tandem to deal with on restarts, as Buescher again shoves Keselowski ahead of Chase Elliott for the lead.

David Starr is stalled on pit road, and the caution is back out. Chase Elliott had just been passed by Brad Keselowski as the caution waved, but Elliott will hold onto the lead.

Chase Elliott holds the lead on the restart, but Brad Keselowski certainly looks fast enough to make a mark late in this race.

Erik Jones spins through turns 3 and 4, and the caution is out. Chase Elliott had just passed Ryan Preece and cleared him at the front.

Bubba Wallace is still running, just two laps down after that contact and caution a few laps ago.

Ryan Preece leads Ty Gibbs and others off of the restart, but Chase Elliott is working the low lane.

Bubba Wallace, back on the lead lap, spins down the backstretch. He hits the inside wall, and he may be done for the day.

Chase Elliott, Tyler Reddick and Brad Keselowski will pit along with some others. They won’t have to save fuel the rest of the way, while the others may still have to especially if there’s overtime.

Tyler Reddick is penalized for driving through too many pit boxes.

Shane van Gisbergen spins after contact through the frontstretch. Caution is out.

Some cars stay out, like Alex Bowman, Brad Keselowski and Chase Elliott. Most pit.

Tyler Reddick wins Stage 2 by 0.001 seconds over Chase Elliott as they traded the lead. Reddick gets his first playoff point of the season.

The top 10:

Tyler Reddick
Chase Elliott
Chris Buescher
Alex Bowman
Erik Jones
Ty Dillon
Shane van Gisbergen
John Hunter Nemechek
Zane Smith
Brad Keselowski

That was close between Reddick and Elliott at the start-finish line.

Chase Elliott clears Tyler Reddick through turns 3 and 4 to re-take the lead. 7 laps to go in the second stage. Things are calmer up front for now.

Alex Bowman leads Chase Elliott and Chris Buescher with less than 20 to go in the second stage, with Erik Jones trying to be aggressive behind them.

Alex Bowman and Tyler Reddick trade the lead over the first couple laps after the restart. Stage 2 ends on Lap 160.

Riley Herbst loses control suddenly as Chase Elliott rides alongside him in the top five, and Herbst slaps the outside wall before collecting Todd Gilliland.

Herbst will need major repairs.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will get a toe-link repair during this caution. Carson Hocevar is back on the lead lap.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. gets into the wall with Erik Jones, and Stenhouse reports an issue.

The door is wide open for a non-winner to get their first victory of the season, so the aggression is high even with 172 laps to go. Chris Buescher leads Tyler Reddick and Chase Elliott. 21 cars in the lead pack right now.

Ty Gibbs gets a good push to take the lead ahead of Chris Buescher. Everyone came in during the caution for fuel and/or tires.

Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson and Kyle Busch are among the drivers involved in the last crash still on the lead lap.

NASCAR reported 23 cars involved, but didn’t list Alex Bowman. That number could change. Among those who are done for the day:

Joey Logano
Corey Lajoie
William Byron

Many teams are trying to repair very damaged race cars.

We haven’t seen the big one at Atlanta until now. Denny Hamlin gets off-kilter off the bumper of John Hunter Nemechek, and Hamlin and Ross Chastain spin across the whole field. Everyone from about eighth place on is involved. This will be a lengthy caution.

Chase Elliott stayed out during the stage break and is the leader.

The list of cars involved:

Denny Hamlin
John Hunter Nemechek
Ross Chastain
Noah Gragson
Joey Logano
Alex Bowman
Josh Berry
Austin Cindric
Daniel Suarez
William Byron
Brad Keselowski
Carson Hocevar
Chase Briscoe
Kyle Larson
Kyle Busch
Justin Haley
Corey Lajoie
BJ McLeod
Ryan Preece
Ty Dillon
Cody Ware
Alex Bowman

Red flag is out. There are more cars involved than what is listed.

Austin Cindric was ahead of Brad Keselowski at the time of caution, so he bags another playoff point.

The top 10:

Austin Cindric
Brad Keselowski
Joey Logano
William Byron
Carson Hocevar
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Josh Berry
Shane van Gisbergen
Chase Elliott
Bubba Wallace

Bubba Wallace was involved in the crash, and it appeared that SVG and Chase Elliott passed him as he drove away. We’ll see if that is adjusted. (NOTE: That was adjusted.)

Christopher Bell spins through turns 3 and 4, collecting Ryan Blaney, Austin Dillon, Bubba Wallace and others. Kyle Busch may have been up against the wall too. AJ Allmendinger also involved.

Blaney is out of his car, and likely done for the day. Note that Blaney is in a first round matchup against Carson Hocevar in the in-season tournament. (Blaney was my pick to win it all.) Blaney will finish 40th, so Hocevar will advance.

Six cars stay out, including leader Joey Logano. But Logano and Austin Cindric are side by side for the lead. Cindric actually has the advantage but is not clear.

After a short delay, NASCAR tells drivers to re-fire engines. Yellow flag is back out.

NASCAR has displayed the red flag as the rain persists around the track. NASCAR also tells the drivers to stay in their cars as the jet dryers work on the track.

Caution is out for rain. The pace car reports to NASCAR a “light, steady rain”. We’ll see if this causes a red flag.

Joey Logano remains the leader. “The track is good,” the pace car driver tells NASCAR officials on the radio.

Chase Elliott was earlier complaining of a loose race car and tells his team to give him something. Other drivers are also asking for adjustments. Reminder: these teams did not get a practice session this weekend.

Carson Hocevar is up inside the top 10 and being ultra-aggressive in passing other cars three-wide. Joey Logano remains the leader, but the aggression is rising.

Last night in the Xfinity Series race, there was a multi-car crash in the first five laps. That’s not going to happen tonight in a 400-mile race with this group of veteran drivers.

The first seven cars are single file up front, led by Joey Logano. They are also all Fords, with Alex Bowman in eighth the only non-Ford in the top 10. 60 laps in the first stage.

Carson Hocevar is the top mover so far, up 11 spots from starting 30th.

Green flag at Atlanta, and Joey Logano gets the edge and clears Josh Berry down the backstretch.

Two things to watch tonight: The playoff picture and the in-season tournament. Given the pack-racing element, it’s going to be a fluid situation with the 16 first-round matchups in the in-season challenge. But a driver that has trouble will be something we’ll note throughout the night. Who’s your inaugural in-season tournament winner?

Y’all won’t mind if I continue to call EchoPark Speedway Atlanta, will you? The drivers are getting into their cars, and the command to fire engines is upcoming soon. Should be a very interesting night, as long as the weather dodges the 1.5-mile track in central Georgia.

Joey Logano is on the pole for the Quaker State 400, with the top eight spots taken by Fords.

The top 10:

Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford
Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford
Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford
Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford
Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford
Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford
Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Ford
Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford
Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Find the full starting lineup here.

The Great American Getaway 400 will be aired on the radio by the Performance Racing Network. PRN has affiliates all across the country, and their feed can also be streamed on NASCAR.com as well as the NASCAR app. The race can also be heard on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90.

Green Flag Time: Approx. 6:20 p.m. CT on Saturday, June 28
Track: EchoPark Speedway (1.54-mile oval) in Hampton, Georgia
Length: 260 laps, 400 miles
Stages: 60 laps, 100 laps, 100 laps
TV coverage: TNT
Radio: PRN
Streaming: Watch FREE on Fubo;; MAX app for in-car cameras (subscription required); NASCAR.com and SiriusXM on Channel 90 for audio (subscription required)

The Quaker State 400 will be broadcast nationally on TNT. Other streaming options for the race include MAX for in-car cameras for each driver.

2025 spring: Christopher Bell
2024 summer: Joey Logano
2024 spring: Daniel Suarez
2023 summer: William Byron
2023 spring: Joey Logano

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Functional aesthetics and motorsport: Massimo Osti’s vision

The Massimo Osti Archive in Bologna has only one flaw: there’s no air conditioning, the best travel companion on a sweltering mid-July day. The fault lies with an outdated electrical system that doesn’t allow for a 380V socket connection. This is the first anecdote shared with us by Lorenzo Osti, Massimo’s son and president of […]

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The Massimo Osti Archive in Bologna has only one flaw: there’s no air conditioning, the best travel companion on a sweltering mid-July day. The fault lies with an outdated electrical system that doesn’t allow for a 380V socket connection. This is the first anecdote shared with us by Lorenzo Osti, Massimo’s son and president of C.P. Company, as he welcomes us into a space that calling an archive feels like an understatement. What stands before us is a treasure trove that gathers a tiny fraction of Massimo Osti’s production: around 2,000 garments ranging from military vintage and his early pioneering pieces for Anna Gobbo, to Chester Perry items, Stone Island coats, C.P. Company jackets, prototypes, sketches, and much more, including textile innovations developed under the Left Hand and Massimo Osti Production brands.

Between a jacket made from a friend’s stolen shower curtain and a sketch of the first version of the Goggle jacket, the archive exploration regularly reveals garments and accessories dedicated to the world of sports. For example, notable pieces include ski boots made for Stone Island and the iconic Stone Island-branded tennis bags with rubber patches outlining the racket heads. Every corner of the archive is decorated with a Stone Island-branded golf bag.

References to motorsport are not lacking. After all, the very legend of C.P. Company is strengthened by car racing and Massimo Osti’s intuition to create a garment that could be worn by drivers in the 1000 Miglia—the Goggle jacket developed for C.P. Company and inspired by a Japanese army helmet. On one of the exposed brick columns hangs a red and green motorcycle suit, bearing none of Osti’s brand names. This is no mistake or oversight—the suit is in the archive as a study object. Osti’s research was always guided by the functionality of a garment, the properties of the materials, and the meaning of every single component. Each evaluation was recorded in one of his signature notebooks, to later be translated into fashion whenever the opportunity arose.

In the case of motorcycle suits, this creative process culminated in the early 2000s with a collaboration with Levi’s, resulting in a reversible Modular Padded Jacket equipped with protective panels on the chest and back, inspired by the sliders found on motorcycle gear. As mentioned, the archive is also full of prototypes, such as a sky-blue mechanic’s jumpsuit hidden among hundreds of garments on racks. In 1984, Osti was tasked with redesigning the work uniforms for Volvo employees and entrusted Andrea Pazienza with the creation of illustrations. Each department would have had its own unique patch. It was a visionary collection dedicated solely to workers, but it was never produced due to cost constraints.

However, that jumpsuit is yet another example of how Osti’s genius continues to captivate even 20 years after his passing—an anniversary now marked by a special exhibition titled “Ideas From Massimo Osti” held at Palazzo Pepoli, right in Bologna, the city he was deeply connected to. Through evocative scenography, including a faithful reconstruction of his studio on Via Gaibola with worktable, chained scissors, and stapler to prevent loss, the exhibition traces the creative legacy of a visionary figure who revolutionized fashion with a unique and instantly recognizable aesthetic.

While the archive subtly suggests how motorsport may have influenced Osti’s vision, the exhibition walls flip the perspective, offering clear evidence of how Massimo Osti aimed to, and at times succeeded in, influencing motorsport. For instance, his name is associated with one of the first electric car races held on the streets of Rome in 1990. The Massimo Osti Studio label is clearly visible on the Boxel P488, designed by engineer Paolo Pasquini. Today, fashion brands compete for partnerships with Formula 1 teams, and much of that pioneering spirit can be credited to Osti—a visionary who helped bring fashion beyond its traditional boundaries. Also featured in the exhibition, open to the public until September 28, are further examples of fashion-motorsport fusion, such as Vespa design sketches featuring components developed with Stone Island, like rubber patches to protect the outer fairings from scratches and dents.

The exhibition offers a deep look into Massimo Osti’s multifaceted artistic soul. An engineer-designer who believed that the most innovative ideas could emerge from mistakes. A sportswear pioneer who, through a rigorous and visionary approach, reshaped the aesthetics of sportswear long before it became a trend. And if the curated selection of iconic garments from his career isn’t inspiring enough, the words of Massimo Osti himself may do the trick. Written in a notebook on display next to a Chinese-sourced agenda labeled with “MO”—which would later become the Massimo Osti Production logo—is a simple yet powerful handwritten phrase in block letters: “Say what you do and do what you say.”

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NASCAR Cup Series Heads to San Diego Street Course in 2026 – SportsTravel

NASCAR will hold a street race on Naval Base Coronado in San Diego next June to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy by hosting all three of its national series over a three-day weekend. It will be NASCAR’s second street race in the sport’s history, following a three-year run in Chicago and first […]

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NASCAR will hold a street race on Naval Base Coronado in San Diego next June to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy by hosting all three of its national series over a three-day weekend.

It will be NASCAR’s second street race in the sport’s history, following a three-year run in Chicago and first on an active military base. The course layout is not complete but is expected to be around 3 miles.

“This a huge win for San Diego and we are so grateful to NASCAR for their partnership,” said Mark Neville, Sports San Diego chief executive officer. “Without a doubt, the NASCAR San Diego Weekend will have a significant and favorable impact on San Diego’s tourism and hospitality industry. On top of that, being the first ever NASCAR race on an active military base is going to be quite the spectacle and you can’t beat Naval Base Coronado.”

NASCAR is partnering with Sports San Diego on operational and promotional support for the race weekend. The San Diego weekend will be a replacement for its downtown Chicago event that ran the past three years. The move to the San Diego area does not eliminate a return to Chicago, where NASCAR will still maintain an office and effort an eventual return, perhaps as early as 2027.

“As part of our nation’s 250th anniversary, we are honored for NASCAR to join the celebration as we host our first street race at a military base, Naval Base Coronado,” Ben Kennedy, executive vice president and chief venue and racing innovations officer, said Wednesday. “NASCAR San Diego Weekend will honor the Navy’s history and the men and women who serve as we take the best motorsports in the world to the streets of Naval Base Coronado.”

The base is known as the “West Coast Quarterdeck” and is a consortium of nine Navy installations that stretch from San Clemente Island 50 miles off the coast of Long Beach to the Mountain Warfare Training Facility 50 miles east of San Diego.

NASCAR named Amy Lupo, who has been with the series since 2021, as president of the race. She spent more than 20 years at ESPN expanding the X Games when she lived in San Diego early in her career.

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Front Row Motorsports: Indianapolis Motor Speedway Competition Notes- Todd Gilliland

Todd Gilliland and the No. 34 gener8tor Ford TeamIndianapolis Motor Speedway Competition NotesBrickyard 400 Date: Sunday, July 27, 2025Event: Race 24 of 38Series: NASCAR Cup SeriesLocation: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2.5-miles)#of Laps: 160Time/TV/Radio: 2:00 PM ET on TNT Sports/SiriusXM channel 90 Todd Gilliland Notes Todd Gilliland and the No. 34 team will face the Indianapolis Motor […]

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Competition Notes
Brickyard 400

Date: Sunday, July 27, 2025
Event: Race 24 of 38
Series: NASCAR Cup Series
Location: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2.5-miles)
#of Laps: 160
Time/TV/Radio: 2:00 PM ET on TNT Sports/SiriusXM channel 90

Todd Gilliland Notes

Todd Gilliland and the No. 34 team will face the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend for the tracks Brickyard 400. In his sole previous start at the 2.5-mile oval in 2024, Gilliland started 24th and finished sixth in an overtime finish.

gener8tor & Gilliland reunite at The Brickyard, adding some local flair with IU LAB on board. IU LAB is a new Biosciences innovation center that Indiana University is building in downtown Indianapolis’ 16 Tech District. Where academia meets industry to drive biotech innovation and train the next generation of life science leaders & entrepreneurs, gener8tor is proud to provide accelerator services to the program. More information can be found at iulab.iu.edu.

“Dover was disappointing, but the good thing about this sport is there’s another opportunity every week,” said Gilliland. “I had a solid run at the Brickyard last season, so I’m hoping I can replicate that this weekend. It’s cool to have gener8tor make their season debut at Indy, and with IU LAB on board too. They are bringing a lot of guests this weekend, including innovators participating in the IU LAB program, so hopefully I can make them proud with a good, clean run.”

Road Crew

Driver: Todd Gilliland

Hometown: Sherrills Ford, North Carolina

Crew Chief: Chris Lawson

Hometown: Medway, Ohio

Car Chief: Joe Marra

Hometown: Somers, New York

Engineer: Marc Rullo

Hometown: Ringwood, New Jersey

Engineer: Kevyn Rebolledo

Hometown: Mooresville, North Carolina

Spotter: Brit Andersen

Hometown: Branford, Connecticut

Underneath Mechanic: Michael Brookes

Hometown: Columbus, Ohio

Interior Mechanic: Chance Burke

Hometown: Siler City, North Carolina

Tire Specialist: Billy John

Hometown: Pitman, New Jersey

Engine Tuner: Tim Meyer

Hometown: Beatrice, Nebraska

Transporter Driver: Randy Bernier

Hometown: Mooresville, North Carolina

Pit Crew

Front Tire Changer: Danny Olszowy

Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky

Rear Tire Changer: Justin Fox

Hometown: Concord, North Carolina

Tire Carrier: Paul Steele

Hometown: Wichita, Kansas

Jackman: Landon Honeycutt

Hometown: Mount Pleasant, North Carolina

Fueler: Zeke Nance

Hometown: Calhoun, Georgia

ABOUT GENER8TOR

gener8tor is a global venture firm and accelerator network that supports startups, workers, employers, artists and musicians across race, place and gender. gener8tor partners with companies, governments, universities, and nonprofits to operate programs and conferences in more than 41 communities across 22 states and two countries. Fast Company named gener8tor one of the Best Workplaces for Innovators in 2021 and 2022. The International Trade Council recognized gener8tor as the Global Venture Capital Firm of the Year in 2022.

ABOUT FRONT ROW MOTORSPORTS

Front Row Motorsports (FRM) is a winning organization in the NASCAR Cup and Craftsman Truck Series. The team is the 2021 Daytona 500 and 2022 Craftsman Truck Series champions. The team was founded in 2004 and is owned by successful entrepreneur, Bob Jenkins. FRM fields the No. 4, No. 34, and the No. 38 NASCAR Cup Series teams along with the No. 34 and No. 38 Craftsman Truck Series teams from its Mooresville, N.C. headquarters. Visit teamfrm.com and follow FRM on social media: Twitter at @Team_FRM, Instagram at @teamfrm and Facebook at facebook.com/FrontRowMotorsports.

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NASCAR Cup Series qualifying order for Indianapolis Motor Speedway

The NASCAR Cup Series will tackle Round 5 of the 2025 In-Season Challenge this weekend, with the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway being the venue on Sunday (2 p.m. ET, TNT Sports/truTV, HBO Max, IMS Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). QUALIFYING ORDER: Cup Series | Xfinity Series | Craftsman Truck Series All 39 cars will have […]

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QUALIFYING ORDER: Cup Series | Xfinity Series | Craftsman Truck Series

All 39 cars will have a chance to post a qualifying time Saturday (2:35 p.m. ET, truTV, IMS Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Saturday‘s qualifying session will be one lap and one round.

The groups below are determined via a metric that combines the previous race finish by owner (70%) and current owner points position (30%).

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# denotes series rookie
(i) denotes ineligible for driver points

Pos.	Car No.	Driver	Metric Score	Group
1	62	* Jesse Love(i)	42.5	1
2	66	* Josh Bilicki(i)	41.0	1
3	78	* Katherine Legge	39.8	1
4	51	Cody Ware	36.0	1
5	4	* Noah Gragson	32.3	1
6	77	Carson Hocevar	32.0	1
7	16	AJ Allmendinger	31.6	1
8	41	Cole Custer	30.5	1
9	88	Shane van Gisbergen #	28.8	1
10	35	* Riley Herbst #	27.3	1
11	34	* Todd Gilliland	27.1	1
12	99	Daniel Suárez	26.9	1
13	1	Ross Chastain	26.7	1
14	21	Josh Berry	26.2	1
15	43	Erik Jones	24.9	1
16	10	Ty Dillon	23.0	1
17	47	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	23.0	1
18	38	* Zane Smith	22.6	1
19	24	William Byron	22.3	1
20	7	Justin Haley	21.2	1
21	42	John Hunter Nemechek	21.0	2
22	3	Austin Dillon	18.9	2
23	60	Ryan Preece	17.5	2
24	2	Austin Cindric	15.7	2
25	6	Brad Keselowski	15.1	2
26	71	Michael McDowell	14.5	2
27	20	Christopher Bell	14.4	2
28	22	Joey Logano	13.1	2
29	8	Kyle Busch	12.5	2
30	45	* Tyler Reddick	9.9	2
31	17	Chris Buescher	9.3	2
32	23	* Bubba Wallace	8.8	2
33	54	Ty Gibbs	8.6	2
34	12	Ryan Blaney	7.7	2
35	48	Alex Bowman	4.8	2
36	9	Chase Elliott	4.5	2
37	5	Kyle Larson	4.0	2
38	19	Chase Briscoe	3.8	2
39	11	Denny Hamlin	1.6	2

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Ty Dillon lifts lid on reasons behind Richard Childress Racing exit – Motorsport – Sports

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season has been an unexpected whirlwind for Ty Dillon in the No. 10 Chevrolet for Kaulig Racing, with the inaugural In-Season Challenge, considered the brainchild of Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin, allowing him his moment in the limelight 11 years after making his debut with his grandfather’s team, Richard Childress […]

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33-year-old Dillon’s Cup Series journey has been a rocky one, spending two seasons on the books at RCR, where he failed to earn a full-time spot, before being dropped and forced to find his own way.

For Dillon, failing to make it at RCR after racing with them in both the Xfinity and Truck Series was heartbreaking. He revealed: “I had success at RCR in the Truck Series and Xfinity Series and thought my path was just going to keep going that way, and hopefully race for RCR. That was my dream as a kid.” It comes after a NASCAR legend reveals he will be arrested if he visits his own father’s grave.

Dillon continued on the Door Bumper Clear podcast: “I think a lot of people think that I chose to go my own way. But honestly, there just wasn’t a door there open. I think they had [Ryan] Newman at the time. I think Caterpillar wasn’t interested in having me as their driver, and having two brothers at RCR just wasn’t something that they wanted.

“I don’t know all the politics behind it, but the door wasn’t there. And I wanted to continue my career. And Germain Racing gave me an opportunity with a four-year contract at that point. It’s just hard to turn down to be a Cup racer.”

Dillon said that he made the move to Germain, believing his success in the Xfinity Series would carry over and continue, but this wasn’t the case. After four seasons and just five top 10 finishes, sponsorship issues led Germain to cease operations after 2020, leaving Dillon without a team once again.

This uncertainty led Dillon to question his racing future and consider hanging up his race suit for good in favor of a job working with his father-in-law building retaining walls. However, his wife Haley and her father convinced him not to give in, calling everyone he could think of in the Cup Series to work his way back into the mix.

Stints with Gaunt Brothers Racing, 23XI Racing, Petty GMS Motorsports, Spire Motorsports, Kaulig, Team AmeriVet, and even a one-off return to RCR followed before landing a full-time drive with Kaulig in 2025.

Despite these challenges, Dillon said that in hindsight, he wouldn’t change a thing, believing his experiences have helped him grow “as a person, as a man, as a husband, as a father, and just give me so much perspective for this time in my life to grind.

“And I’m proud of who I am as far as somebody that like never giving up and never quitting has become so true to me. And I hope that that portrays not only to young kids or people trying to grow in the sport, but I can be a help to my kids, too, in their life, whether it’s racing or not, like just believing and continuing to push forward in what you want to do.”

Having narrowly beaten Legacy Motor Club’s John Hunter Nemechek in the fourth round of the Challenge at Dover, Dillon now heads to Indianapolis, where he’ll take on JGR’s Ty Gibbs for a shot at the $1 million prize fund.

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NASCAR will hold first street race on active military base at Naval Base Coronado in 2026 – News-Herald

By JENNA FRYER CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR will hold a street race on Naval Base Coronado in Southern California next June as a replacement for its downtown Chicago event that ran the last three years. The move to the San Diego area does not eliminate a return to Chicago, where NASCAR will still maintain an […]

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By JENNA FRYER

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR will hold a street race on Naval Base Coronado in Southern California next June as a replacement for its downtown Chicago event that ran the last three years.

The move to the San Diego area does not eliminate a return to Chicago, where NASCAR will still maintain an office and effort an eventual return, perhaps as early as 2027.

But the shift next year will allow NASCAR to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy by hosting all three of its national series over a three-day weekend on June 19-21.

“As part of our nation’s 250th anniversary, we are honored for NASCAR to join the celebration as we host our first street race at a military base, Naval Base Coronado,” Ben Kennedy, executive vice president and chief venue and racing innovations officer, said July 23. “NASCAR San Diego Weekend will honor the Navy’s history and the men and women who serve as we take the best motorsports in the world to the streets of Naval Base Coronado.”

It will be NASCAR’s second street race in the sport’s history, following the three-year run in Chicago, and first on an active military base. The course layout is not complete but is expected to be around 3 miles.

NASCAR has seen Auto Club Speedway close after the 2023 race. It built a temporary short track inside Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum from 2002 through 2024 but moved that event to North Carolina.

Kennedy, who has been bullish on new endeavors for his family business, was the brains of the races at the Coliseum, Chicago, this year’s visit to Mexico City and now next year in San Diego, a venture the Navy is excited about.

“NASCAR embodies the very best of the American spirit through speed, precision and an unyielding pursuit of excellence,” Navy Secretary John C. Phelan said. “Hosting a race aboard Naval Air Station North Island, the birthplace of naval aviation, it’s not just a historic first, it’s a powerful tribute to the values we share: grit, teamwork and love of country.

“From the flight deck to the finish line, this collaboration reflects the operational intensity and unity of purpose that define both the United States Navy and NASCAR.”

NASCAR named Amy Lupo, who has been with the series since 2021 and helped launch the Coliseum, as president of the race. She spent more than 20 years at ESPN expanding the X Games when she lived in San Diego early in her career. She still lives in Southern California.

Originally Published: July 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM EDT

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