Welcome to the Racing America On SI Live Race Updates page for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway in Atlanta. Be sure to refresh this post throughout Saturday night’s event as the Live Race Updates story will be updated regularly with the biggest moments from the 400-mile race around the […]
Welcome to the Racing America On SI Live Race Updates page for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway in Atlanta.
Be sure to refresh this post throughout Saturday night’s event as the Live Race Updates story will be updated regularly with the biggest moments from the 400-mile race around the 1.54-mile drafting track, including lead changes, crash replays, the winner of the race, finishing results, and In-Season Tournament updates.
Lap 48: Back to Green!
Jory Logano, and Austin Cindric, who did not pit under this caution, lead the field to green. They are side-by-side up front, and Cindric looks to have a slight advantage going into Turns 3 and 4, and Cindric leads Lap 49. This is the first lead change of the race.
Lap 46: Close Calls on Pit Road
The fuel can and fueling area on Noah Gragson’s No. 4 Ford caught fire as he was peeling out of his pit stall during his pit stop under this caution. Fortunately, the fire went out as he drove off pit road.
Christopher Bell also exited his pit stall wide, which forced Bubba Wallace to drive through the grass with his right side tires.
Lap 44: Bell Needs Push From Tow Truck
Christopher Bell was the lone driver who couldn’t get his car to fire on pit road, but after a push from the tow truck, Bell was able to catch up to the field and take his position back.
8:09 PM ET: Engines Re-fired
Track drying efforts are nearly completed, and the drivers have been instructed to re-fire their engines.
Red Flag Thoughts
While Joey Logano has led every lap of this race, we’ve seen some good racing in the pack, and drivers throughout the field have complained about ill-handling cars with the aging track surface at EchoPark Speedway. Handling will be at a premium tonight.
Chase Briscoe has had a rough start to the race and has dropped to 39th from the 10th starting spot. Briscoe has told his team it’s like his right rear tire hasn’t even been touching the track. A lot of bad balance issues are going on with the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota right now.
Lap 42: Cars Being Called to Pit Road
We’re about to head to a red flag for rain as the drops continue to fall in Turns 1 and 2 and down the backstretch of the EchoPark Speedway. The NASCAR Tower is calling for drivers to park in the outside lane of pit road. Drivers are being told to stay in their cars as this is expected to be a brief delay.
Cars have been brought to pit road on Lap 43 due to weather.
We’re under caution for the first time in the Quaker State 400 on Lap 36. This caution is unfortunately for perecipitation. Right now, it looks like light sprinkles to light rain, but there are reports that drops are intensifying in Turns 1 and 2.
Lap 33: Keselowski Up to P2, and Pressuring Logano
Brad Keselowski has moved into the second position, and he is threatening to become the first leader of this race not named Joey Logano.
Lap 29: Byron Fights Back, Blasts Past Hocevar
William Byron was not happy with Carson Hocevar. he rebounded from being placed in the middle, and worked to the outside of the track, where he zoomed around Hocevar for the seventh position.
Lap 24: Six Chevrolets Lined Up Behind Six Fords Up Front
The Chevrolet camp has gotten their resources together and they have six cars lined up behind the top-six Fords. The Chevys, now led by William Byron are starting to make their move, but Hocevar cuts to the inside of Byron and goes three wide with Byron and Cindric. Yikes, that was sketchy, but they get through it. Hocevar has killed the Chevrolet momentum, and Byron is stuck in the middle.
Lap 22: Hocvear on the Move
Carson Hocevar has found a way through the pack as he has moved his No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet from the 30th starting spot to seventh. Hocevar is now the highest-running non-Ford driver. Joey Logano continues to lead this race.
Lap 16: Hendrick Quartet Starting to Press Things
All four Hendrick Motorsports cars have gotten hooked up with Alex Bowman (8th) leading them. They are starting to try to pry some of the Ford contingent apart from each other. Logano still leads Berry, Blaney, Cindric, with Zane Smith, Brad Keselowski and Ryan Preece in front of the four Hendrick cars.
Lap 6: Blaney Clears Keselowski; All Penske Up Front
Ryan Blaney was able to clear Brad Keselowski, who had been hanging on his outside, and now it’s all Team Penske up front. The top-four have broken into a single file line in front of the pack and are still led by Logano. It looks like Team Penske is doing its best impersonation of Stewart-Haas Racing at Talladega a few years ago.
Lap 4: Fords Dominating the Top-10
After a strong qualifying effort, the blue ovals hold the top eight spots in the running order on Lap 4. Joey Logano still leads. Kyle Larson is the first non-Ford in the running order in ninth.
Lap 1: Logano Gets a Good Surge
Joey Logano got a great push from Ryan Blaney to start the race, and he cleared Josh Berry in Turn 1. Coming off of Turn 1 on the opening lap, Logano goes to the outside lane in front of Berrt. All four Penske-affiliated cars are all now lined up bumper to tail on the bottom lane.
Brad Keselowski is leading the outside lane on the outside of Blaney.
7:22 PM ET Green Flag!
The green flag is waving on the Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, GA. The front two rows leading the field are occupied by all of the Team Penske-affiliated cars. Joey Logano and Josh Berry lead the field into Turn 1.
Logano is in the inside line with Ryan Blaney behind him while Berry is up top with Austin Cindric behind him.
7:08 PM ET: Engines Are Fired
The engines have been fired, and we are ready to start pace laps for the Quaker State 400.
7:02 PM ET: Inovcation, National Anthem, and Flyover
The invocation, National Anthem, and flyover ahead of Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway have been completed. The drivers are now sliding behind the wheel of their race cars, and we are approaching the command to fire engines.
Drivers Introduced Along With Their Opponent in the NASCAR In-Season Tournament
Ahead of Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway, the 32 drivers taking part in the NASCAR In-Season Tournament were introduced on the frontstretch stage alongside their opponent in Round 1 of the tournament in a “fight weigh-in” style set up.
No drivers got more into the shtick than Michael McDowell and AJ Allmendinger, who had a tussle on the stage prior to stepping up on the scales.
NASCAR Reveals Quaker State 400 Pre-Race Festivities Schedule
NASCAR has confirmed that as of now no cars will drop to the rear before the green flag of Saturday night’s Quaker State 400.
The sanctioning body has also revealed the complete pre-race festivities schedulen and the approximate green flag time:
6:01 PM ET: Lightning Hold Has Expired
The 30-minute clock has expired on the lightning hold at EchoPark Speedway. No additional lightning strikes have occurred in the vicinity of the 1.54-mile speedway in Hampton, GA, there has been no rain fall as of yet.
The situation at the track is very overcast skies, and the radar shows plenty of weather in and around the area. But as it stands, there is still no delay to Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway.
Weather Rolling In; Track in Lightning Hold
Weather is building around EchoPark Speedway, and while no rain has hit the track just yet, lightning in the area has forced NASCAR and the track to evacuate the grandstands and pit road at the 1.54-mile speedway.
There is still over an hour before the scheduled start time of Saturday night’s race, but there is a significant weather system building to the Northwest of the track, which has grown a lot in the last 30 minutes.
As of now, there is no delay to the start of the Quaker State 400. If the conditions change, we’ll update you.
Bell Anxious Heading into Atlanta Race With Another New Spotter
Christopher Bell came out of the gates firing in 2025 as he scored three consecutive wins early in the season, and went on to win the NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Strangely, Bell’s longtime spotter Stevie Reeves quit the No. 20 team following the All-Star Race, which put Bell and his team in a bind.
Matt Philpott, a longtime crew member in the sport and relatively new spotter, stepped in to fill the void for Bell and the No. 20 team in the Coca-Cola 600. However, when HYAK Motorsports released veteran spotter Tab Boyd following a controversial social media post during the Mexico City race weekend, Joe Gibbs Racing saw an opportunity to add an experienced spotter for Bell’s team.
However, with the latest spotter change, Bell will now need to build rapport at one of the most stressful tracks there are for driver/spotter combinations — EchoPark Speedway in Atlanta. Needless to say, Bell is going into Saturday night’s race expecting a struggle in the early portion of the race.
“Uh, yeah, it’s going to be tough,” Bell stated. “I’ve listened to Tab on our replay system, but aside from that, that’s all we’ve got. It’s going to be tough, for sure, getting acclimated at probably one of the most spotter-intense race tracks on the calendar, but Tab has a bunch of experience. So, we’ll play it by ear. And definitely the first Stage or two is going to be a learning curve.”
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The Quaker State 400 Pre-Race Info
The Quaker State 400 will be televised on TNT, the first of five NASCAR Cup Series races to be covered by the cable television channel this season. The TNT Sports race broadcast will begin at 7:00 PM ET, and the five-race TNT schedule can also be streamed on the Max streaming service.
The Performance Racing Network (PRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will provide the radio broadcast of Saturday’s race. For subscribers of the Max streaming service, NASCAR Driver Cam, which streams live in-car camera footage from every car in the field, will be available for today’s race.
The overall race purse, which teams will fight for their portion of in Saturday’s race, is a total of $11,055,250.
The race distance is 260 laps around the 1.54-mile drafting track, which equates to a 400.4-mile race distance.
The Quaker State 400 will be broken up into three Stages. Stage 1 will end at the conclusion of Lap 60. Stage 2 will end at the conclusion of Lap 160. And the race is scheduled to finish at the end of Lap 260, barring an Overtime finish.
The winner of Stages 1 and 2 will be awarded one Playoff Point, and the overall race winner will be awarded five Playoff Points. The Playoff Points will be added to the reseeded point totals if the drivers make it into the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, and will be carried through each round of the Playoffs.
Joey Logano is the defending winner of this event, and Christopher Bell won the event at EchoPark Speedway earlier this season.
Joey Logano Takes Quaker State 400 Pole in First Tiebreaker Settled by a Tiebreaker Since 2007
Joey Logano, the defending winner of the Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway (formerly known as Atlanta Motor Speedway) will start the race from the pole position after he turned a lap time 30.979 seconds (178.960 mph) in Friday’s qualifying session.
It took a tiebreaker for Logano to pick up his first pole of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season as Josh Berry, the driver of the Team Penske-affiliated No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse turned the exact same lap time.
All four of the Team Penske-affiliated cars will start from the top-four spots in Saturday night’s race as Ryan Blaney secured the third starting spot and Austin Cindric will roll from the grid in fourth.
“Super proud of Team Penske, Roush-Yates, and Ford, obviously. To keep our Mustangs up there, really shows the ability to repeat from car to car,” Logano said. “It’s really hard to do. When you see we tied with the 21, and the other cars were all within a couple of hundredths of second. When you think of all of the parts and pieces in a race car and how you can put them together, to make them all end up the same like that is pretty impressive.”
Quaker State 400 Starting Lineup
Pos
Car
Driver
Team
Manufacturer
1
22
Joey Logano
Team Penske
Ford
2
21
Josh Berry
Wood Brothers Racing
Ford
3
12
Ryan Blaney
Team Penske
Ford
4
2
Austin Cindric
Team Penske
Ford
5
60
Ryan Preece
RFK Racing
Ford
6
6
Brad Keselowski
RFK Racing
Ford
7
41
Cole Custer
Haas Factory Team
Ford
8
38
Zane Smith
Front Row Motorsports
Ford
9
48
Alex Bowman
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
10
19
Chase Briscoe
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
Click here for the full official Quaker State 400 Starting Lineup.
Denny Hamlin Enters Atlanta as NASCAR In-Season Tournament No. 1 Seed
Despite missing the race at Mexico City (the second race of the three-race seeding period), Denny Hamlin will enter Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway as the No. 1 seed in the In-Season Tournament, which was based off of the Denny Hamlin bracket tournament that he created on his Actions Detrimental Podcast a season ago.
Seeding was determined by best race finish in the three-race period, and by way of his win at Michigan, Hamlin joined Chase Briscoe, who won at Pocono, as the only tournament-eligible drivers that won over the three race seeding period.
By way of a runner-up finish at Pocono, Hamlin won the tie-breaker over Briscoe to take the No. 1 seed.
32 drivers will be paired off in groups of two (determined by the three-race tournament seeding period (Michigan, Mexico City, Pocono). The tournament will be a five-round head-to-head elimination style bracket tournament, where the top seed remaining will face off agains the lowest seed remaining each week.
The driver, who outlasts the 31 others in the bracket, will be awarded a $1 million bonus at the conclusion of the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Here are all of the head-to-head matchups in Saturday night’s race, which will serve as the opening round of NASCAR’s inaugural In-Season Challenge.
Pit road confrontation erupts after close call during Sonoma Cup race
In the middle of the NASCAR Cup race at Sonoma, things were getting heated between drivers and even pit crew members. Near the end of Stage 2, several drivers pitted early to gain track position ahead of the final stage. Ty Gibbs and Brad Keselowski were two of those drivers. Their pit stalls where right […]
In the middle of the NASCAR Cup race at Sonoma, things were getting heated between drivers and even pit crew members.
Near the end of Stage 2, several drivers pitted early to gain track position ahead of the final stage. Ty Gibbs and Brad Keselowski were two of those drivers. Their pit stalls where right next to each other, and the tire carrier for Keselowski was already standing in the box as he prepared for the car to arrive.
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Gibbs was ahead of Keselowski both on the track and in the pits, and as he approached his stall, he cut directly through the RFK Racing stall, getting extremely close to tire carrier, Telvin McClurkin.
McClurkin later told NASCAR on TNT that the tire in his hand got clipped by the car, twisting his wrist. However, he was able to carry on with his duties for the rest of the day.
Immediately after the incident, a furious McClurkin confronted crew members from the Joe Gibbs Racing team. Some words were exchanged, and it quickly escalated into some pushing and shoving between them.
RFK Racing later released video from their pit box, showing what happened to cause the scuffle.
NASCAR reviewed the incident and felt there was no reason to penalize Gibbs as drivers are permitted to drive through (at most) three pit boxes when approaching their own, stating that the No. 54 did nothing wrong.
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Gibbs went on to finish seventh while Keselowski ended the race in 11th. “Going in, I have the right of way,” Gibbs told NASCAR on TNT, pointing out the orange lines in the pit stalls. “They’re on the wall for a reason. They jump for a reason. Those guys like to push it and that’s kind of the consequence you pay.”
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, Chase Briscoe, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, Chase Briscoe, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
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Daniel Suarez, Trackhouse Chevrolet, Kyle Busch, Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, Zane Smith, Front Row Motorsports Ford
Daniel Suarez, Trackhouse Chevrolet, Kyle Busch, Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, Zane Smith, Front Row Motorsports Ford
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Katherine Legge, Chevrolet
Katherine Legge, Chevrolet
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AJ Allmendinger, Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
AJ Allmendinger, Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
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Ryan Blaney, Team Penske Ford
Ryan Blaney, Team Penske Ford
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Joey Logano, Team Penske Ford
Joey Logano, Team Penske Ford
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William Byron, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
William Byron, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
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Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
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Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
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Zane Smith, Front Row Motorsports Ford
Zane Smith, Front Row Motorsports Ford
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Alex Bowman, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Alex Bowman, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
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Erik Jones, LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Toyota
Erik Jones, LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Toyota
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Tyler Reddick, 23XI Racing Toyota
Tyler Reddick, 23XI Racing Toyota
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Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
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Ross Chastain, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Ross Chastain, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, Chase Briscoe, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, Chase Briscoe, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
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Ryan Blaney, Team Penske Ford
Ryan Blaney, Team Penske Ford
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
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William Byron, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
William Byron, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
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Brad Keselowski, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
Brad Keselowski, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
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Ryan Blaney, Team Penske Ford
Ryan Blaney, Team Penske Ford
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
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General view
General view
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Ryan Blaney, Team Penske Ford
Ryan Blaney, Team Penske Ford
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
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Joey Logano, Team Penske Ford
Joey Logano, Team Penske Ford
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Todd Gilliland, Front Row Motorsports Ford
Todd Gilliland, Front Row Motorsports Ford
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Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
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Katherine Legge, Chevrolet
Katherine Legge, Chevrolet
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
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Cole Custer, Haas Factory Team Ford
Cole Custer, Haas Factory Team Ford
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Ryan Blaney, Team Penske Ford
Ryan Blaney, Team Penske Ford
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Justin Haley, Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
Justin Haley, Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
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Ryan Preece, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
Ryan Preece, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
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Ryan Preece, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
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Chase Briscoe, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Chase Briscoe, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
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Kasey Kahne, Red Bull Racing Toyota
Kasey Kahne, Red Bull Racing Toyota
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
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Road warrior van Gisbergen rolls on with Sonoma win
Shane van Gisbergen proved on Sunday that it’s impossible to keep a road course superstar down for more than a brief interlude. After finishing second to Connor Zilisch in Saturday’s Xfinity Series race, van Gisbergen was back on top on a pleasant Sunday afternoon in wine country, winning the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway. […]
Shane van Gisbergen proved on Sunday that it’s impossible to keep a road course superstar down for more than a brief interlude.
After finishing second to Connor Zilisch in Saturday’s Xfinity Series race, van Gisbergen was back on top on a pleasant Sunday afternoon in wine country, winning the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.
As has become his custom of late, the New Zealander reached a trio of milestones, winning his third straight road/street course race from the pole position to equal Jeff Gordon’s feat from 1998 and ’99.
The victory was van Gisbergen’s third of the season in his first trip around the 1.99-mile, 12-turn circuit in a NASCAR Cup Series car. SVG won for the fourth time in 34 starts, becoming the quickest to four wins since Parnelli Jones won at Riverside in 1967 in his 31st Cup start.
His 97 laps led are the most by a Sonoma winner, eclipsing Jeff Gordon’s high-water mark of 92 set in 2004.
“We had an amazing car,” van Gisbergen said. “Chase Briscoe, what a great racer and gave me respect. Jumped the last (restart) a little bit, and it was pretty tense, but amazing. So stoked for Red Bull, Trackhouse, Chevy. I believe we had a really fun weekend here, some great races, and I hope everyone enjoyed that.”
The winner of 81 Australian Supercars races on the way to three championships in the series, van Gisbergen already is being touted as perhaps the best road course racer in NASCAR history.
“I had an amazing time in Australia, and then to come here and the last couple weeks or years actually has been a dream come true,” said the 36-year-old driver of the No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet. “I’ve really enjoyed my time in NASCAR. Thanks, everyone, for making me feel so welcome. I hope I’m here for a long time to come.”
Winning the second stage despite short-pitting to preserve track position, van Gisbergen advanced to third on the current Cup Playoff grid with 17 Playoff points. He arrived at the finish line 1.128s ahead of consistent Chase Briscoe, but the win was far from guaranteed, given the chaos of the final 15 laps.
SVG had to survive three cautions and subsequent restarts in the late stages of the race to seal the win, as a large group of drivers on better tires chased those who had stayed on the track (including the race winner) after the No. 51 Ford of Cody Ware jettisoned a tire and caused a yellow on lap 97.
Briscoe qualified second and finished where he felt he deserved.
“I thought there was one restart I was maybe going to get clear of him, but truthfully, even if I cleared him, he was probably going to pass me back by the end of the lap,” he said. “Yeah, proud of the effort. We were a second-place car all day and obviously ended up second with it.”
Chase Elliott pitted on lap 97 for fresher tires and came home third after restarting 14th on lap 100. Michael McDowell, on the same strategy as Elliott, climbed to fourth at the finish, while Christopher Bell held fifth on older tires.
“It was nice to be on offense and give ourselves a shot,” Elliott said. “I wish I could have made it happen there. I was trying, but I just couldn’t get going like we needed to there at the end.”
The action on the final few laps was attributable in part to battles within the NASCAR Cup In-Season Challenge. In Sunday’s third round at Sonoma, 32nd seed Ty Dillon bumped the No. 48 Chevrolet of Alex Bowman out of the way on the final lap to finish 17th to Bowman’s 19th and keep his hopes for the $1-million prize alive.
Dillon will face John Hunter Nemechek in next Sunday semifinals at Dover Motor Speedway. Nemechek finished one spot ahead of Legacy Motor Club teammate Erik Jones (28th to 29th) to advance to the fourth round.
“It was a rough couple of laps there,” Dillon acknowledged. “Alex and I race really clean. I told him, ‘Man, if it wasn’t for the million dollars, I probably wouldn’t have done that,’ but I had to. It’s been an incredible run for this No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet team. We’ve worked so hard for this opportunity…
“We’re going to give it all we’ve got at Dover; put pressure on the guys. I think you’ve seen through this that our team doesn’t quit. I saw the No. 48 there at the end, and I knew it was our opportunity to race hard and go get him. Just proud of this team’s effort.”
Ty Gibbs moved into the tournament semifinals with a seventh-place finish to Zane Smith’s 27th, and Tyler Reddick ousted Ryan Preece with a sixth-place run to Preece’s 12th. Gibbs and Reddick will face off at the Monster Mile for a trip to the finals.
William Byron, Joey Logano and Kyle Busch completed the top 10 in a race that featured six cautions for 17 laps.
Ty Dillon’s last lap gamble bumps Alex Bowman from NASCAR’s $1 million challenge
Motorsport photo When NASCAR and TNT introduced the in-season challenge, a bracket-style tournament with a $1 million prize for the winning driver, absolutely no one would have realistically picked Kaulig Racing’s Ty Dillon as a potential winner. Advertisement And yet, the No. 32 seed defeated Denny Hamlin at Atlanta after Hamlin’s early exit from the race, […]
When NASCAR and TNT introduced the in-season challenge, a bracket-style tournament with a $1 million prize for the winning driver, absolutely no one would have realistically picked Kaulig Racing’s Ty Dillon as a potential winner.
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And yet, the No. 32 seed defeated Denny Hamlin at Atlanta after Hamlin’s early exit from the race, later doing the same with Brad Keselowski when the former Cup champion crashed in Chicago.
At Sonoma, however, it wasn’t going to be another easy advancement. Dillon had to actually race head-to-head with Alex Bowman and the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet on Sunday.
And as fate would have it, the duo found each other in the closing laps of the race. Dillon got passed by Bowman, but he remained close as they were both stuck in the middle of the pack.
On the final lap, Dillon gave Bowman a bump in the hairpin, pushing the HMS driver up the track. There was more contact on corner exit, but he passed him mere seconds before they reached the finish line. With that move, he ensured his advancement into the semi-finals with just four drivers left in the entire tournament.
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Both Bowman and Dillon shared a friendly chat after the race, even shaking hands after the tense battle.
“It was a rough couple of laps there,” said Dillon. “Alex (Bowman) and I race really clean. I told him – man, if it wasn’t for the million dollars, I probably wouldn’t have done that, but I had to. It’s been an incredible run for this No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet team. We’ve worked so hard for this opportunity … I’ve worked so hard to get here and I’m just grateful. All of our partners that are on board, this has just been so much fun.
“We’re going to give it all we’ve got at Dover — put pressure on the guys. I think you’ve seen through this that our team doesn’t quit. I saw the No. 48 there at the end, and I knew it was our opportunity to race hard and go get him. Just proud of this team’s effort.”
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Dillon will now face John-Hunter Nemechek of Legacy Motor Club at Dover, another driver that few pundits expected to make it this far in the tournament. On the other side, it will be Tyler Reddick versus Ty Gibbs in a battle between two Toyota drivers.
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, Chase Briscoe, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, Chase Briscoe, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
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Daniel Suarez, Trackhouse Chevrolet, Kyle Busch, Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, Zane Smith, Front Row Motorsports Ford
Daniel Suarez, Trackhouse Chevrolet, Kyle Busch, Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, Zane Smith, Front Row Motorsports Ford
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Katherine Legge, Chevrolet
Katherine Legge, Chevrolet
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AJ Allmendinger, Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
AJ Allmendinger, Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
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Ryan Blaney, Team Penske Ford
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Joey Logano, Team Penske Ford
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William Byron, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
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Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
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Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
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Zane Smith, Front Row Motorsports Ford
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Alex Bowman, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
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Erik Jones, LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Toyota
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Tyler Reddick, 23XI Racing Toyota
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Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, Chase Briscoe, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
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Ryan Blaney, Team Penske Ford
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William Byron, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
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Brad Keselowski, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
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Joey Logano, Team Penske Ford
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Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
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Loop North News – Southeast Side better fit for permanent NASCAR track
Residents and local officials are advocating for NASCAR to move its annual event out of Grant Park, citing disruptions to daily life and opportunities for more beneficial events. (Above) Driver Shane van Gisbergen competes in a NASCAR Cup Series race at Grant Park on July 6 (AP Photo/Erin Hooley). By Don DeBat Jul. 14, 2025 […]
Residents and local officials are advocating for NASCAR to move its annual event out of Grant Park, citing disruptions to daily life and opportunities for more beneficial events.
(Above) Driver Shane van Gisbergen competes in a NASCAR Cup Series race at Grant Park on July 6 (AP Photo/Erin Hooley).
By Don DeBat
Jul. 14, 2025 – Whether you love NASCAR or hate it, now is the time to start planning to move this redneck racing show out of Grant Park to save Chicago’s Game, 16-inch slow pitch softball, and to promote other more profitable events.
“While NASCAR has brought Chicago business, tourists, and a spectacle unique to sports culture, it has also brought noise, disruption, and road closures,” noted 2nd Ward Alderman Brian Hopkins, who along with four other alderpersons – Bill Conway (34th Ward), Pat Dowell (3rd Ward), Brendan Reilly (42nd Ward), and Lamont Robinson (4th Ward) – is not a fan of the event.
“This past year alone, I heard from numerous 2nd Ward residents whose commutes and daily lives were altered drastically by these street closures,” Hopkins (left) said in a letter to NASCAR officials. “Other large-scale downtown events, whose economic impacts are as much or greater than this event, cause less disruption.”
Hopkins said it is his hope that in the future, the city can create a NASCAR deal that “sufficiently benefits Chicago without putting undue burden on downtown residents and businesses.”
After three years of NASCAR madness, which essentially kicked Grant Park Chicago softball to the curb, the good news is the racing venue now is considering an offer to move its July 4th event to San Diego.
Sixteen-inch softball’s 138-year history started near Grant Park
Time for a history lesson. Sixteen-inch softball was invented in Chicago in 1887, and the first indoor game was played at the Farragut Boat Club at Lake Park & 31st Street, only a couple of miles from Grant Park.
(Right) The first softball team in action in Grant Park, circa 1897. Photo by X.O. Howe.
So, softball lovers are cheering any plan to move the annual NASCAR event out of Grant Park. Now is the time to stop closing parts of DuSable Lake Shore Drive and major downtown streets, building temporary bleachers, and breathing exhaust fumes every Independence Day weekend, they say.
To raise tax revenues and help Chicago avoid bankruptcy, city planners should follow the words of legendary Windy City architect and urban planner Daniel H. Burnham: “Make no little plans.”
Planners and politicians should back construction of a permanent NASCAR track for four to six major races a year on 440 acres of the toxic U.S. Steel land along South DuSable Lake Shore Drive south of 79th Street in the long-forgotten South Chicago section of the East Side neighborhood.
Now overgrown with weeds and dotted with relics of its industrial past, the U.S. Steel site has been vacant for 30 years and until recently wasn’t high on Alderman Peter Chico’s 10th Ward agenda.
However, 128 acres along the southeast edge of the site has recently been targeted by PsiQuantum, a Silicon Valley firm, and Chicago developer Related Midwest, as the anchor in the Southeast Side research park by the planned Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park at 8080 South DuSable Lake Shore Drive.
(Left) Rendering of the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park. The 128-acre campus is planned as a hub for quantum computing and advanced microelectronics research and development. The north end of the site will be anchored by Advocate Health Care, which is planning a $300 million, 53-bed hospital on 23 acres.
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is an advocate for building a major quantum computer facility in Chicago, and the city would benefit greatly if anything positive happened on vacant South Works land, which has had several failed startups announced for the acreage over the past decade.
The city has already spent $60 million to bring in Route 41 (South DuSable Lake Shore Drive) and create Steelworkers Park and Park 566 on the site, but most of the land sits empty.
A big problem is the South Works site has serious environmental concerns that have blocked residential developers for decades and need to be addressed. Layers of slag, toxic waste caused by steelmaking, is buried underground and would need to be remediated or capped.
So, a permanent, concrete-paved NASCAR racetrack, paid for and leased by the racing giant, might be better long-term use for a major section of the site on weekends for six to eight annual race events.
The proposed NASCAR track, which could run for two or three miles around the perimeter of the Southeast Side research park, likely would not interfere with the weekday work for computer scientists at the microelectronics facility.
Imagine the TV skyline views of the Loop and downtown Chicago from the racetrack, which would have permanent stands and elite seating just like the arena provided at Grant Park, without traffic congestion and displacement of softball leagues and other summer park events.
Or just build a casino
Here are this writer’s other whimsical proposals to help anchor the South Chicago section of the East Side neighborhood as a major tourist attraction:
• Once the racing mecca is established, NASCAR could invite participants from the Road American races, currently run in Elkhart, Wisconsin, to participate and use the track. Now in its 70th year of racing, Road America currently sponsors a series of 50 motorsport events ranging from Formula 1 European and American sports cars to muscle cars and motorcycles. Maybe it is time for Road America to show off its talents in Chicago?
• With Indiana only minutes away by car, the track also could be utilized on weekends for other blue-collar sports such as drag racing and demolition derbies when NASCAR is out of town.
• Racing investors likely will jump at the chance to build the Chicago NASCAR Museum on land near the track, along with a 200-room South Works hotel and Country & Western concert venue for after-race entertainment and frolicking fans.
• Since the U.S. Steel site likely belonged to Native American Indians originally, why not toss in the land for the South Works Casino and plenty of parking? The casino will help Chicago and Illinois, which generated more than $1.7 billion in tax revenue last year, lock in its place as the third largest gaming market behind Las Vegas and Atlantic City.
• There still will be enough acreage left over to build a small airport, similar to the city’s long-gone private Meigs Field, to fly in music concert fans and politicians. Why not name the new airport after Richard M. Daley, who razed Meigs?
(Right) Meigs Field on April 6, 2003, a few days after its runway was closed. Wikimedia Commons.
All this activity will give Choose Chicago, the city’s official tourism organization, plenty of ammo to attract tens of thousands of tourists to the Windy City.
Shane van Gisbergen wins intense NASCAR Cup race at Sonoma
Shane van Gisbergen started Sunday’s Cup race from Sonoma Raceway on pole position, and he stayed there for most of the day. SVG has now won the last three road/street courses on the schedule, securing Red Bull’s first win as a primary sponsor in the Cup Series since the 2011 season. “Yeah, it was pretty […]
Shane van Gisbergen started Sunday’s Cup race from Sonoma Raceway on pole position, and he stayed there for most of the day. SVG has now won the last three road/street courses on the schedule, securing Red Bull’s first win as a primary sponsor in the Cup Series since the 2011 season.
“Yeah, it was pretty tough stuff,” said SVG, who led 97 of 110 laps. “We had an amazing car. Chase Briscoe, what a great racer and gave me respect. Jumped the last one a little bit and it was pretty tense, but amazing. So stoked for Red Bull, Trackhouse, Chevy. I believe we had a really fun weekend here, some great races, and I hope everyone enjoyed that.”
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Van Gisbergen was cruising out front when Cody Ware lost a wheel with 15 laps to go, setting up a dramatic sprint to the finish. SVG chose to stay out on older tires, and 13 other drivers did the same.
Chase Elliott led the way among the drivers who pitted for fresh rubber, but his forward progress was hindered by a series of cautions, burning up several laps.
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
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A crash from Noah Gragson and a spin into the tire barriers by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. both forced restarts, but in both situations, van Gisbergen remained in form control of the race.
Elliott got all the way up to third while Chase Briscoe finished exactly where he started — second. Michael McDowell and Christopher Bell rounded out the top five with Tyler Reddick, Ty Gibbs, William Byron, Joey Logano, and Kyle Busch filling out the rest of the top ten.
Stage 1 and 2
Chase Briscoe, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
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At the start of the race, things were mostly clean as SVG drove off with the lead. However, he and most of the field chose to flip the stage, short-pitting before the scheduled caution.
His teammate Ross Chastain took another path, staying out and earning his first stage win of the year. Despite pitting, van Gisbergen still managed to end the stage in second place.
Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
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As the second stage got underway, there was some more contact throughout the pack, with A.J. Allmendinger and John Hunter Nemechek both going for a spin.
SVG again chose to pit from the lead while Kyle Larson stayed out to try and win the stage. However, that didn’t work out for him as van Gisbergen ran him down and passed him for the stage win.
Stage 3
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The final stage was the wildest of all as Ryan Blaney got sent into the dirt by Chris Buescher, getting stuck on a hill off-track and causing the first caution for an incident.
At the same time, both Bubba Wallace and Denny Hamlin spun. And while tensions were rising on the track, it was also getting heated in the pit lane as the RFK Racing and Joe Gibbs Racing pit crews got into a small scuffle.
The final round of green-flag pit stops began with about 30 laps to go, but van Gisbergen waited until 26 laps to go to make his final stop.
He continued to lead for the remainder of the race, despite multiple restarts where he had to fend off Briscoe.
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Jimmie Johnson Hails Connor Zilisch for Holding off SVG in JR Motorsports’ Dominant Sonoma 1-2 Finish
Defeating Shane van Gisbergen on a road course is one of the most daunting tasks that a Cup Series driver can face today. The Australian Supercars champion reaffirmed his expertise once again at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday by capturing the checkered flag in style. But while all the stars struggled against him, 18-year-old Connor Zilisch […]
Defeating Shane van Gisbergen on a road course is one of the most daunting tasks that a Cup Series driver can face today. The Australian Supercars champion reaffirmed his expertise once again at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday by capturing the checkered flag in style. But while all the stars struggled against him, 18-year-old Connor Zilisch gave him a run for his money.
The JR Motorsports recruit won Saturday’s Xfinity Series race at Sonoma after a long battle against SVG. Notably, the victory came in the aftermath of a 1-2 finish between them in Chicago the previous weekend, in which Zilisch finished as the runner-up. One of the many people impressed with the youngster’s talent was seven-time Cup Series champion, Jimmie Johnson.
Johnson was asked about van Gisbergen’s road course expertise during a press conference this weekend. He showered praise on the New Zealand native’s pedal management techniques and pointed out that it helps him manage the front tires and maintain speed through corners. In the wake of his appreciation, he also lauded Zilisch and his ability to defeat the ace.
He said, “You know to watch him (SVG) and Zilisch yesterday duke it out. What we saw in Chicago, SVG is really impressive, but to see a young driver come along and duke it out with him at this level is quite impressive as well.”
Van Gisbergen showers praise on Zilisch
Motorsports is a competitive field. Egos tend to get hurt when facing failure, and seldom do drivers take it in good spirit. But losing to Zilisch on Saturday did not make van Gisbergen feel the slightest of ill emotion. The icon delivered the biggest of compliments to the young driver following his victory on Sunday.
A member of the press asked him what he was going to tell Zilisch after securing his third Cup Series win of the season. He replied that he would thank the young gun for not being in the race and evoked rounds of laughter in the room.
“I’m going to have to race him a lot in the future, right? He’s a star of the sport, or going to be even more so. Racing him yesterday, he doesn’t look like he’s 18. You know, he’s placing the car in perfect spots, drives amazing and he’s an awesome young kid,” van Gisbergen continued.
With Daniel Suarez out of the No. 99 Chevrolet for 2026, Zilisch could soon be van Gisbergen’s teammate at Trackhouse Racing. As it seems, the Kiwi would love nothing more.
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