NASCAR playoffs at Las Vegas: Live updates as the Round of 8 begins with Reddick on pole
The NASCAR Cup Series begins its playoff Round of 8 this weekend in Las Vegas with eight drivers vying for a spot in Phoenix’s championship race next month. It is the youngest Round of 8 crop in the history of the Cup playoffs with Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe, William Byron and Ross Chastain advancing this far for the first time. Tyler Reddick starts from the pole, while William Byron starts highest among playoff drivers inside the second row. Tyler Reddick enters +900 while Chastain and two-time champion Kyle Busch open with a +1000 moneyline. NASCAR Cup Series playoff standings entering the weekendChase Elliott - 4,046Joey Logano - 4,026Ross Chastain - 4,021Christopher Bell - 4,018Ryan Blaney - 4,015William Byron - 4,015Denny Hamlin - 4,013Chase Briscoe - 4,009Weather for the South Point 400It's Las Vegas and it's not winter.
wftv.comNASCAR: Tyler Reddick to replace Kurt Busch at 23XI Racing in 2023
Tyler Reddick’s switch to 23XI Racing is happening next season. Reddick is leaving Richard Childress Racing at the end of the season and will replace Kurt Busch. Reddick had signed with 23XI ahead of the 2024 season but still had another year on his contract with RCR. Busch has been replaced by Xfinity Series driver Ty Gibbs at 23XI in 2022. The two-time Xfinity Series champion moved full-time to the Cup Series in 2020 and has made the playoffs in each of the last two seasons.
wftv.comNASCAR at the Charlotte Roval: Weekend schedule, TV info, odds, picks, standings and results
The NASCAR Cup Series will whittle its playoff field from 12 to eight drivers this weekend at the Charlotte Roval. Daniel Suarez comes into the weekend with the final playoff spot, 12 points ahead of Chase Briscoe. Here is everything you need to know for the Bank of America Roval 400:NASCAR Cup Series Roval weekend schedule and how to watchFans in the United States can watch the race on NBC or the NBC Sports app (cable or satellite subscription required). ET (NBC)Bank of America Roval 400: 2 - 5 p.m. ET (NBC, NBC Sports app, MRN, SiriusXM)Post-race show: 5 - 6 p.m.
wftv.comTumultuous, tiring start to NASCAR's round of 12 at Texas
There was also a 56-minute red flag for lightning, and a record 36 lead changes among 19 drivers. Logano was concerned about the vibration in the right rear of his car throughout the closing laps. None of the four playoff races so far have been won by a driver still eligible for the title. Hamlin stayed alongside with Byron during the caution period, livid because of the position he was losing on the track. I wouldn’t blame Goodyear.”Goodyear and NASCAR officials said there were several teams that didn’t have tire issues.
wftv.comReddick wins NASCAR playoff race in long, tiring Texas day
FORT WORTH, Texas — (AP) — Tyler Reddick opened the round of 12 in NASCAR's playoff with a victory at Texas on Sunday, winning a week after being one of the first four Cup drivers knocked out of title contention. After none of the contenders won the first three races of the playoffs — a first in any round in this postseason format — the trend continued with the eliminated Reddick leading 53 of the final 54 laps on a long race day that went into the night. Non-playoff drivers Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. also had tire issues when leading the race at the 1 1/2-mile track. Bell, the Oklahoma native who considers Texas his home track, couldn’t recover from a second tire issue that led to his race-ending crash after finishing only 136 laps. He was the only driver to finish in the top five in all three races in the first round of this postseason.
wftv.comNASCAR: Tyler Reddick wins an absolute mess of a Texas race
Tyler Reddick got his third win of the season in a race at Texas Motor Speedway that NASCAR wants to forget as soon as possible. While numerous drivers had tire problems throughout the course of the race, three drivers crashed out from the lead because of tire problems. NASCAR said that Hamlin didn’t maintain minimum speed and made him line back up outside the top 10. NASCAR was forced to throw scheduled cautions during that race because the tire didn’t have any durability. NASCAR didn’t schedule any tire cautions on Sunday, but you couldn’t have blamed them if they did.
wftv.comNASCAR betting: There's a crowd near the playoff bubble ahead of Bristol
ET, USA) is the second race at Bristol this year. That means we’re all flying blind a bit when it comes to betting Saturday night’s race. Only the top nine drivers in this year’s points standings seem safe entering Saturday night’s race. Before we get to the odds from BetMGM, here’s a quick refresher on the points standings. Byron has two top-10 finishes in seven Bristol starts.
wftv.comBusch leaving Gibbs, Toyota to drive for Childress in 2023
8 car starting in 2023," Busch said of moving to the team based about an hour north of Charlotte. When Childress joined Busch at the announcement, the Hall of Fame team owner presented Busch's 7-year-old son, Brexton, with a contract option to someday drive for RCR. But before that, Childress handed Busch his “signing bonus,” which was a boxed watch. Childress in 2011 tussled with Busch after a Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway. Childress and Busch, now 37 years old, long ago made amends, which helped make RCR a landing spot for Busch during his excruciatingly long free agency period.
wftv.comWallace holds off boss, title contenders to win at Kansas
Bubba Wallace won his second career NASCAR Cup Series race and denied the playoff field of an automatic spot in the next round for the second straight week when he held off championship contenders Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell to win at Kansas Speedway.
Elliott wins Cup pole at Watkins Glen International
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — (AP) — Chase Elliott won the NASCAR Cup pole on Saturday at Watkins Glen International, edging Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson for the top spot. Elliott, a two-time winner at The Glen, turned a fast lap of 1 minute, 10.477 seconds around the 2.45-mile natural terrain road course. Larson, who won last year's race at The Glen, finished in 1:10.516, just ahead of Michael McDowell. Former Formula One champion Kimi Raikkonen, who came out of retirement for the chance to enter NASCAR'S top series, qualified 27th in his Cup debut. Raikkonen is driving for TrackHouse Racing and its Project91 program designed to raise NASCAR’s international exposure.
wftv.comElliott wins Cup pole at Watkins Glen International
Chase Elliott won the NASCAR Cup pole on Saturday at Watkins Glen International, edging Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson for the top spot. Elliott, a two-time winner at The Glen, turned a fast lap of 1 minute, 10.477 seconds around the 2.45-mile natural terrain road course. Larson, who won last year's race at The Glen, finished in 1:10.516, just ahead of Michael McDowell.
news.yahoo.comColumn: Reddick win shows RCR can overcome internal turmoil
Turns out it isn't affecting Reddick, who picked up his second win in five races on Sunday with a victory on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 8 team, partly because Childress took a day to calm down, regroup, and deliver a message to the organization. It’s about a team,” Childress said. Well, any hurt feelings have been pushed aside as Reddick helps RCR contend for the Cup title. But the team owner pointed out that RCR nearly won the title in 2013, Harvick's final season before Harvick moved to Stewart-Haas Racing.
wftv.comIt's time for NASCAR's Cup Series to return to the Indianapolis oval after two years on the road course
(Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)The Cup Series needs to go back to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval. After two races on the Indianapolis road course, it’s hard to dispute the entertainment the Cup Series has provided. NASCAR moved the Cup Series to the road course after the 2020 season following years of miserable attendance at Indianapolis. The Indianapolis road course is a perfectly fine track and a worthy host for the Xfinity Series. The Indianapolis oval was the only track on the Cup Series schedule that was a true showcase of handling and speed.
wftv.comReddick wins at Indy to close best month of NASCAR career
INDIANAPOLIS — (AP) — Tyler Reddick this month already grabbed his first Cup career victory, qualified for NASCAR's playoffs and signed a big contract with a new team. Reddick closed the best month of his career with a win in overtime Sunday on the road course at Indy to give him two victories in the last five Cup races. Reddick on the next restart had to hold off defending race winner AJ Allmendinger, who also won Saturday in the Xfinity Series. Chastain missed the first turn completely and used the access road to return to the racing course ahead of Reddick and the apparent new leader. Reddick chased him for an entire lap around the 2.439-mile course and finally reclaimed the lead in time to lead the entire final lap.
wftv.com23XI Racing makes surprise hire in Tyler Reddick for 2024
Both drivers won a race -- Wallace won last season at Talledega; Busch this year at Kansas -- for 23XI. “Once he’s done driving, he’s going to have a nice cushy office job at 23XI,” Hamlin said. The only Black driver in the Cup series, Wallace has struggled this season and has two top-10 finishes in 19 Cup races. Reddick, who is part of a two-car lineup at RCR with Austin Dillon, "crashed” a scheduled Toyota Zoom Tuesday that included Hamlin, Toyota Racing Development David Wilson and 23XI Racing President Steve Lauletta. Reddick defended the decision to announce his 2024 jump roughly 31 months ahead of his scheduled first points race for 23XI Racing in the Daytona 500.
wftv.comReddick's team confident after breakthrough Cup Series win
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — (AP) — Tyler Reddick finally has his first Cup Series victory and probably a spot in NASCAR's playoffs. I truly think that we will be a contender for the championship when we get into it," team owner Richard Childress said Sunday after Reddick's win at Road America. Strong statement for a team that only earned its first Cup win Sunday, in Reddick's 92nd career start. Reddick had acknowledged just one week before Road America how frustrating it has been to fall short of that breakthrough first Cup win. “We got slapped in the face with the reality of what Cup racing is like,” Reddick said.
wftv.comReddick wins at Road America for 1st NASCAR Cup victory
NASCAR Road America Auto Racing Tyler Reddick gets around a turn during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race Sunday, July 3, 2022, at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) (Morry Gash)ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — (AP) — Tyler Reddick raced to his first NASCAR Cup Series victory Sunday, continuing the season-long trend of first-time winners on road courses. “What better place than Road America?” Reddick said. Nobody has won more than two races through the first 18 events on the Cup Series calendar. “We finally did it today.”Elliott was seeking his eighth career Cup Series road-course win to tie Tony Stewart for second place — one behind Jeff Gordon’s nine. “Those always hurt.”UP NEXTThe Cup Series heads to the Atlanta Motor Speedway next Sunday.
wftv.comKyle Busch leads every lap in NASCAR All-Star race 1st stage
NASCAR All Star Race Auto Racing Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (47) drives during Stage 1 of a NASCAR All-Star auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, May 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Larry Papke) (Larry Papke)FORT WORTH, Texas — (AP) — Kyle Busch led all 25 laps after starting from the pole for the NASCAR All-Star race to take the first stage Sunday night at Texas. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Texas native James Buescher and Daniel Suarez drove their way into the All-Star race earlier Sunday in an open qualifying. Texas is the fourth track to host the annual exhibition, but only the second where the All-Star race has been multiple times. The inaugural All-Star race was held in Charlotte in 1985, with Atlanta hosting in 1985 before 33 in a row in Charlotte.
wftv.comKyle Busch steals Bristol win as Reddick and Briscoe crash
But lapped traffic allowed Briscoe to close in on Reddick and he timed his move for the win for the third turn, when Briscoe tried to slide his way past Reddick on the inside. Briscoe went from two turns away from the win to 22nd and immediately found Reddick on pit road to apologize. From inside his cockpit, Reddick knew he had his work cut out for him if he was to win. "One of the best in stock car racing, Kyle Busch, he's definitely going to make me earn it," Reddick said from inside his Chevrolet. But Briscoe got past Busch when the rain finally stopped and it was Briscoe who wrecked Reddick's trip to victory lane.
wftv.comBriscoe races to first Cup win, pulls away late in Phoenix
AVONDALE, Ariz. — (AP) — Chase Briscoe raced to his first NASCAR Cup Series victory, executing two great restarts over the final 20 laps to pull away from Ross Chastain and Tyler Reddick on Sunday at Phoenix Raceway. It was an intense late battle between three drivers who had never won in the Cup Series. Kyle Larson won the series championship last year after a fall victory at Phoenix, but engine trouble ended his day early. The final restart in each of the four Cup races this season has come with four or fewer laps remaining. ... Briscoe is the Cup Series' 200th winner.
wftv.comUncomfortably numb: Reddick deals with leg issues at Phoenix
The only issue is Reddick can't seem to get comfortable in his Chevrolet's seat, leading to numbness in his legs. If Reddick can find a way to fix his leg issues, he might just find a spot in victory lane for the first time in his NASCAR career. Reddick said it's been hard to diagnose his leg problems because it's difficult to recreate racing conditions in the garage. “I'm not sure anybody's gone down there with the Next Gen car yet, just because of how rigid the car is and how things happen when the car hits the ground." But the 46-year-old hasn't won at the track since 2018 and the Next Gen car provides another wrinkle for the veteran driver to navigate.
wftv.comUncomfortably numb: Reddick deals with leg issues at Phoenix
Tyler Reddick is enjoying his status among NASCAR's fastest drivers through the season's first three races, adapting quickly to the sport's Next Gen car that has provided solid racing and a new degree of difficulty for many drivers. The only issue is Reddick can't seem to get comfortable in his Chevrolet's seat, leading to numbness in his legs. “You know, I just think I was in a really good place in that old car for such a long time and didn’t realize how easy or how bad you could end up missing it, the comfort side of things,” Reddick said.
news.yahoo.comLarson holds off Dillon, Suarez for NASCAR win at Fontana
FONTANA, Calif. — (AP) — Defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson held off Austin Dillon and Daniel Suarez in a tense finish Sunday to win at Fontana for the second time. “There was definitely some guys that were quicker than us, but they had their misfortune,” Larson said. Larson had victory in sight with eight laps to go when Chase Elliott spun and forced a race-record 12th caution. Larson made it out of the pits first, and he led off the restart with four laps to go. Dillon came in second, and Suarez slipped to fourth behind Erik Jones as Chevrolets took the top four spots.
wftv.comReddick lands NASCAR's final playoff spot despite crash
“It was nice in a way to sit back there and kind of reset on what we had to do,” Reddick said. Reddick checked off a lengthy to-do list following that red-flag stoppage — most of it involving making sure his damaged No. Reddick finished fifth in the Cup Series regular-season finale Saturday night and secured the final spot in the 16-car postseason field. Ryan Blaney, though, who had already clinched a playoff spot, beat everyone to the checkered flag and lifted Reddick into the postseason. Reddick improved 17 spots, from 28th to 11th, in points after a lackluster start to his second full-time Cup season.
wftv.comBlaney wins at Daytona, Reddick earns final playoff berth
Reddick needed only to beat Richard Childress Racing teammate Austin Dillon and hope for a repeat winner to earn his first playoff berth. It meant only a first-time race winner could edge Reddick or Dillon for the final spot. “To miss that playoff spot by one spot, that’s a tough ending to a day,” Buescher said. McDowell clinched a spot in the playoffs with his Daytona 500 victory so the early exit didn't affect his playoff chances. Kevin Harvick is the defending race winner and Martin Truex Jr. won at the South Carolina track in May.
wftv.comByron gives NASCAR another surprise winner at Homestead
William Byron was the third surprise winner through three races this season with his victory Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Byron controlled most of the final two stages at Homestead to win for the second time in 111 Cup starts. Byron entered the weekend as a 28-1 shot to win a race many expected would provide a return to normal for the racing series. The Roush Fenway Racing driver led five times for a total of 57 laps, but he started to fade "when as sunset neared. He ended up getting X-rays, which were negative, and was cleared to work the Cup Series event.
Keselowski wins 600 to extend Johnson's losing streak
Keselowski extended Jimmie Johnson's losing streak to 102 races by holding off the seven-time NASCAR champion in overtime early Monday to win the Coca-Cola 600, the longest race on the NASCAR schedule. It was the first win for Keselowski this season, his first Coca-Cola 600 victory and the first win at this event for Ford since 2002. I wanted to win the 600 my whole life and wanted to win in front of everybody, Keselowski said. But almost two hours after the race, NASCAR disqualified Johnson because his Chevrolet failed post-race inspection. I was a lap-and-a-half away from winning the 600, Elliott said.
Kevin Harvick looks to sweep NASCAR's return at Darlington
DARLINGTON, S.C. The win by Kevin Harvick in NASCAR's return to racing over the weekend was a bit predictable considering the enormous task teams are facing in a flurry of rescheduled events. Harvick, a former series champion and former winner at Darlington Raceway, was also the points leader through the first four events. He will try for the sweep when NASCAR returns to Darlington for its first Cup race on a Wednesday since 1984, when Richard Petty scored his 200th and final victory. This anticipated midweek race is just 300 miles 100 fewer than Sunday's return race, and the same distance as next week's junior series Xfinity Series race at Charlotte but still will start a test of stamina. The Cup Series will race for a third time in a week this Sunday in the Coca-Cola 600, the longest race on the schedule.
LIVE UPDATES: Racing is on at Daytona
LIVE UPDATES: Green flag drops on Circle K Firecracker 250 at Daytona10:15 p.m. updateAfter a 2.5 hour rain delay, the green flag has dropped at Daytona International Speedway. NASCAR announced driver introductions are scheduled for 9:30 p.m. with the beginning of the Circle K Firecracker 250 kicking off shortly thereafter. 6:45 p.m. updateRain has begun to fall at Daytona International Speedway, threatening the 7:35 p.m. start time for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250. This is Reddick's second pole in six races at Daytona International Speedway. 4:30 p.m. updateQualifying for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250 is underway.
news-journalonline.comLIVE UPDATES: Allmendinger wins second stage of Firecracker 250 at Daytona
LIVE UPDATES: AJ Allmendinger claims second stage of Circle K Firecracker 250 at Daytona11:20 p.m. updateAJ Allmendinger is back in the car, and he's making his presence known, taking the second stage of Saturday's Xfinity race. 11:00 p.m. updateRoss Chastain claimed the Stage 1 win in the Circle K Firecracker 250. NASCAR announced driver introductions are scheduled for 9:30 p.m. with the beginning of the Circle K Firecracker 250 kicking off shortly thereafter. 6:45 p.m. updateRain has begun to fall at Daytona International Speedway, threatening the 7:35 p.m. start time for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250. 4:30 p.m. updateQualifying for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250 is underway.
news-journalonline.comLIVE UPDATES: Normal operations resume, Xfinity race still on at Daytona
LIVE UPDATES: Normal operations resume, Xfinity race still on at Daytona8:45 p.m. updateThe show is still set to go on. NASCAR announced driver introductions are scheduled for 9:30 p.m. with the beginning of the Circle K Firecracker 250 kicking off shortly thereafter. 6:45 p.m. updateRain has begun to fall at Daytona International Speedway, threatening the 7:35 p.m. start time for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250. [READ MORE: Starting lineup for Coke Zero Sugar 400]4:30 p.m. updateQualifying for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250 is underway. Xfinity Series qualifying is still slated to take place ahead of tonight's race, though drivers are not yet cleared to take to the track.
news-journalonline.comLIVE UPDATES: Ross Chastain wins Circle K Firecracker 250 at Daytona
LIVE UPDATES: Ross Chastain wins Circle K Firecracker 250 at Daytona12:28 p.m. updateRoss Chastain survived to win the Circle K Firecracker 250 and led all three of his team's drivers to a sweep for Kaulig Racing. 11:00 p.m. updateRoss Chastain claimed the Stage 1 win in the Circle K Firecracker 250. NASCAR announced driver introductions are scheduled for 9:30 p.m. with the beginning of the Circle K Firecracker 250 kicking off shortly thereafter. 6:45 p.m. updateRain has begun to fall at Daytona International Speedway, threatening the 7:35 p.m. start time for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250. 4:30 p.m. updateQualifying for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250 is underway.
news-journalonline.comLIVE UPDATES: Normal operations resume, Xfinity race still on at Daytona
LIVE UPDATES: Normal operations resume, Xfinity race still on at Daytona8:45 p.m. updateThe show is still set to go on. NASCAR announced driver introductions are scheduled for 9:30 p.m. with the beginning of the Circle K Firecracker 250 kicking off shortly thereafter. 6:45 p.m. updateRain has begun to fall at Daytona International Speedway, threatening the 7:35 p.m. start time for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250. [READ MORE: Starting lineup for Coke Zero Sugar 400]4:30 p.m. updateQualifying for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250 is underway. Xfinity Series qualifying is still slated to take place ahead of tonight's race, though drivers are not yet cleared to take to the track.
news-journalonline.comLIVE UPDATES: Racing is on at Daytona
LIVE UPDATES: Normal operations resume, Xfinity race still on at Daytona8:45 p.m. updateThe show is still set to go on. NASCAR announced driver introductions are scheduled for 9:30 p.m. with the beginning of the Circle K Firecracker 250 kicking off shortly thereafter. 6:45 p.m. updateRain has begun to fall at Daytona International Speedway, threatening the 7:35 p.m. start time for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250. [READ MORE: Starting lineup for Coke Zero Sugar 400]4:30 p.m. updateQualifying for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250 is underway. Xfinity Series qualifying is still slated to take place ahead of tonight's race, though drivers are not yet cleared to take to the track.
news-journalonline.comLIVE UPDATES: Firecracker 250 at Daytona under red flag
LIVE UPDATES: Xfinity race under red flag11:55 p.m. updateThe Big One has struck at Daytona with 15 laps to go. 11:00 p.m. updateRoss Chastain claimed the Stage 1 win in the Circle K Firecracker 250. NASCAR announced driver introductions are scheduled for 9:30 p.m. with the beginning of the Circle K Firecracker 250 kicking off shortly thereafter. 6:45 p.m. updateRain has begun to fall at Daytona International Speedway, threatening the 7:35 p.m. start time for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250. 4:30 p.m. updateQualifying for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250 is underway.
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