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NASCAR Website/Blog Weekly Recap: A few best mid-running teams and more from the 2025 Toyota/Save Smart 350 at Sonoma Raceway

by Sports Benches July 14, 2025

Another week, another win by one of NASCAR’s greatest road course racers right now in Shane Van Gisbergen.

He could have swept all three stage wins except when he chose to pit late in Stage 1 just to ensure he’s good for the rest but SVG never looked out of place since then.

He’s well set up to dominate the Playoffs with the extras in rugby terms like his winning kicking game celebration all the way past the two sticks or grandstands.

Great to see Michael McDowell finish 4th for Spire whose car may not have the same fire as SVG’s but he sure played his cards right with strategy including an extended run for the lead off the back of Stage 3 yellows coming from an experienced road course racer himself.

Same goes with Tyler Reddick too in the No.45 Toyota as the best mid-run Camry for 23XI having backed up another Top 10 road course result 2nd week down in 6th.

Plus, Brad Keselowski was the best mid-run Ford just outside the Top 10 in 11th for RFK Racing where he did the same thing like Tyler and McDowell. He could’ve resisted the temptation of not pitting late on yellows that would have given him a fighting chance up high & instead struggled at the restart. But not bad though with the result & there’s still time for Brad K to stamp a regular season win.

And special shoutout to Ty Dillon in the No.10 Chevy for Kaulig Racing who still found a way to stay in the in-season championship bubble at semi-finals time.

He finished 17th when his previous opponent Alex Bowman by two spots down (19th) as all he has to do is beat John Hunter Nemechek in the semi-final placing next weekend at the short track Dover and he could be in to win it come Indianapolis at the end of the month.

He’s even the only Chevy out there v three other Toyotas like JHN at Legacy, Ty Gibbs of course via his grandfather’s team, and Reddick as always with Denny’s 23XI side.

Maybe someone else should start giving Ty some additional sponsorship like from Polkadot and somehow the $$$ could be spent to help him win that in-season trophy by the time TNT airs its fifth and final race of the mid-summer & NBC takes over from August to the Championship Playoffs leg till November.

Looking at his run today, he was actually really good across the first half which was a boost with stage points. Now he couldn’t quite translate that promising start with his long runs but a few late yellows allowed TD to at least bring the car home.

All in all, another good week of road course racing where the battle of places is there as we go back to ovals on the short tracks.

It would have been extra cool though if the Supercars guys stick around a bit longer including Jack Perkins but then they had their own thing going on in Townsville.

I hear someone at Erebus Motorsport is considering Jesse Love from Childress’ Xfinity team to drive that wildcard Camaro car for the Adelaide finale event once the NASCAR season is over later November even though he could go back to Toyota should Legacy MC able to add a 3rd car.

We’ll see and if he does go to Toyota, there’s always Andretti Walkinshaw or Brad Jones Racing with the new Supras.

Sure there will be more good moments to come at Watkins Glen this September and Charlotte Roval in early/mid October.

July 14, 2025 0 comment

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NASCAR Website/Blog Weekly Recap with the few best mid-running teams and more from the 2025 Grant Park 165 at the Chicago Street Course

by Sports Benches July 7, 2025

The king of the Chicago Street Course was here to collect yet another again win both Xfinity and Cup by none other than SVG.

He’s not just fast, he also played his cards right where he outsmarted the whole Cup field and never looked back ever since.

Second Cup win of 2025 btw.

Look further with Tyler Reddick in 3rd for the 23XI Toyota who did indeed dominate the third stage alone as if it did not count towards the final race result but still he had a front row afternoon.

So does Kyle Busch in the No.8 for Childress in 5th where he had a flying start up to 2nd in Stage 1 before he lost his way in between but slowly & surely regained a lot of ground with credit to those 2nd half and late yellows.

And the best mid-running Ford driver of the day goes to Roush-Brad K once again but it’s Ryan Preece in the No.60.

Now Ryan would’ve loved nothing more than a front row finish like his team-mate did last week after Brad K finished a close second to race winner Chase Elliott at Atlanta having gone with his own strategy.

Even though that may not have panned out in spite of 2nd half yellows, Ryan still had a Top 10 car to bring that home all afternoon from 7th to finishing 7th.

All in all, it’s been a huge fight both physically and mentally from start to finish with a series of yellows along the way – despite the last lap yellow flag call which is up for debate after Cody Ware crashed into the wall, and it took a while for NASCAR officials to go with that decision.

Although bummer for pole sitter Michael McDowell over in the No.71 Chevy for Spire when he got away with the Stage 1 win but then had problems once he made his way for a stop and that spelled unlucky not long after with a DNF.

Sometimes it’s just unpredictable when a few Cup regulars are being put to test by another Cup regular that knows about road courses all too well both left and right turns & once SVG hugs the lead lap baton, it’s going to be a much tougher fight getting a grip of him to pass from here.

He will have another opportunity to make it win No.3 when road course racing continues next weekend this time out West at Sonoma Raceway. Love his rugby kick victory lap there with the ball where one random fan gets to take that home whichever it lands off the boot as always.

Going off track now and earlier this week, there were also good news from SVG but not so much though in Daniel Suarez when it comes to solving that selection headache going into 2026 by Trackhouse.

That means, Daniel and Trackhouse reached an agreement to mutually go their separate ways that goes back to its foundations back in 2021. He’s so grateful of the good times they’ve achieved over time with two regular-season wins in 2022 at Sonoma and 2024 during the 1st of two Atlanta races.

At the same time, Trackhouse needed a new direction that focuses more on being one of the new Big 3/4 teams. With that said, it makes sense for Trackhouse to bring young gun & Xfinity Series regular Connor Zilisch onboard in his place, which is expected to happen days to weeks from now.

All the best Daniel Suarez either elsewhere within Cup or back to Xfinity.

Plus, glad to hear that Stellantis has re-upped their performance game lately on top of Ram’s return to Track Series racing next year, with thanks to the returning boss Tim Kuniskis in charge.

Here comes the return of the road-going brand SRT aka Street Racing Technology that will apply across its core brands Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram Trucks.

Don’t know when the first models will come out mainly from Ram and Dodge’s side with the 1500 and Charger respectively but should be in a few months time & who knows if those sales go up?

Just like the win on “Sunday, Sell on Monday” approach if Ram can get the ground running.

July 7, 2025 0 comment

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NASCAR: A few best mid-running drivers from the 2025 Quaker State 400 from Atlanta Motor Speedway with a bit of Truck racing earlier at Lime Rock Park

by Sports Benches June 29, 2025

Oh so close by Brad Keselowski in the No.6 Ford Mustang for RFK who had a top weekend from practice to race day.

The speed is there a few times throughout the night just need to turn into race wins where Chase Elliott got the better of him at the white flag on what has been a chain-reacted night along with an unreal last-lap finish on the ride home in Atlanta.

On the face of it, those RFK Fords have been fast as of late no doubt; sure they will find a way to get onto victory lane sooner than later even if they make the Playoffs without a win but strong finishes here and there.

Top shelf by the two satellite Toyota Camry cars in Tyler Reddick at 23Xl in 4th and Legacy MC’s Erik Jones 5th.

Erik never gave up & rebound straight from yellows under green while Tyler was trouble-free all night long to Top 5 & stayed battling up front since then.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. the one who continues to deliver at caution-filled races with some good late race opportunities finished 6th for the No.47 Chevy at Hyak Motorsports.

Special shoutout elsewhere to TNT Sports who just returned to NASCAR racing to bring you the next five Cup races.

Wish they could bring the Altcast one with Larry McReynolds and Jeff Burton on some extra stream Internationally but that one was only capped to TruTV & Max in the US.

Same with the in-car onboard cameras that was previously available to everyone by NASCAR.com until Max took over that product when the previous 10-year TV deal lapsed at the end of last season.

Meanwhile earlier today at Lime Rock Park in the Craftsman Truck Series, Corey Heim was too good in that No.11 Toyota Tundra for Tricon Garage, who continues to dominate simply everything once again.

It’s been a while to defending champion Ty Majeski who finished 2nd and so does rookie & fellow Tricon driver in the No.17 Gio Ruggiero after he came home 3rd.

Plus, shoutout to two more: one who came all the way from Supercars just for this occasion and another is an announcer with strong ties to this race track.

It’s Cameron Waters from Tickford Racing where he benefitted off a late yellow & also restart in 5th after running mid-pack for the most part with ThorSport Racing (No.67 Ford F-150) while Mike Joy from FOX NASCAR was there as an honorary guest rather than calling this race when it’s only Cup (usually the first half year).

He could’ve also called the Indy 500 that could make Mike call both 500s all in the one year but only Chris Myers achieved that since he’s always a studio host and Will Buxton from the UK is in good hands.

Wish Cam could stay on for another week but for the Chicago Street Race since there’s no Truck racing for the next few weeks when Will Brown from Triple Eight will be back this time in a part-time Chevy for Kaulig Racing’s Cup team & so does Jack Perkins by surprise but in a Toyota Supra at Joe Gibbs Racing’s Xfinity team.

Maybe Rick Ware Racing should call Cam up right now to have him race the No.01 part-time Ford then? Then somehow we could have three Supercars drivers if not four if you count SVG racing NASCARs all on that one awesome race weekend.

RWR’s future has been secured the other day thanks to new majority owner TJ Puchyr with the eventual goal of running a competitive three-car Cup team in the model of his old team that he co-founded so many years ago at Spire Motorsports.

What they’re doing right now when it comes to their competitive state and the way RWR treats their charters is more to do with just business than anything trying to reach some Top 10s every week.

However, for once, let’s hope TJ can finally help RWR tell the rest of the field that they’re here to win races rather than just sticking themselves at the back.

They could even be a Dodge team at the right time someday with Ram coming back to Trucks as soon as February next year at Daytona.

June 29, 2025 0 comment

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NASCAR News Today: Chase Briscoe wins the 2025 The Great American Getaway 400 plus a few best mid-running teams from Pocono Raceway

by Sports Benches June 23, 2025

You just cannot believe what RFK Racing has been up to today where they had all three cars in the Top 10 with Chris Buescher leading the way in 4th.

A win would’ve been all but awesome having started from 2nd.

Even though he may not been able to find a way to outsmart those Toyotas, it’s still a top day though finishing inside Top 5 who deserves a regular season win soon.

Same with team-mates Ryan Preece and Brad K, both of whom also benefited greatly with a mix of yellows and strategy including an extended shot upfront by Brad, when things were up and down earlier on but both finished not bad in 8th and 9th.

And there’s another team out there that usually benefitted from the larger ovals with no need for an intro to Legacy MC.

Top weekend with a top setup where John Hunter Nemechek in the No.42 Toyota went all in for the overall result & JHN caught that one beautifully in 6th.

Your winner today at Pocono is Chase Briscoe also a Toyota but in a top team at Joe Gibbs Racing.

He had a flying start from 6th to 4th Stage 1 where it took figuring out for Chase and his Aussie crew chief James Small to force their No.19 Camry up front. From there off the back of yellows, that effect seems to have worked on their favour and they’ve never looked back ever since – how good!

It could’ve been Denny’s day over in the sister 11 car after he spent the rare weekend off last weekend when NASCAR crossed borders to Mexico City due to the birth of his third child – a baby boy.

But at the end of the day, it’s all about planning that 200mph chess (new term there made by Steve Letarte) right rather than just being fast if it wasn’t for yellows, and also weather plays a big factor too.

That’s how Chase went on to win saying “checkmate” over Denny fair and square.

Not a lot of Chevys down the Top 10 other than just the Hendrick duo of Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson in between 5th & 7th with Daniel Suarez being the best Chevy mid-pack runner in 5th following a tough afternoon from these cars when it comes to Chevy’s satellite teams.

But the only and only best Chevy moment from the weekend was the Saturday Xfinity race where Connor Zilisch got away the win over Jesse Love only laps before the finish line with Dale Jr. by his side from the pit box for just one race when Connor’s usual crew chief had to sit out by NASCAR officials.

At only 18 soon to be 19 next month, he continues to be one hell of a talent being Chevy’s own Ty Gibbs. Time will tell if he will get his chance full-time next season at Trackhouse at Cup or there’s always Spire or even Hendrick although we know he’s a Red Bull athlete much like SVG and they are both tied to Trackhouse.

Off the back of Daniel’s Xfinity and SVG’s Cup wins at the same Mexico City place last weekend, hate to see either one of them go when Trackhouse isn’t new at having to fit in drivers every year. But here’s hoping Justin Marks will find a compromise somehow that can hopefully help Chevy win championships again.

Can’t wait for the night race for the first time in 2025 when NASCAR returns to Atlanta Motor Speedway and also a first of returns too by TNT coinciding with the all-new in-season knockout competition.

June 23, 2025 0 comment

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NASCAR Trucks: Layne Riggs wins his first race of 2025 at Pocono Raceway for Front Row Motorsports

by Sports Benches June 20, 2025

It’s been a while but great to see Layne Riggs back in victory lane for the first time in 2025 for Front Row Motorsports.

He may have Corey Heim running in and out right next to him for the most part having won the opening Stage.

But Heim’s unexpected late race issue in Stage 3 puts Riggs on the clear & now he’s got a Playoffs spot guaranteed.

He’s come from a long way when he first came into the organization as a Truck Series starter last year and although he made a few mistakes here and there but he’s got talent and the speed to bring those good finishes home.

As long as he keeps on running up front, you never know – it could be a championship like Zane Smith (FRM guy again in the No.38 Cup) did back in 2022.

Tanner Gray had a stellar afternoon also from 6th with an excellent strategy and long-run race pace particularly with an improved Stage 3 to finish 2nd.

I thought it was Taylor Gray but he’s committed to running Xfinity full-time this season; More on him coming tomorrow when he will be back in the No.19 Toyota Supra for Joey Gibbs Racing.

And Kaden Honeycutt finished 3rd coming off from 2nd for the No.45 Niece Motorsports Chevy. There were issues in the first half where he may not be able to hold onto the race leader but a run of yellows though with the right adjustments showed signs of rebound back to Top 3.

All in all today’s Truck Series race was half green and half yellow but a few yellows in Stage 3 got the best or worse from a few drivers.

That’s the first race out of three across the Pocono weekend now done with an interview on the Kevin Harvick podcast already out yesterday with Tim Kuniskis (the returning CEO in charge) from Dodge and Ram, who talked about Ram’s official return to Truck Series racing with the 1500 model ready to go, that will begin next season.

Let’s hope we can see Dodge back at Cup level by 2027 or more realistically 2028 – exciting times ahead.

I don’t know about their views on going back to Xfinity from Dodge’s standpoint but I guess that goes with it alongside Cup since Toyota and Ford only has one factory supported race team.

Also good to see Kevin back in the booth for this one as an analyst rather than the announcer with Jamie Little as always even though Fox decided to call the race from the studio than the race track.

June 20, 2025 0 comment

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NASCAR: Shane Van Gisbergen’s phenomenal Cup win at Mexico City now Playoffs bound for the first time in 2025

by Sports Benches June 16, 2025

No need for an introduction when someone like SVG who has done them all in road course racing before & he continues to dominate that with the win once again at Cup level in Mexico City.

Yes, things may be bit different from the start especially from pole & there was rain along the way.

But he simply played his cards right when it’s all about the race win and now SVG will compete in the Playoffs later this year with the trust of Justin Marks at Trackhouse.

I know there’s Connor Zilisch waiting in the wings but to keep some stability, it’s best they hold onto both SVG and the weekend’s Xfinity winner Daniel Suarez at least one more year.

At the end of the day, this wasn’t the first time Trackhouse had to go through this headache, especially when both drivers’ contracts probably expire at season’s end – just ask Zane Smith!

He was a Spire driver last year but on loan from but then largely inconsistent results would mean that Zane had to be released from his contract to make way for SVG.

Zane is back at Front Row Motorsports right now who is no doubt still a capable Cup driver.

Fantastic to see another natural road course specialist Michael McDowell with his first Top 5 of 2025 at Spire in 5th.

A win would be anyone’s best thing all day everyday but at least he had a solid Top 5 car all afternoon & don’t forget there’s always the big tracks he can take advantage of the other way.

Great to hear from Legacy MC also following another good result in a different kind of race track in John Hunter Nemechek where he made a lot of ground plus avoiding yellows in 6th.

Then here comes the best Ford top-finishing driver of the race Cole Custer for the first time Top 10 in 2025 under the one and only brand new Haas team in 8th.

He’s someone who rocked up out of nowhere following an indifferent first half before his long game strategy including dodging yellows at the right time proved that he can secure Top 10s – well played Cole.

And thanks to Mexico City on bringing the electric atmosphere into life including the stadium section that is such a perfect match for hosting major motorsports events including the first overseas points Cup race since 1959/1960.

Once again SVG is rolling road course fever ahead of everyone as the next driver to book in a Playoffs spot following his phenomenal afternoon in the No.88 Chevy.

June 16, 2025 0 comment

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NASCAR: Denny Hamlin wins that late with a few best mid-running teams from the 2025 FireKeepers Casino 400 in Michigan

by Sports Benches June 8, 2025

Happy for Denny Hamlin with the Michigan win who knows what it takes to take that opportunity that late with both hands and yet he’s done that again when others eventually fell away on his 701st Cup series start. Am convinced that Chris Gayle his new crew chief will help Denny deliver more wins including the next Playoffs that could finally turn into his drivers’ championship year at season’s end.

I know that win would be worth so much more than anything second best but Chris Buescher had a solid afternoon including all other Roush cars in the Top 10 by Ryan Preece (9th) & Brad Keselowski (10th).

If it wasn’t for those yellows and that little slip up somewhere in Stage 3, the race could’ve been his to take by far just like we saw with Denny en route to the finish line.

Top finishes all day also going to Denny’s 23XI Toyota employee Bubba Wallace who finished the race strong in 4th.

Then Ross Chastain at Trackhouse with a quiet and improved afternoon off the back of the Stage 2 yellows & never looked back since then where he did the best possible to collect them all on track position in 6th.

There’s another Ford that made solid ground especially under green by Zane Smith after he finished 7th for Front Row Motorsports.

Didn’t hear much from Kyle Busch when he rolled off 2nd but stayed out of trouble though all afternoon & regained up to 8th at Childress. He’s happy with the practice and qualifying speed so he can make up those best options available come race day where you never know what to expect other than finishing Top 10s every week.

A win? Yes, that would be awesome when this car needs help to challenge the front runners like RFK & 23XI. But good consistent results and hanging in there through four odd hours shows he’s still got it & maybe he might win again after all.

Lots more drivers also benefitting a good end to the afternoon if you stretch all the way to the Top 15 but again, gotta say the local guy from the Michigan township of Byron, Erik Jones finished 11th in the famed No.43 Toyota with Legacy MC.

He’s another driver like many others as witnessed when others drop off firstly with cautions and later on fuel and race strategy under green. Now things may not have been the same when trying to keep hold of the Top 20 by the looks of his car’s long game although we know Legacy MC can stir up a surprise at the bigger track races but at least he ran not too shabby.

June 8, 2025 0 comment

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2026-30 Supercars TV rights deal update March 2025

by Sports Benches March 5, 2025

We got an update on the next Supercars TV rights deal and according to the latest Speedcafe’s Full Credit to the Noise Podcast, it seems the top tier package has all but signed, sealed and delivered with Fox Sports staying on as their primary broadcast partner once again.

So that means Nine would be out of the running at all not even via a shared FTA arrangement since they want the whole lot through Stan Sport with some on the main channel since its inception back in 2021.

It’s either Seven or 10 now as one could be staying on or returning after all.

I think Seven would be the winner when most of their simulcast sports deal do come with Fox Sports & they’ve got a great history with racing on their own that has been going on for many decades.

One thing that Foxtel should consider is at least having every Saturday or Sunday main afternoon race of every round live in front of a paywall on top of six marquee & full event ones (like the support races, etc.) including the Bathurst 1000 whether if it’s on Kayo Freebies or even Seven.

It’s just not the same as it once was before going back to the glory 90s & 2000s but times have changed unfortunately due to the prices of sports tv rights going up the roof including the demise of Holden at the start of this decade along with Chevy currently running an outdated Camaro.

Although you can tell Toyota is coming into the fold next year that could make up a three-way fight up front for the championship especially with the first-ever finals format coming later this year.

Yes, ad-free and getting the best experience out of a regular Supercars viewer on Fox/Kayo is paramount but would love to see a race per round live on either side of the weekend as if they’re tuning into NRL or AFL with both flexible paid and free TV options every weekend.

March 5, 2025 0 comment

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Thoughts on Nine looking to bid exclusive rights for the 2026 Supercars TV deal that could change everything with Stan Sport

by Sports Benches November 21, 2024

The Supercars season may be over with Will Brown winning his first Drivers’ Championship for Red Bull Team Australia which is under the Triple 8 Chevy organisation but there’s still more to it off-track following a huge update regarding the sport’s next TV rights package from 2026 to at least 2030.

It’s not just Fox Sports battling hard to retaining the majority rights alongside Seven, they now officially have competition in the form of Nine/Stan Sport under Nine Entertainment Co. Should Nine win the rights, this shouldn’t be an issue with $$$ since they got Stan as their own paid streaming service that includes Stan Sport.

They currently hold a number of other major sporting rights content with some being simulcasted on Nine that operates similarly to other Pay TV outlets like Fox Sports via Foxtel (cable/satellite) & Kayo Sports (streaming).

With scheduling though, that will be another point of area to discuss if Nine does win the rights. They would like to have all Sunday races live, keep the other six major event races live that Seven is currently doing (which was also Ten has done as a secondary broadcaster back in 2015-2020) and have nearly everything else behind a paywall.

Most Sunday races nowadays begin closer to 4pm and Nine has the NRL on at the same time, but Supercars is indeed one of our national-level sporting leagues much like our motor racing version to our two biggest footy codes – NRL and AFL.

Sunday Afternoon NRL, for example, during the season may be on the main channel over in Queensland and New South Wales with all other states being on 9Gem. However, it’s still better than nothing and sure Nine would at least have some sport to play with for the non-NRL states in Supercars as a lead-in for their 6pm news bulletin.

Remember the Supercars races are held every couple of weeks across 12-13 times throughout the year as yes, the viewership and fan base may not be the same as once was before. Although you can say that ad-free racing proved to be the difference over the last decade & that won’t change anytime soon, but it would be better though if Supercars at least have every Sunday race live for free on top of six full event races every year – that’s the bare minimum we could ask for.

I’m not going to pick a winner out of this but whoever has the most money and most importantly, the appropriate reach they could offer to our viewership would be enough for Supercars to lock in that next TV rights deal.

November 21, 2024 0 comment

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NASCAR Shoutouts after the 2024 season-finale: Chris Buescher the best non-Playoffs driver outside the Top 16 Points, more farewells & a few exciting things to look out for going into 2025

by Sports Benches November 11, 2024

And now we roll off with the shoutouts for the final time in season 2024 aside from yet another Team Penske season where Joey Logano got his 3rd Drivers’ Championship there for the Blue Oval Ford as we start with Chris Buescher. Shoutout to Buescher as the best non-Playoffs driver of 2024 after he came home 9th in the No.17 Ford for RFK Racing. Who knows what he could do next year? When Kroger is expected to be onboard soon & he and Brad Keselowski will be able to see their team add a 3rd chartered car imminently.

So does Stewart-Haas Racing (Ford) after they finished their last race as a whole team together with No.10’s Noah Gragson being their best driver of the day in 12th. I know he’s already signed up to Front Row Motorsports next year but we’ll have to wait and see what happens since FRM has been in a court yard fight alongside 23XI Racing with the sport lately re. charters.

Don’t forget Harrison Burton over in 16th even though he wasn’t the best for Wood Brothers Ford over these last three years but still made his first and the team’s 100th win come true at Daytona’s summer race. Although Wood Brothers will be in good hands with a handy racer in Josh Berry next year, but there’s more to come from Harrison when he will step back at Xfinity level with another Ford outfit at AM Racing – wishing him the very best of luck.

Then we look at the 2017 Cup champ Martin Truex Jr. who also competed his last race as a full-time driver. Now he may not have been able to convert into a race win from pole, but still one of the best racers to watch including the last decade over the best of Toyota Cup teams.

Going down a position in 18th, how about also the best rookie on show Carson Hocevar in the No.77 Chevy for Spire Motorsports? He’s got a bright future ahead straight out of Trucks, especially with Spire growing more and more every race weekend alongside Justin Haley in the 7 — and they’ll soon be joined by veteran Michael McDowell in the 71 next season after his decorated seven-year stint with Ford’s Front Row Motorsports.

And if that’s not enough, how about we give a big shoutout to Australia’s own Leigh Diffey, who now calls America home & also recently became NBC’s lead NASCAR race commentator at least for Cup. We continue to see and hear the best of Leigh at the highest of racing levels whether if it’s Motorsport or Athletics/Track and Field as sure there will be more memorable NASCAR calls by the Diff going into next year and beyond. Well done Leigh & have a well-deserved break.

Yes, we’ve also heard the best of Rick Allen over the past decade up until late August before Leigh took over, having called the Xfinity season-finale race live the other day for The CW under NBC’s production. But again, we thank him for what he’s done as wishing him good luck wherever he ends up next season.

So there we have it, the 2024 NASCAR season is finally over after 36 points races plus two extra weeks of non-points fun and excitement. We cannot wait to go all over again for season 2025 under a new TV rights contract with a huge focus on the streaming part as it rolls on. For now, your champion is Joey Logano for the 3rd time after he fended off Blaney that justified another glorious Team Penske moment with another silverware yet again.

November 11, 2024 0 comment