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NASCAR: A few mid-running teams from the 2025 Cracker Barrel 400 in Nashville with Carson Hocevar in 2nd once again this time behind race winner Ryan Blaney

by Sports Benches June 2, 2025

Ryan Blaney may be the race winner but Carson Hocevar is 1st out of the mid-running teams from early Stage 2 cautions to Stage 3 green-flag pit stops where others struggle while he strives for track position.

Lots to be proud from the No.77 with Carson’s 1st career Cup win not too far away as long as he stays Top 10 every week – could’ve been a Spire double Nashville special if you look at Rajah Caruth’s win the other day in Trucks.

Great shift from the Toyota satellite teams like the 23XI pair of Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick who both had the same progress as Carson in between 6th and 9th with Erik Jones able to stay running Top 10 all night long in the No.43 for 7th.

And Kyle Busch after finished 12th having also got away from avoiding yellows that turned into a steady 2nd half run – he’s still hanging in there just within that Top 16 points bubble.

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June 2, 2025 0 comment

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NASCAR: Top 3/4 mid-running teams from the 2025 AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway

by Sports Benches May 13, 2025

1️⃣ Josh Berry simply impresses to amaze the Cup field inside that No.21 Ford Mustang for Wood Brothers even if he had to start from the back. His good Stage 2 even though there were one few yellows in Stage 3 puts him home in 6th – good from someone who has a playoffs berth intact hoping to make a big play later this year.

2️⃣ A top day too by both Roush cars in Ryan Preece No.60 and Chris Buescher No.17 over in 7th and 8th. Preece didn’t complain much all day and Buescher even though would’ve love to turn that short setup into the long stretch for top spot but he wouldn’t mind a great finish also.

3️⃣ Lots of mid-running Fords filling in and out of Top 15 but at least we have a Toyota sitting 10th that is a satellite team with John Hunter Nemechek at Legacy MC. Didn’t hear much from him when it comes to the clean green runs having started 17th; At the end of the day, he simply stayed out of it & finished 10th.

May 13, 2025 0 comment

2025 NASCAR: A few standout mid-running teams from the weekend at Texas starting with Ross Chastain from Trackhouse

by Sports Benches May 8, 2025

Aside from a Joey Logano win plus two separate car-related issues Sunday at Texas, there’s a few out standout drivers there who benefitted a Stage 3 cut-off of surviving crashes on the run home.

So close from Ross Chastain there in 2nd for Trackhouse – good news that he’s stable above the Top 16 Playoffs line as a win would be lovely for him to focus on a championship guaranteed 100%.

While Legacy MC have may struggled in the normal kind of races but hey, they can be spur us a good moment here and there – especially when it comes to the big and restrictor plate tracks. What’s even better is that they had both Toyota Camrys home in the Top 10 with the No.43 Erik 5th and No.42’s John Hunter Nemechek 8th. They should be proud of themselves and you never know next time? Could be a win that could give them a chance to go further.

There’s a whole lot others who has been more than ready to knock on the front row doors when there’s still plenty of time left ahead of the end of August cut-off.

However, hats off to Ricky Stenhouse Jr. being the one-man show for Hyak after he finished 6th and having won races at these kind of tracks before, sure he will be the next man to win one. That way, he can help them punch above their weight in order to say hi to the big teams via VL.

And the same goes with Austin Dillon in the No.3 Chevy for his family-run Childress side following his 7th placed finish the other day. As long as he finishes races cleanly and positively, AD would no doubt be wanting to win the next race again at a bigger track – and RCR could somehow be on the same page as RFK Racing, Trackhouse and 23XI Racing after all.

He is currently 21st behind Spire’s Michael McDowell in Drivers’ Points as of Race 11 out of 36. We’ll see especially with Kyle Busch steering the ship even though he had an unlucky Stage 3 outing also from the other day that saw him finish 20th.

Now we’re off to Kansas Speedway this weekend which is going to be Fox’s last regular season race of 2025 via the FS1 cable sports network with the All-Star race around the corner. Other than Josh Berry in the No.21 two months ago from Las Vegas, who will the next one to celebrate that isn’t a Top-notch or Big 3 team?

Time will tell.

May 8, 2025 0 comment

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Thoughts on Dodge rumoured to team up with GMS Racing on their proposed return to NASCAR via Ram at Truck Series level

by Sports Benches April 16, 2025

So there you have it, not only Maury Gallagher’s son Spencer is back on a one-off ride somewhere at ARCA level, but we could see GMS Racing going back to NASCAR after all as a Ram trucks team if Dodge is officially coming back next year.

Not only that, we could see at least two entries to begin with since these engines are spec powered by Ilmor and not built by each of the current manufacturers unless you’re talking the Xfinity Series or Cup.

So no-brainer there for Dodge to get back into the stock car racing business.

Then it’s a matter of when if Dodge does want to re-join and compete the likes of Chevy, Ford and Toyota for the NASCAR Cup Series – could be 2027 or 2028.

Should Legacy Motor Club be able to finalise their purchase with that 3rd charter off Rick Ware Racing, it could be perfect timing for Dodge to team up including “The King” Richard Petty again like it was in the good ol’ past.

Although Jimmie Johnson is the majority owner nowadays with Maury still holding a small cut alongside new member Tom Brady and his investment partner who owns Birmingham City – they just got back into the Championship btw.

I wouldn’t be against it and it’s never been a better time to have Corey Heim onboard ready to battle for a championship for that newly-expanded car (could be the No.44) under Dodge and Legacy MC – pretty sure he will never be picked by Joe Gibbs because of his feud with grandson Ty.

And of course if Erik and John Hunter wanted to stay, I’m sure they will too considering they have families through a wife and a young kid of their own.

At the moment, qualifying pace ain’t bad sometimes but with just a Toyota-powered engine on their own race cars – seems like they will have to do a whole lot of work if Legacy MC was to compete for Top 10s & I mean regularly to stay on top of Playoffs.

April 16, 2025 0 comment

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NASCAR: Denny Hamlin wins another race for the Joe Gibbs Toyota Camrys on another week at Darlington Raceway

by Sports Benches April 7, 2025

It’s been another amazing JGR Toyota weekend with another Denny Hamlin win for the second straight week running this time at the Throwback walls of Darlington.

Not only he was Top 3 fastest in qualifying he also took good care of the field too and with his Playoffs berth already intact, all Denny wants to do is keep on running up front every week so he can make the most out of the Championship later this year.

Here’s a few more when others survive those cut-offs of yellow flag mayhem:

One of the RFK Racing Fords goes Top 7 once again by Chris Buescher and so does the Front Row duo of Zane Smith (12th) and Todd Gilliland (14th) – glad Zane’s lifeline opportunity is going well so far.

Ty Dillon following up another solid day also in 16th with the No.10 Chevy for Kaulig Racing including ex-Erebus personnel Andrew Dickeson upstairs.

And at Legacy MC, Erik Jones finished 17th who kept battling hard all day in the 43; Although not so much from JHN in the other 42 when both customer Toyotas didn’t have the best push towards the end.

April 7, 2025 0 comment

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NASCAR: Thoughts on Legacy Motor Club suing Rick Ware Racing over a charter purchase agreement that gone wrong

by Sports Benches April 2, 2025

No secret there from Legacy Motor Club who wants to expand into three full-time cars but it’s a shame that seller Rick Ware Racing has been messing things up lately.

So they decided to bring this up to the courthouse for the judge to decide.

Thought RWR would have taken the chance to improve their on-track performance even more which they haven’t so far this season when Justin Haley moved to Spire along with the other chartered lease to RFK Racing for Ryan Preece.

But if RWR is not serious enough to improve any time soon while making looking to make another quick dime, then they should take the money now (around $40 million USD) before things get ugly.

Not sure what will happen if RWR is gonna do once they’re without charters where maybe might as well they’ll do part-time (see Live Fast Motorsports) but hoping this happens and maybe the No.44 could be back on track potentially as a three-car team with the 42 and 43 so they can go full speed to where they want to be.

April 2, 2025 0 comment

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NASCAR Race Results: Denny Hamlin wins his first race of 2025 with a new crew chief along with some good Top 10-15 results from elsewhere all at Martinsville

by Sports Benches March 31, 2025

What a Denny day it has been from the man who led the most laps on his way to his first victory of 2025 earlier today at the paperclip (Martinsville Speedway) & with the Joe Gibbs Toyotas (including Denny’s own 23XI satellite cars) ever so strong up front over the last couple of weeks, no doubt this could be their best year ahead.

What else?

Good to see Ryan Preece back up another Top 10 finish in the No.60 Ford Mustang for RFK Racing in 7th.
Shoutout to Todd Gilliland btw also in a Ford with the No.34 team at Front Row Motorsports and he crossed the line with a Top 10 result in 10th.
There’s a bit more room also when Michael McDowell finished 12th for Spire and Ty Dillon 15th with his Aussie crew chief Andrew Dickeson (ex-Erebus crew from Supercars) calling the shots at Kaulig Racing.

And on Legacy MC, yes, their practice and qualifying laps have no doubt continued to shine. However, they just couldn’t quite translate it into race results unfortunately once again every time yellows hold up every now and then – not even a DQ from Erik Jones has helped so little either and he was busted after post-race inspection.

March 31, 2025 0 comment

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From last weekend: Kyle Larson pulls off late move over Alex Bowman for the best of Hendrick at Homestead along with some late progress from Erik Jones in 15th for LMC

by Sports Benches March 28, 2025

It was a brilliant afternoon of NASCAR Cup racing at Homestead last weekend this time during the early season swing rather than later in the year at Playoffs time headlined by a Hendrick 1-2 finish courtesy of 2021 champion Kyle Larson, who made the winning move over team-mate Alex Bowman in the 48 after Alex brushed the wall a wee bit much with only seven laps to go – how good is racing!

Gotta feel for Bubba there who wasn’t far off the lead from Bowman at the time and then he just couldn’t keep up with those two Chevys on the run home, although he finished 3rd as the leading Toyota Camrys for 23XI Racing ahead of two Gibbs cars which ain’t bad.

Meanwhile, unlucky for his best friend Ryan Blaney in the No.12 Penske Ford following a great start but then a poor Stage 3 restart coupled with a blown engine meant he couldn’t go on through the end -you gotta feel for YRB there.

Other than the Hendrick Chevy cars being absolutely top-notch up front, it was also good seeing both RFK Ford cars finish Top 10 like the always consistent No.17 Chris Buescher (6th) and so does the statement driver Ryan Preece in the new No.60 team (9th), along with AJ Allmendinger just inside Top 7 for Kaulig Racing (Chevy).

And last but not least for LMC, yeah don’t know what went wrong when a good qualifying run didn’t quite translate into a satisfactory race result. John Hunter Nemechek had that issue from the line in 7th where he was running outside Top 20 but at least the other car in Erik Jones seems to have the better finish thanks to a series of adjustments including the DNF of Ryan Blaney and he came home in 15th.

What can LMC improve going into Martinsville?

So six races out of 36, LMC has the raw pace as seen in practice and qualifying with back-to-back Top 10s which wasn’t bad for a start. But when it comes the race day form, it seems they are sometimes going all over the place inconsistently from up front to the middle of the field.

One thing they’re good at though is their ability to finish races strong – as long as they steer clear out of the crashed and mechanically defunct cars, they are all good to finish whatever track position they can take towards the checkered flag. Other than that, JHN is 18th and Erik is 23rd in Drivers’ Points so another Top 10-15 run or better is the way to go.

It is still a work in progress as said when Jimmie Johnson made a host of off-season changes and right now, they are currently on the up with still a long way to before the No.42 and No.43 Toyotas can start fighting consistently with the front-runners.

March 28, 2025 0 comment

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NASCAR today’s result: Josh Berry another first time winner who just gifted Wood Brothers Racing’s 101st Cup win and a mixed afternoon in LV from Legacy Motor Club

by Sports Benches March 17, 2025

It’s good to see another Wood Brothers race win in the space of just over six months from their centurion Cup victory and hats off to hard-worker Josh Berry with his first Cup win.

Didn’t know there was another first timer making the big rounds at WBR just like Harrison Burton last year at Daytona & don’t forget Young Ryan Blaney too back in June 2017 at Pocono.

For Legacy MC, kinda of a mixed day with John Hunter Nemechek on another Top 20 afternoon (20th) & Erik Jones 27th.

Erik was off to a flyer thanks to his unreal qualifying run from 5th but then a lot of yellows + his own spin ruined his momentum while JHN effective on the long runs as always & able to keep his car clean that benefitted his track position – wish he had good qualifying car though that can change everything.

March 17, 2025 0 comment

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NASCAR today’s result: Christopher Bell goes three-in-a row after he defeated Gibbs team-mate Denny Hamlin at the white flag plus more coming from Legacy Motor Club

by Sports Benches March 10, 2025

A bit unlucky there from the No.11 Denny Hamlin but good to see him finish 2nd and how good was Christopher Bell in the No.20 Gibbs Camry once again with another Toyota race win after three races out of four minus the Daytona 500.

Still early days with 2nd chances on the line by everyone else before Bell would want to pull off a Phoenix Raceway clean sweep alongside that championship trophy he long wanted come November for the C’ship 4 finale but so far, so good.

And yes, the same goes to fellow Toyota customer Cup team Legacy MC with a lot to reflect on.

JHN was excellent on the long runs as always like it was last weekend at COTA where he finished in 14th with the exact same difficult circumstances he had to do from the back once again – imagine how serious he could be and the best of this LMC’s on-track results is yet to come.

Erik Jones, meanwhile, may not have been able to hold down a top-half spot especially with a series of yellows holding him back ahead of restarts but not a bad second half session though to sign off at the 43 office in 18th.

March 10, 2025 0 comment