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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 Trucks: Corey Heim going strength to strength in a mostly clean evening following his win at the 2025 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 in Charlotte

by Sports Benches May 23, 2025

One thing to look at Corey Heim’s win at the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 in Charlotte tonight – brilliant stuff.

He may have been thrown into the hot seat when it comes to the race off pit road especially under caution or in-between stages but boy, he’s fast, extremely fast.

Goes to show he’s more than ready to going the distance than ever who finished ahead of both Niece Chevy trucks:

1️⃣ Cup regular from Trackhouse Ross Chastain even though he makes the most out of his short runs as a mostly clean run tonight meaning he came home 2nd.

2️⃣ Same goes with Kaden Honeycutt off the back of his 3rd placed finish where race craft may not be on par with Heim’s but made some good calls off pit road, however, to keep in a good check of the front row.

On that note, with the Fox’s primary female Truck Series commentator Jamie Little in Indy to report the annual 500 on pit road this weekend, great to hear Kevin Harvick on the call this time as a lead announcer. It’s also on Stan Sport btw for this annual event along with the full IndyCar season races irrespective of Fox taking over NBC as the new TV partner this year.

He’s got his own weekly podcast and vodcast show twice a week where he could’ve been a handy fill-in host with last weekend’s All-Star race but being in the booth suits him better.

He could even be a perfect replacement someday if Mike Joy wants to retire but NASCAR now has at least two new broadcast partners over the next ten Cup races with Amazon Prime & TNT Sports.

And Kevin, enjoy the grand stage of the 500 as a spectator this Sunday – lots of astonishing history right there!

May 23, 2025 0 comment

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Thoughts on Jack Perkins set to make his NASCAR debut later this year in the Xfinity Series for Joe Gibbs Racing at Portland

by Sports Benches May 22, 2025

Great to hear about Jack Perkins able to secure a one-off ride with Joe Gibbs Racing’s Xfinity team for the Portland weekend race (road course) on August 30.

Interesting to see Shaw and Partners continue their involvement with racing this time supporting Jack represent JGR’s “star car” No.19 Toyota Supra.

That’s a Toyota Supercars will be about to see for the first time come next season competing against arch rivals Chevy and Ford with the factory Andretti Walkinshaw team (2 cars) and customer-run Brad Jones Racing (4 cars) – exciting times ahead.

We hope he will make the most out of his NASCAR debut at Xfinity level and for now, he’s lucky enough to be in Charlotte this week. He’s just visited the race shop & soon he will be at the speedway visiting the team’s garage trackside and also supporting them for the Coca Cola 600.

May 22, 2025 0 comment

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2025 NASCAR All-Star Race: A few best mid-running teams from Sunday’s main event race at North Wilkesboro Speedway

by Sports Benches May 19, 2025

Yes, it may be a non-points All-Star Race weekend as congrats to Christopher Bell with the win following a thrilling last lap alongside Joey Logano but top night by Ross Chastain also in 3rd for Trackhouse.

Looks like Ross will be the next mid-running team race winner after Josh Berry from Wood Brothers at least during the regular season in 2025 with last year’s championship 4 contender Tyler Reddick not far behind in 7th for 23XI Racing.

Also, great to see Kyle Busch back running Top 10 & he hopes to stay that way ahead of the long Coke 600 race next Sunday.

Same with Chris Buescher even though his No.17 team was fined the other day and special shoutout to Spire who was fortunate enough to sweep those extra All-Star weekend prizes – from the No.71 team winning that fastest pit crew time challenge for Michael McDowell to Carson Hocevar’s win at the open race.

Carson was almost there with improvements in the 2nd half, just unlucky at the final restart from Top 5 to 11th.

May 19, 2025 0 comment

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NASCAR Trucks at the 2025 Window World 250: Chandler Smith steers clear past team-mate Riggs and rival Heim for his 2nd race win this season with Front Row Motorsports

by Sports Benches May 18, 2025

Lots to look back at white flag overtime with Corey Heim unlucky being sandwiched towards the outside wall by Layne Riggs at Turn 2 who had a superior No.11 Toyota truck right in front of him.

It’s a shame these yellows really threw him out of the window like it was last weekend (early pit stop issue) in Kansas.

He’s got exceptional talent as sure he will wanna win his 1st championship later this year on top of his excellent Cup/Xfinity part-time cameos – all to do with Corey’s credibility even without JGR’s help.

Meanwhile, top day though by Front Row Motorsports where Chandler Smith is your winner waiting to pounce on the inside with fresher tires & there he goes steering well clear from the Riggs and Heim drama, even though Riggs is his team-mate with a bit of wheelspin finishing 2nd best again.

May 18, 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

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NASCAR Trucks: 2025 SpeedyCash.com 250, Corey Heim holds off the win following a night full of cutting infield grasses and bumping into walls at Texas

by Sports Benches May 3, 2025

Saw many getting run over into the wall & so does through the infield grass as the the of the day, brilliant stuff with the win by Toyota’s Tricon Truck star Corey Heim.

He knows there were several front-runners wanting to steal the lead off him but Corey kept himself calm all along and he knew he did exactly that to defend all of that noise on his way (at last via overtime) to the checkered flag.

He also had a better long-run set up where he first took the lead somewhere in Stage 2 and having led the most laps, Corey will want to be the driver to beat every week as the Trucks season goes on.

So close there from Daniel Hemric (2nd) and Spire’s Rajah Caruth (3rd) – that race at Texas just never ends at the hands of yellows but both had solid endings there.

More shoutouts as well to Bayley Currey with his 2nd Top 10 of 2025 in 8th and Rackley W.A.R.’s Dawson Sutton (an 18-year-old rookie) just secured his first career Top 10 at Trucks level in 9th.

May 3, 2025 0 comment

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NASCAR Race 9 of 36 2025: Kyle Larson wins at Bristol with a few Gibbs Toyotas sweeping up the front row results

by Sports Benches April 14, 2025

Other than a dominant Kyle Larson afternoon after 500 laps at short track Bristol, not a bad day from the Toyotas up front – particularly with the Gibbs cars.

So close of going three wins in a row by Denny Hamlin when things were quiet other than just stage pauses and the odd yellow but will take 2nd.

Then there’s Ty Gibbs (No.54) with his first Top 5 of the year in 3rd and so does James Small’s (crew chief) 19 team of Chase Briscoe after he came home 4th.

Here’s some more good Top 10-15 results by a few other Chevy cars like Trackhouse’s Ross Chastain now with 3 x Top 7s in a row in 7th & AJ Allmendinger who brought back the Top 10 for the No.16 team at Kaulig – despite being the first one lapped down with that mini 2nd group lot in 9th.

April 14, 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 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