In the most crucial moment of the season, the eight drivers battling for the NASCAR Cup Series championship rose to the occasion Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway.Six of the eight playoff contenders combined to lead 250 of the 267 laps in Sunday’s Straight Talk Wireless 400, the intermediate race of the Round of 16. A record 97 of these home runs were led by race winner Tyler Reddick. Ryan Blaney (47) and Chase Elliott (81) entered must-win positions and together led nearly 48 percent of all laps in Sunday’s 400-miler.But in the end, the entire 2024 Cup Series playoff prospects were…
Author: Les Grossman
NASCAR drivers discuss profanity issue on radio FOX Sports
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NASCAR drivers discuss profanity issue on radio FOX Sports
There are two races left in the Cup season, but it has already been a memorable year for the number of fantastic finishes.Six races saw a pass for the lead on the final lap – the most ever in a Cup season.This season there have also been five races with a margin of victory of a tenth of a second or less. Only one season has had more such finishes since the advent of electronic timing and scoring in 1993. The 2007 season had six finishes with a margin of victory of a tenth of a second or less.Perhaps the…
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NASCARThe annual Homestead trip was a thriller.Sunday’s Straight Talk Wireless 400 NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Homestead-Miami Speedway was exciting and one of the best races in NASCAR Cup Series playoff history, dating back in its current form to the 2014 season.Tyler Reddick made a pass in the final round against Ryan Blaney has win the race and secure a place in Championship 4 for the first time in his career. There was a strategic decision late in the race that went wrong, but was corrected by a late turnover and all sorts of playoff drama.With one race remaining…
NASCAR drivers discuss profanity issue on radio FOX Sports
Tyler Reddick’s last-lap pass to win Sunday’s Straight Talk Wireless 400 at Homestead changed the team’s complexion. NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.Reddick now joins Joey Logano in Championship 4, while Kyle Larson slides below the cut line. Larson’s spin with 13 laps remaining while racing for the lead produced the late-race pit stop and restart that helped Reddick, who had just stopped for tires before the yellow flag, to take the lead and ultimately achieve victory.Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott have resigned themselves to virtual win-or-else scenarios at Martinsville next weekend, the final race before the final four are narrowed down.Here…
May 25, 2024; Concord, North Carolina, United States; NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Larson (5) during qualifying at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY SportsThe 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season comes to a close as we begin the second race of the Round of 16, the Straight Talk Wireless 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Last weekend, Joey Logano won the South Point 400 to clinch a spot in the championship four. Now, seven drivers remain fighting for the final three spots: Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin and Chase Elliott. Will one of…