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Tyler Reddick lost 43 points in the final five laps of the NASCAR Cup race at San Diego, and now moves on to Sonoma with just an eight-point advantage over Denny Hamlin in the championship. 20 of those points went away once he lost the lead to 23XI Racing teammate Corey Heim, but the other 23 were given away after suffering a flat tire, falling back to 25th. It was an unfortunate end to a ...Keep readingView the full article

The NASCAR In-Season Challenge is back for the second consecutive year, taking place during the five-week summer run for TNT Sports. The bracket challenge places pairs of drivers against each other each week, with the final two facing off in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 26. Last year, it was the battle of the Tys with Ty Gibbs prevailing over upset Ty Dillon in the ...Keep readingView the full article

For those who closely follow or even have a casual interest in NASCAR car number stats, this is the story for you. Part-time driver Corey Heim took the unchartered No. 67 23XI Racing Toyota and claimed victory in just his 13th career start. He had to pass championship leader and teammate Tyler Reddick in a head-to-head fight, prevailing only after an intense back-and-forth battle with just a ...Keep readingView the full article

Surprisingly, Denny Hamlin managed to edge closer to Tyler Reddick in the points battle after the San Diego street course race. While battling for the race win, Tyler Reddick made contact with teammate Corey Heim, and cut a left-front tire down soon after. That cost him over 20 points as he fell to 25th in the running order. Hamlin finished 14th, slicing the margin from 19 points to just eight ...Keep readingView the full article

Kevin Magnussen had an eventful NASCAR Cup debut on Sunday, starting 21st and running inside the top 20 for a good portion of the event. He even snagged the bonus point for the fastest lap near the very end of the race. Magnussen finished 27th in the 39-car field, after staying out late on old tires, saving a fresh set for a caution that never came. It wasn't all smooth sailing for K-Mag ...Keep readingView the full article

Making his 13th career NASCAR Cup start, Corey Heim took the lead from Tyler Reddick in the closing laps and became the sport's newest first-time winner. While he is going full-time in 2027, he is currently part-time in the Cup Series, driving a fourth open entry for 23XI Racing. He won the race by 10.3 seconds, followed by teammate Bubba Wallace in second, and Hendrick Motorsports' Kyle Larson ...Keep readingView the full article

It was 23XI vs. 23XI at Naval Base Coronado on Sunday, as championship leader Tyler Reddick battled part-time teammate Corey Heim in the closing laps. As they battled side-by-side for the lead, they slammed doors and Heim bounced off the wall, before driving off with the win. Reddick suffered a flat tire soon after, and limped home to a 25th-place finish. He now holds just a eight-point lead ...Keep readingView the full article

On lap 32, the NASCAR Cup race in San Diego changed dramatically as the field tried to make it through Turn 1.  Connor Zilisch and Austin Hill were on the front row, but Hill missed the apex of Turn 1, pushing up the track. Both cars slammed the wall, and with Shane van Gisbergen directly behind them, he crashed as well. "Sorry guys, locked up the rear brakes," said Hill, who won Saturday's ...Keep readingView the full article

During the first caution of Sunday's NASCAR Cup race at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego, Christopher Bell climbed out of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. The yellow came about 13 laps into the event, for the stalled No. 47 of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. on track. Bell was running 14th as he had yet to pit before climbing out of the car. He then climbed atop the pit box and put on a team ...Keep readingView the full article

If what happened to the Hendrick Motorsports No. 17 happened to you, would you have received the same courtesy?  That was a question asked to numerous team executives in the O’Reilly Series garage on Saturday night at Naval Base Coronado. This was in response to NASCAR allowing Corey Day back on the lead lap after a loose sewer vent cover punctured his radiator on the opening lap ...Keep readingView the full article

It took almost five hours from start-to-finish, but in the end, it was the No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet of Austin Hill who captured the checkered flag. After Taylor Gray sent Carson Kvapil spinning from the lead with three laps to go, Hill muscled Gray out of the way on the white flag lap, claiming victory for RCR.    Gray finished second, Sheldon Creed third, Kvapil ...Keep readingView the full article

During a red flag for a massive restart crash that severely damaged the Turn 1 wall at the San Diego street course, something truly unusual happened.  Wearing flip-flops, a fan walked onto the race track and approached the No. 00 Haas Factory Team Ford of Sheldon Creed. They shared a brief conversation, which ended with a fist-bump. The fan then slapped the hood of the car and quickly scaled ...Keep readingView the full article

A restart early in the final stage at San Diego, Sam Mayer clipped the inside wall, shooting him across the nose of Anthony Alfredo and directly into the concrete wall lining the outside of Turn 1. At least 23 cars were involved in the violent crash according to The CW, and NASCAR immediately red-flagged the event. It was the second red flag of the race, with the first one caused by a metal ...Keep readingView the full article

It's never good when Race Control needs to call for a welder on the first lap of a street course race. Corey Day had started from the very rear of the field in Saturday's NASCAR O'Reilly race after a crash yesterday forced him into a backup car. He was being cautious on the opening lap of the race, but it didn't matter. Unfortunately, luck wasn't on his side as a metal cover of some kind ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR enthusiasts are familiar with what happens to tires at Bristol when the ambient temperature drops below 60 degrees -- the tires get chewed-up and it becomes a beach of marbles on both sides of the racing surface. As it turns out, the same thing is happening this weekend at Naval Air Station North Island, as better articulated by Chase Briscoe. "It's as if Darlington and old Atlanta ...Keep readingView the full article

Shane van Gisbergen earned his sixth career pole and second of the 2026 season on Saturday, rocketing to pole position around NASCAR's all-new 3.4-mile street course at Naval Base Coronado. He even touched the wall twice on his fast lap, pushing to the absolute limit. "A little bit (surprised)," said Van Gisbergen, who went out with the first group of qualifiers. "I thought the track would be ...Keep readingView the full article

On Friday, 50-year-old Jimmie Johnson made his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start in 17 years. He qualified up front, led a couple of laps, but a couple of mid-race spins derailed his day before mechanical gremlins put him back to 30th. The seven-time Cup Series champion is the most successful NASCAR driver of the 21st century, and is known for his fair style of driving, almost always ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR has penalized Jesse Love and the No. 2 Richard Childress Racing team ahead of Saturday's NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race. The Sanctioning Body has rules about how thick the lug nuts cane be on the cars. NASCAR deemed that the RCR lug nuts on the No. 2 were too narrow and do not meet minimum size specifications. As a result, the No. 2 Chevrolet won't be allowed to qualify, and ...Keep readingView the full article

Overlooking Turns 2 and 3 of the 3.4-mile street course at Naval Base Coronado, there sits the massive USS Carl Vinson. Up on the bridge of the 1,092-foot vessel is where you can find the broadcast booth for this Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race. The Anduril 250 is the fifth and final race in Prime's five week stretch as a broadcaster for NASCAR, following FOX Sports and preceding TNT ...Keep readingView the full article

Christopher Bell says it is going to be a ‘game time decision’ whether or not he competes in the entirety of the NASCAR Cup Series race on the streets of Naval Air Station North Island on Sunday. Bell fractured his wrist two weeks ago in a crash at Michigan International Speedway but also completed every lap last week at Pocono Raceway. However, a street course requires a lot more physical ...Keep readingView the full article

For all the messy chaos the Craftsman Truck Series brought on Friday at Naval Air Station North Beach, the Cup Series practice session was pretty procedural. The only incidents of note: A Jimmie Johnson 360-degree spin Austin Cindric spinning Kevin Magnussen flat-side hitting the Turn 16 wall Brad Keselowski slamming on brakes to avoid drilling Turn 2 But again, that ...Keep readingView the full article

Don't tell Shane van Gisbergen that he is the undisputed favorite to win this weekend, as that "pisses me off a bit," he admitted in a Friday press conference. "I feel like it disrespects my competition. I hold my competition to a really high level. So yeah, I feel like I've spent the last little while talking myself down because I know that there's 10 guys probably that can win on pure pace ...Keep readingView the full article

Tyler Reif was just one chicane away from an emotional victory in San Diego, but instead, the 19-year-old is left to wonder what could have been. Making just his seventh career start with a previous best finish of ninth, Reif suddenly found himself battling for the win when Kaden Honeycutt and Chandler Smith collided in an overtime restart. Reif fought off Daniel Hemric in a contact-filled ...Keep readingView the full article

Following a wild finish to Friday's NASCAR Truck race at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego, Parker Kligerman was irate over an incident involving Adam Andretti (nephew of Mario and son of Aldo).  Kligerman won Stage 2 of the Truck race, but was deep in the pack in the closing laps. It was there he had a sketchy run-in with Andretti, leading him to confront the driver of the No. 5 on pit road ...Keep readingView the full article

Friday's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Naval Base Coronado ended in complete chaos, but a familiar name in Victory Lane as Layne Riggs claimed a dramatic win for Front Row Motorsports. On the final overtime restart, Kaden Honeycutt ran wide and slammed the wall at the exit of Turn 2, collecting Chandler Smith and eliminated both drivers from the battle for the win.   Suddenly ...Keep readingView the full article

As recorded by Katelyn Larson on Saturday morning, Chase Elliott hitched a ride to the Naval Air Station North Island on a motorized scooter with old friend and fellow Cup Series contender Ryan Blaney.   “Kaitlyn did us dirty on that one,” Blaney said with a laugh when asked about it on Saturday afternoon in San Diego. “But we're sitting at the same hotel and I was like, ‘Hey, I got ...Keep readingView the full article

The NASCAR Cup drivers got a 50-minute practice on Friday, and they had very little time to learn the newly constructed 3.4-mile street course. Reigning two-time NASCAR Cup champion Kyle Larson ran the fastest lap with a 2:16.588s, leading Todd Gilliland, Ty Gibbs, Connor Zilisch, and Carson Hocevar. Corey Heim, Michael McDowell, Shane van Gisbergen, Austin Hill, and Alex Bowman filled out ...Keep readingView the full article