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Kyle Larson withdraws from race after brutal Indy-Charlotte disaster

2 days ago | beyondtheflag.com | Asher Fair

Kyle Larson will no longer make his Australian Supercars debut in 2025. 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson is known to be willing and able to get into pretty much any kind of race car and get up to speed quite quickly, and he had been planning on making his Australian Supercars debut in the Adelaide Grand Final this coming November. However, he has now withdrawn from that event.
Team Penske replacement rumor heats up, and it's not about Austin Cindric

3 days ago | beyondtheflag.com | Asher Fair

Will Power's future with Team Penske's IndyCar team remains in question. David Malukas got an IndyCar lifeline last year by signing with Meyer Shank Racing after having been dropped by Arrow McLaren due to an offseason injury that sidelined him for more than the season's first three races. But instead of staying put after a strong showing in the No. 66 Honda to close out the year, he moved to A.J. Foyt Enterprises.
4 full-time NASCAR Cup Series drivers are already eliminated

3 days ago | beyondtheflag.com | Asher Fair

The first NASCAR in-season tournament isn't scheduled to start until late June, but four drivers are already out of the running. The bracket for NASCAR's first ever in-season tournament, officially dubbed "NASCAR's In-Season Challenge", may not officially be set, but the 32-driver field is.
Baseless Team Penske NASCAR rumor goes completely up in flames

4 days ago | beyondtheflag.com | Asher Fair

The idea that Austin Cindric is as good as gone from Team Penske following his father's firing has always been baseless. Ever since Roger Penske cut ties with three high-ranking individuals in the team's IndyCar organization, including team president Tim Cindric, following the emergence of the team's latest IndyCar scandal in Indy 500 qualifying, there has been talk about Austin Cindric's future in the NASCAR Cup Series.
IndyCar standings after Alex Palou crash as rivals gain new life in Detroit

5 days ago | beyondtheflag.com | Asher Fair

David Malukas apologized for taking Alex Palou out of the IndyCar street race in Detroit, a crash that aided Palou's title rivals. Through the first six races of the 2025 IndyCar season, one driver had finished ahead of Chip Ganassi Racing's Alex Palou at any point.
Two drivers drop out of NASCAR Cup Series playoffs at Nashville

5 days ago | beyondtheflag.com | Asher Fair

There has been plenty of movement around the NASCAR Cup Series playoff cut line in recent weeks. Sunday night's Cracker Barrel 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway produced quite a bit of movement around the provisional playoff cut line, which was expected after so many drivers entered the second half of the regular season so close to the cutoff.
Truex nearly made Joe Gibbs Racing return in Nashville NASCAR race

5 days ago | beyondtheflag.com | Asher Fair

Ryan Truex was on standby for Denny Hamlin at Nashville Superspeedway, but Hamlin ran the full Cracker Barrel 400. Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin qualified second at Nashville Superspeedway knowing that he still might not necessarily compete in Sunday's Cracker Barrel 400. He was on baby watch, meaning he might very well have missed his first NASCAR Cup Series race since 2014.
Ryan Blaney wins at Nashville, but not locked into NASCAR playoffs

5 days ago | beyondtheflag.com | Asher Fair

Ryan Blaney became the ninth different winner of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season at Nashville Superspeedway. Ryan Blaney earned his first win of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season in the season's 14th race on Sunday night at Nashville Superspeedway, making him the ninth different winner so far this season.
IndyCar driver not named Alex Palou finally wins, but tempers flare

5 days ago | beyondtheflag.com | Asher Fair

Kyle Kirkwood bounced back from his bizarre adventure in practice with Will Power and dominated in Detroit, but others were less pleased. There have still been only two winners through the first seven races of the 2025 IndyCar season, which has been the case for five races in a row now. But for the first time since mid-April, it was somebody other than Chip Ganassi Racing's Alex Palou standing in victory lane on Sunday afternoon on the streets of Detroit, Michigan.
NASCAR Cup Series at Nashville: Full Cracker Barrel 400 results

5 days ago | beyondtheflag.com | Asher Fair

Nashville Superspeedway has generally hosted one of the NASCAR Cup Series' most entertaining races since it was added to the schedule four years ago. Nashville Superspeedway has been on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule since 2021, but it has never hosted a race this early in the year.