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NASCAR polesitter, plus three others, penalized before Rockingham race

5 days ago | beyondtheflag.com | Asher Fair

Connor Zilisch qualified on pole for the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Rockingham Speedway, but he won't start there. JR Motorsports' Connor Zilisch took the pole position for the first NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Rockingham Speedway in 21 years, but the driver of the No. 88 Chevrolet will not start from P1 after his impressive 22.630-second (149.536 miles per hour) qualifying lap.
Fox made an inexcusable mistake (more than once) at Bristol

1 week ago | beyondtheflag.com | Asher Fair

Fox misled the audience of Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway on multiple occasions. Like anybody with any clue about IndyCar and its current status within the motorsport community, we have heaped praise on Fox for their outstanding promotion of the series before and during their first season as the exclusive broadcast rights holder.
Cup team's apparent desperation reflects poorly on NASCAR

1 week ago | beyondtheflag.com | Asher Fair

Shane van Gisbergen's struggles point to a deeper issue that NASCAR fans have been urging the sanctioning body to address for more than a decade. In July 2023, Shane van Gisbergen became the first driver in six decades to win on his NASCAR Cup Series debut, pulling off the victory in the inaugural Cup race on the Chicago Street Course.
The unfortunate irony of Kyle Larson's two failed tripleheader sweeps

1 week ago | beyondtheflag.com | Asher Fair

Kyle Larson was prevented from sweeping two NASCAR weekend tripleheaders, despite winning the Cup Series race both times. Kyle Larson overcame a spin to win the NASCAR Truck Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway a few weeks ago, allowing him to check off the first of three boxes as he attempted to become just the second driver in NASCAR history to sweep a weekend tripleheader.
Kyle Larson not the big winner at Bristol, despite dominant victory

1 week ago | beyondtheflag.com | Asher Fair

Kyle Larson dominated the NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway, but he wasn't the big winner of the afternoon. Many NASCAR fans probably could've guessed it as soon as Kyle Larson took the lead from Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman for the lead on lap 40 of Sunday's Food City 500 Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway, especially after what happened in September's race at the track.
Kyle Larson makes comically ironic Denny Hamlin 'hate' claim

1 week ago | beyondtheflag.com | Asher Fair

Kyle Larson claimed that NASCAR fans hate seeing Denny Hamlin win, just one week after being the reason Denny Hamlin won. Hendrick Motorsports' Kyle Larson was in a class of his own at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon, just as he was at the track back in September. Combining the two 500-lap races around the four-turn, 0.533-mile (0.858-kilometer) high-banked Bristol, Tennessee oval, Larson led a total of 873 laps.
NASCAR snoozefest completely justifies empty Bristol grandstands

1 week ago | beyondtheflag.com | Asher Fair

Fans simply don't want to show up and watch a NASCAR Cup Series short track race as terrible as Sunday's anymore. Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway was the shortest at the track in the history of the series, not by time or distance, but because of the fact that everyone with any semblance of NASCAR knowledge, specifically knowledge of the Next Gen car on short tracks, knew it was over as soon as Kyle Larson took the lead on lap 40.
Titans can steal a page from Jags, Texans history, and fans can’t wait

1 week ago | titansized.com | Asher Fair

The Tennessee Titans have a chance to go from last place to first place in the AFC South if they take the right quarterback. The Tennessee Titans are just weeks away from presumably selecting their quarterback of the future with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
Two NASCAR drivers, including Joey Logano, penalized after Bristol qualifying

1 week ago | beyondtheflag.com | Asher Fair

Two drivers will be sent to the rear of the field to start Sunday afternoon's NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Legacy Motor Club's John Hunter Nemechek and Team Penske's Joey Logano are being sent to the rear of the field for the start of Sunday afternoon's Food City 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Two Formula 1 drivers penalized after Bahrain qualifying

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Asher Fair

Lewis Hamilton sends heartbreaking radio message to Ferrari after qualifying woes at Bahrain Grand PrixLewis Hamilton had a sobering qualifying for Ferrari at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday. Hamilton starts the race down in ninth, a world apart …