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nytimes.com | Jeff Gluck
As the laps wound down in this month’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway, the big question was which drivers had enough fuel to make it to the finish line. In the past, fans at home would have been flying blind. Viewers might understand drivers were trying to save fuel, but there was no way to tell if they were actually conserving enough gas — and to what degree.
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nytimes.com | Jeff Gluck
Each week, The Athletic asks the same 12 Questions to a different race car driver. Up next: Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell, who is currently third in the NASCAR Cup Series point standings. This interview has been edited and condensed, but the full version is available on the 12 Questions podcast. 1. What was one of the first autographs you got as a kid, and what do you remember about that moment? I’ll be honest, I’ve never really been an autograph person.
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nytimes.com | Jeff Gluck
NASCAR Cup Series driver Carson Hocevar has been fined $50,000 by his race team, Spire Motorsports, and will be required to undergo sensitivity training after calling Mexico City a “s—hole” on a livestream over the weekend. Hocevar streamed on Twitch from Mexico City on Friday night, prior to NASCAR’s first Cup Series points race outside the United States since 1958, and listed various complaints about the trip.
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nytimes.com | Jeff Gluck
MEXICO CITY - In some ways, the timing for NASCAR's first Cup Series race in Mexico could not have been worse. It came under the shadow of fierce immigration protests and unrest in Los Angeles, and a portion of NASCAR's fan base had already been skeptical about the series going international. But none of that was apparent at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez racetrack.
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nytimes.com | Jeff Gluck
MEXICO CITY - For years, Oscar Sanchez has jogged around Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez and imagined what it would be like to see NASCAR Cup Series cars on his home track. The circuit is open during weekdays to runners and cyclists, and Sanchez, a 38-year-old auditor and nearby resident, often takes advantage of its public access.
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Idk if this link will work, but @CarsonHocevar flew over Chicagoland Speedway today in a helicopter and posted this. Place looks pretty good. 👀 https://t.co/lIhN0CFVyC
Birth of a child is listed as an acceptable example to miss a race under the new rule this year. So he would likely get a waiver.
@jeff_gluck Will he lose his playoff points?
FYI on Denny:
Denny Hamlin just joined us On Track and said if Jordan doesn’t deliver their baby boy by the time he has to leave for Mexico City he’s not going. Said his priority is her and the delivery of their 3rd child. Drivers will leave Thursday so interesting to follow “baby watch” and
