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frontstretch.com | Samuel Stubbs
The opinions on whether or not NASCAR’s streaming debut on Amazon Prime Video would be a success have been varied, to say the least. But following a broadcast that was praised by most of the 2.72 million viewers that watched Prime’s telecast of the Coca-Cola 600, the four weeks that follow for both NASCAR and Prime will be even more important than the first NASCAR Cup Series race to ever be available exclusively on a streaming service.
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yardbarker.com | Samuel Stubbs
Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway might just be the perfect medicine for Kyle Larson. After a frustrating "Double" attempt in which Larson crashed out of both the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on May 25, Larson enters Sunday's Cracker Barrel 400 having lost the Cup Series points lead to William Byron after a 37th-place finish at Charlotte. But one of Larson's best attributes is the fact that he and the No. 5 team rarely go through prolonged slumps.
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yardbarker.com | Samuel Stubbs
While the deal for France to finance a Spire Motorsports Chevrolet that would've been driven by Jack Aitken — who drives for France's IMSA team, Action Express Racing — eventually fell through, it's still a story worth noting, especially given recent events in both NASCAR and IndyCar.
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1 week ago | 
yardbarker.com | Samuel Stubbs
When the NASCAR Xfinity Series haulers rolled into Daytona International Speedway in February, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Brandon Jones was at the crossroads in his career. Jones, 28, was about to embark on his second stint with JGR. From 2018 to 2022, he and JGR were a solid combination in the Xfinity Series, as Jones won five races and made the playoffs in all five seasons.
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yardbarker.com | Samuel Stubbs
Few NASCAR races will match Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. In the 66th running of NASCAR's longest race, the premier stock-car racing series in the world treated its fans to a show for the ages. Let's start with the racing itself: Ross Chastain running down William Byron for the race win was a textbook battle for a race win.
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1 week ago | 
yardbarker.com | Samuel Stubbs
Brad Keselowski needed a good run in the Coca-Cola 600 in the worst way. The 2012 NASCAR Cup Series champion entered Sunday's race 33rd in the Cup Series points standings with no finish better than 11th over the first 12 races of the season. Fortunately for Keselowski and the No. 6 team, the wily veteran clawed his way to a fifth-place finish in the Coke 600, marking his first top-10 effort of the year and his first since Martinsville on November 3, 2024.
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yardbarker.com | Samuel Stubbs
Pit road was a major key in both of Denny Hamlin's wins in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season at Martinsville and Darlington. In Sunday's Coca-Cola 600, however, it was the No. 11 team's downfall. On Hamlin's last scheduled pit stop, an issue with the second fuel can ended up with Hamlin having significantly less fuel than those around him. Hamlin, who was running second, was forced to pit from the top five in the closing laps and ultimately finished 16th.
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1 week ago | 
yardbarker.com | Samuel Stubbs
William Byron led 283 laps and swept the stages of Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but a late pass by Ross Chastain left the Charlotte native one spot shy of a victory in one of NASCAR's crown jewel events. Byron, who won his second consecutive Daytona 500 on Feb. 16, was looking to become the first driver since Jeff Gordon in 1997 to win both the Daytona 500 and Coca-Cola 600 in the same season.
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1 week ago | 
yardbarker.com | Samuel Stubbs
On a night when he started dead last and had to drive a backup car, Ross Chastain drove the race of his life on Sunday to win the 66th running of the Coca-Cola 600. After running down race leader William Byron in the closing laps, Chastain took his opportunity with six laps to go, passing Byron in turns 1 and 2 and holding off the Daytona 500 winner to score the sixth win of his career. Chastain only led eight laps to Byron's 283, but Chastain was better when it counted.
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1 week ago | 
yardbarker.com | Samuel Stubbs
"It (expletive) blew up," Hocevar said over the radio. Hocevar finished fourth in Stage 2 and third in Stage 3, battling for the lead with William Byron and Hamlin through the third stage of the race. Bubba Wallace and Chris Buescher were among the drivers who received damage in the crash that occurred while Hocevar was trying to get out of the way. It was undoubtedly a disappointing ending for Hocevar, who is still looking for his first career Cup Series victory in his second season.
