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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.
It's not too early to mention Kyle Larson with these 5 legends

1 week ago | beyondtheflag.com | Kaleb Kraus

When you think of a historic race venue like Bristol, you think of the legendary drivers who have conquered the place, names synonymous with NASCAR itself. Kyle Larson has proven to be a lot of things in his motor racing career. He is an ace at all forms of racing, not to mention the fact that he isn't afraid to try new things. This stock car thing that is NASCAR hasn't been much of an issue for the now 32-year-old who came from dirt track racing.
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.
It didn't take long for a new leader to emerge at Mercedes

1 week ago | beyondtheflag.com | James Reeve

After Lewis Hamilton's departure, George Russell has been in the form of his life and has firmly cemented himself as the leader for Mercedes. Mercedes' George Russell has had an excellent start to the 2025 Formula 1 season, and he continues to show that he is the right man to lead the team forward for the foreseeable future.
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.
There's a clear F1 Rookie of the Year favorite, and it's not Kimi Antonelli

1 week ago | beyondtheflag.com | James Reeve

After a rough start to the 2025 Formula 1 season, Ollie Bearman is making a case to be considered the best rookie on the grid. Ollie Bearman burst into Formula 1 in exceptional circumstances during the 2024 season, when he suited up for Ferrari in Carlos Sainz Jr.'s place due to the Spaniard's emergency appendicitis surgery. After securing a stunning P7 finish on his debut in the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Bearman was touted as a potential star for the near future in Formula 1.
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.