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The winners and losers from NASCAR’s drama-filled weekend at Atlanta

[ad_1] The Harley J. Earl trophy is safely tucked away on William Byron's shelf and the 2025 NASCAR Cup season is officially underway. As the Daytona 500 gets further away in the rearview mirror, the drama and chaos of NASCAR's season opener remained on the series' tail to Atlanta. There, we almost experienced a three-wide photo finish, plus intense racing from start to finish, some hurt feelings, and leaving everyone with plenty
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When to throw the yellow? NASCAR’s last-lap caution conundrum

[ad_1] NASCAR's race control has been struggling to decide when a wreck warrants a race-ending yellow in the first two races of the 2025 season. But to understand why it's been so difficult to answer them, we need to jump back before this year's Daytona 500 even got underway. NASCAR's sanctioning body's stance on last-lap cautions has normally been to throw it if there’s any major incident, no matter what.
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The return of Red Bull and the brand’s tumultuous NASCAR journey

[ad_1] Red Bull, in today's age, is more than just an energy drink company — it's established a global motorsport monarchy. While likely best known for its accomplishments in Formula 1, the brand has made a domineering appearance on a number of racing kits and liveries from the paved racing of MotoGP, DTM and Australian Supercars, to the dirt circuits of Motocross. But the company also had a short, and
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Reddick and Wallace claim dominant front row lockout for 23XI at COTA

[ad_1] Before qualifying was over, 23XI Racing's Tyler Reddick and Bubba Wallace were worried that they had ruined each other's laps, but in fact, their timing was perfect. Tyler Reddick earned pole position, just ahead of teammate Bubba Wallace who followed in his tire tracks around the updated 2.40-mile circuit. "I was worried I screwed his [Wallace] lap up and he was worried he screwed my lap up," said Reddick,
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Explaining NASCAR’s updated COTA layout for 2025

[ad_1] NASCAR returns to the Circuit of the Americas for the fifth consecutive year, but eagle eyed viewers will notice the track layout is quite different ahead of the 2025 season. For the first few sets of corners, the traditional layout is retained, seeing NASCAR drivers navigate the famous Turn 1 section and the esses. As racers approach Turn 6, everything is going to change. All-new shortcut Instead of continuing down
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The winners and losers from NASCAR at Phoenix

[ad_1] Photo finishes, wild incidents, multiple tire options and and a seemingly unstoppable Christopher Bell were the highlights from the fourth round of the 2025 NASCAR season at Phoenix Raceway. Both the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series races ended in dramatic fashion, as did the ARCA race on Friday night. While the first three races of the year were considered 'wildcard' events, Phoenix proved to be unpredictable as well and
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Carl Edwards joins Amazon Prime Video as part of its NASCAR broadcast team

[ad_1] Carl Edwards, who was recently inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, just announced plans to become part of Amazon Prime Video's racing coverage this summer. In his time since he abruptly walked away from racing after nearly winning the 2016 Cup Series title, shocking the NASCAR world, people have hoped for Edwards to return to the sport in some form. The popular driver has become a more common
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Zilisch focused on gaining respect in NASCAR Cup debut at COTA

[ad_1] To say that there is some hype around Connor Zilisch would be quite the understatement. Considered one of if not the top prospects in NASCAR, he has a lot of pressure to live up to the expectations thrust upon him. These expectations didn't come from nowhere, as Zilisch has consistently reminded us of why we need to be paying attention to him. For example, he earned a class victory