Bristol dramatics threaten NASCAR playoff standings

It's that time of year again. The F1 circus is off sunning itself on its mid-summer break, drivers and teams alike are taking a much-needed and well-deserved breather from the frenetic nature of one grand prix after another - and everybody seems to be talking about who will be driving where in 2010. Here at Crash.net there is no exception, so we have put together a list of likely options and moves between this season and next, who is in favour and who is likely heading out of the door. The drivers have been listed in order of present championship position.

Global music superstars Beyonce, The Black Eyed Peas, Simple Minds, ZZ Top and N.E.R.D have all been lined up by F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone to rock the weekend of the Singapore Grand Prix next month - though ticket sales for the island city-state's second race are still struggling to get off the starting grid.

BMW has dropped hints that it may be willing to follow fellow German manufacturer Mercedes-Benz in supplying 'customer' versions of its engines to other F1 teams - with suggestions the Bavarian marque has Red Bull Racing as its prime target.

Flying in the face of the opinions expressed by both Ferrari and BMW over the past week, Ross Brawn has thrown his support behind the FIA's new optional ?40 million budget cap in Formula 1, warning that without it the top flight risks 'turning [engineers] into Swiss watchmakers' - but equally underlining that it will only be workable if it is embraced by all.

Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood led a Ford sweep in the first endurance race of the Supercars season at The Bend Motorsport Park in South Australia.The two drivers scored the win over the 500km race in their Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang and, in doing so, the pair achieved a unique distinction, as in the previous Supercars endurance race they won last year’s Bathurst 1000 for a ...Keep reading

Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood led a Ford sweep in the first endurance race of the Supercars season at The Bend Motorsport Park in South Australia.The two drivers scored the win over the 500km race in their Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang and, in doing so, the pair achieved a unique distinction, as in the previous Supercars endurance race they won last year’s Bathurst 1000 for a ...Keep reading

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“I think if you would have asked the entire garage area, if anyone says they expected that going in, they're lying to you.”That is how Chris Gayle, crew chief of the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 11 and driver Denny Hamlin articulated the expectation versus the reality when it came to the tire wear projections from Friday to Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway.His teammate, Adam Stevens, won the ...Keep reading

Austin Cindric had an eventful journey on his way to the Round of 12. He entered the cutoff race on the hot seat, holding the 12th and final transfer spot with just 11 points between himself and his closest challenger.However, he made the most of a great qualifying effort, scoring five stage points and running in the front half of the field for most of the race.However, with about 45 laps ...Keep reading

Shane van Gisbergen has had an incredible rookie season, thanks to his natural skill on road courses. He has visited Victory Lane four times, locked up Rookie of the Year honors early and made the playoffs.Unfortunately, despite 22 playoff points, he was not able to advance beyond the first round. The New Zealander finished 32nd in the Southern 500 at Darlington, followed by a 25th place ...Keep reading

Chase Elliot 's NASCAR Cup race at at Bristol came to an abrupt end after 311 laps of racing. After getting shuffled out of line, he tried to get back down to the bottom as John Hunter Nemechek rapidly closed in.Contact was made and Elliott's No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet careened into the outside wall, ending his race in an instant. It was just Elliott's second DNF of the entire ...Keep reading

Christopher Bell completed a sweep of the Round of 16 for Joe Gibbs Racing in the 500-lap event at Bristol Motor Speedway, which each of the team's three playoff drivers winning a race this round.It was Bell's fourth win of the year, but his first since Phoenix Raceway in early March. It also follows a race at Gateway when he expressed frustration with his team for not being able to get ...Keep reading

The Round of 16 is complete, and Joe Gibbs Racing swept the entire round with three different drivers. Chase Briscoe won the playoff opener at Darlington, followed by Denny Hamlin at Gateway, but on Saturday night, Christopher Bell came out of nowhere to steal the win.Bell made a three-wide pass for the lead on a restart with four laps to go, held on despite Brad Keselowski trying to ship him ...Keep reading

As the first four drivers were eliminated the 2025 NASCAR Cup playoffs, Christopher Bell made a three-wide pass for the win to continue Joe Gibbs Racing's dominance in the playoffs.On the final restart, while Zane Smith and Carson Hocevar slid up the track on older tires, Bell shot the gap and snatched the lead away with just four laps to go. Brad Keselowski ran him down and slammed into the ...Keep reading

The playoff elimination race at Bristol has been all about tire management, just as Goodyear promised it would be. While teams didn't see much falloff in practice, the cooler temperatures at night have created a chaotic race as tires are cording within 50 laps.But this is exactly what Goodyear intended, as they have finally succeeded in recreating the extreme tire wear that made the 2024 ...Keep reading