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4 days ago
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Live updates: Kyle Larson's attempt at Indy 500/Coca-Cola 600 'Double'
The biggest day in racing features NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 from Charlotte Motor Speedway, the Indianapolis 500 for IndyCar (won by Alex Palou) and the Monaco Grand Prix in F1 (won by Lando Norris). Hendrick Motorsports' Kyle Larson was attempting to race all 1,100 miles in the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 (6 p.m. ET, Prime Video, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), but his effort fell short after a crash on Lap 92 of the Indy 500. 9:18 p.m. ET: Larson is involved in a multicar wreck that does major damage to the right-rear suspension of the No. 5 Chevrolet. Daniel Suárez's No. 99 Chevrolet came down the track after wrecking and sideswiped Larson's vehicle as he was trying to slip past on the inside. Advertisement 8:38 p.m. ET: Larson finishes 26th in Stage 2 and gets the free pass after Kyle Busch spins. 7:33 p.m. ET: Larson finishes 32nd in Stage 1, which ends under caution because of an Alex Bowman spin. 6:52 p.m. ET: From the lead, Larson spins coming out of Turn 4 and slides through the infield grass to bring out a caution. 6:30 p.m. ET: Green flag and the Coca-Cola 600 is underway at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Larson leads Lap 1. 6:17 p.m. ET: Engines are fired for the Coca-Cola 600. 6:13 p.m. ET: Television shows Larson in the cockpit of his car. 5:58 p.m. ET: Television shows Larson on the grid outside his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. Advertisement 5:22 p.m. ET: Larson's helicopter lands at Charlotte Motor Speedway. 5:05 p.m. ET: Larson's plane touches down in Concord, North Carolina. 3:22 p.m. ET: Television shows Larson's helicopter leaving Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 3:08 p.m. ET: Larson was checked and released from the care center and was interviewed on television. Sounding disappointed, Larson said he would try to get over this quickly and get on to Charlotte. Larson was scored in 27th place after the wreck. 2:56 p.m. ET: Larson spins and wrecks the No. 17 Chevrolet on his 92nd lap, ending his day at the Indy 500 and chance to complete the 'Double.' Advertisement 2:38 p.m. ET: With 75 of 200 laps complete, Larson is in 20th place in the 33-car field. 2:06 p.m. ET: Green flag as the Indy 500 resumes after a 16-minute caution for weather. 2:03 p.m. ET: Larson comes out of pit stops in 31st place as we await the track to be ready for a restart. 1:50 p.m. ET: Caution for weather. 1:35 p.m. ET: Green flag and the 109th Indianapolis 500 is underway. 1:28 p.m. ET: Scott McLaughlin's No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet is shown wrecked after he hits the inside wall swerving while trying to warm his tires. McLaughlin exits the car, and his day is over — the race laps have begun counting, despite the green flag having not yet flown. Advertisement 1:22 p.m. ET: Roger Penske, chairman of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and owner of Team Penske in NASCAR, gives the command to start engines at the 109th Indianapolis 500. 12:55 p.m. ET: Television interviews Tony Kanaan, the 2013 Indy 500 winner, who is on standby for the No. 17 Arrow McLaren/Hendrick Motorsports team should Larson need to leave the Indy 500 early to travel to Charlotte for the Coca-Cola 600. Kanaan says Larson will need to leave by 4:07 p.m. ET to make it to Charlotte in time. 12:50 p.m. ET: Television reports the start of the Indy 500 has been delayed by rain. 12:38 p.m. ET: Larson is shown sitting in the cockpit of his car, the No. 17 Arrow McLaren/Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. Light rain sprinkles have been reported, holding up the command to start engines. Advertisement 12:35 p.m. ET: Grand Marshals Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez announce, 'Drivers, to your cars!' 12:17 p.m. ET: FOX Sports' Jamie Little and Rob Gronkowski attempt to talk to Larson on the grid, but he's absent. Little says Larson is in the bathroom. Gronkowski compares Larson's double attempt to Deion Sanders when he was playing two professional sports at the same time in the NFL and MLB. 11:51 a.m. ET: Kyle Larson is introduced to the crowd along with the other Row 7 drivers, rookie Louis Foster and Callum Ilott. The announcer says Larson was the 2024 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year, who is making his second attempt at the 'Double.' The crowd gives a loud ovation. Larson qualified 19th in the No. 17 Arrow McLaren/Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet and will line up on the inside of Row 7.
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Michigan delivers another heartbreaking finish for Carson Hocevar
BROOKLYN, Mich. —While other drivers climbed from their cars after Sunday's 400-mile race at Michigan International Speedway, Carson Hocevar sat in his vehicle on pit road. When he finally emerged from his No. 77 Chevrolet, Hocevar walked around the car and briefly looked off to the distance toward Denny Hamlin's victory celebration. It was another gut punch for the 22-year-old Michigan native. Advertisement The caution Hocevar needed to stretch fuel to the end of the race never came and a flat tire forced him to pit from the lead 19 laps from the finish. The result was a 29th-place finish that most will forget but not Hocevar. 'It's just like (reliving) the Truck days,' Hocevar said on pit road. 'But you're doing it in front of a big stage. The difference is I felt like I was throwing them away. Now, they're getting taken away … things out of our control.' NASCAR: NASCAR Cup Series Race at Michigan Denny Hamlin wins fuel-mileage battle at Michigan International Speedway The Joe Gibbs Racing star took the lead from William Byron on Lap 197 of 200. Advertisement While Hocevar seems poised to score his first Cup career win, heartbreak has hounded him this season. Sunday just added to a growing list. Consider: His engine blew while he ran second in the final stage of last month's Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. At Texas last month, he pitted from sixth in the final stage. The caution came two laps later, putting him a lap down and forcing him to take a wave around to get back on the lead lap. If he had pitted a lap later, he likely would have been in a prime spot to win. Instead, he finished 24th. At Bristol in April, he was running third when his team had a 22-second pit stop, ending any chance at victory. Hocevar finished 11th. Advertisement That doesn't include last week's runner-up finish at Nashville that was clouded by his controversial contact that wrecked Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and led to the drivers and their crew chiefs having conversations during the week. Alex Bowman Michigan Alex Bowman on Michigan crash: 'That hurt a lot' Alex Bowman walked away from a vicious crash in Sunday's crash at Michigan. Sunday's pain was evident in Hocevar's downbeat voice on the radio after the race when he told the team in a soft voice: 'Good job everybody.' Crew chief Luke Lambert quickly added: 'Great work guys. I know that's heartbreaking. Great work. We're putting ourselves in position. We'll keep working. We'll get us there. We'll get us one soon.' Advertisement Lifting up the team becomes one of Lambert's key roles right now. 'It's hard on all of us,' Lambert said of the recent disappointments. 'We got to just step back a little bit and look at here we are … running constantly in the top three. That in it of itself is an accomplishment. If we keep doing that, our day is coming.' Hamlin agrees. NASCAR Cup Series FireKeepers Casino 400 Denny Hamlin is back to being the villain, provoking Michigan crowd after win Denny Hamlin told fans he beat their favorite driver and did part of an Ohio State cheer in front a crowd that featured many University of Michigan fans. 'You can't run as fast as he's running, being up front as much as he's up front, without eventually winning,' Hamlin said. 'I know that panic sometimes can set in. It's like, 'God, we lost this opportunity.' Advertisement 'But he's with a team that is on the rise. He is on the rise. It's just a matter of time. None of us would be shocked if it's next week or a month from now or whenever it is. 'I certainly give him his fair share of (grief) on Mondays on my podcast, but that doesn't mean that I don't respect his talent. 'Absolutely just a superstar when it comes to actual raw talent. When he figures out how to harness that, pick and choose the moments where he is aggressive, he's going to put it all together and just be the next whoever. There's five to six elite drivers in this field. He can be one of those five or six very easily when he puts it all together.'
Forbes
02-06-2025
- Business
- Forbes
LaJoie Goes From Commentator To Contender In Spire Truck Playoff Push
LEBANON, TENNESSEE - JUNE 29: Corey LaJoie, driver of the #7 Garner Trucking Chevrolet, enters his ... More car during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway on June 29, 2024 in Lebanon, Tennessee. (Photo by) Corey LaJoie is going back to where it all began—or close enough. The veteran NASCAR driver is set to return to Spire Motorsports to run nine of the final 13 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races of 2025, starting with this Saturday's DQS Solutions and Staffing 200 at Michigan International Speedway. LaJoie, who spent three full-time seasons driving Spire's No. 7 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Cup Series, will now strap into the No. 07 Chevrolet Silverado as the team mounts a charge for a Truck Series owner's championship berth. He'll return again at Richmond on August 15, then take the wheel for the final seven races of the season—presumably with the intention of disrupting the playoff picture and reminding everyone he's not quite done chasing trophies. All of this while juggling a new role as one of the lead analysts on Amazon Prime's NASCAR coverage, which launched during the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. LaJoie's easygoing personality and sharp insights have made him a natural fit for the broadcast booth, where he now moonlights as a media personality between race weekends. CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA - MAY 25: NASCAR analyst Carl Edwards (L) and Corey LaJoie are seen on the ... More NASCAR on Amazon Prime Video set prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 25, 2025 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) 'I put in a lot of work in the early days to help shape Spire Motorsports,' said LaJoie. 'It'll be good to see some familiar faces and get back to chasing wins. These trucks have shown speed this year, and with some consistency, we can make a real push for the owner's playoffs.' FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder That push is more than wishful thinking. The No. 07 truck is already a race winner this season—thanks to Kyle Larson, who took it to Victory Lane at Homestead back in March. With six races left before the playoff field is locked, Spire currently sits among the top seven in the owner's standings. A win from LaJoie at Michigan or Richmond could seal their spot. LaJoie has kept a relatively light driving schedule in 2025, with a trio of Cup Series starts for Rick Ware Racing and a season-best finish of 22nd in the Daytona 500. But his time behind the wheel has never been the full story. LaJoie is one of those rare NASCAR personalities who can explain the sport in plain English while keeping things entertaining—a skill that's now being put to use on Amazon's five-race broadcast slate. As for his Truck Series experience, it's admittedly limited—just five starts, three with Spire. His best finish came over a decade ago at Bristol, and his most recent run ended in a last-lap wreck at Daytona this past February. Still, his reputation for getting the most out of underdog equipment makes him a compelling option for a team on the playoff bubble. Spire Motorsports co-owner Jeff Dickerson, never one for excess sentimentality, admitted the idea had been floating around for a while. 'When we were talking about what we needed to go chase this championship, we kept describing a guy who sounded exactly like Corey,' Dickerson said. 'So I just asked him. He's a big part of what we've built, and this gives us a shot to do something meaningful together again.' The DQS Solutions and Staffing 200 airs live on FOX Saturday, June 7 at noon ET. If things go right, LaJoie may find himself in the mix for a title—or at least with enough material for a great story on live television.
Reuters
01-06-2025
- Business
- Reuters
NASCAR notebook: Ross Chastain all smiles in Nashville
June 1 - Last week's Coca-Cola 600 race winner Ross Chastain arrived for his Nashville Superspeedway press conference Saturday still wearing a smile -- and his winner's ring -- from last Sunday's victory at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The 32-year-old Floridian turned in one of the most dramatic wins in recent history in the sport's longest race, rallying from last place on the grid (40th) to Victory Lane. Chastain beamed acknowledging the ring on his finger, and said it was purposeful -- providing continued motivation in a season that he hopes kicks into gear now at the official midpoint of the regular-season calendar and at a track where he's won before (2023). "We have a 'first win' ring that we had made at Trackhouse from COTA," Chastain said of his first career NASCAR Cup Series win at the Austin, Texas, road course. "(Former team owner) Matt Kaulig had win rings made from Daytona in the Xfinity series and now this one. It's a pretty cool collection. I'm not a big ring guy. I'm not a jewelry guy. But these just have so much meaning in it. It says 'Champion' and it says, 'Coca-Cola 600 2025.' "Definitely going to take it off now for practice," he continued. "But it has been motivation this week because this week was a grind. And sometimes I just had to touch the ring and be like -- OK, smile, go to the next thing, make the next flight, get home, like all the stuff." With the victory, Chastain has now earned his entry into the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. It marked only the third top-five showing of the season for the No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet team, but the second in three races after Chastain's runner-up effort in Texas. The win moves Chastain up to eighth place in the championship standings, one of eight drivers with a victory through the first 13 races. --Ranked fourth in the NASCAR Cup Series championship standings, Chase Elliott has certainly established himself best among those drivers without a win. But for the driver of the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, that is not enough. Two of his Hendrick teammates, William Byron and Kyle Larson, are leading the rankings. Consistency has certainly been key to Elliott's season with seven top-10 and three top-five finishes through the opening 13 races. His best effort has been fourth place -- at both COTA and Martinsville. He has been particularly good at this week's Nashville concrete 1.33-miler winning the race in 2022 and scoring a fourth-place finish there in 2023. Looking ahead to next week at Michigan, Elliott has an impressive 10 top-10 finishes -- including three runner-up efforts -- in 14 starts. "I thought we had a really good car last week at Charlotte," Elliott said. "I think it's a product of a lot of hard work and just a collective effort of trying to make some improvement. That's always the goal, just keep chipping away. I think the team is in a really good spot." Elliott knows he's in a good place points standings-wise, but the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series champion and perennial Most Popular Driver isn't satisfied with "pointing" his way into a title run. His last victory came a year ago at Texas Motor Speedway. "Certainly better to be in that position than on the other side of the fence, no doubt," Elliott said of his points position. "But I'd be lying if I said that was my top focus. It's just not. I think that if you're worried about barely getting into the playoffs, I think you have some work to do. "It really is kind of the best way I can think about that. And just to talk about my thought process, I want to be better than that. I want to be in the group of people of how many playoff points do you have, not just barely getting in. Our expectations and goals are above that, and we hope that we can achieve all of our goals." --Roush-Fenway-Keselowski Racing owner and driver Brad Keselowski is fresh off his best finish of the year in the No. 6 Ford Mustang -- a fifth place run at Charlotte, where his five laps out front marked the first laps he's led this season. Amazingly, the effort was the 2012 NASCAR Cup Series champion's best work since an 11th-place showing at Las Vegas in March. While he didn't celebrate in victory lane, he got a lot closer and that is something he hopes his team can build off. "Just trying not to do too much, we're hitting our stride as an organization particularly with the six-team," said Keselowski, who is ranked 32nd in the championship standings and hoping to earn a Playoff berth with a victory. His last win came last spring at Darlington, S.C. "The cars are developing more speed. Our execution's getting better. It's an exciting time for us outside of looking where we are in the points standings. We need to build off of that and incrementally inch our way toward being able to win and I think we're really close to that right now. "Last week was a really positive moment for us. The last run of the race we passed at least a half dozen cars and ran the fastest laps and did all the things that make you feel like you can go win." Keselowski has never scored a top 10 at Nashville in four NASCAR Cup Series starts at the track. He heads next week to his home state, Michigan, where he has 15 top-10 finishes in 27 starts, including three runner-up finishes. He has finished top-10 in three of the last four races there. "Last year, I don't think we had as much pace but were getting good finishes," he added. "We have more potential now but didn't have the execution we had last year. I'm just eager to get the execution to match the potential." --Ty Dillon's grandfather Richard Childress was a longtime dear friend and championship car owner for the late, NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Sr. When asked if Dillon had watched any of the well-received and recently released Amazon Prime documentary "Earnhardt," he conceded he hasn't had a chance yet, but smiled recalling some fond memories he shared with the great champion. "I was very young at that time, but I just knew Dale (Earnhardt Sr.) from my perspective as a guy that when we were little and we were at the racetrack, he would come and bug my brother (Austin) and I, whether it was pinching us behind the neck or grabbing us as hard as he could to get our attention," Dillon said. "And we didn't really like that. We were kind of scared of him. But man, we grew up every weekend, and where Dale finished determined our week. We got pizza if Dale won, so that was a celebration in our house." Dillon, driver of the No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet, is making his first NASCAR Cup Series start at Nashville since 2023 when he led four laps but finished 32nd. He is ranked 31st in the championship standings. "Just knowing that kind of perspective after being in sport as a driver myself was crazy," Dillon said of the Earnhardt docuseries. "But the impact (Earnhardt) had on my grandfather, my family, and everybody at RCR, and what that has become because of him and my grandfather's relationship, obviously means so much to myself and our family and everybody in sport. "He was a giant in our sport and a legend. It's just awesome that we continue to talk about him, and the documentary continues to bring his name to the light because he has done so much for what the sport is." --Ryan Truex will be trackside this weekend for Joe Gibbs Racing, ready to serve as a relief driver for Denny Hamlin should Hamlin's fiance, Jordan, go into labor with their third child. --By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service. Special to Field Level Media.
Associated Press
31-05-2025
- Automotive
- Associated Press
Another Indy 500 race not likely until Kyle Larson's NASCAR career ends
LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — Kyle Larson hasn't spent much time thinking about his latest failed attempt at becoming only the second driver to run all 1,100 miles of the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day. Racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway again may just have to wait until Larson's NASCAR career ends. 'That's not me shutting down the 500 again,' Larson said. 'Someday, maybe when I'm done with Cup racing, I would definitely love to do the 500 again, and devote all of my time to it. It's such an awesome event, like it is the greatest event in the world. So I don't want to miss out on that too much.' Larson said Saturday the attempt just doesn't make sense logistically with any small delay, weather or crash throwing off the entire schedule. He's been dealing with a bit of a 'Double' hangover since last weekend's attempt. He also made a quick trip to Mexico to check out the altitude and area for NASCAR's race at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on June 15. He slept much of Friday after getting sick. Larson made his first try at one of the toughest challenges in motorsports in 2024 when four hours of rain delays at the Indianapolis 500 wrecked his plans at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, then made him late to Charlotte with the NASCAR race called before he ever took a lap. Last week, Larson crashed on Lap 91 of the Indianapolis 500, flew to Charlotte and then had his NASCAR race end on Lap 246 when caught up in a wreck ending his bid to join Tony Stewart who finished sixth in the 2001 Indy 500 before flying to Charlotte where he finished third in the Cup Series race. John Andretti was the first driver to try the double in 1994, and Robby Gordon and Kurt Busch also have given it a shot. Asked what changes could help make competing in both races and finishing the Double possible, Larson said moving the start time up for the Indy 500 wouldn't work. That race already starts at 9:45 a.m. on the West Coast with people there unlikely to wake up earlier. Larson said the Coca-Cola 600 can't start much later. Even with not many cautions, that race still ends after 11 p.m. Eastern. 'I don't know how those guys did in the past, like that must have been perfect, weather and cautions and all that,' Larson said. ___ AP auto racing:
