Frontstretch Newsletter: March 6, 2025
Volume
XIX, Edition XXIII |
- Travel to Phoenix continues for NASCAR teams. It is a long haul. If anything of note breaks, we'll have it for you here at Frontstretch. |
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| Chase Briscoe, JGR Win Penalty
Appeal Joe Gibbs Racing officially won their appeal Wednesday of the 100-point penalty that Chase Briscoe's team was assessed due to a spoiler issue. |
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| Austin Cindric Fined, Docked 50 Points After Ty Dillon
Contact at COTA In NASCAR's weekly penalty report, Austin Cindric has been docked 50 points and fined $50,000 for intentionally wrecking Ty Dillon early in Sunday's EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix. |
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| Christian Eckes, Jake Bollman Filling Out Remainder of
ARCA West Season for BMR Bill McAnally Racing announced Wednesday that Christian Eckes and Jake Bollman will share the No. 19 Chevrolet in ARCA Menards Series West for the remainder of 2025. |
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Seeking the NASCAR Cup Series Championship: Wednesday's Changes
by Phil Allaway
NASCAR's announcements on Wednesday resulted in substantial changes to the standings. Austin Cindric's penalty for intentional wrecking took him from a tie for 10th all the way down to 35th. Meanwhile,
Chase Briscoe's penalty from Daytona being thrown out on appeal completely changes his season. He was still in the hole after Austin in 41st, behind Helio Castroneves (who took the Open Exemption Provisional to race in the Daytona 500). Now, he's tied for 14th. Kyle Larson is still the last driver in the playoffs on points as the overall effect of Wednesday's announcements is that Briscoe moves into the playoffs while Cindric moves out. Point Standings (1-16): 1) William Byron 116, 2) Ryan Blaney -2, 3) Tyler Reddick -5, t-4) Christopher Bell -21, t-4) Chase Elliott
-21, 6) Bubba Wallace -22, 7) Alex Bowman -29, 8) Michael McDowell -31, 9) Kyle Busch -35, 10) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -36, t-11) Chris Buescher -39, t-11) Joey Logano -39, 13) John Hunter Nemechek -40, t-14) Carson Hocevar -44, t-14)
Chase Briscoe -44, 16) Kyle Larson -45. Note: Drivers in italics are either outside of the playoffs, or ineligible for points. Playoff
Points: 1) Christopher Bell 10, 2) William Byron -5, t-3) Ryan Blaney -4, t-3) Bubba Wallace -9, t-3) Kyle Larson -9, t-3) Joey Logano -9, t-3) Josh Berry -9, t-3) Ryan Preece -9. Stage Points: 1) Bubba Wallace 41, 2) Joey Logano -4, 3) Ryan Blaney -8, 4) William Byron -10, 5) Austin Cindric -11, 6) Tyler Reddick -17, 7) Chase Elliott -18, 8) Alex Bowman -24, 9) Kyle Busch
-25, 10) Erik Jones -26, t-11) Kyle Larson -27, t-11) Todd Gilliland -27, t-11) Shane van Gisbergen -27, 14) Chris Buescher -28, 15) AJ Allmendinger -30, t-16) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -31, t-16) Ryan Preece -31, t-16) Josh Berry
-31.
Outside of the top-16, but Still in the Playoffs: t-19) Christopher Bell -32, t-22) Michael McDowell -33, 26) Carson Hocevar -35, 29) John Hunter Nemechek -39, t-31) Chase Briscoe -41. Note: The Stage Points also include the Bluegreen Vacations Duels at Daytona.
Old Point Standings (1-16): 1) Tyler Reddick 100, 2) William Byron
-1, 3) Christopher Bell -2, 4) Ryan Blaney -5, 5) Michael McDowell -10, t-6) Chase Briscoe -14, t-6) John Hunter Nemechek -14, 8) Chase Elliott -15, 9) Alex Bowman -16, 10) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -18, 11) Kyle Busch
-20, 12) Carson Hocevar -21, 13) Chris Buescher -24, 14) Denny Hamlin -27, 15) Riley Herbst -28, 16) Kyle Larson -31. Outside of the top-16, but still in the playoffs:
17) Bubba Wallace -33, 22) Joey Logano -45. Note: These standings are based on the old point system that was used before stages were created. WC Points (1-16): 1) Tyler Reddick 446, 2) William Byron -4, 3) Christopher Bell -16, 4) Ryan Blaney -24, 5) Michael McDowell -52, 6) Chase Briscoe -55, t-7) Chase Elliott -60, t-7) John Hunter Nemechek
-60, 9) Alex Bowman -63, 10) Kyle Busch -69, 11) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -73, 12) Carson Hocevar -74, 13) Chris Buescher -93, 14) Denny Hamlin -100, 15) Kyle Larson -106, 16) Riley Herbst -110.
Outside of the top-16, but still in the playoffs: 17) Bubba Wallace -119, 22) Joey Logano -155. Note No. 2: The WC points are based on the original points system created by Bob Latford in 1975. Race Winners: William Byron (Daytona), Christopher Bell (Atlanta, COTA)
Note: Race wins in Italics do not count
towards playoff eligibility.
Phil Allaway is the Frontstretch newsletter manager. He can be reached at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com. Photo is courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography.
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