Frontstretch Newsletter: May 29, 2025
Volume XIX,
Edition LXXIV |
- Today, the final two episodes of the Earnhardt documentary will premiere on Amazon Prime Video. - Today is a travel day for NASCAR Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series teams as they will be loading into the garage at Nashville Superspeedway early Friday morning. Cup teams
will be putting the finishing touches on their cars before loading up for the roughly seven-hour drive to the track. If anything of note breaks, we'll have it for you at Frontstretch. |
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| Chris Buescher, RFK’s Kansas Penalty Lightened After
Appeal RFK Racing went before the National Motorsports Appeals Panel Wednesday to try to get their L1-penalty from Kansas overturned. They were partially successful, getting their points penalty cut from 60 points to 30. |
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| Lavar Scott, Crew Chief Penalized Following ARCA Charlotte
Race ARCA announced Wednesday that Lavar Scott's No. 6 Chevrolet failed post-race inspection after last Friday's General Tire 150 in Charlotte. Scott has been docked six points as a result. |
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| Entry List: Detroit Sports Car
Classic On Saturday, 22 IMSA teams will battle on the tight streets of Downtown Detroit. |
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| New River All-American Speedway Shutting
Down New River All-American Speedway in North Carolina announced Wednesday that they are closing their doors, effective immediately. |
Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography, IMSA, David Berding of ARCA Racing and our own Chase Folsom. Have news for
Frontstretch? Don't hesitate to let us know; email us at frontstretcheditors@googlegroups.com with a promising lead or tip. |
Seeking the NASCAR Cup Series Championship: Point Update Following Chris Buescher's Partial Reversal
by Phil Allaway
As you saw above, Chris Buescher's points penalty from Kansas was halved on appeal. Such a development is a positive for the No. 17 team. After Charlotte, Buescher was 24th in points. Getting the 30 points back
moves him up to 16th. He is now the first driver out of the playoffs, six points behind teammate Ryan Preece. Point Standings (1-16): 1) William Byron 499, 2) Kyle Larson
-29, 3) Christopher Bell -74, 4) Chase Elliott -84, 5) Tyler Reddick -107, 6) Denny Hamlin -109, 7) Ryan Blaney -136, 8) Ross Chastain -149, 9) Joey Logano -161, 10) Alex Bowman
-166, 11) Chase Briscoe -185, 12) Bubba Wallace -187, 13) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -215, 14) Ryan Preece -219, 15) Austin Cindric -220, 16) Chris Buescher -225. Outside of the top-16, but still in the playoffs: 17) Josh Berry -230. Note: Drivers in italics are either outside of the playoffs, or ineligible for points. Playoff Points: 1) Kyle Larson 23, 2) Christopher Bell -7, 3) Denny Hamlin -11, 4) William Byron -12, t-5) Austin Cindric -16, t-5) Joey Logano -16, 7) Josh Berry
-17, 8) Ross Chastain -18, t-9) Ryan Blaney -21, t-9) Bubba Wallace -21, 11) Ryan Preece -22. Stage Points: 1) William Byron 137, 2) Kyle Larson -9, 3) Ryan Blaney -27, t-4) Bubba Wallace -37, t-4) Tyler Reddick -37, 6) Denny Hamlin -42, 7) Alex Bowman -54, 8) Austin Cindric
-56, 9) Chase Elliott -57, t-10) Christopher Bell -63, t-10) Joey Logano -63, 12) Carson Hocevar -72, 13) AJ Allmendinger -86, 14) Josh Berry -88, 15) Ryan Preece -94, t-16) Chris Buescher
-106. Note: The Stage Points include the Duels at Daytona.
Outside of the top 16, but Still in the Playoffs: 17) Ross Chastain -108, 19) Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
-115, 24) Chase Briscoe -119. Note: The Stage Points also include the Bluegreen Vacations Duels at Daytona.
Old Point Standings (1-16):
1) William Byron 424, 2) Christopher Bell -17, 3) Kyle Larson -25, 4) Chase Elliott -32, 5) Ross Chastain -52, 6) Chase Briscoe -72, 7) Denny Hamlin -73, 8) Tyler Reddick
-76, 9) Joey Logano -103, 10) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -110, t-11) Alex Bowman -115, t-11) Ryan Blaney -115, 13) Kyle Busch -117, 14) Chris Buescher -119, 15) Michael McDowell -122, 16) Austin Dillon -132. Outside of the top 16, but still in the playoffs: 18) Ryan Preece -135, 20) Josh Berry -148, t-22) Austin Cindric -156, t-22) Bubba Wallace -156. Note: These standings are based on the old point system that was used before stages were created. WC Points (1-16): 1) William Byron 1891, 2) Christopher Bell
-73, 3) Kyle Larson -79, 4) Chase Elliott -150, 5) Ross Chastain -205, 6) Denny Hamlin -248, 7) Chase Briscoe -258, 8) Tyler Reddick -281, 9) Ryan Blaney -381, 10) Joey Logano
-384, 11) Alex Bowman -389, 12) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -417, 13) Kyle Busch -423, 14) Michael McDowell -451, 15) Chris Buescher -459, 16) Ryan Preece -472.
Outside of the
top-16, but still in the playoffs: 19) Josh Berry -511, 21) Bubba Wallace -530, t-25) Austin Cindric -582. 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, Phoenix), Josh Berry (Las Vegas), Kyle Larson (Homestead, Bristol, Kansas), Denny Hamlin (Martinsville, Darlington), Austin Cindric (Talladega)
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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Frontstretch Line of the Week "Super cool. Obviously jealous, I wish it would have happened while I was racing
there. And Flo [Racing] does such a good job, so don’t take anything away from Flo, but I just know people that won’t make the payment [for] Flo. Most of them have FS1, so it was really cool to see. I mean, it just shows that you need to make that subscription to Flo, because that’s what is produced every week. Super big to be on national television though, and at the same time, I
was there, so I got to be a little bit of part of it. I wish I was driving, but I enjoyed seeing how big it was." - Brenden Queen on the zMAX CARS Tour racing live on FOX Sports 1 at North Wilkesboro. |
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