Nascar 2025

Good racing , if that was because of the 'big one' occurring so early and taking out so many contenders ?, at one stage there was only one winner in the top 22 ! ,SVG , who had a solid rub until Gibbs hit him ,

Close finish as well ! Hometown hero too boot.

The in season mini championship with a $1m prize for driver and a fan got turned upside down !

Another master class from SVG, and only the second driver to do the double - pole and win on the same weekend in the xfinity and cup race, the other driver being Kyle Busch.

SVG is now solidly locked in to the playoffs with two wins, and with the two wins is currently 4th in the playoffs seedings.

And while many will point to his road course advantage from his supercar days, it's overlooked that the steering wheel etc are on the other side of the car!, if he masters ovals there could be interesting times ahead.

The in season championship, despite TNTs hyping of it , has not really caught the imagine, Ty Dillon could be the winner following the latest round with so many of the favourites already out.

Sonoma this weekend , SVG starts favourite but Busch, Beuscher, Gibbs, Reddick and Elliot will be in the mix.

Brilliant battle between SVG and Zilisch,

All but confirmed that Zilisch will be in the #99 Trackhouse cup car next season

In the xfinity post race interviews SVG said he could have 'moved ' Conor but he didn't want to race that way.

SVG goes on to win the Cup race , acknowledging the respect Chase Briscoe had shown him at the restarts (when others would have moved him out of the way ), Briscoes first top 5 in a road race btw.

3 wins from the last 5 races albeit all road courses ,there will be some who will still complain about SVG being in the playoffs instead of recognising brilliance.

Back to the ovals next weekend, and Ty Dillon has survived another week of the in season tournament, with a little bit of moving Bowman out of the way.....

Keeping an eye on the courts ,23XI and Front Row Motorsport will lose their charter status on Wednesday but, instead of mediating as suggested by the judge heading up the anti trust case ,Nascar have decided to 'go nuclear ' , informing the teams that they intend on selling their (23XI and Forward Racing) charters (6 of them) .

23XI and Forward Racing are currently in court stating that this action by Nascar will put them out of business.

Not to mention that 6 charters suddenly being on sale will decimate the market value of charters held by the other 30 teams.

RFK and Legacy are in the market for charters ,JR motorsport maybe , but the notion that outsiders are queuing up to buy charters while the anti trust case continues seems fanciful.

Initial court ruling on the interim injunction is in 23XI and Front Row have lost their charters and will race as open teams at Dover and Indy.

However, a further review is to take place ,Nascar cannot sell the charters AND if any event attracts >40 entries then the judge has indicated he will change his ruling.

Mixed news for all involved and exper a lot of spinning.

The notion that there are 'wealthy celebs ' wanting to buy these charters is fanciful , no one ;OEM / Wealthy investor will go near these disputed charters until the anti trust case is resolved.

The other charter dispute between Legacy and Rick Ware racing continues, that the man who brokered the deal has now bought Rick Ware Racing has spiced things up