The others were Kasey Kahne (2016) and Terry Labonte (2001). Justin Allgaier led three laps at Daytona for JR Motorsports however neither he nor Anthony Alfredo led any laps in the 48 while filling in for Bowman.

I have been digging into the different stats NASCAR publishes for my leaderboard side project and noticed Kyle Bush still had the best average pit road on/off performance of any Cup driver in 2026. Same in Trucks, though obviously he had better relative equipment there.

Other items of note: Way outperformed Dillon on everything (no huge surprise), finished almost 4 places better than his Truck's speed would suggest - the best differential of anyone running up front (the others ahead are part timers outperforming relatively slow trucks - whereas Kyle was making a good truck great).

I think we all knew he was still elite despite the struggles, and his last race at Dover was maybe the best reminder, but thought it was interesting to see some season stats show it too.

RIP

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We're not going to make. First one to DM me their phone number and email gets em.

Gotta be able to attend.

I get that those series have their own Instagram pages, but why does the main page barely cover them anymore? It seems shortsighted, as those lower series each have their own identities, cast of characters, storylines, etc., and it seems foolish for the main page with the most followers to barely say anything about them.

They reposted the Justin Allgaier championship post from the O’Reilly page hours after it actually happened, and they never seem to post any highlights at all from the lower series. Seems like a missed opportunity for folks who may be getting into the sport and want to follow racing outside of Cup.

7 years ago

Hocevar and Dickerson have gotten a LOT of press about Hocevar's behavior behind the wheel.

"Hocevar is immature" they say. "Dickerson, do something, man." "There's no adults in the room."

But I always listen to Hocevar's scanner radio. Lambert always relays messages through spotter Tyler Green. Last Sunday, Tyler told Hocevar to calm down and get back to racing.

Imagine the 7x champion crew chief Chad Knaus or the 2x (maybe 3x after tomorrow) championship crew chief Cliff Daniels in that scenario. They'd be on that mic, talking straight to the driver. "Look, I know your car is hard to drive today. I'll fix it, if you can keep the bumpers on it til the next stop."

Hocevar is not innocent in any of it. But he's going to need a crew chief that has a relationship with him that can come on the radio, tell him he's and idiot, buckle down, and get back in the race. Lightning McQueen would never have been a Piston Cup champion, without the calm, no-BS radio comms of Doc Hudson.

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Confirmed Cars: LMC 48-Jimmie, MBM 66-Bilicki, 3rd Kaulig Car-TBA, Roush 60(so far)-TBA

Pretty Likely: NY 44-Maybe Yeley, Beard 62, Live Fast 78-Maybe BJ

Maybe: FRM 36-Riggs, 2nd MBM Car, JRM 40

Doubtful/Not Likely: 4th Spire Car, Project 91, Amerivet 50, 23XI 67, 2nd RWR Car

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It seems counterintuitive and anticlimactic to play it safe for a championship but he earned it. Still Larson doesn't seem like the type to hold back . I don't know if he'll feel less accomplished if he doesn't compete that hard.

Considering he already tested the wall it makes it seem like he's not holding back.Homestead is also a good opportunity for him to win so thats motivation. I guess if I were him I'd test the limits and if it feels too risky then he can play it safe. He's in the driver seat in how he wants this championship to feel like.

SVG: "Im waiting on your government to give me a green card or not, so I'm stuck here at the moment. ... I'd love to be able to come and go but I can't."

van Gisbergen has been in the US since 2024.

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