Daytona Motor Mouths: NASCAR to rotate championship race host websites
The blokes discuss NASCAR altering its championship race location, Joey Logano’s win at slippery Texas, the upcoming weekend at Kansas and extra.
Kyle Larson dominated at Kansas Speedway, main a file variety of laps en path to his third victory of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Sequence season.
No, it wasn’t as shut as final 12 months.
However the results of the NASCAR Cup Sequence spring race at Kansas Speedway stayed the identical: a Kyle Larson victory.
Think about that.
Larson, the betting favourite, received the AdventHealth 400 by 0.712 seconds over runner-up Christopher Bell on Might 11. Throughout this race final 12 months, Larson and Chris Buescher offered the closest end in NASCAR historical past with a margin of 0.001 seconds.
Ryan Blaney, Chase Briscoe and Alex Bowman rounded out the highest 5.
Listed below are three takeaways:
1. Kyle Larson dominates for third win of 2025 NASCAR Cup Sequence season
Extra domination for Larson. And extra historical past.
The 32-year-old set a monitor file for laps led with 221. He additionally bucked a development, snapping a string of 5 straight Kansas races the place the chief in laps led didn’t end first.
Larson claimed Stage 1 and Stage 2.
“Nice automobile, nice execution right this moment for our staff,” Larson mentioned. “… Glad to not win by an inch proper right here this time. Little bit safer hole. Thanks once more to the staff.”
He has positioned within the prime 5 in seven of the 12 races thus far, together with in every of the final 4.
Take a look at this streak. His final 4 races: first, second, fourth, first.
That’s fairly good.
2. Brad Keselowski loved bounce-back efficiency. Till…
On Lap 195, Brad Keselowski was working second behind solely Chase Elliott, and he was gaining floor.
Then, Keselowski’s tough stretch continued.
He blew a proper rear tire coming into Flip 1. That put his No. 6 Ford into the wall and introduced out a warning. He was towed to the storage, ending his day.
“It was day. It was going to be an important day,” Keselowski mentioned. “I felt like we had a shot to win with the Allegra Ford Mustang. Fairly automobile. It’s not fairly anymore.
“I didn’t actually have a lot of a warning. I simply went into Flip 1. I heard a giant increase, and round it went. It’s unlucky. We’re taking part in to win, and we had been proper within the spot to try this. It didn’t come collectively.”
In his first 12 races this season, Keselowski has not recorded a top-10. He’s solely cracked the highest 25 thrice.
3. Hey now, you’re an All-Star (race at North Wilkesboro Speedway)
Subsequent up: All-Star Weekend!
For the third consecutive season, NASCAR’s All-Star showcase will happen at North Wilkesboro Speedway. The historic 0.625-mile monitor in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, dates again to 1947. It was given new big-league life in 2023, internet hosting the Cup Sequence for the primary time in 27 years.
The All-Star Race will characteristic 250 laps. It’s scheduled for 8 p.m. on Might 18.
