The NASCAR Cup Collection takes per week off from factors racing for the All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
That is the third 12 months the occasion has been held on the historic observe, which hosted Cup races from 1949-96. The Cup Collection returned in 2023 for this exhibition race. Kyle Larson gained the 2023 All-Star Race and Joey Logano gained the race final 12 months.
Here’s a take a look at the excellent news and unhealthy information for Cup groups heading to North Wilkesboro.
23XI Racing — Excellent news: Bubba Wallace’s common end of seven.25 in 4 All-Star Race appearances ranks third amongst energetic drivers behind solely Joey Logano (common end of 6.07) and Kyle Larson (7.0). … Wallace is amongst is among the many high 5 for the All-Star fan vote. Unhealthy information: Wallace completed thirty third in every of the previous two factors races, dropping him from seventh to tenth within the standings. … Tyler Reddick failed to attain a high 10 within the final 4 races. … Reddick has one high 10 in his final six Cup factors races. … Riley Herbst failed to attain a top-20 end in six of the seven races main into this weekend.
Entrance Row Motorsports — Excellent news: Noah Gragson has been voted into the All-Star Race by the followers in every of the final two years and is among the many high 5 vote-getters heading into this weekend. … Todd Gilliland has completed sixteenth or higher in 5 of the final six races coming into the All-Star Race. … Zane Smith has six top-20 finishes within the final seven Cup races. Unhealthy information: Gragson is thirty first within the factors on the All-Star break.
Haas Manufacturing facility Workforce — Excellent news: Cole Custer has two top-20 finishes within the final three races. Unhealthy Information: These are his solely top-20 finishes this 12 months.
Hendrick Motorsports — Excellent news: Kyle Larson heads into the All-Star break because the factors chief. … He additionally has scored probably the most playoff factors this season, scored probably the most stage wins, led probably the most laps and is tied for many wins. … Oh yeah, Larson has extra All-Star wins (three) than another energetic driver and is one win away from tying Jimmie Johnson for many All-Star Race wins all-time. … Hendrick Motorsports has gained a document 11 All-Star Races. … Chase Elliott enters the All-Star Race fourth within the factors for the second 12 months in a row. Unhealthy information: William Byron misplaced the factors lead resulting from a Twenty fourth-place end final weekend at Kansas. … Byron has completed nineteenth or worse in every of the 2 All-Star Races at North Wilkesboro. … Alex Bowman has three finishes of thirty fifth or worse within the final 5 races (the opposite outcomes have been high 10s).
A number of challenges, together with a brand new NASCAR rule, make the feat of operating in these signature races in the identical day rather more troublesome.
Hyak Motorsports — Excellent news: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. offered the spotlight of final 12 months’s All-Star Race along with his confrontation with Kyle Busch after the occasion. Unhealthy information: Stenhouse has completed final in every of the 2 All-Star Races at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
Joe Gibbs Racing — Excellent news: Christopher Bell has completed first or second in 5 of the 12 factors races this season, successful thrice and ending second twice. … Denny Hamlin has completed second in two of the final three All-Star Races. … Chase Briscoe has completed a season-best fourth 4 totally different occasions this 12 months. … Ty Gibbs gained final 12 months’s NASCAR Open to earn a spot within the All-Star Race. He’s within the NASCAR Open this 12 months. Unhealthy information: JGR final gained the All-Star Race in 2017 with Kyle Busch. … Ty Gibbs has completed seventeenth or worse within the final three factors races.
Kaulig Racing — Excellent news: Twice AJ Allmendinger has gained what’s now known as the NASCAR Open to advance to the All-Star Race. Unhealthy information: Allmendinger has completed thirty sixth and thirty eighth up to now two races, dropping him from fifteenth to twenty fifth within the season standings. … Ty Dillon has completed outdoors the highest 20 in three of the final 4 factors races.
From new occasions on the schedule in recent times to inspecting how you can improve the racing at some tracks and what adjustments, if any to make to how the champion is topped retains NASCAR trying forward.
Legacy Motor Membership — Excellent news: John Hunter Nemechek has scored back-to-back high 10s, the second time he’s executed that this 12 months. Unhealthy information: Legacy did not have a automobile in final 12 months’s All-Star Race after each Erik Jones and Nemechek did not advance out of the NASCAR Open.
Richard Childress Racing — Excellent news: Kyle Busch holds the document for many laps led within the All-Star Race at 324. Unhealthy information: Kyle Busch has failed to complete higher than ninth within the final 4 All-Star Races. … Austin Dillon has not completed higher than seventeenth in his final two All-Star Race begins.
Rick Ware Racing — Excellent news: Harrison Burton, who’s eligible for the All-Star Race along with his win final 12 months at Daytona, will drive the No. 51 within the occasion. … It will mark the primary time Rick Ware Racing has had a automobile within the All-Star Race. … Cody Ware will transfer over to the No. 15 and compete within the All-Star Open. … Ware goes again to the No. 51 after this weekend. The change is only for the All-Star Race since Burton, who races full-time within the Xfinity Collection, didn’t have a journey within the exhibition race. Unhealthy information: Ware ranks final among the many 36 full-time drivers in factors after 12 races.
RFK Racing — Excellent news: Brad Keselowski has completed second within the All-Star Race thrice, tied with Sterling Marlin and Ken Schrader for probably the most runner-up outcomes and not using a victory within the occasion. … Chris Buescher completed third in final 12 months’s All-Stat Race. … Ryan Preece is among the many high 5 for the All-Star fan vote. Unhealthy information: Buescher has completed outdoors the highest 10 in 4 of the final six factors races.
With six of the 14 races left within the common season on both street programs or drafting tracks, the standings may change dramatically by late August.
Spire Motorsports — Excellent news: Carson Hocevar is among the many high 5 for the All-Star fan vote. Unhealthy information: All three Spire drivers (Michael McDowell, Justin Haley and Hocevar) are within the NASCAR Open this weekend.
Workforce Penske — Excellent news: Joey Logano is the defending All-Star winner after he led 199 of 200 laps in final 12 months’s occasion. … Logano has completed within the high 10 within the final 10 All-Star Races, a collection document. … Ryan Blaney has completed no worse than sixth in every of the final 5 All-Star Races, together with a win in 2022. Unhealthy information: Austin Cindric, who’s within the All-Star Race this 12 months, completed final within the NASCAR Open a 12 months in the past after being in an incident in the course of the occasion.
Trackhouse Racing — Excellent news: Daniel Suarez’s common end in 5 All-Star Race appearances is 8.80, which ranks sixth amongst energetic drivers. … Shane van Gisbergen is among the many high 5 for the All-Star fan vote. Unhealthy information: Ross Chastain has not certified higher than twenty fifth within the final 5 Cup races coming into the All-Star break.
Wooden Brothers Racing — Excellent news: His Las Vegas win earned him a spot within the All-Star Race. … Berry comes into the weekend after a sixth-place end at Kansas final weekend. Unhealthy information: That Kansas end was his first high 10 since his Las Vegas win in March.
