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NCS Race Recap: Denny Hamlin Seizes 60th Win, Championship 4 Spot With Las Vegas Victory

by MikeOctober 13, 2025

Denny Hamlin in victory lane, his 60th Cup victory — Getty Images / NASCAR Media

LAS VEGAS – Denny Hamlin scored an emotional victory and claimed a significant career milestone with a dramatic win in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series’ South Point 400 Playoff race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Hamlin passed two cars in the final 10 laps, ultimately taking the lead from his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe with four laps remaining then holding off the day’s most dominant driver Kyle Larson by 1.533-second to claim his series’ best sixth win of the season and 60th win of his career.

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NASCAR Cup Series Round Of 8 Playoffs And IMSA’S Famed Petit Le Mans Headline NBC Sports’ Live Motorsports Coverage This Week

by MikeOctober 10, 2025

STAMFORD, Conn. – Oct. 8, 2025 – NBC Sports’ live motorsports coverage this week is headlined by two major events: the opening Round of 8 NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race from Las Vegas Motor Speedway, beginning this Sunday at 5:30 p.m. ET on USA Network, and IMSA’s famed Petit Le Mans race from Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, beginning this Saturday at Noon ET on NBC and Peacock.

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NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs’ Round Of 8 Will Roll The Dice In Las Vegas

by MikeOctober 10, 2025

(Photo by Harold Hinson/HHP for Chevy Racing)

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – After another dramatic NASCAR Cup Series Playoff elimination race last week, eight drivers move on to vie for the championship as the title chase moves forward with Sunday’s South Point 400 at the always thrilling 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway (5:30 p.m. ET on USA Network, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

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Goodyear Racing Notes – Las Vegas Motor Speedway

by MikeOctober 7, 2025

The Goodyear Racing Eagle tire setups awaiting NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series teams at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be the same left- and right-side tire pairings both series used at Kansas Speedway two weeks ago.

This weekend marks only the second time both series will run these right-side tires, which means teams can lean on their Kansas data to refine their strategies ahead of Las Vegas. The left side tires across both Xfinity and Cup have been used five times previous this season, so teams come to Vegas with a solid base dataset to work from.

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Katherine Legge Returns To The NASCAR Cup Series With Live Fast Motorsports At Las Vegas Motor Speedway

by MikeOctober 7, 2025

Las Vegas, NV | October 6, 2025 — Trailblazing racer Katherine Legge will return to the NASCAR Cup Series this October, driving the No. 78 Desnuda Organic Tequila Chevrolet for Live Fast Motorsports at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

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Joey Logano Spells Danger To Other Round Of 8 Playoff Survivors

by MikeOctober 7, 2025

Joey Logano & Ryan Blaney from 2023 — by Meg Oliphant, Getty Images

Forget “Sliced Bread,” if you haven’t already. Call Joey Logano “Houdini.”

On Sunday at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course, defending champion Joey Logano made yet another great escape from the Round of 12 in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.

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NCS Race Recap: Shane van Gisbergen Wins at Roval; Joey Logano Advances in Playoffs

by MikeOctober 6, 2025October 8, 2025

CONCORD, N.C.—As expected, road course maven Shane van Gisbergen won Sunday’s Bank of America Roval 400, but that was only a small part of the story at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.

Long after van Gisbergen took the checkered flag to record his fifth straight road course victory of the NASCAR Cup Series season, Ross Chastain made a banzai run in the frontstretch chicane and wiped out Denny Hamlin’s Toyota in a desperate attempt to secure the final spot in the Playoffs’ Round of 8.

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Chase Briscoe Looks To Solidify Position In NASCAR Cup Round Of 8

by MikeOctober 3, 2025

Chase Briscoe is the only NASCAR Cup Series driver to have scored top-10s in each of the first five postseason races this year.

But in the “What-have-you-done-for-me-lately?” world of auto racing, that model of consistency provides the driver of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota minimal comfort heading to Sunday’s Bank of America ROVAL 400 on the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course (3 p.m. ET on USA, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

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The Roval At Charlotte Motor Speedway Hosts NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Elimination Race This Sunday, Oct. 5, At 3 P.M. ET On USA Network

by MikeOctober 2, 2025

STAMFORD, Conn. – Oct. 1, 2025 – It’s a cutoff race! NBC Sports will present live coverage of the NASCAR Cup Series’ final Round of 12 playoff race with the Bank of America ROVAL 400 from Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course in Charlotte, N.C., this Sunday, Oct. 5 at 3 p.m. ET on USA Network. Live pre-race coverage on USA Network begins at 2:30 p.m. ET with Countdown to Green.

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NASCAR Cup Series News & Notes – Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course (Roval)

by MikeOctober 2, 2025October 6, 20251

NASCAR Cup Series – Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course (Roval)

Next Race: Bank of America ROVAL 400
The Place: Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
Track Length: 2.28 Mile Asphalt Road Course
The Date: Sunday, October 5
The Time: 3 p.m. ET
The Purse: $9,797,935
TV: USA, 2:30 p.m. ET
Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 248.52 miles (109 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 25),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 50), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 109)

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