LAST LAP INSIDER RACING RECAP – NASCAR, F1 AND INDYCAR:

 

📸NASCAR: Darlington Raceway.

📸F1: McLaren.

📸IndyCar: Team Penske.

 

NASCAR CUP SERIES: BACK-TO-BACK WINS FOR CHASE BRISCOE IN THE SOUTHERN 500!

 

After starting second, Chase Briscoe in his No. 19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota won both stages and led 309 laps on his way to winning the Southern 500 for the second year in succession!

 

Briscoe won this race last season driving the No. 14 Ford for Stewart-Haas Racing.

 

Briscoe is now a four time Cup Series winner.

 

Tyler Reddick finished second after catching Briscoe in the closing 20 laps but just couldn’t find a clean way around.

 

For Legacy Motor Club, Erik Jones and John Hunter Nemechek finished an outstanding third and fourth with AJ Allmendinger completing the top five in a Kaulig Racing Chevrolet.

 

What great runs for a few smaller teams.

 

Playoff Drivers – ⭐️

 

Results:

1. Chase Briscoe ⭐️ – Stage 1 & 2 🏁

2. Tyler Reddick ⭐️

3. Erik Jones 

4. John Hunter Nemechek 

5. AJ Allmendinger 

6. Bubba Wallace ⭐️

7. Denny Hamlin ⭐️ – Pole-sitter – LLI Pick to win

8. Kyle Busch 

9. Carson Hocevar 

10. Chris Buescher 

11. Ross Chastain ⭐️

12. Austin Cindric ⭐️

13. Zane Smith 

14. Noah Gragson 

15. Brad Keselowski 

16. Ryan Preece 

17. Chase Elliott ⭐️

18. Ryan Blaney ⭐️

19. Kyle Larson ⭐️

20. Joey Logano ⭐️

21. William Byron ⭐️

22. Ty Gibbs 

23. Austin Dillon ⭐️

24. Cole Custer 

25. Daniel Suarez 

26. David Gilliland 

27. Justin Haley 

28. Riley Herbst 

29. Christopher Bell ⭐️

30. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 

31. Alex Bowman ⭐️

32. Shane Van Gisbergen ⭐️

33. Michael McDowell 

34. Ty Dillon 

35. Timmy Hill 

36. Derek Kraus 

37. Cody Ware 

38. Josh Berry ⭐️

 

PLAYOFFS:

1. Chase Briscoe 🏁

2. Denny Hamlin +43

3. Kyle Larson +38

4. Tyler Reddick +35

5. Bubba Wallace +25

6. William Byron +25

7. Ryan Blaney +22

8. Ross Chastain +21

9. Austin Cindric +12

10. Christopher Bell +11

11. Chase Elliott +9

12. SVG +3

 

Playoff Bubble:

13. Joey Logano -3

14. Austin Dillon -8

15. Alex Bowman -19

16. Josh Berry -19

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Connor Zilisch absolutely dominated in Portland but had to retake the lead on the green-white-checkered restart to capture another NASCAR Xfinity Series victory in 2025!

 

Zilisch, who started on the pole and swept both stages, becomes the youngest driver to reach eight wins in a season in the Xfinity Series. Zilisch has also won six out of the last seven races if you’re counting Parker Kligerman’s win last week at Daytona.

 

Zilisch has a total of nine victories in only 28 Xfinity Series starts.

 

William Sawalich placed second for his best result of the year.

 

Nick Sanchez, Christian Eckes, Austin Hill, Carson Kvapil, Jeb Burton, Austin Green, Blaine Perkins, and Jesse Love completed the top ten results.

 

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Corey Heim opened the Craftsman Truck Series playoffs with a win at Darlington!

 

This was his eighth win of the year and the 19th of his career.

 

Daniel Hemric, Grant Enfinger, Ty Majeski, Trevor Bayne, Tanner Gray, Tyler Ankrum, Timmy Hill, Corey Day and Jake Garcia completed the top ten.

 

Layne Riggs started on pole and was the truck to beat until a flat tire killed his race. Riggs finished 17th.

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INDYCAR SERIES: JOSEF NEWGARDENWINS THE 2025 SEASON FINALE!

 

After a season to forget, Josef Newgarden took the lead away from Alex Palou with 26 laps to go to win at Nashville Superspeedway in the 2025 IndyCar season finale!

 

What a victory at his home track. Newgarden was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, where he continues to live.

 

With Newgarden’s victory, he extends his yearly win streak to 11 straight seasons. This is also the 32nd win of his career.

 

This years champion, Alex Palou, finished second with Scott McLaughlin passing Kyffin Simpson out of the last turn for third.

 

Will Power led in this race and was looking at a possible podium finish until a horrific pit stop. Power stalled the car, and then the team couldn’t restart the engine in time before falling a lap down. Turns out, water got into the “buckeye” which caused the delay.

 

Not the way Power wanted to end the season and possibly end his stint at Team Penske.

 

Results:

1. Josef Newgarden 

2. Alex Palou – Champion 🏆

3. Scott McLaughlin 

4. Kyffin Simpson 

5. Conor Daly 

6. Kyle Kirkwood 

7. Felix Rosenqvist 

8. Santino Ferrucci 

9. Callum Ilott 

10. Alexander Rossi 

11. Colton Herta – LLI Pick to Win

12. Scott Dixon 

13. Rinus Veekay 

14. Robert Shwartzman 🟡 

15. Marcus Ericsson 

16. Sting Ray Robb 

17. Nolan Siegel 

18. Devlin Defrancesco 

19. Marcus Armstrong 

20. Louis Foster 🟡 – Rookie of the Year

21. Will Power 

22. Graham Rahal

Out:

23. Jacob Abel 

24. Pato O’ward – Pole-sitter 

25. Christian Lundgaard 

26. David Malukas 

27. Christian Rasmussen

 

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F1: A MIXED DAY FOR MCLAREN AS OSCAR PIASTRI WINS WITH LANDO NORRIS BLOWING AN ENGINE.

 

From the pole to the checkered flag, Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix was all Oscar Piastri as hetooks the victory in the Netherlands by leading all 72 laps! 🏁

 

This is win number seven on the year for Piastri and the ninth of his career.

 

In his home race, Max Verstappen is today’s runner-up with the young rookie of Isack Hadjar capturing his first ever F1 podium, finishing third! Hadjar also received Driver of the Day.

 

With seven laps remaining, Lando Norris was sitting second chasing his teammate when smoking began to flow out of his car. Unfortunately, his engine gave up, and he had to retire from the race. A devastating end for Norris as this will affect the points.

 

Piastri now holds a 30-point gap on Norris with nine events remaining.

 

Results:

1. Oscar Piastri – Pole-sitter 

2. Max Verstappen 

3. Isack Hadjar 🟡

4. George Russell 

5. Alex Albon 

6. Ollie Bearman 🟡

7. Lance Stroll 

8. Fernando Alonso 

9. Yuki Tsunoda 

10. Esteban Ocon 

11. Franco Colapinto 🟡

12. Liam Lawson 🟡

13. Carlos Sainz 

14. Nico Hulkenberg 

15. Gabriel Bortoleto 🟡

16. Kimi Antonelli 🟡

17. Pierre Gasly 

18. Lando Norris – Engine 

19. Charles Leclerc – Crash

20. Lewis Hamilton – Crash

Rookie – 🟡 

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