Digital betting provides a plethora of prospects for contemporary business people who are irrepressible in their efforts to build excellent casino solutions, propel their brand to maximal achievement, and surpass all competitors in New Zealand.
However, the issue is, is it simple to initiate offering mobile pokies? Let’s take a look at the mobile pokies industry today. But before that, let’s give huge kudos to the Betpokies team, and especially John Gold, for making this article possible with their research efforts.
The Amount of Money Needed to Invest
The first thing that makes it challenging to create a pokies app is the price. It starts with the licensing fee obtained from the New Zealand Lotteries Commission of NZ$110,000. If your mobile pokies company’s total resources are below NZ$2,000,000, you can pay a cheaper license fee of only NZ$5,500. Take a look at the licensing regulations of New Zealand to know more.
But this doesn’t end here since building the app is another expense you should take into account. In New Zealand, it is estimated that building an app costs around NZ$3,000 up to NZ$120,000. Other operating expenses should be noted, such as marketing and promotions, software development, and maintenance costs.
Choosing a Reliable Gambling Software Provider
You will encounter various solutions and toolkits at various price points. The forthcoming supplier and software provider must be established, have a solid profile and extensive expertise, and provide a variety of alternatives within your spending plan.
You will have the following options when commencing your gaming enterprise:
Software design firms that create their games and systems. This advantageous type of collaboration enables you to obtain a highly configurable and one-of-a-kind product.
B2B organizations that provide assistance as well as instrument bundles that include gaming content from other contractors.
Regardless of the sort of collaboration you select, software developers are your best teammates for launching and running your functions effectively and adaptively. Each mobile pokies provider provides a unique set of features in New Zealand. You must therefore see what the builder can offer you.
Porting and Mobile Optimization
The web edition of pokies uses the entire display of a laptop or personal computer display to showcase special visual impacts and playable functionalities, while also using a cursor to quickly explore and command the system’s multiple aspects. It is not easy to translate these specifications to mobile devices. This includes design planning and layout, ease of use, and ensuring that the gameplay will not be compromised.
To check whether the app is running smoothly, one can release it in early access or beta-testing to accumulate reviews from New Zealand players. Out of this feedback, re-align and fix the issues that the players found.
Finding a Provider of Payment Services
Arrange your methods of payment so that gamblers from all over the country can quickly connect and start games at the mobile pokies. To accomplish this, a provider with numerous payment options is required.
Note that mobile pokies and other sorts of wagering activities are regarded to have high-risk operations in New Zealand. This implies the company is much more probable to face a refund request. Financial institutions, in turn, levy higher costs on these businesses in an attempt to reduce suspicious practices.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Mobile Pokies
Advantages:
As long as you have access to an Internet service, you can play whenever you want.
Utilize the touchscreen interface to play games with simplicity using just a single tap.
Quick and easy access through browser play means there is no need to download any apps.
Several of the same incentives and promotions are available on the desktop version.
Pick from several secure payment choices.
Enjoy it any time of the day and anywhere in New Zealand.
Disadvantages:
Compared to a personal computer or laptop gambling, there are far fewer mobile games available.
Some pokies only provide a subset of the payment alternatives that are available on their desktop version.
Barely available on mobile devices, live dealer gambling typically needs a fast 4G network to take advantage of all of its functions in real-time mode.
You could occasionally skip out on excellent incentives because some casino promos are for activities that are not yet mobile-optimized.
Final Thoughts
It is difficult to assert against the whole gambling impression still being offered on PC. There is a larger assortment of games, better viewing, and a quicker reaction time. However, without question, the age of mobile has arrived.
Even though desktop users remain to expend greater time on websites than mobile users, embracing the thriving mobile pokies industry will not harm them. The challenge is now on the pokies operators in New Zealand and their application developers to keep up with this trend.
Gambling can be a dangerous and addictive habit. If you or a loved one has a gambling problem, please seek assistance by calling the National Gambling Helpline at 0800 654 655.
In an event that was delayed for two days and more than nine hours, the early season wait for Justin Allgaier and JR Motorsports evaporated under the lights at home turn after Allgaier made a late fuel strategic call work to perfection by winning the rain-postponed Alsco Uniforms 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Monday, May 29.
The 36-year-old Allgaier from Riverton, Illinois, led three times for a race-high 83 of 200-scheduled laps in an event where he started on pole position, led early and ran up front throughout the event that was scheduled to start on Saturday, May 27, but was postponed to Monday and delayed yet again for another nine hours amid ongoing precipitation and steady rain.
Once the racing resumed nearing the one-quarter mark, Allgaier, who remained in contention as the race proceeded, seized upon an opportunity to pit for a final time with less than 70 laps remaining during a caution period. Then during the final 66-lap dash to the finish, Allgaier swapped the lead with John Hunter Nemechek before assuming it for good with 33 laps remaining. He then stretched his low fuel tank to the absolute distance as he managed to coast across the finish line and claim his first elusive Xfinity victory of the 2023 season.
With on-track qualifying that determined the starting lineup occurring on Friday, Justin Allgaier notched his first Xfinity pole of the 2023 season after posting a pole-winning lap at 181.172 mph in 29.806 seconds. Joining him on the front row was John Hunter Nemechek, who clocked in the second-best qualifying lap at 180.246 mph in 29.959 seconds.
Prior to the event, the following names that included Josh Berry, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Stefan Parsons, Parker Retzlaff and Kyle Sieg dropped to the rear of the field due to unapproved adjustments made to their respective entries. Ryan Sieg also dropped to the rear of the field due to an engine change to his RSS Racing entry. Then with the event being postponed to Monday, Justin Haley also dropped to the rear of the field due to a driver change as he replaced Kyle Busch in the No. 10 Kaulig Racing entry, with Busch setting his focus on the Cup Series’ Coca-Cola 600 that occurred prior to the Xfinity Charlotte event.
When the green flag waved and the race commenced amid a two-day delay due to the ongoing precipitation, Allgaier launched ahead on the inside lane and assumed an early command through the first two turns while teammates Nemechek and Ty Gibbs battled dead even for second. As the field fanned out to three and four lanes through the backstretch and in Turns 3 and 4, Allgaier proceeded to lead the first lap. Allgaier then managed to extend his advantage to half a second over Nemechek while Ty Gibbs settled in third and trailed by less than eight-tenths of a second.
Through the first five scheduled laps, Allgaier was leading by more than a second over Gibbs while Nemechek, who got loose in Turn 1, fell back to third as Brandon Jones and Cole Custer were in the top five. Behind, Sheldon Creed was in sixth ahead of Daniel Hemric and rookie Chandler Smith while Jeb Burton and Riley Herbst were battling in the top 10. Meanwhile, Carson Hocevar was in 11th in his No. 77 Premier Security Chevrolet Camaro ahead of Brett Moffitt and Austin Hill while rookie Sammy Smith, Sam Mayer and Anthony Alfredo battled within the top 16.
At the Lap 10 mark, Allgaier continued to hold a steady advantage over a hard-charging Gibbs, who cut the deficit to within half a second in his No. 19 He Gets Us Toyota Supra, while Nemechek trailed by more than a second in third place. Behind, Creed moved up to fifth place behind Custer while Brandon Jones fell back to sixth. Jones would then slip to ninth as Hemric, Chandler Smith and Moffitt overtook him for spots while Gibbs tried to challenge Allgaier for the lead.
When a scheduled competition caution flew on Lap 20, Allgaier fended off Gibbs’ challenges on the outside lane to maintain the lead. By then, Nemechek, Custer and Creed were scored in the top five ahead of Hemric, Chandler Smith, Moffitt, Hocevar and Brandon Jones.
During the competition caution period, nearly the entire field led by Allgaier pitted, except for Ryan Sieg as Sieg remained on the track. Following the pit stops, Nemechek exited pit road first ahead of Gibbs, Custer, Creed, Allgaier and Hemric.
Not long after, the field was brought down to pit road and the race was placed in a red flag period on Lap 25 due to a steady increase of mist. Nearly 27 minutes later, the red flag lifted and the field led by Ryan Sieg returned to the track under a cautious pace.
When the race restarted under green on Lap 31, Nemechek quickly assumed the lead in his No. 20 Mobil 1 Toyota Supra followed by teammate Gibbs as the field fanned out entering the first turn. As Ryan Sieg began to slip and lose spots while on worn tires, Nemechek assumed a steady advantage over teammate Gibbs followed by Creed, Hemric and Allgaier while Custer, who tried to launch to the front during the restart and ended up with a tire rub, was mired back in seventh behind Chandler Smith.
At the Lap 40 mark, Nemechek was leading by two-tenths of a second over teammate Gibbs, with both Joe Gibbs Racing teammates battling close for the lead, while Hemric trailed in third place by more than two seconds. Behind, Allgaier was in fourth ahead of Creed and Chandler Smith while Custer slipped to eighth behind Austin Hill.
When the first stage concluded on Lap 45, Ty Gibbs, who assumed the lead from teammate Nemechek on Lap 42 after Nemechek scrubbed the outside wall between Turns 1 and 2, captured the stage victory. Teammate Nemechek settled in second while trailing by more than a second while Allgaier, Hemric, Creed, Chandler Smith, Hill, Josh Berry, Custer and Riley Herbst were scored in the top 10.
Under the stage break, the field led by Gibbs returned to pit road and the race was placed under a second red flag period on Lap 48 due to the return of the mist that eventually resulted in an increase of rain. Not long after and with the precipitation increasing, NASCAR declared that the event would resume at the conclusion of the Cup Series’ Coca-Cola 600 which was scheduled to commence within 3 p.m. ET.
More than nine hours later and moments after Ryan Blaney withstood a long, chaotic and delayed Coke 600 event to emerge victorious, the red flag period for the Xfinity Series competition was lifted and the field returned to track under a cautious period. During the caution period, the field led by Gibbs returned to pit road for service. Following the pit stops, Gibbs retained the lead ahead of teammate Nemechek, Allgaier, Hemric, Creed and Chandler Smith.
The second stage started on Lap 55 as Gibbs and Nemechek occupied the front row. At the start, Gibbs retained the lead as the field fanned out through the first two turns. With Gibbs maintaining the lead, teammate Nemechek retained second in front of Allgaier as Hemric fended off Creed, Chandler Smith and Hill for fourth.
Just past the Lap 60 mark, Gibbs was leading by eight-tenths of a second over Nemechek while Hemric moved up to third after he overtook Allgaier for position. Hemric, however, shortly pitted under green after reporting concerns of a loose wheel to his No. 11 Cirkul Chevrolet Camaro. The move dropped Hemric out of the lead lap category as Gibbs continued to lead by six-tenths of a second over teammate Nemechek and more than two seconds over Allgaier.
By Lap 70, Gibbs stretched his advantage to more than a second over teammate Nemechek while third-place Allgaier trailed by nearly four seconds. Behind, Richard Childress Racing’s Hill and Creed occupied fourth and fifth while Chandler Smith settled in sixth in front of Mayer, Brandon Jones, Hocevar and Sammy Smith.
At the Lap 80 mark, Gibbs continued to lead by eight-tenths of a second over teammate Nemechek while Allgaier, Hill and Creed remained in the top five.
When the second stage concluded on Lap 90, Ty Gibbs notched his second consecutive stage victory of the night after cruising to the start/finish line with an advantage of more than a second. Teammate Nemechek settled in second while Allgaier, Hill, Creed, Chandler Smith, Sam Mayer, Brandon Jones, Cole Custer and Carson Hocevar were scored in the top 10. By then, 27 of 38 starters were scored on the lead lap. In addition, Brett Moffitt was scored out of the lead lap category after making contact against the wall a few laps earlier and pitting under green.
Under the stage break, the field led by Gibbs returned to pit road for service. Following the pit stops, however, Nemechek emerged with the lead after exiting first followed by Creed, Allgaier, Hill, Chandler Smith and Custer. Meanwhile, Gibbs was mired back in 28th amid an extensive pit service to resolve a radio issue.
With 103 laps remaining, the final stage started as Nemechek and Creed occupied the front row. At the start, Nemechek launched ahead with a strong start while Creed and Allgaier dueled for second. With Allgaier moving up to second, Custer challenged Creed for third as the field fanned out and jostled for late positions.
At the halfway mark with 100 laps remaining, Nemechek was leading by four-tenths of a second over Allgaier while Custer, Creed and Brandon Jones trailed in the top five. Meanwhile, Ty Gibbs, who restarted just outside the top 20, had carved his way up to 13th while Josh Berry overtook Creed for fifth. In addition, Hill was in seventh ahead of Chandler Smith, Mayer and Sammy Smith while Justin Haley carved his way up to 11th.
Ten laps later, Nemechek continued to lead by more than a second over Allgaier while third-place Custer also trailed by more than a second. With JR Motorsports’ Brandon Jones and Berry trailing in the top five, Ty Gibbs re-entered the top 10 as he was in ninth behind Creed, Hill and Chandler Smith. Gibbs would then get bottled within a tight battle involving himself, Mayer, Sammy Smith and Hocevar as his fast charge to the front stalled.
Another 15 laps later, Nemechek stabilized his advantage to more than a second over Allgaier followed by Custer, Brandon Jones and Berry while Hill, Ty Gibbs, Creed, Chandler Smith and Mayer were scored in the top 10. As Sammy Smith, Hocevar, Haley, Herbst and Kaz Grala were scored in the top 15, Hemric was still mired a lap behind in 28th.
With 73 laps remaining, the caution flew when Mayer, who was running 10th, spun off of the Turn 2 outside wall, slid down to the track and pounded the inside wall as he limped to pit road with a shredded right-front fender as a result of a flat tire. During the caution period, the field led by Nemechek returned to pit road for service. Following the pit stops, Nemechek retained the lead after exiting first ahead of Allgaier. During the pit stops, Creed pitted for a second time for repairs after making contact with Berry on pit road.
As the race proceeded under green with 66 laps remaining, Nemechek and Allgaier dueled for the lead as Allgaier tried to peek ahead through the backstretch. Then as Hill launched himself into the picture and made it a three-wide battle at the front, Allgaier assumed the lead during the following lap while Hill battled Nemechek for second. Nemechek would fend off Hill for second as Custer tried to challenge Hill for third in front of Berry and Brandon Jones.
With less than 60 laps remaining, Allgaier maintained the lead by nine-tenths of a second over Nemechek while Hill trailed in third by a second and a half. With Custer and Brandon Jones running in the top five, Chandler Smith was in sixth followed by Ty Gibbs while Berry fell back to eighth. Behind, Hocevar was in ninth ahead of a battle between Sammy Smith and Haley while Kaz Grala, Jeb Burton, Connor Mosack and Kyle Weatherman battled inside the top 15.
Down to the final 50 laps of the event, Allgaier’s advantage evaporated to a tenth of a second over Nemechek as he re-ignited his battle for the lead. Not long after, they both made contact, but both competitors continued to run straight as Allgaier retained the lead by nearly half a second while third-place Hill trailed by more than a second. Meanwhile, Custer occupied fourth while Brandon Jones and Ty Gibbs battled for fifth.
With less than 40 laps remaining, Allgaier and Nemechek re-ignited their battle for the lead before Nemechek reassumed the top spot off of Turn 4 with 36 laps remaining. Then just as Alfredo pitted under green with 33 laps remaining, Allgaier muscled his Chevrolet back to the top of the leaderboard. He would maintain the lead over Nemechek under the final 30-lap and 25-lap marks of the event.
Then with 20 laps remaining and as Allgaier continued to lead by four-tenths of a second, Hill surrendered third place to pit his No. 21 Alsco Chevrolet Camaro. He would then be followed by Chandler Smith, Sammy Smith and Ty Gibbs, who had worked his way up towards the front. By then, Allgaier, who was leading, started to back off his pace in an attempt to save fuel under the direction of his team.
Down to the final 10 laps of the event, Allgaier stretched his advantage to more than a second over Nemechek while trying to stretch his fuel tank to the finish. By then, Nemechek, who was trying to pounce on Allgaier, started to back off on his pace to have enough fuel to finish. Nearing the final five-lap mark, more names that included third-place Hocevar, Brandon Jones and Haley pitted, but Allgaier continued to run under power with the lead. As runner-up, Nemechek trailed by more than five seconds with third-place Custer trailing by more than nine seconds, Hill, who pitted earlier and had enough fuel to finish under full power, was in fourth, but trailing by more than 25 seconds.
When the white flag waved and the final lap started, Allgaier, who continued to run under a conservative pace on the track, remained as the leader by more than seven seconds over Nemechek, who too was still remaining on the track while on low fuel. Despite being overtaken by lapped competitors while managing his throttle through the turns and straightaway, Allgaier was able to make the low fuel tank last to perfection as he cycled his No. 7 Unilever Military DeCA RCPT Chevrolet Camaro back to the frontstretch and streaked across the finish line for his first victory of the season.
With the victory, Allgaier notched his 20th career victory in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and his first at Charlotte. He also returned to Victory Lane for the first time in the Xfinity circuit since winning at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in July 2022. By recording his 17th victory as a driver for JR Motorsports, the Illinois veteran recorded the first NASCAR victory of the season and the second consecutive victory at Charlotte for JRM. In addition, Allgaier, who became the ninth different winner of this year’s Xfinity season, achieved his first victory with new crew chief Jim Pohlman.
Photo by John Knittel for SpeedwayMedia.com.
“I’m speechless, man,” Allgaier said on FS2. “You fans that stuck it out here tonight, thank y’all so much. I just cannot say enough about [crew chief] Jim Pohlman, everybody on this No. 7 team. It’s not been for lack of speed this year. We’ve battled. Tonight was kind of the opposite. We had to go slow to go fast. I’m speechless, man. I really am…I didn’t know how much [fuel] to save. Just lucky we had enough.”
Nemechek, who led 57 laps and was pursuing his third Xfinity victory of the season, settled in second place for the third time this season as he trailed Allgaier by seven seconds to the finish.
“It was definitely tough to not push as hard as you could there at the end when trying to run Allgaier back down,” Nemechek said. “We raced each other really hard, really clean. Overall, our Mobil 1 Toyota GR Supra was fast as Xfinity 10G [Internet]. I didn’t do us any favors by stuffing [the car] in the fence before we had our whole rain delay today. Just hats off to all the guys, the effort at this Joe Gibbs Racing organization. Man, if consistency is key to win a championship, then we are pretty consistent. Just gotta keep plugging on and we’ll go click off some more wins.”
Custer, who also gambled late on fuel, came home in third place while Hill ended up fourth after narrowing the gap to only 16 seconds. Ty Gibbs ended up in fifth after leading 52 laps followed by rookie Parker Retzlaff and Jeb Burton, all of whom rounded out the top-seven lead lap finishers. Carson Hocevar, the first competitor to finish a lap down, ended up eighth while Brandon Jones and Sammy Smith completed the top 10 on the track.
There were eight lead changes for four different leaders. The race featured four cautions for 31 laps. While all but one of 38 starters finished the race, seven finished on the lead lap.
Following the 12th event of the 2023 Xfinity Series season, John Hunter Nemechek leads the regular-season standings by 10 points over Austin Hill, 50 over Justin Allgaier, 74 over Cole Custer and 85 over Josh Berry.
Results.
1. Justin Allgaier, 83 laps led
2. John Hunter Nemechek, 57 laps led
3. Cole Custer
4. Austin Hill
5. Ty Gibbs, 52 laps led, Stage 1 & 2 winner
6. Parker Retzlaff
7. Jeb Burton
8. Carson Hocevar, one lap down
9. Brandon Jones, one lap down
10. Sammy Smith, one lap down
11. Kyle Sieg, one lap down
12. Justin Haley, one lap down
13. Chandler Smith, one lap down
14. Riley Herbst, one lap down
15. Josh Berry, one lap down
16. Kaz Grala, one lap down
17. Joe Graf Jr., one lap down
18. Josh Williams, one lap down
19. Jeremy Clements, two laps down
20. Kyle Weatherman, two laps down
21. Jeffrey Earnhardt, two laps down
22. Daniel Hemric, two laps down
23. Connor Mosack, two laps down
24. Ryan Sieg, two laps down, eight laps led
25. Rajah Caruth, three laps down
26. Stefan Parsons, three laps down
27. Ryan Ellis, three laps down
28. Sheldon Creed, three laps down
29. Brett Moffitt, three laps down
30. Brennan Poole, three laps down
31. Patrick Emerling, five laps down
32. Anthony Alfredo, five laps down
33. Garrett Smithley, five laps down
34. Natalie Decker, five laps down
35. Sam Mayer, seven laps down
36. Dawson Cram, seven laps down
37. Blaine Perkins – OUT, Engine
38. Parker Kligerman, 56 laps down
Next on the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule is a trip back to the West Coast for the series’ second-ever event at Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon. The event is scheduled to occur next Saturday, June 3, at 4:30 p.m. ET on FS1.
Ryan Blaney erased his winless drought spanning more than a season by emerging victorious in a wild, rain-postponed Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Monday, May 29.
The 29-year-old Blaney, a third-generation racer from High Point, North Carolina, led seven times for a race-high 163 of 400-scheduled laps, including the final 26. The event was originally scheduled to occur on Sunday, May 28, before being postponed to Monday amid ongoing precipitation and an increase of steady rain. Even when the race was delayed again for half an hour in the early stages due to light precipitation, Blaney prevailed through 6 cautions, on-track chaos and seven side-by-side restart battles against pole-sitter William Byron, including the final one with 20 laps remaining, to fend off the competition and claim his first NASCAR Cup Series checkered flag in 59 races.
With on-track qualifying that was scheduled to occur on Saturday, May 27, being canceled due to inclement weather, the starting lineup for the main event was determined through a metric formula per the NASCAR Rule Book. As a result, William Byron, winner of the previous Cup event at Darlington Raceway, was awarded pole position and was joined on the front row by Kevin Harvick.
When the green flag waved and the race commenced, William Byron managed to pull ahead of Kevin Harvick and clear him to assume an early lead through the first two turns. As the field fanned out through the backstretch, Byron managed to retain the lead through Turns 3 and 4 and back to the frontstretch as he led the first lap while Brad Keselowski challenged Harvick for second place.
During the second lap and with Byron leading, Harvick managed to pull ahead of Keselowski exiting the backstretch to retain the runner-up spot as Keselowski was then overtaken by Denny Hamlin and Ryan Blaney for top-five spots. Kyle Busch would then overtake Keselowski and drop him out of the top five on the track while Byron continued to lead.
Then on Lap 13, Byron, who led the first 13 laps, was overtaken by the No. 11 Sport Clips Toyota TRD Camry piloted by reigning Coke 600 winner Hamlin. Hamlin would proceed to lead at the Laps 20 and 25 mark. By then, teammates Christopher Bell and Martin Truex Jr., who started 10th and 18th, respectively, carved their way into the top five while Harvick, who started on the front row, was clinging a spot within the top 20 as he continued to slip backward.
When the scheduled competition caution flew on Lap 35, Christopher Bell, who assumed the lead from teammate Hamlin a lap earlier, was scored the leader in his No. 20 Interstate Batteries Toyota TRD Camry by nearly a second over Blaney, who just managed to overtake Hamlin for the runner-up spot. By then, Truex overtook Byron for fourth and Keselowski overtook Kyle Busch for sixth place while Tyler Reddick, Kyle Larson and Chris Buescher were running in the top 10.
During the competition caution, the field led by Byron pitted. Following the pit stops, Byron reassumed the lead after exiting first followed by Blaney, Bell, Keselowski, Hamlin and Reddick while Truex dropped to seventh. Amid the pit stops, Joey Logano plummeted within the leaderboard after he slid through his pit box while running in the top 15.
When the race resumed under green on Lap 41, Byron retained a narrow advantage until Blaney managed to muscle ahead on the outside lane in his No. 12 BodyArmor Cherry Lime Ford Mustang and assume the lead during the following lap. With Blaney leading Byron, Keselowski battled Bell for third while Hamlin and Buescher battled for fifth.
Just past the Lap 50 mark and amid a series of early on-track battles, Blaney was leading by nearly a second over Byron followed by Bell, Keselowski and Hamlin while Kyle Busch, Truex, Reddick, Buescher and Larson were scored in the top 10. Behind, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was in 11th ahead of Chase Elliott, rookie Ty Gibbs, Daniel Suarez and Erik Jones while Ross Chastain, Alex Bowman, Austin Cindric, Michael McDowell and Justin Haley were running in the top 20. Meanwhile, AJ Allmendinger was running in 21st ahead of Corey LaJoie, Bubba Wallace, Logano and Harrison Burton while Jimmie Johnson, Zane Smith, Austin Dillon, Ryan Preece and Harvick rounded out the top 30, with names that included Aric Almirola, rookie Noah Gragson and Chase Briscoe mired outside top 30.
Thirteen laps later, Bell, who methodically carved his way back to the front, reassumed the lead from Blaney. By then, Byron was in third ahead of Keselowski and Hamlin while Reddick overtook Kyle Busch for sixth. Behind, Truex was mired in eighth ahead of Larson and Stenhouse while Bowman, who made his return from a four-race absence amid a fractured vertebra from a sprint car accident at Iowa in late April, was scored in 16th.
On Lap 74, the second caution of the event flew when Jimmie Johnson spun his No. 84 Club Wyndham Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 off of Turn 2 and the outside wall. By then, Bell was scored the leader by more than a second over Blaney followed by Byron, Keselowski and Hamlin. During the caution period, the field led by Bell returned to pit road amid a stack-up. Following the pit stops, Byron reassumed the top spot after exiting pit road first from his first pit stall ahead of Blaney, Bell, Hamlin, Reddick and Kyle Busch while Keselowski, who pitted from fourth place, dropped to 10th due to a slow pit stop and hesitancy from the jackman. Amid the pit stops, Michael McDowell, who hit Bubba Wallace on pit road, was penalized for an equipment interference along with AJ Allmendinger. Austin Dillon would then pit for a second time for repairs to his front nose.
When the race restarted on Lap 79, Byron and Blaney dueled for the lead through the first two turns until Byron managed to pull ahead on the outside lane through the backstretch. Bell would then follow suit in second over Blaney, where both would battle for the runner-up spot, while Reddick marched his way up to fourth ahead of Larson, Truex and Hamlin.
At the Lap 90 mark, Byron retained the lead by two-tenths of a second over a hard-charging Blaney while third-place Bell trailed by nearly a second. Amid a series of on-track battles within the middle of the pack, Reddick retained fourth while Truex moved up to fifth ahead of teammate Hamlin. In addition, Kyle Busch was in seventh, Larson fell back to eighth and Keselowski was back in ninth over Stenhouse, Erik Jones, Suarez, Ty Gibbs, Chase Elliott and Buescher.
When the first stage concluded on Lap 100, Byron fended off late charges from Bell and Blaney to claim his seventh stage victory of the 2023 season. Bell settled in second as Blaney dropped to third while Reddick, Truex, Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Keselowski, Larson and Stenhouse were scored in the top 10. By then, 33 of 37 starters were scored on the lead lap.
Under the stage break, nearly the entire lead lap field led by Byron returned to pit road for service, except for McDowell as he assumed the lead. Following the pit stops, Byron exited pit road first for a third consecutive time following a fast pit service from the No. 24 pit crew ahead of Bell, Blaney, Reddick, Truex and Keselowski. Amid the pit stops, Austin Cindric was assessed a vehicle interference penalty while Legacy Motor Club’s Erik Jones and Noah Gragson took their respective cars to the garage due to mechanical issues as a result of running over the same debris on the track.
The second stage started on Lap 107 as McDowell and Byron occupied the front row. At the start, Byron and McDowell dueled for the lead until Byron pulled ahead through the backstretch. With Byron back in the lead, Bell, Reddick and Blaney would overtake McDowell for positions as the field fanned out and jostled for positions. McDowell then began to fade and lose the track positions he gained while Byron was leading by a steady margin over Bell and Blaney.
On Lap 117, Bell tracked down and overtook Byron for the lead. Reddick would soon follow suit in second while piloting the No. 45 Carolina Blue Jordan Brand Toyota TRD Camry along with Blaney and Keselowski while Byron dropped to fifth at the Lap 120 mark. Through the Lap 125 mark, Kyle Busch was in sixth followed by Hamlin, Truex, Suarez and Stenhouse while Buescher, Elliott, Harvick, Gibbs and Larson occupied the top 15. Behind, Logano was mired in 16th ahead of Wallace, Haley, Almirola and Preece while McDowell had fallen back to 25th behind Cindric, Bowman, Austin Dillon and Allmendinger. In addition, Chastain was mired in 26th, LaJoie was in 29th and Briscoe, who received the free pass to cycle back on the lead lap during the first stage break, was back in 32nd.
By Lap 135, Bell continued to lead by a tenth of a second over Reddick while third-place Blaney trailed by more than a second. Bell would then manage to stretch his advantage to four-tenths of a second over Reddick at the Laps 140 and 145 mark. Meanwhile, Cindric made an unscheduled pit stop under green after scraping his No. 2 Menards Ford Mustang into the outside wall entering the backstretch. McDowell had also pitted under green, with both competitors falling out of the lead lap category.
Within the Lap 145 mark, green flag pit stops slowly commenced as Hamlin pitted, though he stalled his car upon his service’s completion. Kyle Busch would then pit his No. 8 Alsco Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 under green followed by Keselowski, Truex, Reddick, Blaney, Chastain, Byron and a host of other competitors. Bell would then surrender the lead to pit by Lap 148 as Elliott, who had yet to pit, was leading. Upon his completed pit stop, which was slow, Bell was overtaken by Reddick, Keselowski and Blaney while trying to blend back onto the track. Amid the pit stops, Wallace was penalized for an equipment interference violation.
Once the remaining competitors led by Elliott pitted, the No. 45 Carolina Blue scheme piloted by Reddick assumed command of the field on Lap 154 followed by Keselowski, Blaney, Truex and Bell. A lap later, however, the caution flew due to precipitation reported in Turns 3 and 4 as the field was brought down to pit road and placed in a red flag period on Lap 158.
Half an hour later, the red flag lifted once the precipitation cleared and the track was dried as the field returned to the track under a cautious pace. During the caution period, some led by Byron and Keselowski pitted while the rest led by Reddick remained on the track. Following the pit stops, Larson had the hood of his No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 raised up while Logano was penalized for an equipment interference.
When the race resumed under green flag conditions on Lap 163, Reddick and Blaney dueled for the lead until Reddick pulled ahead through the backstretch as Truex made his move for second. Shortly after, the caution quickly returned when Johnson, who was multiple laps down, made contact with his driver Gragson against the Turn 2 outside wall, which resulted in Gragson scrubbing the wall and debris being scattered while Johnson spun.
During the following restart on Lap 169, Reddick and Blaney dueled for the lead for a second time. They remained dead even during the following two laps until Reddick managed to muscle ahead of Blaney on the outside lane. With Reddick leading, Truex was in third followed by Elliott while Daniel Suarez battled Buescher, Keselowski and Byron for fifth.
Then on Lap 175, the caution returned when Kyle Busch, who was battling within the top six, got loose entering Turns 1 and 2 and made contact with Keselowski, sending Keselowski scraping into the outside wall, before Busch spun from the top to the bottom lane of the backstretch while being barely hit by Suarez as the field scattered to avoid Busch. Following his spin, Busch reversed his car below the apron towards Turn 4 before spinning his car the right direction and pitting for repairs. During the caution period, names that included Keselowski, Ty Gibbs, Larson, Logano, Haley, Allmendinger, Bell, Cindric, Preece and Suarez pitted while the rest led by Reddick remained on the track. During the pit stops, Larson’s No. 5 pit crew popped the hood up on the car for a second time for adjustments.
At the start of the following restart on Lap 181, Reddick and Blaney battled dead even for the lead entering Turn 1 until Blaney managed to pull ahead and assume the lead from the inside lane. As the field fanned out through the backstretch, Almirola, who had a brief shoving match with Wallace during the red flag period, got loose and hit the backstretch’s outside wall while running within the top 10 and began to plummet below the leaderboard while the race remained under green flag conditions.
Then on Lap 185 and amid the on-track battles, the caution returned when Hamlin, who was battling Elliott within the top 10, slipped up and squeezed Elliott into the outside wall entering the frontstretch. With both managing to continue straight, Elliott then seemingly retaliated by darting back to the left and sending Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota straight into the outside wall head-on, thus collecting Elliott in the process with both sustaining significant damage to their respective entries as Keselowski barely dodged the incident. Despite sustaining heavy front nose damage to his car, Hamlin emerged uninjured as Elliott nursed his damaged No. 9 NAPA Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 to the garage. The incident was one that prompted Hamlin to voice his displeasure towards Elliott while suggesting NASCAR to suspend Elliott for next weekend’s event at Gateway.
During the caution period, some that included Byron and Chastain pitted while the rest led by Blaney remained on the track.
When the race restarted on Lap 191, Buescher made his presence at the front known as he battled Blaney for the lead, which he succeeded during the following lap, while Reddick trailed in third. Behind, Harvick carved his way up to fourth followed by Logano and Keselowski while Truex was in seventh.
A few laps later, Harvick moved his No. 4 Mobil 1 Ford Mustang up into second place as he battled Blaney and Keselowski to defend the spots while Reddick slipped to seventh behind Keselowski, Logano and Ty Gibbs. In the process, Buescher maintained the lead in his No. 17 Fastenal Ford Mustang.
Then on the final lap of the second stage, the caution flew due to BJ McLeod spinning and stalling his car in Turn 4. The caution was enough for the second stage’s conclusion scheduled for Lap 200 to conclude under caution as Buescher captured his first stage victory of the 2023 season. Harvick settled in second while Keselowski, Logano, Blaney, Bell, Ty Gibbs, Byron, Chastain and Wallace were scored in the top 10. By then, 25 of 37 starters were scored on the lead lap.
Under the stage break, nearly the entire lead lap field led by Buescher pitted while Stenhouse and Kyle Busch remained on the track. Following the pit stops, Harvick beat Buescher off of pit road first followed by Logano, Gibbs, Blaney, Byron and Keselowski, whose pit stall erupted in flames upon exiting his stall.
The third stage started on Lap 207 as Stenhouse and Busch occupied the front row. At the start, Stenhouse peeked ahead with the lead on the outside lane while Harvick battled Busch for second. Harvick then made his move on the frontstretch during the following lap as he assumed the lead while Logano challenged Stenhouse for second. As Logano assumed second in his No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Mustang, Blaney battled Busch and Stenhouse for third while Buescher was back to sixth in front of Keselowski.
At the Lap 220 mark, Harvick was leading by eight-tenths of a second over Blaney followed by Logano, Busch and Byron while Bell, Truex, Buescher, Gibbs and Chastain were scored in the top 10. By then, Keselowski dropped out of the lead lap category after pitting a lap earlier under green amid concerns of a loose wheel to his No. 6 Castrol Edge Ford Mustang.
Ten laps later, Blaney, who assumed the lead from Harvick four laps earlier, was leading by more than a second over Harvick while Busch maintained third ahead of Byron and Bell, who rallied from starting at the rear of the field during the race’s resumption after his No. 20 pit crew made an unapproved adjustment to his car during the red flag period. A lap later, however, Bell drew the caution after getting loose underneath Byron entering the frontstretch and spinning through the front-stretch’s grass. Bell, however, was able to prevent his car from hitting the wall as he slid through pit road before proceeding.
During the caution period, the lead lap field led by Harvick pitted. Following the pit stops, Byron reassumed the lead after exiting pit road first from his first pit stall followed by Harvick, Blaney, Gibbs, Logano and Buescher. Amid the pit stops, Kyle Busch, Truex, Buescher and Chastain made contact on pit road after getting squeezed into one another, with Truex later being assessed an equipment interference penalty.
With the race restarting on Lap 236, Byron and Blaney battled for the lead through the first two turns and the backstretch until Blaney peeked ahead and assumed command during the following lap. Behind, Harvick and Logano jostled for third as Larson drew himself into the picture. Reddick also carved his way up to sixth in front of Ty Gibbs while Kyle Busch was back in eighth ahead of Stenhouse and Chastain.
By Lap 240, Larson carved his way into third followed by Reddick while Logano and Harvick dropped to fifth and sixth. Meanwhile, Blaney maintained the lead by half a second over Byron as Wallace cracked the top 10 by moving into 10th.
Ten laps later, Blaney extended his advantage to more than a second over Byron as Reddick was in third followed by Larson and Harvick. By then, Busch was in sixth ahead of Gibbs, Logano, Stenhouse and Wallace while Bowman, Cindric, McDowell, Chastain, Truex, Preece, Haley, Bell, Zane Smith and Austin Dillon were scored in the top 20.
Another 10 laps later, Blaney continued to lead by four-tenths of a second over Reddick while Larson, Byron and Harvick trailed in the top five.
On Lap 274, the 10th caution of the event flew when Keselowski got loose and clipped the right rear of the No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford Mustang piloted by Todd Gilliland as both spun through the backstretch. During the caution period, the lead lap field led by Blaney pitted, but Byron reassumed the lead with the benefit of his first pit stall and another stellar pit stop from his No. 24 pit crew. With Byron exiting pit road first, Blaney followed suit along with Reddick, Harvick, Gibbs and Larson.
During the following restart on Lap 280, Byron retained the lead as the field fanned out through the first two turns. Behind Byron, Blaney retained second while Reddick used the outside lane to battle and overtake Harvick for third. Two laps later, Blaney reassumed the lead after gaining a strong run beneath Byron’s No. 24 Liberty University Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 through Turns 2 and 3. Meanwhile, Harvick fell back to seventh as Larson, Truex and Gibbs occupied spots in front of him.
By Lap 290, Blaney maintained the lead by three-tenths of a second over Reddick while Truex carved his way up to third while trailing by more than a second, all while Byron slipped to fourth in front of teammate Larson.
When the third stage concluded on Lap 300, Blaney fended off a late charge from both Reddick and Truex to capture his first stage victory of the 2023 season. Reddick settled in second followed by Truex while Byron, Gibbs, Larson, Kyle Busch, Harvick, Stenhouse and Alex Bowman were scored in the top 10. By then, 27 of 37 starters were scored on the lead lap.
During the stage break, the lead lap field led by Blaney pitted. Following the pit stops, Byron retained the lead after exiting pit road first followed by Blaney, Larson, Ty Gibbs, Reddick, Kyle Busch and Harvick.
With 93 laps remaining, the final stage started as Byron and Blaney occupied the front row. At the start, Byron and Blaney engaged in another tight battle for the lead before Blaney pulled ahead and motored away with the lead.
Eighteen laps later, Blaney was leading by more than two seconds over Reddick followed by Kyle Busch, Byron and Larson while Gibbs, Stenhouse, Bowman, Wallace and Harvick were scored in the top 10. Behind, Truex was mired in 11th ahead of Haley, Zane Smith, Austin Dillon and Logano while Cindric, McDowell, Allmendinger, Chase Briscoe and Preece rounded out the top 20. Meanwhile, Buescher was mired back in 21st while Bell, Harrison Burton, Almirola, LaJoie, JJ Yeley and Chastain rounded out the 27-car field of competitors scored on the lead lap.
With 60 laps remaining, Blaney maintained the lead by more than three seconds over Kyle Busch while Reddick was back in third ahead of Larson and Byron.
Then with laps remaining, the caution flew when a right-front tire came off of the No. 34 Chicago Pneumatic Compressors Ford Mustang piloted by McDowell in Turn 2. During the caution period, the field led by Blaney peeled to pit road for service. Following the pit stops, Byron’s pit crew continued to deliver after enabling their driver to exit first and reassume the lead ahead of Reddick, Busch, Blaney, Larson, Harvick and Truex. During the pit stops, Wallace, who pitted within the top 10, dropped to 19th after getting blocked by Bowman while trying to exit his pit stall.
With 51 laps remaining, the race proceeded under green. At the start, Byron and Reddick battled for the lead but Byron quickly retained the lead. Meanwhile, Reddick slipped up the track as Busch, Larson and Blaney overtook him. Truex also made his move into the top five during the following lap as Reddick fell back to sixth in front of Ty Gibbs and Harvick. Not long after, Larson battled Kyle Busch for second as Truex joined the battle with less than 50 laps remaining.
With 43 laps remaining, however, the caution flew when Harvick, who was battling Gibbs and Reddick for spots in the top 10, made contact against Reddick’s Toyota entering the front stretch and sent spinning through the frontstretch grass, though he continued and directed himself to pit road. During the caution period, all but Zane Smith pitted as Byron was the first competitor to exit pit road first.
Down to the final 38 laps of the event, the race proceeded under green. At the start, Byron assumed the lead from Zane Smith as the field fanned out, with Larson challenging Blaney for second. Nearly a lap later, however, the caution returned when Allmendinger received a nudge from Stenhouse, slipped sideways and spun towards the Turns 3 and 4 outside wall, barely clipping Logano in the process as Harrison Burton was also involved.
With the race restarting with 31 laps remaining, Byron received a strong push from teammate Larson to retain the lead over Blaney. As the field made its way through the backstretch, trouble struck again as Cindric, who was running within the middle of the pack, got sideways and slapped the inside wall head-on as his long event came to a late end.
During the following restart with 26 laps remaining, the calamity continued as Larson, who was running fourth, slipped sideways and ignited a multi-car wreck in Turn 2 that involved Gibbs, Bell, Logano and Almirola. At the moment of this recent caution, Blaney had managed to reassume the lead over Byron.
With the race restarting with 20 laps remaining, Blaney used the outside lane to retain the lead over Truex and Byron. Through Turns 3 and 4, however, Blaney briefly lost his momentum, which allowed Byron to fight back on the inside lane while Truex had to also step out of the gas to avoid hitting Blaney. Byron, however, was unable to mount his charge as Blaney retained the lead while Byron and Truex battled for second. Shortly after, Reddick made his charge to the front as he overtook Truex for third. Behind, Wallace carved his way to fifth while Kyle Busch, who nearly got turned by Stenhouse, was mired in sixth.
With less than 15 laps remaining, Blaney was leading by half a second over Byron and more than a second over Truex. Blaney continued to lead by six-tenths of a second with 10 laps remaining as 23XI Racing’s Wallace and Reddick were scored in fourth and fifth.
Down to the final five laps of the event, Blaney retained the lead by more than a second over Byron and Truex while Wallace and Reddick trailed by more than two seconds.
When the white flag waved and the final lap started, Blaney remained as the leader by nine-tenths of a second over Byron. Despite Byron mounting a final lap charge as he cut the deficit down to six-tenths of a second, he ran out of time as Blaney, who had a clear vision in front of him, was able to cycle his way back to the frontstretch and claim his first checkered flag in 59 races.
With the victory, Blaney, who also achieved his first Coke 600 victory, notched his first Cup Series victory since winning at Daytona International Speedway in August 2021. He became the 10th different winner of the 2023 Cup season and the second Team Penske competitor alongside Joey Logano to win this season as he notched his eighth career win in NASCAR’s premier series.
As an added bonus, Blaney’s Coke 600 victory capped off a memorable weekend for his team owner Roger Penske, who notched his 19th Indianapolis 500 victory a day ago with the help of two-time NTT IndyCar Series champion Josef Newgarden. Blaney also recorded the first Cup points-paying victory for crew chief Jonathan Hassler.
Photo by John Knittel for SpeedwayMedia.com.
“I might shed a tear,” Blaney said on FOX. “Man, this has been a cool weekend. Obviously, Memorial Day weekend, it means a lot. I’ve been growing up here, watching dad [Dave Blaney] run this race for a long time. It’s just so cool to be a part of it, let alone win it. I was able to get the lead on the restart. Our car was so good that I could kind of bide my time a little bit and we were able to drive off. I was hoping no caution just because you never know. I knew we had the car to do it, but restarts can be crazy. You start to get to feel like you can’t win anymore and when you don’t win [a race] in a while, it kind of gets hard. Just super thankful to the No. 12 guys for believing in me and thank you [fans] for sticking around.”
Byron, the pole-sitter who led 91 laps and received superior service from his pit crew amid the long event and delay, settled in second place for his best result at his home track.
“We just needed a little bit,” Byron said. “Just really happy for Ryan. He really deserves it. He’s a good dude. Cool to see him get a win. I felt like there were enough restarts for him to get back towards the front. I knew [Blaney] and [Reddick] were a little bit stronger than us, but just thanks to this Liberty University Chevrolet team. The car was great tonight. Just not quite good enough, but really proud of the effort. Pit crew was phenomenal on pit road. Those guys are just high energy and that [number one] pit stall helps, so just a credit to the few weeks before Darlington. Just proud of where our team is at. Just needed a little bit more.”
Truex, a two-time Coke 600 winner, came home in third while Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick finished in the top five. Kyle Busch, Stenhouse, Buescher, Austin Dillon and Zane Smith completed the top 10 in the final running order. Notably, Harvick finished 11th in his final Coke 600 event while Alex Bowman finished 12th in his first event since returning from his fractured vertebrae injury.
There were 31 lead changes for 13 different leaders. The race featured 16 cautions for 83 laps. In total, 25 of 37 starters finished on the lead lap.
With 12 regular-season events remaining of this year’s Cup Series schedule, Ross Chastain leads the regular-season standings by a single point over Ryan Blaney, four over William Byron, eight over Kevin Harvick and 13 over Martin Truex Jr.
William Byron, Kyle Busch, Kyle Larson, Ryan Blaney, Martin Truex Jr., Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick, Denny Hamlin, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Joey Logano are currently guaranteed spots for the 2023 Cup Series Playoffs based on winning at least once throughout the regular-season stretch. Ross Chastain, Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, Chris Buescher, Bubba Wallace and Alex Bowman occupy the remaining vacant spots to the Playoffs based on points, with Bowman occupying the 16th and final vacant spot by four points over Chase Briscoe, 15 over rookie Ty Gibbs, 20 over Daniel Suarez, 38 over Corey LaJoie and 42 over Austin Cindric.
Results.
1. Ryan Blaney, 163 laps led, Stage 3 winner
2. William Byron, 91 laps led, Stage 1 winner
3. Martin Truex Jr.
4. Bubba Wallace
5. Tyler Reddick, 28 laps led
6. Kyle Busch, one lap led
7. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., four laps led
8. Chris Buescher, 12 laps led, Stage 2 winner
9. Austin Dillon
10. Zane Smith, three laps led
11. Kevin Harvick, 19 laps led
12. Alex Bowman
13. Ryan Preece
14. AJ Allmendinger
15. Justin Haley
16. JJ Yeley
17. Corey LaJoie
18. Harrison Burton
19. Brad Keselowski
20. Chase Briscoe
21. Joey Logano
22. Ross Chastain
23. Daniel Suarez
24. Christopher Bell, 48 laps led
25. Aric Almirola
26. Ty Gibbs, two laps down
27. Ty Dillon, three laps down
28. Michael McDowell, four laps down, four laps led
29. BJ McLeod, eight laps down
30. Kyle Larson – OUT, one lap led
31. Austin Cindric – OUT, Accident
32. Erik Jones, 59 laps down
33. Todd Gilliland – OUT, Accident
34. Chase Elliott – OUT, Accident, six laps led
35. Denny Hamlin – OUT, Accident, 20 laps led
36. Noah Gragson – OUT, Engine
37. Jimmie Johnson – OUT, Accident
Next on the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series schedule is the series’ second annual event at Gateway’s World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois. The event is scheduled to occur next Sunday, June 4, at 3:30 p.m. ET on FS1.
Winner Newgarden Receives Largest Payout in ‘500’ History
INDIANAPOLIS (Monday, May 29, 2023) – The Indianapolis 500 purse record was shattered for the second year in a row after a monumentally successful 107th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, with race winner Josef Newgarden of Team Penske earning $3.666 million from a total purse of $17,021,500.
After record-breaking payouts in 2022, this is the largest purse and largest winner’s payout in the century-plus history of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” The year’s average payout for NTT INDYCAR SERIES drivers was $500,600, which also exceeds last year’s average of $485,000.
In 2022, the Indianapolis 500 purse was $16,000,200 and the year’s winner payout was $3.1 million. Prior to 2022, the largest Indianapolis 500 purse was $14.4 million for the 2008 Indianapolis 500.
Second-place finisher Marcus Ericsson of Chip Ganassi Racing took home $1.043 million, exceeding the take-home prize for last year’s second-place finisher.
“This is the greatest race in the world, and it was an especially monumental Month of May featuring packed grandstands and intense on-track action,” Penske Entertainment President and CEO Mark Miles said. “Now, we have the best end card possible for the 107th Running of the Indianapolis 500: a record-breaking purse for the history books.”
The Month of May was full of major milestones as Indianapolis Motor Speedway welcomed more than 330,000 fans to the Racing Capital of the World for Sunday’s race, making it the second-largest Indianapolis 500 crowd in more than two decades.
A.J. Foyt Enterprises’ Benjamin Pedersen earned Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year honors for his performance during the Month of May. Pedersen earned a $50,000 bonus for being named Rookie of the Year, adding to a total take-home prize of $215,300.
The Indianapolis 500 purse consists of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and NTT INDYCAR SERIES awards, plus other designated and special awards. Purse awards are presented annually at the Victory Celebration, held this year at the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis Monday night.
The next NTT INDYCAR SERIES race is the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented on Sunday, June 4 on the streets of Downtown Detroit. The race will be broadcast live on NBC, Peacock and the INDYCAR Radio Network starting at 3 p.m. (ET).
Jak Crawford #9 Hitech GP, during round four of the FIA Formula 2 Championship at Circuit de Monaco, on May 25 - 29, 2023. // Dutch Photo Agency / Red Bull Content Pool
Continues strong start to rookie F2 season with big performance on iconic circuit
MONTE CARLO, Monaco (28 May 2023) – American Jak Crawford had his biggest weekend in FIA Formula 2 Championship competition to date, scoring a podium finish among a pair of points-paying finishes on the streets of Monte Carlo in the most prestigious event of the season.
The Red Bull Junior Team driver from Houston – racing for the first time since his 18th birthday – finished third in Saturday’s Sprint Race before placing ninth in Sunday’s Feature, an event punctuated by a long midrace red flag stoppage.
“We had a really strong weekend in my opinion,” he said. “It was an amazing experience. I loved the track and the atmosphere. Driving the track was a big rush, as well.”
Crawford was racing for the first time on the fabled 19-turn, two-mile circuit that has hosted competition since 1929. One of the few F2 competitors without any prior experience at the circuit, the Hitech Pulse-Eight driver had a lot to learn but did so quickly, starting the weekend 17th fastest in Thursday’s 45-minute practice session that was slowed by three red flags.
“It’s obviously a tough track to get right, especially driving there for the first time, so it took me a while to get up to speed,” he said. “We just lacked a bit of pace, and the track was super difficult to manage with the limited amount of laps we had.”
Crawford was ready for qualifying on Friday. Running in the second group for the 12-minute session, he jumped to fifth with 5:30 remaining. As time ticked down, he fell back to 10th. Then, with 2:20 remaining, he recorded a lap of 1:21.576-seconds that put him up to fourth. A red flag waved moments later, putting him fourth in his group and seventh-fastest overall.
“Qualifying was really good, and I was already up to speed and on the pace,” he said. “It was a big positive. I think there was more time there, as well, but unfortunately, we didn’t get to complete the full session. There was still improvement to come. Potentially, we could have been third in group and fifth overall, but in the end, it was P7 and that is our best result. It was really strong to make those improvements from Free Practice. Another top 10 in qualifying put us in good position for the Sprint Race.”
With the top-10 qualifiers inverted, Crawford was gridded fourth for Saturday’s 30-lap Sprint race. He rolled off cleanly at lights-out, and then took third when his teammate had a mechanical problem shortly after a lap-five restart. He held that position the rest of the way, fighting off challenges and getting an excellent restart following a caution with only six laps remaining.
“We struggled with the pace a bit in the Sprint Race,” he said. “I was running in third most of the race. Then, at a certain point, I just decided to take it cool and bring the car home to the podium. I was never going to overtake the cars ahead and I wasn’t going to be overtaken from behind. It was just about keeping it out of the wall and hanging on to the podium.”
For Sunday’s scheduled 42-lap Feature Race, Crawford started seventh. In a strategic move, he was the highest-starting competitor starting the race on super-soft tires (F2 mandates use of two different specified compounds and a mandatory pit stop for the Feature Race). He got away in seventh and pitted on the 13th lap to switch to the harder compound. That dropped him to 15th, but he worked back to 10th as other cars pitted.
A caution period allowed the cars ahead of him to pit for the super-soft tires, with Crawford ninth after the stops. Then, a crash shortly after the Lap 22 restart put the field under a long caution. While Crawford was ninth – first in line with the alternate tire – the cars in front gapped the field before the restart following a stoppage of 23 minutes. He pulled away from the cars behind him on the restart, and held ninth for the remainder of the race.
“We were the first car starting on the optional super-soft tire,” he explained. “We had really, really good pace and were projected to come out P5 in a normal race. But then there was a red flag that put us a lap down somehow, and that obviously really hurt us. There was nothing that we could have done better. The guys we would have been ahead of finished P3 and it is unfortunate to see another podium slip away because we had such great pace today.”
All in all, he was pleased with his showing in his fifth F2 event that saw him gain eight championship points.
“It was our best race so far in F2, and I was super happy with the performance,” Crawford said. “I was putting everything together. Even though we finished ninth, we had really good speed. After the restart, it felt like I was leading the race. I was out on my own, with good speed and no one in front of me. If I could have used that speed up at the front, it could have been a really good day for us. At the end of the day, it’s motorsports and you get lucky in some races and unlucky in others. Today although we had really good pace; we just weren’t lucky.”
Crawford has little time to rest up for the next event – with the series traveling to Barcelona for a pair of races this coming weekend.
“No rest – straight into the simulator and then on a flight to Barcelona,” Crawford said. “Everything is happening really quick. I’m excited to get back to Barcelona. I like the track, and they recently changed sector three. We had a test there a couple of weeks ago and tried it out. Coming off the back of this last race weekend, I have a lot of confidence both for qualy and race conditions. I think we could have a good weekend to show what we can do.”
Following the June 3-4 event, Crawford will have a month until returning to racing at Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria on July 1-2.
“I’ll be heading back to the States,” he said. “I’m looking forward to spending time with my family, and I need to get a new passport!”
Danie Bois driving the #31 MBS Motorsports Chevrolet at CTMP.
Photo credit: Motorsport Sam
(May 29, 2023) Daniel Bois and the #31 Sierra Excavating/A&G, The Road Cleaners Chevrolet team were keyed up for round two of the 2023 NASCAR Pinty’s Series at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP) near Bowmanville, Ontario during the Victoria Day weekend and were on target for a top finish. Several mechanical issues that cropped up would hamper the team’s result.
The #31 MBS brought a new car to CTMP eager to hit the track, unfortunately poor weather conditions forced the cancellation of Saturday’s scheduled practice and qualifying session. A 15-minute shakedown prior to Sunday’s 200km race would be the only opportunity to dial in the car.
An issue with the driveshaft occurred during the morning session that the #31 team dealt with and Bois was on the grid in his starting position of 18th as per the NASCAR rulebook. From the drop of the green Bois was on the charge forward, that is until losing a cylinder in the engine leaving him short on power. Bois made a pit stop the team replaced a plug wire and rectifying the problem bit it resurfaced again later in the race.
Despite being underpowered for most of the event, Bois used his extensive knowledge of the CTMP track and skill as a driver to battle the #31 MBS Motorsport car forward and the best possible result scoring an impressive 11th place finish.
Quote: “First off, a big thank you to all the fans that came out, great crowd on race day, and to the whole team for the hard work getting the #31 ready after the drive shaft problem in the morning. In the early going we were pretty good but then when I hit the throttle to make a pass, the power wasn’t there. I could catch guys in the slower parts of the track, but once we got to the straightaway, they pulled away from me because we were down a cylinder. We’ll be busy the next few weeks going over everything and everyone is excited to return to the series during the Toronto Indy”. -Daniel Bois, Driver #31 MBS Motorsports Chevrolet
Next up: Daniel Bois and the #31 MBS Motorsports team will return to action next during round five of the NASCAR Pinty’s Series taking place on Friday, July 14th as the feature race of the day during the Toronto Indy at Exhibition Place.
TV & Live Streaming All races are streamed live on TSN+ and through FloRacing in the United States.
The 2023 NASCAR Pinty’s Series will consist of 14 total races in five provinces on a mixture of oval tracks along with road and street courses. MBS Motorsports is running a partial schedule this season.
Race fans are encouraged to follow the progress of MBS Motorsports channels all season long for behind-the-scenes info and updates.
About MBS Motorsports Owned by Jeff Murphy and Dominic Scrivo with driver Daniel Bois, the team will compete in select events in the NASCAR Pinty’s Series in 2023. Jeff Murphy is an executive with Celestica. Dominic Scrivo is the owner of Sierra Excavating Enterprises. Driver of the #31 Chevrolet Daniel Bois is a high-performance driving instructor.
Driving the road of financial savviness requires navigation through complex transactions. It becomes particularly challenging when someone wonders: how do you sell a car with a loan still on it? This issue often stands as a hurdle for private car sellers, but it need not be an impasse. There are steps and strategies to follow to ensure a win-win situation: paying off the loan and selling the car privately. To unveil these routes to victory, read on.
Overcoming The Hurdle: Understanding the Loan Situation
It begins with a clear comprehension of the loan structure. When a car loan is still active, the lender holds the vehicle’s title as collateral. Therefore, for a smooth private sale transaction, the loan must be fully paid to retrieve the title from the lender, allowing the transfer to the new owner. However, a strategic approach is needed since most sellers aim to use the sale proceeds to clear off the loan.
The Balance Act: Calculating Loan Payoff Amount and Car’s Value
At the heart of this strategic approach lies the importance of numbers. Precise calculations of the loan payoff amount and the car’s current market value need to be made. For the loan payoff amount, reach out to the lender and request this information. Simultaneously, determine the vehicle’s value using resources like Kelley Blue Book or Edmunds. Ensuring that the car’s value surpasses the remaining loan is vital to cover the debt and potentially reap profits.
Stepping Ahead: Communicating with the Lender and Buyer
A pivotal step in the process involves open and honest communication with both the lender and the potential buyer. The lender might offer solutions like loan assumption where the buyer takes over the loan payments or allow for a direct payment from the buyer to clear the loan. Meanwhile, transparency with the potential buyer about the loan situation can build trust and pave the way for a successful transaction.
In the Buyer’s Shoes: Providing Assurance to the Potential Buyer
Despite transparency, potential buyers might be wary of a car that’s still under loan. To assuage these fears, providing assurance becomes essential. Offer the buyer an opportunity to be a part of the payoff process, whether it’s to directly pay off the lender or accompany the seller to the bank. This involvement instills confidence in the buyer and facilitates the transaction.
Sealing the Deal: Completing the Transaction
How do you sell a car with a loan and ensure a seamless transaction? Upon receiving the payment, the seller should immediately pay off the loan. Following this, the lender will release the vehicle’s title, which can then be transferred to the buyer. It’s advisable to obtain a bill of sale and a release of liability form during this stage to protect all parties involved.
Navigating the Unknown: Dealing with Possible Delays
Despite thorough planning, delays might occur, particularly in receiving the title from the lender. It’s advisable to inform the buyer about such possible delays. Moreover, the seller can offer a written agreement ensuring the transfer of the title as soon as it arrives, providing further reassurance to the buyer.
Conclusion: Win-Win
The road to successfully selling a car privately while still paying off the loan might seem daunting. However, this dual challenge can be met head-on with strategic planning, transparent communication, and a thorough understanding of the process. This allows sellers to leverage the often-higher prices that private sales offer and paves the way for timely loan payoff. Therefore, such an approach ensures a win at both ends.
Discovering that you’ve left your keys inside your car can be a moment of sheer frustration. Whether they’re misplaced, left sitting on the seat, or even broken in the lock, being locked out of your car can quickly turn into a stressful situation. However, don’t panic just yet! In this blog post, we’ll provide you with valuable insights on what to do when you find yourself in the unfortunate predicament of having your keys in car but no way to access them.
1. Stay Calm and Assess the Situation
The first and most important thing to do is to stay calm. Panicking will only cloud your judgment and make the situation more challenging. Take a moment to assess the situation and determine if there are any immediate risks. If you’re in a safe location, you can proceed with the following steps.
2. Check for Alternative Entry Points
Before calling for professional help, take a thorough look around your car. Are there any open windows or unlocked doors? You might be lucky and find an alternative entry point. Remember to avoid causing damage to your vehicle while attempting to gain access.
3. Call for Roadside Assistance or a Locksmith
If you’re unable to find a way into your car, it’s time to call for help. Roadside assistance services often provide lockout assistance as part of their packages. They can quickly dispatch a professional to help you gain entry to your vehicle. Alternatively, you can contact a reliable locksmith specializing in automotive lockouts. Compare prices and choose the option that suits your needs best.
4. Provide Accurate Information
When contacting roadside assistance or a locksmith, be prepared to provide them with accurate information. Give them your location, the make and model of your car, and a description of the issue. This will help them assess the situation and bring the necessary tools or equipment to assist you effectively.
5. Consider Spare Keys or Keyless Entry Systems
To avoid future lockout situations, it’s a good idea to have spare keys available. Keep a spare key in a safe place outside your vehicle, such as in a magnetic key case attached to the undercarriage or with a trusted family member or friend. Additionally, consider investing in keyless entry systems, such as key fobs or smartphone-controlled locks. These convenient systems can prevent lockouts by allowing you to unlock your car remotely.
6. Preventive Measures
Lockouts can happen to anyone, but there are preventive measures you can take to minimize the risk. Develop habits such as double-checking that you have your keys before exiting your car, keeping a spare key in your wallet or purse, or using key finders that help locate misplaced keys. Being proactive can save you from unnecessary stress and inconvenience.
7. Insurance Coverage
Review your insurance policy to see if it covers lockout situations. Some insurance plans offer roadside assistance or lockout coverage as part of their services. If you have this coverage, it can be a valuable resource in case of a lockout. Familiarize yourself with the terms and conditions of your policy to understand what assistance you’re eligible for.
8. Learn Basic Lockout Techniques
While it’s generally best to leave lockout situations to the professionals, it doesn’t hurt to have a basic understanding of lockout techniques. There are various tools and methods locksmiths use to gain access to locked vehicles. However, attempting to unlock your car without proper training or tools can lead to damage and may void your warranty. It’s always recommended to rely on experts for assistance.
In conclusion, getting locked out of your car is undoubtedly a frustrating experience, but there are steps you can take to handle the situation effectively. Stay calm, explore alternative entry points, and call for professional assistance when needed. Taking preventive measures and being familiar with your insurance coverage can also help mitigate the impact of a lockout. Remember, it’s always better to rely on experts for assistance to avoid causing damage to your vehicle.
Are you a fan of online gambling but miss the excitement of a land-based casino? Well, fret not, because the rise of live dealer casinos is here to bridge that gap and deliver an immersive gaming experience like never before. In online casinos like Tiger Casino, players can now enjoy the best of both worlds by interacting with real-life dealers and playing their favorite casino games from the comfort of their own homes. Let’s dive into the world of live dealer casinos and discover how they are revolutionizing the online gambling industry.
Online gambling has come a long way since its inception. Initially, virtual casinos offered computer-generated games where players would compete against algorithms. While this was convenient and accessible, it lacked the human touch and social interaction that many players craved. But with the advent of live dealer casinos, all of that has changed.
The Live Dealer Casino Experience
Live dealer casinos provide an authentic and interactive gambling experience by combining the convenience of online gambling with the excitement of a land-based casino. In these live dealer games, real dealers manage the tables and engage with players through live video streaming. Players can see the dealers shuffling cards, spinning the roulette wheel, or dealing the dice in real-time, creating a sense of trust and transparency.
Interacting with Real-Life Dealers
One of the biggest advantages of live dealer casinos is the ability to interact with real-life dealers. Players can communicate with the dealers through a chat function, asking questions, placing bets, or simply engaging in friendly banter. This interaction adds a personal touch to the gaming experience, making it feel more like being at a physical casino.
Wide Variety of Games
Live dealer casinos offer a wide range of games to cater to different preferences. From classics like blackjack, roulette, and baccarat to specialty games like live poker and game shows, there is something for everyone. The games are streamed in high-definition quality, ensuring a visually stunning experience. Moreover, multiple camera angles provide different perspectives, making players feel as if they are sitting at the table themselves.
Authentic Casino Atmosphere
Live dealer casinos strive to recreate the authentic casino atmosphere as closely as possible. The dealers are professionally trained and create a lively and engaging environment. The background music, ambient sounds, and visual aesthetics further enhance the immersive experience. Whether you’re a seasoned gambler or new to the world of online casinos, the live dealer games at Tiger Casino will transport you to the exciting realm of brick-and-mortar gambling.
Fairness and Transparency
Concerns about the fairness of online gambling have always existed. However, live dealer casinos address these concerns by offering transparency in real-time. Players can witness every action of the dealer, ensuring fair gameplay. Additionally, live dealer casinos use advanced technology and software to ensure the randomness of outcomes, providing a level playing field for all.
Conclusion: Experience the Best of Both Worlds
Live dealer casinos have revolutionized the online gambling industry by bringing the thrill and authenticity of land-based casinos directly to your screen. You can immerse yourself in a world of live dealer games, interact with real-life dealers, and enjoy a wide variety of games from the comfort of your own home.
INDIANAPOLIS - MAY 28: Josef Newgarden, driver of the #2 Shell Chevrolet, douses himself in milk, after winning the NTT IndyCar Series Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 28, 2023, in Indianapolis. Photo: Chris Jones/Penske Entertainment
INDIANAPOLIS — Josef Newgarden walked into the DEX Imaging Media Center at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, talking about stocks.
“I am into finance,” he said. “I think it’s a great career path. It’s probably something I would be doing if I wasn’t driving cars. It’s kind of as simple as that. I won’t bore everybody, but I love that world. I think it’s super fun.”
As Newgarden says this, the video screens both in the deadline room and around the track play a highlight package of his Indianapolis 500 victory.
With one lap to go, Newgarden overtook Marcus Ericsson on the backstretch, using the same move Ericsson used to win in 2022.
And Newgarden knew exactly how he wanted to celebrate.
Go up in the stands.
INDIANAPOLIS – MAY 28: Josef Newgarden, driver of the #2 Shell Chevrolet, celebrates with the fans in the stands, after winning the NTT IndyCar Series Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 28, 2023, in Indianapolis. Photo: Karl Zemlin/Penske Entertainment
He parked his car on the yard of bricks, exited his Team Penske Chevrolet and hopped through a crossover gate to celebrate with the fans.
“Yeah, I knew exactly where the gap was,” he said. “I’d been over there many, many years. I’ve seen that photo, whole spot, and really it’s just like an access point that you can crawl under. It looks like it’s closed but there’s a way to get through. I knew exactly where I was going at the end of this race.”
He wanted to go higher up, but thought better of it. So he hugged a couple of people and crawled back through the gap.
“But it was really cool,” he said. “You just can’t beat the Hoosier hospitality, the energy that people bring here. It is second to none when it comes to a sporting event.”
Meanwhile, his crew channels Helio Castroneves and hangs from the catch fence.
Visibly crying as his crew wheeled his car to victory lane, he climbed out and followed through the traditional victory lane celebrations, from the wreath to drinking the milk.
“The milk, I felt good about it,” he said. “It tasted so good. I love milk. I drink a lot of milk. So for me, the Indy 500 is kind of the greatest thing ever. Other people might not like to get milk after. That’s the choice I would have made, too. I love Louis Meyer. I love that he threw that up as a tradition. I’m a big milk guy.”
Compare this to his 2016 post-race interview, after he finished third. He was dejected, frustrated, and in despair.
Now, the newest Indianapolis 500 champion talked about how fascinated he is with finances.
FULL DISCLOSURE: I asked him what fascinates him about finances.
When Newgarden’s press conference wrapped up, he put the wreath back on and turned his focus to the rest of the season. As well as getting Roger Penske his 20th Indy 500 victory, next season.
“I put my hand on his shoulder in Victory Lane and said, ‘Now we got to get 20,'” he said. “He was the first one to go, ‘Absolutely.’ He didn’t even take a breath. He was ahead of me in the thought process, as you know.
“He’s eyes forward. It will be important. We need to come back. There’s still areas we can be better, so we’ll go and analyze after this weekend and see where we can improve. But we’ll come back ready to fight and get No. 20 for him.”
