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Maximizing Payouts in Online Crash Games

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Crash Game

A new genre of casino games has taken the internet by storm lately called crash-style games. These games have grown as popular alternatives to classics like slots and blackjack. They feature meteoric rises, instant gratification, and global appeal. Continue reading to learn more about these crash casino games, and how to make the most from them.

A Brief Synopsis of Crash Games

A Crash-Style game is a game that revolves around an ever-increasing multiplier, and determining when it will ‘crash’ or stop. The objective is to cash out before the crash or stop occurs, to incur significant profits or losses. Not only do these games offer fast-paced dopamine-filled rewards, but they also provide engaging tension through the ever-increasing multiplier.

There are many ways to hedge against the casino in crash games. Examples include risking large amounts on safer bets and risking smaller amounts on unsafe bets or utilizing external tools. There are a lot of crash games out there, the most popular are JetX, Aviator, and Space XY.

Crash Games Breakdown

  • Multiplier System: The entire game revolves around the multiplier. Typically, this multiplier starts at 1x and increases continually until the crash occurs. For example, if a player bets $50 on the round and the player then cashes out at 1.57x, the player would win $78.50. However, if the crash occurs before the player cashes out, the $50 is lost. The player is free to cash out at any point before the crash.
  • Betting: These games also typically feature a robust betting system. These systems include the ability to auto-bet and cash out on set multipliers. Depending on the website or app, there can be various minimum or maximum amounts.
  • The Crash: The crash indicates the end of the round, eliminating any existing bets. When the crash occurs depends on the game’s algorithm and is random. Depending on the algorithm, multipliers can reach insane levels such as 1000x, so players are encouraged to stay as long as possible.

Crash Games Strategies

Because of the random nature of crash-style games, predicting the best possible time to cash out is difficult. Therefore, the best strategies involve utilizing external resources, setting limits, and leveraging your cash appropriately.

External Resources

As there are a lot of crash-style games, many external predictors, such as the JetX predictor can be used to maximize your bets. These predictors use the same algorithms to provide accurate guesses for when you should cash out your bet.

Setting Limits

Setting hard limits on cash you’re willing to play with is a fantastic betting strategy amongst all casino games. Crash games are no different, and entering with a solid limit is a great way to reduce emotional investment and increase strategic analysis.

Leveraging Appropriately

Some games like JetX allow for multiple bets at the same time. Multiple bets are beneficial because players who implement several betting strategies with their cash have a higher chance of success. A popular method is setting auto-cashouts for large sums of money at safer multiplier levels (1.05x – 1.25x) while setting much higher (3x – 10x) auto-cashout amounts for smaller amounts.

Conclusion

Crash-style games like JetX have undoubtedly changed the betting markets for the better. They offer quick dopamine-filled sessions that are simple and fun to play. The multiplier and crash systems synergize perfectly, allowing for a constant stream of excitement. The evidence is clear, crash games have become a new favorite among online gamblers. Remember to implement intelligent strategies and perhaps fortune may find you during your next session. As always, gamble responsibly!

Layne Riggs spoils the 2024 Playoff opener with first Truck career victory at Milwaukee

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Andrew Kim
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WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN - AUGUST 25: Layne Riggs, driver of the #38 Zorn Compressor & Equipment Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series The Milwaukee Mile at The Milwaukee Mile on August 25, 2024 in West Allis, Wisconsin. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images).

For a second time since the inception of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series’ Playoff format, a non-Playoff contender stole the final spotlight in the Playoff opener as rookie Layne Riggs dominated the final stage and cruised to his first Craftsman Truck Series career victory in the LiUNA! 175 at the Milwaukee Mile on Sunday, August 25.

The 22-year-old, second-generation racer from Bahama, North Carolina, led the final 53 of 175-scheduled laps in an event where he qualified in 16th place but methodically drove his way to the front, where he would spend the majority of the event running upfront with a bevy of Playoff contenders.

Then after notching a total of 13 stage points between the event’s first two stage periods, Riggs flexed his horsepower at the start of the final stage period with 56 laps remaining to move into second place before he then muscled past Playoff contender Ty Majeski for the lead three laps remaining. With the lead in his sole possession, Riggs would maintain it for the remainder of the event and beat Majeski by one-and-a-half seconds to score his first elusive Truck Series career win.

With on-track qualifying that determined the starting lineup occurring on Saturday, August 24, Playoff contender Ty Majeski notched his fourth Truck pole position of the 2024 season after he posted a pole-winning lap at 122.556 mph in 29.815 seconds. Joining him on the front row was Tanner Gray, who posted the second-fastest qualifying lap at 122.469 mph in 29.836 seconds.

Prior to the event, Playoff contender Rajah Caruth and Justin Carroll dropped to the rear of the field due to unapproved adjustments made to their respective trucks.

When the green flag waved and the race started, Ty Majeski rocketed his No. 98 Road Ranger/Soda Sense Ford F-150 ahead with a strong start from the inside lane and he retained the lead through the first two turns and the backstretch while Playoff contender Christian Eckes, who started behind Majeski on the inside lane, used every inch of the first two turns to muscle his No. 19 NAPA Chevrolet Silverado RST past Tanner Gray’s No. 15 Dead On Tools Toyota Tundra TRD Pro for the runner-up spot. As the field behind jostled for early spots, Majeski proceeded to lead the first lap.

Over the next four laps, Majeski stabilized his lead to as high as six-tenths of a second over runner-up Eckes while Playoff contenders Corey Heim and Nick Sanchez made their way into third and fourth, respectively, ahead of Tanner Gray and Kaden Honeycutt. With William Sawalich, winner of the ARCA Menards Series event at Milwaukee earlier in the day, running in seventh, Playoff contenders and teammates Tyler Ankrum and Daniel Dye followed suit in the top nine while rookie Layne Riggs occupied 10th place ahead of Playoff contender Grant Enfinger.

Through the first 10 scheduled laps, Majeski extended his early advantage to more than a second over Eckes while Heim, Sanchez and Honeycutt followed suit in the top five ahead of Tanner Gray, William Sawalich, Ankrum, Daniel Dye and Riggs. Behind, Enfinger retained 11th place ahead of Matt Crafton, with Playoff contenders Ben Rhodes and Taylor Gray occupying 13th and 14th, respectively, ahead of Sammy Smith, Jake Garcia, Dean Thompson, Matt Mills, Chase Purdy and Ty Dillon. Meanwhile, Playoff contender Rajah Caruth was up to 24th place after starting at the rear of the field while Bayley Currey plummeted to 36th place, dead last, due to pitting under green from the top-15 mark after getting squeezed into the frontstretch’s outside wall by Taylor Gray and Crafton that cut Currey’s left-front tire on the sixth lap.

Ten laps later, Majeski’s advantage was reduced to eight-tenths of a second over Eckes as Heim and Sanchez trailed the lead as far back as five seconds. Behind, Ankrum retained eighth place and was running two spots ahead of Dye while Enfinger, Rhodes, and Taylor Gray were running 11th, 13th, and 14ty, respectively. By then, Caruth was still mired in 23rd as Honeycutt continued to run as the highest non-Playoff contender in fifth place ahead of Tanner Gray and Sawalich.

Another 15 laps later, Majeski regained his wide advantage from early in the race as he was now leading by more than a second over Eckes. Behind, Heim continued to fend off Sanchez in third place, where the former was ahead of the latter by half a second, while Honeycutt retained fifth place ahead of Tanner Gray, Sawalich, Ankrum, Dye and Riggs. Meanwhile, Caruth cracked the top 20 as he was running in 20th place behind Matt Mills while Playoff contenders Enfinger, Ben Rhodes and Taylor Gray remained in 11th, 13th and 14th, respectively.

Then on Lap 42, Eckes took advantage of Majeski getting mired behind lapped traffic, starting through the backstretch and through Turns 3 and 4 before returning to the frontstretch, to move into the lead as he used the outside lane to overtake Majeski along with lapped competitors Bret Holmes and Chase Purdy. Eckes proceeded to stretch his advantage to more than a second just past the Lap 45 mark while Heim, Sanchez and Honeycutt trailed the lead as far back as six seconds.

Then on Lap 47, the event’s first caution period flew when Jayson Alexander got loose and hit the outside wall in Turn 3, where his truck came to a stop. During the caution period, nearly the entire field led by Eckes pitted while Ty Dillon and Jake Garcia remained on the track. Following the pit stops, Eckes exited pit road first ahead of Majeski, Sanchez, Heim, Riggs and Dye, respectively. Amid the pit stops, Heim was sent to the rear of the field for speeding on pit road.

With the caution period being extended towards the first stage’s conclusion period at Lap 55, the first stage period officially concluded under caution. As a result, Ty Dillon, who remained on the track, claimed his first Truck stage victory of the 2024 season. Jake Garcia, who also remained on the track, followed suit in second ahead of Eckes, Majeski and Sanchez while Riggs, Dye, Tanner Gray, Taylor Gray and Ankrum were scored in the top 10. By then, Playoff contenders Enfinger, Rhodes, Caruth and Heim were mired back in 13th, 18th, 19th and 22nd, respectively, as they missed the first round of opportunities for stage points.

Under the stage break and extended caution period, select names including the leader Ty Dillon, Garcia, Stewart Friesen, Conner Jones and Chase Purdy pitted while the rest led by Eckes remained on the track.

Amid an extended caution period, where Dexter Bean stalled on the frontstretch just past the Lap 60 mark, the second stage period started on Lap 62 under green as Eckes and Majeski occupied the front row. At the start, Eckes muscled ahead of Majeski to retain the lead through the first two turns and from the inside lane while Riggs overtook Majeski for the runner-up spot entering the backstretch. As Eckes proceeded to lead the following lap, Riggs followed suit in second ahead of Majeski, Sanchez and the Gray brothers while Crafton was battling Dye for seventh place ahead of Ankrum, Honeycutt and Enfinger.

By Lap 70, Eckes maintained a narrow lead over Riggs as Majeski, Sanchez and Tanner Gray followed suit in the top five. Eckes would proceed to slightly stabilize his advantage to three-tenths of a second by Lap 75 over Riggs as Majeski, Sanchez and Tanner Gray continued to trail in the top five. Meanwhile, Heim, who restarted just outside the top 20 amid his pit road speeding penalty, was up to 14th place in his No. 11 Safelite Toyota Tundra TRD Pro behind Rhodes while Taylor Gray, Dye, Crafton, Ankrum and Honeycutt rounded out the top 10 ahead of Enfinger and Dean Thompson. Amid the battles upfront for a majority of the Playoff contenders, Caruth was mired back in 20th place.

Ten laps later, Eckes retained the lead by half a second over Riggs, with third-place Majeski trailing the lead by a second and fourth-place Sanchez trailing by more than two seconds. Behind, the Gray brothers retained fifth and sixth, with older brother Tanner racing ahead of younger brother Taylor, while Dye occupied seventh place as he was two spots ahead of teammate Ankrum.

At the halfway mark between Laps 87 and 88, Eckes extended his advantage to more than two seconds over Majeski and Riggs as Sanchez, Tanner Gray, Taylor Gray, Dye, Crafton, Anrkum and Honeycutt followed suit in the top 10 ahead of Enfinger, Rhodes, Thompson, Heim, Sammy Smith, Ty Dillon, Matt Mills, Caruth, Garcia and Sawalich.

Through the Lap 100 mark, Eckes stabilized his advantage to more than two seconds over Majeski while Riggs, Sanchez and Taylor Gray trailed the lead as far back as six seconds. By then, Playoff contenders Dye and Ankrum were in sixth and ninth, respectively, while Enfinger, Rhodes and Heim trailed in the top 13. In addition, Caruth was mired back in 18th place behind Dillon and Mills.

When the second stage period concluded on Lap 110, Eckes cruised to his ninth Truck stage victory of the 2024 season. Majeski followed suit in second ahead of Riggs, Sanchez and Taylor Gray while Dye, Ankrum, Crafton, Honeycutt and Enfinger were scored in the top 10. By then, Playoff contenders Rhodes, Heim and Caruth were mired back in 11th, 13th and 19th, respectively.

During the stage break, the lead lap field led by Eckes returned to pit road for service. Following the pit stops, Eckes retained the lead as he exited pit road first ahead of Riggs, Majeski, Sanchez, Dye, Taylor Gray, Ankrum, Heim, Tanner Gray and Enfinger.

With 56 laps remaining, the final stage commenced as Eckes and Riggs occupied the front row. At the start, Eckes gained a brief advantage from the inside lane through the frontstretch until he went wide, which allowed Majeski to capitalize and clear Eckes off of Turn 2 with the lead. As the field fanned out to multiple lanes through the first two turns and the backstretch, Riggs then joined the battle for the lead with Majeski and Eckes, but Majeski retained the top spot as Matt Mills got sideways off the front nose of Caruth and hit the wall in Turn 3, though the race remained under green flag conditions. With Majeski leading Riggs for the following lap, Eckes fell back to third as he had Heim, Taylor Gray, Ankrum, Sanchez and more trailing in from behind.

Then with 53 laps remaining, Riggs battled and overtook Majeski to lead for the first time through the backstretch. Riggs proceeded to lead by half a second in his No. 38 Zorn Compressor & Equipment Ford F-150 over Majeski with 50 laps remaining as Eckes, Heim and Sanchez trailed in the top five by less than three seconds. By then, nine of 10 Playoff contenders were running in the top 13 while Caruth, the lone Playoff contender who was not running inside the top 13 on the track, was mired back just within the top-20 mark.

With 40 laps remaining, Riggs stabilized his advantage to six-tenths of a second over Majeski while Eckes, Sanchez and Heim trailed in the top five by as far back as four seconds. Meanwhile, Taylor Gray trailed in sixth place by five seconds while Ankrum, Rhodes, Tanner Gray and Dye were scored in the top 10 ahead of Crafton, Honeycutt, Enfinger, Sawalich and Ty Dillon. Meanwhile, Caruth was mired back in 19th place in front of Dean Thompson.

Down to the final 25 laps of the event, Riggs extended his advantage to a second over runner-up Majeski as Eckes, Sanchez and Heim were running in the top five, with the latter three trailing by more than four seconds. Behind, Taylor Gray, Ankrum, Rhodes, Dye and Tanner Gray followed suit in the top 10 while Playoff contenders Enfinger and Caruth were mired back in 13th and 17th, respectively.

Five laps later, Riggs continued to lead the race ahead of eight Playoff contenders and by a second over his closest challenger Majeski. Riggs would proceed to retain the top spot by seven-tenths of a second over runner-up Majeski with 15 laps remaining while third-place Eckes trailed in third place by one-and-a-half seconds

With 10 laps remaining, Riggs, who was being mired in lapped traffic and had his steady advantage steadily decreasing over the last several laps, continued to lead by nine-tenths of a second over Majeski while third-place Eckes continued to trail by one-and-a-half seconds in third place ahead of Sanchez and Heim. Heim would then be entangled in a battle for fifth place with teammate Taylor Gray and Ankrum while Dye, Rhodes and Crafton trailed in the top 10.

Down to the final five laps of the event, Riggs stretched his advantage back up to a second over runner-up Majeski as Majeski had Eckes trailing him by nine-tenths of a second. By then, fourth-place Sanchez trailed by three seconds while Taylor Gray, who persevered in his late battle against teammate Heim and Ankrum, was running in fifth place and trailing the lead by six seconds.

When the white flag waved and the final lap started, Riggs remained as the leader by one-and-a-half seconds over Majeski. With Majeski unable to quickly narrow the deficit, Riggs, who was mired within no lapped traffic that could stall his momentum, cycled his Ford smoothly around the Milwaukee circuit for a final time before he streaked back to the frontstretch and claimed his first checkered flag in his 23rd series’ start.

With the victory, Layne Riggs, the leading Rookie-of-the-Year candidate who did not make the 2024 Truck Series Playoffs, became the 125th competitor overall to win in the Craftsman Truck Series division, a list that includes his father and former NASCAR competitor, Scott Riggs. He also joined Nick Sanchez and Rajah Caruth as competitors to record their first Truck victories in 2024 and he notched the ninth Truck career victory for Front Row Motorsports, with the team winning for the first time since Talladega Superspeedway in October 2023 with Brett Moffitt. The victory was also a first for rookie crew chief Dylan Cappello.

Prior to his first Truck career victory, Riggs had only notched four top-five results while ending up with 10 results of 18th or worse through 16 starts in his rookie campaign. Riggs’ Milwaukee victory, which made him the spoiler of the day as a non-Playoff contender, resulted in the 10 qualified Playoff contenders missing their first shot of automatically transferring past the Round of 10 to 8 by not winning the Playoff opener.

The only thing that went wrong for Riggs’ first victory was the driver dislocating his shoulder while standing atop his roof and pumping his fists in the air and in front of the Milwaukee fans after claiming his checkered flag. Nonetheless, Riggs would receive assistance from his No. 38 pit crew to climb back down from his truck’s roof as he then proceeded to celebrate both on the frontstretch and in Victory Lane.

“I don’t even know how to describe [the first win],” Riggs said in Victory Lane on FS1. “The biggest thing I can do is just thank Zorn that was on the truck this weekend. It’s their first race. It’s awesome for them. Thank you to [team owner] Bob Jenkins, [general manager] Jerry Freeze for letting me drive this [No. 38] truck. I mean, it’s been no surprise that we’ve had a terrible year. It’s been an awful year. I’ve learned so much, though, and I went through my rookie season. After the start, I thought there’s no way we were going to get a win. We do the best we can, but we’re just learning for next year. I knew in practice, this [truck] was pretty awesome. [Me and my team] have a good time together and we’re a family now.”

“[My shoulder] hurts like a mug, but hey, it was worth it,” Riggs jokingly added. “It’s not the first time it’s happened to me, but it ain’t going to slow me down.”

Behind Riggs, Ty Majeski, the pole winner who led 45 laps and was a local hero of the venue as a native of Seymour, Wisconsin, settled in second place as he fell short of winning three races in a row in recent weeks while Eckes, the 2024 Truck Series Regular Season Champion who led a race-high 71 laps, came home in third place for his ninth top-three result of the 2024 season.

Amid the disappointments of not winning the Playoff opener and automatically transferring into the second Playoff round, both Majeski and Eckes continue to set their sights on transferring to this year’s Championship 4 round at Phoenix Raceway and contending for their first series championship.

“I think the fact that we missed [the setup] as bad as we did and we were as close as we were is super encouraging,” Majeski, who is 44 points above the top-eight cutline in the Playoff standings, said. “That means we have a lot of speed in our trucks. It’s just up to us to hit the package right. [Crew chief] Joe [Shear Jr.] and I put our heads together to come up with our Phoenix [Raceway] package and come up with some changes to it, to try and make it better for Phoenix. [I] Don’t know that we got there quite yet, but super proud of the run we’ve had the last three races. We’re hitting on all eight cylinders right now and super proud of everybody. Everybody back at the shop has been working hard over the course of the Olympic break, into Richmond and into Milwaukee here to get our trucks better. We’re seeing that improvement and I feel good about where we’re at. We’re poised to make a pretty good run here, so we got to keep it going.”

“I was leading on the bottom [lane] and [the truck] bottomed out for the first time all day,” Eckes, who leads the Playoff standings and is 60 points above the cutline, added. “It shot up the racetrack and just couldn’t recover. I was way too tight. [I] Felt like it was going to build tight and it did and we just weren’t aggressive enough on adjustments. Proud of everybody, but definitely a pretty big missed opportunity. We’ll see what happens, but disappointed in that.”

Nick Sanchez rallied from a late retirement at Richmond Raceway two weeks ago by finishing in fourth place while Taylor Gray muscled his No. 17 JBL Toyota Tundra TRD Pro to a strong fifth-place result.

Playoff contenders Tyler Ankrum, Corey Heim, Daniel Dye and Ben Rhodes finished sixth through ninth, respectively, while Matt Crafton came home in 10th place.

Notably, Playoff contender Grant Enfinger ended up in 13th place behind Kaden Honeycutt while Playoff rookie Rajah Caruth capped off his long afternoon in 17th place behind Sammy Smith.  

There were five lead changes for four different leaders. The race featured two cautions for 22 laps. In addition, 20 of 36 starters finished on the lead lap.

Results.

1. Layne Riggs, 53 laps led

2. Ty Majeski, 45 laps led

3. Christian Eckes, 71 laps led, Stage 2 winner

4. Nick Sanchez

5. Taylor Gray

6. Tyler Ankrum

7. Corey Heim

8. Daniel Dye

9. Ben Rhodes

10. Matt Crafton

11. Tanner Gray

12. Kaden Honeycutt

13. Grant Enfinger

14. William Sawalich

15. Jack Wood

16. Ty Dillon, six laps led, Stage 1 winner

17. Sammy Smith

18. Rajah Caruth

19. Dean Thompson

20. Stewart Friesen

21. Jake Garcia, one lap down

22. Conner Jones, one lap down

23. Chase Purdy, two laps down

24. Matt Mills, two laps down

25. Timmy Hill, two laps down

26. Bret Holmes, two laps down

27. Mason Maggio, two laps down

28. Spencer Boyd, three laps down

29. Bayley Currey, three laps down

30. Dexter Bean, three laps down

31. Marco Andretti, five laps down

32. Thad Moffitt, six laps down

33. Matthew Gould, six laps down

34. Justin Carroll, eight laps down

35. Lawless Alan – OUT, Suspension

36. Jayson Alexander – OUT, Accident

*Bold indicates Playoff competitors

Playoff standings

1. Christian Eckes +60

2. Ty Majeski +44

3. Corey Heim +41

4. Nick Sanchez +34

5. Taylor Gray +13

6. Tyler Ankrum +13

7. Daniel Dye +9

8. Grant Enfinger +2

9. Ben Rhodes -2

10. Rajah Caruth -4

With the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs underway, the next event on the schedule is Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, for the UNOH 200, which will serve as the second Round of 10 event. The event is scheduled to occur on September 19 and air at 8 p.m. ET on FS1.

Power Gains Ground on Palou with Portland Victory

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PORTLAND, Ore. (Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024) – Will Power and Team Penske made their point Sunday by winning the BITNILE.COM Grand Prix of Portland: The race for the Astor Challenge Cup is far from over.

Power earned his series-leading third victory of the 2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season in the No. 12 Verizon Business Team Penske Chevrolet and gained ground on championship leader Alex Palou with three races remaining. He drove to a 9.8267-second victory over the No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda of Palou on the 12-turn, 1.964-mile road course at Portland International Raceway.

Two-time series champion Power, who started second, earned the 44th win of his Hall of Fame career on the heels of disappointing consecutive finishes of 12th in July at Toronto and 18th last weekend at World Wide Technology Raceway.

“Very rewarding,” Power said. “I came here determined, so did the whole team. We wanted to get qualifying right and then execute in the race. It’s not a last-ditch effort, but really if Palou finished ahead of us today, it was going to be very difficult.

“We’re going to keep fighting ahead here. A couple of bad races before this, but let’s see if we can get a championship.”

Josef Newgarden completed the podium by finishing third in the No. 2 TireRack.com Team Penske Chevrolet, with Colton Herta fourth in the No. 26 Gainbridge Honda of Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian. Marcus Armstrong rounded out the top five in the No. 11 American Legion Chip Ganassi Racing Honda.

Two-time and defending series champion Palou leads Power by 54 points – the maximum number a driver can earn in one race. Herta slipped from second to third, 67 points behind Palou, after finishing fourth in the No. 26 Gainbridge Honda of Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian.

The three remaining races are all on ovals – the Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s doubleheader Aug. 31-Sept. 1 at the Milwaukee Mile and the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix on Sept. 15 at Nashville Superspeedway. The INDYCAR SERIES hasn’t raced at the Milwaukee Mile since 2015 or Nashville Superspeedway since 2008.

Power has 10 career victories on ovals, including in 2014 at Milwaukee and last month at Iowa Speedway; Palou has none among his 11 career wins.

“We’ve been very, very good on ovals – very solid,” Power said. “Obviously, they’re two ovals that we haven’t raced at in a long time, so it’s anyone’s game. I hope we get it right. We’ll do our best and take the fight to Alex.”

Power wasted no time taking the fight to Palou at the drop of the green flag. He passed NTT P1 Award winner Santino Ferrucci entering Turn 1 on the first lap and was out front and in control for the rest of the 110-lap race except for pit stops. Power led a race-high 101 laps.

Palou passed Ferrucci for second on Lap 8 and, like Power, stayed in that spot for most of the remainder of the race except for pit stops. Ferrucci, who earned AJ Foyt Racing’s emotional first pole since 2014, finished eighth in the No. 14 Phoenix Investors Chevrolet.

Two-time and defending series champion Palou’s best chance to pass Power came on Lap 26 when Pietro Fittipaldi exited the pits in the No. 30 Localiza Rent a Car Honda of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing directly in front of Power after serving a drive-through penalty. That slowed Power and allowed Palou to pull right up to Power’s gearbox in Turn 7, but Power parried the move and kept the lead.

Quick work by the Team Penske pit crew on Power’s first stop all but sealed the win, especially since there were no caution periods after a first-lap fracas involving Kyle Kirkwood, Scott Dixon and Fittipaldi. Power’s first stop, at the end of Lap 32, lasted 6.9 seconds. Palou made his first stop one lap later, but it took 9.2 seconds.

From there, Palou slipped back as varying tire strategies unfolded over the final two pit stops. Power started on the Firestone Firehawk primary tires and was able to use the quicker Firestone alternate red-sidewall tires in all three pit stops. Palou aggressively used a set of alternate tires in NTT P1 Award qualifying Saturday and was forced to the less-grippy primary tires for his final stint, ensuring Power’s cruise to victory.

“Maybe we were a bit wrong with the strategy there,” Palou said. “Went too aggressive in qualifying yesterday and really didn’t have any good used alternates. It was tough work there on primaries having to catch Will, but the 12 deserved it today. They were very, very fast. Happy with the P2 today.”

The top eight drivers in the standings are still mathematically eligible to win the Astor Challenge Cup as season champion, but it’s looking more and more like a three-driver race for the title between Palou, Power and Herta.

The drive for a seventh title by Dixon probably was derailed when he crashed the No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda into the guardrail on Lap 1 after contact from Fittipaldi. Dixon was forced into the dirt earlier in the lap amid tight traffic by the No. 27 AutoNation Honda of Andretti Global’s Kirkwood, and Dixon was hip-checked by Fittipaldi’s car shortly after returning to the racing surface.

Dixon finished last in the 28-car field – his lowest finish since being taken out in a crash and placing 32nd in the 2017 Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge. He is fifth in points, 101 behind Palou.

The first race of the Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s doubleheader is at 6 p.m. ET Saturday, Aug. 31, with live coverage on Peacock and the INDYCAR Radio Network. The second race is at 2:30 p.m. ET Sunday, Sept. 1, with USA Network, Peacock and the INDYCAR Radio Network providing live coverage.

BITNILE.COM Grand Prix of Portland Race Results

PORTLAND, Ore. – Results Sunday of the BITNILE.COM Grand Prix of Portland NTT INDYCAR SERIES event on the 1.964-mile Portland International Raceway, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):

  1. (2) Will Power, Chevrolet, 110, Running
  2. (3) Alex Palou, Honda, 110, Running
  3. (5) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 110, Running
  4. (8) Colton Herta, Honda, 110, Running
  5. (7) Marcus Armstrong, Honda, 110, Running
  6. (10) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 110, Running
  7. (20) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 110, Running
  8. (1) Santino Ferrucci, Chevrolet, 110, Running
  9. (12) Graham Rahal, Honda, 110, Running
  10. (11) Kyle Kirkwood, Honda, 110, Running
  11. (14) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 110, Running
  12. (17) Alexander Rossi, Chevrolet, 110, Running
  13. (4) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 110, Running
  14. (18) Felix Rosenqvist, Honda, 110, Running
  15. (22) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 110, Running
  16. (28) Kyffin Simpson, Honda, 110, Running
  17. (19) Toby Sowery, Honda, 109, Running
  18. (24) Sting Ray Robb, Chevrolet, 109, Running
  19. (15) Juri Vips, Honda, 109, Running
  20. (25) David Malukas, Honda, 109, Running
  21. (23) Nolan Siegel, Chevrolet, 109, Running
  22. (26) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 109, Running
  23. (21) Linus Lundqvist, Honda, 109, Running
  24. (27) Jack Harvey, Honda, 109, Running
  25. (13) Pietro Fittipaldi, Honda, 109, Running
  26. (16) Christian Rasmussen, Chevrolet, 108, Running
  27. (6) Romain Grosjean, Chevrolet, 107, Running
  28. (9) Scott Dixon, Honda, 0, Contact

Race Statistics
Winner’s average speed: 112.161 mph
Time of race: 01:55:34.1948
Margin of victory: 9.8267 seconds
Cautions: 1 for 4 laps
Lead changes: 8 among 5 drivers

Lap Leaders:
Power, Will 1 – 31
Palou, Alex 32
Newgarden, Josef 33
Power, Will 34 – 56
Herta, Colton 57 – 60
Armstrong, Marcus 61
Power, Will 62 – 85
Palou, Alex 86 – 87
Power, Will 88 – 110

NTT INDYCAR SERIES Point Standings:
Palou 484, Power 430, Herta 417, McLaughlin 396, Dixon 383, O’Ward 360, Newgarden 353, Kirkwood 342, Rossi 295, Ferrucci 274, Rosenqvist 265, Lundgaard 261, Armstrong 258, Ericsson 257, VeeKay 240, Rahal 227, Grosjean 218, Lundqvist 216, Robb 156, Fittipaldi 156, Simpson 152, Siegel 124, Rasmussen 114, Agustin Canapino 109, Malukas 102, Harvey 96, Theo Pourchaire 91, Daly 51, Tom Blomqvist 46, Ed Carpenter 45, Sowery 45, Callum Ilott 39, Katherine Legge 29, Luca Ghiotto 27, Helio Castroneves 26, Kyle Larson 21, Takuma Sato 19, Tristan Vautier 12, Vips 11, Colin Braun 10, Ryan Hunter-Reay 6, Hunter McElrea 6, Marco Andretti 5

Toyota Racing – NCTS Milwaukee Post-Race Report – 08.25.24

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TRICON GARAGE TEAMMATES OPEN TRUCK SERIES PLAYOFFS WITH TOP-10 FINISHES
Taylor Gray, Corey Heim place two Tundras in the top 10 in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE (August 25, 2024) – Toyota drivers opened the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Playoffs with two top-10 finishes in Sunday’s race at the Milwaukee Mile. TRICON Garage teammates Taylor Gray finished fifth and Corey Heim finished seventh to open their 2024 Playoff run.

Taylor Gray had a strong start to his NCTS championship bid, scoring his sixth top-five and 10th top-10 finish of the season at the one-mile oval. Heim came back from an early pit road penalty to earn his 13th top-10 finish of the season with his seventh-place result.

Heim currently sits third in the Playoff point standings and Gray is fifth with both drivers above the eight-driver cutline after the first Playoff race.

Toyota Racing Post-Race Recap
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series
The Milwaukee Mile
Race 16 of 23 – 175 Laps, 177.62 Miles

TOYOTA FINISHING POSITIONS
1st, Layne Riggs*
2nd, Ty Majeski*
3rd, Christian Eckes*
4th, Nick Sanchez*
5th, TAYLOR GRAY
7th, COREY HEIM
11th, TANNER GRAY
14th, WILLIAM SAWALICH
19th, DEAN THOMPSON
20th, STEWART FRIESEN
25th, TIMMY HILL
34th, JUSTIN CARROLL
*non-Toyota driver

TOYOTA QUOTES

TAYLOR GRAY, No. 17 JBL Toyota Tundra TRD Pro, TRICON Garage

Finishing Position: 5th

How was your race today?

“It kind of started down and definitely just made our truck better all day. Props to Jeff Hensley (crew chief) making awesome adjustments on the box and getting us upfront and being able to contend for a top five. It’s a step in the right direction. Just got to work on getting a little bit better in terms of the speed and things like that to contend for wins right now. I can’t thank my guys enough at TRICON Garage for bringing me a really good JBL Tundra TRD Pro. Just needed a little bit more to contend for a top-three or a win.”

What was tire conservation like during the race?

“It’s something I’ve been doing since I was a little guy racing late models. I enjoy it, it’s fun and it definitely brings up a little bit more strategy in the race for sure.”

How was your Tundra handling at the end of the race?

“It was a little tight there and honestly lacked some track position, but I can’t thank all of my TRICON guys for bringing me a really good JBL Tundra TRD Pro. Just needed some track position to get a little bit more pace there.”

COREY HEIM, No. 11 Safelite Toyota Tundra TRD Pro, TRICON Garage

Finishing Position: 7th

Was the speeing penalty early in the race a surprise to you?

“Yeah, just sped on pit road. I got behind on my gearing kind of approaching pit road and by the time I caught up to what RPM I needed to be running at, I was already kind of deep into pit road and obviously just blew it there, so it’s my responsbility to make sure I’m accounting for that. Overall, we lacked speed in general today, but certainly put us behind the eight ball there so I didn’t do us any favors either. Just got to get better as a whole regardless. I thought we fired off okay today and probably could’ve stayed up in the top five area if we had not had my mistake go wrong there, but I’m proud of my TRICON Garage guys.”

Your team was able to get you back toward the front with a great pit stop, did you struggle with handling down the stretch?

“I think just getting behind and getting in dirty air is definitely a struggle here and always kind of has been on these flatter race tracks in general in the Truck Series. Just getting behind is really tough to recover from and I kind of pride myself on limiting my mistakes, but today was kind of rough.”

About Toyota

Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in North America for more than 65 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands, plus our more than 1,800 dealerships.

Toyota directly employs more than 63,000 people in North America who have contributed to the design, engineering, and assembly of nearly 47 million cars and trucks at our 12 manufacturing plants. By 2025, Toyota’s 13th plant in North Carolina will begin to manufacture automotive batteries for electrified vehicles. With more electrified vehicles on the road than any other automaker, Toyota currently offers 29 electrified options.

For more information about Toyota, visit www.ToyotaNewsroom.com.

Layne Riggs Scores First Truck Series Win As Ford Captures Third Straight

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Ford Performance Notes and Quotes
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
LiUNA! 175 | Milwaukee Mile
Sunday, August 25, 2024

LAYNE RIGGS CAPTURES FIRST CAREER WIN IN MILWAUKEE PLAYOFF OPENER

  • Layne Riggs registered the first win of his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career with today’s win in the playoff opener at the Milwaukee Mile.
  • Riggs has now posted three straight finishes of fifth or better.
  • This marks the ninth series victory for Front Row Motorsports.
  • The win is Ford’s third straight series triumph, following Ty Majeski’s back-to-back wins in Indianapolis and Richmond.
  • It marks the 122nd all-time series win for Ford.

VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW

LAYNE RIGGS, No. 38 Zorn Compressor & Equipment Ford F-150 – “I don’t even know how to describe it. The biggest thing I can do is thank Zorn that was on the truck this weekend. It was the first race and it’s awesome for them, and Love’s Travel Stops. It’s awesome. Thank you to Bob Jenkins and Jerry Freeze for letting me drive this truck. We’ve had a terrible year. It’s been an awful year. I’ve learned so much though in my rookie season. After the start I thought, ‘There was no way we were gonna get a win. We’re gonna do the best we can, but we’re just learning for next year.’ I knew in practice this thing was pretty awesome, so I couldn’t be more thankful to Front Row and everybody on this team. We have a good time together and we’re a family now.”

DID YOU POP YOUR SHOULDER OUT WHILE CELEBRATING? “Yeah, I dislocated my shoulder I was celebrating so hard. It hurts, but it was worth it. It’s not the first time it’s happened to me, but it ain’t gonna slow me down.”

Ford Performance Unofficial Results:
1st – Layne Riggs
2nd – Ty Majeski
9th – Ben Rhodes
10th – Matt Crafton
21st – Jake Garcie
22nd – Conner Jones
27th – Mason Maggio
35th – Lawless Alan
36th – Jayson Alexander

TY MAJESKI, No. 98 Road Ranger/Soda Sense Ford F-150 – “I think the fact we missed it as bad as we did and we were as close as we were is super encouraging. That means we have a lot of speed in our trucks. It’s just up to us to hit the package right. Joe and I put our heads together to come up with our Phoenix package and come up with some changes to it to try and make it better for Phoenix. I don’t know that we got their quite yet, but I’m super proud of the run we’ve had the last three races. We’re hitting on all eight cylinders right now and super proud of everybody back at the shop who has been working hard over the course of the Olympic break into Richmond and into Milwaukee to get our trucks better. We’re seeing that improvement and I feel good about where we’re at. Thank you to Road Ranger, Soda Sense, Curb Records, all of our partners, Duke and Rhonda Thorson. We’re poised to make a pretty good run here, so we’ve got to keep it going.”

WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON FOR BRISTOL AND KANSAS? “The last two races, even though we’ve won them, we made mistakes and had to come back. This race, win or not, we wanted to have a clean race with no mistakes on any of our parts. We’ve all made them over the course of the last two races, so we wanted to clean that up. Those type of things can be the difference between making it to Phoenix and not. We wanted to clean those up and we did that today. I’m happy to be here in Wisconsin. I really wanted this one on my home track, butr hopefully we can come back and do it again soon.”

Felix Rosenqvist Leads Meyer Shank Racing INDYCAR Results in Portland

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#66: David Malukas, Meyer Shank Racing Honda

Malukas posts fastest lap of the race and only driver to break into the 0:59-second lap time

Portland, Ore. (25 August 2024) – Meyer Shank Racing’s (MSR) 150th NTT INDYCAR SERIES start likely won’t have its own chapter in team history books, but the two-car squad bounced back from a tough qualifying session to improve several positions in Sunday’s Bitnile.com Grand Prix of Portland.

Felix Rosenqvist (No. 60 AutoNation / SiriusXM Honda) kept himself in the hunt for a top-10 finish in the season championship as he came from 18th on the grid to finish 14th in the 110-lap event.

David Malukas (No. 66 AutoNation / Arctic Wolf Honda) started 25th after dropping six positions due to an unapproved engine change and ran strong in the early stints before the need to save fuel and a penalty for exceeding track limits left him to finish 20th.

Malukas was one of the early movers in navigating the 1.964-mile, 12-turn Portland International Raceway after trying an alternate pit strategy early in the race that gave him open track to lay down some fast laps. He climbed to 13th toward the end of the first round of pit stops and turned the fastest lap of the race (the only 59-second lap) before problems in his second stint dropped him back in the order.

Rosenqvist was steady all day, gaining a few stops in the early part of the race and holding serve throughout his three pit stops to stay within shouting distance of the top 10. The Swedish driver finished just six seconds out of that top-10 berth to take the 14th spot at the checkered.

The series heads to the famed Milwaukee Mile oval in West Allis, Wisconsin next weekend for the first time since 2015 for a double-header race weekend.

Meyer Shank Racing Driver Quotes:

Felix Rosenqvist: “Hard-fought P14, that was kind of all that I had. It just hasn’t been an great weekend for us. I feel like we have just been average and our finish lined up with that. It’s crazy now in INDYCAR, if you don’t have the perfect car in the race, you’re not going to really go anywhere. Only left turns from here on out, and we’ve been good on ovals, so let’s move on.”

David Malukas: “A weekend of mistakes and errors. It was another character building weekend. I made the mistake in qualifying which put us in the position to start in the back. We chose a risky strategy to come in early and use a bunch of overtake and jump as many cars as we could and then fuel save the rest of the race, but it didn’t pay out in the end. It’s always a 50/50 gamble in these situations and I still back the team in the decision. I really wanted another good result here with the team, but at least few get to turn left, which those races are normally better for me anyways.”

Portland Win Keeps ABEL Motorsports championship hopes alive

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  • Jacob Abel captures his third victory and ninth podium of the season in the INDY NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of Portland
  • Yuven Sundaramoorthy stays hot, brings home his sixth top 10 in the past seven races

PORTLAND, Ore. (August 25, 2024) – Jacob Abel and ABEL Motorsports INDY NXT by Firestone championship hopes live on, after a fiercely hard-fought victory in Sunday’s 35-lap Grand Prix of Portland.

Abel, 23, powered his No. 51 ABEL Construction Dallara into the lead going into the first turn and held off championship leader Louis Foster for the remainder of the of the race for his third win and ninth podium in 12 races. Teammate Yuven Sundaramoorthy, driving the No. 22 S Team Motorsports/ABEL Motorsports entry, came back from early difficulties to capture an eighth-place finish on Portland International Raceway’s tricky 12-turn, 1.967-mile road course.

The win keeps Abel 79 points back in the title chase, with two races remaining in the season.

Abel took the green in second position, with Sundaramoorthy fifth. Abel tucked behind the pole sitter going down the front straight then slid to the inside as the field headed into the notoriously tight Festival Curves. Abel timed the move perfectly, taking the lead into Turn 1, as Sundaramoorthy avoided contact between cars to take fourth.

Abel held the lead through the first lap, as Sundaramoorthy lost a bit of footing early, putting him back in ninth. Focusing forward, Abel consistently set faster lap times as he began to gain an advantage.

On lap nine, contact between two cars in Turn 9 brought out a full course caution, pausing the action. Back to green on lap 12, Abel refused to relent, fighting off a charge from behind through Turns 3 and 4, and again in Turn 9, to hold the lead. Meanwhile, Sundaramoorthy won a drag race down the front straight to take eighth position.

The action settled in through the race’s midpoint, with Abel holding a half second lead over second, as Sundaramoorthy looked for an opportunity to make a move – and laying down lap times among the leaders.

At the checkered flag, Abel had captured the victory by four-tenths of a second – and immediately thanked the ABEL Motorsports crew that had worked so hard to give him a solid race car.

“We didn’t roll off the trailer that well this weekend, but we were able to make up a ton of ground and ultimately win the race,” said Abel. “So huge congrats to the ABEL Motorsports team, they did a fantastic job. With Louis on pole, I knew I wasn’t going to let him have it easy. But it was a good battle, good racing.

“My goal for the end of the season is to enjoy my last few races in the series and end this year on a high note. It’s been a super strong year for the ABEL team and for me personally. I’m really happy with it. So even if the championship isn’t totally still in play, to get back to victory lane late in the season as both the team and I position ourselves for next year, it’s huge. I want to be in INDYCAR next year so hopefully that helps.”

For Sundaramoorthy, the difficulties early in the race made the difference, but a strong finish showed the mettle of the Wisconsin driver.

“The car was good, I just had difficulty getting it going early,” said Sundaramoorthy. “We collected it mid-race and got it going. I just tried to put a couple of laps together but then, you know, once people started using push-to-pass so it is what it is. We put it together in the end and got another top 10 finish, which is tough given how competitive this series is.”

ABEL Motorsports thanks partners ABEL Construction Company, Advance Ready Mix, Boyd Cat®, S Team Motorsports, Quest Global and OMP for their continued support.

Next up for ABEL Motorsports and the INDY NXT by Firestone will be the Milwaukee 100, Sunday, August 31 at 3:50 p.m. ET at the Milwaukee Mile. The race will be streamed live in the U.S. on Peacock, while international viewers can watch via INDYCARLIVE, with INDYCAR Radio available at indycar.com and on Sirius XM.

About ABEL Motorsports: Team principal Bill Abel began racing motocross in 1972, earning numerous championship titles as he continued the family racing tradition. In 2015, ABEL Motorsports was launched, starting in the USF2000 series and building up the junior open wheel ladder. The team captured the inaugural Formula Regional Americas Championship with driver Kyle Kirkwood in 2018.

ABEL Motorsports currently competes in the INDY NXT by Firestone series, the official development series for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, led by third-generation driver Jacob Abel. The team made its INDYCAR debut in 2023 with driver RC Enerson in the Indianapolis 500. For more information visit the official team website at abelmotorsports.com.

About Abel Construction Company: ABEL Construction is one of the largest general contractors in Kentucky, holding licenses in thirteen states. The company has offices in Lexington, Kentucky and Indianapolis, Indiana, with the corporate office in Louisville. Their expertise spans many areas, including general contracting, construction management, design-build, Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), and facilities maintenance.

Abel Construction has helped build some of the region’s most recognizable landmarks. Their projects cover diverse sectors, including automotive, healthcare, post-secondary education, commercial, food/beverage, tech, and industrial/manufacturing. They prioritize client satisfaction, focusing on efficient project delivery regardless of size or cost. The company’s skilled professionals utilize cutting-edge technology and software to ensure successful outcomes. abelconstruct.com/.

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Burton Scores His First Cup Win, and the Wood Brothers’ 100th, in Dramatic Daytona Finish

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#21: Harrison Burton, Wood Brothers Racing, DEX Imaging Ford Mustang

Harrison Burton outdueled veteran Kyle Busch on the final lap of an Overtime finish of Saturday night’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway to score his first career Cup Series victory and the 100th for his Wood Brothers team.

The win earned Burton and the Wood Brothers a berth in the 10-race, championship-deciding Playoffs, which begin after next week’s Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.

The historic win for the Wood Brothers, who got their first Cup victory at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1960 with Speedy Thompson at the wheel of the iconic No. 21 Ford, was their first since Ryan Blaney won at Pocono Raceway in 2017. The Woods have now won races at the Cup level for seven straight decades and have won NASCAR races for eight straight.

Saturday’s win also was the first since a third generation of Woods joined the ownership of the team founded by the late Glenn Wood and operated with his brothers Leonard, Ray Lee, Delano and Clay. Then a second generation, Glenn’s sons Eddie and Len and daughter Kim Wood Hall steered the team before being joined by the next generation of Jon Wood, Keven Wood and Jordan Wood Hicks. And in the winner’s interview in the media center Saturday night, a fourth generation Wood, Bailey joined the group on the podium.

The milestone victory came at Daytona, where the Woods have won five Daytona 500s and 11 more in the track’s second race, long known as the Firecracker 400.

Burton, who became the 19th driver to win a Cup race for the Woods and the 89th to win in a Ford, said getting the 100th win had been a topic of many a conversation at team meetings this year.

“That’s something you can’t take lightly,” he told reporters at Daytona. “We as a group have that place in history now forever for the 100th win for the Wood Brothers.

“To me, that just means the world.”

And he said he hopes there’s more to add to the team history before he leaves the team at season’s end.

“We’re not going to roll over and die,” he said. “We’ve had a rough year, but this is the shot in the arm we’ve needed, and we’re going to go to Darlington set on kill.”

Eddie Wood said in the winner’s interview that there are many people responsible for the team reaching this milestone.

“I don’t really have the words,” he said. “I just want to thank everybody that supported us. Harrison, he’s done such a great job tonight. I mean, missing those wrecks. It just seemed like they’d run a little while, then have another crash. He was so close. Just a matter of I’m not even going to say an inch, that one wreck, the early one. Seemed like about a quarter of an inch.

“It just means so much to our team to finally get the other win…We’ve got a wall in front of our museum that’s got 21 winners, 21 different drivers that’s won races in our cars. We get to put him up next week.”

Wood said he’s especially grateful for the support of Ford Motor Company, which is the only manufacturer the Woods have ever been associated with. And that support has been there even in the lean years, he said.

“Timing is everything, they say, but there was a phone call from Edsel Ford back in 2008,” Wood said. “We were really struggling. He said, ‘I’m going to have a gentleman call you tomorrow that’s going to help you.’

“That man’s name was Jim Farley, who is now the CEO of Ford Motor Company. That’s how far back things go.

Our family raced Ford Motor Company products since the beginning,1950. I think that’s one of the things I’m really, really proud of.”

Burton, who started from 20th place Saturday night, ran in the top 10 for much of the event but had to dodge several multi-car crashes to be in position to battle for the win at the end.

On the final restart, he lined up on the outside, with part-time Cup driver Parker Retzlaff, who was making just his second career Cup start and driving for a part-time team, on his bumper. On the inside line were two veterans – Busch and Christopher Bell.

Busch took the lead initially, then, like Burton, Retzlaff rose to the occasion and pushed Burton’s DEX Imaging Mustang Dark Horse into the lead on the final lap. From there Burton recovered from a bump from Busch that pushed him below the yellow line and kept the veteran at bay for the final yards to the finish line.

Crew chief Jeremy Bullins, who now has 10 Cup victories including the 2017 win at Pocono with Blaney, said Burton made all the right moves to survive the wrecks then prevail in Overtime. “He earned this one,” Bullins said.

The victory was a popular one in the garage, especially for those in the Blue Oval camp.

Austin Cindric posted on X: “I think I’m wearing my @woodbrothers21 hat all week. Good things happen to good people. I am so proud of @HBurtonRacing.”

Burton and the Wood Brothers team now head to Darlington Raceway for Sunday’s Cookout Southern 500.

About DEX Imaging
DEX Imaging is the digital document imaging division of Staples, the world’s largest business solutions provider. DEX sells and services the broadest selection of copiers, printers and data management solutions, such as HP, Konica Minolta, Canon, Kyocera and numerous others.

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES:
Reducing Operating Costs
Reducing Paper Consumption
Increasing Productivity

DEX Imaging has been the recipient of virtually every industry award since the company’s inception, including the JD Power & Associates Award for Best Customer Experience, the prestigious ProTech Service award by Konica Minolta, the Diamond Premier Dealer Award by Kyocera, and the Elite DEALER Award by ‘ENX’ magazine. Other accolades include being named ‘Best Place to Work’ by numerous business journals in the markets DEX serves.

Wood Brothers Racing
Wood Brothers Racing was formed in 1950 in Stuart, Va., by Hall of Famer Glenn Wood. Wood Brothers Racing is the oldest active team and one of the winningest teams in NASCAR history. Since its founding, the team won 100 races (including at least one race in every decade for the last eight decades) and 120 poles in NASCAR’s top-tier series. Fielding only Ford products for its entire history, the Wood Brothers own the longest association of any motorsports team with a single manufacturer. Glenn’s brother, Leonard, is known for inventing the modern pit stop. The team currently runs the Ford Mustang driven by Harrison Burton in the famous No. 21 racer.

NASCAR Top-10 Power Rankings: Daytona Coke Zero Sugar 400

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Harrison Burton, driver of the #21 DEX Imaging Ford, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway on August 24, 2024 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images)

Note: The quotes in this article are fictional.

1. Christopher Bell: Bell finished third in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona.

“Ty Gibbs’ No. 54 car featured advertising for a Ronald Reagan movie,” Bell said. “It’s too bad this movie wasn’t made 20-some years ago, because there could have been a car touting ‘Dick Trickle-Down Economics.'”

2. Denny Hamlin: Hamlin was collected in a Lap 61 pile-up that involved 18 cars. The damage ended Hamlin’s day and he finished 38th.

“We got hit earlier this week with a huge penalty,” Hamlin said. “And it cost us 75 points and more importantly, 10 playoff points. So, I wasn’t at all worried about the ‘Big One’ in the race, because it would pale in comparison.”

3. Tyler Reddick: Reddick was involved in the Lap 61 “Big One,” but survived only to be collected in “Big One No. 2” on Lap 191. He finished 28th.

“I’m not sure which idiot caused those accidents,” Reddick said, but it really affected several playoff drivers, including myself. I guess there’s a big difference between a ‘know-driving’ driver and a ‘no-driving’ driver.”

4. Brad Keselowski: Keselowski was penalized for jumping the restart on a late restart, ending his chances at the win at Daytona. He was forced to serve a drive-through penalty and finished a disappointing eighth.

“I don’t always agree with NASCAR’s decisions,” Keselowski said. “In fact, I never do, because they’re always wrong. But arguing with NASCAR officials is like arguing with a brick wall. But I’d much rather argue with a brick wall.”

5. Kyle Larson: Larson survived Lap 61’s “Big One’ and went on to a 21st-place finish in the Coke Zero Sugar 400.

“You probably heard me say I think I’m a better driver than Formula 1 star Max Verstappen,” Larson said. “I guess I’m gonna have to do one of two things: get more feet, or get a bigger mouth.”

6. Bubba Wallace: Wallace survived the chaos at Daytona and finished sixth in the Coke Zero Sugar 400, boosting his playoff chances.

“The Playoffs are looking much more likely for us,” Wallace said. “I think having Michael Jordan in the pits is always good for the team. If there’s anyone that’s familiar with the ‘odds,’ it’s Michael.”

7. Ryan Blaney: Blaney finished 29th at Daytona, a victim, like many, of a wild and wreck-filled night.

“I’m ready to defend my Cup Series championship,” Blaney said. “I’m really ready for the Playoffs to start. There are two things I really hate. One is waiting, the other is overtime restarts.”

8. Chase Elliott: Elliott’s No. 9 Chevy was knocked out of the race on Lap 61, a victim of the “Big One” triggered when Ross Chastain was turned mid-pack in front of the field. Elliott was credited with a 36th-place finish.

“Not only am I NASCAR’s most popular driver,” Elliott said, “I’m also its most laid back. I’ve always liked my dad’s nickname, so I’d like to be known as ‘Awesome Chill From Dawsonville.'”

9. Kyle Busch: Busch was oh so close to the win at Daytona, but Harrison Burton’s pass on the final lap denied Busch extending his streak of a win in twenty straight seasons, and also denied him a playoff-clinching win.

“I don’t know what I’m losing more,” Busch said. “Races, or patience. I guess I’m cursed. Which is only fair, because I’ve done my share of “cursing.'”

10. (tie): William Byron: Byron finished 27th at Daytona.

“It was a chaotic night at Daytona,” Byron said. “There was smoke, there was fire, there was Corey LaJoie.”

10. (tie) Martin Truex Jr.: Truex suffered a flat tire early at Daytona and fell out of contention, falling a lap down. He eventually finished 24th.”It’s too bad that my Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin was handed down a stiff penalty,” Truex said. “It wasn’t even the team’s fault; Toyota Racing Development did it and self-reported the infraction. I guess as far as Denny’s concerned, ‘TRD’ will now stand for ‘That’s Real Dumb.'”

Abel Clings to Title Hopes with Portland Victory

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PORTLAND, Ore. (Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024) – Jacob Abel knew the task and completed it perfectly.

Abel kept alive his faint hopes for the INDY NXT by Firestone championship by passing points leader Louis Foster on the first lap and winning the Grand Prix of Portland on Sunday at Portland International Raceway. Abel drove his No. 51 Abel Construction entry of Abel Motorsports to victory by .4103 of a second over Foster’s No. 26 Copart/Novara Technologies car of Andretti Global.

“We didn’t roll off the trailer that well at all,” Abel said. “We were really struggling there the first practice session, especially going against someone like Louis, who won here last year and rolled off and just made his stuff better and better. Huge shoutout to the Abel Motorsports crew.”

Abel’s third victory of the season and in his career – his first since early May on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course – pulled him to within 79 points of Foster with two races remaining. Foster only needs to lead by 54 points after the next race, the INDY NXT by Firestone Milwaukee 100 on Saturday, Aug. 31 at the Milwaukee Mile, to clinch his first title in the INDYCAR development series. Foster and Abel are the only drivers still eligible for the championship, which includes a financial package to run selected NTT INDYCAR SERIES races.

“We’re really just trying to go out and win some races,” Abel said. “We lost a little bit of ground there in the middle of the season, so just trying to go out and have some fun and enjoy my last few races in INDY NXT and hopefully make the jump to INDYCAR next year.”

Rookie Bryce Aron of Andretti Global completed the podium finishers today on the 12-turn, 1.964-mile road course in the No. 27 Jaguar Land Rover Chesterfield machine after starting sixth. That finish tied his career best set in June at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.

Rookie Caio Collet finished fourth in the No. 18 HMD Motorsports car, followed by fellow rookie and teammate Christian Brooks in the No. 39 HMD Motorsports machine. Brooks tied a career best with his fifth place.

Abel wasted no time pouncing on an opportunity to pass Foster and keep the championship race alive. Abel, who started second, dove inside pole sitter Foster in the precarious, right-hand Turn 1 on the first lap and led all 35 laps.

But Foster didn’t make it easy on Abel. Foster stayed within a half-second of Abel’s gearbox for the entire race, often closing to within a car length.

Foster, who leads the series with six wins this season, pulled close enough to challenge on Lap 12 but was rebuffed by Abel in a near-calamity for both drivers.

British driver Foster pulled inside of Abel entering the left-hand Turn 10, with Foster’s right front tire making light contact with Abel’s left-rear tire. Foster backed off, and both drivers continued, with Foster applying pressure on leader Abel for the rest of the race.

INDY NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of Portland Race Results

PORTLAND, Ore. – Results Sunday of the INDY NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of Portland INDY NXT by Firestone event on the 1.964-mile Portland International Raceway, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, laps completed and reason out (if any):

  1. (2) Jacob Abel, 35, Running
  2. (1) Louis Foster, 35, Running
  3. (6) Bryce Aron, 35, Running
  4. (8) Caio Collet, 35, Running
  5. (7) Christian Brooks, 35, Running
  6. (4) Reece Gold, 35, Running
  7. (15) Myles Rowe, 35, Running
  8. (5) Yuven Sundaramoorthy, 35, Running
  9. (11) Josh Pierson, 35, Running
  10. (12) Jonathan Browne, 35, Running
  11. (14) Christian Bogle, 35, Running
  12. (9) Salvador de Alba Jr., 35, Running
  13. (13) Callum Hedge, 35, Running
  14. (10) Jamie Chadwick, 35, Running
  15. (16) Jack William Miller, 35, Running
  16. (3) James Roe, 32, Running
  17. (17) Ricardo Escotto, 7, Contact

Race Statistics
Winner’s average speed: 106.713 mph
Time of race: 38:38.9698
Margin of victory: 0.4103 of a second
Cautions: 1 for 2 laps
Lead changes: 0

Lap Leaders:
Abel, Jacob 1 – 35

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