The reigning two-time IndyCar champion from Sant Antoni de Vilamjaor, Spain, became the 13th competitor overall to notch three championships in the IndyCar division in a season where he recorded two victories, six podiums, three poles, 263 laps led and an average-finishing result of 6.5, which was enough to clinch the title by 31 points.
The 21-year-old Hocevar from Portage, Michigan, has been fined $50,000 and docked 25 points, which drops him to 24th place in the driver's standings, for wrecking Burton under caution with 58 laps remaining.
Joey Logano captured his first win of the season, his 33rd NASCAR Cup Series career win, and Ford's first NCS at Nashville on Sunday in the Ally 400.
Joey Logano won the Ally 400, with just enough fuel to cross the line in first after five overtime restarts thinned out the field. It was Logano's first win of the year.
The two-time Cup Series champion from Middletown, Connecticut, led the final nine of 331 over-scheduled laps and stretched his fuel tank to 110 laps and through a record-setting five overtime attempts to become the 11th winner of the 2024 Cup Series season at Music City.
The 27-year-old Nemechek from Mooresville, North Carolina, led a race-high 76 of 188 laps en route to his second Xfinity victory in nine starts of the 2024 season at Music City.
The three-time Daytona 500 champion from Chesterfield, Virginia, posted a fast-qualifying lap at 160.354 mph in 29.859 seconds, which was enough to claim his second Cup pole position of the 2024 season at Music City.
