For the fifth consecutive road course race, Shane van Gisbergen beat the field to the checkered flag by a considerable margin. That didn’t quell the drama surrounding the playoff cut line as Ross Chastain took Denny Hamlin out in a last-ditch attempt to fend off Joey Logano.
Caleb Barnes and Kevin Nix are here with this week’s rapid recap, reflecting first on two pit road mistakes from Chastain that really hurt his chances at advancing past Logano and into the next round.
With Chastain’s mistake, Logano held the advantage, but Paul Wolfe made the gutsy call to bring Logano to pit road to try and put the No. 22 on offense. Barnes and Nix react to the decision to pit and the final laps as Chastain tried to hang on while his lead slipped away.
To cap it off, Nix explains why, based on past years, Logano should be considered a serious threat to make the final four, and why the No. 22 could pick up the win next week at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
There is a lot to talk about, but just a little time to do so. Check out Stock Car Scoop on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts!
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Caleb began sports writing in 2023 with The Liberty Champion, where he officially covered his first NASCAR race at Richmond in the spring. While there, Caleb met some of the guys from Frontstretch, and he joined the video editing team after graduating from Liberty University with degrees in Strategic Communications and Sports Journalism. Caleb currently work full-time as a Multi-Media Journalist with LEX 18 News in Lexington, Kentucky and contributes to Frontstretch with writing and video editing. He's also behind-the-scenes or on camera for the Happy Hour Podcast, live every Tuesday night at 7:30!
Kevin Nix has been with Frontstretch since February 2023. Hailing from Gilbert, Arizona, his dream is to be in the NASCAR media sphere full-time. He is a video assistant, working on the back end to streamline video and audio quality of all at-track interviews. Nix also writes about news every Monday for the site.
Nix graduated with a Master's Degree in Sports Journalism from ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix, Arizona. He also has bachelor's degrees in Communications and Political Science. In his downtime, he likes to read, play video games and take walks in the Arizona weather - when it's not too hot.