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The Nascar Cup series takes a week off Points Racing for the All-Star race at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
This is the third year that the event was held on the historic track, which offered Cup Racies from 1949-96. The cup series returned in 2023 for this exhibition race. Kyle Larson won the 2023 All-Star race and Joey Logano won the race last year.
Here’s a look at the good news and bad news for mug teams going to North Wildeboro.
23xi Racing – Good news: Bubba Wallace’s average finish of 7.25 in four All-Star racing relatives is third among active drivers behind only Joey Logano (average finish of 6.07) and Kyle Larson (7.0). … Wallace is one of the top five for the All-Star Fan vote. Bad news: Wallace finishes 33rd in each of the past two points races and leaves him from the seventh to 10th place in the standings. … Tyler Reddick was unable to achieve a top -10 in the last four races. … Reddick has one top 10 in his last six cup points. … Riley Herbst was unable to achieve a top 20 final in six of the seven races that were ahead of the weekend.
Pre -drive Motorport – Good News: Noah Gragson has been named by supporters in the All-Star race for the past two years and is one of the top five votes on the way this weekend. … Todd Gilliland finished the 16th or better in five of the last six races entering the All-Star race. … Zane Smith has six top 20 finishes in the last seven cup races. Bad news: Gragson is 31st in the points at the All-Star Break.
Haas Factory Team – Good News: Cole Custer has two top 20 finishes in the last three races. Bad news: This is his only top 20 finishes this year.
Hendrick Motorsports – Good News: Kyle Larson is as the score leader in the all-Star break. … He also achieved the most play -offs this season, achieved most victories, led most rounds and was linked to most wins. … Oh yeah, Larson has more all-Star victories (three) than any other active manager and is one victory away from the connection of Jimmie Johnson for most All-Star races. … Hendrick Motorsports won a record of 11 All-Star races. … Chase Elliott enters the All-Star race fourth in the points for the second year in a row. Bad news: William Byron lost the lead due to a 24th place last weekend in Kansas. … Byron ended in each of the two All-Star races in North Wildeboro or ended worse. … Alex Bowman has three finishes of 35th or worse in the last five races (the other results were the top -10’s).
Various challenges, including a new Nascar rule, make the performance of running in those signature races much more difficult on the same day.
Hyak Motorsports – Good News: Ricky Stenhouse jr. Provide the highlight of last year’s All-Star race with his confrontation with Kyle Busch after the event. Bad news: Stenhouse last ended in each of the two All-Star races at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
Joe Gibbs Racing – Good News: Christopher Bell finished first or second this season in five of the 12 points races, won three times and finished second twice. … Denny Hamlin finished second in two of the last three All-Star races. … Chase Briscoe finished a season-best fourth four different times this year. … Ty Gibbs won last year’s Nascar Open to earn a place in the All-Star race. He was open in the Nascar this year. Bad news: JGR Laas won the All-Star race in 2017 with Kyle Busch. … Ty Gibbs ended the 17th or worse in the last three points.
Kaulig Racing – Good News: AJ Allmender won twice, which is now called the Nascar Open to go to the All-Star race. Bad news: Allmender finished 36th and 38th over the past two races and dropped him from the 15th to 25th in the season standings. … Ty Dillon finished outside the top -20 in three of the last four points races.
From new opportunities on the schedule over the past few years to investigate how to improve the races on some traces and what changes, if any to make to the champion crowned, keep Nascar forward.
Legacy Motor Club – Good News: John Hunter Nemecheek scored a back-to-back-top-10’s, the second time he did this this year. Bad news: Legacy did not have a car in last year’s All-Star race, after both Erik Jones and Nemecheek could not progress from the Nascar Open.
Richard Childress Racing – Good News: Kyle Busch led the record for most rounds led at 324 in the All-Star race. Bad news: Kyle Busch did not finish better than ninth in the last four All-Star races. … Austin Dillon has not finished better than 17th in his last two All-Star race.
Rick True Racing – Good News: Harrison Burton, who is eligible for the All-Star race with his victory last year in Daytona, will drive the number 51 in the event. … This will be the first time Rick real racing had a car in the All-Star race. … Cody real will go to the no. 15 and compete in the All-Star Open. … True goes back to the no. 51. The change is just for the All-Star race since Burton, who runs full-time in the XFinity series, did not have a ride in the exhibition race. Bad news: Ware is last among the 36 full -time drivers in points after 12 races.
RFK Racing – Good News: Brad Keselowski finished second in the All-Star race three times, with Sterling Marlin and Ken Schrader linked to most runner-up without a win in the case. … Chris Buescher finished third in last year’s All-Stat race. … Ryan Preece is one of the top five for the All-Star Fan vote. Bad news: Buescher finished outside the top -10 in four of the last six points races.
With six of the 14 races on the way in the regular season on road courses or setting up, the standings can change dramatically by the end of August.
Spire Motorsports – Good News: Carson Hcevar is one of the top five for the All-Star Fan voice. Bad news: All three Spire drivers (Michael McDowell, Justin Haley and Hocevar) are in the Nascar Open this weekend.
Team Penske – Good News: Joey Logano is the defending All-Star winner after leding 199 of 200 rounds in last year’s event. … Logano finished in the top 10 in the last 10 All-Star races, a series record. … Ryan Blaney did not finish worse than sixth in each of the last five All-Star races, including a 2022 victory. Bad news: Austin Cindric, who is in the All-Star race this year, ends a year ago in the NASCAR after he was in an incident during the event.
Trackhouse Racing – Good News: Daniel Suarez’s average finish in five All-Star racing performances is 8.80, which is sixth place among active drivers. … Shane van Gisbergen is one of the top five for the All-Star Fan vote. Bad news: Ross Chastain did not qualify better than 25th in the last five cup races entering the All-Star break.
Wood Brothers Racing – Good News: His victory in Las Vegas earned him a place in the All-Star race. … Berry comes to a sixth place in Kansas this weekend this weekend. Bad news: The Kansas endpoint has been his first top -10 since its win in Las Vegas in March.
