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• Pete Hegseth will wave green flag for NASCAR Cup race at Naval Base Coronado

  19-06-2026 22:19 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoNASCAR has confirmed that the United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will serve as the honorary starter for this Sunday's Cup race at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego, California.All three national divisions are racing at the brand-new street circuit this weekend, which marks the first time NASCAR has ever raced on an active military base. The bumpy, technical course features 16 corners and is 3.4 miles long.Hegseth was appointed as the 29th Secretary of Defense at the
  
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• Shane van Gisbergen, Zilisch crash out in huge restart pileup at NASCAR San Diego

  22-06-2026 00:55 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoOn lap 32, the NASCAR Cup race in San Diego changed dramatically as the field tried to make it through Turn 1. Connor Zilisch and Austin Hill were on the front row, but Hill missed the apex of Turn 1, pushing up the track. Both cars slammed the wall, and with Shane van Gisbergen directly behind them, he crashed as well."Sorry guys, locked up the rear brakes," said Hill, who won Saturday's NASCAR O'Reilly race.Both Trackhouse cars were completely destroyed, and Hill sustained
  
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• NASCAR San Diego multi-car crash collects Shane van Gisbergen, forces wall repair

  22-06-2026 00:38 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Shane van Gisbergen was involved in a big crash that led to a red flag midway through the second stage of the NASCAR San Diego race.The Trackhouse Racing driver started on the pole. He got three-wide on a restart on Turn 1 of Lap 31 with Austin Hill and Connor Zilisch. But van Gisbergen backed out. Hill was unable to make the corner turn and pinched Zilisch against the wall, causing a big crash that also collected van Gisbergen.The damage was so severe to van Gisbergen's No. 97 Trackhouse Racing
  
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• Christopher Bell replaced by Brent Crews in NASCAR San Diego race

  21-06-2026 23:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Christopher Bell exited his car at the first caution in the NASCAR San Diego race on June 21 on Lap 13 with relief driver Brent Crews take over for him.Bell has recently been hampered by a broken wrist sustained in a crash at the NASCAR Michigan race on June 7. The Naval base at Coronado street course involves numerous turns, making it challenging with Bell's current condition.Crews, a native of Davidson, North Carolina, just turned 18 on March 30 making him eligible to compete full-time in NASC
  
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• Christopher Bell gets out of car mid-race, replaced by Brent Crews in San Diego

  21-06-2026 23:01 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoDuring the first caution of Sunday's NASCAR Cup race at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego, Christopher Bell climbed out of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.The yellow came about 13 laps into the event, for the stalled No. 47 of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. on track. Bell was running 14th as he had yet to pit before climbing out of the car. He then climbed atop the pit box and put on a team radio.Still dealing with a fractured wrist from a 63G crash at Michigan two weeks ago, Bell was una
  
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• NASCAR starting lineup for Cup Series race at San Diego in June 2026

  21-06-2026 22:22 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Trackhouse Racing will lead the NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for the race at San Diego in June. Shane van Gisbergen won the pole for the 2026 Andruil 250 at San Diego this weekend. Carson Hocevar will join van Gisbergen on the front row for Sunday afternoon's event. It is van Gisbergen's second pole position of the 2026 season.Ryan Blaney and Zane Smith will follow the two drivers on the second row. Most notably, Alex Bowman, Kevin Magnussen, Chase Briscoe, Ross Chastain, Denny Hamlin, Will
  
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• NASCAR Championship Leader Tyler Reddick Sent to Rear Before Historic San Diego Race

  21-06-2026 21:23 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Tyler Reddick’s quest to protect the NASCAR Cup Series points lead took an unexpected turn before Sunday’s inaugural Anduril 250 at Naval Base Coronado.NASCAR confirmed that Reddick will start from the rear of the field after the No. 45 team made unapproved adjustments following splitter damage sustained during qualifying. The penalty drops the championship leader to the back of the grid before one of the most anticipated events of the 2026 season.The race marks NASCAR’s first
  
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• Running recap: Ryan Blaney wins Stage 1 at Naval Base Coronado

  21-06-2026 19:32 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Ryan Blaney claimed the Stage 1 victory under yellow in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Naval Base Coronado.A caution came out with two laps to go in the opening frame after Bubba Wallace lost a right-front wheel following a pit stop.Along with Blaney, Ryan Preece, Kyle Larson, Ty Gibbs, AJ Allmendinger, Todd Gilliland, Carson Hocevar, Joey Logano, Connor Zilisch and William Byron collected stage points. Most came down pit road at the halfway point of Stage 1 on Lap 10.RELATED: Live lea
  
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• How to watch inaugural NASCAR San Diego street race live for free: Start time, lineup

  21-06-2026 18:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
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  NASCAR will honor the 250th birthday of the United States and the US Navy’s 250th anniversary with a race brand new to the racing calendar.The Anduril 250 will take place on a road course built on Naval Base Coronado in San Diego, California. The 3.4-mile track has 19 turns. The race is 255 miles total and drivers will do 75 laps.Shane van Gi
  
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• Crazed NASCAR fan climbs onto California track to fist-bump driver: ‘He’s wasted’

  21-06-2026 18:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  A very strange and potentially dangerous incident occurred at the NASCAR San Diego Weekend on June 20 when a fan climbed down into the racetrack to share a fist-bump and brief conversation with No. 00 driver Sheldon Creed.Creed didn’t appear too upset with the fan, who tried climbing back into the fan area after the conversation ended. This attempt didn’t end well for him, as the fan was apprehended by several federal agents, who arrested him.“Probably boozing a little bit, and
  
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• NASCAR on Prime broadcast crew set up on USS Carl Vinson for San Diego race

  21-06-2026 15:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Credit: Prime VideoThis week’s NASCAR Cup Series race is at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego, CA, for the Anduril 250 on Sunday. It’s the first NASCAR race ever on an active military base and will feature a 3.4-mile circuit and 75 laps. And the incredible, historic NASCAR setup on Naval Base Coronado also includes an amazing broadcast booth for Prime Video.The NASCAR on Prime broadcast crew will call the race from the bridge of the USS Carl Vinson, and they previewed the action from
  
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• NASCAR in San Diego: Start time, streaming, lineup for Anduril 250 at Navy base

  21-06-2026 12:04 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NASCAR nears its halfway point of the Cup Series season with a pair of Toyota machines at the top of the standings. Tyler Reddick, driver of the No. 45 for 23XI Racing, is still in the lead by 19 points, but Denny Hamlin is closing in on him. The No. 11 for Joe Gibbs Racing has taken the checkered flag in each of the past three weekends.But neither of those drivers will be viewed as the favorite on Sunday, June 21 when NASCAR enters uncharted territory. For the first time ever, the Cup Series is
  
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• NASCAR O'Reilly teams all praised Corey Day race control decision

  21-06-2026 07:54 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoIf what happened to the Hendrick Motorsports No. 17 happened to you, would you have received the same courtesy? That was a question asked to numerous team executives in the O’Reilly Series garage on Saturday night at Naval Base Coronado. This was in response to NASCAR allowing Corey Day back on the lead lap after a loose sewer vent cover punctured his radiator on the opening lap.  Caution is out for ... a manhole cover in @corey_day_'s radiator.Day of many firsts
  
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• "That's Enough"- Denny Hamlin Clears Retirement Stance Following Pivotal Heather Gibbs Statement

  21-06-2026 06:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  TALLADEGA, AL - APRIL 26: Denny Hamlin 11 Joe Gibbs Racing King s Hawaiian UBE Coconut Rolls Toyota looks on prior to the running of the NASCAR, Motorsport, USA Cup Series Jack Links 500 on April 26, 2026, at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega AL. Photo by Jeffrey Vest/Icon Sportswire AUTO: APR 26 NASCAR Cup Series Jack Links 500 EDITORIAL USE ONLY Icon2604262724 ©IMAGO/Icon SportswireDenny Hamlin’s recent run of three wins in three weeks has slowed down the retirement rumors around
  
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• What channel is NASCAR on today? TV schedule, start time, live stream for 2026 Coronado road race

  21-06-2026 06:20 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  What channel is NASCAR on today? TV schedule, start time, live stream for 2026 Coronado road race originally appeared on The Sporting News.Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.After another thrilling Cup Series race in Pennsylvania last weekend, NASCAR drivers will take on a different challenge in the upcoming Anduril 250.Newly introduced for the 2026 season, the Anduril 250 is a street course race taking place at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego on Sunday. While drivers
  
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• Austin Hill notches first NASCAR victory for RCR since death of Kyle Busch

  21-06-2026 05:51 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Things have been difficult for Richard Childress Racing in the month since Kyle Busch’s shocking death.A winner of 234 races across NASCAR’s top three national touring series — the most ever — Busch had driven in the top-level Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing over the past four seasons until he tragically died on May 21 at the age of 41 due to complications of severe pneumonia that progressed into sepsis.But on Saturday night in San Diego, RCR finally had a reason
  
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• Austin Hill wins dramatic NASCAR O'Reilly San Diego race in last-lap pass

  21-06-2026 04:18 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoIt took almost five hours from start-to-finish, but in the end, it was the No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet of Austin Hill who captured the checkered flag.After Taylor Gray sent Carson Kvapil spinning from the lead with three laps to go, Hill muscled Gray out of the way on the white flag lap, claiming victory for RCR. Gray finished second, Sheldon Creed third, Kvapil fourth, and Sammy Smith fifth. Jesse Love, Parker Retzlaff, Austin Green, Harrison Burton, and Corey
  
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• Fan arrested after scaling fences onto NASCAR track, fist-bumping driver during stoppage

  21-06-2026 02:58 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoDuring a red flag for a massive restart crash that severely damaged the Turn 1 wall at the San Diego street course, something truly unusual happened. Wearing flip-flops, a fan walked onto the race track and approached the No. 00 Haas Factory Team Ford of Sheldon Creed. They shared a brief conversation, which ended with a fist-bump. The fan then slapped the hood of the car and quickly scaled two fences, losing a flip-flop in the process as he retreated back to the fan area.We
  
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• Sam Mayer damages wall in 25-car crash at NASCAR O'Reilly San Diego race

  21-06-2026 02:10 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  A simple misjudgement in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at San Diego heavily damaged the wall and several race cars on June 20.Sam Mayer, running inside the top 10, misjudged the entry into turn 1 during a Lap 35 restart in the United Rentals Driven to Serve 250, brushing the inside wall before shooting back left to the outside wall at near-full speed.Mayer collected several other cars, including Anthony Alfredo, in the multi-car crash. BIG crash after the restart with @sam_mayer_ hi
  
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• Sam Mayer breaks wall in massive restart pileup, collecting over 20 cars

  21-06-2026 02:07 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoA restart early in the final stage at San Diego, Sam Mayer clipped the inside wall, shooting him across the nose of Anthony Alfredo and directly into the concrete wall lining the outside of Turn 1.At least 23 cars were involved in the violent crash according to The CW, and NASCAR immediately red-flagged the event. It was the second red flag of the race, with the first one caused by a metal cover that came up and damaged a car.Mayer was uninjured, but very upset over the radio. "I
  
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• Austin Hill claims O'Reilly Series win at Naval Base Coronado

  21-06-2026 00:02 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Richard Childress Racing driver Austin Hill made slight contact with Joe Gibbs Racing’s Taylor Gray on the final lap, moving the No. 54 Toyota to win the inaugural NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Qualcomm Circuit on Naval Base Coronado.This was the 16th career victory in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series for Hill and the second of the 2026 season. More significantly, this was RCR’s first win since the death of its NASCAR Cup Series driver, two-time premier series c
  
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• Metal cover comes up and tears through the nose of NASCAR O'Reilly car, stopping race

  20-06-2026 23:49 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoIt's never good when Race Control needs to call for a welder on the first lap of a street course race.Corey Day had started from the very rear of the field in Saturday's NASCAR O'Reilly race after a crash yesterday forced him into a backup car. He was being cautious on the opening lap of the race, but it didn't matter.Unfortunately, luck wasn't on his side as a metal cover of some kind (similar to a manhole cover) came up and went straight through the nose of his No. 17 Hendrick
  
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• ‘I’m Not Going Anywhere’: AJ Allmendinger Makes Future Plans Clear

  20-06-2026 23:45 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  For a driver who has spent most of his NASCAR career answering questions about the next race, AJ Allmendinger found himself discussing something much further down the road Saturday in San Diego.His answer left little room for interpretation.Despite competing for a Kaulig Racing team facing an uphill battle in the NASCAR Cup Series and despite sitting 21st in the championship standings entering Sunday’s race, Allmendinger made it clear that retirement is not part of the conversation.“
  
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• Jimmie Johnson Says One Thing About Modern NASCAR Has Left Him Stunned

  20-06-2026 23:38 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Jimmie Johnson has spent three decades racing stock cars.He’s won seven Cup Series championships, 83 races, and built a Hall of Fame résumé largely by staying out of trouble.That’s why what happened Friday night at Naval Base Coronado caught him so off guard.Johnson returned to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for the first time in 17 years and expected the usual rough-and-tumble racing that comes with a short race on a temporary street course. What he didn’t exp
  
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• NASCAR Cup drivers expect tremendous tire falloff, marbles at San Diego

  20-06-2026 22:52 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoNASCAR enthusiasts are familiar with what happens to tires at Bristol when the ambient temperature drops below 60 degrees -- the tires get chewed-up and it becomes a beach of marbles on both sides of the racing surface.As it turns out, the same thing is happening this weekend at Naval Air Station North Island, as better articulated by Chase Briscoe."It's as if Darlington and old Atlanta had a kid."Ricky Stenhouse Jr. agreed with the Bristol comparison.“I think so,” St
  
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• Shane van Gisbergen captures the pole for inaugural NASCAR race at Naval Base Coronado

  20-06-2026 22:38 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  CORONADO, Calif. (AP) — Even when he’s less than his best on the twistiest tracks in NASCAR, Shane van Gisbergen still is better on one lap than the rest of the Cup Series drivers.The Trackhouse Racing driver qualified first Saturday for the inaugural race on Naval Base Coronado near San Diego, turning a 2-minute, 14.788-second lap around the 16-turn, 3.4-mile street course that easily put him ahead of Carson Hocevar.But van Gisbergen, who has won seven of his 14 Cup starts on street
  
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• Racing Insights: Who will conquer complex Qualcomm Circuit?

  20-06-2026 22:11 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  As NASCAR Cup Series drivers prepare for the next two weeks of left-and-right turns, many expect to see Trackhouse Racing driver Shane van Gisbergen atop the leaderboard, with the No. 97 Chevrolet being the favorite to land in Victory Lane.After taking his sixth career Cup Series pole Saturday in qualifying, SVG is on the right path to regaining some momentum after back-to-back finishes of 30th or worse. Other drivers hope to generate their own momentum with a good result in Sunday’s Andur
  
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• “It Disrespects My Competition” – Shane Van Gisbergen Slams NASCAR Community Over Undisputed Road Course Champion Label

  20-06-2026 22:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  August 9, 2025, Watkins Glen, Ny, USA: Watkins Glen, NY USA - August 09, 2025: NASCAR, Motorsport, USA Xfinity Series driver, SHANE VAN GISBERGEN 9 of Auckland, New Zealand NZL gets ready to practice for the Mission 200 at The Glen in Watkins Glen, NY. Watkins Glen USA - ZUMAa161 20250809_aaa_a161_031 Copyright: xWalterxG.xArcexSr.x ©IMAGO/ZUMA Press WireShane van Gisbergen has established an almost unfair reputation since making his NASCAR debut at the Chicago Street Course in 2023. He has
  
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• NASCAR Starting Lineup: Qualifying Results for the Anduril 250 at San Diego's Naval Base Coronado

  20-06-2026 21:47 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NASCAR is racing it's 3rd road/street course setup of the 2026 season, and this time around, they are doing it on a US Naval Base. The location? Naval Base Coronado in San Diego, California. The goal for many is to beat the seemingly indestructible Shane van Gisbergen. The man with a 50% win rate (7-for-14) has been dominant on road-course setups. He proves so by earning pole position for the Andruil 250, which can be watched on Sunday, June 21, at 4:00 p.m. on Prime.NASCAR Cup Series Group Phot
  
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• NASCAR heads onto eye-popping Naval Base Coronado in its latest Cup Series race

  20-06-2026 21:47 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Ryan Blaney wants to keep his eyes on the road as NASCAR returns to Southern California with a race through the bone-jarring streets of San Diego’s Coronado Island.Yet the Team Penske driver is worried about being distracted Sunday as his No. 12 Ford barrels toward the third turn with the USS Carl Vinson directly in its path.“I hope I’m paying more attention to the corner and not the carrier when I brake into that corner,” Blaney said with a laugh. “We’ll see.
  
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