Episode 226 - Rich's Weekly NASCAR Recap

Cup Race Recap from Michigan June 8th 2025

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:20):
Hi again. Everyone Rich here with the Cup race recap
for Michigan. So, after practicing qualifying, the number nineteen of
Chase Briscoe of Joe Gibbs race and won the poll
for the third week in a row and started first
and kept it for the first eleven laps until he
was passed by the number twenty four of William Byron,

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who kept it for twenty five laps until he was
passed by the number seventeen of Chris Busher, who kept
it for the rest of the first stage and wins it.
So after pitt stops, the number twelve of Ryan Blaney
got the lead and held it for four laps until
he was passed by the number nine of Chase Elliott,
who held it until a caution for a one cost

(01:02):
spinol happened. So after the pit stops, the number twenty
four of William Byron got the lead and held it
for thirty four laps until another caution for the number
twelve spinning out this time, so after pit stops again,
the number two of Austin Sindrick gets the lead and
held it until the final lap and got passed by

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the number twenty four of William Byron. Who ended up
winning the second stage. So after pit stops, the twenty
four held the lead for the start of the final
stage for twenty eight more laps until a caution for
another one cost Spinnel happened. So after the pit stops,

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the number seventy seven of Costin Jusva gets the lead
and had it with until eighteen laps to go. Blew
attire and had to pit, but no caution came out,
so that gave the lead to the number twenty four
of William Byron, who kept it until a four laps
to go he got passed by the number eleven of

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Denny Hamlin and he ran out of gas as well,
so the number eleven of Denny Hamlin of Joe Gibbs
race and holds on to win the race. It was
his third winner of the year and he also took
over and became Joe Gibbs Racing when his driver all
time with fifty seven wins. So thanks as always for listening,

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Have a good rest of your day in a great
week ahead, and I'll catch you next week for the
race recaps from the road course in Mexico City.

Speaker 2 (02:35):
Take care reluctantly crouched at the starting line engines, pumping
and thumping in time, the green light flashes. The flags
go up, churning and burning the urn folded cup. They
definitely might over. Un muscleful, right, the burning fast on
that empty tank, Reckless and wild. They pour through the turns,

(02:57):
their prowsies potent had secret news at this speed. Through
the finish, the flats are down, The fans get up,
and they get out of down. The arena is empty
except for one man, still driving and scribing as fast
as we can. The sun has gone down and the
moon has come up, and long ago somebody left with
the cup. But he's driving and striving and hugging the

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turns and thinking of someone for a move. He still burns.

Speaker 1 (03:23):
He's going to day when he's se