Episode 234 - Rich's Weekly NASCAR Recap

Cup Race Recap from Chicago Street Race July 2025

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:15):
I again everyone, Rich back with the Cup race week
up now from the street race in Chicago. So, after
practice and qualifying, the number eighty eight if Shane van
Gisenbergen won the poll, instarted first, but at the stock
got passed right away by the number seventy one of
Michael McDowell, who kept it for the whole first stage
and wins it. So the number seventy one stays out

(00:38):
to still lead the beginning of the second stage until
lap thirty three, when he finally pits for gas and
ties and gives the lead back to the number eighty
eight of Shane van Guizenbergen, who held it until he
paid for gas and ties with two laps to go
in the stage and gave the lead in the second
stage win to the number twelve of Ryan Blaney. So

(01:00):
after pittstats before the final stage, the number nineteen of
Chase Prisco gets the lead and held it for eleven
laps until he was passed by the number eighty eight
of Sheen van Gizenbergen, who keeps the leave for the
rest of the race and wins it. So thanks as
always for listening, have a good day and a great

(01:21):
rec of you week and I'll catch you next week
for the race recaps from Sonoma. Take care.

Speaker 2 (01:29):
Reluctantly crouched at the starting line, engines pumping and thumping
in time. The green light flashes, the flags go up,
churning and burning, They yurn for the cup. They definitely
maneuver and muscle for rank, even burning fast on a
tempty tank, reckless, and while they pour through the turns,
the pounces potent and secretly stern. As speed through the finish.

Speaker 3 (01:52):
The flags are down, the fans get up, and they
get out of down. The arena is empty except for
one man still driving.

Speaker 2 (01:59):
Its driving as fast as the camp. The sun has
gone down and the moon has come puffed, and long
ago somebody left with the cup.

Speaker 3 (02:06):
But he's driving and striving and hugging the turns. I'm
thinking of somewhere for whom he still burns. He's going
the distant and he's going to speed.