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Is Ross Chastain the last real threat to Austin Cindric's Chase spot, or is he already done. 47 points back, three races left. Reply with one. #NASCAR #RossChastain

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I'll die on this hill: Ty Gibbs owes the media nothing. Seven minute press conference after winning at Iowa and half the internet lost it. He answered every question he was asked. #NASCAR #TyGibbs

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Justin Allgaier led 82 laps in the O'Reilly Series race at Iowa and finished 24th.

Is Allgaier cursed, or is he just getting outraced late? One word.
#NASCAR #OReillySeries

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Kyle Larson finished 33rd at Iowa on Sunday afternoon and won the Capitani Classic at Knoxville that same night. 87 sprint cars entered. The defending Cup champion is winless in 23 Cup races. #NASCAR #KyleLarson

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Christopher Bell has seven runner-up finishes and zero wins in 2026. That ties the all-time record, and he still has 13 races left. Best driver in the series or the unluckiest. Reply with one. #NASCAR #ChristopherBell

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Denny Hamlin asked NASCAR what happens if he refuses to run brake pads that lasted two laps. He says they told him they would make up a penalty and it would be worse. The points leader had to break that himself. Change my mind: that is not officiating. #NASCAR #DennyHamlin

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Three races until the Chase cutoff. Two of these three are missing it: Austin Cindric, Ryan Preece, Brad Keselowski. Rank them most likely to make the 16. Drop your order below. #NASCAR #TheChase

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Unpopular opinion: Chase Elliott is having a worse year than Kyle Larson and nobody will say it out loud. Nine straight races without a top 10, 15th at Iowa, still seventh in points. Most popular driver, quietest season. #NASCAR #ChaseElliott

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Change my mind: Austin Cindric is not holding the last Chase spot. He ran 29th at Iowa and the cushion is 29 points with three races left. Preece, Chastain and Keselowski are all inside 48. #NASCAR #AustinCindric

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Toyota owns the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series, and the Iowa Corn 350 proved it.

Toyota dynasty, or is the field handing it over? Pick a side.
#NASCAR #CupSeries

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Here is the number the broadcast never put on screen. Christopher Bell has four runner-up finishes in his last five starts. Nobody had done that since Kyle Larson in 2016. Seven seconds this year, zero wins. #NASCAR #ChristopherBell

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One. That is how many Hendrick Motorsports cars finished on the lead lap at Iowa. Byron ninth, Elliott 15th, Larson and Bowman in the wall on lap 148. The Chase starts in four weeks. #NASCAR #HendrickMotorsports

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Here is what everyone keeps getting wrong about Tyler Reddick. Five wins in the first nine races. Six finishes of 25th or worse in the last nine. Wrecked on lap 4 at Iowa. Slump, collapse, or bad luck. Reply with one. #NASCAR #TylerReddick

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Ty Gibbs did not out-race Christopher Bell at Iowa. Tyler Allen called two tires on the last cycle and handed him the clean air. Bell chased 60 laps and lost by 0.253. That is a pit call, not a pass. #NASCAR #TyGibbs

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Kyle Larson asked on the radio what that was for. Denny Hamlin answered after: my mistake, I gassed up too soon and ran into the back of him. Points leader, no penalty. Change my mind that anybody else gets that. #NASCAR #DennyHamlin

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Rank these three right now for the rest of the Chase run: Denny Hamlin, Ryan Blaney, Tyler Reddick. Drop your order below.

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Here is what the broadcast never showed you at Iowa. The 60 and the 34 both failed inspection twice Saturday. Both car chiefs ejected, both teams stripped of pit stall selection at a track where track position is everything. Ryan Preece is 38 points out. #NASCAR

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23.474. That is Ryan Blaney's pole lap at Iowa, 134.191 mph. He was also fastest on the 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 lap averages in practice. Nobody else was close on the long run. The 12 is my pick. Green at 3:30 ET on USA. #NASCAR #IowaCorn350

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Chase Elliott is the most talented driver in this field and he rolls off 32nd today. He put the 9 in the Turn 1 wall in practice and never recovered. Iowa is 0.875 miles and passing is brutal. Is he a top 10 today or is he stuck. #NASCAR #ChaseElliott

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Denny Hamlin leads the Cup standings by 84 points and starts 29th at Iowa today. His brake pedal went to the floor in practice. The 11 has finished 24th in both of his Iowa Cup starts. The points leader is in trouble at the worst possible time. #NASCAR #IowaCorn350