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CARS Tour officials unveiled their Late Model Stock Car roster for the highly-anticipated return to the historic North Wilkesboro Speedway on Wednesday, May 17. The field, which is capped at 38 cars, is stacked from top to bottom with talent from across the CARS Tour and NASCAR worlds.

2023 CARS Tour at North Wilkesboro Speedway

The car count cap was raised from 30 a year ago to 38 for this May’s extravaganza. The top 26 in CARS Tour owner points make up a large portion of the field, plus guaranteed spots for any “Touring 12” drivers not already in the top 26. The remainder of the field will be made up of current or former NASCAR Cup Series competitors.

Headlining the entry list for the Window World 125 is NASCAR Hall of Famer and two-time Daytona 500 champion, Dale Earnhardt Jr . Earnhardt ran this event last August with the CARS Tour and finished third.

Earnhardt isn’t the only driver with strong NASCAR ties on this list, either. Two past champions in Kevin Harvick and Brad Keselowski will be going back to their Late Model roots. 

Harvick will be racing a car out of the Kevin Harvick Inc. shop in Harrisburg, North Carolina prepared by his Cup Series crew chief and former Late Model Stock standout, Rodney Childers. 

Keselowski will be racing a car prepared out of the Hedgecock Racing stables with his familiar No. 6 adorning the doors and roof.

It’s time to go back to my roots. I’m excited to head to @NWBSpeedway next week behind the wheel of the No. 6 @fr8auctions Ford for the @CARSTour race! 😊👍🏼 pic.twitter.com/op3QJYbezw — Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) May 9, 2023

Joining Harvick is his Stewart-Haas Racing teammate, Chase Briscoe, who will be making his pavement Late Model debut in a car prepared by Chad Bryant Racing. Briscoe’s history with Chad Bryant goes way back to his ARCA Menards Series days when Bryant was his crew chief. Briscoe will be a teammate to Mason Diaz and Connor Hall.

And then there’s also the Trackhouse Racing duo of Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez , the latter of which will also be making his LMSC debut much like Briscoe. Chastain will be racing a car prepared by Pinnacle Racing Group out of Mooresville, North Carolina, while Suarez will be running a R and S Race Cars machine and will be teammates to three-time CARS Tour champion Bobby McCarty, and Conner Jones.

The drivers and teams using a series provisional are Isabella Robusto for Lee Faulk Racing, Layne Riggs, Bryant Barnhill, Cameron Bolin, and Josh Dickens.

The Window World 125 caps off a massive two nights of Late Model racing at North Wilkesboro Speedway during NASCAR's All Star Week. It all kicks off on Tuesday, May 16 with a 150-lap feature for the ASA STARS National Tour Super Late Models. Then on Wednesday the CARS Tour will run a doubleheader featuring a 75-lap showdown for the Pro Late Models and the Late Model Stock Car Window World 125.

Both nights of Late Model racing from North Wilkesboro Speedway will be broadcast live exclusively on FloRacing. Race fans can subscribe to FloRacing by clicking here .

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Counting CARS: 3 Takeaways From Bobby McCarty’s Win at New River All-American

JACKSONVILLE, N.C- The zMAX CARS Tour Late Model Stock field took a beach trip this past Saturday (April 13) night, as the series held its third race at New River All-American Speedway – a track not far from the coast of North Carolina.

The track’s 25-year-old surface didn’t disappoint. 

Saturday’s event was originally scheduled as the second race on the CARS Tour schedule, but a dreary forecast pushed the race from March 23 to April 13. While the rain out was certainly unfortunate, it led to an All-Star edition of what is already a stacked Late Model Stock Car field. 

🏁 @BobbyMac_6 parks it in @CARSTour Victory Lane! pic.twitter.com/o7Z4VQHoj2 — FloRacing (@FloRacing) April 14, 2024

Series co-owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. made his highly anticipated return to the driver’s seat, making his first start at New River and his first appearance anywhere outside of North Wilkesboro Speedway in the CARS Tour.

But while all eyes were on Earnhardt entering the weekend, in the end it was Bobby McCarty that stole the spotlight with his first win of 2024.

Here are three takeaways from the CARS race at New River All-American.

Beers With Bobby Meets Victory Lane

From no sponsorship to victory lane, McCarty is back on top in the CARS Tour. Over the offseason McCarty struggled looking for sponsorship, even posting on social media, saying “desperate times call for desperate measures.”  

pic.twitter.com/lnWmB8YWJh — Bobby McCarty (@BobbyMac_6) November 21, 2023

Without any new deals, McCarty wouldn’t have been able to race this season. But the three-time series champion thankfully secured sponsorship from Black Acid Apparel.

Three races into the season, he’s put the brand and R&S Race Cars in victory lane. McCarty started the afternoon strong, qualifying fourth for the 125-lap feature. But a strong starting spot at New River All-American means less than any other track due to the necessity of tire management, so the most important part was yet to come. 

McCarty worked his way forward early on, eventually taking the lead away from Brent Crews on lap 15. He held the top spot 12 laps before giving it up to the No. 23 of Kade Brown . 

From that point, McCarty seemed to fall into tire conservation mode, fading back to eighth by lap 34. However, McCarty never fell outside the top ten, sitting seventh when the first competition caution flew on lap 45. 

On the restart, McCarty was in no hurry to hustle the No. 6 back to the front. He was methodical moving forward, never cracking back into the top three until lap 72. But from that point on, McCarty never fell outside a podium position. 

McCarty found his way back to the lead on lap 90, taking over from a wounded Brenden “Butterbean” Queen after Queen and Mini Tyrrell made contact a few laps prior. Queen would go spinning a few laps later, setting up one last restart.

With 30 laps remaining, McCarty got the jump on Tyrrell, holding the lead and driving away in the closing laps. McCarty took the checkered flag just under half a second clear of Tyrrell, earning his first win in three tries with the CARS Tour at New River All American. 

The win not only marks the first of the year for the No. 6 group, but the second overall for the pairing of McCarty and R&S Race Cars. McCarty joined the team ahead of the 2023 season and ended a long winless drought last year at Dominion Raceway. 

Three races into the 2024 season, McCarty is firmly in the championship fight. And even with a long way to go, that’s not a good sight for the rest of the Late Model Stock field. Nobody wins three championships in any series without being impressive at what they do. When McCarty is hot, there’s nobody better in Late Model Stock racing. 

McCarty is one of the biggest personalities in the sport – and the more the No. 6 finds victory lane, the more that personality gets to shine. McCarty showcases this through his weekly show Beers with Bobby with the help of Boo Carlisle.

This week, Beers with Bobby took place in victory lane, with a guest appearance from the winners trophy. 

🍺Beers with Bobby Notification🍺 If you would like to come have a Cold Beer with Me and The 3-Time @CARSTour Champion after the CARS Tour race at @hickoryspeedway tomorrow night. Join us approximately 45 minutes after the checkered flag falls in Turn 1 for filming. pic.twitter.com/HGGg796FfW — Boo Carlisle (@BooCarlisle) April 5, 2024

One Spot Short For Tyrrell

Tyrrell was oh-so-close to picking up his second CARS Tour win on Saturday, but ultimately came up one spot short of the top prize.

To find Tyrrell’s one previous victory in the series, you’d have to go all the way back to Tri-County Speedway in 2021. A lot has been made of Tyrrell and the No. 81 team’s winless drought, and Saturday night looked to be the night it would end. But it ultimately wasn’t meant to be, and Tyrrell was forced to settle for second. 

Tyrrell started his afternoon strong, qualifying fifth for the 125 lapper. Similar to McCarty, Tyrrell quickly jumped to the front early, charging from fourth to the lead in two laps to officially lead on lap 32. 

It wasn’t long afterward that Tyrell gave up the lead to a hard-charging Landon Huffman , allowing the No. 37 to fly by and settling in behind. Tyrell sat second at the first competition yellow. He remained in the top two for all but four of the remaining 80 laps, retaking the lead on lap 69 before giving it back up to Queen on lap 82.

The turning point of the race came on lap 87, when Queen and Tyrrell came to blows. Queen exited turn two as the race leader and appeared to fade low down the backstretch to protect the inside line into turn three. 

In that same moment, Tyrrell turned a big run into a dive bomb, over-driving the entry of the corner and sliding up into the door of Queen’s No. 03. The two made significant contact, sending both cars sideways before they both made the save. 

🚨 Tough break for @03Butterbean @CARSTour pic.twitter.com/rkx3Opk118 — FloRacing (@FloRacing) April 14, 2024

Little did they know, that would be the moment McCarty made the pass on Tyrrell for the win. Just laps later, the left rear on Butterbean’s car let go. McCarty drove off into the night with the victory, while Tyrrell’s late charge fell short. 

That second win for Tyrrell will have to wait for now, but one is definitely on the horizon. The No. 81 team has shown major improvements from last year, coming into the race at New River All-American less than ten points behind series leader Connor Hall . 

With Hall finishing third and third place points man McCarty taking the win, the three should be about even as the title battle begins to take shape. Tyrrell has shown top-10 speed in every race so far in 2024 and easily could have won Saturday night.

Don’t be surprised if the No. 81 group snaps the winless streak soon.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Returns. More to Come?

It goes without saying that Earnhardt is the people’s champion of NASCAR. But in his retirement from Cup racing, the beloved stock car star has developed that same title in the short track, grassroots world. 

If there’s any proof needed, look no further than the attendance Saturday night at New River All-American. According to the track, the facility was so overpopulated that they eventually had to shut the gates and start turning people away, because there was no more room on the property.

That’s the Earnhardt effect in full force. 

. @DaleJr qualifying for the @CARSTour race at @newriverswy pic.twitter.com/8HY8gRs4tm — Chase Folsom (@cfolsom_racing) April 13, 2024

On the race track, Earnhardt had an up-and-down night to say the least. The two-time Daytona 500 winner qualified his No. 3 all the way back in 21st, giving the fan favorite a steep uphill battle to navigate during the race. 

Earnhardt spent the first run feeling out the race car and managing his equipment, maintaining 21st when the first competition caution flew on lap 45. Plans changed for Earnhardt on the ensuing restart, as he began to drive to the front while others continued to manage their tires. 

The Kannapolis, N.C., native made it as high as 13th before things went south. A caution set up a restart with 74 laps to go. One lap later Earnhardt tried to take Huffman three wide on the entrance of turn three. He dove to the bottom of the corner, with Huffman in the middle and Bryce Applegate on the outside. 

Applegate didn’t get the three-wide message in time. He pinched off the nose of Huffman’s car and eventually sent Huffman’s No. 37 spinning sideways in the middle of turns 3 and 4. 

Just moments later, Earnhardt and the No. 3 drilled the side of the No. 37 machine, causing damage to the nose of Earnhardt’s Chevrolet. With a limited number of laps left, Earnhardt made one final charge forward to mitigate the damage, coming home in 14th. 

It’s been highlighted time and time again how big of an influence Earnhardt has on grassroots racing, between his own team, his ownership of the CARS Tour itself, or simply traveling to new short tracks to try his luck with the best Late Model Stock car drivers in the country. That’s exactly what Earnhardt did on Saturday night, at a track he’s never been to before. 

Earnhardt never truly got a chance to show how good his race car was due to the incident with Huffman. But knowing how strong he’s been late in the running at Florence Motor Speedway and North Wilkesboro over the past couple seasons, it wouldn’t have been a surprise to see the No. 3 near the front by race’ss end. 

As the dust settled on New River All-American Speedway, Earnhardt sat at the edge of his hauler sharing drinks with friends, team members, and competitors alike, spreading stories about the night and his late model past. 

Earnhardt mentioned post race that this won’t be his last time racing with the CARS Tour in 2024. JR Motorsports team announced earlier this week that he’ll be sporting the famed Sun Drop livery at Florence in August, driving. Sammy Smith will drive a No. 88 Cherry Lemon Sun Drop entry at North Wilkesboro. 

Earnhardt also mentioned that the team had a surprise driver announcement to come for the Wednesday, July 3 event at Caraway Speedway, and that he himself would be back in the car towards the end of July.

For those paying attention, it was Kyle Larson who ran that very same Caraway race for JR Motorsports in 2023. Earnhardt’s late July plans line up perfectly with the Hickory Motor Speedway throwback event for the CARS Tour. So both of these storylines are something to keep an eye on going forward. 

Race Results

• Bobby McCarty
• Mini Tyrrell
• Connor Hall
• Treyten Lapcevich
• Carson Kvapil
• Chad McCumbee
• Ryan Millington
• Landen Lewis
• Andrew Grady
• Isabella Robusto
• Brenden Queen
• Cody Dempster
• Dale Earnhardt Jr.
• Bryce Applegate
• Brent Crews
• Buddy Isles Jr.
• Jacob Heafner
• Brandon Pierce
• Paul Williamson
• Katie Hettinger
• Logan Clark
• Deac McCaskill
• Landon Huffman
• Ronnie Bassett Jr.

What’s Next?

The zMAX CARS Tour will now head to Orange County Speedway this Saturday, April 20, in Rougemont, NC. The event will mark the series’ first race at the track since 2021. Both the Pro Late Models and Late Model Stocks will be in action, be sure to catch all the coverage live on FloRacing.

About the author

Chase Folsom

Chase began working with Frontstretch in the spring of 2023 as a news writer, while also helping fill in for other columns as needed. Chase is now the main writer and reporter for Frontstretch.com's CARS Tour coverage, a role which began late in 2023.  Aside from racing, some of Chase's other hobbies include time in the outdoors hunting and fishing, and keeping up with all things Philadelphia sports related.

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NASCAR at Talladega odds, predictions, start time: Model unveils surprising 2024 GEICO 500 picks, leaderboard

Sportsline racing model simulated the 2024 geico 500 at talladega superspeedway 10,000 times and revealed its projected nascar leaderboard.

The 2024 GEICO 500 will take place on Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, and the 2.66-mile tri-oval is one of the premier tracks utilized in the NASCAR Cup Series. Its width and sweeping corners promote lightning-fast, side-by-side racing and the Next-Gen car has made fuel consumption and throttle control essential. William Byron won the last superspeedway race when he took the checkered flag at the Daytona 500 and Chevrolet has won three of the last four races at Talladega. 

However, three Fords top of the 2024 GEICO 500 odds, with Joey Logano listed as the 9-1 favorite followed by Brad Keselowski at 10-1 and Ryan Blaney at 11-1. Byron is one of four drivers listed at 12-1 in the 2024 NASCAR at Talladega odds with Sunday's race scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. ET. Before making any 2024 NASCAR at Talladega predictions, be sure to  see the latest 2024 GEICO 500 picks from SportsLine's proven projection model .

Developed by daily Fantasy pro and SportsLine predictive data engineer Mike McClure, this proprietary NASCAR prediction model simulates every race 10,000 times, taking into account factors such as track history and recent results.

McClure's model was red-hot in 2023, nailing Martin Truex Jr.'s Clash win (20-1) as well as his win in New Hampshire (11-2), Joey Logano's Duel win (8-1), Kyle Busch's Fontana victory (10-1), Denny Hamlin's triumph in Kansas (6-1) and Kyle Larson's wins at Martinsville (6-1) and the NASCAR All-Star Race (13-2). The model correctly predicted winners in two of the playoff races as well, with Ryan Blaney scoring a 12-1 payout at Talladega and Larson winning at 9-2 in Las Vegas. 

Then it called its first winner of the 2024 season with Larson in Las Vegas for a 21-5 payout and predicted Hamlin's wins in Bristol at 5-1 and Richmond at 17-4. It also impressively nailed five of Larson's wins during his historic season in 2021. All told, the model has nailed a whopping 18 winners since 2021, including nine last year and three in the first seven races this season. Anyone who followed its lead on those NASCAR picks saw huge returns.

Now, the model simulated the 2024 GEICO 500 10,000 times. Head to SportsLine to see the complete projected NASCAR at Talladega leaderboard .

Top 2024 GEICO 500 predictions

For the 2024 GEICO 500, the model is high on Christopher Bell, even though he's an 18-1 longshot in the latest 2024 NASCAR at Talladega odds. He's a target for anyone looking for a huge payday. The 29-year-old is now a seven-time winner in the NASCAR Cup Series and he's finished top four in the NASCAR standings each of the last two seasons.

Bell has already scored a victory that seems likely to get him into the 2024 NASCAR Playoffs but he'll be eager to turn things around after a couple of finishes outside the top 15 in his last two starts. He should have a strong superspeedway setup to work with after starting fourth, leading 22 laps and finishing third at the Daytona 500. He finished eighth in the spring race at Talladega last year and has led laps in five of his eight Cup starts there with two pole appearances. 

Another massive shocker: Joey Logano, a two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and the Vegas favorite, stumbles big-time and barely cracks the top five. There are far better values in the 2024 Talladega NASCAR starting lineup. The 33-year-old is starting to turn things around after a disastrous start to the season where he finished outside the top 20 in four of the first five races, finishing 11th or better in his last four starts.

However, he's still only 15th in the 2024 NASCAR standings and the three-time Talladega winner has had a very difficult time there in recent years. Logano has only finished inside the top 15 once in his last eight starts in Talladega and he's finished in a worse position then he's started in eight of nine races there.  See which other drivers to avoid and the rest of the projected NASCAR leaderboard at SportsLine .

How to make 2024 NASCAR at Talladega picks

The model is also targeting two other drivers with 2024 NASCAR at Talladega odds longer than 12-1 to make a serious run at the checkered flag. Anyone who backs these drivers could hit it big. You can see all of the model's NASCAR picks over at SportsLine .

So who wins the GEICO 500 2024, and which longshots are a must-back? Check out the latest 2024 NASCAR at Talladega odds below, then visit SportsLine now to see the full projected 2024 NASCAR at Texas leaderboard, all from the model that has nailed 18 winners, including three already this year .

2024 GEICO 500 odds, drivers, lineup

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Joey Logano 9-1 Brad Keselowski 10-1 Ryan Blaney 11-1 Bubba Wallace 12-1 William Byron 12-1 Denny Hamlin 12-1 Chase Elliott 12-1 Kyle Busch 15-1 Ross Chastain 18-1 Christopher Bell 18-1 Kyle Larson 18-1 Ty Gibbs 20-1 Chris Buescher 22-1 Alex Bowman 22-1 Tyler Reddick 22-1 Martin Truex Jr. 25-1 Erik Jones 28-1 Austin Cindric 30-1 Daniel Suarez 30-1 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 35-1 Chase Briscoe 35-1 Michael McDowell 35-1 Austin Dillon 40-1 Noah Gragson 40-1 Corey Lajoie 40-1 Todd Gilliland 45-1 Ryan Preece 60-1 Zane Smith 70-1 Justin Haley 70-1 Josh Berry 75-1 John Hunter Nemechek 75-1 Carson Hocevar 75-1 Shane Van Gisbergen 100-1 Daniel Hemric 100-1 Harrison Burton 100-1 Anthony Alfredo 250-1 Cody Ware 500-1 BJ McLeod 500-1

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