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For The 1st Time In 12 Years, Sean Wins Watkins Glen In Photo Finish

In the closing laps with all the strategy and fuel saving, it was hard to tell who was going to pull off a win and it looked like 4 people had a shot in the final laps but Sean came out on top by a single point over Lizzy. This is Sean's 2nd Win at Watkins Glen with his last coming in 2014, a year after his NPRS Championship. This is also Sean's 2nd win of the year. We are only one third of the way through the year but this is looking like Sean's best year in a very long time. All of Sean's season finishes have been 7th or worse since 2021 when he finished 2nd overall. After his win today he jumped up 5 spots in the standings from 9th to 4th. He will only be 16 points out of the lead when we head to the Coke 600 in a couple of weeks. But next up is the All Star Race and Sean is the 2 time defending All-Star Race Winner. Can he make it 3 in a row? This time it's at Dover for the 1st time.

Runner Up For Lizzy On Mother's Day

Believe it or not this was Lizzy's 1st podium finish in 8 races. Mrs. Consistency has fallen off as of late but she is still standing strong at 3rd place in the standings and will only be 13 points out of the lead when we get to the longest race of the year. Although she has been on a slight down slump, the good news is Brian & Brady have been struggling the same which is allowing others to catch the Top 3. Lizzy is one of many who will be searching for their 1st All Star Race Win next week at Dover.

Maigan Scores Podium And Gains More Ground On Leaders

Maigan was looking really good mid to late in the race but after some strategy calls and late drives she fell to 3rd overall behind Sean & Lizzy. Maigan was hoping for her 1st road course win but will have to wait a few more weeks to try again at Sonoma. Although Maigan lost a spot in the standings today to fall to 4th she still gained ground on the lead. She entered Watkins Glen 32 behind and is now 27 behind heading into All Star Week. Maigan also scored her 15th career stage win today and 1st of the season.

In Other News:

Brian's points lead grows from 5 to 7 over Brady and he will hold the lead at least until memorial day weekend as next week is a non points event.
Justin's winless streak grows to 28 races.
The battle for the CHASE cut line is insane.

Stephanie +5

Patrick +1

Tyson +1

Josh -1

Justin -6

Brian is the King Of The All Star Race With 8 Wins. Closest to him is Scott & Patrick with 3.
Tyson, Lizzy & Maigan have never won an all star race before.
Freedom Motorsports won the team battle this week and Part Time Garage moved to 2nd in the standings. Today was the 7th Race Win All Time for Part Time Garage.

All Star Race

It's time for the All Star Race.

Eligibility

You have to have a race win this year or last or a past Championship or All Star Win.

With this being the case and both Brady and Stephanie winning races this year, everyone will be eligible to participate.

Rules

Salary Cap Style Picks
You have to pick 5 drivers at or under $100 salary cap.
We will use the regular points system starting with 1st-55, 2nd-35, 3rd-34 ect.
The person who scores the most points with their 5 drivers will win the All Star Race and win $5 and bragging rights. There are no points awarded towards the season.
The 6th tiebreaker is whoever used the least amount of salary money for their 5 drivers.

The Year Long Drought Is Over

102nd Career Win

4th Texas Win

Patrick is no longer walking the year long ghost as he snaps the 36 race win-less streak at Texas. Patrick won in dominating fashion while avoiding chaos and disaster that struck everyone else. This win changes Patrick's entire season as he moves from last in points up to 6th and only now a few points out of the Top 4 in the standings as we race towards the summer stretch. Patrick also scored a stage win and additional points in the other stage bringing his week total to 59 points, 2 points shy of a perfect weekend. The 2024 Champion is back in the hunt and no more losing streak weighing on his shoulders.

Brady Scores 3rd Runner Up Of 2026

Brady continues to have a very impressive rookie season and scored another 2nd place finish. If he would have turned his runner up finishes into win he would be looking at 4 wins this year. The consistency is working out for him in recent weeks since his mistake at Bristol. Brady has cut Brian's points lead down to 5 points. Can he bring the fight to Brian at a road course next week and try to recapture the points lead?

Josh Scores 5th Podium Of Year

Josh finished on the podium for the 5th time this year, with 4 of those coming in the last 4 weeks. Josh is quietly climbing up the standings week to week. He is definitely a sleeper right now with 0 wins this year but at this moment a single win would bring him straight up to the Top 4 in points. He gained 1 more spot this week at Texas and is now 7th in points but the CHASE cut line is very tight right now. Josh is only 2 points above the cut line. Josh's Top 3 finish continues MAGA Motorsports recent momentum and their 3rd team win in the last 4 races. They have moved into 2nd place in the team standings as they try to chase down the 3 time team Champs FJBLGB Racing.

In Other News:

Sean was the biggest loser this week, finishing last place and dropping 3 spots to now on the outside of the cut line looking in.
Josh has the most road course wins all time with 12. Justin is close behind with 11. Will these 2 road course aces go head to head for their 1st win of the year? Justin has the most Watkins Glen wins with 6 to Josh's 4.
Jim only has 1 road course win on his resume which came at Watkins Glen last season and Maigan has yet to score a road course victory. Tyson & Lizzy have never won at the Glen before.
Patrick scored his 66th Career Stage Win, he is now 4 behind Justin for 4th place on the all time list.
Tyson scored his 37th Career Stage Win bringing him within 1 stage win of 6th place all time currently held by Sean.
Justin now has the longest losing streak at 27 races.
15 Races Until The CHASE

Maigan Loves Drafting Tracks, Scores 2nd Win of 2026

10th Career Win

3rd Talladega Win

Maigan continues to be dominant at drafting tracks. 5 of her 10 career victories have now come on drafting tracks at Talladega and Echo Park Speedway. This is her 3rd year in NPRS and her 3rd year winning a race at Talladega. Today was a close one at the end as she ended up beating Justin by 5 points thanks to the dark horse bonus points. She entered the race 59 behind in 9th place outside of the CHASE line and now she leaves Dega 5th place only 31 points back as we head to Texas. All of Maigan's wins have come on drafting tracks or speedways. Can she score her 1st short track or road course win this year? Maigan is now the 2nd person this year to score multiple race wins and 1 more win could bring her close to the points lead conversation.

First Podium Finish Of Year For Justin

Justin was so close to scoring his 1st win of the year and breaking a losing streak. Unfortunately he finished 2nd behind Maigan and the losing streak grows to 26 races. The good news is this was Justin's best finish of the year and a good points day. He also scored 2 stage points and helped his team win their 2nd team battle win in the last 3 weeks. MAGA Motorsports is trying to turn their season around. Justin entered this race 56 out of the lead and now leaves 46 behind but he did fall back below the CHASE line to 9th place after Maigan jumped up 4 spots.

Patrick Also Scores 1st Podium Finish Of Year

Patrick also scored his 1st podium of the year and his best finish of the year as MAGA Motorsports teammates finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively. Patrick has had a rough year but there is still plenty of time to turn it around and this race was a step in the right direction. He gained 7 points on the points lead and is now 63 behind but only 21 out of the cut line. A single win could change everything and he will be looking to do that next week at Texas. He has 3 career wins at Texas, his last coming in 2020. The losing streak has now hit a year, Patrick is walking that year-long ghost. The good news is he still has 13 races until he would hit the all time record.

In Other News:

Josh continues to come so close to victories this year. The end of the race was really going his way but he did not need a Hocevar win. Also Preece wrecked coming to the line and lost a lot of spots. Josh is heading to one of his best tracks next week at Texas where he has 11 wins, his last one came in 2019.
Sean's Talladega curse continues as he is now 0 for 25.
CHASE Cut Line-Josh currently holds the final CHASE spot by 4 points over his teammate Justin. Jim ^& Patrick also on the outside looking in. Jim is the defending race winner at Texas from last season.
FJBLGB Racing continues to lead the team standings, currently they have a 4 point lead over Part Time Garage. MAGA Motorsports trails by 5 points.
Sean scored his 38th career stage win. He is 10 stage wins away from tying Scott 5th all time in stage wins and 9 race wins away from tying Scott for 5th in all time wins. Sean will tie Kaylin for next gen stage wins when he scores his next one.
Josh scored his 1st stage win of the year, 102nd All Time. 19 ahead of 2nd place Brian. In the next gen category he is 10 stage wins above 2nd place Justin.
Brian has a target on his back and almost everyone gained ground on him at Dega as he suffered his worst finish of the year with a 10th place result.

Stephanie Is An NPRS Race Winner!

1st Career Win In 9th Career Race

Stephanie kicked off her rookie campaign with a win in the CLASH but that doesn't count as a race win. Now after a late race battle in Kansas she pulled off a race victory by 15 points over 2nd place Jim. She started the season off strong but in recent weeks has took a fall down the standings. This is the kickstart she needed to get back in the points battle. This win moves her up 4 positions from 8th to 4th and she will be only 7 points out of the Top 3 as we head to Talladega. We now have had our two different rookies win races in the 1st 9 races of the season. Congrats to Stephanie for becoming an NPRS Winner.

Being a single member team, she also won the team battle for her team Moore Odds Racing along with the 1st win ever for this team.

Not A Win But A Band-Aid On A Bad Year

Jim hasn't had a great year and he has been under the CHASE cut line for some time now. Kansas was a good race for him in the past so he had a lot of hope for this weekend and even though he failed to win, a runner up finish is a nice change of pace. This is his best finish since Race #2 of the year at Atlanta. Jim did not move up any in the standings but he gained ground on those ahead of him. He is now only 1 point behind Maigan and 4 points behind Justin who currently holds the final spot in the CHASE field. Can Jim turn this good finish into a momentum swing for his 2026 season?

2 Stage Wins & Podium For Brady

Brady had a very strong week at Kansas, scoring both stage wins to bring his season total to 4 which is tied for the most with the other rookie Stephanie. He also finished Top 3 and recovered nicely after missing the race deadline last week at Bristol. Brady moves 1 spot this week to the runner up spot 15 behind Brian. Both rookies off to an impressive start in the Top 4 in points as we hit the 25% mark on the season.

In Other News:

Patrick's losing streak grows to 35 races. Patrick will look forward to our anniversary race next week at Dega to break the streak.
Dark Horse Drivers will be updated this week before we arrive to Talladega based on the current points standings for the next 9 races before we will reset it once again.
Maigan was the biggest loser this week dropping 2 spots to 9th in the standings on the outside of the CHASE field.
Stephanie won the battle of the rookies this week but Brady is still winning the war in the battle for rookie of the year.
Talladega is our anniversary race where NPRS started way back in 2005. 757 Races & Counting
Josh has the most Talladega wins all time with 10. Maigan has won 1 race at Talladega in each of the last 2 seasons. Can she make it 3 Dega Wins in her 3rd season?

Brian Wins 12th Career Bristol Race

122nd Career Win

The defending Champion just took control with his 3rd win of the year. This means he has won nearly 40% of the races this year. He started out slow and the 1st couple wins helped him recover but now being already 3rd in the standings, this win stands out and moves him into the points lead for the 1st time in 2026. He won by 7 points over Sean in 2nd place and will leave Bristol with the largest points lead anyone has had this year so far at 17 points over his teammate Lizzy. Not only has Brian won 3 races out of the 1st 8 but his 3 wins have came in the last 6. Lizzy is still strong this year and Brady screwed up missing the deadline this week but Brian is on top right now and the target is back on him again like it was in 2025. This was Brian's 12th win at Bristol, only the 2nd time someone has scored 12 wins at a single track. No one has ever won 13 races at a track. Will Brian continue the momentum next week in Kansas as we move back to a mile and half track after 2 weeks of short tracks. Brian also scored his 1st stage win of the year at Bristol.

Runner Up For Sean While His Teammate Stumbles

Sean was the only one to correctly pick the race winner this week and while that bonus helped him, it wasn't enough to pull off the race win. He finished 2nd but scored the 4th most points this week. Sean was still able to move up 1 spot in the standings to 4th, 13 points behind his teammate Brady for 3rd place. Brady stumbled this week by becoming the 1st one this year to miss the prediction deadline and scored last place points. The good news for Brady is he had a nice season going and only fell 2 spots in the standings. This week at Bristol was the most points Sean had scored since his win at Phoenix earlier this year.

4 Straight Podiums For Josh

Josh is on a huge momentum swing right now after a rough start to the year. He went back above the CHASE cut line a few weeks ago and now he continues to slowly climb his way up the standings. He gained 2 positions in the standings and is now 6th place as we head to Kansas. The only thing Josh is lacking this year is a victory and he has came very close and as long as he continues to finish Top 3, the win will come soon. In team news, this week was the 1st time all year that MAGA Motorsports won the team battle with finish positions of 3rd, 4th, and 5th. This team is on the struggle bus this year but trying to turn it around. Both of Josh's teammates Justin & Patrick are both still below the CHASE cut line after 8 races. Josh has his sights set on next week at Kansas where he has 8 wins all time which is double the amount that anyone else has. He has also won 3 straight fall races at Kansas.

Team Standings After Bristol

1st-FJBLGB Racing 29

2nd-Part Time Garage 26

3rd-MAGA Motorsports 22

4th-Freedom Motorsports 22

5th-Moore Odds Racing 21

In Other News:

After Kansas next week we will redo the dark horse driver list based on the current points standings. Up to race 9 we have been using last year's points.
Patrick's losing streak grows to 34 races, just a few weeks from hitting a full year.
Stephanie has 2 straight finishes of 10th or worse and has fallen to the CHASE bubble spot. Can she turn it back around and get her rookie season back on track?
6th to 9th in the standings is separated by only 6 points.
Jim finished 6th at Bristol but thanks to 5 stage points, he walked away with the 2nd most points scored this weekend. He moved from 14 behind the cut line to only 9 back now heading to Kansas.
Justin scores a much needed Top 5 after a horrible month of no Top 5 finishes and 2 last place finishes.
Talladega is just 2 weeks away and that could cause some chaos.

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