Larson and Christopher Bell made it past Briscoe in the final laps to finish second and third, with Briscoe coming home fourth and Tyler Reddick finishing fifth. Logano would parlay his strategy into a sixth place finish, with Alex Bowman seventh, Kyle Busch eighth, Ryan Preece ninth and Brad Keselowski rounding out the top 10.

Ryan Blaney could not have had a worse start to the penultimate round of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Late in Stage 1 of Sunday's South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Blaney's No. 12 Team Penske Ford blew a tire, leading to hard contact between Blaney's car and the outside wall.

Smith got pinched into the outside wall by John Hunter Nemechek on the first lap of a two-lap overtime restart following a spin for Carson Hocevar. As Smith’s car was pinned between Nemechek’s and the wall, the front end lifted off the ground and the car turned on its side and slid along the wall before it tumbled down the track to a stop.

Now, the final lap, this is where Leigh Diffey thrives. As we’ve seen over the past 20-something years that he’s called races in the United States, he always brings his A-game when the occasion warrants it. This was no exception when Chase Elliott snatched the win.

Zane Smith was uninjured in the crash, which saw his car ride along the wall on two wheels last weekend at Kansas Speedway.

Motorsport has always been a thrilling yet perilous sport, with high speeds and intense competition leading to numerous crashes over the years. While unfortunate, these incidents have often prompted significant advancements in safety regulations,