The 2025 NASCAR season is fast approaching.
This Sunday, the season starts with the Cook Out Clash at the Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, in North Carolina (8 p.m. He on Fox and Fox Sports App), with Daytona 500 to follow two weeks later (February 16 at 3.30 p.m. he on Fox).
In this spirit, Kevin Harvick, Kaitlyn Vincie and Fox Sports Motorsports, Bob Pockrass, each have a prediction for the 2025 season on the last edition of “Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour”.
Kevin Harvick: Kyle Larson–Christopher Bell Rivalry will intensify
What Harvick said: “I think that the rivalry of Larson-Bell is something we all hope, but has much more opportunities to be in more places than Nascar. Chile Bowl already had this, the microphones and all that They have run has a little of this spice that I think is the ability to see this on a track track. “
Background: On January 4, Bell preceded Larson by a tenth of a second in the Tulsa shooting, a micro -print race event. This is not the first time that Larson, champion of the 2021 Cup series, has cut in other racing forms, when he finished 18th in the 2024 Indianapolis 500 – then a few hours later, tried to also run in Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, which Bell ironically won over in a race that has rain.
Larson and Bell had competitive campaigns in 2024, the first winning six races and displaying the first 15 top-five and the second winning three races and displaying the first 15 top-five. That said, they all came just Unless one championship, while Joey Logano amazed the field in the NASCAR qualifiers to win his third championship.
Kaitlyn Vincie: Shane Van Gisbergen Will win several races in the series of cups
What Vincie said: “I just have the impression that there is a lot of momentum in this team. I like energy. I like his attitude. He told you that he did not even set objectives for the ‘Year.
Background: Van Gisbergen emerged on the Nascar stage in 2023, starting two races and winning his first, being the street race of Chicago. Last season, he appeared in 12-cuts in the series, displaying two top-10. Van Gisbergen mainly spent the 2024 season in the Xfinity series, winning three races, displaying seven top-five and 10 top-10.
Van Gisbergen, 35, who was previously winner of the Supercars Championship in Australia, is part of Team Trackhouse.
Bob Pockrass: Connor Zilisch will end up in the victory path
What Pockrass said: “The way he won Watkins Glen in his first Xfinity race (impressed me), and I know it’s a huge jump from Xfinity to the Cup … (but) he is really good on the courses Road.
Background: Zilisch will make his series debut of cuts in n ° 87 for Trackhouse in Cota. He will participate full time in the XFINITY series for JR MOTORSPORTS.
Zilisch, 18, started six races during the 2024 truck series season and four races in the Xfinity series. In particular, Zilisch won his first Xfinity race, which was in Watkins Glen International, and experienced three top-five.
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