Austin Hill is one of the drivers involved in the big incident. The hosts say he makes contact during a restart that leads to more cars getting collected.
“Three wide” is when three cars try to drive next to each other at the same time. It’s risky because there’s less space if someone makes a mistake or takes a slightly different line.
A pit stop is when the race car pulls into the pit lane to get serviced—usually new tires and sometimes fuel. When that happens at the right time, it can help a driver get back to the front.
Naval Base Coronado is a U.S. Navy installation in the San Diego area. In this segment, the hosts are broadcasting from there for the event, which is notable because it frames the race as a special “first” at a military base venue.
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Humvee
A “Humvee” is a military off-road vehicle used to move people and equipment. The host is just describing that Corey Hime is getting around in one on base.
“Tire went down” means the tire lost air or failed. When that happens, the car can’t grip as well, and it can cost you the race—especially near the end.
A road course is a race track that’s shaped more like normal roads, with lots of turns. It’s different from oval tracks where cars mostly drive left turns.
The Ford Ranger is a midsize pickup truck. It’s usually used for work or everyday driving, but in racing or track events it can be modified to handle turns and faster driving. The podcast mention suggests someone is doing well with a Ranger on a road course.
In NASCAR points racing, a “cushion” is the gap between a driver and their closest rivals in the standings. Building a cushion means extending that points/position advantage so it’s harder for others to catch up before the season ends.
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piledrove
They’re using “piledrove” to mean a really hard, violent crash—like one car hits another with a lot of force. It’s meant to sound more serious than a normal bump.
Kevin Magnuson is the driver blamed for the wreck. The hosts are saying he made contact in a way that looked intentional, and he even seemed to admit it afterward.
Pit Road is the special lane on the track where race teams pull in to change tires and do quick work. The car has to follow rules there, like where it can drive and how fast it can go.
If a tire comes loose, the wheel isn’t attached correctly to the car. The driver may have to drive very carefully back to the pits, because it can affect control and safety.
Running on three wheels means the car is missing one wheel/tire and is effectively operating with reduced stability and braking/steering balance. NASCAR rules and safety procedures typically require the driver to get back to the pits as quickly as possible to avoid further damage or loss of control.
Caution flags are when the race slows down because something unsafe happened on the track. Everyone has to drive slower until the track is clear again.
“Wall broke” describes a crash where a car hits the track barrier hard enough to damage or displace it. On street courses especially, barrier failures can create dangerous debris and force teams to adapt quickly.
A manhole cover is an access hatch in the roadway, and on street circuits it can become a hazard if it’s misaligned, loose, or simply in the wrong place for a car’s suspension travel. Impacts can unsettle the car and lead to damage or handling problems.
A “temporary set up” means the track is modified for that event using things like barriers and layout changes. It can change how the race drives and how teams prepare their cars.
“Track layout” is the exact way the course is drawn—where the turns and straight sections are. If it changes, teams often have to adjust their car and how they drive.
Shane van Gisbergen is a driver known for road courses. The hosts say he had a rough day but still has a chance to make the playoffs because he’s strong at tracks like Sonoma.
Sonoma is a famous race track in California that’s set up like a road course. It has challenging corners and elevation changes, so results can be surprising.
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May be sooner than some expected, but after 13 races in the NASCAR Cup Series, it is
officially Hime Time as Corey Hime wins the Andreal 250 at Naval Base Coronado.
I am Eric Schneck here with another episode of the stock car scoop here for frontstretch.com.
Joining me tonight is esteemed co-host, nobody. And why is there nobody joining me tonight? Well,
I went ahead and made the executive decision, because one, the race ended a bit later than
normal on this Sunday evening, and two, it is also Father's Day. So I didn't want to bother any of
the other dads in the frontstretch.com world and let them enjoy time with their families and
figured I would steer the ship. So steer this ship solo this evening. So first and foremost,
happy Father's Day to everybody in the frontstretch.com universe and happy Father's Day to everybody
who is watching this video. We really appreciate it. And of course, joining me later tracks,
I will be Dalton and Brian. So I'm not alone for this entire thing. But once again, this week,
our primary focus is the Andreal 250 at Naval Base Coronado where Corey Hime scored his first
Cup Series victory out dueling 2311 teammate Tyler Reddick to win his first ever Cup Series
start. Top five on Sunday was once again, Corey Hime with the victory second place,
Bubba Wallace, third place Corey, rather third place Kyle Larson, fourth place Zane Smith,
who had an incredible impressive run all day today, and fifth place A.J. Aubendair. Now,
I just said earlier that Corey Hime outdueled his 2311 teammate Tyler Reddick for the victory,
and that is true. After Corey Hime passed him for what was the race winning past,
Tyler Reddick blew a tire. So Tyler Reddick actually ended up finishing, I have the results
right here. Tyler Reddick ended up finishing 25th. So he went from a second place finish to a 25th
place finish in a snap of a finger. Impressive, impressive day for Corey Hime. A shock victory.
I don't think anybody had Corey Hime winning his first career race on their theoretical bingo car
today. However, Corey Hime was not the only major story from today's race as there was the big one.
Stage two on a restart, Austin Hill got into Connor Zillich, who then collected SVG and then
donated from the race at that accident very, very early on. SVG was distraught, could not believe
that his day ended so suddenly on Sunday afternoon. Just a basically just a racing deal.
A lot of the blame on the Hill SVG Zillich accident went on Austin Hill and Austin Hill took the
blame himself. But kind of everybody missed the corner. It's like SVG followed Hill into the corner
in my opinion. He was attempting to make it three wide at one point. He backed out of it and still
ended up following Hill into the corner, which Hill overshot and it was calamity. So Hill rather
SVG was by far the odds on favor to win this race and was having a standard SVG day started on the
pole, led some laps, lost the lead, was able to charge back through to the front after pit stops,
etc, etc, etc. And then ended up crashed, very hard crashed, to be honest, and of no fault of
his own. So a very difficult day from or for SVG. But like I said earlier, I am not alone. I will
be joined by my esteemed colleagues, Dalton Hopkins and Brian Nolan, who are at Naval Base
Coronado. They got all of their clearances. They passed all the tests and they were able to make
it onto the base in every portal role. Brian and Dalton, give us your thoughts live from Naval Base
Coronado. Greetings from a windy San Diego as the first ever Naval Base San Diego race has
included. Look right behind us, right there. You see that? Here comes the conquering hero right
now, actually. And there goes Corey Hime. Just on a Humvee. Just normal Sunday for him. After the
13th start of his career, he ends up in Victory Land, Dalton. I don't think anyone could have
expected that. That was down on my bingo card, buddy. Yeah, for the record, we're totally just
adlibbing. We didn't do any discussion before this. Which is why I was a little bit of a funky intro,
but you know, it's okay. Corey just got in a Humvee and we're just like, we gotta go right now. We
are really incredible weekend. This really was. Honestly, I know that, yes, it had its growing
pains and you saw on Twitter people complaining about the waiting lines and people complaining
about the shuttles. But at the end of the day, it was still a success. We saw three good races,
some better than a couple better than others, but at the end, actually some fun racing. This
course itself produced a really, really great event. And I'm so happy that we were able to be
here. I mean, it could be once in a lifetime, Dalton, as a former or a current military yourself.
I know this was a dream come true, even though it wasn't on an Army base. It was on a Navy base.
But you know, would that be instead, let's dive on into this day. Because in incredible day,
the atmosphere was packed. It was a beautiful day, maybe one cloud in the sky.
And we all expected it would be SVG. And you know what? It did until one restart and all hell
broke loose. And who was it? Big country himself, Mr. Austin Hill. After he complimented Sam Mayer
saying, you know, turn one is a blind corner. He did the exact same thing Mayor did one day later
and wrecked SVG. Yeah, this was how fitting, how ironic that that's the way it played out.
That the yesterday's winner ends up causing the biggest wreck and also ends up taking out probably
the biggest favorite of the race and not if not probably is the biggest favorite of the race.
And it's really funny that we talked about this yesterday and yesterday's PRC. We kind of you
brought up the fact, you know, what if SVG crashes? Who's the favorite? If that happens,
and we both kind of agreed, like if SVG gets taken out, this race gets blown wide open.
Who can win this? And what do you know? We got a real big surprise winner out of it. So
incredible. Exactly what we thought would happen if SVG got taken out of it and Conor
Soich got taken out of it too, which was probably the secondary favorite. I think Reddick was
probably the tertiary favorite. And then he was leading until his tire went down with two laps
to go. Heim passed him before that. But regardless, it was incredible. Yeah, a really, really,
really interesting turn of events. I mean, the final laps they were going by, by
was between 2311, Tyler Reddick, Corey Heim. And what Corey Heim did was just master was a master
class. He was getting closer and closer. And when the time struck Dalton,
he found a way to get it done. And then Shabbo off Tyler Reddick had a mistake, had to come in,
had to settle for an unfortunate position, which closes his point lead to Denny Hamlin. I think
it's under 10. Correct me if I'm wrong in the comments, obviously, you know, they will. But
I mean, a turn of events for Tyler Reddick when he thought he was going to win to under 10 deficit
in the or 10 lead against Denny Hamlin. I mean, this could have a ginormous effect on the regular
season championship as well, Dalton. Yeah. And this was unfortunate because Tyler Reddick, this was
a really good chance for Tyler to increase that lead because we know he's a good road course
ranger. So we thought that maybe this weekend he could increase that. What a coda. Yes, he
won a coda. Right. I mean, he could build that cushion up, just bring that cushion back up a
little bit more over Denny and for a second, it really thought that he was going to win this race.
It really seemed like he was going to win this race. And two road courses in a row was a great
opportunity for him. And then it just got wasted. And I try to talk to him after the race. I'll be
honest with you. I'm not sure if our team uploaded it just because it was so short. And I said,
hey, look, if you guys don't want to use this, it's up to you because it's only 35 seconds,
but it's Tyler Reddick extremely upset. You can really tell he's very forlorn. He's really,
really frustrated with how the day ended. So. And I mean, shout out to Mama Nolan. Mama Nolan
always said, if you don't have anything good to say, don't say it at all. And I guess 35 seconds
was as much as he slipped. Yeah. Yeah. Another person that was very upset. I think the driver
of the number four car, Mr. Noah Gregson. For those that did not see Noah Gregson got absolutely
just piledrove into one of the walls by forming the one driver, Mr. Kevin Magnuson.
After the race, he was not happy and showed his displeasure with the number 91 driver.
Yeah. Yeah. Just to set things up, I mean, according to Kevin Magnuson,
Noah Gregson was kind of racing him pretty roughly, pretty aggressively the entire race.
And then it just, I think it all just kind of accumulated up to that point where
Magnuson, I mean, there's no ifs, ands, or buts about it. He dumped Noah Gregson. There is no,
there's nothing in between. He absolutely wrecked him on purpose. And in fact, he kind of admitted
it to be honest, because when Noah confirmed him, he said, F round and find out. So that's
pretty American answer from the Dane. So that was pretty interesting. But yeah, Noah
said outside of the Care Center, he said, you know, this is these open wheel guys,
they come in, they use us up all the time, and then they drive in so deep in the corner, which is,
I thought pretty ironic considering you would think that the NASCAR guys would be doing that.
But and then he confronted him after the race, you can go check out that video on frontstarch.com.
You can check out Noah's video after the Care Center. And at the end of it, if you watch it
again at the end of it, he says, you'll see, which is kind of, you know, shadowing, foreshadowing of
what was going to happen. And then he went out to confront Kevin Magnuson, and you can check out
that Noah basically just asked him over and over again. Quite a bit of some F-bombs in there.
A lot of F-bombs. your description advice, but the F is your problem. That was the
question that kept getting asked. And then you can check out, you caught up with Noah Grexon
afterward. Let's just say he was still unhappy. More F-bombs were thrown. So check that out,
frontstarch, our YouTube channel, youtube.com, slash frontstarch. Last but not least, I mean,
I saw Steve Laletta from 2311 on Pit Road. This might have been one of the greatest days of his
life. First, second, I think eighth, and then it could have been all top ten. But at one point,
it was 123 and five. I mean, 2311, especially in Bubble Wallace, two laps down,
comes back, not the best road course racer. I mean, it's spotter, Ferdy Kraft calls him
Emerson for Emerson photo potty. Not the best with pronunciation. But I mean, the guy finished
second. And when he first started, he was a terrible road racer. This is like a win for him.
It really is. I mean, we mentioned Redick, who is a good road racer, didn't paint out the way he
wanted. We haven't mentioned Herps, but eighth place, Shadow Riley Herps, eighth place, matches
his best career finish. So he actually got caught up with Em too, so you can check that out. And
then we, of course, already mentioned Corey Heim, who is surprised. He won. He won, yes. In case you
didn't know that. I mean, you saw him, you know, on top of an armored vehicle just now, but right
there, right there. But we got to bring him up above the walls because of what he had to go through.
And yes, I think it was lap 18. His tire came loose after a pit stop. And then he had to limp
it back to pit road with three wheels. Of course, the rules say that you have to get held by two
laps. So this is a long ass track. So he has to wait 10 whole minutes before he can actually
get back out onto the racing surface. And once he does, there's some caution flags. He's able to
get his lap back. He has to work hard to kind of make his way through the field. There's a
high attrition rate. And at the end of the day, everybody that sees kind of parted by the same
time, there was a lot of grit there, and Bubba Wallace finishes second. And, you know, you would
think that he would be thankful after everything that occurred. Just be thankful to be having a
top five finish. No, he was actually pretty frustrated. As a matter of fact, you were the one
who caught up with him. Yeah, he was mad. Like, obviously, he's happy for Corey Heim, but like,
he was really, really pissed. Also, I think that says something that he thinks he can win our
road course, which is wild to think that 23 maybe last year, he was out to lunch.
Corey Heim isn't in this race. He does win on a road course. Which is bonkers to even think about.
But besides this podcast, I listened to a podcast called Pardon My Take. And every single week
during the summer, they have something called Grit Week. And what Bubba Wallace showed was he
had grit today. He never gave up. And I think, about 345 years ago, he would have
given up. Yeah, it's, look, there's a lot of frustration. He carries a lot of frustration.
You can tell he wears this emotion on his sleeve. And he even said the thing that really stuck with
me at the very end was what he said. And he said, I'm tired of asking what if. And because there
has been a lot of moments where he's come so close to winning these races. And he only has three cup
series wins in his career when really, arguably, it should be more just because of how close he's
come. So to have a performance like that here today, not only the fact that after going two laps
down and losing a wheel, but also on a type of course that he's not very good at, really goes
to show that he has gotten a lot better. And the performance in the number 23 car is pretty strong.
But he still wants more. And who could blame him? Every driver hates finishing second.
I mean, especially when you have a teammate that's won five times this year, and then another
teammate that is just won. A part-time teammate that's now won. Exactly. So I mean, he is probably
itching at the at the limb. Looking forward to going to Chicago because, I mean, Sonoma,
you get out of there with top 10, you're going to feel like a win. But it has been an incredible
weekend. I mean, shout out to everybody here at Coronado. It's my first time on a Navy base, on a
military base. It was awesome. It was something I'll never forget. I mean, this is normal for Dalton,
but it was really cool. And we don't know if this will come back. What we've been hearing is
maybe a familiar street course will be back next year. So we'll have to wait and see there. But
Dalton, if this was the final time, it was sure one hell of a race. It really was. And it almost,
as great as this was, and I'll reference what Ben Kennedy said to the media after the race,
in which was we would love to come back, but we're cognizant that this is an active military base.
And in fact, it's probably one of the most active military bases, probably one of those prominent
military bases in the country. So, yeah, to have this even in the first place is really just mind
blowing. The fact that they were able to pull this off. I mean, the logistics behind it, yeah,
there were again, there were some growing pains, but the fact that they were able to pull this off,
I mean, we're sitting next to a hangar, a Seahawk hangar, where they had the driver's meeting and
Corey Hunt apparently just can waltz in on a Humby. So this was a successful weekend. I know
it wasn't perfect. I know there were some moments where the wall broke and the manhole cover,
you know, Corey Day's car, but you know, but it's their first race. It's their first time doing
anything like this. And the thing is, they learned. I mean, and Austin Hill hit the wall and turned
on and the wall was fine. It's the same thing. thing as the Chicago Street Race.
Remember when they first did that? You were there and everybody was saying, we cannot do this again
because of the rain and the logistics and the fans being upset. It happened three times. It rained
all three times. It did rain all three times. And then they come back the next year and the year
after that and they got better and better and better, except for putting us in a parking garage
last year. But that was not good. I digress. They got better and better. And as time went on,
everyone kind of seems like the overall vibe is everyone wants to go back to that street force
because it was a really good track. It was a great course. So I would like to see this again in
the future. I am doubtful that it will happen again. If it does happen again, I don't think it's
going to be next year. I think they're going to have to give the Navy some breathing space. But
it does at least show that NASCAR can really do a lot of things with this temporary set up and move
kind of track layout, team design that they got going on. It's incredible. I mean, it's wild.
It feels like the sky is the limit. I don't think we're going to go to the moon, but you know.
Well, the moon, I guess the moon is above the sky. We're not going to do conspiracy theories. If
you want more, listen to Michael Massey on Happy Hour. Michael Massey on Happy Hour is the king
of conspiracy theories. And apparently this one's going to be not far off. But Dalton, it was a
pleasure, my friend. Check out his articles on frontstretch.com. Check out my videos on youtube.com
slash frontstretch and check out both of us on Happy Hour on Tuesday on youtube. Mr. Preston
Pardis, driver of the number 50 car will be joining us on Tuesday. It's going to be fun. Eric,
it is always a pleasure, my friend, sending it back to you to sign off. Appreciate you, bro.
Welcome back. Thank you, Brian and Dalton. One more thing I want to touch on before
moving my focus to next weekend at Sonoma is the event in general,
positive all around. On Saturday, there were some reports that some fans had a very hard time
accessing food or incredibly long lines to enter the facility, et cetera, et cetera. It seems like
all of those problems were addressed. I didn't see nearly as many rumblings on the internet of
vendors running out of food or there being multiple hour long lines
to access the facility, et cetera. So, all in all, positive, positive event for NASCAR.
Ben Kennedy hit us with these factoids, which I thought were worth wild sharing, 125,000 total
weekend attendance. So, over the three days, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 125,000 total people.
That's a pretty good number, no matter how you slice it. Fans came from 50 states and 17 countries
and 67% were first time NASCAR ticket buyers. Now, of course, they haven't gone to San Diego much
if that effort. So, that might make somewhat sense, but yeah, 50 states, 17 countries,
and 67% of the fans first time NASCAR ticket buyers. That's fantastic.
11% higher for female attendees compared to any other NASCAR event.
The ladies love Naval Springs Coronado and three times the number of Hispanic attendees compared
to other NASCAR events. So, a round of applause. Pat yourself in the back, NASCAR. Fantastic,
fantastic event at Naval Base Coronado. Of course, they were asked very quickly
if they would consider coming back next year, and they say that they would consider it, but
however, it is an active military base, and they have to keep that into consideration, right?
That it's an active military base. So, not for sure if they're coming back last year,
but a lot of people predicted this race to be, pardon my French, a bit of a shit show. It was
anything but. So, fantastic race from Naval Base Coronado. All right, let's take a look at the NASCAR
point series where Tyler Redick has an eight-point Vic lead over Denny Hamlin. Tyler Redick is 354
to Denny Hamlin's 346. They have Denny Blaney in third, 221. Larsen, 174. Ty Gibbs, 173. You're
top five. Now, on the bubble, 15th, we have Austin Cindrick, 16th, we have Brian Priest,
and then, who we just talked about his terrible day, Shane Van Giesberg, and officially out
of the top 16, and he is in 17th to five points out of the playoff spot. So,
road courses, road course lives do matter in this world, and SVG is going back to one next
week at Sonoma where he already has a win notched under his belt. So, all is not lost for SVG yet.
He could very easily make it into the chase for the NASCAR Cup playoffs. Next week, we are
heading to Sonoma where, like I said, once again, Shane Van Giesberg and the defending race winner
of Sonoma. So, back-to-back road courses, which I think is pretty interesting, especially this
late in the year. I'm not sure if I'm the biggest fan, but hey, we'll take what we can get, right?
So, anyway, like I said, this was going to be a short episode of this car scoop, and I held
up my end of the bargain on that. So, thank you once again for watching and listening,
and tune in whenever you can find your favorite podcast.
About this episode
Corey Hime’s first Cup Series win at the Andreal 250 at Naval Base Coronado kicks off the recap, followed by a Stage two restart that snowballs into a multi-car wreck. Tyler Reddick’s late tire failure and Heim’s pass reshape the finish, while the points picture tightens. The hosts also dig into a heated post-race moment involving Noah Gregson, plus pit-road trouble and a road-course weekend full of attrition. They wrap with street-course logistics, fan demographics, and a look ahead to Sonoma.
