Mike Joy breaks silence on absence from FOX NASCAR – Sports News
Mike Joy has dismissed faux rumors that FOX Sports relieved him of his NASCAR duties after being absent from the commentary sales space on Saturday at Kansas Speedway. Joy was a noticeable absence from the FOX sales space, the place he is spent the previous 25 NASCAR seasons.
In place of Joy, NASCAR legend Kevin Harvick took on the play-by-play duties. Rumors swirled on social media that Joy had been dismissed by Fox, with one account claiming he was relieved of his duties for “incorrect statements on-air.” However, the legendary voice of NASCAR shortly cleaned up the faux information.
“Sigh. Anonymous BS clickbait. See you tomorrow on @FS1,” Joy stated on social media platform X. Hendrick Motorsports star Kyle Larson took pole place for Sunday’s race forward of Chris Buescher and Christopher Bell. Larson will look to defend his win from a 12 months in the past, which ended up being one of the closest finishes in NASCAR Cup Series historical past.
The one-time Cup Series champ will launch a second attempt at “the Double,” the place he’ll attempt to run each lap of the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on the identical day, Memorial Day weekend. However, Larson is not pondering of the IndyAutomotive-NASCAR double at current – he is centered on profitable within the Cup Series.
“I haven’t really thought about it much at all. Just kind of been excited about these upcoming races and tracks we can run well at,” Larson stated. “I think once the checkered flag flies here at Kansas, I’ll be excited about Indy, because I’ll be headed to Indy.”
Larson snatched pole regardless of struggling a heavy crash in Sprint Cars at Lakeside Speedway within the High Limit Racing sequence Friday evening. “It’s been a bit busy for me here, just with a lot of racing I’ve done,” stated Larson.
“With Indy, I haven’t done a whole lot, but there’s not much you can do studying wise. You can watch film, which I will and all that, but for Indy you have a lot of time really.
“So I think once you get in the car and understand the balance of the car, you can pick apart studying and you know, where your strengths and where your weaknesses are.”
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Larson has two wins this season, coming at Bristol and Homestead-Miami. NASCAR rival Ryan Blaney doesn’t see many flaws in the Hendrick Motorsports star.
Blaney will keep a close eye on Larson’s double attempt, but he has outlined how far up the standings he’ll be happy to see him finish. “I thought it was really cool last year. He did a really good job there until he sped on pit road,” Blaney stated, with Team Penske and Arrow McLaren rivals in IndyAutomotive and Larson working for the latter.
“I’m sure he will be in contention, but yeah, Penske loyalty. I want him to run fourth. But you do root for him because he’s representing us.”
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