{
  "id": 2705936,
  "title": "Ryan Preece needs a home run to make NASCAR Chase",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/ryan-preece-needs-a-home-run-to-make-nascar-chase",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-23T03:04:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
    "slug": "motorsport-com",
    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/ryan-preece-needs-a-home-run-to-make-nascar-chase-/10848473/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ryan Preece finds himself in a tight spot in NASCAR's Chase for the Championship. He is currently 50 points behind Shane Van Gisbergen and 25 points behind SVG’s Trackhouse No. 97 in the owner's championship. After a driver's penalty at Texas earlier this season, Preece's car is only 25 points behind SVG’s car in the owner's chase. Preece believes that to make the Chase, a home run is needed - either a qualifying position at the front or a lot of stage points. He feels confident at home track, New Hampshire, and is optimistic about the short track program for Ford.",
  "summary": "Ryan Preece, driver of the No. 60 Ford for Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing, is on the bubble for making the NASCAR Chase. He is currently 50 points behind Shane van Gisbergen for the final spot in the Chase with two races remaining in the regular season.\n\nPreece and his crew chief have acknowledged that they need a strong performance, with Preece saying \"We need a home run. That's the plan.\" According to Motorsport.com, this was a literal conversation between Preece and his crew chief.\n\nPreece, a native of Berlin, Connecticut, has been racing with his family-owned team at minor league events in the region, including a Modified Series race at New Hampshire. He has a close-knit crew with local roots, and has chosen to embrace the attention and pressure of racing around his hometown crowd rather than blocking it out.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}