NASCAR Results Today: Blaney beaten at Bristol as playoff star ELIMINATED after scary fire

The first and second stages of the NASCAR Cup Series playoff eliminator at Bristol Motor Speedway are in the books, and it’s Ty Gibbs who leads at the halfway stage.

With 250 laps of the scheduled 500 complete, Gibbs took the green and white checkered flag after a late sprint to the line in the Bass Pro Shops Night Race, edging Team Penske star Ryan Blaney.

In what has been a chaotic first half of the race due to dramatic tire falloff, Blaney emerged victorious in stage one in a reverse scenario to the above, with the No. 12 beating Gibbs in a photo finish on that occasion to add a crucial playoff point to his postseason tally.

Blaney is also now through to the Round of 12 with the points he has collected tonight.

Talking of points, Josh Berry's playoff run is over for 2025. The Wood Brothers Racing star was already massively up against it heading into the race, sitting bottom of the playoff standings. However, a scary fire that saw him engulfed in smoke inside the cockpit ended his race early after 75 laps.

Thankfully, Berry has since been cleared by the infield medical center, but his DNF does confirm his elimination from the playoffs at the Round of 16 stage.

Elsewhere, since the end of stage one, Bubba Wallace and Kyle Larson have enough points to have progressed to the Round of 12.

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Who won the NASCAR Bristol race today?

Here are all of the results from Bristol Motor Speedway so far on Sunday night.

Stage 2 results

Stage 1 results

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