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A weekly to bi-weekly discussion and analysis of top-tier motorsports from two Midwestern NASCAR fans who have been following the sport for the last 20-30 years.
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NASCAR and track limits don't mix
Discussion Topics:
Cup: Echopark Automotive Grand Prix
William Byron becomes first multi-winner of the season for the third straight season.
Does he have the road course driver championship belt?
Chris Bell makes it interesting late/rattles the Kyles
Track limits? In NASCAR? Discuss.
Sounds like COTA is a lock for the 2025 schedule. Any issues with that?
Xfinity: Focused Health 250
This was a fun race.
Larson wins in the 17 for Hendrick. A meaningful win for the team and the first Hendrick Xfinity win since 2009 (Daytona)
Larson gets the pole, starts at the back, leads one lap and wins.
Austin Hill vs SVG
Trucks: XPEL 225
Corey Heim gets the win
Marco loses his ass
Hello Connor Zilisch!
The gimmick of the week: Netflix Season 2 Draft
Eric
James
Joey Logano
Kyle Busch
Brad Keselowski
Ryan Blaney
Carson Hocevar
Noah Gragson
Kyle Larson
Corey LaJoie
Ty Gibbs
Shane VanGisbergen
News:
NASCAR to manage racing operations for Bowman Gray Stadium
https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2024/03/21/nascar-to-manage-racing-operations-for-bowman-gray-stadium/
NASCAR has been actively pursuing a 50-percent stake in the Long Beach race
https://racer.com/2024/03/26/does-nascar-have-long-beach-in-its-sights/
Preview: Richmond
NASCAR Cup Series: Toyota Owners 400 — Sunday, 7 p.m. ET
NASCAR Xfinity Series: Toyota Care 250 — Saturday, 1:30 p.m. ET
Cup Picks
Eric: Denny Hamlin
James: Christopher Bell
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Who needs more horsepower?
Discussion Topics:
Cup: Shriners Food City 500
Tires, tires, tires
Some drivers were adamant that something changed. Goodyear says nothing changed from last fall.
Denny Hamlin manages the best and gets the win
Safe to say no one missed the dirt Sunday?
Ryan Blaney is sick of being asked about Ross Chastain
Trucks: Weather Guard Truck Race
Christain Eckes holds off late charge from Kyle Busch to win
Stewart Friesen and Nick Sanchez have disagreement
News:
Preview: COTA
NASCAR Cup Series: Echopark Automotive Grand Prix — Sunday, 3:30 p.m. ET
NASCAR Xfinity Series: Focused Health 250 — Saturday, 5 p.m. ET
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: XPEL 225 — Saturday, 1:30 p.m. ET
Cup Picks
James: Tyler Reddick
Eric: Ty Gibbs
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Christopher Bell proves you can pass at Phoenix
Welcome to Episode 311 of the SuperSpeedway Podcast, recorded Monday, March 11, 2024. I am your host Eric Young and I’m joined by my co-host James Kuch.
Discussion Topics:
Cup: Shriners Childrens 500
Toyota’s look strong all day. Chris Bell gets Phoenix redemption
Did the new package work?
Joey and KFB were completely out to lunch. Is it worry time?
Xfinity: Call 811. Every dig. Every time. 200
Chandler Smith wads them all up and comes away with the win.
Heartbreak for Allgaier
News:
RFK drops appeal of penalties from Las Vegas
Honda coming to NASCAR (we missed it last week)
NASCAR could be looking at adding a hybrid component in the next few years
https://www.jayski.com/2024/03/08/potential-changes-to-cup-cars-could-lead-to-new-manufacturer-in-nascar/
NASCAR is exploring holding a race at Dodger Stadium
Jordan Bianchi PREDICTS next year’s championship race will return to Homestead (not official)
Preview: Bristol
NASCAR Cup Series: Food City 500 — Sunday 3:30 p.m.
NASCAR Xfinity Series: — OFF
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Weather Guard Truck Race — Saturday 8 p.m.
Cup Picks
James: Brad K.
Eric: Brad K.
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No gambling needed for Kyle Larson at Las Vegas
Discussion Topics:
Cup: Pennzoil 400
Kyle Larson dominates
Leads 181 laps of 267. Next highest laps led was Kyle Busch with 18!
Second win in three races for Hendrick
Kyle Busch has had four pit road penalties in first three races
SHR looked good
Chase Briscoe looked really strong
Chris Buescher loses a wheel
Crew members Nicholas Patterson (jack) and Jakob Prall (front tire changer) were suspended for the next two Cup Series events
RFK struggling to start the season
Chastain congratulates Blaney on learning to air block.
Jeff and Jordan’s debate — jump to conclusions after this weekend, or is it too early to start looking at trends?
Xfinity: The LiUNA!
John Hunter Nemecheck becomes the first driver not named Austin Hill to win an Xfinity race in 2024
Sam Mayer’s terrible start to the season continues.
Shane Van Gisbergen another poor finish
Trucks: Victoria’s Voice Foundation 200
Rajah Caruth becomes third black driver to win a NASCAR national series event
Spire is now (technically) 3 for 3 in the Truck Series this season
Nick Sanchez at Daytona is an affiliate team. Kyle Busch at Atlanta, Rajah at Vegas.
Dale Jr. is out at NBC.
Will work for Amazon/TNT next season
Denies claims that NBC wanted him to broadcast remotely and that he was scolded for not watching the monitors
Preview: Phoenix
NASCAR Cup Series: Shriners Childrens 500 — Sunday 3:30 p.m.
NASCAR Xfinity Series: Call 811. Every dig. Every time. 200 — Saturday 4:30 p.m.
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: OFF
Cup Picks
Eric: Tyler Reddick
James: Ryan Blaney
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Atlanta Motor Speedway is now the best track in NASCAR
Discussion Topics:
Ambetter Health 400
Daniel Suarez wins an all-time finish going 3-wide at the line
Best finish in history?
We saw everything. 4-wide, daring moves
Race started with a massive 14 car big one
Xfinity Race
Austin Hill wins AGAIN
Truck Race
KFB gets another Truck Series win
Dale Jr. wants Fox to zoom out
Jr. still has not re-signed with NBC
Says he will not be a remote broadcaster — has to be at the track
Nascar proposes a seven-year extension of the charter agreement
Stewart-Haas Racing’s No. 10, 41 has roof rail deflectors confiscated at Atlanta
https://www.jayski.com/2024/02/23/stewart-haas-racings-no-10-41-has-roof-rail-deflectors-confiscated-at-atlanta/
Noah Gragson and Ryan Preece lose 35 points each for the roof rail deflectors.
Joey Logano fined $10k for the webbed glove.
Preview: Las Vegas
NASCAR Cup Series: Pennzoil 400 — Sunday 3 p.m.
NASCAR Xfinity Series: The LiUNA! — Saturday 5 p.m.
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Victoria’s Voice Foundation 200 — Friday 9 p.m.
Cup Picks
James: Joey Logano
Eric: William Byron
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The year of Byron begins with Daytona 500 victory
Discussion Topics:
Daytona 500
Race postponed early Sunday
Year of William Byron begins with Byron winning the 500
James wants to know: William Byron has passed reigning Cup champion Ryan Blaney in career wins in 90 less starts. Who's career you got the next 10 years?
Ross Chastain makes risky move, causing final wreck
Another race ends based on when the caution is triggered — Is this how the winner of the biggest race of the year should be determined?
How NASCAR determined the finishing order: https://www.jayski.com/2024/02/20/nascar-explains-ending-of-daytona-500/
Fox had some new (and returning) toys for this year’s Daytona 500
https://www.sportsvideo.org/2024/02/16/2024-daytona-500-fox-sports-resurrects-gyrocam-rolls-out-live-drone-new-3d-telestrator-4k-extraction/
Xfinity Race
Austin Hill wins again
Third Feb. Daytona win in a row for Hill
Is he the Xfinity king of super speedways?
NASCAR lets this race play out to the finish
Truck Race/ARCA race
Nick Sanchez wins first truck race but is overshadowed by the entire cluster-f
ARCA race was moved to Friday night due to impending weather
Toni Breidinger has harsh words for her teammate after lap-4 wreck
Bubba Wallace says drivers in the lower series have less respect because there aren’t Cup guys in the field anymore. Thoughts?
https://twitter.com/BubbaWallace/status/1759294833653387282?s=20
NASCAR owners have hired “top antitrust lawyer” as negotiations over charter agreement continue to be rocky
Stern says the RTA invited NASCAR to a meeting this weekend and NASCAR said no, it prefers to negotiate individually with teams.
Per AP via Stern: "The negotiating team said there has been no discussion of creating a breakaway league not sanctioned by NASCAR, and there is no current consideration of staging races at non-NASCAR facilities without NASCAR governance."
https://twitter.com/A_S12/status/1759345671054803127
Preview: Atlanta
NASCAR Cup Series: Ambetter Health 400 — Sunday 3 p.m.
NASCAR Xfinity Series: Raptor King of Tough 250 — Saturday 5 p.m.
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Fr8 208 — Saturday 2 p.m.
Cup Picks
James: Chris Bell
Eric: Corey LaJoie
Checkered Flags
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Where can we be found on social media?
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