Talking in Circles Clayton Caldwell

The boys dive into the Duels at Daytona. Who impressed them? Who didn’t? What about Toyota’s performance? Also they discuss the drama around the transfer spots and who made the race and what to look forward to in the Daytona 500

The boys discuss Daytona 500 qualifying and Ford sweeping the front row. They also discuss the lack of speed from the Toyota camp and Anthony Alfredo and David Ragan locking themselves in on speed. They preview the Duels and predict who will be the final two cars to make the 2024 Daytona 500.

On this episode of Talking in Circles, hosts Clayton Caldwell and Brandon Caldwell discuss Joey Logano’s comments about NASCAR fans being spoiled and whether or not he was accurate in that sentiment. Plus, they discuss NASCAR’s $7.7 billion tv deal and the pros and cons of that move. Also, team owners are threatening to sabotage races they dive into that and give their thoughts. In addition, they discuss Rockingham Speedway and the odds it gets a Cup date, plus all the updates in the silly season world.

On this episode of Talking in Circles the boys talk about Ken Squier and how great he was as a broadcaster and what he meant to the sport of NASCAR. Squier passed away on Wednesday at the age of 88.
Next they spoke about Ben Beshore's hiring at LMC and Josh Williams going to Kaulig Racing as well as other silly season news regarding the Xfinity and Truck Series.
Then they discuss comments made by Dale Earnhardt Jr on Kenny Wallace's YouTube channel, particularly about the lack of personalities in today's drivers and the tv ratings at the championship race at Phoenix. What can be done to fix that and why are the drivers so dull?
Then they dive into a very early look into the Daytona 500 entry list and discuss who is next in line as far as rides are concerned for each manufacturer.

Ryan Blaney, Cole Custer and Ben Rhodes are all 2023 NASCAR champions and we talk about their runs in the season finale at Phoenix. We also discuss the championship format. Is it still relevant? Does the champion still feel like a champion? Also, Rick aware Racing’s charter situation will be discussed and what some of the current open rides for 2024.

Legacy Motor Club will be moving to Toyota for the 2024 season. We discuss all aspects of the move, why they decided to make the move and if it was a smart thing to do. Plus Ryan Newman is back, kinda. He’ll run a handful of races for Rick Ware Racing in 2023 starting with this weekend at Darlington. Is this a smart move for Newman, and what does Rick aware Racing get out of it? Plus, Joey Logano spilled the beans on tire issues at Kansas Speedway in which teams saw a drastic difference in speeds from tires with new codes, versus tires with old codes. We’ll dive into that and also ask, why Steve O’Donnell was at the Formula 1 race at Miami this past weekend.