NASCAR thread
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Glad to see TNT back on and this will in theory prevent anymore seasons after '24 with 2 weeks off of no racing due to the Olympics in 2024. I'm sure people are going to ***** about Amazon but it doesn't effect me. I got lost when they started talking all the different apps with Max/BR & Tru TV. to watch practice/qualifying sessions during the TNT portion of the schedule. Wonder who the Amazon race personalities are going to be? Going to assume TNT will use the NBC guys like they did in the 2000s.
I'm just hoping Harvick can bring some life to the Fox broadcast. The group they've had the last few years are terrible.
I look for Harvick to bring a more serious, no nonsense approach to the booth with his knowledge coming right on the Next Gen car and less of the clown show we've gotten Bowyer and the likes over the years. FOX would bode well to follow NBC's model and stick to covering the sport and less of the sideshow lame attempts at comedy that should have stopped once DW left. It was fine with DW but since he is no longer there, listening to them bag on each other now is just cringy. I hope there is truth to the rumors Larry McReynolds is coming back to the track and fill the crew chief role of Letarte in the booth. FOX should make it at least look like they want to be at the track like NBC does. I'll never forget watching a Truck prerace show and saw them throw together a 'baby shower' for Ty Majeski. WTF!!
The worst thing about the NBC coverage is showing the standings in the left 1/3rd of the screen. It also drives me insane that they show the points every time a position on the track changes.
In sports you want to see the best against the best. In business economics, profit is not a dirty word.
I would love to see a points race at The Rock. I get tired of the same old cookie cutter tracks and freaking road courses. When they raced at Watkins Glenn and Sonoma that was 2 too many road courses for me. If I wanted road course races I would watch Formula 1.
I get these guys like to race in some of these other series but if it interferes with what pays the bills and causes either injuries or just a lack of production I don't get why they do it. I mean you don't see Steph Curry out playing rugby or Patrick Mahomes bull riding. 
NASCAR has ruined racing.
He ain't wrong. They have watered it down and tried to make it so everyone can win and the product just sucks. When you have a tire that can have 100 more laps at Bristol and not be at a disadvantage something is wrong.
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I've always thought he would be one that would stick around for the long haul. If he is still on top of his game and his son Owen is progressing through the ranks, might take the path Busch is with his son.
Nascar has pretty much turned the series into the IROC series where they are all built exactly alike and the racing sucks.
A few things I would like to see going forward and it all revolves around Daytona. First bring back speed weeks, no more cramming it all into one week. Have the Clash on the oval, bring back the IROC series starting out at Daytona, qualify that Sunday after the Clash and the Dual 125's during the daytime on that Thursday like it used to be. Start finishing the Daytona 500 during the daytime and not under the lights, that's what the late summer race is for.
Nascar has pretty much turned the series into the IROC series where they are all built exactly alike and the racing sucks.
They just did hire one with Justin Haley. Need to balance it out with an experienced veteran to give valuable feedback. Not like Rick Ware Racing ever used that ride on anyone legit over the years bouncing around from Garrett Smithley, JJ Yeley or David Ragan. They would bode well to have experienced drivers like Newman or Almriola split it. RWR has always been a bottom tier organization going the cheap route.
I figured Cole Custer would be in line for a few starts with RWR due to the technical alliance with SHR and veterans fill the rest. Definitely don't see a top young driver settling for it when they could do much better. There are Xfinity teams better than driving for RWR or Live Fast Motorsports.
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The #15 entry with RWR will end up getting split. Even if Newman races again in 2024, he made it clear like Dale Jr after the injuries that they aren't returning to the big tracks like Daytona, Talladega or Atlanta. So it would not be full-time for him. DiBenedetto would be good for this team if he doesn't go to Kaulig. I like a mix of Almirola, Newman, Custer, Matty D, a road course ringer if RWR is trying to be taken more serious in the future.
List Custer, Newman & Cody Ware as other possibilities. Custer would be the better driver at this point but running a full-time Xfinity Series schedule therefore can't run for points in the Cup Series, just Owner Points. Cody has already cost the team $3.5 million in sponsorship due to the arrests.