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That image above is the layout of Pikes Peak, which also includes their roval course inside. There is a lack of quality racing footage out there of the racing on their roval course, but here is one brief clip in this video.


Logano is a good driver. Just one of those guys that finds himself in these feuds throughout his career. I actually thought he was right and laughed at his interview for saying what everyone was thinking at the time during the Pocono incident where Harvick put him in the Turn 3 wall in 2010. My cousin who is the same age as Joey, raced against Logano driving quarter midgets in Connecticut. He lives in Terryville, CT.
Here is an old photo of my cousin back then.




IMO, Cindric would definitely get a chance with another organization if he were to leave the #2. His talent and versatility on any track is impressive. Playoffs in 3 of his first 4 full-time years since he clinched a berth this year at Talladega. Winning on Super Speedways, Gateway, which also has a roval course in it too, and he is a good road course driver with his background in IMSA and the USF2000 Championship. Cindric has a few RC victories in the Truck and Xfinity Series. Penske should keep him and would be better off keeping the situation with Tim separate so that it does not negatively impact the season while he is having his best year. 6th in the playoff points standings. 13th in points overall, but would be 9th if not for the behavioral penalty docking him 50 points for the incident with Ty Dillon at COTA.

Cindric could easily find himself at RFK Racing in a number of ways if Penske let him go. Some options could be a 4th entry at RFK, replace Brad if he retires, or Preece if he doesn't work out there. Drove for Brad in the Truck Series and with Roush before he closed down their Xfinity program.
 
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Cindric could easily find himself at RFK Racing in a number of ways if Penske let him go. Some options could be a 4th entry at RFK, replace Brad if he retires, or Preece if he doesn't work out there. Drove for Brad in the Truck Series and with Roush before he closed down their Xfinity program.
That would be a huge pickup for RKF Racing. Imagine Cindric replacing Brad K in the 2 and someday in the #6 if that scenario happens.
 

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Cindric could easily find himself at RFK Racing in a number of ways if Penske let him go. Some options could be a 4th entry at RFK, replace Brad if he retires, or Preece if he doesn't work out there. Drove for Brad in the Truck Series and with Roush before he closed down their Xfinity program.
Cindric isn’t going anywhere. He’s signed through 2026, Penske isn’t going to cut him without a viable replacement. Sheldon Creed isn’t ready to assume that role at the 2. Maybe Berry could slide over from the 21 in 2027 but that’s a stretch.
 
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Cindric isn’t going anywhere. He’s signed through 2026, Penske isn’t going to cut him without a viable replacement. Sheldon Creed isn’t ready to assume that role at the 2. Maybe Berry could slide over from the 21 in 2027 but that’s a stretch.
Cindric is a free agent at the end of this season. I'm positive though Cindric receives another extension at Penske after the 2023 deal with his performance as a playoff contender, 3 wins including the Daytona 500.


You are correct saying Sheldon Creed at 27 is still not Cup ready. Not a threat to unseat Cindric. He has not won a race at any level in NASCAR's top 3 national series since 2021. There will be rising stars who are ready soon enough that are racing at a high level with, such as Corey Heim and Connor Zilisch. Other promising younger drivers Jesse Love, Sammy Smith, Carson Kvapil, William Sawalich, his teammate Sam Mayer, Chandler Smith, and Layne Riggs in the Ford pipeline who all have bright futures in NASCAR. Creed has talent. A very good driver in the Truck Series winning a championship 5 years ago, consistent top 5s and top 10s with a career best 6th in points last year in the Xfinity Series. Has to step it up and win some races, make the championship 4 at the Xfinity level if he has aspirations of a quality ride at the Cup level.
 
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Cindric is a free agent at the end of this season. I'm positive though Cindric receives another extension at Penske after the 2023 deal with his performance as a playoff contender, 3 wins including the Daytona 500.


You are correct saying Sheldon Creed at 27 is still not Cup ready. Not a threat to unseat Cindric. He has not won a race at any level in NASCAR's top 3 national series since 2021. There will be rising stars who are ready soon enough that are racing at a high level with, such as Corey Heim and Connor Zilisch. Other promising younger drivers Jesse Love, Sammy Smith, Carson Kvapil, William Sawalich, his teammate Sam Mayer, Chandler Smith, and Layne Riggs in the Ford pipeline who all have bright futures in NASCAR. Creed has talent. A very good driver in the Truck Series winning a championship 5 years ago, consistent top 5s and top 10s with a career best 6th in points last year in the Xfinity Series. Has to step it up and win some races, make the championship 4 at the Xfinity level if he has aspirations of a quality ride at the Cup level.


Cindric is signed through the end of next season
 
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Anyone watch the Earnhardt documentary on Amazon Prime? I am 2 episodes in and it is pretty interesting with a lot of old footage of Dale and his family. I would recommend it if you have Amazon Prime.
 
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Just a joke right?

Good Lord I hope so. I have watched NASCAR for close to 45 years and a lot of those years I didn't miss any races but they about lost me when, after the FBI investigation, they found the "noose" in his garage stall had been there for years and was just a grab handle to close the door. However, they doubled down on their broadcast over the next several months trying to make it racial and make Bubba a victim. Just admit you jumped to conclusions and made accusations against someone in your garage that were false.
 

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Just a joke right?

Someone is twisting his words back in February and taking them out of context completely over something unrelated. He was referring to the cautions at Daytona. That site has several other hot takes/memes posted on there.

Here is the full quote.

Stop making the white flag the final lap. No, if a caution comes out, just keep lining back up, keep going. I mean, it’s the biggest race of the year, the Daytona 500, and you want it to end that way? I’m always on here just saying, just don’t even have a green-white-checker anymore. Just get rid of everything.”