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General Discussion » NASCAR Track Talk » Post 45

Background Pony #1D88
So, NASCAR’s long awaited return to North Wilkesboro was this past weekend. Pretty much everything but the main event was spectacular. The grandstands were packed with enthusiastic fans, the Truck Series race had a lot of excitement, some light rain presented an opportunity for the qualifying heat races to demonstrate the wet weather tires on an oval track for the first time with remarkable success, and the open race before the All-Star race had some moments of competitive excitement. But once we finally got to All-Star race itself, pretty much very little happened aside from a single early caution allowing some cars to get fresh tires, which allowed Kyle Larson to run from last to first and end up completely dominating the race to an easy win. All in all, it became clear the track has only a single groove that makes passing very difficult, not to mention these new Cups Series cars continue to struggle on short tracks, so there’s still some work to be done on those cars, and a repave of North Wilkesboro is being considered for potential future events.
Well, with that hyped event now behind us, next up is the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. I’ve heard there’s going to be some unfavorable weather in the area this weekend, so there’s a chance the race might end up being delayed.

General Discussion » NASCAR Track Talk » Post 44

Background Pony #1D88
Well, that Darlington race sure was exciting to watch. Martin Truex led much of the race, only to get caught in a last wreck with several other cars. Over the last few laps, Kyle Larson and Ross Chastain battled for the lead, only to end up wrecking each other, allowing William Byron to win the race (his third this season, and also the 100th win for the number 24 car). While I’m glad to see William Byron win after what happened to him in last year’s running of this race, I will now count myself as a hater of Ross Chastain due to how much of a reckless wrecking ball he has consistently proven himself to be these last few weeks.
Next weekend’s race is one that I have absolutely been looking forward to ever since this season’s schedule was first revealed, and it’s the all-star race at North Wilkesboro, the legendary short track that had been left abandoned for nearly thirty years, but has now been mostly restored and NASCAR will finally make its return to that track. I can’t wait to see how this race will turn out.

General Discussion » NASCAR Track Talk » Post 43

Background Pony #1D88
I’m surprised nobody has yet to say anything about last weekend’s race at Kansas, because it was just awesome! A record number of lead changes, several cautions, and the first ever last lap pass for the lead ever seen at that track with Denny Hamlin taking the win after Kyle Larson gets turned into the outside wall on the backstretch. But perhaps the one thing from that race that everyone’s talking about is the post-race fight between Ross Chastain and Noah Gragson. (Honestly, with how frequently Ross has gotten other drivers mad at him on the track over the last few weeks, it was really a matter of who and when someone would finally try to seriously confront him.)
As for the final additions to NASCAR’s 75 greatest drivers, we have Kevin Harvick, Joey Jogano, Matt Kenseth, and Jimmie Johnson. Obviously saving some of the best for last, and I look forward to seeing how all 75 of them will be honored this weekend.
On that note, it’s time for throwback weekend at Darlington! For those of you curious to see what kind of throwback paint schemes are being used by the various race cars (and trucks) this year, here’s a link:
https://www.nascar.com/gallery/darlington-throwback-schemes-2023-edition/
Which one is your favorite? I’m particularly fond of the one being used by Daniel Suarez, which throws back to the green Quaker State car that was used by Ricky Rudd in 1988.

General Discussion » NASCAR Track Talk » Post 42

General Discussion » NASCAR Track Talk » Post 41

Background Pony #83AA
For the record, last weekend’s race at Dover (which was delayed to Monday due to rain) was won by Martin Truex Jr. Not only does that break a winless streak he’s had for over a year, it also happened on the same weekend that his brother Ryan Truex finally got his first win in the Xfinity series, so that family certainly had a lot to celebrate.
As for this past week’s additions to NASCAR’s 75 greatest drivers, we have Martin Truex Jr, Brad Keselowski, Larry Phillips, Sam Ard, Kurt Busch, and Kyle Busch. Only four more remaining to be announced next week (and considering there are four Cup Series champions over the past 25 years who have not yet been added to that list, I think it’ll be easy to guess who those last four will be).

General Discussion » NASCAR Track Talk » Post 40

Background Pony #83AA
Well, looks like Alex Bowman is going to miss the next 3 or 4 races due to a back injury from a crash in a sprint car race, so Hendrick is calling on Josh Berry again to replace him while he’s healing.
As for this past week’s additions to NASCAR’s 75 greatest drivers, we have Carl Edwards, Ron Hornaday Jr, Jeff Burton, Dale Earnhardt Jr, and Bobby Labonte. Just ten more remaining to be announced over the next two weeks.

General Discussion » NASCAR Track Talk » Post 39

Background Pony #83AA
Quite a wild weekend at Talladega. The Xfinity series race saw a lot of significant wrecks, including two that resulted in a red flag and both of which included one car flipping over. The Cup series race was mostly calm until close to the very end with two big wrecks, and the winner in all that late chaos was Kyle Busch, who would not have had the opportunity to claim that win had he not mistakenly stayed out when his crew chief wanted him to pit for fuel.
As for last week’s additions to NASCAR’s 75 greatest drivers, we have Greg Biffle, Sterling Marlin, Ryan Newman, Denny Hamlin, and Chase Elliott. Five more to be revealed this week, with one of them actually being announced during the race to be Jeff Burton.

General Discussion » NASCAR Track Talk » Post 38

General Discussion » NASCAR Track Talk » Post 37

Background Pony #E25C
Chase Elliott was able to resume racing this weekend at Martinsville, but it was his teammate Kyle Larson who was able to win after a race that saw quite a few strong contenders lead for many laps each and not many cautions. Also notable from Martinsville this weekend was that because of the scattered rain showers on Friday night, the truck series race became the first NASCAR race in which rain tires were used on an oval track, and the part of the race in which they were used actually went quite well.
In other NASCAR news, as part of the 75th anniversary celebrations this year, there will soon be revealed a list of the 75 greatest drivers of all time, starting with the same 50 who were listed during the 50th anniversary season in 1998 with 25 more being added this year, five being announced each week over the five weeks leading up to the race at Darlington for throwback weekend. The first ones who were announced this past week were Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne, Mike Stefanik, Randy Lajoie, and Kyle Larson.

General Discussion » NASCAR Track Talk » Post 36

14Fan
Nightmare in the Moon - Had their OC in the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
Solar Guardian - Refused to surrender in the face of the Lunar rebellion and showed utmost loyalty to the Solar Empire (April Fools 2023).
Crystal Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.

Let’s go gambling!
Christopher Bell, driver of the #20 DeWalt Toyota, gets the w at Bristol after leading 100 of the 250 laps and had a number of challenges from Reddick, Briscoe, and company behind

General Discussion » NASCAR Track Talk » Post 35

Background Pony #6746
Justin Owen, 26 years old, passed away in a crash while qualifying at Lawrenceburg Speedway after going through a series of flips that gave him fatal injuries. Thoughts and prayers to the Owen family and his friends, Rest In Peace Justin Owen…

General Discussion » NASCAR Track Talk » Post 34

14Fan
Nightmare in the Moon - Had their OC in the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
Solar Guardian - Refused to surrender in the face of the Lunar rebellion and showed utmost loyalty to the Solar Empire (April Fools 2023).
Crystal Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.

Let’s go gambling!
Congratulations to Joey Logano and ThorSport for putting on a show for the fans at Bristol tonight! Hope you bring that momentum to the Cup race tomorrow night!

General Discussion » NASCAR Track Talk » Post 33

14Fan
Nightmare in the Moon - Had their OC in the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
Solar Guardian - Refused to surrender in the face of the Lunar rebellion and showed utmost loyalty to the Solar Empire (April Fools 2023).
Crystal Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.

Let’s go gambling!
IT’S BRISTOL ON DIRT BABY! The Trucks are off and it’s been exciting so far after stage 1. Kaden Honeycutt is doing well but Logano and Blakey have been making my day.
Get ready for Sunday though.

General Discussion » NASCAR Track Talk » Post 32

Background Pony #E25C
A good week for the Hendrick team. The appeal for their massive penalty has been heard, and while the fines and crew chief suspensions are upheld, the points deductions have been fully restored. (Needless to say, the decision to maintain only part of the penalty has been quite controversial, which will make Kaulig Racing’s identical appeal later this week worth paying attention to.) And to top it off, Kyle Larson wins the race at Richmond. With William Byron’s two wins and Alex Bowman still atop the points standings, the only question now for that team will be how Chase Elliott will do once he eventually recovers from that broken leg.

General Discussion » NASCAR Track Talk » Post 31

14Fan
Nightmare in the Moon - Had their OC in the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
Solar Guardian - Refused to surrender in the face of the Lunar rebellion and showed utmost loyalty to the Solar Empire (April Fools 2023).
Crystal Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.

Let’s go gambling!
Really hoping Dean Thompson, Matt Mills, Trey Hutchins, and Armani Williams are ok. Big crash for them and some big hits.

General Discussion » NASCAR Track Talk » Post 30

Background Pony #6746
Tyler Reddick gets it done today at COTA! What an amazing race we had and an amazing crew to take the vic and I think you deserved it Tyler, great work!

General Discussion » NASCAR Track Talk » Post 29

14Fan
Nightmare in the Moon - Had their OC in the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
Solar Guardian - Refused to surrender in the face of the Lunar rebellion and showed utmost loyalty to the Solar Empire (April Fools 2023).
Crystal Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.

Let’s go gambling!
@Background Pony #E25C
2 of 3 of those bottom names will pilot NASCAR’s Garage 56 bid in Le Mans, Johnson and Button. Jordon Taylor is related to Ricky Taylor, I think Ricky was a driver for Acura Team Penske. Kim I and Button I THINK should have some experience at COTA idk I’m not too big into F1. Also, let the drought for BK and the 6 car continue…

General Discussion » NASCAR Track Talk » Post 28

Background Pony #E25C
The Hendrick team has been appealing their penalties, as well as Kaulig Racing for Justin Haley, so we’ll have to wait and see how that will turn out. Denny Hamlin is also appealing his penalty. As for last weekend’s race at Atlanta, the Truck and Xfinity series races had a record number of cautions, yet the Cup series race was relatively calm with Joey Logano winning with a last lap pass over Brad Keselowski.
I’m not sure how much any of you might have heard, but as far as I’m aware, that Xfinity series race in Atlanta saw perhaps the most viral moment in NASCAR since Ross Chastain’s “Hail Melon” wall ride at Martinsville last year. Here’s what happened; Stage 1 saw so many cautions that there were more laps run under the yellow flag than the green flag, and one car that got damaged in one of those cautions was some guy named Josh Williams. His crew tried to quickly repair the damage to his car with large sheets of tape referred to as bare bond. However, due to the very cold weather that day, the adhesive fails to stick, and as his car goes back onto the track, the bare bond is blown off. That debris quickly puts out yet another caution, so NASCAR officials decide to park Josh Williams, essentially ending the race for him. He got so upset over that call that he decided to stop his car right on the start/finish line, climb out of his car, and then walk across the infield to pit road while waving to the spectators. As I’m sure you can guess, he ultimately received a penalty for that publicity stunt by being suspended for the next race (no fines or points penalties, because as he said in a video recorded when he arrived onto pit road, “What are they gonna do, fine me? I can’t afford to pay it.”) Needless to say, Josh Williams, typically one of those back-of-the-field drivers that most of us would usually know almost nothing about, has now become quite popular for the absurd way he stuck it to the race officials.
Anyway, this weekend’s race is at Circuit of the Americas, the road course in Austin, Texas. I can already say the Cup series race could be very interesting due to several well-known drivers participating, including two former F1 champions (Kimi Raikkonen and Jenson Button), an IMSA champion (Jordan Taylor), an IndyCar racer (Conor Daly), and seven-time Cup series champion Jimmie Johnson.

General Discussion » NASCAR Track Talk » Post 27

Background Pony #E751
MASSIVE penalties were issued just a few days ago!
All four Hendrick drivers (William Byron, Alex Bowman, Kyle Larson, and the 9 team) along with Justin Haley have been penalized for an illegally modified part to their cars, which means all five of them will each receive the following: $100,000 fine, loss of 100 regular points, loss of 10 playoff points, and the crew chief is suspended for four weeks. (Chase Elliott is the only exception to all of this because he was not in the race due to his injury, so no penalties for him, and replacement driver Josh Berry is not competing for the Cup Series championship, so he also avoids any penalties, though the crew chief suspension and owner points deductions and fine still hold.)
Not only that, Denny Hamlin also got a 25 point penalty and $50,000 fine for intentionally wrecking Ross Chastain at the end of the recent race in Phoenix.
All in all, this season for a lot of big names just got completely flipped over. The Hendrick team that has outperformed so far this season will now have to continue outperforming just so they can catch back up to the rest of the major teams.

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General Discussion » NASCAR Track Talk » Post 24

Background Pony #3D42
Quite a shame that Chase Elliott broke his leg in a snowboarding accident last Friday and will be missing the next few races. At least the rest of the Hendrick drivers are doing well, especially with William Byron winning yesterday’s race at Las Vegas.

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General Discussion » NASCAR Track Talk » Post 22

Background Pony #3D42
I’m honestly surprised no one has bothered to mention anything about what happened during the Daytona 500. Long story short, the race was won by Ricky Stenhouse Jr (only his third career win, the two previous wins both being back in 2017). Though I would like to note that, had the race ended without an overtime finish, Kyle Busch would’ve finally won the Daytona 500, but I guess that’ll have to wait for another year.
Anyway, the next race that’ll be on this weekend will be at Fontana, California. It has been confirmed that this will absolutely be the final race ever on that track in it’s current two-mile configuration. The plan is for that track to be reconfigured into a half-mile short track, though there are very few details that have been made official at this time aside from the fact there will not be a race at that track next year or possibly the year after as well. Whatever eventually happens to that track, be sure to enjoy watching one last race there in its original layout on Sunday (and hopefully without a weather delay).

General Discussion » NASCAR Track Talk » Post 21

Background Pony #3D42
We are now only a few hours away from the start of the Daytona 500. Considering which drivers are participating this year (the return of 7-time champ Jimmie Johnson, motorsports icon Travis Pastrana, Indycar racer Connor Daley, and the first time the previous season champions of all three major NASCAR series (Joey Jogano in Cup, Ty Gibbs from Xfinity, and Zane Smith from Trucks) are also in), I have a feeling this could be one of the most significant runnings of this race for quite some time. Made even more special with this year being NASCAR’s 75th anniversary season.

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