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Seeing this will be a TNT race next year, maybe. Had it stayed on NBC, no.So will NASCAR finally learn their lesson and start this race 1 to 2 hours earlier?
Seeing this will be a TNT race next year, maybe. Had it stayed on NBC, no.So will NASCAR finally learn their lesson and start this race 1 to 2 hours earlier?
I've been complaining about this forever. I'm sure there's at least one post from me in each of the past 5 years with the same question. They just don't learn. I miss the noon-1:00 starts. They'd have more leeway in cases like this and maybe actually get full races in.So will NASCAR finally learn their lesson and start this race 1 to 2 hours earlier?
A mild shocker - Corey LaJoie will not be at Spire in 2025.
NASCAR would be idiotic to move the 500 back another week. They would be better off doing one of the following:Much like what it's doing to the NBA's Christmas plans, the NFL is going to push back the start of NASCAR's season again with their proposed 18-week season, and specifically, the Super Bowl on Presidents' Day weekend. That had been the Daytona 500 weekend for quite a while, even surviving the push of the Super Bowl to the second week of February (though qualifying didn't survive that).
There are rumors that if the NFL pushes the Super Bowl back to Presidents' Day weekend, they might do it on Saturday. That would spare the Daytona 500, but make hash of the Xfinity start.NASCAR would be idiotic to move the 500 back another week. They would be better off doing one of the following:
A: Start the race around noon ET to keep the date and avoid any conflict with the Super Bowl.
B: Run the race on Monday.
They will do neither, and just further compress their own schedule.
Looks like Juan Pablo Montoya will be returning to NASCAR.
Unsure if this will be for Watkins Glen or for the Roval (or both).
EDIT: Confirmed for Watkins Glen. Since the title says the final one, looks like they will not have an entry for the Roval.
Doesn't Spire have an open seat still? I think Smith goes there to be honest.Daniel Suarez will be back at Trackhouse next year. That would leave either Zane Smith (currently on loan in the #71 Spire ride being taken over by Michael McDowell next year) or Shane van Gisbergen (on loan to Kaulig for a full Xfinity and limited Cup schedule) out in the cold, even if, as expected, they get one of Stewart-Haas's charters
The Jayski rumor mill has Spire poaching Justin Haley from Rick Ware Racing. Ryan Preece also still hasn't found a landing spot.Doesn't Spire have an open seat still? I think Smith goes there to be honest.
Psuedo-NASCAR related as Bristol Motor Speedway will host the Inaugural Speedway Classic on August 2nd, 2025 between the Cincinnati Reds and the Atlanta Braves.
I cannot see how Dillon keeps the win. Radio had basically instructed him to wreck the 22. While the 22's spin was bad, hooking Hamlin into the wall was worse.Proper low driver rating GT sport mode finish, entertaining at least
And NASCAR has penalized drivers for that move before. The move on the 22, while desperate, was not inexcusable. The move on the 11 was a move that Bubba Wallace on Larson and Chase Elliott on Hamlin both made earlier in races and both drivers were disqualified and parked. Is NASCAR going to disqualify the 3? Parking him for the first race of the playoffs might be a justifiable punishment.People are gonna be mad at what Dillon did there. And rightly so I think. I just hope they remember to be mad at NASCAR for creating a system that encourages something like this to happen.
I just can’t see them doing anything. If this was for like 3rd? Then yeah I could see them suspending Dillon. I don’t agree with that, but the only precedent they have is right hooking recently has been suspendible. I can’t remember any races off the top of my head where a win was taken away for rough driving/wrecking a guy.And NASCAR has penalized drivers for that move before. The move on the 22, while desperate, was not inexcusable. The move on the 11 was a move that Bubba Wallace on Larson and Chase Elliott on Hamlin both made earlier in races and both drivers were disqualified and parked. Is NASCAR going to disqualify the 3? Parking him for the first race of the playoffs might be a justifiable punishment.
Only race wins removed were for yellow flag violations (Robby Gordon I believe in 2007 at Montreal) and track limits (Regan Smith at Talladega). It becomes laughably more hypocritical if you suspend/disqualify a driver for racing hard for 17th and hooking a driver but not doing the same for someone hooking a driver for the win. Heck, you can argue this is race manipulation by the CC instructing the driver to wreck someone (think MWR at Richmond years ago, except theirs was to intentionally cause a caution).I just can’t see them doing anything. If this was for like 3rd? Then yeah I could see them suspending Dillon. I don’t agree with that, but the only precedent they have is right hooking recently has been suspendible. I can’t remember any races off the top of my head where a win was taken away for rough driving/wrecking a guy.
Just to be clear, I’m not defending the Hamlin hook.