0.001 rounded up knocks off the Craven/Busch Darlington finish in 2003 and the Johnson/Bowyer finish at Talladega in 2011.
EDIT:
This is NOT the closest NASCAR finish, but the closest Cup finish. It is tied for 2nd with a 1995 Truck race:
Given McDowell's departure, I doubt they're expanding as some reports had suggested. I also believe that the Love's sponsorship is tied to McDowell rather than Front Row. It is at least plausible that SHR and Front Row merge to free up 2 charters, though Front Row had just shifted their technical alliance from Roush to Penske (and judging by relative performances, they're ahead of the Wood Brothers in the pecking order).Be interesting to see if the rumored contraction at SHR results in the driver cut going to Front Row.
Never said expanding. SHR is reported to be contracting which means one of the current drivers will likely be dropped. My comment was if they had an opening in the 34 and are committed to 2 teams, would either Preece/Briscoe/Gragson be moving from their ride to the 34.Given McDowell's departure, I doubt they're expanding as some reports had suggested. I also believe that the Love's sponsorship is tied to McDowell rather than Front Row. It is at least plausible that SHR and Front Row merge to free up 2 charters, though Front Row had just shifted their technical alliance from Roush to Penske (and judging by relative performances, they're ahead of the Wood Brothers in the pecking order).
I was referring to Front Row's reported sniffing around at least one of SHR's charters. I'm seeing more chatter that SHR and FRM are merging, which would free up 2 charters and (potentially) reduce the amount of time both Haas and Jenkins would need to self-sponsor.Never said expanding. SHR is reported to be contracting which means one of the current drivers will likely be dropped. My comment was if they had an opening in the 34 and are committed to 2 teams, would either Preece/Briscoe/Gragson be moving from their ride to the 34.
Well damn.
Well damn.
SRX was bought out in late 2023. Stewart is pretty much now doing NHRA.I'm not terribly shocked. By now both people the team is named after are probably only involved in name only, considering Haas is too busy being a non-entity in F1 and Tony has his own vanity league in SRX. Though it does make me wonder who the list of potential buyers would be, since a whole package of a race shop and charters would be pretty attractive to newcomers but I imagine it'll be priced well out of the range of any Daytona 500 one-offs.
Reminds me of the team from which SHR bought two of its first three charters, Michael Waltrip Racing.It almost feels like SHR has rapidly deteriorated losing both Almirola and Harvick over successive seasons and not really replenishing the talent. Herbst maybe could move up but the team seems stagnant.
I'd love that, though the forefathers of the in-season tournament, the Winston Million and the Winston No Bull 5, were features of those days. Also, what the finishing order of the Twin 125s set, the lineup for the Daytona 500, was pretty complicated, involving finishing order, qualifying speeds, and provisional statuses.I don't think I could care any less about an "in-season tournament" and have no idea why it's needed. It's yet another gimmick that people will be bored with in a season or two.
Going into my old man complaining mode - I remember back when the there were 30 some odd races, all of which counted equally, that counted towards the championship where the guy with the most points won the title. And there were two non-points events that weren't overly complicated just for funsies. Okay, one more event if you count the qualifying duels. It was popular with fans, drivers, and teams. And more often than not it crowned the most deserving driver. Can we please just bring that back?
That's going to result in a lot of drivers trying to wreck one another so NASCAR should be ahead of these shenanigans.NASCAR to use the last 3 races of the Amazon Prime schedule (points races 15-17) and the entirety of the TNT schedule (points races 18-22) to run an in-season tournament starting next year. The (sketchy) details:
- The best finish in the last 3 Amazon Prime races will set the seeding for the 32-driver tournament, with the next-best finish in those 3 races and overall season points being, respectively, the two tiebreakers.
- The top 32 drivers will be put into a single-elimination bracket, and go head-to-head over the 5 TNT races, with the better-finishing driver in each head-to-head match-up moving on.
- The winner of the tournament gets $1 million.
More than now? Maybe PD could do some post-race marshalingThat's going to result in a lot of drivers trying to wreck one another so NASCAR should be ahead of these shenanigans.
First thought: Wait, why is a submarine company advertising in NASCAR?