2025 NASCAR Discussion ThreadNASCAR

[Blitz24]

It should take Briscoe 3 races, 4 max, to move back ahead of Cody Ware. Ware and Todd Gilliland (and their teams) each lost 10 points for ballast violations.

If there was no charter system, it might have taken longer if there were more than 40 cars. Remember how Waltrip was in the red until May in 2007?

 

[Eggstor]

If there was no charter system, it might have taken longer if there were more than 40 cars. Remember how Waltrip was in the red until May in 2007?

Of course, back then, at least the owner got points for trying and missing a race, so while Waltrip the driver was in the red until May, Waltrip the owner got into the black well before then.

 

[Northstar]

Sounds like Dodge/Ram is potentially making a return to the series. It will be interesting to see who runs them in Cup if they fully return considering it seems like manufacturer ties are far stronger than the last time a new manufacturer entered. Other than maybe Trackhouse it seems like they may have to settle for some mid tier teams and hope like hell they can step up.

 

[Eggstor]

Corey Heim will become 23XI's first developmental driver, and will make multiple Cup starts in the #67 (the first at Kansas in May) and Xfinity starts for Sam Hunt Racing (the first at COTA).

Meanwhile, Fords dominated qualifying for the Cup race at Atlanta, taking the first 5 spots (Ryan Blaney on the pole) and the real Ford teams (i.e. the ones not run by Haas or Ware) taking 10 of the first 11, with only Kyle Busch breaking up the Ford domination.

 

[Dolph Drago]

And tonight NASCAR throws the caution immediately on the final lap tonight...while the leaders are 3 wide. There was carnage on the backstretch and turn 3, not completely unlike Daytona last week. I don't understand their reasoning for when they decide to go yellow or not.

 

[TrdScionxB2]

And tonight NASCAR throws the caution immediately on the final lap tonight...while the leaders are 3 wide. There was carnage on the backstretch and turn 3, not completely unlike Daytona last week. I don't understand their reasoning for when they decide to go yellow or not.

I remember one of the commentators saying something like, “because there were cars behind the wrecking cars they threw the caution.” But if that’s true then shouldn’t the caution been thrown at the Daytona race as well?

 

[Dolph Drago]

I remember one of the commentators saying something like, “because there were cars behind the wrecking cars they threw the caution.” But if that’s true then shouldn’t the caution been thrown at the Daytona race as well?

Exactly. Their consistency is confounding.

 

[TrdScionxB2]

Exactly. Their consistency is confounding.

Does NASCAR have different race directors for different races or is it always the same race director/group?

 

[Blitz24]

Does NASCAR have different race directors for different races or is it always the same race director/group?

Same director(s) for every race.

 

[EngieDiesel]

Sounds like Dodge/Ram is potentially making a return to the series. It will be interesting to see who runs them in Cup if they fully return considering it seems like manufacturer ties are far stronger than the last time a new manufacturer entered. Other than maybe Trackhouse it seems like they may have to settle for some mid tier teams and hope like hell they can step up.

Yeah, it is time for the bi-annual rumors of new manufacturers, isn't it?

Given that Stellantis is in the middle of searching for a new CEO after several years of misunderstanding the North American market and are looking to ax some of their brands as a cost cutting measure, I can't see them stumping up the immense funds to start an engine program from scratch now and come in with a few nobody teams to piddle around in the backfield. If they don't get a team on the level of Hendrick or Roush to shoulder at least some of the cost of the engine program, it likely won't happen.

There's also rumors flying around about Honda coming in after their Indycar contract expires, but for one I can't see what car they would want to enter, secondly there's the cost of the engine program again, and frankly it seems far more likely that if they do leave Indycar they'll turn their focus more towards Super Formula and F1 as more manufacturers are moving there in the next few years. The only thing that was a hard no for them in the past was NASCAR using carb engines instead of fuel injection, but since that changed quite a while ago I feel like if they were interested they would have expressed interest already.