NASCAR

[hbelkins]

I hope for a daytime Daytona 500 finish on Sunday now that the green flag has been moved up an hour.

Hadn't heard that. Trying to beat the weather?

[74/171FAN]

I hope for a daytime Daytona 500 finish on Sunday now that the green flag has been moved up an hour.

Hadn't heard that. Trying to beat the weather?

Yes, it is Florida after all.

[Henry]

With the Camaro now out of production (at least temporarily, anyway), what GM plans to replace it with for next season is anyone's guess. The only Chevy passenger car remaining (Corvette) is not exactly NASCAR material, so my guess is, they're going to give Cadillac (with a CT-something) a shot, which would be amazing, considering that it's been their only division that has never competed at all. However, we'll still have Silverados in the Truck Series.

[SP Cook]

Next year's GM car will be a Chevrolet Chevy.  The NASCAR cars have been specmobiles for over a decade, so the car next year will just have "Chevy" stickers on it, and the "grill and headlights" (stickers) will superficially have undertones of Chevies past. 

The "American" automakers have been totally beaten out of the general sedan market by their better made competitors.  It is easy to blame SUVs, but the fact is the Camry, Altma, Optima, etc. remain good sellers, while GM, Ford, and whatever they call Chrysler now have been run out of the segment.

[JREwing78]

Folks on the YouTube are pretty familiar with Cleetus McFarland and his "Freedom Factory" short-track oval and dragstrip complex outside of Bradenton, FL.

Well, Mr. Garrett Mitchell has gone and livestreamed his 1st ARCA race on the YouTube, which sadly ended when someone else lost it and collected Cleetus' race car in its trip to the SAFER barrier. Check in at the 44 minute mark for the carnage.

For a consolation prize, he gives a pretty epic post-crash interview to Fox.

[epzik8]

Wonder what stupidity we'll have with the 500 finish today with everything that's gone on this weekend.

[Max Rockatansky]

For whatever reason we can't get the streaming services showing the Daytona 500 to work my wife's aunt's house in Jalisco.  The only thing that does work is the MRN broadcast on their web site.  I probably haven't listened to a full race broadcast on the race since the early 2000s.

[SP Cook]

For whatever reason we can't get the streaming services showing the Daytona 500 to work my wife's aunt's house in Jalisco.

The reason is, umm, Mexico is a different country.  NASCAR (in Spanish) is on the ESPN channels in Latin America. The ESPN channels there are totally different from the ones here, but are in the basic Claro TV packages (sat, cable, or internet based delivery). 

Unlike some other streamers, Netflix for example, Disney doesn't allow you to log on to anything outside the USA.  Netflix lets you access whatever Netflix has rights to wherever you are (which is often more than they have here), but Disney requires a totally different account, with a local credit card, to get anything.  Typical Disney.

[Max Rockatansky]

For whatever reason we can't get the streaming services showing the Daytona 500 to work my wife's aunt's house in Jalisco.

The reason is, umm, Mexico is a different country.  NASCAR (in Spanish) is on the ESPN channels in Latin America. The ESPN channels there are totally different from the ones here, but are in the basic Claro TV packages (sat, cable, or internet based delivery). 

Unlike some other streamers, Netflix for example, Disney doesn't allow you to log on to anything outside the USA.  Netflix lets you access whatever Netflix has rights to wherever you are (which is often more than they have here), but Disney requires a totally different account, with a local credit card, to get anything.  Typical Disney.

Yes and the family dropped cable after we got them a smart TV in 2023.  I'm content listening to the race on MRN, too bad there is a rain delay. 

Now everyone wants to drive them over the local Walmart equivalent (Bodega Aurrera) to grocery shop.  I probably have the time to go knock that out and put the end of race broadcast back on.

[hbelkins]

Just more impatience leading up to that cluster-foxtrot at the end. Blocking rarely works out well.

[Max Rockatansky]

I'm fine with a result that takes Denny Hamlin out of contention.

[hbelkins]

I'm fine with a result that takes Denny Hamlin out of contention.

Ditto.

[epzik8]

Really sorry about Kligerman's DQ being upheld.

[epzik8]

Have a strange feeling this Sunday will be the end of NASCAR at COTA.

[74/171FAN]

Have a strange feeling this Sunday will be the end of NASCAR at COTA.

They do not currently have a deal for 2026.  I am unsure how that is strange considering I have heard that on YouTube all week from Eric Estepp and others.

[hbelkins]

I'm actually starting to feel bad for Kyle Busch. What's wrong with me?

[NWI_Irish96]

I'm actually starting to feel bad for Kyle Busch. What's wrong with me?

I don't know if he had an option to take less money to stay with JGR, because today's reality is that if you aren't on each manufacturers best team (Chevy - HMS, Toyota - JGR, Ford - Penske), wins are going to be hard to come by. Teams like RCR and 23XI will get a win here or there, but it's never going to be consistent.

[Max Rockatansky]

I was hoping the two Gibbs cars would just take each other out coming out of the last turn today. 

[epzik8]

Suddenly, Christopher Bell is one to be reckoned with.

[Max Rockatansky]

Dude has been a Top 5 driver since 2022.  His performance has only been getting progressively better over the last handful of years.  It would amuse me if he gets a Cup Championship and Denny Hamlin doesn't.