9. They've gotta dial the tire wear down just a little bit from there, but it was overall really nice to see a race again where drivers had to conserve what they've got and use talent not to overdrive it. I hope NASCAR and Goodyear take this as inspiration on how to move forward.
What would be in it for the France family? Short term payout at the expense of losing a premier US sports/entertainment league that's 75 years strong and counting? They have a family dynasty here.
Who was it that was doubting me about Cup driver salaries now being drastically low awhile back?
https://sportsnaut.com/kyle-larson-says-top-dirt-stars-earn-more-than-most-nascar-drivers/
Kyle Larson:
This thread is just continuous cherry-picking of stats.
Saying Toyota is less likely to win the 500. Okay, well Toyota also has the lowest car count of the three makes.
Pulling the stats from only 2020 through 2023. Well if you go back to 2016 through 2020 then Denny and Toyota look really...
The new Camry is going to be insanely good at the drafting tracks. You look at the photos of the 43 Advent Health scheme and you can clearly see how the center of the nose is so blunt, just made for pushing.
Another storyline would be Denny winning his fourth. This would tie him with Cale Yarborough for the second-most Daytona 500 victories (with The King well ahead at 7 all-time).
That would certainly pad his stats for the "best driver who never won a championship" discussion, if he indeed never...
NASCAR would love the story of Chase Elliott bouncing back from his winless season with a Daytona 500 victory.
Blaney has come so close to getting it done before that him opening his championship defense season with a 500 would be very cool.
RFK getting it done would solidify that they're back...