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Have you been to a race recently? I usually go to 2-3 a year and rarely see young female fans of his. There are still a lot of fans in NASCAR my age (45) or older that were fans of his dad and automatically gravitated to him. Plus he had times with Dale JR driving for him in XFINITY which...

Really good race and super-pumped about how Chase drove. Many complain he is not aggressive enough but was a lot of fun to see him pushing his way through lapped traffic for the win. I will say though...where were the rest of the Chevy's? I hope that is not a sign of things to come for the...

What I have been saying is Indy should not have been the priority and by choosing to go to Charlotte late they made Indy the priority. My fear (although that is a strong word...more line "concern") is that if drivers are not in some way obligated to show up it opens a door that waters down the...

Maybe but to me your day job is the one that pays the bills. I think if he could pays the bills the way he wants with dirt only that's where he'd be all the time. NASCAR has almost become a necessary evil for these guys. I think there's a reason drivers are retiring early though.

These are fair points but really I think it's easy when you are a fan of a driver to be OK with stuff like this and at least be less likely to look at it from other perspectives. Regardless of what people think my feelings on Larson are - I have a ton of respect for Larson the driver and think...

I understand final decision goes with Rick but from everything I have seen/heard it was also what Kyle wanted to do. I have a hard time believing Kyle wanted to leave and Rick made him stay but you are free to your opinion on it as well. I continue to see that this is all much ado about...

Yeah - That's where I have been coming from in that while I understand people don't agree with it I think there has been a ton of overreaction for something that likely will not happen again and if it does at least Kyle will know the ramifications of his decision. I think people forget that...

I think it's understood that since NASCAR does not own drivers they can't prevent them from walking away or if teams decide to fire them. To me, it's all about what CAN they do and this is one thing they CAN do. They can say if you choose not to show up for all the races then you will not win...

I don't remember the 43 car field stuff but don't you think when NASCAR was negotiating deals with the tracks and TV that the stars of the sport were part of that? Obviously I can't say for sure unless I see the contracts but common sense is telling me that part of those deals are that NASCAR...

I am not saying you are wrong about any of that but while they do not "own" the drivers they do own the sport and have the right to say if you want to run for our title you need to show up for all the races. I really see nothing wrong with what they did here among many other poor/head...

The way I see it is this - NASCAR markets their product to these networks and tracks and make monetary agreements with them where they are agreeing pay "X" to NASCAR because NASCAR is saying "we will bring you the likes of Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson, Ryan Blaney and....." So if NASCAR does not...

Maybe not but no matter how you slice it there is no arguing against NASCAR's current liability to the TV networks and tracks and that no matter who is in charge of what that Rick and Kyle both can choose to follow the rule or not.

I know but the owners have team to run and it's all part of the big picture and aging no one is forcing anyone - they are free to bounce any time they want. They are playing in NASCAR's yard and are free to take their ball and go home whenever they like. No one can come into the yard and make...

Right? When I saw him in that vid I thought it was a flashback. That my friends is partly because of genes and partly because of good health. That's why it's so ironic that his career stalled because of health - he always worked really hard to be in great shape. I am not sure if folks...

I think the flaw in your logic is 2 things - First, while Larson is the topic right now, the rule is not all about him. It's about NASCAR realizing the issue with drivers voluntarily skipping races or making other plans that affect their ability to make races. Second - you are saying "let's...

I get what you are saying but the notion that the driver needs to be as talented as Larson is just far-fetched to me. This is HMS, this is a top ride with top equipment (except at Loudon and Phoenix of late) and one of the best crew-chiefs in the biz. I am pretty confident they could keep the...

I don't disagree with you - Kyle is here for money and his livelihood. Let's not forget he was fired back in 2020 and out of NASCAR but came back by choice - no one forced him. If people want to make the argument he came back then because he wanted to show how great he is and win a title then...

Doesn't Rick himself sponsor that car the majority of the time with his car dealership? I think it could be doable. I also think there are plenty of good enough drivers out there to keep the car in the top 16 to compete for an owner's title If Kyle is willing to at least commit to running the...

You are not wrong about the 76ers...all I am saying is the NBA has to at least appear to be doing something about it like NASCAR is. When I make these statements I am coming from NASCAR's POV and not that of caring more about the Indy 500 because I have really lost interest in that over the...

So you don't think Mr H. would allow it? I think he would if Kyle wanted to do it and he had another driver willing to run the races Kyle did not.