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Very odd...

Crazy how balanced the manufacturer representation is in the top 16. 6 Fords. 5 Chevys. 5 Toyotas.

Kyle Petty is still on the Coca-Cola payroll. For example here's an appearance schedule for 2023 that he's on: https://www.portillos.com/coca-cola-portillos-pit-stop-summer-tour/

If the entire booth were JRM employees then I may see your point, but even if Junior doesn't say it, who's stopping another member of the booth from pointing it out? I think you're getting too uptight about it. Ok Dale Jarrett and Kyle Petty were/are paid by many sponsors, teams and...

Dale Jr never favors JRM on the broadcasts or plugs his own organizations sponsors more than the others or anything along those lines. I don't get the big deal. If it was a case where Steve Letarte just could not stop praising Corey Lajoie every week, or something along those lines, then I would...

I don't get your point about NASCAR shouldn't allow you to own one team and drive for another. These drivers are all contractors at the end of the day. You agree to JGR's terms for a two year deal because at that time the terms work for both parties, then you sign the deal. Two years later the...

I think it's Willy B's year.

Very good point! Who knows. I would imagine charters would be required as Ford isn't going to cut SHR a deal just to not guarantee all four cars not making every race, but that's definitely not something we'd be privy to.

11 ain't getting tossed from round one, he's one of the strongest cars in the field like him or not.

I think the bonehead of the year is Fox Sports. This year especially just cemented it for me, the stark contrast between how they present our sport versus NBC, and I feel that the Fox broadcast takes our sport down a notch to the general public. NBC takes the sport seriously and has great...

So here's the thing. SHR runs four cars because of Ford, and their deal with Ford goes through next season. So they very well may be required to run four cars still right until their deal with Chevy begins. Maybe they're simultaneously putting feelers out there that they'll have two charters...

I do have to wonder if this will make owners more keen to restrict what drivers do outside of the racetrack more again. We've seen things get looser lately, which makes for happier drivers when nothing goes wrong, but now if you're HMS having to let down NAPA and the rest of their partners that...

I totally agree, there's always some unforseen circumstance for a driver/team that you'd expect to be able to make the round of 8. It's never as simple as just picking the four at the bottom. I could see Chastain being out in round 1 if some luck doesn't go his way. He's been so tame since the...

It could be a Brandt thing too though. It's possible that with the sport bouncing back a bit that Brandt wants Cup exposure (again) and wants to take Justin with them. Who knows, just saying, these deals have all sorts of angles sometimes.

"Argy bargy" is Calvin Fish.

23XI is light-years better even in their current state than what Roush was when Brad walked in the door. 23XI is a winning organization with Kurt, Reddick and Bubba all picking up W's, winning as recently as this year. Denny could step into a 23XI ride and be competing for wins right off the...

Why not both? Look at what Brad has done balancing both driving and owning, and elevating that team. Denny would have even more influence of 23XI if he were driving their own setups every weekend and being directly connected to the on-track execution. The organization would only get better with...

He won't. Because here's the thing, if he leaves JGR and retains FedEx, then he can just take FedEx to his own team. And even if FedEx sticks with Gibbs, either way he'll need a new sponsor so he might as well bring a new sponsor into 23XI than have one on the hood of an SHR car. As far as SHR...

It's $50MM to start the team, but someday when you want to get out of the sport you still have that same asset to sell. That was never a thing before. When you left the sport you just sold all your second-hand equipment and tools for pennies on the dollar and that was it. Now it's more like a...

What does he gain? He has a few years left in him for driving, but he has the rest of his life ahead of him as a team owner. He gains his own business going from two or four cars overnight, to fill up his big new facility they're building right now. They have a beautiful new shop coming, they're...