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You are speaking my language. Obviously different teams have to have different standards. Even for top teams, though, I'd say playoffs is enough. I would keep Bowman at his current level of performance. For Austin Dillon/Ty Gibbs, he's the owner's grandson, not going anywhere...

Doesn't Trackhouse already have a hook in him? I thought they were booting Suarez for him after this year?

Plug for my recent "article" on the site. Bowman is finishing, on average, about 7.5 spots behind his three teammates. I'm not sure who Hendrick would bring in to replace him, but there certainly is a gap in ability.

I already had prime thanks to the NFL experiment, so while I don't like it...meh. That said, the stream quality of the prime NFL games was solid. So at least that's not a concern.

Thanks! If anything in here (or other posts like this) prompt any questions, please let me know.

Okay, finally got all these data points for every points race this year. Above is every team that raced every race, sorted by average finish. I included the part time drivers in the results, but didn't plot them out here. Here are some thoughts on each team as well as any context that seems...

If you look at the current inductees (not necessarily this class, just all the ones in), I'd argue the very concept of a minimum driving standard is long gone. Perhaps more than any sport, the NASCAR Hall of FAME is accurately named.

He took it seriously enough as a team owner to get caught cheating with the spinout and the illegal fuel.

I doubt it means anything, to be honest. Daddy might have got him in the seat, but he is driving well enough, and not controversial outside of the connection.

"decrepit old has-beens" is a reference to to a quote of his back when he was feuding with Jimmy Spencer

Hate to say it, but I wouldn't consider Larson for tagging the wall in a fast car. He does that a LOT, and usually prefers that kinda high risk setup and driving style. Also, and I admit I already said it on reddit, but Waltrip dropping the flag was brilliant. Before he did it, it was a...

I probably should be happiest about Gant finally making it, but hell yes on Kurt. He was a consistently good driver, and possibly not HoF-worthy on that, but he gave us so much great entertainment, and for the right reasons. His 2004 (ish?) race against Craven was a top tier NASCAR moment, but...

Thanks! If there's anything you'd like to see on this topic, or analysis of any available NASCAR data, I'm all for it. I need to keep my mind working, and NASCAR coverage just doesn't do NASCAR justice. There's so much more to it than I thought before I started watching.

Chart Link: I've been casually following NASCAR for a bit now, and always liked diving into numbers. One of the things I am trying to get a better handle on is which drivers specialize on certain tracks/types of tracks, and if teams or even manufacturers have similar trends. I'm aware driver...