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COTA is still being promoted by SMI last I checked. Unless NASCAR is planning to piss them off too, I'm guessing it goes back to the Brutons to assign to whatever.

I really don't see it like that. But I think I should explain why. In the fight game, what you'll see happen all the time is you'll have a big time prospect who is bulldozing everyone and people get absolutely enamored with them. To give an example, back in 2009, Lyoto Machida became the UFC...

If only they had a predetermined place on the track where the positions of every driver is recorded that was already in use, they could utilize that and not duplicate or make more complex that issue! If only....If only.

Connor Zilisch going to Cup means he's racing predominantly with guys being paid to race rather than the reverse for essentially the first time in his entire career, and the level of competition is going to dramatically shift upwards. If he manages a top 5 I'll be extremely impressed. People...

If cautions end races and the field is set when the caution comes out, then the natural consequence of this is that NASCAR can choose to have a caution during a competitive race like this when it desires which means it may put the screws to one guy or rewards another or whatever. Ultimately this...

This is awesome. Bumping it because it deserves such.

I listened to a decent chunk of the Cleetus interview; skipped over anything that was about the channel or about operating in social media because I find any discussion of the algorithm extremely boring. Generally was what I expected because I already know the channel and the content. He's gonna...

Increasingly sounds like the Conor Daly entry is in some degree of doubt. Lie with dogs, get fleas I suppose. I wonder if we'll see a Coyne-like rotation.

Correct. It doesn't matter how talented you are when you're racing in an event where "being in the right place to win" can just as easily be 34th and a lap down when these wrecks happen. William Byron is immensely talented, but I say that not because of his Daytona 500 wins but his performances...

A guy with zero relevant racing experience showed that he could stick with a draft this weekend (and I don't mean Helio) and somehow people still talk about Daytona like it's a battle of driving talent. Wild. Nothing about the 6 plate races is applicable anywhere else someone lifts and or brakes...

100K to win Crown Vic race: I'm pretty sure that's more than teams get to win a national NHRA event and it costs more to make one pass than it does to build a Crown Vic to race with. Absolutely ludicrous.

Part of the calculus from NASCAR in the suits might be that if they lose, they will have already been exposed in the discovery process, in which case they might as well just try and nuke everyone from orbit in a last ditch effort to not share any more of the profits than they want. Amusing that...

I don't think they're driving "over their head" or even suggesting they are. This isn't about their car control or lack thereof. SVG is literally saying "We're expected to wreck the car to get maximum points" which honestly, I don't know how this is any different from how it was when the tapered...

As the resident degen advantage player for the forum, I actually agree with your notion of calling it a jackpot. That very much matches how I see plate-style pack racing in terms of a "competition" - just like a slot machine or keno or the lottery. Hell, even just like those, once in a great...

I can't think of those without thinking about this:

There's a lot of ways to interpret this data. To me, the biggest takeaway is that Logano (or at least his team) has figured out how to best negotiate the fluid nature of NASCAR's race management. Ultimately, he might not make the chase if Nashville ends under a green flag at lap 300. But their...

Rooting for Cleetus as it is the most ridiculous possible outcome. East (which of course used to be North) and West both lost the pipeline of cheap Cup chassis for a decade plus. Also the way driver development was done changed so you have factory supported drivers with multi-million dollar...

Please enjoy this post from the guy who was creating 23XI's paint jobs at the time:

The car Lance DeWease used to race. I guess they got off the porch. :cool:

So I got bored today and another thread had me think about something: of recent champions in NASCAR, what percentage of their wins took place in Overtime against the average percentage of races which go to overtime since 2005? Ryan Blaney: 2/13 (15.4%) Chase Elliott: 3/19 (15.7%) Kyle Larson...