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BFD. NASCAR can be on FS1 and they still have more manufacturers, more big name sponsors, more everything. Fox is promoting Indycar because they perceive it as a cheap growth property and they have the entire season. The notion that Fox cares more about Indycar when the entire Indycar deal is...

This stuff kills me - they're paying probably 5-10x for NASCAR what they do Indycar and just because someone has actually bothered to promote Indycar that is distributing them unlike how ESPN or even NBC handled it, everyone is now on the "Fox doesn't care about NASCAR" wagon.

One of the reasons people compare NASCAR to WWE so much is not just the similarities in the business' structure historically and the strongman leadership role the CEO has always filled, but also down to strategies they use. Vince McMahon was obsessed with the notion of "moments" - realize that...

No more playoffs. Whole season based on the points system that exists now (e.g. 40 points to win, 35 for second; 5 for pole, 1 for fast lap). No more cautions for stages ending nor points because removing the playoffs ends the disincentive that existed to not try. If you're that concerned with...

I thought about this some and can't think of a single example anywhere in the world that qualifies. I went looking too. F1 is definitely a nope: entirety of sports car racing is the same. Indycar is a big nope; same with Super Formula and any historical series which has been usurped by those...

https://www.essentiallysports.com/nascar-news-is-nascar-cancelling-the-mexico-city-race-weekend-exploring-the-potential-replacements-and-consequences-of-rumored-setback/ I'm not sold on it either and there's a lack of corroborating reports. I suppose there's also a lack of journalists saying it...

The hot rumor online is that NASCAR isn't going to Mexico City anymore this year and might instead be having a third Daytona event on the road course. Gee, I wonder what could have happened?

As I was saying....

I hadn't seen a good reminder of the effects leaded gas had on cognitive capacity at the population level that I could comment on publicly in awhile. That was until I saw this.

It does, yeah. Do they see the value in NW for this? I dunno, I guess it depends on the seating/suites situation come 2026. I could see some revamping where TMS goes back into March and North Wilkesboro takes the first TMS date in May.

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...