I wondered the same thing. But HP advantage isn’t as big at a plate track where aero and drafting, wrecks and luck dictate more than engineering prowess. Hamcrap pooped in his own bed again, so never found out if he could maintain a lead.
Indeed, the most unpredictable race on the circuit, where luck is a major factor, is PROOF that Spire has an advantage from JGR. Seriously, Gibbs and company have become obsessed, paranoid marble rotators (old movie reference).
6 - typical reasons for a pack race where gas mileage dominated the lengthy stage 1. Once they got to actual racing it bit half the field in the big wreck, left a more manageable group to baby step it to the end.
I’m obviously a Ross and Trackhouse fan. It’s been difficult seeing the inconsistency from those race cars. After their strong bust out season, they slipped the following year and continue to trail others in competitiveness. The most frustrating is how they can be so inconsistent within each...
ALSO…while the judge ruled that his noncompete was managed by JGR properly, they likely didn’t provide proper coordination on his remaining salary and health care benefits. Gabehart will have to sue for those, and should. Companies have to follow protocols on those things, and could be held...
Gabehart doesn’t strike me as someone trying to steal or misappropriate secrets for financial gain (sell them to a team) or for competitive advantage (nothing really translates to Chevys), BUT his actions were stupid no matter the motivation.
NOTE TO ALL: When you work for a company, you...
Rev, I knew you were over the moon with the current success and performance of Yotas. Many out in fan land are circulating tons of conspiracy theories over why this early dominance is occurring. Everything from this being “an unwritten part of the settlement” between NASCAR and 23XI, to the...
Whatever 23XI has found, they seem to be able to flip it on like a light switch. How the hell does Reddick go from a best practice lap of 30.08 to a qualifying lap of 29.072? A full second faster than his best practice lap?
And Bubba gains almost 1-1/2 seconds over his best practice lap...
I didn’t see much for them to get blown up over, but Suarez is bitter that he was fired from Trackhouse. Clearly these guys weren’t the best of amigos when teammates. Probably not antagonistic or anything. It’s like those guys you work with that are OK but they irritate you with their...
6 - mostly a yawner relative to what I saw on TV. Fox doesn’t show much behind the lead cars. Once they established gaps, it was racing against the track, making fast lap times.