Cup RACE thread --- Atlanta

[jws926]

And thats how you earn a fan for life, pure class act

 

[Pat]

Congratulations to Blaney and team!!!

 

[Kiante]

Oh the excitement of Blaney post-race.

Love this guy.

 

[34R7H130UND]

Typical larson finish.

 

[StandOnIt]

There is that hysterically excited Blaney we all know

 

[aunty dive]

This is moreso on Cliff than Kyle, imo. Cliff will get there but he's shown these last two years that he has such a difficult time adjusting the car to changing track conditions.

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The 5 led about 270 laps.

Blaney was easier on his tires than Larson was. Simple as that.

 

[Michfan]

Calm down Blaney

 

[gnomesayin]

I like Blaney's stoicism. It's a throwback. Don't need the performative exuberance from everyone. Cool as a cucumber.

 

[DaBiff1618]

So glad Larson is back to piss me off and lose races he dominates again. I liked it better when he was dirt racing lol

 

[JJ_14]

I talked smack about Blaney, saying he was underperforming in relative to his equipment. He comes out & wins a race. Good job.

 

[BobbyFord]

Nice top-5 salvage for KFB.

 

[ahhculdee]

 

[StandOnIt]

I talked smack about Blaney, saying he was underperforming in relative to his equipment. He comes out & wins a race. Good job.

It was getting to be about that time. He needed a win

 

[Nitro Dude]

And thats how you earn a fan for life, pure class act

Yep, I have seen Larson and Bell do that at some dirt tracks.

 

[aunty dive]

Was Blaney assaulted during his broadcast interview?

 

[Old Kid]

Man Ford over a Chevy is always a tough pill to swallow

Not if you follow drivers and not some corporate entity that doesn't GAF about anything but your money.

 

[ChexOrWrex]

Bowman is all of us when trying to have a conversation with masks.

“I have no idea what you said, but yeah”

 

[harkin]

Love seeing drivers give the flag to a little fan. That’s a memory made for a lifetime. Awesome.

The kid’s reaction was gold.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

And thats how you earn a fan for life, pure class act

Kid looked like he couldn't believe Ryan was giving him the flag. Flagman had to put it in the kid's hand.

 

[aunty dive]

I like Blaney's stoicism. It's a throwback. Don't need the performative exuberance from everyone. Cool as a cucumber.

The ladies in our house refer to Blaney as “husband material”.

 

[BobbyFord]

...Flagman had to put it in the kid's hand.

That’s why he’s the Flagman.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

I like Blaney's stoicism. It's a throwback. Don't need the performative exuberance from everyone. Cool as a cucumber.

Act like you've been there before.

 

[Old Kid]

So does everybody else, Kyle.

 

[jaqua19]

Nice top-5 salvage for KFB.

He was the 2nd, at worst, 3rd best car the entire day and drove into the top 5 on 3 different occasions.

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[jaqua19]

Like we said of Larson at Vegas, this was the best race Blaney has ever run.

All too often we've seen solid runs be messed up by team decisions and wrecks. He ran a flawless race in p2 the entire day. And was the best driver in the field when it really counted.

I think this is big for him. Best race of his career.

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[Jorge De Guzman]

Some others here might share that same sentiment

 

[Nitro Dude]

First... congratulations to all of the Blaney fans he had a fast car and he capitalized with it and he beat the 5 car fair and square. That was cool seeing him give the flag to the young whipper snapper. Not a bad day for HMS with the 5, and 48 finishing in the top five and the 24 in the top ten.

 

[ChexOrWrex]

Some others here might share that same sentiment

If Joey was able to hold him up that much, that is a disaster for this car. A lapper half a second infront of the leader shouldn’t be able to bog the leader down.

 

[harkin]

Kid looked like he couldn't believe Ryan was giving him the flag. Flagman had to put it in the kid's hand.

He’s got a Blaney shirt on and they ask him to come down to the fence at the finish line and there’s Blaney holding out the checker....

sensory overload.

 

[Nitro Dude]

Time to move this circus on to Bristol...where the dirt is fresh and packed hard. It has been a while since I was so excited for a race to start.

 

[Nitro Dude]

It was kind of like the same thing that happened in Phoenix. Larson had a really fast car all day until the last pit stop and what ever changes they made the car got worse. Larson didn't have a car to hold off Blaney even if Logano would have slowed him down for 2 laps. There was still plenty of time left for him to catch Blaney again but he just didn't have a good enough car at that point. Larson did all he could with what he had at the finish. If they get just a little better at following track changes they are going to be unbeatable unless everyone else does too. Now it is time to go get a KFC $20.00 fill up.

 

[DIDIT]

Kid looked like he couldn't believe Ryan was giving him the flag. Flagman had to put it in the kid's hand.

Charlie, really? My kids wore Ted Musgrave shirts and never got a flag at the cup level. It's not like Ryan has 200 wins.

 

[aunty dive]

I blame Ted.

 

[DIDIT]

This is a much needed good race for Blaney.

Way better than everyone else outside of Larson. No errors, solid too 3 run. Not a win, but a flawlessly executed p2 is good.

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Hmmm, great how that turned out

 

[DIDIT]

Larson doesnt need to know *how* Blaney is running. He’s conserving while Blaney is burning his tires up trying to catch him. Give it under 10 to go and Larson will flip the switch.

Hmmm

 

[Truex_rox]

The younger generation of Cup drivers are showing up and showing out this year. I remember last season when people like Blaney were having really good runs, only for a usual suspect to steal it away towards the end. We haven’t really been seeing that happen this time around and I think that is what is adding to the building hype race-to-race. I love to see it. Way to go Blaney! Another different winner!

 

[aunty dive]

 

[Truex_rox]

Was Blaney assaulted during his broadcast interview?

The future President is already excelling in diplomacy. Name-calling, complaining, fighting, and backing into cars all seem to be missing in his repertoire.

 

[JJ_14]

We've had six different winners in six races thus far. List of drivers who haven't won include: Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano, Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman, Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch & Kurt Busch. What a wild season we're witnessing.

 

[DIDIT]

Same.

I think this will give his 2024 Presidential bid a big boost.

A million times this.

And a millions times this

I blame Ted.

You know I didn't think about that .Ted's wife Debbie is friends with Ryan's mom Lisa on Facebook.