Cup RACE thread --- Daytona

[donthaveanickname]

Oh no, Stenhouse.

 

[Dr_B_UNC]

If Chase can’t win, I hope he pushes Stenhouse to it. #teamchaos

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

Bowman destroyed that Bottom line

 

[KodiakRusty89]

20 to go...who will make it?!?! I'd love to see smart, hard racing that makes it to the end without a caution. However, someone is going to screw up....

 

[MikeInIllinois]

It's nerve-racking watching the cars running in the middle trying to find a spot in the inside or outside lines so they don't get hung out to dry.

 

[Dr_B_UNC]

Welp, looks like Chase needs to do the Lord’s work and turn the 22 to get the caution we need for chaos.

 

[2 Sweet]

Getting really intense......

 

[REBS31]

Rick Ware never fails

 

[Dr_B_UNC]

And there’s your RWR caution

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

NBC trying to hype this Johnson/MattyD Battle
Me:

 

[JGR_20]

So they took Stenhouse out of 17... but it still does some of the same moves

 

[Kiante]

Matty D was up on the wheel right there.

 

[donthaveanickname]

A Rick Ware caution. Some things never change.

 

[RFK-PensekeFan]

The traditional RWR caution

 

[jws926]

Fitting the first real caution would be a RWRSB caution

 

[FLRacingFan]

RWR is a NASCAR plant, change my mind

 

[JGR_20]

The over/under on how many more times the battle between 48 and 21 is mentioned before the restart?

 

[Mispeedway15]

 

[Kiante]

RWR is a NASCAR plant, change my mind

He participates in too many series to be a plant.

They need consistency to build the team.

 

[Dr_B_UNC]

NBC trying to hype this Johnson/MattyD Battle
Me:

Same. I’ll say it: everyone is getting all sentimental pulling for Jimmie to make it for the “feels,” when he doesn’t stand a snowball’s chance in hell at the championship. Stop already.

 

[JGR_20]

I’m gonna play drinking game, taking a shot for everytime Jeff Burton says Playoffs in the next 15 laps

 

[Dr_B_UNC]

The over/under on how many more times the battle between 48 and 21 is mentioned before the restart?

Does “too effing many” qualify?

 

[2 Sweet]

I’m gonna play drinking game, taking a shot for everytime Jeff Burton says Playoffs in the next 15 laps

You'll be caught up to the rest of us in no time

 

[Old Kid]

I’m gonna play drinking game, taking a shot for everytime Jeff Burton says Playoffs in the next 15 laps

Be careful of alcohol poisoning.

 

[Mispeedway15]

Same. I’ll say it: everyone is getting all sentimental pulling for Jimmie to make it for the “feels,” when he doesn’t stand a snowball’s chance in hell at the championship. Stop already.

We do the same thing in all sports though. Just like the Blazers, everyone hyped them up and the Lakers are gonna take them in 5/6

 

[carolinabuff]

I’m gonna play drinking game, taking a shot for everytime Jeff Burton says Playoffs in the next 15 laps

You're gonna die

 

[StandOnIt]

I'm forever blowing bubbles, pretty bubbles in the air.

 

[RFK-PensekeFan]

I’m gonna play drinking game, taking a shot for everytime Jeff Burton says Playoffs in the next 15 laps

You'd die of alcohol poisoning before five to go.

 

[DIDIT]

Getting really intense......

Kenny would be proud of you tonight.

 

[PeopleAreStrange]

If William Byron doesn't finish towards the front, I'm nominating Chad Knaus for bonehead of the race.

But, this is Daytona... maybe William Byron can make it back to the front...

 

[Kiante]

I can just feel the desperation in the air.

 

[aunty dive]

Looking forward to the restart.

 

[JGR_20]

Jeff Burton taking a 5 hour energy during this commercial break

 

[MikeInIllinois]

Same. I’ll say it: everyone is getting all sentimental pulling for Jimmie to make it for the “feels,” when he doesn’t stand a snowball’s chance in hell at the championship. Stop already.

But NBC is thinking differently. Why do you think they're using "Stayin Alive" as the playoff theme? They're envisioning Johnson doing just enough to stay alive after each elimination to race for the championship in Phoenix. That's what they're wanting the story line of this year's playoffs to be.

 

[Mispeedway15]

Whoa why did Byron pit!?

 

[ChexOrWrex]

Putting Byron at the tail end with ~15 to go here? Seems like a ticking time bomb.

 

[DIDIT]

The over/under on how many more times the battle between 48 and 21 is mentioned before the restart?

The thing is, how can you root against 7 time or Wood Brothers?

 

[StandOnIt]

the gerbils have taken to the Dr Phil mode this race

 

[JGR_20]

Putting Byron at the tail end with ~15 to go here? Seems like a ticking time bomb.

Chad has lost a step

 

[MikeInIllinois]

We're going to have 4 voices talking over one another as the race gets closer and closer to the finish about points, playoffs, everything matters.