Cup RACE thread --- Phoenix

[Conover]

WAY TO GO LARSON! Hamcrap can’t get it done, and yes it was a caution setting it up, but that’s racin’.

 

[Hawaii808]

And with that Larson championship….NASCAR breathes a sign of relief

 

[StandOnIt]

Didn't happen on the last lap with Larson squeezing Hamlin into the fence saying PAYBACK! like I said at the first..but close enough.

 

[Jorge De Guzman]

As a human being I feel like I want to cry for Denny. How the hell do you come back from this? Like legit I’d have to go on a long vacation by myself and question everything.

 

[BarneyB1]

I almost feel sorry for Hamlin.......Almost.

 

[Efisher131]

My favorite driver just won a championship and I feel kind of hollow. Denny got robbed.

Big Hendrick guy, Denny deserved to win that. This feels empty. Nothing like I felt in 2020 or 2021. This system should be killed with fire.

 

[Brentford]

Don’t even know who won the race. Lol. Why were the other 34 cars even out there?

 

[LibertyU24]

Congrats Larson.

 

[Blaze]

For 2 Laps?
Dumbest call ever!

Heim yeah went from the back to the front in like one turn

 

[Doc Austin]

I’ve watched four title deciders this weekend and the final three of them were progressively more gutwrenching than the last.

Ugh. Twenty year of trying, twenty years of frustration…onto twenty-one.

Just sick for Hamlin.

 

[Mispeedway15]

He’s champ! Omg Larson did it! Haha I can’t believe he’s NASCAR champion! Elite driving with two tires there.

I think something was wrong with Denny, tire pressures may have been off. He really struggled off corner exit there in 3 & 4

 

[LibertyU24]

Dennys saying why 4 right now

 

[Jorge De Guzman]

Big Hendrick guy, Denny deserved to win that. This feels empty. Nothing like I felt in 2020 or 2021. This system should be killed with fire.

I’m happy Larson won but it’s just a weird feeling.

 

[SeventyGTX]

Unreal, I am a HUGE Larson fan and have been before he ever got into stock cars, but man that is just brutal to take for Denny Hamlin.

 

[Clutch]

As a human being I feel like I want to cry for Denny. How the hell do you come back from this? Like legit I’d have to go on a long vacation by myself and question everything.

Not everything.
Just the call for 4 tires. Crazy

 

[Charlie Spencer]

'The Sting' is on TCM. See y'all.

 

[Speedbowl14]

I thought Preece had it there for 3 seconds.
Damn


****

 

[Naitch]

That's not a choke job though.

A choke job is what the Jaguars are doing.

They don't spot a team 10 points when they go to OT in the NFL.

I disagree

I think we will agree that this format sucks. But it’s the same format everyone raced under this year.

 

[HoneyBadger]

If I was Hamlin that would be my last race

Yep.

I'd walk away right now just like Carl did when he got robbed in 2016.

 

[Jorge De Guzman]

He says it all “ we didn’t lead a lap today but are champions” this system is a flawed gimmick joke. End it.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Don’t even know who won the race. Lol. Why were the other 34 cars even out there?

Blaney took it from Brad on the line, they haven't mentioned it yet.

 

[TheJester]

Larson didn’t even lead a lap

 

[chances14]

I blame Denny’s crew chief for this one. They saw all those cars taking 2 tires. Should have called an audible and went with 2

 

[REBS31]

“THE CHAMPIONSHIP REWARDS WHO SHOWED UP WHEN THE LIGHTS WERE THE BRIGHTEST”

I like Larson a million times more than Hamlin but a guy who didn’t even lead a lap in the all-powerful single race still wins it all. What more needs to be proven to show how stupid this all is?

 

[Blaze]

I almost feel sorry for Hamlin.......Almost.

Yeah, almost.

Like sure the yellow ****** him.

But (amd make sure you read this part Andy) Larson came in 11 points behind Byron with the current points system NOT THE WINSTON CUP POINTS SYSTEM. The same one we would probably have if we go back to 36 race points season. Larson probably would be champion this year.

WITH THE CURRENT METHOD OF SCORING POINTS. Stages, and everything they got now.

 

[Brentford]

That’s all the post race coverage we get???

 

[HoneyBadger]

That’s all the post race coverage we get???

Continuing on Peacock probably.

I went to NFL after that.

 

[JBone88]

Terrible break for Hamlin. I genuinely feel bad for the guy. He had this thing won.

Larson has no business being champion. Wasn’t even a factor all day. Honestly his weakest season overall in 5 years.

Not a single mention of Blaney beating Brad to win the race in a photo finish…

Glad NASCAR thinks a GWC lottery is a deserving way of crowning champions. It’s broken. Everything about this sport and its presentation is broken.


Between last night and tonight. Throw this whole system in the garbage.

 

[LibertyU24]

Cant wait for Feb. 15th

 

[StandOnIt]

Not being all wrapped up in the gimmick, that was a hell of a race. Tough break for Denny, but that's how racing goes.

 

[HoneyBadger]

Terrible break for Hamlin. I genuinely feel bad for the guy. He had this thing won.

Larson has no business being champion. Wasn’t even a factor all day. Honestly his weakest season overall in 5 years.

Not a single mention of Blaney beating Brad to win the race in a photo finish…

Glad NASCAR thinks a GWC lottery is a deserving way of crowning champions. Between last night and tonight. Throw this whole system in the garbage.

Heim ALMOST lost it the same way too.

There shouldn't be a postseason after this.

 

[donthaveanickname]

That’s all the post race coverage we get???

The network coverage ended without the race winner being interviewed, let alone being mentioned.

 

[Greg]

Hamlins dad should be proud and Nascar should be ashamed.

 

[Rick]

This series is a croc of ****. What a joke of a format.

 

[StandOnIt]

Post show over already?

 

[Mispeedway15]

Terrible break for Hamlin. I genuinely feel bad for the guy. He had this thing won.

Larson has no business being champion. Wasn’t even a factor all day. Honestly his weakest season overall in 5 years.

Not a single mention of Blaney beating Brad to win the race in a photo finish…

Glad NASCAR thinks a GWC lottery is a deserving way of crowning champions. It’s broken. Everything about this sport and its presentation is broken.


Between last night and tonight. Throw this whole system in the garbage.

Disagree. Larson had a hell of a season with 3 wins and 14 Top 5’s

 

[Blaze]

Heim ALMOST lost it the same way too.

There shouldn't be a postseason after this.

And Denny wouldn't have had a shot at winning without them. If hate the playoffs why bitch when a guy who wouldn't have a shot without them doesn't win it?

 

[Pat]

I'm not a Hamlin fan, but I feel for him.

We could not at least have gotten a Keselowski win!

 

[LibertyU24]

The network coverage ended without the race winner being interviewed, let alone being mentioned.

NBC No Body Cares

 

[SeventyGTX]

Kyle himself said he can't believe it and this is insane. He's right