Cup RACE thread --- Talladega

[Turtle84]

Holy cow that was a fantastic Talladega race, action packed non-stop hard racing start to finish Great Great Racing

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

Top 10 for Ricky Bobby

 

[jaqua19]

Byron ruined a good thing, HMS had the race controlled

He did that all race. Literally the entire race. Stage 1, stage 2, stage 3.. just destroyed their control of the race.

He does that every superspeedway race and has some so since like 2020. He's been a terrible teammate. It's nothing new.

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[jaqua19]

HMS had that in the bag... if they had worked together. Bunch of veterans ****** up together is what that was

You can put that on Byron. I counted 3 separate times he did that today.

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[Dr_B_UNC]

I’m suspended Byron pushed blaney.

Completely screwed his own team.

Competition meeting at HMS this week should be interesting

 

[Spotter22]

Has the booth mentioned Riley Herbst’s existence once today?

Maybe to mention how Lajoie screwed him

 

[Dr_B_UNC]

Sorry Riley, I blamed you when it was the People’s underdog Lajoie

 

[TheJester]

Womp Womp

 

[Jorge De Guzman]

5 Would have had more of a cushion. Ugh.

 

[AndyMarquisLive]

Herbst has no business in a cup car. Looked like iRacing weaver there

He did a good job pushing and not wrecking people. Maybe got a bit conservative trying not to wreck anyone.

In no way was the crash his fault. All lajoie.

 

[JJ_14]

Blaney to the round of 8. Best performing Ford this year aside from RFK.

 

[JJ_14]

He did a good job pushing and not wrecking people. Maybe got a bit conservative trying not to wreck anyone.

In no way was the crash his fault. All lajoie.

Herbst was fantastic today.

 

[jaqua19]

Larson was the consummate team player and professional there. And he paid for it. His other teammate who didn’t need it on the other hand…

He should be +15ish, But man, he raced to win. Can't knock him for that, but he kinda was the only big team driver who didn't give a **** about his teammates today lol

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[Dr_B_UNC]

He did a good job pushing and not wrecking people. Maybe got a bit conservative trying not to wreck anyone.

In no way was the crash his fault. All lajoie.

When I saw the replay I posted such. Jumped the gun and that was my bad.

 

[jaqua19]

5 Would have had more of a cushion. Ugh.

+17 is more than good. Assuming no wreck or mistake.

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[StandOnIt]

Maybe to mention how Lajoie screwed him

Wiped him completely out and wadded up the field.

 

[StandOnIt]

 

[Jorge De Guzman]

I find it so awesome how involved and engaged MJ is with his team.

 

[StandOnIt]

 

[aunty dive]

He did that all race. Literally the entire race. Stage 1, stage 2, stage 3.. just destroyed their control of the race.

He does that every superspeedway race and has some so since like 2020. He's been a terrible teammate. It's nothing new.

You can put that on Byron. I counted 3 separate times he did that today.

Bill Byron’s inexorable march to the 2023 Cup Championship.

Take no prisoners … team mates or otherwise.

 

[Reck]

Hendrick has too many hungry young drivers who thinks teamwork is nonsense.

Larson is by far the most mature driver in the stable. But I also don’t blame Byron for trying to screw Larson for example. He’s a direct threat.

 

[jaqua19]

Bill Byron’s inexorable march to the 2023 Cup Championship.

Take no prisoners … team mates or otherwise.

We shall see.

But Rick winning 3 titles in 4 years with 3 drivers, all under 30?

That would be unprecidented and I don't buy it.

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[acmerocket]

Wiped him completely out and wadded up the field.

i think dennis pushed the 7 in to him,one way to take larson out without hitting him

 

[BobbyFord]

Thank God for football

 

[StandOnIt]

 

[SpeedPagan]

Damn, that was a good Talladega race. Not a good day for Bubba Wallace though. I don't know why the 23 team isn't contending for stage points. I know the ultimate goal is to win, but if I was his crew chief, I'd want the stage points to hedge my bets. Even if you don't win the race, you don't fall from 2 points below the cut line to 9 points below the cut line. They had the same issue at Texas, gained very little stage points.

 

[Turtle84]

Tip of the cap to the elder statesman, he certainly could have decided to put a late block on Blaney and possibly wreck them both out in front of the field, but he didn't do that, he held his line and came up just a tad short running back to the finish line. I applaud Harvick for that, in the win at all costs era, it's rare to see.

 

[jaqua19]

Dropped Larson from p14 to p16 after reviewing finish.

Wrecked, and then drops 2 more spots 25 minutes after unofficial results.

LOL.

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[StandOnIt]

 

[Spotter22]

Herbst has no business in a cup car. Looked like iRacing weaver there

Do you even watch the race? Seriously? How you blame the 36 is mind numbing.

 

[Barbara Charles]

 

[LibertyU24]

He did that all race. Literally the entire race. Stage 1, stage 2, stage 3.. just destroyed their control of the race.

He does that every superspeedway race and has some so since like 2020. He's been a terrible teammate. It's nothing new.

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He was lucky

 

[Jorge De Guzman]

 

[Ford 222]

Loved the 12 car winning. Immature burnout…not so much. He’s been there before…

 

[Brentford]

Byron definitely scored some points with the GF for that assist!

And I mean, wrecks are almost guaranteed at plate races and the further back you are, the better chance you have of being involved. And that’s exactly what would have happened if he just sat back third in line and pushed his teammates to the checkered flag.

 

[Dr_B_UNC]

I hope Byron can live with himself tonight as he stares at the Liberty big hat knowing that it is directly his fault that Blaney is doing very, very sinful things with his sister in the victory after party.

 

[Dr_B_UNC]

Loved the 12 car winning. Immature burnout…not so much. He’s been there before…

The burnout is a fad that can die any time as far as I care.

 

[Dr_B_UNC]

Do you even watch the race? Seriously? How you blame the 36 is mind numbing.

You didn’t read where I acknowledged error, did you? Nah, didn’t think so.

 

[StandOnIt]

Bill Byron’s inexorable march to the 2023 Cup Championship.

Take no prisoners … team mates or otherwise.

Byron earned more points 52 than Blaney did 50.

 

[StandOnIt]