My heart was pounding, I so badly want to Eric Jones win, but of course, Logono ruins everything, I’m happy for Reddick, but damn it would’ve been so cool if Eric won.
Reddick's pass was incredible. His commitment to the shot of momentum running up the track and managing to not wreck it shooting down into the apron was a level of driving that makes championships.
I hate to say it, but I think Eric might be cursed when he picks his championship pick. 2020 he pick Harvick and got eliminated in the round of 8 2021: he pick Truex and lost to Larson in the Championship 4 2022: he pick Reddick and got eliminated in the round of 16 2023: He pick Truex against and Truex could be eliminated in the round of 16.
11:05 Correction: Kyle Busch was actually running 7th when the caution came out. He slowly kept passing cars in that long run. They took 2 tires and got to 2nd, but ended up finishing 7th anyway.
Could definitely be a possibility, it sucks if that’s the outcome. He’s getting older and I don’t know if he’s going to have more then a few more opportunities to win the championship.
Busch ran 11th most of the day but he was safely running 7th prior to the last caution so it wasn’t like he won anything from the 2 tire stop at the end
Makes sense, Elliott got the torch passed to him from Johnson, Elliott was going to carry the Hendrick Motorsports legacy, then they signed Larson, and he somehow gets better equipment, where he's had 16 wins since 2020, and Elliot only has 6-7 wins since 2020
@@americanwalmarts3565 Chase is a great driver, a good man, and one of my favorites. Kyle Larson is a better driving talent and I don't think it's that close. Every Hendrick team runs top equipment.
@@hunternixonfishing2500 that's a victim mindset Martin Truex Jr could've avoided disaster at Darlington but didn't. If he misses the round of 12 with all the points he has it is all on MTJ and the entire 19 team.
@@NRF_Productions Really over here still defining the outcome of a 36 race season in 3 race increments. The previous 26 races mean next to nothing right now... literally just to get here and be stepped on in 2 races.
I'm always high on Reddick, pretty much ever since he got robbed at Dirt!Bristol he's been my favorite. It's performances like today that remind me why I love watching him so much.
Crazy track, I thought it had it out from some grudge!! But my fav Boi Tyler Reddick won so I'm happy. A bit sad that Bubba was unfotunately out when his car started getting problems. Awesome overtake by Reddick at the end! 8/10 for me too many cautions lol
If Truex fails to advance out of the Round of 16, I wonder if he could announce his retirement at the conclusion of next season. He's not getting any younger and he only signed a one year extension. It would really suck to see such a season as he's had get cut short after Bristol, but we will see what happens.
Reslly frustrated with that one. Burton was in contention for a top 20 before Hocevar put him in the wall. Really rough to go out two weeks in a row due to other drivers' mistakes
One thing that I have learned the past few years is how crucial alliances are for these smaller teams. Even though 23XI isn’t a staple team, they are still right there with JGR and everyone else. Who knows, maybe Rick Ware becomes as competitive as RFK next year with the new alliance.
This is actually good race at Kansas. We’ve saw chaos on the bubble playoff drivers, messin around the drivers, passing for the lead and I’ll give a 79.9%.
Damn, I really regret putting Tyler Reddick on my Round of 16 eliminations. Congrats to him for getting this win, damn this 45 car is sure something! Cool to get 3 different drivers for the 45 car winning at Kansas! I’m pretty worried for Martin Truex Jr after seeing the playoff standings.
A LOT had Reddick as a first round exit. I get it, they've been choking all year, but I looked at Kansas, and I also looked at when they choke, it's normally in stage 3. But by then they have accrued stage points 😂 i have him out in the round of 12.
Crazy track, I thought it had it out from some grudge!! But my fav Boi Tyler Reddick won so I'm happy. A bit sad that Bubba was unfotunately out when his car started getting problems. Awesome overtake by Reddick at the end! 8/10 for me too many cautions lol
I would just love to mention that as long as Talledega is in the second round (and Brad makes it through the first round which it’s looking like he will) I think Keselowski is a sleeper pick for the round of 8. He has two runner up finishes this year at super speedways and has been running up front at most if not all. He would have had a shot in the spring talledega race too if Bubba wasn’t so aggressive
I think Truex will be alright. Wallace though looked like he was about ot make a lot of ground into point his way into the top 12, if not lock himself in, if it wasn't for the tire going down.
Crazy track, I thought it had it out from some grudge!! But my fav Boi Tyler Reddick won so I'm happy. A bit sad that Bubba was unfotunately out when his car started getting problems. Awesome overtake by Reddick at the end! 8/10 for me too many cautions lol
If NASCAR keeps this format, the regular season champion should get a first round bye. Adds incentive to winning the regular season championship more than just the playoff points.
Truex has arguably his worst short track in Bristol coming up, and he’s never finished well there (winning wise anyway). I honestly think if he wants to make it past the round of 16, based on what we’ve seen from him so far, he needs a miracle next week.
Congrats to Reddick, and I'm sorry for constantly hounding on Bubba, but man he keeps asking for it. The guy is so unprofessional and just screams "I'm an asshole." In his post race interview, he gave Reddick, his own teammate, one of the most disrespectful congradulations I've ever seen. I'm paraphrasing here, but his quote was along the lines of "Congrats to Reddick, the guy's a bit of a freaking headcase, but you know it's whatever, I won here last year and he did it in the same number so congrats." Like bro... wtf why are you dogging your own teammate when he just won the race? I don't understand how people can defend Bubba and his attitude.
I was at the track today and the experience was pretty great. The race was great up until that long run in stage 3. I'm not sure if the broadcast helped keep it interesting but I struggled to find an actual battle for position from the stands. Still a good race tho!
Crazy track, I thought it had it out from some grudge!! But my fav Boi Tyler Reddick won so I'm happy. A bit sad that Bubba was unfotunately out when his car started getting problems. Awesome overtake by Reddick at the end! 8/10 for me too many cautions lol
Request for Out of the Crowd Can we talk a bit more in depth about that 34? McDowell qualifies 9th and 7th back to back weeks at ovals, then the race begins and the car proceeds to fall off a cliff. He's like the polar opposite of Kenseth, qualifies well especially for his equipment...then come race time it's like he has a parachute in his rear spoiler. It only makes me wonder what his qualifying efforts would look like if he ran in a Penske car, but it's brutal to see a qualifying effort and think "Yep I wonder how this will translate to Sunday..."
Every race would go differently if you could go back and change how the cautions fall. EVERY RACE. Some drivers and crews take advantage, others miss the opportunity. The 22 crew played the cards they were dealt as every crew does every week. They played them very well today.
I was at this race I’m drive home from this race right now my first cup race was great and the end of it had a different atmosphere at the end than the rest if the race. I was listing to Martin Truexs Radio when he wreck and he said I think i have a flat the smoke then BOOM.
I never count Logano and the 22 team out. I still had them in my final 4 at the beginning of the playoffs. They always find a way to finish way better than they run.
Erik Jones fan since 2018 here. Because of time difference only Erik's win I was able to see live, was a Clash at Daytona. Not even a point paying race. Slept through all of big moments of his cup career. And today I finally was able to watch till the end, and man oh man, what a nerve wrecking last laps! What a run! It was well worth the sleep deprivation
@@ryanbates3319 wouldn't say that he performs much better than in 20, but yeah, staying with 43 team is the only way. Especially after they switch to Toyota. I'm sure he's way more involved in all the processes there, than he was in JGR
When the pit crew and Scott do their jobs, Reddick shines. Hes an amazing driver and he would do so good with a consistent team. Multiple championships in his future.
Everybody and their mother picked Martin Truex to go to the final 4 or at least get out of the first round but this is the playoffs and if you can't perform or have bad luck your out. The night race at Bristol next weekend will be very interesting telling us who's in and who's out and I can't wait for it. Groovy gage 85%.
I thought it was a decent race. 70% for me. I had predicted Denny Hamlin to win the cup race, but it was nice seeing Reddick win. Hopefully, Martin Truex jr. makes into the round of 12. I was watching Truck Series Practice and Qualifying on Friday and Micheal Waltrip basically confirmed that Carson Hocevar is moving up to the cup series. He wouldn't name a team for Hocevar, but he said he is going cup racing next year. I really want Hocevar to race at least one year in the Xfinity Series instead of skipping the Xfinity Series to go to the Cup Series.
Plus, he finished 3rd at Richmond in mid-August. I know RCR and their short track program hasn't been great until that race, but hopefully, it'll bear the same fruit as it did in Richmond
While I didn’t see the race today Truex jr getting eliminated in the first round as the regular season champion would be like a 1 seed losing to a 16 seed crazy turn of events
Josh Sims was a Sideline Reporter during Stanford Cardinal vs USC Trojans College Football Game on Fox with Tim Brando and Spencer Tillman on Saturday Night.
The very fact the regular season champion's facing potential elimination in the VERY FIRST ROUND no less should show NASCAR (They want it for entertainment) this points system for the playoffs is incredibly skewed and doesn't reflect the whole context of the sport's competition. So many red flags on a tightrope line. Omitting the resets, Martin's actually second to Denny in the non playoff standings according to the statisticians, but I know that technically doesn't count for anything, even though it should be everything. I'm not just whining as a Truex fan, but as someone who just wants the scientific objectivity. Unpopular opinion (I like things to be controversial, lol), I cannot stand Chase Elliott especially with what he did to Denny (I know Denny's misbehaved this season too. He should be held accountably too) at Charlotte and was caught lying about it, but also today with how he doored Kyle Larson coming out of the pits on the final stops because he thought Kyle intentionally ran him over when it was just the frenzy of Brad accelerating quickly to retain the track position that he accidentally got into 'em. So entitled of Chase as with many of his indiscretions at times in the past. He's shown lots of his truer colors, so it's a mistake for his fans to take him for some kind of paragon for moral infallibility, but even he arguably got robbed of a championship last year because of this elimination style format with how consistent he was on the track for the most part in 2022 relative to 2023. No one can deny because of the nepotism that goes with his last name, he gets special treatment in both discreet and very obvious ways too from race control. It was his aggression this year that was his undoing. All of Chase's fans are welcome to debate me on that premise since my favorite driver works for the same team as well. Chase Elliott may be passed off as the face of HMS and frankly NASCAR both, but Kyle Larson's the heart of each currently.
@@johnhaas2523 I don't care. I'd rather have legitimacy in sports, than forced game seven moments all the time. Game seven moments are great when they happen naturally and not all the time at least to me. This garbage points system appeals to people with shorter attention spans. That's where its appeal primarily rests. No offense, but I'm saying my piece too. No one can ever tell me a team that finishes consistently inside the top five, say they get at least one win in the final ten races, but most importantly they're never outside the top ten, meanwhile the "actual" champion snags four wins and has six DNF's altogether in the final stretch has less points than who the system unfairly rewards as champion. At the very least, the old chase along with the stages' bonus points would make more sense than the playoff era.
Considering our last win was in April, I was jumping up and down yelling “We’re going to the round of 12 baby,YES!” Being a Reddick fan this year has had its downs, but the ups are well worth the wait
Bubba is much better at short tracks this year, so he can actually gain like 40-45 points and even Stenhouse not to far to be sure, that he wont make next round, also Bristol will probably be a wreckfest, so results can be really unpredictable
2:38 looks like a wear indicator to me.. strange the puncture is perfectly round ... ??? Disappointed for Wallace ... did he have a tire go down too, or did he brush the wall? I didn't see that part of the race and it sounded like he just brushed the wall on his own but if he had a tire go down on him that's something different entirely.
Carson Hocevar doing very good for 2 weeks in a row. Decent mid pack finishes in a turd car. He brought the car home in one piece 2 weeks in a row. The 42 has totally sucked and wrecked constantly all year. Carson is getting it done!
U can win 35 of the 36 races, lead every single lap, and then go to the championship race and crash on lap 1. You’re 4th in points, u don’t win the championship, u did all that for nothing. That’s how messed up this format is☠️
@@johnhaas2523but this is NASCAR. Not football basketball or anything like those sports. It’s a Motorsport. The champion shouldn’t be crown based off a game 7 moment like NASCAR is trying to do
I was at the track today and listened to his appearance at Toyota today and he was excited for this race as it is one of his favorites and it was hard to watch what ensued
Curious about something. Watching the race at the track I noticed bowman was the only driver regularly ripping the bottom. Every time I’d look that cars way he would always be on the bottom while everyone else would rip the top.
Decent race overall, and I’m happy that Reddick won over his boss. Not so happy that we had SO many issues with tires letting go, and spinning around in turns 3 & 4. Something needs to be done to fix that. PS- Shoutout to Jones for carrying Petty GMS, and to Hocevar for the top 15 finish. (I refuse to call it LMC).
75% of the whole season's yellows related to the tire wheel brake and suspension and I hope somebody soon does a podcast because it's turn the whole system and season upside-down and inside-out?
Strange how MTJ and Bubba Wallace , both very fast Toyotas , both had issues with the right rear tires. I know MTJ tire showed a puncture, but setup sometimes makes a tire squirm more, which can pick up more junk.
Extremely intense and interesting in person isn’t it? I’ve only been to a few, but the experience is so different than watching on TV. Someday I want to join in the people that camp out all weekend at the right track. I don’t know anybody with an RV or a camper though. Anyways, glad you enjoyed it.
@@extragoogleaccount6061 Definitely very intense and interesting in person! We have a camper and we wanted to camp but my mom said no, but maybe next time!
I am shocked the 19 of truex wreck only on lap 4 and now that he is in the bottom 4 he slips up at Bristol he can be a shocking elimination And if logono makes the round of 8 somehow and wins Las Vagas he will have the most wins at Las Vagas in cup history
Something you didn't mention was Kyle Busch's pit crew lost him spots all day on pit road as well. Only time he didn't lose was with 2 tires on that last pit stop.
Agreed. 2020 should’ve been the last straw. Harvick had the same avg finish that Gordon had in 2007(7.3). It sucks that Truex might be the next victim of playoff screw overs. I’d say 2021 is also an example of the broken format because, even though Larson deservedly won, if that caution doesn’t come out, he loses.
By the way you are very wrong on praising Daniels today. He screwed them first by not pitting when everyone else did but then he drove back to 13th and if he stays out there he has a chance to still win, but by pitting they went back to 30th and that was too much to overcome. Cliff lost Larson this race today
Penske is not good right now, Blayne is being really surprise, but is not enough. Kyle Larson is amazing, let's be honest the guy is on fire right now, the way he was passing people on the green flag was just another level. Tyler Reddick is on hell of run, if wasn't for the mistakes this man could have won what? 3-4 races this season, he is good. Bristol his gonna be wild, no below Byron is safe, i can genuinely see guys like Rick Stenhouse or McDowell putting a hail mary...
Shame that McDowell hasn't been able to carry his regular season speed into the playoffs. I was hoping he'd sneak into the round of 8 somehow but maybe next season. I'm at least glad he won he way in at IRC though!
Man I was on the edge of my seat rooting for that 43 to pull off the win, but it is refreshing to see Legacy finally starting to thrive!
Same haven’t been that hyped for any kind of tv event in years
same
My heart was pounding, I so badly want to Eric Jones win, but of course, Logono ruins everything, I’m happy for Reddick, but damn it would’ve been so cool if Eric won.
First top 5 for Legacy Motor Club.
@@alextriplett9414Logano DOES ruin everything
I really liked that the broadcast highlighted little teams/Hocevar and Creed's runs with about 20 to go.
If MTJ gets eliminated there goes a lot of people's championship picks
Good hahahahahah
Man he got jobbed lap 6!?! Goodyear are junk tires
How many times this season is Joey Logano gonna run 13th-18th all race and finish top 5 with 5 to go?
Strategy
Great call by Wolfie.
I wish Blaney did the same thing. His pit crew lost him 5+ spots every cycle.
@@tloz171nfs Agreed. Blaney's recent speed+Paul Wolff's strategy calls would be great.
Love it
truex: *_you’re on the team kid‼️ it’s orientation day‼️_*
the right rear goodyear tire on the 19 at kansas: *yeahhhhh no.* 😐
It’s you’re on the team kid 😶
you're on the team kid! it's elimination day
🗣️🗣️You got a corner office🔥🔥Lucky💯💯‼️
Retire that horrible commercial along with the other super woke yoga commercial they keep force-feeding us
That damn Coke ...."I need to try it first " yeahyeahyeah. I wish that sumbeech would hurry up and try it.@@ronhochhalter3491
Logono's p5 reminded me of spring martinsvillie where he basically was driving a tractor and finished that well, its amazing me
Reddick's pass was incredible. His commitment to the shot of momentum running up the track and managing to not wreck it shooting down into the apron was a level of driving that makes championships.
Can’t imagine Eric’s reaction seeing his championship pick wreck and possibly be bounced in the first round…
Like last year.
I hate to say it, but I think Eric might be cursed when he picks his championship pick.
2020 he pick Harvick and got eliminated in the round of 8
2021: he pick Truex and lost to Larson in the Championship 4
2022: he pick Reddick and got eliminated in the round of 16
2023: He pick Truex against and Truex could be eliminated in the round of 16.
I do have Martin truex going to the championship four. But Busch is my championship pick.
Jones has to be top 5 talent. He was just never given much time at JGR.
11:05 Correction: Kyle Busch was actually running 7th when the caution came out. He slowly kept passing cars in that long run. They took 2 tires and got to 2nd, but ended up finishing 7th anyway.
And he was running down the 5th and 6th place car and probably would of at least finished 6th
Dang what a race. If Truex is eliminated after the first round, I will be shocked
Could definitely be a possibility, it sucks if that’s the outcome. He’s getting older and I don’t know if he’s going to have more then a few more opportunities to win the championship.
I'll be devastated if MTJ is eliminated in the Round of 16
Joey has no speed but gets better finishes most races then people with speed. Not a fan but this shows why he is a 2x champion
Logano is the new closer. He always finishes better than his equipment.
Could've also went really bad for him.
It was a crapshoot, and even he said as much.
Nah, that'll always be harvick
Yes he does
First relevant 22 since Bobby Allison
@@Dupontman627I mean Kurt Busch was in the 22, so....
Busch ran 11th most of the day but he was safely running 7th prior to the last caution so it wasn’t like he won anything from the 2 tire stop at the end
Seems like Elliot and Larson don’t really get along at all. I think team Hendrick is just good at covering it up mostly.
Makes sense, Elliott got the torch passed to him from Johnson, Elliott was going to carry the Hendrick Motorsports legacy, then they signed Larson, and he somehow gets better equipment, where he's had 16 wins since 2020, and Elliot only has 6-7 wins since 2020
@@americanwalmarts3565
Better equipment???
Ha
Just a better driver bud
@@Dougie1969 True, Elliott spends his NASCAR season snowboarding
@@americanwalmarts3565 Chase is a great driver, a good man, and one of my favorites. Kyle Larson is a better driving talent and I don't think it's that close. Every Hendrick team runs top equipment.
@@RogerBates7 it's kind of like Jeff and Jimmie, but I want Elliott to be like Jimmie, more competitive
If Truex misses this is the biggest collapse since Harvick in 2020
Not a collapse. Being screwed by the playoffs
@@hunternixonfishing2500 that's a victim mindset Martin Truex Jr could've avoided disaster at Darlington but didn't. If he misses the round of 12 with all the points he has it is all on MTJ and the entire 19 team.
@@hunternixonfishing2500it's not getting screwed when everyone is playing by the same rules
Not a collapse. The Eric Estepp Curse. 😂
@@NRF_Productions Really over here still defining the outcome of a 36 race season in 3 race increments. The previous 26 races mean next to nothing right now... literally just to get here and be stepped on in 2 races.
45 is undefeated in the Kansas fall race.
If Truex gets eliminated we might have to start taking about the Eric Curse not the Darian curse
Love the Classic Whataburger shirt. I saw Almirola had the Whataburger sponsor on half the car. Nice to see them return.
Shout-out to Blaney for single-handedly carrying that 12 team despite his pit crew's mistakes week in and week out
I swear strategy always works against them no matter the call
The 12 has always had hit and misses even with Mayfield and Newman
I'm always high on Reddick, pretty much ever since he got robbed at Dirt!Bristol he's been my favorite. It's performances like today that remind me why I love watching him so much.
Crazy track, I thought it had it out from some grudge!! But my fav Boi Tyler Reddick won so I'm happy. A bit sad that Bubba was unfotunately out when his car started getting problems. Awesome overtake by Reddick at the end! 8/10 for me too many cautions lol
I would like to mention Gilliland and Buescher were having good days until restart chicanery for Gilliland and the tire issue for Buescher
If Truex fails to advance out of the Round of 16, I wonder if he could announce his retirement at the conclusion of next season. He's not getting any younger and he only signed a one year extension. It would really suck to see such a season as he's had get cut short after Bristol, but we will see what happens.
Reslly frustrated with that one. Burton was in contention for a top 20 before Hocevar put him in the wall. Really rough to go out two weeks in a row due to other drivers' mistakes
Joey cruising from being on edge going into this week
Byron was 3rd when he spun, they had speed until his undertray got damaged from the spin
RIP Team Truex it was one hell of a ride!
Nah dog lol
Next week he'll be back
Shoutout to his family.
Lets see how many RocketPoweredMohawk fans there are.
@@Preso_so far only me and you
One thing that I have learned the past few years is how crucial alliances are for these smaller teams. Even though 23XI isn’t a staple team, they are still right there with JGR and everyone else. Who knows, maybe Rick Ware becomes as competitive as RFK next year with the new alliance.
@@coyotes79
It's more than building their cars.
It's definitely more than an "alliance"
Because of Tyler Reddick he's the real talent on that team
This is actually good race at Kansas. We’ve saw chaos on the bubble playoff drivers, messin around the drivers, passing for the lead and I’ll give a 79.9%.
I am glad Buescher is not in a deep points hole because of that tire... he usually runs well at bristol so i hope all goes well
Id like to note about Byron that he was a top 5 car before his spin, which led to under body damage
He said the spin did no damage. The car just basically shot loose all of a sudden and never got better. Really weird situation
I really enjoy listening to your podcast and you give great insight on what has happened and how everything is shaking up in NASCAR
Damn, I really regret putting Tyler Reddick on my Round of 16 eliminations. Congrats to him for getting this win, damn this 45 car is sure something! Cool to get 3 different drivers for the 45 car winning at Kansas! I’m pretty worried for Martin Truex Jr after seeing the playoff standings.
A LOT had Reddick as a first round exit. I get it, they've been choking all year, but I looked at Kansas, and I also looked at when they choke, it's normally in stage 3. But by then they have accrued stage points 😂 i have him out in the round of 12.
No way. Tyler is one of those who spends ALL his time figuring out how to win. That's hard to beat
Crazy track, I thought it had it out from some grudge!! But my fav Boi Tyler Reddick won so I'm happy. A bit sad that Bubba was unfotunately out when his car started getting problems. Awesome overtake by Reddick at the end! 8/10 for me too many cautions lol
@@MaxRamos8Reddick FTW! Let's go!
Crazy how a driver can intentionally cause a caution manipulating the race one week and be praised the next. Says a lot about the current fanbase.
Byron was running Top 5 before having a spin which damaged the diffuser, that’s why he was out of contention the rest of the race
I would just love to mention that as long as Talledega is in the second round (and Brad makes it through the first round which it’s looking like he will) I think Keselowski is a sleeper pick for the round of 8. He has two runner up finishes this year at super speedways and has been running up front at most if not all. He would have had a shot in the spring talledega race too if Bubba wasn’t so aggressive
With the way Jones ran today I think he’s a favorite to win Kansas next year backed by Toyota.
Hamlin said it was Larson fault he lost the race 🫨 what a narcissist !!!!
I'm trying hard not to dislike Hamlin.
But it isn't working.
I think Truex will be alright. Wallace though looked like he was about ot make a lot of ground into point his way into the top 12, if not lock himself in, if it wasn't for the tire going down.
Happy for reddick, but jesus does it make bubba blowing that tire sting so much more...
Crazy track, I thought it had it out from some grudge!! But my fav Boi Tyler Reddick won so I'm happy. A bit sad that Bubba was unfotunately out when his car started getting problems. Awesome overtake by Reddick at the end! 8/10 for me too many cautions lol
If NASCAR keeps this format, the regular season champion should get a first round bye. Adds incentive to winning the regular season championship more than just the playoff points.
Totally Agree! 1st seeds in NFL playoffs don't play in the Wild Card weekend!! Earned privilege of a successful season thus far.
Was at the race it was another good race at Kansas what a move by Tyler Reddick
Truex has arguably his worst short track in Bristol coming up, and he’s never finished well there (winning wise anyway). I honestly think if he wants to make it past the round of 16, based on what we’ve seen from him so far, he needs a miracle next week.
Its still crazy he won on bristol dirt in a kbm truck.
He hasn’t had a top 5 there in like 11 years lol.
He almost died in the August 2018 race
Congrats to Reddick, and I'm sorry for constantly hounding on Bubba, but man he keeps asking for it. The guy is so unprofessional and just screams "I'm an asshole." In his post race interview, he gave Reddick, his own teammate, one of the most disrespectful congradulations I've ever seen. I'm paraphrasing here, but his quote was along the lines of "Congrats to Reddick, the guy's a bit of a freaking headcase, but you know it's whatever, I won here last year and he did it in the same number so congrats." Like bro... wtf why are you dogging your own teammate when he just won the race? I don't understand how people can defend Bubba and his attitude.
I don't like him either, once they interviewed him I shut off the TV knowing it was going to turn into a big Bubba Wallace wank fest.
Yeah, that was pathetic..sigh
I think that was a joke, I didn’t see it as bad. Reddick and bubba are kinda friends now. I would rag on my friend that way.
Bubba will always be the victim in his own mind. He's just a pathetic POS
It was joke and stop playing on his every word bc if you been watching nascar you know drivers says just about anything after a bad race
I was at the track today and the experience was pretty great. The race was great up until that long run in stage 3. I'm not sure if the broadcast helped keep it interesting but I struggled to find an actual battle for position from the stands. Still a good race tho!
i was at this race for my birthday and it was a pretty good one but the worst thing was that late race caution and truex wrecking out on lap 3
Happy birthday! 🎂 Hope you had fun!
Crazy track, I thought it had it out from some grudge!! But my fav Boi Tyler Reddick won so I'm happy. A bit sad that Bubba was unfotunately out when his car started getting problems. Awesome overtake by Reddick at the end! 8/10 for me too many cautions lol
Request for Out of the Crowd
Can we talk a bit more in depth about that 34? McDowell qualifies 9th and 7th back to back weeks at ovals, then the race begins and the car proceeds to fall off a cliff. He's like the polar opposite of Kenseth, qualifies well especially for his equipment...then come race time it's like he has a parachute in his rear spoiler. It only makes me wonder what his qualifying efforts would look like if he ran in a Penske car, but it's brutal to see a qualifying effort and think "Yep I wonder how this will translate to Sunday..."
He's truly the epitome of the phrase "doing more with less."
how many times this season has logano gotten saved by a late caution and given him a finishing position that should've gone to someone else?
As many times as someone winning the race that wouldn't have if there was no caution. Great call by Wolfie.
Every race would go differently if you could go back and change how the cautions fall. EVERY RACE. Some drivers and crews take advantage, others miss the opportunity. The 22 crew played the cards they were dealt as every crew does every week. They played them very well today.
I was at this race I’m drive home from this race right now my first cup race was great and the end of it had a different atmosphere at the end than the rest if the race. I was listing to Martin Truexs Radio when he wreck and he said I think i have a flat the smoke then BOOM.
Larson made a great come back run in stage 3. i wish they had more coverage of that
Thankfully, I got to watch that in person. It was an incredible drive. Larson GOAT?
I never count Logano and the 22 team out. I still had them in my final 4 at the beginning of the playoffs. They always find a way to finish way better than they run.
Lug Nut's definitely a champion for a reason?
Hopefully he wins. Champion
Totally feeling you on MTJ's woes. Hope the 19 team can get some better luck next race.
Hamlin said it was because of Larson, that’s funny because I thought it was just a bad restart for him but what do I know
If MTJ misses the next round, all of our playoff brackets will be broken.
Also Bowman top 10=YAYYYY
Erik Jones fan since 2018 here. Because of time difference only Erik's win I was able to see live, was a Clash at Daytona. Not even a point paying race.
Slept through all of big moments of his cup career. And today I finally was able to watch till the end, and man oh man, what a nerve wrecking last laps! What a run! It was well worth the sleep deprivation
Honestly I think Erik should stay in the 43, heck I’d say he performs better in that car than he did in the 20
@@ryanbates3319 wouldn't say that he performs much better than in 20, but yeah, staying with 43 team is the only way. Especially after they switch to Toyota. I'm sure he's way more involved in all the processes there, than he was in JGR
Kyle Busch was 7th when that final caution came out running top 3 speed😭😂
The amount of happiness and pain I’ve gone through as a Reddick fan is unbelievable
When the pit crew and Scott do their jobs, Reddick shines. Hes an amazing driver and he would do so good with a consistent team. Multiple championships in his future.
Everybody and their mother picked Martin Truex to go to the final 4 or at least get out of the first round but this is the playoffs and if you can't perform or have bad luck your out. The night race at Bristol next weekend will be very interesting telling us who's in and who's out and I can't wait for it. Groovy gage 85%.
I thought it was a decent race. 70% for me. I had predicted Denny Hamlin to win the cup race, but it was nice seeing Reddick win. Hopefully, Martin Truex jr. makes into the round of 12.
I was watching Truck Series Practice and Qualifying on Friday and Micheal Waltrip basically confirmed that Carson Hocevar is moving up to the cup series. He wouldn't name a team for Hocevar, but he said he is going cup racing next year. I really want Hocevar to race at least one year in the Xfinity Series instead of skipping the Xfinity Series to go to the Cup Series.
Can't count Busch out at Bristol either, which is my championship pick
Plus, he finished 3rd at Richmond in mid-August. I know RCR and their short track program hasn't been great until that race, but hopefully, it'll bear the same fruit as it did in Richmond
@@kjprodouctions9050 most definitely, I wanna see him rub it in Gibbs face holding the championship trophy lol
@@AmericanPoliceCams yeah
I would like to trade Truex’s luck for Dennys.
While I didn’t see the race today Truex jr getting eliminated in the first round as the regular season champion would be like a 1 seed losing to a 16 seed crazy turn of events
Josh Sims was a Sideline Reporter during Stanford Cardinal vs USC Trojans College Football Game on Fox with Tim Brando and Spencer Tillman on Saturday Night.
The very fact the regular season champion's facing potential elimination in the VERY FIRST ROUND no less should show NASCAR (They want it for entertainment) this points system for the playoffs is incredibly skewed and doesn't reflect the whole context of the sport's competition. So many red flags on a tightrope line. Omitting the resets, Martin's actually second to Denny in the non playoff standings according to the statisticians, but I know that technically doesn't count for anything, even though it should be everything. I'm not just whining as a Truex fan, but as someone who just wants the scientific objectivity. Unpopular opinion (I like things to be controversial, lol), I cannot stand Chase Elliott especially with what he did to Denny (I know Denny's misbehaved this season too. He should be held accountably too) at Charlotte and was caught lying about it, but also today with how he doored Kyle Larson coming out of the pits on the final stops because he thought Kyle intentionally ran him over when it was just the frenzy of Brad accelerating quickly to retain the track position that he accidentally got into 'em. So entitled of Chase as with many of his indiscretions at times in the past. He's shown lots of his truer colors, so it's a mistake for his fans to take him for some kind of paragon for moral infallibility, but even he arguably got robbed of a championship last year because of this elimination style format with how consistent he was on the track for the most part in 2022 relative to 2023. No one can deny because of the nepotism that goes with his last name, he gets special treatment in both discreet and very obvious ways too from race control. It was his aggression this year that was his undoing. All of Chase's fans are welcome to debate me on that premise since my favorite driver works for the same team as well. Chase Elliott may be passed off as the face of HMS and frankly NASCAR both, but Kyle Larson's the heart of each currently.
@@johnhaas2523 I don't care. I'd rather have legitimacy in sports, than forced game seven moments all the time. Game seven moments are great when they happen naturally and not all the time at least to me. This garbage points system appeals to people with shorter attention spans. That's where its appeal primarily rests. No offense, but I'm saying my piece too. No one can ever tell me a team that finishes consistently inside the top five, say they get at least one win in the final ten races, but most importantly they're never outside the top ten, meanwhile the "actual" champion snags four wins and has six DNF's altogether in the final stretch has less points than who the system unfairly rewards as champion. At the very least, the old chase along with the stages' bonus points would make more sense than the playoff era.
@@johnhaas2523 I know, but it should be about the substance over the style.
Considering our last win was in April, I was jumping up and down yelling “We’re going to the round of 12 baby,YES!” Being a Reddick fan this year has had its downs, but the ups are well worth the wait
It was actually in late March
@kjproductions9050 my fault dawg, just did a quick google search lol
Never count out harvick
Can't say I expected right rears to take out so many playoff guys in one race. Bristol is going to be an interesting one.
Bubba is much better at short tracks this year, so he can actually gain like 40-45 points and even Stenhouse not to far to be sure, that he wont make next round, also Bristol will probably be a wreckfest, so results can be really unpredictable
Ty Gibbs knows the names of each of his pit crew. Does Bell? That's the difference. Synergy.
Rowdy is going to win at one of his best tracks. It's Bristol Baby
I hope so
Forget BFM. No driver should ever feel safe if Eric chooses them to win the championship
2:38 looks like a wear indicator to me.. strange the puncture is perfectly round ... ??? Disappointed for Wallace ... did he have a tire go down too, or did he brush the wall? I didn't see that part of the race and it sounded like he just brushed the wall on his own but if he had a tire go down on him that's something different entirely.
Carson Hocevar doing very good for 2 weeks in a row. Decent mid pack finishes in a turd car. He brought the car home in one piece 2 weeks in a row. The 42 has totally sucked and wrecked constantly all year. Carson is getting it done!
U can win 35 of the 36 races, lead every single lap, and then go to the championship race and crash on lap 1. You’re 4th in points, u don’t win the championship, u did all that for nothing. That’s how messed up this format is☠️
@@johnhaas2523you could but that is a terrible example . Nascar championship format is terrible
@@johnhaas2523but this is NASCAR. Not football basketball or anything like those sports. It’s a Motorsport. The champion shouldn’t be crown based off a game 7 moment like NASCAR is trying to do
@@micahbrown8095if you want game 7 moments, go watch the NHL playoffs
You can win 35 races and finish 2nd or worse in the last race behind one of the contenders and lose the championship.
You keep saying that Newman rear ended Reddick but they never hit each other
Brad also won stage 2
I was at the track today and listened to his appearance at Toyota today and he was excited for this race as it is one of his favorites and it was hard to watch what ensued
I bet the former pit crew for the #20 is like Yeah hmmm!!!
Curious about something. Watching the race at the track I noticed bowman was the only driver regularly ripping the bottom. Every time I’d look that cars way he would always be on the bottom while everyone else would rip the top.
KB was doing the same thing
If your car handles well on the bottom you stay on where other cars are not so you can pass?
Harvick too.
I really really really hope Truex recovers and wins the championship. I’m gonna be so angry if he doesn’t.
Imma be so happy
Decent race overall, and I’m happy that Reddick won over his boss. Not so happy that we had SO many issues with tires letting go, and spinning around in turns 3 & 4. Something needs to be done to fix that.
PS- Shoutout to Jones for carrying Petty GMS, and to Hocevar for the top 15 finish. (I refuse to call it LMC).
75% of the whole season's yellows related to the tire wheel brake and suspension and I hope somebody soon does a podcast because it's turn the whole system and season upside-down and inside-out?
Always W uploads Eric! 💯💯
Strange how MTJ and Bubba Wallace , both very fast Toyotas , both had issues with the right rear tires. I know MTJ tire showed a puncture, but setup sometimes makes a tire squirm more, which can pick up more junk.
If Treux gets elimanated in the first round that changes my Championship 4 drivers
Did anyone else lose it when Bubbles said Tyler Reddick was a bit of a head case ? WTF?
Nobody'$urprised at 'nother unstable interview?
I mean Bubba himself said at the end of the day it's evry man for himself not team :shrug he struggles with temper and self esteem
Byron had diffuser damage
12 adjustments to the ill-fitting glasses. Just one off from Eric's record of 13 adjustments.
I was there! My first ever nascar race and it was AMAZING! Very great atmosphere and the cars sound so good and are very loud!
Extremely intense and interesting in person isn’t it? I’ve only been to a few, but the experience is so different than watching on TV. Someday I want to join in the people that camp out all weekend at the right track. I don’t know anybody with an RV or a camper though. Anyways, glad you enjoyed it.
@@extragoogleaccount6061 Definitely very intense and interesting in person! We have a camper and we wanted to camp but my mom said no, but maybe next time!
I am shocked the 19 of truex wreck only on lap 4 and now that he is in the bottom 4 he slips up at Bristol he can be a shocking elimination
And if logono makes the round of 8 somehow and wins Las Vagas he will have the most wins at Las Vagas in cup history
All of us Harvick fans feel Truex's pain.
Something you didn't mention was Kyle Busch's pit crew lost him spots all day on pit road as well. Only time he didn't lose was with 2 tires on that last pit stop.
I called it and Kevin harvick battle hard and I think he will provide at Bristol. Never count out Kevin harvick and Roddy Childers
MTJ is about to get that Harvick 2020 treatment being screwed by the playoffs
Agreed. 2020 should’ve been the last straw. Harvick had the same avg finish that Gordon had in 2007(7.3). It sucks that Truex might be the next victim of playoff screw overs. I’d say 2021 is also an example of the broken format because, even though Larson deservedly won, if that caution doesn’t come out, he loses.
By the way you are very wrong on praising Daniels today. He screwed them first by not pitting when everyone else did but then he drove back to 13th and if he stays out there he has a chance to still win, but by pitting they went back to 30th and that was too much to overcome. Cliff lost Larson this race today
Don’t know if u know but the number 1 pit crew that the 54 had and now bell has also won the pit crew competition last year with kyle Busch at texas
Going to be at the Bristol Night Race for the 2nd year in a row! So excited!
Penske is not good right now, Blayne is being really surprise, but is not enough.
Kyle Larson is amazing, let's be honest the guy is on fire right now, the way he was passing people on the green flag was just another level.
Tyler Reddick is on hell of run, if wasn't for the mistakes this man could have won what? 3-4 races this season, he is good.
Bristol his gonna be wild, no below Byron is safe, i can genuinely see guys like Rick Stenhouse or McDowell putting a hail mary...
Question about the owners playoffs. Does a win also gets the car into the next round?
Yes
Yes that's correct
Thanks a lot for the quick answers! Now to the video 😅😂
Shame that McDowell hasn't been able to carry his regular season speed into the playoffs. I was hoping he'd sneak into the round of 8 somehow but maybe next season. I'm at least glad he won he way in at IRC though!
Can we talk about Joey loganos restart aroun lap 34 where he passes like 7 or 8 cars in a lap