Arena Raise Hell, Praise Dale - NASCAR/North American Racing Series Discussion

The 1 car/McMurray had to have been responsible for 20+ cars being taken out, between him squeezing out Jimmie to make it FOUR WIDE (what could go wrong there?!) and bump drafting the 24 to set off another chain wreck.

Lots of ridiculously aggressive driving out there, though. The ending was great, but it was not a great 500. I would not want to be McMurray walking into that driver's meeting next week.

 

May be last race on this pavement at Atlanta.

Starting on the pole. Hoping to get the win and lock into the playoffs early.

 

Depressing end to a race we dominated. Wasn't even close.

 

Short day tracking the race today. 4 crashes out.

 

Bad qualifying day for the 4. With the epic letdown at Atlanta and then the bad luck last week, I hope Kevin is keeping his head up. It's a long season ahead.

Ryan Blaney continues to impress, starting on the outside of Joey Logs.

 

Dale Jr. going to retire after this season.....I'm going to have to start finding new drivers to root for I guess with Gordon and now him gone.

 

I'm surprised he came back this season. Between his new wife and life and the scare of that concussion, I thought he'd be replacing Waltrip in the booth.

Stewart, Gordon, Cousin Carl, Earnhardt. Lots of accomplished drivers stepping aside.

 

Yeah, I don't think it's going to taper off too much. One thing that most NASCAR fans are good at is finding another driver.

You've also got a great youth movement with legacies in Chase Elliott and Ryan Blaney, and a slew of drivers with world-class talent. This is no longer 80s and 90s NASCAR, these are extremely intelligent athletes/businessmen behind the wheel.

 

Penske is bringing Ryan Blaney from their subsidiary WB to drive their third car for next year. Menard leaving Childress will take over the 21.

With Hendrick in full rebuild mode next year, and Gibbs replacing Kenseth with Erik Jones, have to say it looks like Penske will have the best stable for the foreseeable future.

 

I didn't even know he was sick. He did a lot of good for the sport - RIP

 

Yeah I didn't know that either....pretty big loss for the sport there. RIP

 

Yes. Nobody has come as far in the last 3 years as Truex. Great personal story, what he's overcome and his wife's illness.

Incredibly happy to see this, very deserving, and now a champion forever.

Edit- also Furniture Row Racing winning the Championship and EIGHT races this season is a huge story. The affiliation with JGR no doubt helps, but small operations like this rarely win races these days, much less titles. Game changer.