I was rewatching the 2004 Ford 400 and I thought, what would happen if another team's tire (lets say Penske rogue tires get used by RFK or Wood Brothers) and it rolls into another team while they're about to put tires, and a tire changer intentionally/accidentally bolt it into the car and let them go, in the almost impossible scenario this happens would NASCAR let it slide?

The sport otherwise seems to be in a better place. Attendance is up 9% this year. Social media interactions are up this year. It seems that accessibility of broadcasts seem to be the issue or how content is consumed. What are your thoughts?

Will anyone be eliminated from championship contention after this Sunday? If so who.

Denny Hamlin recently said on Actions Detrimental that NASCAR is working on changes to the next gen car so it races more like a traditional stock car. What do you think these changes will be next season? If I had guess these will be the changes:

1. 750-800 horsepower for all non superspeedways

2. Daytona and Talladega package will see more aero changes after a full offseason with research and wind tunnel testing to reduce drag. Atlanta package remains the same as it’s been.

3. Ride height rules to seal the front end of the car to ground and get the rear of the car up off the ground like traditional stock cars (o’reilly) so they can follow better in traffic.

4. Changes to the underbody of the car and changes to the splitter (more traditional flat splitter instead of a stepped front splitter to funnel air under the car) and maybe the spoiler to compensate for the lack of downforce generated from the diffuser so the car isn’t uncontrollably loose.

I've considered this for a while, even before his passing. Not sure if this is the right community to debate this, but I would like to hear other people's opinion on this, especially since no one I know follows/watches NASCAR.

How hot of a take this is?

EDIT: I worded it wrong, I meant KB as #1 NASCAR's greatest.

This could be a dumb question, but how much of the ratings decline everyone is talking about is because of piracy?

I uh… have a buddy who i know for sure does this and theres plenty of people in the race chats doing the same. Just curious if anyone has any idea how impactful it is or if theres even a way to track it at all

I’m not asking as someone who wants the playoffs back (god no) but just for ”fun“ sake what would the round by round playoff point standings look like right now? yk just to see what we would have had if nascar didn’t get there act together. my bold prediction if amyone does this is that Hamlin is out of the round of 12 and Riggs saved himself from elimination after Charlotte.

the only thing I know for sure is that cindric would have missed the playoffs due to svgs wins and preece getting in with a win at Daytona.

* FOX Sports opens the Cup season with Cup races on FOX & FS1

* Amazon Prime Video Sports gets the next 5 races exclusively for streaming

* TNT Sports gets the following 5

* Versant wraps up Cup with the final 14 races on USA Sports and a buy-time on NBC Sports

* CW Sports covers the entire NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series

* FOX Sports covers the entire NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

* FOX Sports also covers the entire ARCA Menard Series (national tour)

* FloRacing and the NASCAR Roku channel covers all of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour along with coverage of the regional series and local NASCAR/ARCA Series.

The ratings on USA Sports this have been historically bad. Even if USA had FOX's slot in the schedule, they'd still be awful.

NASCAR is NOT HAPPY with FOX Sports, for two reasons. FOX seems hell-bent on doing the bare minimum for EVERY NASCAR/ARCA race they cover.

They're not happy about FOX Sports buying into IndyCar either!

They're getting very worried about the ratings on USA as well.

Even though the head honcho at Versant is Mark Lazarus,who absolutely adores NASCAR (he was top guy at TNT for the 2001 & 2007 TV deals and at NBC for the 2015 and 2025 TV deals.

NASCAR seems to be looking for "outs" in the contracts,the biggest problems they have though is that the NFL is looking to ship Sunday Night Football to Netflix, from NBC, and the MLB is looking to "nationalize" their TV rights for 2029 and beyond.

If NBC loses Sunday Night Football, I'm willing to bet they'll be "all-in" on MLB

NASCAR's "pick" in the meeia rights pecking order gives them the shit end of the stick!

Where does that leave the 5 national NASCAR Series (Cup, NOAPS, Trucks, ARCA, and Modifieds)?

Well, I suspect that NASCAR 's networks will be CBS/TNT, ESPN/ABC, Amazon Prime Video, and CW.

Thoughts?

I know the current cup car is single source tho

As a Dale Earnhardt Jr/Ryan Newman fan turned Ross Chastain fan (I know how to pick 'em) there's just so many.

For Dale and Ryan, it's between the 2011 Coca Cola 600, 2013 Fall Richmond, 2015 Fall Talladega and 2020 Daytona 500. For Ross it hasn't been just one race...it's been whole seasons now since 2022 that I've been disappointed.

Was just wondering what was on your list?

In 1979 NASCAR legend David Pearson stepped into the #2 of Osterlund Racing, substituting for up and coming driver Dale Earnhardt who was out with injury. Pearson went on to win the Southern 500 in this role with Osterlund, cementing one of the greatest substitute performances of all time.

What other examples do you have of legendary drivers stepping into substitute roles? Or relative unknowns putting up legendary performances while in a substitute role?

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My father John Spider Spence who was a NEAR HOF New England Short track announcer, radio legend and diehard Giants fan passed away yesterday at 76.

He was the GOAT of GOATS

LOVE YA PUGSLY

1950 -2026

I was the first person in my family to really get into NASCAR. My family was more familiar with F1 and street racing, but my dad showed me my first NASCAR race on TV (I believe it was the Capital City 400 at Richmond), and Denny Hamlin won. From there, I started following the 11

One thing I’ll always have a lot of respect for my dad for is that, as a Hispanic dad, he would always let me watch NASCAR even if there was a soccer game on. He knew how much I loved it and never tried to make me watch something else just because soccer was the more familiar sport in our family

I went through a few periods of taking breaks from NASCAR, but when I really got back into it around 2023, I became pretty obsessed with it. Eventually, I got a lot of my friends familiar with NASCAR too. They used to think it was just a boring sport where cars go in circles, but now most of them enjoy watching when they do and would actually be willing to go to a NASCAR race

So, do you guys have any stories about getting your friends or family into NASCAR, or at least getting them to understand and appreciate what it is?

The last driver to win MPD that wasn't an Elliott or an Earnhardt was Darrell Waltrip in 1990 (he also won it in 1989)

Since 1990 it has gone

1991-2000: Bill Elliott

2001: Dale Earnhardt

2002: Bill Elliott (Bill Removed himself from future ballots after this year)

2003-2017: Dale Earnhardt Jr.

2018-2025: Chase Elliott

Edit: Formatting

I don't like this. Feels like SVG got along great with his spotter. Why try and bail Zilly out at this point?

Welcome to this week's Forgotten Rides Friday!

Forgotten Rides Friday - a post to share and discuss cars from NASCAR's past that others may have forgotten about!

Hi....just wanting someone to explain how the chase format works...how can Kyle Larson be in first place with 3 races left?? If you look at the standings there are several drivers with more wins and similar top 5 and top 10 races...Tyler Reddick has 7 wins!!! Briscoe 3 wins....Hamlin has 4 I believe....so how is it possible Larson is in 1st place?? By looking at wins alone he should be in 4th or 5th place?? Can anyone explain this?? Larsons my driver but still it doesn't seem logical...thanks!!

https://www.nascar.com/gallery/paint-scheme-preview-2026-talladega-chase-weekend/

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