Well ive watched Nascar since 1990 so let me fill you in on a secret .........You cant win the race early , midway , but you can LOSE it then .......the end of the race you can only WIN it .......thats why they waited late to try to win it !!! The cautions caused the wrecks .
@@pervotheclown2199 true and a way to prevent the wrecks, if the drivers and teams know that a caution will end the race they will drive smarter as long as nascar severely penalizes any driver/team that intentionally causes a caution late on in the race
Because no one races with any respect. No one could pass each other all race and the only way to pass someone is to wreck him, since NASCAR built a shitmobile of a car anyway.
Kurt Busch missed with injury. Keselowski and Truex missed on points. Harvick, Kyle Busch, and Larson all eliminated Logano and Elliott are the only champions left…
@@Bload72productions I think the racing was good, I saw a lot of mid green flag passing. I swear it's bad coverage. I don't even know how the people missed the coverage of Aj vs Reddick after stage 3 stops.
Yup, cause chase Elliot has had a horrible playoffs for the most part but because he didn’t have bad luck in first 26 races he gets saved for it. Dumb. You get a bonus for being single season championship, but he screwed it up in the first race of playoff, they just need to make it that the points don’t reset after each round . Cause guys that earn more for that round don’t actually make any ground up, so how is that fair?
@@ringoflatts6571 my point is, they erase what happened the round before. I’m fine with giving the bonus points for the regular season champ, but when you basically give that away in round 1 race 1 and they it gets erased cause yes chase would still be the leader, but wouldn’t have the buffer he’s had. That dumb. No other playoffs in the world reward you for being bad. Pretty easy to understand, but your clearly a dud
@@stevecarey4740 No, that’s a horrible idea. It would make the playoffs even worse then they already are. Just get rid of the playoffs. They never should have existed in the first place.
honestly, i like suarez, but he only got into this round because he caused a big wreck that took out people above him in points at bristol, so it's fitting that he didnt go further
I'm sure it's a big relief knowing that his plans for next season are secure. He can just go out and run the best race he can until the end of the year.
Well we will throw it from debris that Brett Griffin and other spotters said had been there for like 5 laps...but not the 7th blazing thru the grass...
3 of the last road courses Elliott would have probably won if he didn't get taken out by other drivers who are desperate. He has been the fastest at almost all of the races at road courses.
All he had to do was give him the line he had and not cut down, Reddick would have been on the outside of the next corner and he would have gone right back by. He wrecked himself, Reddick had the inside. Not a fan of either driver, just saying...
Road America he got beat straight up, Watkins Glen he was fastest but left the door open and the Roval he was probably 3rd fastest got the lead off pit stops and Reddick got payback from Watkins Glen 🤷♂️
Ford looking like clowns tbf, been showing speed on them all year, but, correct me if i'm wrong, I think they haven't won on a road course since the 2018 ROVAL race…
@@kevinkelley3906 I would love to see you MR. TOUGH GUY go to Dawsonville Georgia and find his bar and supporters and call him a pretty boy…. ! I’m not a big fan of all these drivers per say but they are athletes that i respect. Find some constructive criticism , your comments make you sound silly…🤡🤭🤢
As a Chase Briscoe fan, watching him gain 12 spots in those last two laps was as intense as watching his Phoenix win. That full send into the chicane with help from Custer as clutch af
How does one root for him? He’s a bulldozer that runs in the back 85% of the time. The 15% he’s actually kinda quick he wrecks anyone and everyone near him. Can’t wait to see him try to bulldoze his way into the final 4 smh.
Did anyone else notice that Kyle Bush worked his way to the top 10, finishing 3rd and none of the TV broadcast crew mentioned his name once? PRN finally interviewed him, but it was after the TV broadcast was over. Interesting
What worries me with this spec car is that NASCAR, in an effort to bolster "excitement" and storylines, could pick and choose which cars get what parts to influence results for certain teams
Dinger had it, but was then shoved out of the way. Then Elliot mightve had it... til he was knocked out on the next turn. That's not good racing, that's wreck-to-win
Yupp...THE ONLY REASON AJ wants to be back in the cup series I think is bc he knows this newer car is more forgiving for his ummmmm shall we say, "Aggressive" nature. Cough cough, Dale Senioring it out there...
The 99 team has had an amazing season, they have no reason to hang their head. They got a win and earned their way into the play offs. I can’t believe the season is almost over already. Feels like the Daytona 500 was just a month ago.
Good call Eric, today was the worst race since the Martinsville spring race. Speaking of Martinsville, I have attended every fall event for many years, and this is the first year I have decided to pass on. I would hate to sit for hours and watch what Non Nascar fans think of Nascar. Good work as always, You are one of my favorites on youtube!
Especially after be shoved to the side of the 4 car team essentially. I hope for quick success at rcr so we can see that Kyle Busch smirk again! A 2 time champ didn't get resigned, wtf? Your loss coach!
People will say this is too much chaos but enjoy what's become of Daytona and Talladega where wrecks over dumb aggressive driving are made. I think the caution call for the billboard 20 laps after being on the track is questionable but at least we didn't get 3 GWCs like at superspeedways
@@BeautifulAngelBlossom - You need to change your account lie from ‘nice ole lady’ to I love to hate on Larson!! I get so sick of even seeing your name!!
@@jayannakelley9051 I got hate for being a Kyle Busch or bubble Wallace Martin Truex fan .you all can dish out hate for lot fans of other drivers beside HMS fans .then you all don't like when someone don't like one your favorite driver .plus i gald he out .now every Larson fan is same boat as us Kyle Busch and Martin truex Jr fans .
as a dual NASCAR and F1 fan, I enjoyed today's race for the most part. it was fun tracking the strategies and how it live-impacted the points, but overall definitely looking for more passing than today in NASCAR
Thank you someone who’s making sense. Fans need to realize drivers pushing and maintaining their equipment is good, strategy and pit stops matter. Chase Elliott had the race won because his crew chief made the right call for the undercut
WWE fans are the only ones who failed to see what was happening on track. Alot of these idiots only want to watch these guys wreck each other. Its sad.
I feel like something that is not highlighted is the variety of styles of racetracks that are in the playoffs. For Briscoe to get top 10s at a 1.5 mile, Super Speedway, and then a road course is really impressive. The playoffs really highlight drivers that are strong / weak at certain disciplines.
@@johnstickles6789 yeah, I know. They usually use similar stuff like they do when wrapping the cars, so it comes off in pieces and maybe gets caught on front grills and such, but not huge whole signs that were just glued onto the wall. Hopefully, they do a better job with the signs next year and use different material that won’t come off as easily when hit.
Shortly before the caution for the sign, while they were on board with Suarez he ran over it and almost spun. The booth didnt see it, and therefore deemed the looseness to his steering issues. It was 100% the sign and he almost wrecked cuz of it. Caution was justified.
Hey man I met you at Talladega and once again just wanted to say thank you for the time to talk with me and take a photo. Thanks for helping me understand NASCAR better.
Eric, Hamlin and Larson both said that the piece of signage was on the track for at least 15 to 20 laps PRIOR to Nascar throwing the caution. Don't know if it was Out Of The Groove (see what I did there 😁) or not but Nascar had the opportunity to throw a caution way before 5 to go to create chaos. I get the fact that there is hard racing but this flat running people over and out of the way is not racing. Had Elliott not won at Talladega A.J. and Reddick would have, more than likely, cost him a spot in the final 8. As it was, those chuckleph*cks hugely altered the playoff final 8.
Elliott has been up front at the end of a handful of the road course races and gotten run over by guys not even trying to race... and everyone says it's his fault. At this point chase should've just run aj into the wall in 1 or 2. Same thing at Watkins Glen with larson. Chase takes the preferred lane and if larson actually races him, Chase wins. If Chase takes the bottom and races clean, he loses. He races aj clean for 2 corners and gets sent the first chance aj got. And idk why reddick was trying so hard to get to elliott when reddick was just gonna be on the outside of the next 2 corners going onto the banking.
Everyone acts as if all NASCAR has to do is wave a magic wand at the Next Gen car and everything will be ok. The amount of R&D that was put into this car was phenomenal and being an engineer myself I can understand all the problems that come with a startup project like this. Changing one component can take months of test time making sure that the one thing that you changed didn't effect something else and cost someone their life. I'm also sure that NASCAR being a major business (not a sport) they're not taking the problems that have developed lightly and making even minor changes while having 1000's of employees of teams jobs on the line requires a careful approach.
Yeah that was the dumbest cliche comment I have heard all year from the booth...it's no where near the "Agony of defeat" when it's not ur fault a made in China power steering rack failed...or made where ever it is. POS....and this is coming from a guy who strongly dislikes Suarez...
i’m sure this is very unlikely, but thinking of a battle between NASCAR and another sizable stock car league sounds so entertaining, and would really incentivize NASCAR even more to fix some of the problems with the car, officiating, and especially the business model.
First race I went to in about 15 years. Only here now because Kyle Larson’s love for dirt racing won me over as a fan. His crew made a bad decision in stage 1 by not pitting before the stage end. That put him behind all day but you could see he was fast and passing cars. I agree the ending sucked. Was looking forward to a race with no cautions.
I'm pulling for Blaney to win the championship without winning a race. No cup driver has ever done that and to do it in a season with a record number of winners, that would be great!
@@BJHorne1689 I think it's too late for Blaney, the top 4 drivers are going to be going all out in the next 4 races to get the championship, from now on there are no teammates, it's every team for itself, no holds barred, just getting 4 2nd place finishes won't cut it, but if by some miracle blaney gets 4 2nd place finishes and wins, the whole playoff system will be changed, again.
Nascar is reviewing Cole Custer last lap actions, they are reviewing if Cole intentionally slow down and held up the pack to help his teammates Chase Briscoe to get in the round of 8;
My top 4 pick right now would be Elliot, and logano are most likely moving on. I think the last 2 spots are gonna be battled for by hamlin, chastain, and byron. All 3 have problems with each other too so I can only see them going at it with each other. Final prediction: Elliot, logano, chastain, hamlin. I want so badly for byron to make his first round of 4 but I think he misses it by just a few points. Edit: tough luck for my guys Larson and hope Bowman recovers 100% before coming back. The health of these boys matters way more then any playoff drama on the track.
Shawn, I’ll take any finish Scenario you can dream up as long as Byron can center punch Logano out of way and really hurt his chances of winning…Remember Logano fans ‘’ rubbin is racing…LOL …🤭😭😂🏁
Willie likes putting cars into the wall but he tags the 11 under caution after he got loose and Rick buys him a pardon. Hilarious that kicked the 5 out of the playoffs!
Another black eye for the playoffs. The fact that YRB is still in with a system that is supposed to make WINNING MEAN MORE and guys with multiple wins (Harvick, Larson) are out. No this system doesn’t reward winning more
Custer has a pretty good case for that not being intentional, he could probably see Briscoe coming with the divebomb on fresh tires and simply didn’t want to take his teammate out.
Still, if you try to slow others down, so your teammate can get closer, or overtake them, it's not "bad", hell, I'd call it teamwork. But Briscoe punting others out of the way when he was at the back during a section of the race to try and gain positions (not like others previouslt didn't do it), is pretty cheap, quite hack-ish to me. Well, considering Briscoe's a hack, it doesn't surprise me...
I obviously could be completely wrong, but I kinda feel like the car should be a combination of last gen and next gen. I think they maybe just went too far the other direction. Would finding a way to incorporate the carbon symetrical body and rear diffuser on to a more last gen chassis that would't constsntly break toe links be an answer?
Hindering enjoyment is a huge understatement. After this race and the Indy road course I went from a road course supporter to wanting them all gone but Watkins Glen and Sonoma again. Every time a caution comes out late in these races I'm just gonna turn the TV off from now on.
Never in NASCAR history has a huge group of fans been this angered over a billboard. I wonder how those Larson fans are liking that 25 point William Byron penalty being overturned?
Now that all of my favorites are out. I’d love to see Blaney make the championship without a win. Finish 2nd and a non championship driver win the race. Blaney could win the championship without a victory.
Another interesting fact, cindric is only the 4th rookie to make the playoffs since this format began, 2016 Buescher and Elliott and Custer in 2020 are the only others
So I have been a Nascar fan my entire life and only discovered your videos a few months ago. I haven’t missed one since! I appreciate your analysis of this race, Eric. I watched the whole race, and not only was I mad about the last couple of restarts (especially since I pull for Chase), I was frustrated with the reckless and chaotic moves being made. It was poor racing. One question I have for you, is did you make a video about Kenseth and Logano’s incident at Martinsville years ago, and if so, could you reshare as a flashback segment or something? Would love to see that!
Eric, you should know by now that there is good chaos, there is bad chaos, and there is Roval chaos. Also, it’s not fun when you want the finish to stay as consistent as the majority of the race. And what that finish showed, was once again, all a part of racing and you fight for every thing possible.
Common Sense tells me, NASCAR and Goodyear could easily experiment at Martinsville with using less rubber and more PSI on the contact patch at Martinsville by implementing rain tires to make it much more competitive and interesting with more passing? Or try it at the exhibition race next year?
this race infuriated me. From the race being boring single file racing for about 100 laps, Kyle Larson fell victim to parts breaking easier than plastic toys, and Coleslaw Custer reminded me why I hate his guts.
I loved Denny Hamlin's comment after the race. He said over and over , its almost Impossible to pass. Unless you play pit strategy, and he was correct. I don't like him , but I like he has the balls to call this car a POS. It takes talent to drive the cars from past generations, with 4 speed transmissions , and a clutch and skinnier tires. And a billion other things , and this car is really cool for a IMSA race. ONKY FOR ROAD COURSES , BECAUSE OF THE TRANSAXLE AND INDEPENDENT REAR SUSPENSION, But its a POS NACAR CUP SERIES CAR. Cars that 95% OF THE TIME GO IN CIRCLES. SO THIS CAR AND IDEA OF IT WAS A Horrible idea , and product. NO ONE PASSED FOR THE lead unless they did it on a restart. No one came from 8 seconds back and put it to the field. I bet there is alot of angry finger pointing behind the scenes, because Denny is correct. They need to RE DESIGN the hole car. And lick there wounds , and use what worked from past gens, and maybe use the xfinity series bodies. And go with 16" tall wheels , and only 10" or 12" wide tires. And a taller sidewall , amd get rid of the road course independent rear suspension, and Transaxle, go back to the normal rear ends , (THEY take alot of the Rear , impact) , and put the transmission back where it belongs . BOLTED to the engine or Clutch Bell housing , and then they can build a better car. Untill they do this. Itll never ne as good as it was before . !!!!! Oh yeah and PS. GET RID OF THE stupid ass undercarriage, the drivers are to high up in there cars.
Tired of seeing drivers just run-over someone and wrecking each other. 8 tires are better than 4 mentality needs to stop. Congrats to C Bell. NASCAR has a big mess on their hands…New car issues and race officiating is horrendous.
Is it too much to ask for some racing? I mean at the end they race like i did on video games when I was 6. It's terrible and a bad look. The race was very meh until the end but I don't think the end made it any better.
Larson is out, Byron is in, I'm still a little upset about Byron getting his penalty changed, Byron has taken Larson's spot, and I'm happy that Elliot/Bell/Hamlin are still in.
I agree .. The crew gave away the race for sure at Sonoma .. !! For the life of me i cannot understand what CLIFF Daniels was thinking in several races this season…! If you compare crew decision’s with Chase Elliott’s they were 180 out of sink several times and even Daniels admitted this more than once… they started the race together and after green light pit stops Chase would be running up front and Larson was way back in the field …? If you win a stage race for a point but lose the race what good is that, especially on road courses…? Yeah this new car might have created greater problems for some drivers racing style but ya sometimes have to think out of the box to get a higher running position…NASCAR is making this sport harder to fallow each year…. Next thing they will be going Battery Power and im done…! 😡 PS: Cliff im still a big fan of you and LARSON !!!!!
It gets weird because while yeah, the final 2 restarts were pretty wild, they wouldn't have happened if not for the sign falling. I don't know what to do with that.
I love the inconstancy in the new car. Reminds me of the old days when you had to worry of engine pops and mechanical failures. It makes the next gen car seem like a real stock car again in ways. Back when you wrecked your car and went and bought a new one off the closest show room floor for next week. Cars that werent perfect and subject to failure.
Suarez signing the kids stuff in the midst of a heated discussion was priceless.
He’s my amigo for sure after that lol
Should’ve made it to the next round
Upsetting he didnt
Got a lot of respect for suarez. Wish he would of moved on but I'm glad he made it as far as he did. He'll definitely be back next year!
That was pretty classy.
No kidding, he was pissed and took the time to stop and sign an autograph. Pretty sweet!
Good guy. Chase acted like a baby at first than childish in his interview he gave.
Talledega was the calmest race this round.
Fr 💀
Oddly enough 💀💀💀
Well ain’t that somethin 💀💀💀
How on Earth Talledga was such a relatively calm race is just wild to me.
Those racecars are UNSAFE nobody got hurt or killed
NASCAR: We’ll build a car that is made for road courses and short tracks
Gen 7 Car: Intermediate and superspeedway trscks sound fun
Next Gen Car: We suck!
Sounds like that kid who switched to engineering course when the parents wanted them to be a doctor.
they drive well at the road courses, they just dont race well
@@theseanie9958 I'd imagine the wider tires, bigger brakes, and independent suspension is meant for hp levels higher than the current 670hp.
And they are literally going away from the intermediate tracks
I just realised that the 20 car of JGR hasnt had more than 1 win per season since Kenseth left until now
Intriguing...
Yes. The Dewalt car reminded me of Kenseth.
@@kevinkelley3906 and Marcos with his Watkins Glen wins in 2011 and 12
20 has been kinda mid since then, rooting for Bell championship season !
@@quahzhianzhen379 Same here
I love how everybody drove the first 100 laps very cleanly but then just lost their minds at the very end
Snooze fest the first 100 laps
Overtime brings out a new version of stupid every week
Well ive watched Nascar since 1990 so let me fill you in on a secret .........You cant win the race early , midway , but you can LOSE it then .......the end of the race you can only WIN it .......thats why they waited late to try to win it !!! The cautions caused the wrecks .
@@pervotheclown2199 true and a way to prevent the wrecks, if the drivers and teams know that a caution will end the race they will drive smarter as long as nascar severely penalizes any driver/team that intentionally causes a caution late on in the race
Because no one races with any respect. No one could pass each other all race and the only way to pass someone is to wreck him, since NASCAR built a shitmobile of a car anyway.
Cole Custer’s cup résumé:
-win at Kentucky 🏁
-slamming on the brakes in helping Briscoe eliminate Larson 💀
-ran a chicken c*ck whiskey car 🫥
Very cool cole
Mcdowell> Custer
Gooooo Cole Custer gooooooo.
Ong
I believe Cole Custer is the only NASCAR driver to win a race without fans!
Kurt Busch missed with injury. Keselowski and Truex missed on points. Harvick, Kyle Busch, and Larson all eliminated
Logano and Elliott are the only champions left…
Plus either one or both could be eliminated after Martinsville. Then again both could advance as well.
I say chase Elliott is gonna get it
@@lordgreekdip5116 Chastain may wreck Elliott just saying.
@@tnt207. why exactly?
@@legorobotics1017 Because he's Ross
I was at this race, and unironically, the best battle throughout the race was for like 35th between the 27, 77, and 78
I was at the race as well and I know exactly what you are talking about.
Samesies. They were really going at it in the back of the pack.
I can see Eric Estepp displaying Christopher Bell's 2022 Charlotte Roval win diecast in his room.
We finally have had a bad/mediocre Charlotte Roval race. Hell has officially frozen over.
Welcome to the Next Gen car, everything that was good is now bad, and everything that was bad was now good.
Imo there hasn't been a good roval race ever.
@@Bload72productions Thanks for building such a shitmobile of a car NASCAR!
@@Bload72productions I think the racing was good, I saw a lot of mid green flag passing. I swear it's bad coverage. I don't even know how the people missed the coverage of Aj vs Reddick after stage 3 stops.
@@GatoradeCupSeriesX94 As expected, NASCAR fans say the stupidest shit ever, and you're one of them loser, cry now.
Every time we get deeper in the playoffs, I remember how stupid this points system is…
Yup, cause chase Elliot has had a horrible playoffs for the most part but because he didn’t have bad luck in first 26 races he gets saved for it. Dumb. You get a bonus for being single season championship, but he screwed it up in the first race of playoff, they just need to make it that the points don’t reset after each round . Cause guys that earn more for that round don’t actually make any ground up, so how is that fair?
@@stevecarey4740 I say just go back to the pre-2004 points system. NASCAR is the only racing league that uses a playoff system
@@stevecarey4740 also chase would still have the points lead if it were the original points system
@@ringoflatts6571 my point is, they erase what happened the round before. I’m fine with giving the bonus points for the regular season champ, but when you basically give that away in round 1 race 1 and they it gets erased cause yes chase would still be the leader, but wouldn’t have the buffer he’s had. That dumb. No other playoffs in the world reward you for being bad. Pretty easy to understand, but your clearly a dud
@@stevecarey4740 No, that’s a horrible idea. It would make the playoffs even worse then they already are. Just get rid of the playoffs. They never should have existed in the first place.
My heart breaks for Daniel Suarez ;( he was looking very good entering today too. Unfortunate
They left him out way to long in my book!! I was so bummed for him!
honestly, i like suarez, but he only got into this round because he caused a big wreck that took out people above him in points at bristol, so it's fitting that he didnt go further
Kyle Busch’s first top 5 since Early June, big W for KFB fans.
Given how the second half of the season has been for Kyle I'm sure that in this case, he'll take it as well.
I'm sure it's a big relief knowing that his plans for next season are secure. He can just go out and run the best race he can until the end of the year.
And he had no hype at all. 😂 no media promos nothing.
Did pretty good for a piece of s#!t car and mediocre crew.
Yea but still been painful season for me being fan of Him and MTJ
I like how Dale Jr. was calling for cautions every chance he got.
Well we will throw it from debris that Brett Griffin and other spotters said had been there for like 5 laps...but not the 7th blazing thru the grass...
3 of the last road courses Elliott would have probably won if he didn't get taken out by other drivers who are desperate. He has been the fastest at almost all of the races at road courses.
EXACTLY
He is having a winless road course streak
@@lordgreekdip5116 mainly from being wrecked and not by straight up skill smh
All he had to do was give him the line he had and not cut down, Reddick would have been on the outside of the next corner and he would have gone right back by. He wrecked himself, Reddick had the inside. Not a fan of either driver, just saying...
Road America he got beat straight up, Watkins Glen he was fastest but left the door open and the Roval he was probably 3rd fastest got the lead off pit stops and Reddick got payback from Watkins Glen 🤷♂️
take a moment to acknowledge that a Toyota has won on a road course this season… let that sink in…
I thought I'd seen it all
The sink only came in when I agreed to replace its faucet.
Shouldn't have happened today either. Bell had a top 10 car at best.
Yea but didn’t run there until people started wrecking people
Ford looking like clowns tbf, been showing speed on them all year, but, correct me if i'm wrong, I think they haven't won on a road course since the 2018 ROVAL race…
Glad I recorded that Race. It'll help me fall sleep when I'm upset.
Can't believe Lajoie finished 12th after all that
initial 2 minute rant was spot on.
After that 2 mins he sounds like a b e t a, cardboard to call a caution out of the racing groove 😂
The best I can say is that it buys a week of peace from the "Chase Elliott got handed another win by Nascar" crowd lol
He is gonna have a merry Christmas and a happy off season.
.....yeah, he was trash all day.
Yep. Did you see when he tried shooing away the cameras?? Mr. pretty boy didn't want to be bothered. SMH
@@benjaminvattimo3252 "merry off season and happy Christmas" is the quote
@@kevinkelley3906 I would love to see you MR. TOUGH GUY go to Dawsonville Georgia and find his bar and supporters and call him a pretty boy…. ! I’m not a big fan of all these drivers per say but they are athletes that i respect. Find some constructive criticism , your comments make you sound silly…🤡🤭🤢
As a Chase Briscoe fan, watching him gain 12 spots in those last two laps was as intense as watching his Phoenix win. That full send into the chicane with help from Custer as clutch af
yeah that was awesome
How does one root for him? He’s a bulldozer that runs in the back 85% of the time. The 15% he’s actually kinda quick he wrecks anyone and everyone near him. Can’t wait to see him try to bulldoze his way into the final 4 smh.
The fact he’s in the Round 8 says a lot about the validity of the Playoffs
I feel so bad for Cole Custer. Dude's brake pedal got stuck on the last lap
😀 Yeah!!
At this point, the insanity is so bad that I just started laughing when they started wrecking.
Daytona started a terrible trend of lousy races. Talladega was the only good race since
@@BDC_BRZY We were also on a stretch of ratings going up until Daytona. That rain that fateful Saturday evening destroyed this season fr
I’ve been doing that for years when they race at Talladega and Daytona. I just laugh when they consistently wreck over and over.
Did anyone else notice that Kyle Bush worked his way to the top 10, finishing 3rd and none of the TV broadcast crew mentioned his name once? PRN finally interviewed him, but it was after the TV broadcast was over. Interesting
What worries me with this spec car is that NASCAR, in an effort to bolster "excitement" and storylines, could pick and choose which cars get what parts to influence results for certain teams
Yep! See! I said last year Nascar already knows who they want to win each week and for the last race.
Absolutely correct!
Dinger had it, but was then shoved out of the way. Then Elliot mightve had it... til he was knocked out on the next turn. That's not good racing, that's wreck-to-win
Yupp...THE ONLY REASON AJ wants to be back in the cup series I think is bc he knows this newer car is more forgiving for his ummmmm shall we say, "Aggressive" nature. Cough cough, Dale Senioring it out there...
Wish I could upvote this more than once.
I was just looking at his videos saying “when will he upload” 😂
Why have all these unsecured signs! 2 races in a row with signs changing outcome of the race.
The 99 team has had an amazing season, they have no reason to hang their head. They got a win and earned their way into the play offs.
I can’t believe the season is almost over already. Feels like the Daytona 500 was just a month ago.
Good call Eric, today was the worst race since the Martinsville spring race. Speaking of Martinsville, I have attended every fall event for many years, and this is the first year I have decided to pass on. I would hate to sit for hours and watch what Non Nascar fans think of Nascar. Good work as always, You are one of my favorites on youtube!
Seeing Kyle Busch get a top 5 after an awful playoff run gave me a tear of joy
it was a good playoff run in darlington and bristol the engines just blew up when he finally dominated and atleast in the top 5
Especially after be shoved to the side of the 4 car team essentially. I hope for quick success at rcr so we can see that Kyle Busch smirk again! A 2 time champ didn't get resigned, wtf? Your loss coach!
I just realized I don't remember seeing KFB the entire race.
U know last thing nascar wanted was Harvick winning this race. No pre race talk about his penalty & no interview with his 2nd place finish.
They interviewed Kevin. The only one in the playoffs I seen that they didn't interview were Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano.
Just when I was about to fall asleep - debris saved the day
Absolutely crushing about Suarez, was really rooting for him. There is always next year I guess :(
Yeah, he worked hard this year.
People will say this is too much chaos but enjoy what's become of Daytona and Talladega where wrecks over dumb aggressive driving are made. I think the caution call for the billboard 20 laps after being on the track is questionable but at least we didn't get 3 GWCs like at superspeedways
As a Hamlin Fan I’m not getting hopes up I’m just waiting for the Annual Choke
I can't wait for it!!!
If he doesn’t make final 4 but William Byron does Phoenix is gonna be fun
Haha yes keep that winless streak alive!
I wonder if they told Custer to “Scratch his arm” 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️😂
It was the only time he earned that check all year
Absolutely shocked Larson is out of the play offs. Had him as a lock for the final 4 and the title.
I didn't feel the same as I did last year. Though I was sure he would make it to the round of 8
@@Roadhouse1997 Yeah me too. Still can’t believe he’s out.
I'm happy about this
@@BeautifulAngelBlossom - You need to change your account lie from ‘nice ole lady’ to I love to hate on Larson!! I get so sick of even seeing your name!!
@@jayannakelley9051 I got hate for being a Kyle Busch or bubble Wallace Martin Truex fan .you all can dish out hate for lot fans of other drivers beside HMS fans .then you all don't like when someone don't like one your favorite driver .plus i gald he out .now every Larson fan is same boat as us Kyle Busch and Martin truex Jr fans .
I like the chaos at the end. It made the race fun to watch after 3/4 of it was a snooze show.
as a dual NASCAR and F1 fan, I enjoyed today's race for the most part. it was fun tracking the strategies and how it live-impacted the points, but overall definitely looking for more passing than today in NASCAR
Thank you someone who’s making sense. Fans need to realize drivers pushing and maintaining their equipment is good, strategy and pit stops matter. Chase Elliott had the race won because his crew chief made the right call for the undercut
WWE fans are the only ones who failed to see what was happening on track. Alot of these idiots only want to watch these guys wreck each other. Its sad.
I feel like something that is not highlighted is the variety of styles of racetracks that are in the playoffs. For Briscoe to get top 10s at a 1.5 mile, Super Speedway, and then a road course is really impressive.
The playoffs really highlight drivers that are strong / weak at certain disciplines.
That paper sign on the track could have caused the new car to catch on fire or tore off the underside or taken out half the field.
the playoffs create this racing and it will keep trending this way because this is the best way to drive under the system
This was a cluster (you know what), was not a fan of the race, but Dewalt back in VL😍🙏
A fuster cluck?
Close enough
cluster, I get it.
Could we say a Custer f....
That Debris Caution Was Legit
Unpopular opinion. Lol
It was legit but what the f**k is a banner doing near the track
@@johnstickles6789 yeah, I know. They usually use similar stuff like they do when wrapping the cars, so it comes off in pieces and maybe gets caught on front grills and such, but not huge whole signs that were just glued onto the wall. Hopefully, they do a better job with the signs next year and use different material that won’t come off as easily when hit.
@@marty0063 guess next time they will use super glue.....lol
Shortly before the caution for the sign, while they were on board with Suarez he ran over it and almost spun. The booth didnt see it, and therefore deemed the looseness to his steering issues. It was 100% the sign and he almost wrecked cuz of it. Caution was justified.
Wearing my Larson shirt and Suárez hat tomorrow to honor them
Respect
I used to have a Datsun truck that had no power steering when I was a kid ..... Suarez had to have done a years worth of arm work outs in one race
Hey man I met you at Talladega and once again just wanted to say thank you for the time to talk with me and take a photo. Thanks for helping me understand NASCAR better.
Repeating my bet of Blaney as champion with no point wins in 2022. For posterity!
The Roval and Texas make Talladega seem like a Gourmet Meal...
Well by Dega standards it kinda was.
Texas was still the worst race
Is there a “wreck me” bumper sticker on the back of the 9 at road courses?
Probably
Eric, Hamlin and Larson both said that the piece of signage was on the track for at least 15 to 20 laps PRIOR to Nascar throwing the caution. Don't know if it was Out Of The Groove (see what I did there 😁) or not but Nascar had the opportunity to throw a caution way before 5 to go to create chaos. I get the fact that there is hard racing but this flat running people over and out of the way is not racing. Had Elliott not won at Talladega A.J. and Reddick would have, more than likely, cost him a spot in the final 8. As it was, those chuckleph*cks hugely altered the playoff final 8.
Elliott has been up front at the end of a handful of the road course races and gotten run over by guys not even trying to race... and everyone says it's his fault. At this point chase should've just run aj into the wall in 1 or 2.
Same thing at Watkins Glen with larson. Chase takes the preferred lane and if larson actually races him, Chase wins. If Chase takes the bottom and races clean, he loses.
He races aj clean for 2 corners and gets sent the first chance aj got. And idk why reddick was trying so hard to get to elliott when reddick was just gonna be on the outside of the next 2 corners going onto the banking.
This right here.
I agree
Everyone acts as if all NASCAR has to do is wave a magic wand at the Next Gen car and everything will be ok. The amount of R&D that was put into this car was phenomenal and being an engineer myself I can understand all the problems that come with a startup project like this. Changing one component can take months of test time making sure that the one thing that you changed didn't effect something else and cost someone their life. I'm also sure that NASCAR being a major business (not a sport) they're not taking the problems that have developed lightly and making even minor changes while having 1000's of employees of teams jobs on the line requires a careful approach.
There’s an easy fix for road courses & short tracks. Get rid of the rear diffuser. At slower speeds, it makes dirty air worse.
Charlotte Roval 2022...The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. Congrats Christopher Bell...And what a heart breaks for Daniel Suarez.
Yeah that was the dumbest cliche comment I have heard all year from the booth...it's no where near the "Agony of defeat" when it's not ur fault a made in China power steering rack failed...or made where ever it is. POS....and this is coming from a guy who strongly dislikes Suarez...
i’m sure this is very unlikely, but thinking of a battle between NASCAR and another sizable stock car league sounds so entertaining, and would really incentivize NASCAR even more to fix some of the problems with the car, officiating, and especially the business model.
I would like to see Tony’s league compete with Nascar if it grows. There’s races during the summer has been more entertaining
First race I went to in about 15 years. Only here now because Kyle Larson’s love for dirt racing won me over as a fan. His crew made a bad decision in stage 1 by not pitting before the stage end. That put him behind all day but you could see he was fast and passing cars. I agree the ending sucked. Was looking forward to a race with no cautions.
What about Ryan Blaney? The only driver in the playoffs without a win.
I'm pulling for Blaney to win the championship without winning a race. No cup driver has ever done that and to do it in a season with a record number of winners, that would be great!
@@BJHorne1689 I think it's too late for Blaney, the top 4 drivers are going to be going all out in the next 4 races to get the championship, from now on there are no teammates, it's every team for itself, no holds barred, just getting 4 2nd place finishes won't cut it, but if by some miracle blaney gets 4 2nd place finishes and wins, the whole playoff system will be changed, again.
Nascar is reviewing Cole Custer last lap actions, they are reviewing if Cole intentionally slow down and held up the pack to help his teammates Chase Briscoe to get in the round of 8;
Won’t make a difference, round of 8 is set
My top 4 pick right now would be Elliot, and logano are most likely moving on. I think the last 2 spots are gonna be battled for by hamlin, chastain, and byron. All 3 have problems with each other too so I can only see them going at it with each other.
Final prediction: Elliot, logano, chastain, hamlin. I want so badly for byron to make his first round of 4 but I think he misses it by just a few points.
Edit: tough luck for my guys Larson and hope Bowman recovers 100% before coming back. The health of these boys matters way more then any playoff drama on the track.
Shawn, I’ll take any finish Scenario you can dream up as long as Byron can center punch Logano out of way and really hurt his chances of winning…Remember Logano fans ‘’ rubbin is racing…LOL …🤭😭😂🏁
Willie likes putting cars into the wall but he tags the 11 under caution after he got loose and Rick buys him a pardon. Hilarious that kicked the 5 out of the playoffs!
Fell asleep all the way to till the first caution 😂
Another black eye for the playoffs. The fact that YRB is still in with a system that is supposed to make WINNING MEAN MORE and guys with multiple wins (Harvick, Larson) are out. No this system doesn’t reward winning more
Custer has a pretty good case for that not being intentional, he could probably see Briscoe coming with the divebomb on fresh tires and simply didn’t want to take his teammate out.
Still, if you try to slow others down, so your teammate can get closer, or overtake them, it's not "bad", hell, I'd call it teamwork. But Briscoe punting others out of the way when he was at the back during a section of the race to try and gain positions (not like others previouslt didn't do it), is pretty cheap, quite hack-ish to me. Well, considering Briscoe's a hack, it doesn't surprise me...
The Custer brake check was too close to spingate in 2013 for me. I'd love to hear the 41's radio from the last couple of laps.
That was definately straddling the line. How about the 100% rule, too?
I obviously could be completely wrong, but I kinda feel like the car should be a combination of last gen and next gen. I think they maybe just went too far the other direction. Would finding a way to incorporate the carbon symetrical body and rear diffuser on to a more last gen chassis that would't constsntly break toe links be an answer?
I loved how in his interview Cindric tried so hard to blame his spin on someone else when he just spun himself by absolutely cleaning out Kesolowski.
Hahaha his reaction when he saw the replay 🤣
I'm glad I was busy and missed this race. Another gong show.
Chase Briscoe is pulling a Jermey Mayfield in 2005. Very few top 10s but secured a Top 10 points position.
Long as he's not mething it up
Hindering enjoyment is a huge understatement. After this race and the Indy road course I went from a road course supporter to wanting them all gone but Watkins Glen and Sonoma again. Every time a caution comes out late in these races I'm just gonna turn the TV off from now on.
It's a joke!!! When your track starts coming apart that should fricking tell you something.
Never in NASCAR history has a huge group of fans been this angered over a billboard. I wonder how those Larson fans are liking that 25 point William Byron penalty being overturned?
I'd be happier if they penalised Briscoe for running like 10 cars or more off the track to gain positions when he was at the back...
You hit the nail on the head Eric. I couldn't have said it any better.
How about Ryan Blaney making it to the round of eight without a win at all so far this season?
Now that all of my favorites are out. I’d love to see Blaney make the championship without a win. Finish 2nd and a non championship driver win the race. Blaney could win the championship without a victory.
Mark Martin in 1996 finished 5th in points without a win
Another interesting fact, cindric is only the 4th rookie to make the playoffs since this format began, 2016 Buescher and Elliott and Custer in 2020 are the only others
In my head I was singing “chaos chaos chaos all around the roval please stop this all I am losing my mind”
So I have been a Nascar fan my entire life and only discovered your videos a few months ago. I haven’t missed one since!
I appreciate your analysis of this race, Eric. I watched the whole race, and not only was I mad about the last couple of restarts (especially since I pull for Chase), I was frustrated with the reckless and chaotic moves being made. It was poor racing.
One question I have for you, is did you make a video about Kenseth and Logano’s incident at Martinsville years ago, and if so, could you reshare as a flashback segment or something? Would love to see that!
I don’t know if AJ has made a clean pass for the lead all year. Just knocks people out the way.
He only shows up to race on road courses, what a pathetic driver!!
Eric, you should know by now that there is good chaos, there is bad chaos, and there is Roval chaos. Also, it’s not fun when you want the finish to stay as consistent as the majority of the race. And what that finish showed, was once again, all a part of racing and you fight for every thing possible.
Can we talk about the terrible coverage from NBC. When I watch NASCAR I tune into see 5 minutes of Chase Briscoe turning his steering wheel.
When that caution came out I knew in my soul that Chase would be booted out of the way 😒
I was pissed!!!
I was at the race and everyone was loving the last two restarts! Including myself who is a diehard Elliott fan
Because the rest of the race stunk? The sign sat out there for 30 laps before Nascar wanted drama... Very cheap Nascar very cheap.
I rather watch a race over a manufactured demolition derby
Common Sense tells me, NASCAR and Goodyear could easily experiment at Martinsville with using less rubber and more PSI on the contact patch at Martinsville by implementing rain tires to make it much more competitive and interesting with more passing? Or try it at the exhibition race next year?
Cars went just as fast back in the 6o's,when tires had tread and they used the same threaded tire on dirt,& ass fault?
this race infuriated me. From the race being boring single file racing for about 100 laps, Kyle Larson fell victim to parts breaking easier than plastic toys, and Coleslaw Custer reminded me why I hate his guts.
I loved Denny Hamlin's comment after the race. He said over and over , its almost Impossible to pass. Unless you play pit strategy, and he was correct. I don't like him , but I like he has the balls to call this car a POS. It takes talent to drive the cars from past generations, with 4 speed transmissions , and a clutch and skinnier tires. And a billion other things , and this car is really cool for a IMSA race. ONKY FOR ROAD COURSES , BECAUSE OF THE TRANSAXLE AND INDEPENDENT REAR SUSPENSION, But its a POS NACAR CUP SERIES CAR. Cars that 95% OF THE TIME GO IN CIRCLES. SO THIS CAR AND IDEA OF IT WAS A Horrible idea , and product. NO ONE PASSED FOR THE lead unless they did it on a restart. No one came from 8 seconds back and put it to the field. I bet there is alot of angry finger pointing behind the scenes, because Denny is correct. They need to RE DESIGN the hole car. And lick there wounds , and use what worked from past gens, and maybe use the xfinity series bodies. And go with 16" tall wheels , and only 10" or 12" wide tires. And a taller sidewall , amd get rid of the road course independent rear suspension, and Transaxle, go back to the normal rear ends , (THEY take alot of the Rear , impact) , and put the transmission back where it belongs . BOLTED to the engine or Clutch Bell housing , and then they can build a better car. Untill they do this. Itll never ne as good as it was before . !!!!! Oh yeah and PS. GET RID OF THE stupid ass undercarriage, the drivers are to high up in there cars.
Shades of Daytona road course last year when Elliot shouldnhave won and a late caution let Bell win.
Shoulda Coulda Woulda kid
Tired of seeing drivers just run-over someone and wrecking each other. 8 tires are better than 4 mentality needs to stop. Congrats to C Bell. NASCAR has a big mess on their hands…New car issues and race officiating is horrendous.
Is it too much to ask for some racing? I mean at the end they race like i did on video games when I was 6. It's terrible and a bad look. The race was very meh until the end but I don't think the end made it any better.
Larson is out, Byron is in, I'm still a little upset about Byron getting his penalty changed, Byron has taken Larson's spot, and I'm happy that Elliot/Bell/Hamlin are still in.
Nascar is looking into the "brake check's" on the last lap.
I hope so!!! Cuz that is just stupid! I seen it on the damn tv!!!!!
For someone who was there the mid field was good and fun to watch and there were quite a bit of passing but that’s only because I was there
Figured Larson wasn't gonna repeat, the 5 team really came crashing back to earth this season
I agree .. The crew gave away the race for sure at Sonoma .. !! For the life of me i cannot understand what CLIFF Daniels was thinking in several races this season…! If you compare crew decision’s with Chase Elliott’s they were 180 out of sink several times and even Daniels admitted this more than once… they started the race together and after green light pit stops Chase would be running up front and Larson was way back in the field …? If you win a stage race for a point but lose the race what good is that, especially on road courses…? Yeah this new car might have created greater problems for some drivers racing style but ya sometimes have to think out of the box to get a higher running position…NASCAR is making this sport harder to fallow each year…. Next thing they will be going Battery Power and im done…! 😡 PS: Cliff im still a big fan of you and LARSON !!!!!
It gets weird because while yeah, the final 2 restarts were pretty wild, they wouldn't have happened if not for the sign falling. I don't know what to do with that.
I thought Briscoe was gonna be a duck in the playoffs now he's in the top 8 wow
Don’t worry his playoff hopes ends in the round of 8! He can’t win a race!
I love the inconstancy in the new car. Reminds me of the old days when you had to worry of engine pops and mechanical failures. It makes the next gen car seem like a real stock car again in ways. Back when you wrecked your car and went and bought a new one off the closest show room floor for next week. Cars that werent perfect and subject to failure.
Happy to see Harvick up front again 😁😁 And yet people still say he’s washed
Sorry if I trigger you but he only got the lead because he ran Allmendinger off the track
@@toxicnascarfanpolice I call it fair since allmendinger ran Elliott off the corner before
He isn't washed but he damn sure isn't the closer we all used to see up front every week
@@Nascar4Life that doesn't mean he should have done it
The first 2 minutes - NAILED IT!
It was a snooze fest such a good race within the last 10 laps
It may have been a bit to chaotic, but it was great being there and getting 2 of my friends to their first race, they had a ton of fun