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Can we talk about how quick Eric can get his content up after the race yet it's still such good quality. Love ur channel man
He’s goated with the sauce 🥫
a true professional
Yeah dude! I love it! I record the races and watch them a little later in the day and by the time I’m done, boom! Video lol
@@harrisonmckinney7659 same man having to work sucks 😂
I think we all have been watching long enough to know that the man is dedicated to this channel and will get the content uploaded fast and top quality
Carl Edwards got his final win in the 99 at Sonoma and now Daniel Suarez, who had replaced Edwards at JGR and now takes over the number 99 he drove with for over a decade, wins his first career race at Sonoma.
what are you smoking, how does that correlate
@@fearandloathingmedia2051 what are you smoking to think it's about correlation and not about the sheer number of coincidences that align here.
@@fearandloathingmedia2051 what are you smoking 😂😂😭😭 he isn’t correlating anything he’s giving us some interesting facts
Storybooking ending for the #99, well actually, not the ending hopefully, but just the beginning of Suarez's journey at Trackhouse.
Whole Lotta Love
After all that Suárez has been through even during that dark time with Gaunt Brothers Racing, he was able to get out of that hole thankfully and he and Trackhouse have been a great success and I hope more wins come
Congrats Daniel, you deserve this so much
I hope you store that trophy in a good place a very good place my amigo
Well deserved!
Mi Amigo s
We need more Suarez wins so we can see more Taco Pinatas, should be his signature celebration like Chastain has his watermelons.
whoever would’ve thought that the voice actor for Danny Swervez in Cars 3 would end up winning a NASCAR cup race
*“Name's Danny bro.”*
McDowell with 5 top 10s in the last 8 races is INSANE. That is MORE top 10s this year than William Byron, who is 8th in points.
WHAT? Five top 10s in the last 8 races? He has had one of the quiet people this season.
Damn
To be fair Byron has had horrible luck for a few weeks now, but not discrediting McDowell, BIG props to him, he is killing it out there.
I hope Eric comments on this during a mid-week show!
A few things of note:
- Allmendinger almost top 10'd his car with no power steering for the entire race, save a late race spin out, that's a solid effort.
- Haley had a great effort as well
- Can't wait to be rid of Fox coverage. That may be the best thing that came from today.
Let's hope nbc has be watching fox this year and has learned to knock off the comedy
How come Boyer wasn’t there?
@@mollycaz1 This is NBC: OH WE HAVE A CAR AROUND FOX: oh and we have a car around
@@Transportationfan1421 they straight up missed the 14 going around I believe in turn 11...🤦
So you're a Rick Allen fan?????
So happy to see Suarez win his 1st race this season! I also like his amigos in the fan stand cheering for him! Last time we saw the 99 car in victory lane is at this track in 2014 with Carl Edwards! Great to see the 99 back to the finish line!
I've been waiting for this moment for a long time. Glad to see it happen.
Carl passed the batton and Suarez went sprinting, truly a fitting way to end the winless streak of the #99.
The Amigos goin crazy as he passed every Lap was epic
Mike Joy's call at the checkered flag was one of the best calls we've had in a long time
Daniel Suarez's first win will forever be one of the most popular wins in NASCAR History And he definitely deserves it after all the adversity throughout his career
And interestingly 5 of the 6 Fords that finished in the Top 10 were the beef, cheese, lettuce, tomato and onion in the Trackhouse burger
Trackhouse burger, has a nice ring to it don't ya think.
**taco
@@fivespeed42 Trackhouse Tacomelon
think AJ's holdmehdinger win at the glenn is honestly the most memorial win. but Daniel Suarez's celebration number uno.
Um I’m guessing Harvick was the beef
I love how the paint scheme Suarez ran also won with Ross at COTA. Definitely a good luck charm!
Ross Chastain ran the MOOSE paint scheme...
I didn't even think of that. Very cool!
Similar looking but not the same, but they should run those respective paint schemes more often.
lol They weren't the same at all
@@starrynights124 well I'm sure if those sponsors wanted to pay for more races as the main sponsor they would absoultely run them more often
Imagine telling someone beginning of the season that in the first half of the season, there would be 4 first time winners and none of them was Tyler Reddick…
He's been close so many times and eventually he will
Yeah I'm still shocked he hasn't won yet, so many wins in reach snatched away from him, he's so close to victory he can taste it.
@@starrynights124 he'll pull it off soon
@@jakedodson2786 For sure, and once he does I know he's gonna go on an absolute tear.
@@starrynights124 the flood gates will open
McDowell is seriously impressing me this season. He's not too far from being in the hunt to point himself into the playoffs right now. Doubt that will continue, and it's hard to judge if FRM is just better this year with a rookie in the other car, but to be in 20th in points, 38 points out of 16th after 16 races with 6 top 10s and a top 5 on merit is seriously impressive. I know he's getting up there in age and isn't exactly a hot prospect, but I hope he gets at least one season in better equipment after his performance this year, assuming he keeps it up.
I hope he stays loyal tbh and builds up front row to a playoff spot off points sometime. Would be extremely impressive to build up a team from start and park to this after 10 years
McDowell is seriously underrated and I'm glad the NASCAR fanbase is starting to recognize his raw talent to wheel a racecar, he's giving it his all and I'm beyond impressed.
I really like Mikey McDoogle so I hope he maybe wins or just makes the playoffs.
Ok so far….next year. Bigger teams will learn more and he’ll get shuffled back.
McDowell already has one more top 10 finish than he got last season.
After seeing him at COTA, I expected Suarez to be strong. I was so happy being at my first NASCAR race and seeing someone I relate to so much be so dominant and then have the bad luck mess it up but not today🇲🇽💯
This has become my go to channel for post race info. Keep up the work Eric
stage cautions on road courses have inevitably allowed Josh Bilicki and Cody Ware to score stage points…
this should surprise me but yet I remind myself that Ty Dillon and Timmy Hill won and got a top 5 in a stage at the Roval respectively…
Bilicki isn’t racing for points in the CUP series. He didn’t get credited with any.
stages should go awaybon road coarses
@@ericp6308 I honestly don't mind the stage cautions at road courses because of the strategy it brings.
Eric. It was the Save Mart race at Sonoma in 1994 that made me a NASCAR fan. I’m old, I know. But the foot work of Ernie Irvan by the in-car camera hooked me. I’ll never forget it. Sonoma!
1992 Save Mart 300. Watch that one! Irvan was black flagged for jumping the start of the race. He served a stop and go penalty dropping him to 43rd.
He picked his way through the field all race and won it.
And the 1991 race in which Ricky Rudd spun Davey Allison for the lead. Rudd was black flagged instead of getting the checkers. Davey was given the checkered flag instead. It’s the only time such a thing has ever happened in Cup racing. Waddell Wilson said it best: “That’s just the durndest thing I’ve ever seen.”
@@matthewmccrea7799 ahhh ... the good ol days
I teared up listening to the post race interview. Suarez is so deserving of this win. I'm happy and proud of his NEVER GIVE UP attitude.
Amigo dropping the F Bomb on live tv makes it all the more legendary! His radio on the scanner while he was coming to the checkered was awesome! From enemy #1 at WWT to best feel good story of the year with the #99, Trackhouse hit both ends of the pendulum
I’m looking forward to hearing Dale jr on the broadcast every week.
I hope he can keep from screaming like a school girl when something happens
@@paulwatson4189 😭😭😭
@@paulwatson4189 but that's the best part
I’m so glad to see RFK have such a decent day. I’m a Keselowski fan and it’s been pretty difficult to stay optimistic since he fell off after Daytona. Buescher had a great race. If anyone were going to beat him, I’m glad it was Suarez
What is very telling to me about how liked Suarez is, would be that almost everyone seems to be happy for him. Nobody is mad about his win, disappointed it wasn't their driver, maybe, but still happy for him.
He's like a Kurt Busch, when he wins everyone wins!
All the drivers on cool.down gave him a bump . Everyone was happy for him crews drivers.
It did my heart good to see Daniel Suarez win. I always love his interviews and he brings business to the sport. Congrats Daniel you deserve to win many more sir!
Awesome to see Daniel get over the hump and get his first victory by far the best 1st time winner this season!
Suarez a couple years ago was driving for gaunt brothers and dint qualify for the Daytona 500, he now has his first win and an insanely bright future
Hearing suarez say i just wanna go home after wrecking in the duels broke my heart. Glad he never gave up and now has achieved his first win
I had the same reaction when AJ went off track. I was sitting there going “don’t you do it Nascar. Don’t do it.” As I was watching him try to get moving.
Oh my gosh us too!!
I think NASCAR new what a win by Daniel means to the sport rather than a yellow and some crazy wreck fest for tv.
Im so happy he won the race today! Its been a long time coming! He is doing well so far this year!!
Daniel Suarez can be described as someone who doesn't seem to ever have given up and I completely agree that just like what happened with Joey logano, Joe Gibbs tried to bring him up too fast in the cup series and that hurt him but seeing him win out there today was really awesome and I am super happy for him!! One last thought the changes that have been made to Sonoma can definitely be noticed and they're definitely making a difference that's for sure and I hope that theme continues into next season's race!!!😎🏁🏆
Chris Buescher impressed me the most. A Roush car, at a road course, 2 weeks after flipping and 1 week after testing positive for COVID, he manages to bring it home 2nd. Looking at racing reference, he had an average position of 3rd all day. Totally earned it.
The booth was actually awesome today Larry Mac is still a legend and Smoke wasn’t bad either nothing against Clint but it was nice to hear more info about the race than jokes. ✌🏼❤️
Exactly, love Clint but sometimes it's nice to have a breather from him with his *chaotic* energy
Tony was awesome
Absolutely. That was the best Fox broadcast since pre-Jeff Gordon.
This will make the cutoff for the playoffs very interesting. I doubt that Suarez will be the last winner under 16th in points. Hopefully Reddick and the #8 RCR team can finally put a whole race together and win a race. Maybe Erik Jones, Austin Dillon or someone else could sneak in a win.
For FOX, they had a good finale today, other than bad camera cuts, way too many zoom up shots and the usual cartoon caricatures of people. The booth was great today. Hopefully NBC will pick up the slack. I can't wait for their coverage at Nashville.
Gotta say, Tony is really good in the booth
Having stages is fine, it's the stage lengths that need to be reviewed. I like the differing strategies between going for stage points or pitting early for track position after the stage. I actually thought the stage lengths at Sonoma were pretty good and created a lot of difference in strategies.
Such a neat story with Daniel Suarez! I think it’s so sweet seeing him and Chastain supporting all these charities that are making a difference in children’s lives all the time. Real respect to Trackhouse Racing for their camaraderie!
Good day for Chase Elliot and Ross Chastain as well. Even after their rough pit stops, they still managed to finish in the top ten! Those two really impressed me as well.
Really enjoyed it Eric!
“Everybody loves Daniel Suarez!”
*Me remembering 2019 Phoenix Practice*
That was weird the two nicest guys in the garage today got in a fight
@@RacingGuy2448 That’s like if Carl Edwards and Jamie Mcmurray start beating each other lol.
I don't have a lot of time to watch the races anymore, and more times than not I even get a chance to watch a recording. That's no longer a problem for me thanks to your post-race commentary and analysis. Thanks, Eric, for helping me to arrange the more important things in my life without missing out on all the coverage. You're awesome. Keep it up!
Couldn't be happier for Suarez!! Just a great guy and turning into a very good driver!!
Over joyed for our amigo!! Well respected in the garage, and the racing community. It's been a long road and he's been in a lot of desperate situations over the years, and has never made a fool of himself. Congrats buddy!!
Love the shout out to McDowell. He’s silently killing it this year. He’ll grab his second trophy this year. Mark my words.
I agree. He’s winning a race
You're my favorite analyst these days, Eric. When I want a rundown of what happens during a race, I watch you and really no one else...not even the Fox Highlights, because they suck. lol
You're doing great man!
So excited Mi Amigo/Biggest Fan got his first Cup win plus a playoff position! Was crying tears of joy when he crossed that finished line.
He is a nice guy! When on Team JGR driving for the Children's Miracle Network paint scheme (same race he hurt his finger on) he posted a picture on IG and I commented that I have epilepsy. He commented back saying "Thank you!! You are a great example for me and many others. Keep it up, you have a big fan right here."
Really like your idea for eliminating stage cautions at road courses. It really does make me frustrated with how it is currently! Congrats Daniel couldn't be happier for him!
not a fan of McDowell but imagine him in top tier equipment. Dude would be a legitimate contender. Also, more pain as a BW23 fan. However love that my other favorite won his first race. Nobody deserved to win a race more than Suarez. What a roller-coaster of a career especially the last 3. Going from a Gaunt Brothers car to contending for wins weekly
I was waiting for Daniel to lose a tire as old as his were, I thought his day was over when dinger spun at the end. It sure felt suspenseful to me, Larson was let down by his crew so I was glad to see Suarez finally break through
I have a feeling we are gonna have a 16 winner season. I can see Reddick and Jones at an oval race, i can see Buescher or McDowell win a Road Course and Ryan Blaney win Pocono, Michigan or Daytona
You have two ways to make stage racing fair . 1. Freeze the field and restart in the same order you took the stage flag. 2. Do not stop at end of stages just give out points for 10 ten. I believe we should not stop any race at end of stage just give out the points and keep racing take the stage brake out.
Happy for Suarez (who’s not?) and this playoff picture is gonna be a crazy one down the stretch with guys like Reddick Blaney and Bell having still not won and guys like Jones, McDowell, Harvick, Aric, and more looking to point their ways in. It’s for sure gonna be a fun summer stretch 👍
Truex doesn’t have a win either
Harvick'll win, mark my words, his team is holding him back.
@@BS-uj3ny That’s true and I could easily see Buescher snagging one before the regular season’s over
@@starrynights124 Harvick’s a maybe for me, my biggest point of emphasis for him is probably Richmond a few weeks before the playoffs
I hope the best for Clint Bowyer and his personal issue. I have to say I didn't miss him at all on the broadcast. I think it was actually better with Mike, Tony and Larry in the booth.
Taco piñatas for everyone!!! Speaking of Suarez, if he got everyone in American of Latino descent and everyone in Mexico to vote for him for most popular driver, he would never lose.
Tony was so much better than clint
@@ethanthedamonknightgod4418 Larry was Clint's replacement. Tony was already supposed to be there.
@@raritania7581 I know
Please go back and rewatch the 2016 Xfinity Championship race and look who was leading before the last caution, and did for over 120 laps of that race. He did not catch a lucky break to win that championship, he was the most consistent driver throughout the playoffs, won the pole and led the most laps in the final race. Heck, Erik Jones didn’t even win a playoff race that season.
Hendrick motorsports fans are arrogant like that
@@jakedodson2786 except eric isnt a hendrick motorsports fan soooo........
@@jakedodson2786 Eric has fuck all to do with HMS. Educate yourself.
Considering all the ways he's either lost chances at wins or lost good finishes, plus all the stuff he's already gone through in his cup career, man that was good to watch. Hopefully he can get another win or so (or there's not 17 winners). It would be very Daniel Suarez like to actually get a win but do it the one time we get 17 winners and end up missing the playoffs
Well currently both Cindric and Kurt Busch would get booted before him, though they are pretty close to each other. Considering Suarez has had more speed at more tracks than them, I don’t really see it happening. He’s 17th in drivers points and I can definitely see him climbing higher.
I was rooting so hard for Michael McDowell he was really in the top 5 all day except for parts of stage 2 just wish we got that late caution
2:42 EXACTLY! He was put into seats vacated by championship caliber drivers. Trackhouse is the first time since 2016 that he has been put into a seat that was not previously occupied. Both are showing that hammering a square peg into a round hole is not as good of a move as reshaping the hole to accommodate the more than adequate peg.
Very happy for Suarez! He’s been running great all year, but has had so many problems preventing him from getting into victory Lane.
Super stoked for Daniel. Congrats Amigo!
I was at the race today, Surez and Beusher were none doubtly the best cars of the day, Elliot Lason and surprisingly Brisco were incredible movers through the pack but tire ware was a big problem. The major thing of the day was problems with the lugnuts and not staying on with like 5 to 6 drivers.
Congrats to Daniel Suárez on his win and Congrats to Trackhouse Racing for getting both cars in playoffs...Excellent job guys.
I was thinking something is going to happen to keep Daniel from winning and when AJ spun out in the tires with 2 laps to go I was here we go again something wired to keep him from winning. I was glad NASCAR for a change did not throw a quick caution to set up a crazy finish to the race. Great win for one of the nice guys in the sport...
I almost screamed when I saw the 16 in the grass, so thankful it stayed green. I was also halfway expecting bad luck but I’m glad I was wrong
As a diehard Tony Stewart fan who became a Daniel Suarez fan as soon as smoke left the scene, this race was just amazing. From Stewart being in the booth commentating, to Suarez winning at the same place Stewart got his final career win at... its as if the stars aligned for us Stewart/Suarez fans.
I watched the F1, Indycar, and NASCAR races today, and it was more clear than ever that while the racing product might be comparable (I actually thought Indycar carried today in terms of that), NASCAR's broadcast was by far the worst.
For me the biggest part of this was overall energy level. Mike Joy is rock solid but a little conservative, and it felt a little like a golf broadcast. The Sky Sports and Indycar guys tend to make it sound a lot more action packed, although slightly shorter races probably help with this.
And I'm saying this as a 20 year, and first and foremost, NASCAR fan. Side note: I'd like to see NASCAR lead off broadcasts with something like Brian Tyler's F1 theme. Look it up, it sets an awesome tone for racing. They need to hype the energy up across the board.
You liked the race a little more than I did. Very happy w/historic win for Suarez.
I was rooting for Chris buescher and he did really well, I thought the race was about an 8.5/10 and it wasn’t a 9/10 because buescher didn’t win lol
I have watched Suárez since his days in the K&N Pro Series and....... I'm still trying not to cry. I'm so freaking happy he's finally found success in NASCAR
I’ve been out of watching NASCAR for a few years and recently started watching again because of the new car and I’ve enjoyed it so far this season. The one thing that I will never enjoy is stage racing. It takes a lot of strategy out of deciding when to pit (not all but a lot). I would like the stage idea better if the racing continued under a green flag instead of slowing down each stage
Yea, I stepped away for a handful of years and came back to watching last year and this year. This is my least favorite change...by far I think. (Its also kinda crazy how short a time they give guys to work on their damaged cars nowadays, too. Can't get back out there and try to make up points like you used to.) As far as having stages set at a certain lap and rewarding those positions....thats fine. But the cautions feel artificial, and thats not good. Im even coming around to the playoffs (I mean the chase/playoffs have been around in some form forever), but I just hate that the championship comes down to the final race. Thats not a good way to judge motorsports. I guarentee they will still have interesting moments if the final 4 races are the championship round!!
@@extragoogleaccount6061 totally agree. I could understand if at the first stage there is a caution to make sure the track isn’t destroying tires prematurely or something along those lines but other than that I don’t care for it
@@OlDirtyBandit That would be a good compromise! Have that first one but then let the rythm of the race play out
@@extragoogleaccount6061 yep that way nascar could decide to give them an extra set of sticker tires if the situation dictates after the first stage
@@extragoogleaccount6061 I’m also the type to watch the race regardless of the chase/playoffs. I care more about the race than the season as a whole
Was hoping 17 team could pull out the W but it was nice to see RFK have good day.
Been watching him for a long time. Enjoy his show greatly.
Sitting on turn 7 today was super cool, due to all the spins, and it was super funny when Busch spun because everybody erupted into applause, including me, being a Logano fan. For the next three laps, every time Busch drove bye, everybody booed.
My only real issue with Fox today was that someone in a white/silver car (couldn't tell) got spun out at turn 11 and they completely ignored it. They were too busy showing Kyle Busch spin repeatedly. I think it might've been Almirola but that's a complete guess.
Cliff with the 5 off weekends that has to be a record
Thank You for the quick review....awesome work! Jamie McMurray needs to be included. The broadcast needs a refresh. Hope Clints ok
Mcdowell has been robbed of stage points the last two weeks. Having to play the pit strategy you were mentioning is super frustrating. He would likely have an extra 20 points and a chance at pointing in if it weren't for the structure.
I'm so glad that Daniel was able to get his first win in the way he did. I always feel kinda bad for driver's when they get their first wins in rain shortened events, like they've been shortchanged the whole experience. But it's gotta be extra special when you do it in a pretty dominant way.
The coverage has become increasingly frustrating. Seemed like the camera is constantly switching away from developing battles and looking at dumb stuff instead. There was one point where the camera was just focused uncomfortably long the back of Justin Marks in the closing lapts to they point where he turns around with a WTF face.
You’ve defintely been a lot more kind and understanding about Fox’s coverage than I’ve been. I’m absolutely sick and tired of their lack of awareness. Over, and over, and over again the cameras will be aimed at an exciting moment starting to play out, Mike Joy will start to comment, and then they’ll cut away right in the middle of it and go to something completely random. They did it 2-3 times today while panning the camera at a set of cars approaching Turn 11. The trailing car would break out to dive bomb the lead car, (you know…probably the most exciting and engaging thing that was happening on track at the time) Mike Joy would start to comment on it, and then they would cut to a solo shot of like Tyler Reddick cruising around the track by himself in 12th. Joy would have to stop mid-sentence, collect his thoughts and start talking again.
Same thing they did last week with the Hamlin/Chastain incidents.
We see 23XI and Trackhouse winning races right now. I can’t wait for PettyGMS and Kaulig to join the party over the next couple years. Got some strong young teams on the rise💪
I am so proud of DANIEL SUAREZ! THE 99 WINS! My favorite Driver!
Same here
He really deserves it
One of my favorites
Let's go another trackhouse dub and Suarez got his first win plus the top ten was interesting
Solution to the stage cautions, we can remove the caution and extend the stages so they exceed the pit window. This way there is no reason to choose not to race for the stage win.
The most deserved winner this year
Agree now we just waiting on Reddick
Idk about that
@@timechanger9162 it is
He has had the worst luck and has had the toughest road to get that first win
@@burstmasked7555 I hope he’s next
@@JackCallSports many people have tbh. But idk about most well deserved. I know a few other guys that definitely deserve it more than he does. He does but not the most
First race I've attended in 22 years. Incredibly happy for Suarez he's faced a lot in his still young Cup career including being almost out of the series.
Larson was dominant early but could never catch up after losing track position using too much of his stuff and then ultimately losing a wheel. Elliott probably wins this race but had the penalty on pit road. Nice rebound to finish 8th.
Buescher, McDowell, and Keselowski had great runs. McDowell has been steady lately I've noticed improvement throughout the season. Also I was real happy to see Harvick mixing it up in the top 5. Would've loved to see him get the win.
After Larson and Elliotts troubles the race was there for the taking. Looked like Buescher could hang with Suarez for about 7-10 laps and then Suarez sailed off.
Solid race overall.
If im not mistaken, this is the first time this season that both RFK cars finished in the Top 10.
I think this win by Daniel is my favorite of the last few years. He was over due for it. This win and Trackhouse's performance this year is what a new gen car can do. Instead of KyBu and farking Denny up front all the time because of their teams you are seeing other teams on more even footing can do. Those two may get their wins but 15th-18th is happening more than in the past for them.
Seeing RFK racing get 2nd and 10th made my day
I was watching a sonoma race from 2015 for like first half and all Larry Mcreynolds was talking about drivers choosing to make it a two or three pit stop race. Granted the race wasn't super exciting but it makes it more interesting the strategy to see how they attack it. The stages take that away and make you pit before or on the stage break.
Actually I am going to say that this new car is a appearing to be a equalizer and makes for interesting racing. My thoughts on the stage racing is eliminate those damn green and white flags and just score the cars electronically for the stage points. I have suggested this for several years. Electronically score the points and no caution/green flag crap and just keep racing. The damn commercials will still interrupt the flow of the racing anyway so just keep racing. Real cautions for accidents debris is the only thing to throw caution
I personally love the technical racing of sonoma. And I wonder how many drivers found the race track even more difficult with the new car
If trackhouse could pick up a third full time charter and put McDowell in there for the next couple years to finish out his career, I think the team would be awesome. The dude can compete, just needs funding
McDowell has funding
Eric I've watched you from the beginning. I've even watched your short movie.
This show listening to you I was listening to the modern day Dave Despain the greatest IMHO. Wow
Well deserved win for Daniel Suarez! Yes, Almindinger’s spin made me think the worst. Happy no caution was needed.
Ultimately the feel good story of the entire season so far
I don't think MTJ has ever gotten comfortable in the new car and it just looks like he has checked out and decided he doesn't want to put all that much effort into learning it and used that as his deciding factor to walk away. Just from the outside looks of it.
Thank you for stating the obvious, that we need to end stage cautions at road courses. PLEASE try this NASCAR! Stage cautions do a huge amount to dumb down road racing in NASCAR, as it takes away most of the strategizing around cautions which is present in almost every other road racing series. With stage flags but no yellow flags it would really make the strategy interesting. Some teams might go for stage wins while others will go for the win or track position at the end.
@@johnhaas2523 all well and good, but short sighted as they're missing the impact on audience size to come from better racing.
I don’t know if it was just me, but I thought that the FOX booth was much better without Clint Boyer, Larry Mac had some great insight, it’s good to have him fully in the broadcast booth.
I will like to see Jamie Mac do full time booth with Joy next season. Next stop NBC and the Daleism. :)
@@DC322 Yes I agree Jamie Mac would also do great. You have to think that Harvick might join FOX when he retires too.
Yea I agree but Clint brings a bit more energy
@@joeywest1137 Yeah that true, and I did feel like Tony today was a little quiet/timid but I would prefer that than overly energetic. There is a middle ground though, I think Mike Joy is the perfect example of that
I hope McDowell continues to be competitive cause I know he's tired of being the butt of Nascar jokes. I'm still waiting on that Cody Ware Daytona 500 win!😄
If Cody Ware somehow wins a future Daytona 500, everyone will probably lose their shit.
That would finally overtake Derrike Cope as the most hapless Daytona 500 winner
FOX did a really cool outro with some tunes that highlighted the key moments from the season that was really nice.
Next Assignment with Fox for Chris Myers is Major League Baseball on Fox Studio Host and then play-by-play announcer NFL on Fox.
Shannon Spake is also a Sideline Reporter for NFL on Fox.
Get rid of stages everywhere. The entire point of them originally was to group everyone together for "entertainment" because the Gen 6 cars couldn't race each other. Turns out it ruins all strategy as well. There's probably been more natural cautions this year than the last 5 years combined
Stages also help commercial and tv shit
@@gavinmcguffey Yeah, but point is that they have more opportunities for commercials without forced cautions. I've noticed they don't even use yellow flag commercials half the time, just to go to them a few laps after the restart
Your "Pennzoil, mess up of the day" was a good spit take for me while drinking my morning coffee. Thanks
Definitely happy for Suarez he’s paid his dues and deserves this win! And you were right I remembered you predicted a few days ago Suarez would win a race this season ….and you were right
i thought the entire point of giving out stage points were to give credit to people who did well at the start of the race and then fell off or wrecked at the end, and they could get some points to show that they were good at the race. This stage cautions rewarding people at the back of the field or punishing the leaders for winning the stage is the dumbest thing.
I in the other hand love racing at Sonoma and it is by far my favorite roadcourse! Im glad they get rid of the carousel
Congrats to the 99. Good for him and that team!
Eternally happy to be proven wrong. Congrats to Suarez for bouncing back after 2019
The podium for this race is why I adore road courses
Sonoma is the first and only track I’ve attended a nascar race at since 98 and a boring race there is an existing race for me. It’s very sentimental place for. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to go this year but Sunday’s race looked awesome from TV.