That is what i was saying during that whole "They should(n't) have thrown a yellow!" argument part. Black flag a driver that does something sketchy and move on, no need for a yellow.
If Hocevar was THAT egregious, NASCAR should’ve black flagged him and mandated him to the pits instead of throwing a caution. Shows him he’s gotta get his ass off the track without punishing everyone else
The last cycle was crazy, there was so much going you could barely keep up. Watching Denny and Martin go through the field was amazing! It reminded me of an old game called Digital Derby that I had.
I absolutely loved that race yesterday. That was so much fun to watch. Take that tire to Phoenix in November. Phoenix may actually be fun to watch if they did. Finally a good short track race wirh this car. It just proved what fans and everyone else has been yelling for the last couple of years
But too much caution. I’m a bad one for overall viewing. I don’t like when my driver doesn’t get a top 10. Did Blaney get Chastained after speeding penalty? I like more than 5 cars on lead lap.
Is Freddie the one screaming for a yellow? I thought he was a classic 'the guy who's wrong is the loudest guy in the room'. Bit of a dick. IF that's Freddie
Awesome dam race. Been watching since 94 and thought that was the best Bristol race I have ever seen. Crazy the track never took rubber. next Gen car has never been raced at Bristol in March unless it was dirt. Think outdoor temp had something to do with it as well as the resin. Also this was already the same tire compound that was run last fall Bristol, only 2 differences. Resin/temperature. Pj1 in the fall, warmer temps, resin this spring, temps in the 60s.
You can’t compare a spring race to a fall race! Also THIS IS THE FIRST SPRING RACE AT BRISTOL WITH THIS CAR!!!! Maybe the reson had something to do with it, maybe the cold track did. Proves that there isn’t enough actual on track testing in multiple environments! BTW, this was a Great race!!!!
I live in Dallas Texas but I sure remember watching The Glory Days on TV and have always wanted to go to a night race at Bristol. After yesterday's race, I immediately booked a ticket to the night race this year. The way to make people come back to races is to give the racers challenges to solve. If you take away all the challenge nobody's going to care about going to the race. Since I have family in Atlanta I also have a reason to maybe go to the Atlanta race next time as well. It's not that fans don't have the disposable income. NASCAR just hasn't been given us to a reason to go. I really hope they embrace the drama that's created by annoying things for the racers to have to deal with. It's what makes being a fan fun. I'm just one guy look into add two more races to my calendar this year now. But there are hundreds of thousands of people like me that could go to more races if you give me a reason. You can generate more attendance by making the racing more entertaining and less cookie cutter. It really is that simple. The formula is simple. Give me something entertaining to watch, and all your fans will come to more races.
CAN SOMEONE EDIT THIS WHOLE EPISODE INTO ONE THAT HIS VIDEO FLASHBACKS!?!? This is the best episode I ever heard ❤ Tyler Reddick is a REAL 1️⃣ blue jacket in his future. Dale Jr. is so freaking intelligent when he talks about the sport I learn so much!! & Freddie Kraft is such a badass. I listen to him every week spotting Bubba on the nascar app scanner !! Freddie’s voice in the podcast always makes me feel safe😊 but his laugh is contagious 😂😂😂😂😂 🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁 definitely best Actions Detrimental for me this week! This show is poppin!! Denny better step his game up. 😅
I watched NASCAR for 15-20 years growing up until the playoff format came about and that chased my dumb, stubborn ass off for years. Don't know what it was that made me want to get back into it this year out of all the years but I couldn't have picked a better time to do it. The racing is so good and between DBC, Dale Jr Download and Denny's podcast, I've got the bug so bad I want to watch the Cup, Xfinity, Trucks and even ARCA cars as much as possible, I even had to buy myself a wheel to keep myself entertained during the week. Whatever NASCAR put in my water, please keep it coming!
Loved watching the race on Sunday where the driver made a HUGE difference behind the wheel in the way they attacked the track/saved their stuff. Best case situation, to me at least, give the drivers 750 hp w/a tire that can go 70-90 laps & go test at Bristol & Dover. Get your concrete combination semi-set & put the drivers in a great spot to decide the races & not allow the cars to dictate so much of the outcome.
Fall Bristol race is going to be so interesting to see what changes drivers make. Playoff drivers will especially be gearing up. Really looking forward to it.
I was working for Goodyear racing tire (Comp Tire West) during that Indy tire fiasco. NASCAR had to throw cautions or someone was going to get hurt or die. Like Jr said, the tires literally were done after 11 (basically 40 corners) laps. This was also during the inner liner days and for some reason the inner liners were not allowing drivers to save the car once the tire went. I have never worked harder than that Sunday.
@@sethcarlisle7330 It was nasty hot and humid. There were 42(or 43 don't remember) cars in the field. Cars had heavy steel wheels then. So, all in one tire/wheel was nearly 80lbs. We had plans to mount/balance 10 sets for each team the entire weekend. Once it was decided to throw a caution every 10 laps, well you do the math. Most teams(that were running at the end) used 14 sets of tires just for the race. Normal races we had break between mounting and balancing since each team had normally 6-8 sets of wheels. This day it was NONE STOP the entire day.
Goodyear still says it's the same right side tire that ran last fall at Bristol. Hopefully they do thorough failure analysis on the compound to see if some of the variables were at different places within the spercification compared to last fall.
I’m surprised that the weather hasn’t been a bigger piece of the conversation.. I think the only place I’ve really heard talk about the weather/temperature as a factor is Denny’s podcast. Everyone’s talking about the tire (same as fall), resin/pj1, etc, but it seems like being sub 65 degrees makes a big difference on if the concrete rubbers ups. Maybe I’m wrong, but the way I see it you could test as much as you want, but the weather is not a constant factor/fixed variable.
Freddie is completely correct with his argument about the caution. All he needed to add was that when the yellow is out, NASCAR can just penalize the hell out of the guilty party (Hocevar this time). That way, safety is prioritized while the behavior is not incentivized.
There are some pretty significant differences between Indy and Bristol. Key among them in this case, the extra 2 miles and 100 MPH at Indy. The Indy "bad tire" race was terrible. Yesterday at Bristol was AMAZING. Totally disagree with TJ on the Carson Hocevar caution/lack of situation. The fear that these cars running 115 hitting a car running 35 is any more dangerous that Ryan Blaney getting right reared into the wall at 195 seems a little nuts to me. They didn't need to throw a caution for Carson Hocevar. They need to park his ass for intended race manipulation.
Everyone has been saying tires for years and now NASCAR has the evidence to prove it. I would still say they need to narrow them, but this is a great start
the resin might have made the right side tires do all the work. 2 tire pit stops was not terrible. the way the corners looked with the tires dribbling is really tough on the right sides.
I sold my RV last year because there is no reason to go to the races anymore. Lomg ago my season tickets to Bristol were treasured. But been many years since I have gone.
Freddie is 100% correct period. If NASCAR cares about safety, they should throw a caution at any dangerous point. There should be a consistent threshold and it shouldn't be thrown under that threshold and it shouldn't remain green above that threshold. Penalizing an intentional cause of a caution by parking a car for multiple laps is a good solution as a deterrent.
I feel like for driver identification, the only thing that should change with Sponsorship from week to week is the hood. The rest of the car should look the same!
They say that this was the same tire from the fall race. That being said, some though the chemical put on the inside line cause the issues. That being said, some said that there was more wear on the outside groove. Some said that there were some drivers had the actual tire from the fall race and some had a new tire that supposedly matched exactly that from the fall race. I follow Ty Gibbs in car radio, they seemed to think that as the track cooled tire wear was getting better to their great demise. I was hoping Goodyear went out and ran tests the same night. We may never know.
Beyond that. Ty maintained his front position with a 2 tire stop in stage one and midway through the 2nd stage after a mistake penalty on pit road; drove from 27th to the top 10 on scuffs.
Larson doesn't get that pit penalty, he had something for them but i think he was a second place car. Still would have made it more interesting to see him push Denny and Martin harder
Whether they're in the middle of a pit cycle or someone has wrecked themselves on purpose, it doesn't matter. Race control has an obligation to every man out there on the racetrack to keep them as safe as possible. It is THE MOST important job on any given Sunday and there's got to be a change up there because this whole entertainment flag deal and avoiding throwing a flag during pit cycles.. it's going to cost somebody one day. Still pissed that there was no flag thrown at Atlanta for two parked cars on the racetrack. That is inexcusable.
It's not only extremely dangerous and life-threatening for a car to be running 35 mph on the interstate. It is also illegal and the police can rightfully pull you over. Because the low speed on the interstate is 40 and if you are going below that they have the right to pull you over the same as if you're going over to posted speed limit.
@@johnhaas2523 there is no signs for minimum speed. But it is a law Nationwide not statewide that 40 miles per hour is the minimum speed on any interstate highway. You're also not allowed to walk on any interstate highway Nationwide. Not State it's Nation. The cops just don't do their jobs and enforce it. It's also illegal to be in the passing Lane and hold up traffic even if you're doing 55 and the speed limit is 55. If someone has to go around you in the slow lane that's illegal. It's called impeding traffic. And I wish the cops here in America would take it as seriously as the cops in Europe do.
You know that state trooper that everyone on the interstate is following right at the speed limit? That’s Dale Jr to Brett
Keep that tire and bring more of them! The best racing I have seen in years!
Yes!!!!!
Dale always brings insight no else has.
Always does
AMEN 🏁🏆🏁
Just black flag Carson instead of throwing a caution.
For real. We have a black flag for a reason. Better that then the yellow.
Facts!
That'll learn ya!...😂
Totally agree
That is what i was saying during that whole "They should(n't) have thrown a yellow!" argument part. Black flag a driver that does something sketchy and move on, no need for a yellow.
Wow, Dale Jr. Baby faced. Wth.... This is going to be a good show! Ding!
Freddy saying stfu and then mansplane yellow/caution. Wow.... Walk it back boss.
@@Shawn-c5k I'm personally an incredibly huge Dale Jr. fan, but he was like the fun police in this episode. Pretty much killed all the joking antics.
Best Bristol race I’ve seen in a while! Great tire wear and good racing!
If Hocevar was THAT egregious, NASCAR should’ve black flagged him and mandated him to the pits instead of throwing a caution. Shows him he’s gotta get his ass off the track without punishing everyone else
👍💯
It wasn't so egregious. There's enough spotters to make sure drivers avoid him.
The last cycle was crazy, there was so much going you could barely keep up. Watching Denny and Martin go through the field was amazing! It reminded me of an old game called Digital Derby that I had.
I absolutely loved that race yesterday. That was so much fun to watch. Take that tire to Phoenix in November. Phoenix may actually be fun to watch if they did.
Finally a good short track race wirh this car. It just proved what fans and everyone else has been yelling for the last couple of years
But too much caution. I’m a bad one for overall viewing. I don’t like when my driver doesn’t get a top 10. Did Blaney get Chastained after speeding penalty? I like more than 5 cars on lead lap.
this will be the most watched Door Bumper Clear so far
I really like Freddie's passion and competiveness. I can relate
Freddie is a special kind of stupid!
IMO, there’s a difference between passion and just being obnoxious. He’s guilty of both.
@@josephmoore1168 Freddie is a Pickle Kisser!
Is Freddie the one screaming for a yellow?
I thought he was a classic 'the guy who's wrong is the loudest guy in the room'.
Bit of a dick. IF that's Freddie
@@hamonryechinaski180 Freddie was screaming for the yellow.
This makes me so happy , Jr , you found your booth 😂Thx guys ! TJ , quit getting under my skin . Opinions are like assholes , every body has one🤘🏻🏁
I had to watch this episode for sure just to getta laugh & hear about yesterdays race 😂
Awesome dam race. Been watching since 94 and thought that was the best Bristol race I have ever seen. Crazy the track never took rubber. next Gen car has never been raced at Bristol in March unless it was dirt. Think outdoor temp had something to do with it as well as the resin. Also this was already the same tire compound that was run last fall Bristol, only 2 differences. Resin/temperature. Pj1 in the fall, warmer temps, resin this spring, temps in the 60s.
Been waiting on this episode all day longggg 🎉
You can’t compare a spring race to a fall race! Also THIS IS THE FIRST SPRING RACE AT BRISTOL WITH THIS CAR!!!! Maybe the reson had something to do with it, maybe the cold track did. Proves that there isn’t enough actual on track testing in multiple environments! BTW, this was a Great race!!!!
I live in Dallas Texas but I sure remember watching The Glory Days on TV and have always wanted to go to a night race at Bristol.
After yesterday's race, I immediately booked a ticket to the night race this year.
The way to make people come back to races is to give the racers challenges to solve. If you take away all the challenge nobody's going to care about going to the race.
Since I have family in Atlanta I also have a reason to maybe go to the Atlanta race next time as well.
It's not that fans don't have the disposable income. NASCAR just hasn't been given us to a reason to go.
I really hope they embrace the drama that's created by annoying things for the racers to have to deal with. It's what makes being a fan fun.
I'm just one guy look into add two more races to my calendar this year now. But there are hundreds of thousands of people like me that could go to more races if you give me a reason. You can generate more attendance by making the racing more entertaining and less cookie cutter. It really is that simple.
The formula is simple. Give me something entertaining to watch, and all your fans will come to more races.
Best podcast in the sport. Hands down
CAN SOMEONE EDIT THIS WHOLE EPISODE INTO ONE THAT HIS VIDEO FLASHBACKS!?!? This is the best episode I ever heard ❤ Tyler Reddick is a REAL 1️⃣ blue jacket in his future. Dale Jr. is so freaking intelligent when he talks about the sport I learn so much!! & Freddie Kraft is such a badass. I listen to him every week spotting Bubba on the nascar app scanner !! Freddie’s voice in the podcast always makes me feel safe😊 but his laugh is contagious 😂😂😂😂😂 🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁 definitely best Actions Detrimental for me this week! This show is poppin!! Denny better step his game up. 😅
I watched NASCAR for 15-20 years growing up until the playoff format came about and that chased my dumb, stubborn ass off for years. Don't know what it was that made me want to get back into it this year out of all the years but I couldn't have picked a better time to do it. The racing is so good and between DBC, Dale Jr Download and Denny's podcast, I've got the bug so bad I want to watch the Cup, Xfinity, Trucks and even ARCA cars as much as possible, I even had to buy myself a wheel to keep myself entertained during the week. Whatever NASCAR put in my water, please keep it coming!
This tire and package on the car makes Bristol look like a good place for the clash
Loved watching the race on Sunday where the driver made a HUGE difference behind the wheel in the way they attacked the track/saved their stuff. Best case situation, to me at least, give the drivers 750 hp w/a tire that can go 70-90 laps & go test at Bristol & Dover. Get your concrete combination semi-set & put the drivers in a great spot to decide the races & not allow the cars to dictate so much of the outcome.
Reddick is the most relatable, likeable driver. Always love hearing from him.
Fall Bristol race is going to be so interesting to see what changes drivers make. Playoff drivers will especially be gearing up. Really looking forward to it.
Denny mentioned about the temperature of the track being less than 70 degrees to probably why the track didn't rubber up
Jr should be on this podcast most often, this is great lol
I think most of the time he just prefer just his podcast
my favorite podcast each week!
Dale needs to pop in more often.
Tyler should be on more
I love the new paint schemes/wraps. Even college football changes uniforms nearly every game.
This was one best shows guys. Great job, loved it.
Rough Sunday Brett? Pounding the water to ya!!!! Love the show folks! 🍻
Brett looking like he has a couple sagging jugs on display with the water bottles in front of him 😂
I was working for Goodyear racing tire (Comp Tire West) during that Indy tire fiasco. NASCAR had to throw cautions or someone was going to get hurt or die. Like Jr said, the tires literally were done after 11 (basically 40 corners) laps. This was also during the inner liner days and for some reason the inner liners were not allowing drivers to save the car once the tire went. I have never worked harder than that Sunday.
You can't argue against first hand knowledge!! Great comment!
What were some of the things you had to do that made it so hard?
@@sethcarlisle7330 It was nasty hot and humid. There were 42(or 43 don't remember) cars in the field. Cars had heavy steel wheels then. So, all in one tire/wheel was nearly 80lbs. We had plans to mount/balance 10 sets for each team the entire weekend. Once it was decided to throw a caution every 10 laps, well you do the math. Most teams(that were running at the end) used 14 sets of tires just for the race. Normal races we had break between mounting and balancing since each team had normally 6-8 sets of wheels. This day it was NONE STOP the entire day.
We love you Dale!!!
Tyler is already preparing for life after Nascar! He will be very adept at it!
Spot on Brett. We stopped going because prices are high and we get too little on track product. Period
46:35 750hp with that tire at Bristol. Yes we need this.
First 2 races this year the drivers were saving fuel and Sunday they were in tire saving mode. Crazy season so far.
Thanks for stopping by Drew Carey 😊
This was a real fun episode!
Goodyear still says it's the same right side tire that ran last fall at Bristol. Hopefully they do thorough failure analysis on the compound to see if some of the variables were at different places within the spercification compared to last fall.
I think the colder track conditions had a lot to do with it
To your point, today's drinking game phrase is "To your point"
This episode was great
The lighting is making Dale's glasses look like sunglasses. Kinda makes him look like DB Cooper lol
Somebody tell these guys that this was the same tire from the Bristol race last fall.
This was a great episode!
I’m surprised that the weather hasn’t been a bigger piece of the conversation.. I think the only place I’ve really heard talk about the weather/temperature as a factor is Denny’s podcast. Everyone’s talking about the tire (same as fall), resin/pj1, etc, but it seems like being sub 65 degrees makes a big difference on if the concrete rubbers ups. Maybe I’m wrong, but the way I see it you could test as much as you want, but the weather is not a constant factor/fixed variable.
Freddie is completely correct with his argument about the caution. All he needed to add was that when the yellow is out, NASCAR can just penalize the hell out of the guilty party (Hocevar this time). That way, safety is prioritized while the behavior is not incentivized.
jr should be on every episode,
I don't think he wants to be though not like he can't
These were the same tires as last Fall the difference was the track was significantly colder than last Fall.
It was fun watching a race with so many lead changes. A bit chaotic, ya.
Take that tire to every short track…. That was awesome…. the track was cold ….. Bristol fall was in September that’s like 20° difference..
There are some pretty significant differences between Indy and Bristol. Key among them in this case, the extra 2 miles and 100 MPH at Indy. The Indy "bad tire" race was terrible. Yesterday at Bristol was AMAZING.
Totally disagree with TJ on the Carson Hocevar caution/lack of situation. The fear that these cars running 115 hitting a car running 35 is any more dangerous that Ryan Blaney getting right reared into the wall at 195 seems a little nuts to me.
They didn't need to throw a caution for Carson Hocevar. They need to park his ass for intended race manipulation.
Everyone has been saying tires for years and now NASCAR has the evidence to prove it. I would still say they need to narrow them, but this is a great start
I think they missed a big part of the tire wear conversation and that was the air/track temp was way down..
That was my thought.
the resin might have made the right side tires do all the work. 2 tire pit stops was not terrible. the way the corners looked with the tires dribbling is really tough on the right sides.
Carson doing Carson things. Kid will never change
Seeing Junior clean shaven is wild
28:26 honestly for a 500 lap race, having to put every 50-60 laps kept the race exciting. Maybe even better than stage cautions do!🧐
when they made multi compound tires 5 years ago and made outside of the tread tougher. Maybe they can do that to this tire.
Brought along the Lucky Leprechaun
Dale takes over nascar in 2030 and the sport takes off. He is just head and shoulders above everyone elses thinking wow
Hahaha
I sold my RV last year because there is no reason to go to the races anymore. Lomg ago my season tickets to Bristol were treasured. But been many years since I have gone.
Could watch Brett giggle forever.
Denny is the man !
Hey Freddie, how fast was Hocevar going? Never have to guess your thoughts. Things are so black & white for you. Love it.
Ratings are up because it's on Fox and not FS1. Put it back on FS1 and watch the ratings drop like a rock
Go! Kyle busch
Tyler Reddick Is Awesome
Freddie is 100% correct period. If NASCAR cares about safety, they should throw a caution at any dangerous point. There should be a consistent threshold and it shouldn't be thrown under that threshold and it shouldn't remain green above that threshold. Penalizing an intentional cause of a caution by parking a car for multiple laps is a good solution as a deterrent.
Dale Jr spinning himself out to get a caution comes to mind
Hocevar posted on X he forgot what side he had pitted on and freaked out which is why he went 35 and hit the fence and tried to get to the bottom
He always has a dumb excuse
Kevin & Clint is a great addition to the #FOX booth ! You can tell their friends , pretty awesome 🤘🏻🏁
Freddie Kraft in a ND hat. Hell yes!
#GoIrish
I feel like for driver identification, the only thing that should change with Sponsorship from week to week is the hood. The rest of the car should look the same!
TJ Majors-- It just sucks when a good joke, "bring a softer tire"....
Lots of passing, It was more like I don't have any tires left so Im just going to have to coast around here and let others cars run in to me.
If someone ran into Carson and someone got injured they'd be having a very different conversation about that
They say that this was the same tire from the fall race. That being said, some though the chemical put on the inside line cause the issues. That being said, some said that there was more wear on the outside groove. Some said that there were some drivers had the actual tire from the fall race and some had a new tire that supposedly matched exactly that from the fall race. I follow Ty Gibbs in car radio, they seemed to think that as the track cooled tire wear was getting better to their great demise. I was hoping Goodyear went out and ran tests the same night. We may never know.
Beyond that. Ty maintained his front position with a 2 tire stop in stage one and midway through the 2nd stage after a mistake penalty on pit road; drove from 27th to the top 10 on scuffs.
Bout time they did some bumping and runin! Tyler better win at cota or hes off the podcast.
The quietest I have ever seen Brett.
During Dale Jr time in Nascar they would throw water bottles out the window for cautions, So sorry Dale you're point is mute
Concrete is for sidewalks and Dirt is for potatoes. Asphalt is for racing.
Better than the download
Nobody is talking about horsepower, nice move NASCAR
That green flag run was the most exciting racing I've seen in years.
they need a way to collect the marbles better like truck pulling a hot lint roller to pick em up like a hot tire does.
Have Cleetus McFarland show up with his crew and have them do shows Friday and Saturday
soon Nascar will have judges to call stuff real time. They need it soon.
Freddy needs to listen to Bubba again.
Larson doesn't get that pit penalty, he had something for them but i think he was a second place car. Still would have made it more interesting to see him push Denny and Martin harder
I agree with black flagging the driver. The car should be built to where it takes driver skill to win.
Whether they're in the middle of a pit cycle or someone has wrecked themselves on purpose, it doesn't matter. Race control has an obligation to every man out there on the racetrack to keep them as safe as possible. It is THE MOST important job on any given Sunday and there's got to be a change up there because this whole entertainment flag deal and avoiding throwing a flag during pit cycles.. it's going to cost somebody one day. Still pissed that there was no flag thrown at Atlanta for two parked cars on the racetrack. That is inexcusable.
mr fake tough guy brett sure is a lot more quiet than usual 🤣🤣
Was there a minimum speed for Bristol?
great race! change nothing. they'll all learn form the 1st one and the next one will be different.
It disappoints me that Kyle Larson was complaining about the tires.
a brett griffin fart would definitely get more than 60 likes.
It's not only extremely dangerous and life-threatening for a car to be running 35 mph on the interstate. It is also illegal and the police can rightfully pull you over. Because the low speed on the interstate is 40 and if you are going below that they have the right to pull you over the same as if you're going over to posted speed limit.
Maybe in some states it's illegal but I know in Wisconsin there's no minimum speed limit signs not even on four lane highways
@@johnhaas2523 there is no signs for minimum speed. But it is a law Nationwide not statewide that 40 miles per hour is the minimum speed on any interstate highway. You're also not allowed to walk on any interstate highway Nationwide. Not State it's Nation. The cops just don't do their jobs and enforce it. It's also illegal to be in the passing Lane and hold up traffic even if you're doing 55 and the speed limit is 55. If someone has to go around you in the slow lane that's illegal. It's called impeding traffic. And I wish the cops here in America would take it as seriously as the cops in Europe do.