Blow The Whole Thing Up | NASCAR All-Star Race Review & Analysis
Вставка
- Опубліковано 22 тра 2022
- Learn more about Lubegard! www.lubegard.com/
Shudder Fixx: shudderman.com/
Head to groovymotorsports.com/ for the latest podcast episodes and new issues of the OOTG: Viewers Guide!
Support the Show: www.patreon.com/user?u=472799...
T-shirts: teespring.com/stores/estepp
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@ericestepp17?...
Twitter: / ericestepp17
Instagram: / eric_estepp
Thanks for watching and please SUBSCRIBE for more NASCAR content!
Thumbnail Cred: Getty, FOX - Спорт
It’s sickening that this track gets two dates and Chicagoland sits empty.
amen chicagoland is my home nascar track since I'm from illinois and i think it provided great racing especially in the 2010s decade
Chicago, Kentucky, Nashville Fairgrounds, etc.
Very underrated track yes I agree
If bruton Smith could have bought Chicagoland speedway , they would still be racing there.
It's all about which rich guy screams the loudest.
Soo , how's that going Nascar 🤔🤷🏻♂️😁😎
I hate Texas but remember when everyone was begging for 1.5 mile tracks to be off the schedule?
I laughed when Clint said "Wow, I don't even know what to say." And Mike quickly said "I do, but I won't. "
That's when we knew.......NASCAR f*cked up
I love it when Mike Joy chooses violence, like when he said after Regan Smith's win at Darlington "Smith gets the flag! And this time, he gets to keep it!"
@@patrickracer43 yeah seeing Mike Joy mad is honestly a sight to see
In the booth they tried as best they could to keep the show rolling… but all three of them were just floored. Between the worst racing we’ve seen with the next gen and the preposterous ending…
@@nurabsal0x018c that was one of the worst calls in the history of the sport, probably right up there with NASCAR black flagging Ricky Rudd for putting the bumper to Davey Allison at Sonoma
This was easily the last straw for Texas Motor Speedway. NASCAR tried to screw Ryan Blaney of the win. Thank goodness he still won but that finish was an embarrassment to NASCAR.
I think they wanted a better finish, but Scott Miller even admitted they screwed up.
The whole race was screwed up. I like excitement in the race but when leaders start blowing tires it's messed up.
i don't think they were trying to screw Blaney. they were trying to make a more exiting finish
Blaney had the best car in the end but should have been penalized. Totally a safety isssue. What a crap show NASCAR has become.
@@ethanweeter2732 they had a bit of a Michael Masi moment (yeah different reasons on how it happened in different sports but it involves a yellow being thrown late race that could alter the finish all in the name of Entertainment)
It was a terrible and dangerous mess. Nascar knew that they blew call on the last caution so they let Ryan run the last 2 laps with his window net down. Even the fox booth called them out on it.
I think nascar was giving him a break because they just screwed him so they didn’t want to make it worse for him
@@southeastcupseries if they truly wanted to do that they could have black flagged him and let him keep his position
@@southeastcupseries That's literally what I said.
He put it up it was not down
The Fox booth was livid and if that wasn’t fixing the race I don’t know what was. NASCAR showed us they have no credibility or integrity.
*In the FOX booth after the false finish*
Bowyer: I don't know what to say about that.
Joy: I do, but I won't.
Staying out after a 25 lap run isnt pushing the envelope. Shouldnt be worried about tire failures after 30 laps every week
The new tires are a problem, too many flats and the problem is worse with out inner liners.
Eric can't talk bad about Goodyear though since they're a sponsor of his
That fact that I enjoyed a car going by itself at 240mph for four laps more than this race tells you something.
I did find that more exciting than this race too!
Jimmie's save was the best thing I saw all weekend, that was sick!
@@ARM317 You beat me to the punch. Damn that was awesome. And Romain's face when he saw it
@@lewiskemp5893 ha ha ha...Grosjean was like "WWHHHAAAAATTTTTTT..." That was classic!
I'd say go to Bowman Grey for the All Star race. At bare minimum, the speeds they'd be running would make the event safer overall. Let's leave Auto Club as a 2 mile track, and make Texas the short track.
My thoughts exactly, why change a working, well-like track (Auto Club), when you can change Texas (most loathed of all tracks).
They should've run TMS's front stretch quarter mile. I saw someone suggest that in February and thought it was a better alternative. But they also need to stop with the complicated formats.
@@sethbomgardner9030 They should still turn Auto Club into a short track, the good race we saw this year isn't sustainable
if they go to bowman grey, alex bowman will need to win a race there
Also give Blaney 2 millions dollars for winning twice
I said it on twitter and I'll say it here, NASCAR makes Talladega Nights look like a feature length documentary!
That movie hurt NASCAR more than it helped
@@marcforget33 Just like Bowyer and Michael Waltrip every race and pre-race show. FOX makes NASCAR look like a joke!
Nah, Cole Trickle from Days of Thunder hurt NASCAR more than Rickie Boobie ever did!
As a Blaney fan, I was more pissed at how that ended vs being happy that he won. It shouldn't be like that. That caution for Bell brushing the wall was also a joke. He saved it and they immediately threw the caution. If they are so concerned with safety, and knew they messed up throwing that last caution, wouldn't the right thing to do be to let Blaney come down pit road and make sure the window net was tight? Just all around a mess of a race.
Tbf Bell was sideways and after what happened to Chastain, I don’t mind them being a little quicker to the caution button there
Well said. Blaney almost got screwed last night. I couldn't even enjoy his win as much as I should, since I was so pissed over what could have happened.
If it were Darlington they would have 500 cautions.
Yeah they throw the caution for a little scrap on the wall... If that's the case why didn't they throw the caution for Larson hitting the wall...What about 5 times last week?
@@serenap.1041 best I can figure nascar was trying to make an “exciting” ending instead of first place having a 2 second lead on second for the win. Almost robbed Blaney. This is the kind of stuff that loses fans. Feels like the race is rigged so they can get a particular outcome.
We should all make a petition to remove Texas Motor Speedway as a NASCAR track
As this is my home track not a option repave like Atlanta or take back to old configuration but please no all star race but I would be ok with one event
I'll be the first to sign
Bring back Texas World speedway
@@brandonmccain4031 Ok? It doesn't change anything lol
And also to remove Blake Shelton from all future broadcasts
I remember as a kid I used to look forward to the all star race, it was one of my favorite races of the year. From the fun paint schemes, the great driver intros, and the great racing for a million bucks there was plenty to love. It’s such a shame what it’s become that I regularly skip all star weekend every year. It’s the only race I won’t watch. Just hope nascar sees what they’ve done and hopefully fixes it
Couldn’t agree more! I used to always look forward to the All-Star race! Loved all the cool, different, unique paint schemes! Whatever happened to that?! It was a small little detail but still something to look forward to. Now the entire race start to finish has become a joke. Unfortunately.
Yea what was wrong with charlotte. Thats the home of all of the teams anyway.
Its the only race I can watch. From goofy looking cars cause of the new number placement, purposely having the slowest speeds since like the early 70's. This sport is a joke.
I was a diehard Jeff Gordon fan but once he retired NASCAR is completely unwatchable. Eric Esteep I the only reason I even know what's happening because his videos are so good and can't miss 👍
The caution on the last lap reminds me when nascar threw the caution and Carl Edwards lost the championship.
I never thought I'd see the day when the Indy 500 Qualifying was more entertaining than this race.
The whole qualifying format was a total letdown there was no “doorbangin” side by side racing and it was all about who got the better jump. When the 10second/5 second sign went up
I think it should have been halfway on pit road, so the No speed limit came into effect before hitting the track.
I don't know about the jump. Yeah, maybe where the driver completely screws up, but for the most part I don't think that made as much of a difference as the pit stop itself. There was no hype and no competition. I think there has to be a component where the driver has to come to a stop into the box from full speed. Obviously you can't do that with the pit crew there.
I think you make the drivers launch off the line, complete a lap around the track, stop onto a pit box full speed, then continue at pit road speed to the crew box, then do the stop. That still doesn't solve the problem of whoever gets on track first will pretty much win.
Maybe if they do it at charlotte they can do it at the drag way
Just take away the pit stop part let them actually drag race then make a pit stop competition a separate part of weekend to qualify for the drag race qualifying or something
It was all about the pit crews and that was the point
Thank you so much for taking your time to meet me! You made my day, I was the kid Jacob.
100% agree. Let's take it back 2 charlotte. Make it the week before memorial day and make it great again..
Not really. The stadium concept would work better
@@eggselent9814 Agreed! Stadium Concept is the best we can hope for. Worked well at the Colosseum. Charlotte would end up being just as bad if not marginally better than Texas was.
These are the races that help Formula 1 and indycar grow cause NASCAR is sabotaging itself
Dirt racing is hotter maybe than anything.
The Spanish GP was really good for a track that’s usually not great.
@@andrewfiorini8169 however Barcelona might not be hosting the Spanish GP for much longer as Jerez (where MotoGP races) is getting some upgrades to get up to F1 standards with the ultimate goal of Jerez hosting the Spanish GP or the European GP in a few years.
Not really because Formula 1 is a totally different formula and a world wide format. The average American sports fan has no interest in world sports unless its the olympics.
Eric Estepp is how I keep up with NASCAR these last couple years. I haven’t watched a race in at least a year.
You're not the only one Ryan. Nascar has become a giant joke
I was watching something else and saw the online replies so I watched the recap. Total clown show.
I have officially quit to.The Daytona 500 was the last race I watched this year and honestly I feel like im not missing much at all.Nascar is a hot mess and a total joke now.
As a spectacle, the All-Star had been replaced by The Clash
I thought The Clash was The All-Star race.
@@FrankEPotts Clash is beginning of the season
I would fix the track by: Reconfigure turns one and two back the way it was before 2017 and/or do that but turn it into an oval.
Option 2: Abandon the track just like Kentucky.
Bulldozing is way too extreme.
They need to do the Atlanta.
@@DC322 Keep Atlanta. Atlanta is better now.
@@averyalford2400 I mean TMS needs to do the Atlanta route. Repave and put more banking on it.
@@DC322 Or put back the 24 degree banking in turns one and two.
How about repaving it and reconfiguring turn 1-2 with 20-22 degrees progressive banking?
I didn’t know Michael masi worked in NASCAR
Can we give some credit to the Truck Series? I thought they put on a great race Friday. Tight clean racing with plenty of passing. Not what I'd have expected from that series or this track in 2022.
Agreed, but Knoxville is on June 18th, if it's anywhere close to last year's debacle, those maniacs will be crashing all over the place!
True! The Truck race was surprisingly good. I think the new bodies fit the track better. For example, at Michigan the Truck Series normally puts on the best race of the weekend as well.
That truck race actually felt more like a race than the usual demolition derby we usually get!
Turn Texas into a 2/3rds mile dirt track, move the All-Star back to Bristol.
Bristol Dirt. That date it currently occupies could be awarded to the Nashville Fairgrounds.
It would effectively be a Texas for Nashville deal. Stuff the municipal agreement!
TMS has a dirt track lol
better yet, reduce the banking and bring it back to its old CART Indycar status when TWS was alive
@@knightofthenine3121 You’re insane. It was high banked to begin with. The low banking is what’s killing the track.
@@matthunter4868 I’m saying give that to Texas dirt
5:08, so true didn’t even know a caution on the final lap would cause an overtime for the All Star Race.
I did, but they did not have to throw the yellow as the rule is green flag finish only.
Neither did the 12 team
NASCAR logic. Take a race that has been in a tailspin in the ratings department for the last few years and put it at arguably the worst track on the nascar schedule 😂
Not to mention completely screwing up the ending with an itchy trigger finger on a caution (that was wholly unneeded), extending the caution time to give a driver time to fix his mistake due to your mistake, and blatantly ignoring a huge safety violation.
More nascar logic. People didn't like the race at Texas, it needs moved. Let's move it to pocono
I’ve never been more disappointed in a race than last night.
I had so much confidence that the Next Gen Car could help the racing,I thought the Truck and Xfinity race were really good races they were above Average.
But this race was just so Disappointing I hate it cause I’ve been going to Texas motor speedway since 2015 and this was the worst race I’ve seen.
It’s my home track and I hate to see it fail but the one positive here is:Indycar can put on great racing at Texas and that could save it.
And there’s COTA Which is probably my favorite racetrack in North America.
Cindric was the real MVP pushing Blaney forward
@Thomas 🇺🇸 Austin cindric is a jerk
@Thomas 🇺🇸 I mean I can’t blame blaney for being generally upset with cindric. Blaney would have won the Daytona 500 if cindric hadn’t put him in the wall
@Thomas 🇺🇸 Austin is not an amazing teammate and he is one of the most selfish drivers out there
@Thomas 🇺🇸 you contracted yourself with your first sentence. You are a hypocrite and a fraud
@Thomas 🇺🇸 So he's friends with Bubba? Gotta problem with that you klan wizard?
In my opinion this race should of score lower than martinsville on the groovy gauge,it was just a flat out shitshow of a race
I used to love the All-Star Race. Now I don't even get excited for it. The All-Star Race should feel like a special event. In most recent years, it has felt like just another event.
I hope that NASCAR goes to any other track than Texas for the All-Star Race this year. I wouldn't be sad to see it go away if this is how the racing is run and officiated every year.
You know what’s funny, pretty much any all-star weekend in any major sport is always boring and uneventful.
I would like to see the allstar race go to small short tracks and run heat races then a 30 lap feature with maybe 12 cars just my thoughts
So the big question here is why was Atlanta chosen for the reconfiguration when clearly Texas was the better choice. Atlanta should have been left alone, repaved and eventually the surface would have worn down by the southern weather.
IDK, there's too much emphasis on current results. Once you repave Atlanta, it will still be years of bad racing before it starts to wear. No one has patience for that.
To be fair, with the focus and reliance on I-Racing both tracks should/could have been modeled using the software and the track that made the most sense be reconfigured.
I think the bigger anger inducing change is that they are/were planning on renovating Auto Club from a 2 mile track to a half mile track, which was a favorite among drivers and fans and there was great racing this year with the Next gen Car. I love short tracks as much as the next guy but demolishing/renovating a beloved(ish) track to make a short track is blasphemy. It makes more sense to demolish or renovate a failed (Chicagoland), failing (Texas, Pocono, Dover), or discontinued track (Wilkesboro, Nashville Fairgrounds, Rockingham). Some of these are already in progress, but you can only put so many races on the schedule.
Honestly, I think NASCAR is doing a good job (go figure!) managing tracks by dropping second races (Dover, Pocono), mixing in new tracks (COTA, Nashville, WWTR, Lucas Oil, Knoxville), mixing tracks among the various series, and getting creative (Coliseum, Dirt races). The overall schedule has been diverse as it's ever been. That said, Texas should die.
@@sethbomgardner9030 I agree, the repave will make the racing a one lane groove in the short term (the racing will suck) but eventually it will be good again. Gotta take the good with the bad
Atlanta was a reaction to tms and the way it was ruined by the repave.
How dare you use common sense!
Yessss.... been waiting for this!!
Whole thing was a joke, especially the finish
🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
Something that got over looked was FOX going to commercial as soon as Larson blew a tire and NEVER coming back to it until after the break
I noticed
I was super bummed to see Kyle blow that tire. I really wanted to know what the decision was going to be when, by their stated rules, he had the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd starting positions for winning all 3 stages.
Hamlin may be controversial but he is ultimately good for the sport. He's self aware and calls out nascar. No one else called out nascar for the inconsistency on the safety net just because the gwc rule was also bad but like he said, two wrongs don't make a right
As someone who just became a NASCAR fan a few months ago, I gotta say I absolutely love your channel, you and your videos are best I’ve seen about Nascar. Keep it up man👏🏻👏🏻
I’ve been waiting for this rant since the race ended and boy did Eric deliver. Good to him hear him rip nascar finally.
Firstly, happy your friend enjoyed himself, a new fan is a new fan
That said I hope he will join you at COTA next year. Going from this farce to something more technical, refined, and competitive should blow his mind
Time for na$car to get back to a driver/car endurance event. A points system that rewards a body of work for an entire season. Get rid of gimmicks, lucky dogs wave around and all of the junk that pollutes. Burnouts belong in drag racing, not oval.
It's a real shame what has happened to Texas. I remember watching my first race at Texas in 2013. I was only 7 years old, but I remember it vividly. I thought the track was so cool. The racing was good. Now its just unrecognizable.
I became a legit fan of MASCAR that year. The races I remember watching vividly are the Daytona 500, Phoenix/Spring, Bristol, Texas, Darlington, Coca Cola 600. It really saddens me to see how much Texas has fallen.
I just watched the highlights from that Texas spring race. Good speed. The track had guys running in. The middle, on the bottom, and up against the wall. It was close racing.
For every “NEW” fan nascar gains I feel like they loose 5 long time fans.
TMS needs to be either reconfigured, or ROval! I would LOVE to see a ROval race. I live in N. Texas, and can't be bothered to head over to the track.
agree. this current configuration sucks!
I've been a NASCAR fan since watching the 1979 Daytona 500 with my dad when I was 5. I've really been losing interest this season so much so that I've canceled my cable subscription and can no longer watch any live races since I can't get OTA TV where I live. I'll still follow along through radio and UA-cam shows like this but the "WWE" mentality that is creeping in to the sport is turning me off from watching live races and really following the action like I used to.
Great job,
Enjoy listening to your perspective
Alright Eric that ad transition was wayyy to clean😂😂love it
As soon as Kyle Larson said, “you can’t pass at all, especially the leader” in his post-wreck interview I turned it off and started watching the Mavs-Warriors game.
I can not believe you watch pro BB..they are a bunch of woke terds not Worth watching sad!!
I’d really like some explanation on these tire failures. thousands of dollars spent with Goodyear cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in tore up race cars.
It's most likely that it was a 2005 US Grand Prix scenario. Goodyear did'nt do any tire testing for the track and these new cars, thus explains the failure of the tires at Texas.
That or it's the teams setups, and they had the tire pressure set differently to try and gain an advantage at the track.
Love the North Wilksboro-field of dreams idea brother. I wish the all star race was there
The rule change for ending on green was for one reason only. They wanted two or three green/white/checker restarts and were all geared up to throw the yellow for anything. If it hadn't been for the embarrassing window net fiasco they'd have thrown another one even if it was for debris or some bs.
Once North Wilkesboro is ready I believe we’ll see it move there to bring it back closer to Charlotte a week before the 600.
Now, that could work if the event doesn't return to Charlotte.
Worst part about this whole thing is the realization they’re going back here in the Fall for 500 miles and no gimmicks to help manufacturer good racing 😩🤢🤮
Your 100% correct that was a entertainment caution at the end. It was so bad that nascar’s hand was made especially when Blaney takes his window net down. I was really hoping he would get it back up enough because that would’ve been even worse if he had to pit. At the end of the day that bad call to throw a yellow literally for nothing feet before the line caused them to look over the #12 window net no being fully attached. They basically new they messed up and had to break a safety rule and look over the window net to try and stop the bleeding.
I love Texas motor speedway. I do agree the need to adjust to get a multiple Grove racing but I love this track
I found the race to be an incredibly effective sleep aid...I was already in bed when the final restart occurred so I had no idea it happened until this morning...
They could have made it a Saturday night race too.
It needs to be...
The tire failures are making this sport look like a joke. Please Goodyear and NASCAR so something about this.
Drivers need to take care of their tires better
@@austinraley6004 when your driver blows a tire after 25 laps, you'll change your tone.
@@austinraley6004 I don't wanna see the drivers go 30-50 mph slower just because of some poorly made tires.
This was never an issue with the Gen 6 tires, so it's not even the driver's fault. Goodyear made a bad change and they need to fix it.
@@wesleyem3 Then what’s the solution?
@@ghettostreamlabs5724
My favorite driver is Kyle Busch
TMS needs to be completely revamped. Have the track length shortened to 1/2 the size it is now. Make it a unique 3/4 mile with high banks & short "flatter" straights. Leave the front grandstands in. Tear everything else up and start from scratch. Hell, turn it into a roval. Something but don't leave it as is. It's like a broken ankle & still trying to walk on it. You're not helping it by using it in it's current condition.
Couldn't agree with you more.. I appreciate how open you are about your thoughts
If F1 stays competitive between the three major teams like it is atm, and Indycar retains its resurgency, I don't see NASCAR staying the number one motorsport in the US in 2030. It might not even be number 2.
I wonder what the guy you took to the race was thinking
Love u Eric spokesman for my home track keep up the pressure hope they give us a better track someday
Nascar throws a caution when Stenhouse is completely out of the way on the last lap, but when the same thing happened earlier to Stenhouse when he was running 8th or 9th cut a tire got in the wall and was a lot more in the way they didn’t throw a caution and let him go a lap down
wouldn't it be amazing to replace Texas with the track it replaced (north Wilkesboro)?
TBH that race wasn’t even half bad, but the finish was definitely an embarrassment and hope NASCAR is happy about what they did, Texas is not the type for the All Star Race whatsoever still.
Eh, with the lack of tire drop off and inability to make passes it was still bad. Not Martinsville bad (this year), but still pretty bad.
Just rewatching the open from last night and seen you on camera for .5 seconds sipping your drink
Also worth noting, they should have brought Blaney down pit road to secure his window net, and then he should have been put back in the lead, because it was a nascar mistake that led to that.
Easily the worst race of the year
Martinsvilles worst show says hi
I was there in person. The crowd seemed to like it. That Kyle Busch and Ross Chastain crash happened right in front of me. I was scared because from my POV it looked like they were going into the fence
Worst race ever! Sorry you wasted your money.
They really need to do something with this race track. Either tear it up and race at a completely new venue somewhere else in the Dallas/Fort-Worth area, or reconfigure it to either a 3 mile superspeedway similar to the one on iRacing. That would perfectly fit the "everything's bigger in Texas" motto. Or into a half-mile or three quarter short track just like what Auto Club was or is going to do.
All Star race at Slinger Speedway. Glad I wasn’t the only one pissed with the last caution as Blaney took the checker
I live 25mins from TMS and even ill say, TEXAS NEEDS TO GO. Along with the All-Star Race. Imagine if Ross Chastain got hurt in that wreck? In a race that doesn't mean anything. Having this race at texas means these smaller teams like Spire who have no shot at even winning, go home with a torn up race cars because if you blow a tire at Texas, you're more than likely destroying the car. Then if you are in literally 4th on back you have ZERO hope of getting to the front. It is just a mess.
Ok I agree and disagree with your comment I agree we should remove Texas or need it to be reconfigured idk how but somehow. But I do like the all star race it is a non points race that is for money (witch could help a small team if they get lucky and 1 mil or 900k is a extremely large sum of money for all of the driver)
@@mtkmacktheking3325 Its not really an all star race when its literally the same guys you race against every week. They even make it worse by taking people out of the race. Did BJ Mcleod make any money this weekend? Being forced to bring his stuff to TMS? The All-Star race and its stupid formulas need to go. Just make it a short invitational race with heats for the Million. Its really simple.
That is why no one wanted this track as the All Star race. They only went here because of the market though. Go to a track where the racing is really good.
@@mtkmacktheking3325 This sport is not a great money making venture.
@@mtkmacktheking3325 1) No small team is going to make the All Star Race (unless they have a speedway win, ala McDowell, Haley, Bayne), let alone win it.
2) I don't know if the driver keeps all that money.
3) The million dollar prize hasn't changed in 19 years. "The cash prize offered to racers has been fixed at $1 million since 2003. However, Jimmie Johnson's 2003 All-Star race winnings would actually be worth $1.57 million in today's market, according to Yahoo Sports' Nick Bromberg."
This is a raw comparison, but last nights caution situation on the final lap was the NASCAR version of “Watergate”.
I mean… not really. It wasn’t a conspiracy. NASCAR wanted one last restart, they’ve done it before.
Cautiongate.
@@nedlehs56 the fact that the Fox booth couldn’t express their opinion though; Mike Joy: “I know what to say but I can’t”.
@@nascarsam6161 Well yeah, they can’t just trash the sanctioning body, that’s a bad look, you see the same stuff in the NFL, NBA, etc. if they make a bad call they’ll say they disagree, but very rarely do they just outright bash them.
Glad to have got to meet you Eric Esteep and thanks for the autograph sorry for running up to you just seen you and was like oh snap there goes Eric and yeah nascar doesn’t even tell there personal that if you have passes you should be able to go see the Blake Shelton concert it was not in the front stretch and it was In the back smh 🤦♂️
I think the Clash needs to take the place of the All Star Race. It was definitely the bigger event this year and the Cup Series doesn't need two exhibition races a year. This weekend would have been better served as an off weekend, and I guarantee every driver and team did not want to be there at all, especially since there's only ONE off weekend this year.
I know its hard to believe but the All Star race WAS once my favorite race of the year.
Guess you enjoy bad racing, violent crashes, and confusing endings
@@Gage_Brumley Really not sure how you came to that conclusion. Were you replying to another comment?
@@Kevin_Kyle oh that's my bad, I somehow didn't see the WAS in all caps. I though you were saying last night race was your favorite of the season lol
Last night summarized everything still wrong with NASCAR. Too much manufactured drama, confusing rules, a terrible track in Texas, bad tires, just not a good night at all for what used to be a cool event.
I wish we could’ve been there. My son got sick this weekend. I also wish we’d seen Texas before the reconfiguration in Indy and NASCAR. We started going to these races from last year. At least glad things are more open now. I liked what they did last year with flipping the order after most of the stages. That was more interesting. We stopped watching after the big crash. Our favorites were Larson and Elliott.
They should keep the format they ran below in 2021 for the All-Star Race moving forward at Charlotte, but lengthen it slightly and add eliminations like they had in 2002-03.
All-Star Race 125 green flag laps…
Stage 1: 20 laps
Field randomly inverted from 8th-12th.
Stage 2: 20 laps
Entire field inverted.
Stage 3: 20 laps
Field randomly inverted from 8th-12th.
Stage 4: 20 laps
Running order set via average finish of
the first four stages.
Stage 5: 35 laps, must make a green flag 4 tire
pit stop between laps 15 and 20. Pit Crew with the fastest time wins $100k.
Money Stage: 10 laps, winner takes home $1 Million.
After each of the four 20 lap segments the last place car running is eliminated. Then after the 35 lap segment the last 4 cars running are eliminated leaving 12-14 cars for the final 10 lap dash for the cash.
Terrible race and would only have been worse if Blaney hadn’t won. Not even a Blaney fan, but that caution was bs and he deserved the win
Agreed that caution was seriously not needed and if he didn’t win that probably would of been one of the biggest Nascar BS moments in any Allstar race ever
Clown show
Well said! Thanks for the video😎👍
Been waiting for this!!
1. I think an existing track that could be the ASR is Las Vegas or Nashville Speedway/Fairgrounds
2. Turn Texas into .5 - 1 mile short track, better than the crappy 1.5 mile layout we have now
3. Goodyear needs to fix their tire problem
1:42 THANK YOU
We could use the all star event that tours to international or bigger cities. And outside teams can enter the all star race to have a chance to race with the stars like how srx invites a random local hero
Eric, you are generally a positive person, always able to find a nugget of positivity in every piece of NASCAR news & happenings, so when you completely 💩 all over a race, it's an indication to the casual fan that it was BAD!
I agree that it was a snoozefest aside from the Larson & Busch wrecks, and it was a dumb call to throw a caution when the leader is 200 feet from the checkered flag. I also agree that TMS is a broken track, and if they're not gonna turn Auto Club into a short track, SMI needs to turn TMS into a short track, or a Superspeedway a la Atlanta, or a Roval like Charlotte's Fall date.
The All-Star races has also become a joke. They need to return to the old format of 25/20/20/10 Laps & invert the field between stages, keeping the Pit Crew Challenge in the race as well as the Pit Crew qualifying style they did this year. They also need to alter every year holding it at either a Football Stadium like Cowboys Stadium or at a local short track like North Wilkesboro or Bowman-Gray.
I was standing next to you on pit road during the open race. I feel the same way. This is the only track I've been to we usually only make it to one race a year so while we were there it was fun, but thinking about it after leaving the race was actually boring
Love how scathing your comments are in this video because we all agree with you. Also I’m definitely in favor of doing the stadium bullring thing. If the Cowboys stadium isn’t an option perhaps the Cotton Bowl which is in Dallas proper is a good option. Do the all star race there, and until they figure out what to do with the fall race weekend just keep that date at TMS
1. Do it at Vegas
2. Qualifying on the Drag Strip
3. Open on the Bull Ring
4. First segments on the Big Track
5. Screw It inverted the field between segments
6. Add points for finish position
7. Do the pit stop challenge and add them points to the race results
8.Last Segment back on the bull ring
Eric, has anyone mentioned your brief TV appearance? You looked like you were really enjoying your fountain drink! 🤣
Lived there for 15 years.
Went to every event from 2001(right after Dale died) until 2015. It was fun to be at track, but not racey at all.
Time for something different.
Flashback to Charlotte when they put the special package on the cars for the all star race? Maybe more experimental stuff they should do for the races?
Either put it at the end of the season in a new market (Chicago street, Japan, Toronto) ,or get rid of it! Give the drivers a week off for Mother's day or add another new race like North Wilkesboro or bring Chicagoland back.
Agree 100 percent with this. I think what NASCAR needs to do for the all-star races is have a fanvote for what track it should be at once the contract ends. To keep SMI happy, the fanvote should have to be at a track that they own. They should also come up with a few formats and have the fans choose one. If NASCAR wants this race to be the one race a year that it is all fan input, then do that. Just an idea.
An idea I have been thinking about it is to do it at Charlotte but instead of just running the oval, change it up a lot. 3 stages. Stage 1: run the legends track for 50 laps. Stage 2: run the Roval for 10 laps. Stage 3: Run the oval for 25 laps. I think this would be really difficult logistically to setup the track for each different style and for teams to set up the car appropriately. Hell, throw in a pit stop competition in between setting up for the track. But, I think this would be completely different and there would be super exciting moments as you see so many different styles for 1 ticket. Do this until the contract for SMI is over and we can try stadium racing for the All-Star Race.
With Blaney’s window net down, had another Chastain-like accident occurred, it could’ve been really ugly. One of Chastains tires rode right up to the window of Kyle Busch’s car.
Not to mention the risk of crushing/losing his arm in a flip, like Mickey Hudspeth in ARCA. Both accidents are unlikely, but it only takes one. Completely unnecessary and unacceptable.
Also, the net wasn’t Blaney’s fault, it’s NASCAR’s for putting him in that situation
People were saying Denny was whining about it all after the race. I'm a Blaney fan. I'm not big on Hamlin. And I agreed with Hamlin.
In the end I'm happy Blaney won, however this race is going to be a black eye on the All Star race.
Here’s a fix for the all-star race.
- Charlotte dirt track on a Saturday night.
- run a C-main, B-main, and A-main.
A-main automatic qualifiers are past champions and past all-star winners.
B-main qualifiers are race winners since the last all-star race.
C-main qualifiers are everyone else.
C-main is 20 laps with the winner transferring to the A-main and positions 2-5 transferring to the B-main. B-main is 30 laps with the top 4 transferring to the A-main. There is also the fan vote for drivers from the C and B mains to transfer into the A-main.
A-main is 150 green flag laps, with a competition caution at lap 75 if a natural caution doesn’t come out between laps 60 and 75 for pit stops.