The 2007 Chase, in my view, was “corrective” in the sense that the team with the higher speed ceiling all year long, the 48, was properly rewarded in the end due to the fact that they showed a higher capacity for race winning speed during the “prove it” portion of the season.

Tough debate but Prime Jimmie dominated in an era that was competitively deeper across every domain of the sport compared to the one Prime Gordon operated in. Gordon maybe gets an edge on competitive longevity but Jimmie's peak was higher and against better competition.

One of my favorite "what ifs" in U.S. motorsports. If this place was repaved, it would be gnarly. Same length as Michigan but with more banking. It would almost certainly be a "drafting" track in today's NASCAR, with its own unique set of racing nuances. It was

Quite a positive show of teamwork here between NASCAR and the teams. Awesome to see this especially in light of last year's lawsuit.

I and many others love to wax nostalgic about the awesomeness of pre-repave Bumpy Daytona, but it’s also important to remember that pre-repave Bumpy Talladega was equally as electric. Handling + superspeedways = 🔥

This photo of Michael Jordan with his Daytona 500 trophy is ICONIC. 🏆🥶 (via FOX Sports)

As much as I want to see fuel saving games eliminated, FOX’s decision to lean into the strategy and show fans lap times and throttle inputs was absolutely to the benefit of the viewer today. The strategy is what it is - FOX covered this way better today than they have in recent

The awesomeness of the last few laps and the easy runs the cars can generate is actually the other side of the sane double edged sword that makes this package problematic the other 90% of the race. It’s so “easy” to pass that the field literally becomes gridlocked, to the point

This is badass

The G.O.A.T.

Should be a first ballot HOFer in my opinion

I don't think people outside of the industry realize just how much $$$ it takes for a top-tier, factory-supported young driver to move through the ranks to get to Cup. Pick just about any top-flight Cup driver today, even ones that people assume didn't have a rich benefactor

Super interesting deal here

I see perplexing results like this from time to time and then have to remind myself of the classic 90-9-1 rule of the internet. Sort of a dead internet theory adjacent concept. 90% of users passively consume content without engaging, 9% engage with content, 1% create content.

Extremely well said

I think this is actually the most intelligent distillation of Hocevar's appeal. No disrespect to most of today's Cup drivers, but there does seem to be a distinct lack of enthusiasm amongst some of them around being a NASCAR Cup driver, particularly being a modern Cup driver. I

I’m getting “can you go track down the longweight?” vibes from this. #IfYouKnowYouKnow 😂