While the field was fuel saving

Time to speculate!

https://x.com/RFKracing/status/2115080333016048082?s=20

https://www.facebook.com/share/1BkJWnJxCr/

Would anyone know what happens to Gen 4 Busch series cars like this. Obviously it appears it’s been sold and in the hands of a private owner but I wonder what happened to the car since 2004 and now

I missed the first 1/4 of the race and once I started watching the announcers kept applauding the great strategy call by the RFK team. They did not, however, ever mention what that amazing strategy call was. Please give me some insight here.

https://x.com/rfkracing/status/2115192574822482367?s=46&t=aAem-TPCx4TTmAPWMMUSRg

https://x.com/joegibbsracing/status/2115142089952362815?s=46&t=aAem-TPCx4TTmAPWMMUSRg

Some pretty interesting insight into how meticulously they all planned the strategy for ‘Dega.

Door Bumper Clear had joked in passing about Dale Jr’s team orders “ruining” the O’Reilly race, but the full context is way more in-depth than I’ve heard about how closely these races are orchestrated by alliances.

After seeing the Gluck poll having 53% of people calling this a “good race,” it seems like I’ve seen people talk about everything except this: the racing itself.

Put aside the first stage, that’s a whole conversation in of itself. This race had it all. Differing strategies (yes because of the fuel saving but I digress), multiple wrecks that had major championship implications. You could pull out and create a viable third lane. Had an exciting finish to the race where Larson, who had one of the best cars, fall back to 11th on the last lap and still win. The racing was exciting and the storylines of the chase added another layer to it that we haven’t had in years. It wasn’t like the spring race where the winner ended up winning by inches due to a permanent 2 by 2 gridlock.

Is it the same pack racing that I grew up watching 15-20 years ago? Absolutely not. Is there room for improvement with the package? Absolutely.

However, I was still thoroughly entertained and thought it was one of the best traditional (non-Atlanta) superspeedway races of the gen 7 era.

Curious if others feel the same way.

In conversations about the best drivers to never win a championship, Denny Hamlin and Mark Martin are the clear top 2. How would y'all rate the top 5? For me, I'd say:

1. Denny Hamlin - 64 wins (9th all time), 7 crown jewels, continuous championship contention across 20+ years and 4 generations of cars.
2. Mark Martin - 40 wins (21st all time), 3 crown jewels, 5 runner-up points finishes.
3. Carl Edwards - 28 wins (31st all time), 2 crown jewels, short Cup career with an extremely high level of performance, 2 agonizingly close championship defeats
4. Junior Johnson - 50 wins (15th all time), legendary pioneer of the sport but never raced a full season, 16% win rate (7th all time)
5. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. - 26 wins (33rd all time), 2 Daytona 500 wins, high highs but a lot of ups and downs.

Putting Carl Edwards above Junior Johnson may be controversial, since Johnson has almost twice as many wins, but I'm factoring in era heavily. Junior Johnson raced in the 50s and 60s when the competition was way less stiff, and he never competed a full season (he very well could have been a champion if he competed full time, though) I considered putting Dale Jr. above him as well, but he was only a serious championship threat a handful of times and had too many down years for me to justify doing it.

What would be y'alls list? I know mine skews modern, but I think it's justified because of how much competition really exploded starting in the 90s.

https://x.com/hyakmotorsports/status/2115066075348099243?s=46

I know Jr lurks on here and would love to know if their are any updates on #3 1990 Car he got from a gentleman who passed away! If anyone knows anything please let me know! Thank you!

https://www.facebook.com/kauligracing/photos/were-turnin-it-all-the-way-up-with-turtlebox-at-martinsville-speedway-ajs-no-16-/1971909970916935/

Back in the spring Cletus McFarland and the group meet up with the RFK guys to draft crown Vics around Dega with nitrous.