Discussion Topics:
Daytona 500
Race postponed early Sunday
Year of William Byron begins with Byron winning the 500
James wants to know: William Byron has passed reigning Cup champion Ryan Blaney in career wins in 90 less starts. Who's career you got the next 10 years?
Ross Chastain makes risky move, causing final wreck
Another race ends based on when the caution is triggered — Is this how the winner of the biggest race of the year should be determined?
How NASCAR determined the finishing order: https://www.jayski.com/2024/02/20/nascar-explains-ending-of-daytona-500/
Fox had some new (and returning) toys for this year’s Daytona 500
Xfinity Race
Austin Hill wins again
Third Feb. Daytona win in a row for Hill
Is he the Xfinity king of super speedways?
NASCAR lets this race play out to the finish
Truck Race/ARCA race
Nick Sanchez wins first truck race but is overshadowed by the entire cluster-f
ARCA race was moved to Friday night due to impending weather
Toni Breidinger has harsh words for her teammate after lap-4 wreck
Bubba Wallace says drivers in the lower series have less respect because there aren’t Cup guys in the field anymore. Thoughts?
NASCAR owners have hired “top antitrust lawyer” as negotiations over charter agreement continue to be rocky
Stern says the RTA invited NASCAR to a meeting this weekend and NASCAR said no, it prefers to negotiate individually with teams.
Per AP via Stern: "The negotiating team said there has been no discussion of creating a breakaway league not sanctioned by NASCAR, and there is no current consideration of staging races at non-NASCAR facilities without NASCAR governance."
Preview: Atlanta
NASCAR Cup Series: Ambetter Health 400 — Sunday 3 p.m.
NASCAR Xfinity Series: Raptor King of Tough 250 — Saturday 5 p.m.
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Fr8 208 — Saturday 2 p.m.
Cup Picks
James: Chris Bell
Eric: Corey LaJoie
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