Not the way we wanted to talk about NASCAR at the top of a Podcast, but here we are... At least Mitch Evans came through, eh?

THE MIRACLE ON DAYTONA BEACH

- Ryan Newman out of hospital 42 hours after near-fatal Daytona 500 crash

- Let's talk about superspeedway racing as it is now

FORMULA E MEXICO CITY EPRIX

- Braaah. Mitch Evans muscles past polesitter Lotterer, drives to dominant 2nd career victory and championship lead

- LOT's race comes undone with wing damage

- DEV suffers brake failure, VAN crashes out of P5 late

- Bird drops it from 2nd in fight with DAC, JEV makes it two Techeetahs in the top 4

- BUE ends his scoreless drought to finish 3rd

- Sims claws back from 18th to 5th and 1 point out of championship lead

- LDG goes from 15th to 6th, ROW 7th, MOR 8th

- Mahindra teammates go from back row to 9th (DAM) and 10th (WEH) after CAL disqualified for energy usage

FORMULA 1 PRE-SEASON LAUNCHES AND TESTING

- Surprise, Mercedes looks great

- Ferrari and Red Bull aren't finished developing (and Red Bull's RB16 looks a handful)

- Renault might be...okay? Williams might be...okay!?

- Racing Point has "The Mercedes at Home"

- INDYCAR: James Hinchcliffe rejoins with Andretti Autosport for the Indy 500; Dick Johnson says McLaughlin is bound for America after 2020

- F1/FE: Vandoorne promoted to primary reserve driver role at Mercedes-AMG

- AUTOMOTIVE/VASC: General Motors shuttering Holden brand in Australia

- WEC: Aston Martin withdraws Valkyrie Hypercar - now leaving Toyota to consider its future

- WRC: Elfyn Evans wins one half of a very warm Rally Finland Rally Sweden

- JUNIOR FORMULA: GT Sport champion Fraga wins Toyota Racing Series; F2 & F3 fields filling out (Matsushita, Aitken, Samaia)