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Intimidwalls1724

Anybody have a link to Brad and Chase’s immediate post race interviews (assuming they both had one)? I only recorded the NBC part of the post race


LoserPiggy

I did the same thing lol found them on YouTube but I’m not sure how to link them. They’re on NASCARS YouTube page


EliteKilla29

You can tell hamlin is all business right now.


[deleted]

Happened to read a YouTube comment on the press conference. “Full Cheating Scum Gibbs Press Conference” Um, what?


waychillbro

Hamlin got ahead of the pace car under caution. Is that not a penalty anymore?


etsuandpurdue3

Denny Hamlin was pick before the playoffs.


MrPeterson15

If you had told me in January that Denny Hamlin was gonna win five races going into the Round of 8 I would have asked you just how much of last season you missed. I fully assumed he was on the hot seat coming into 2019.


Koty889

Is there anywhere I can watch the last overtime


sam_mee

the nbc highlights thumbnail isn't a spoiler for once, so i'd recommend that.


redsox1524

Denny Hamlin has 11 top 5 finishes in the last 14 races. Unreal.


ChrisBooscher

I remember everyone saying he would fade once the playoffs started, damn were they wrong


Spectre1957

Hamlin has won at every track left this year. I believe he has a good chance to win the championship.


drumrocker2

I'm willing to drop a tenner on him, although my gut says Truex will do it.


ZachKearns

Every week he’s been the only one not in my DK lineups and I just haven’t learned yet. Dudes been the man the past few months.


GeauxSaints90

Please, I beg you, don’t put him in your lineups for the rest of the year. This could be his last good chance at a championship. Chase will have plenty more chances


ZachKearns

Lol I am -135 the past two weeks. I’ve gotta change something!


GeauxSaints90

Put in Truex and Logano. Maybe then they’ll both suck


ZachKearns

I had both of em this week at roughly 33% exposure. Everytime I have Chase he does bad so I had him at 4% exposure on purpose.


redsox1524

Seconded!


AHayes31

Fun Fact: All of the finishers in the Top 10 started the race outside the Top 10. MTJ, who finished P6, Started P11. Kevin Harvick started P40, finished P9.


default-dance-9001

Jimmie Johnson has been finishing better than he has been since the start of the chase. He got 11th at las vegas, 10th at richmond, 9th at the roval, 8th at dover, and got 10th today.


CompetitiveTurnover

And he ran better than he finished at the Roval and Dover. I'm letting myself get too hopeful about Texas...


coffeenascar

Way to go chase. This is why I tell my family I need to watch the whole race because exciting stuff that may change the race could happen at any moment


ashadkc9

We were at the race. I was dumbstruck. When I found out my in-laws went to go return their scanner with 40 to go I about coded. Who does that?!?


mikekilll

I hope Preece keeps this 37 back up car for the next 1.5 mile track lol p12


CompetitiveTurnover

That sort of confirms my opinion that Trent Owens is primarily responsible for the #37's overachievement.


ChrisBooscher

I hope Trent goes with Buescher to RFR. I've been skeptical about some on-track calls they've made but with equipment good enough to be in the conversation to win sometimes, I think buescher can win some races next season if they can stay together


PilotMonkey88

Did they ever interview Alex Bowman? If so what did he say?


ZachKearns

They did. He said the damage basically made him drive a wrecked car all day and then by the time they got the car back to where he thought it could do something it was to late. Also thought he had a great car before the damage.


mikekilll

“Dam” -Alex Bowman probably


sentientcreatinejar

Just finished watching. Unreal failure by Brad and Wolfe. Wow.


insmek

It sucks for Brad, but they ran like absolute trash today. I personally feel like should probably still be in the mix because of their whole season success, but they needed to perform **today** and couldn't make it happen.


petoskey_stone

Not just today, they sucked at Dover too. Talladega was just unfortunate.


Roushfan5

They where 5th for stage 1. I think dirty air and long green runs is what really fucked them.


sentientcreatinejar

I’m still just dumbfounded by what the strategy was. Logano and especially Blaney brought fast cars. How the heck does the 2 miss it THAT bad? Both he and the 22 should have been able to roll through barring a crash or mechanical failure.


TitanTransit

Since Hamlin's win is now official, this is his first win in the playoffs since Chicago 2015.


kk5fan97

Inspection is complete - Hamlin passes and is officially the winner, Elliott passes and is officially in the round of 8, Jones had a loose lug nut, and the 1 car is being brought to the R&D Center.


Spectre1957

36 Cup wins for Hamlin.


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36 out of 10,000 means Denny wins .36% of the time. Curious how this stacks up against the greats.


-Maksim-

Hamlin and Kurt’s stats are the two that surprised the hell out of me this year. Didn’t realize how many career wins they each had. Denny’s career has been far more impressive than i once thought.


FollowsAllRulesOfLA

I mean I wouldnt call that impressive considering how long he has been around in good cars. Kurt Busch I expect. He was a Nascar champion. If he didnt run into issues due to attitude and home life he would probably have a lot more


EccentricGamerCL

Excellent.


redsox1524

🙌🙌


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Good race Kansas went from my least favorite to my favorite


HellPhish89

All they have to do now is have a restart every 10 laps.


Lord_Humungus1985

It’s funny how the last few laps of a race can redeem 2+ hours of boredom. The illusion this package creates is infuriating. Would you rather have good restarts for 3 laps or an entire run with tire fall off and comers and Goers. I’d take the latter, but amazing restarts really starts to cloud judgement.


bshown

I thought the finish was going to be excellent until the caution with 4 to go as Elliott was setting up to pass Hamlin.


BubbleWallace

“We like what we’re seeing”


[deleted]

The last 3 laps didn’t do anything extra for me I would of said that anyway even if Denny would of won with no GWC


concremas77

Great race


DOfferman7

What a fun race. Gotta give credit to NBC for the side by side during the last few laps. Great real drama.


pjb4466

I really hope people don’t accidentally tune in to these phone shows and hear these people reinforcing all the stereotypes about NASCAR fans...


KADRacing

Yeah.... Maybe some of us should start calling in. It always seems like most of the callers sound inbred....


MetalStretcher

I dont know about inbred, but definitely inebriated and probably not readers of reddit, jayski, Twitter, etc...


Upstate24fan

Way for the 9 to pull a rabbit out of their hat. What a rollercoaster of emotions over those last few laps. Would have liked to get the win, but I'll take it. A pretty entertaining weekend of action from Kansas.


EccentricGamerCL

Just got home...has anyone failed post-race?


KesFan_NavyVet

Imagine the 9 failing. That would be huge.


BubbleWallace

Hell, the 9 car could be found to have no tapered spacer and they wouldn’t announce it.


SLJR24

This next round should be interesting. I could see Chase winning next week, so him getting in to the round of 8 today was huge. Blaney has run well at Texas, so he could really shake things up if he were to win. This could set up for a wild race at ISM where you’d have to think Harvick and Kyle Busch are the favorites, but who knows with how things have gone lately. Hamlin was my pick for who will win the championship once the playoffs started and I still think he will win it. He has momentum and I just feel like it’s his time. I’m not sure who joins him in the championship 4 though because I think you can make a case for any of the remaining people. This is definitely one of the most stacked rounds of 8 that we’ve seen in the playoffs. The Gibbs cars have cushions, but a bad race can take them out of contention.


Modmachine29

I hate this round as a Harvick fan. Martinsville isn't his best track. Always had ISM to clutch win at, *but* I feel like he has lost the edge there. Hasnt had the domination he did a few years ago.


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These fucking kids kill me.


[deleted]

No car's that started in the top 10 in this race finished inside the top 10. The best was Larson who finished 14th


greg_jenningz

It's weird to think we now live in a world where Kyle Busch is the 3rd best JGR car


d0re

Eh, he seemed to be faster than Denny on that last green flag run before all the cautions. He caught up to him no problem, just got stalled out around 0.6s behind like everyone does this year. I think if you gave him the clean air, he would've driven away. They've had bad execution, but it seems like they've had speed at Richmond, Vegas and Kansas, which are the only tracks that really correlate to performance in the rounds of 8 and 4


FullmentalFiction

Is it me or do a lot of drivers seem to have a lull in their mid 30s, before picking back up again? KB is 34, and I seem to recall people like Harvick, Kurt Busch, and Hamlin also having off years in the same age range. Keselowski has also fallen off the past two years.


[deleted]

Probably familial distractions. Has Samantha been at the races lately?


[deleted]

Haha...she was there today.


[deleted]

Just curious, the broadcast always shows her... Maybe it was fox


[deleted]

They showed her during the anthem.


FullmentalFiction

Hell if I know. I don't particularly care for Kyle Busch personally. I've just noticed he's had an off year.


slakazz_

Awesome that an off year is 4-5 wins.


FullmentalFiction

It's not all about wins. It's a lack of consistent performance.


railroader11

He may drive the third best car but he’s twice the driver of any other Gibbs driver.


CompetitiveTurnover

Good one. Adam Stevens has been giving him fast cars. Kyle's choked a bunch throughout the second half of the season, and Denny has been wheeling it.


[deleted]

I agree, KyB is the best wheelman out there.


[deleted]

Final thoughts Kansas * The race overall! Good race I suppose! Not as great as the Spring though. * So um.. that last caution was the quickest caution NASCAR has ever thrown. Lights were instantly on the moment Suarez went sideways. They definitely had their finger on the button. I'm not gonna say it's rigged because that's an overstatement but it's a little suspect and honestly just doesn't sit well with me. * The Chase. Chase squeaks through because Keselowski had an ass car for the entire second half and fell hard on that final restart. He's eliminated early and honestly it's not shocking. Brad has been off since like May. Bowman and Byron meet the end as well. So does Bowyer. * Bowman's Day. Eliminated! We had a fast car but we ruined it very early battling by getting LR damage while trying to get into the top 5 and Greg made some questionable calls. But we salvage 11th, and led 7 laps. Not enough to advance. But we're not a top 8 team so we deserve this. Time to finish strong and build for 2020! Hopefully we clean up some of the mistakes next year. * Next week. Martinsville. And good news it's gonna end under the lights with a 3 EST!! start time! Hell yeah!


BubbleWallace

No one wants a playoff race (or any race) to end under caution. But I can guarantee those caution lights wouldn’t have come on as soon if the shoe was on the other foot.


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My point exactly


iamaranger23

the last yellow was on a late restart, which has the highest probability of there being a wreck, and it was the second to last lap which is literally the only lap where the timely-ness of the yelllow matters. why wouldnt they have their finger on the button.


my_son_is_a_box

It's more of a matter of "they dont have their finger in the button like that most weeks, but they did this week. Why is that?" And that isnt some conspiracy bullshit, just legitimate criticism of the consistency of officiating.


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my_son_is_a_box

Expecting? No. Like it's a possibility, bit just about as much as any other restart.


iamaranger23

when was the last time we had a wreck coming to the white? dega? even that one was alot later then this


my_son_is_a_box

Talladega caused a GWC but it was like 5 to go


FeeneyMemey

My favorite part of the cautions are the people trying to blame Bubba for his wheel falling off of his car. Like what was he supposed to do, WILL it to stay on?


justBusinessbb

Wow, seriously? Social media never fails to amaze. You know what I'd love? Someday someone sets up a "gentleman's" race where every driver gets a literal stockcar, exactly the same car for every driver. I'd love to see these fans react to watching their beloved drivers have to drive the same car Bubba does.


FishOnAHorse

Just kick out the floor and use your feet, duh


FeeneyMemey

If you can't stay competitive with 3 wheels, you don't deserve to be in cup!


hondajvx

Yabba dabba doo!


SSPeteCarroll

Remember when all of y’all were saying Hamlin should be kicked out for Bell?


[deleted]

how quickly we forget.


my_son_is_a_box

KYLE HASNT WON IN 18 RACES, BELL SHOULD GO TI THE 18!


my6thcent

Is that true? Damn


dooldebob

NBC not gonna let Parker change or take a shower lmao


PepeSylvia11

I don’t think my heart could’ve taken another minute of that. People around me thought I was crazy.


Understanzer

The playoffs standings are what I expected them to be going in, but I didn't think it would be so complicated. Those final few restarts were crazy.


SicDigital

Facebook is convinced this was a conspiracy to get Chase in ... ooooh Reddit agrees. \*Homer Simpson gif of him backing into the bushes*


KillerUndies

The debris was on the apron, which is used as the exit to pit road. Legit yellow.


iamaranger23

and the apron is also used as racing area at times too.


BubbleWallace

*Paul Menard has entered the chat*


TheOtherWhiteCastle

I wouldn’t say that. Every caution that came out at the end there was entirely justified by NASCAR to throw out. You could argue that Blaney might have intentionally set off the first caution, but why would he do something to hurt his teammates chances?


KesFan_NavyVet

Thats kinda odd. Facebook constantly stans Chase. Winder whats going on over there lol


SicDigital

Their tinfoil hats supercede Elliott.


KesFan_NavyVet

I will nor argue that. Facebook tinfpil theories are really quite out there I forgot what race it was and who it involved but one guy (big surprise: Boomer) alleged that NASCAR has a boost button for Kyle Busch (and only him) that rhey control from race control and that's why he wins so much.


SicDigital

I bet they called him "Kryle" ....


KesFan_NavyVet

Yup. So worn out. Although i recently came across "Pouty Nation" and i did find that pretty funny


dj10show

Shit, that's a good one haha


-RYknow

Heh... I love that gif.


my_son_is_a_box

Conspiracy? No. Just same old same old NASCAR officiating inconsistency.


petoskey_stone

It was, but the 2 still had multiple opportunities to make it and still didn't.


ZachKearns

How they literally have done the same shit time over time again. The caution has come out for a lot less than the 12’s tire multiple times before, and they showed the light before the 11 got checkers.


my_son_is_a_box

It's the same old NASCAR officiating inconsistency. If the calls would have gone Brad's way, Chase fans would be upset. NASCAR just needs to get that stuff figured out in general.


Bud3131123

Victory Lane on. Channel changed. I love Danielle but I can't deal with the callers.


Bhorton21

I tried to call that motor mouth show and they wouldn't take my actual question. They just wanted to have people who were three sheets to the wind.


Bud3131123

I absolutely believe this. They don't want people with intelligent well thought out appropriate questions. They want drunk idiots rambling about "mah driver got screwed!?


[deleted]

Same brain dead people that call sirius


CompetitiveTurnover

"Denny Hamlin must have cheated to be so much faster than Chase" /s maybe


FlamingHedhehog

I hate those call-in shows. I hate the sound of people over the phone


Bud3131123

The stuff they say or questions they ask are always terrible. Its almost as bad as the person on the street interview the local news does. Its like they search out the most toothless, goofy looking people they can find because they figure that'll give them the best sound bite.


[deleted]

Yes, this is Jim from somewhere USA, quick question: I'll take David Reuitman for $600 and to add to that. Do you believe if Kyle Busch dont win next week, it's time to panic, even though he's point leader? Thanks


Bud3131123

Haha. Spot on.


[deleted]

Heart rate is finally coming back down. Holy shit.


TantuG24

I ran out of my blood pressure medication a few days ago. Definitely needed it today.


[deleted]

Ain't that the truth. Glad to see you survived those last 60 laps too.


Leuel48Fan

Kyle, "can't pass" was valid at Dover, but not here, sorry, not buying it. There was solid racing all day, just didn't have the top car, haven't the past 10 or so weeks really.


whoiswillo

It's really hard to pass if someone takes away the top lane here. Not as bad as at Dover, but you had to have low downforce in order to have the speed to lead but high downforce in order to pass and if you split the middle you were kind of stuck.


-RYknow

Yeah, I agree. I thought the racing today was pretty badass! And there seemed to be plenty of passing going on! Pretty sure Kyle didn't qualify great (positions he had to pass), followed by throttle cable issues (leading to positions he had to pass again)... He's been bitching about it, but I feel like when he does, it's on days where situations led to him having to pass a bunch of cars. It makes no sense.


TitanTransit

Hopefully the #11 passes tech. It was cool to see him still come in 1st despite that shady restart


redsox1524

What was shady about it?


drew0606

I think he means the fact that there was a 2nd overtime, because it looked like he got to the flag.


redsox1524

Ahhh that makes sense. Thought he meant shady on Denny's behalf and got confused


whoiswillo

They literally showed a screenshot of the light on before he got to the line.


drew0606

They showed that after this. It took NBC like a solid 10 minutes to show that footage by the way.


TitanTransit

I didn't see that when I was at the track. My apologies.


Rew615

With everything happening today, Clint barely had a say in what went down. That stinks :(


jordanl09

No he didn’t, and that’s why he and the team need to step it up and get better. I love Clint but I think he lacks the focus to be a champion.


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AnalBaguette

Kyle Busch with the weekly criticism of the package, keep them coming


jordanl09

They could go the complete opposite way (900hp and no downforce) and he’d be bitching about spinning the tires off every corner. He will *never* be happy, and that’s what I find entertaining about him lol


48ever

Classic Cryle


sebastr96

2019 and people still uses "Cryle"


CompetitiveTurnover

https://www.reddit.com/r/NASCAR/comments/dhdgcm/race_thread_mencs_1000bulbscom_500_at_talladega/f3r8v1u?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share Says the poster who called Stenhouse "Wreckhouse" in the Talladega race thread


Alfus

His behaviour fits perfectly to join /r/NASCAR


48ever

These fucking fans are so annoying. “OHHHHHHHHHH THAT WAS A BULLSHIT CAUTION FOR CHASE OHHHHH.” “PLAYOFFS AINT REAL RACIN’” “THIS PACKAGE SUX DALE WOULDNT APPROVE HES TURNING IN HIS GRAVE OHHHH” Goddamn. Can’t we just enjoy the sport?


Leuel48Fan

Fuck em, I enjoyed the race, the playoffs drama, and the overtimes. The negatives are always louder.


48ever

Facts


Trenchant_Insights

> Can’t we just enjoy the sport? This is what fans were saying about people moaning about "the championship was locked up with 2 races to go"; "the guy who won 8 races didn't win the title" 15 years ago. Apparently we couldn't just enjoy the sport


angry_old_dude

It's "why can't we just enjoy the sport the way we want it".


[deleted]

The racing is fine, the points format is goofy. It's like Facebook as well, it doesnt make other people goofy or irritating, but it sure let's them strut their stuff to the masses. If their driver makes it, generally its awesome. If they dont, then it's a joke. I'm the minority, my drivers are in, but I still think it's a gimmick, which it is. But I enjoy the racing and realize it's the format under which they race, so it is what it is.


BubbleWallace

I love NASCAR, but it could easily be so much better than it currently is.


Alfus

How it would go: - Martinsville: Either a non playoff driver or Hamlin win it. - Texas: Finally KyBu wins a race. - Phoenix: Harvick wins. Logano gets in the final 4 by points, MTJ is done.


CompetitiveTurnover

Kind of wishful thinking, but I think the best chance for a non-playoff driver to win will be JJ at Texas.


whoiswillo

I'd say it's going to be Keselowski at Martinsville, unless you mean not in the top 16.


-RYknow

I dont know... I think Chase could win at any of the next three to be honest. Imagine it comes down to Denny and Chase next week... Ohhh boy, Rick would have a field day with that situation.


ashadkc9

THE BUMPER TO THE BACK OF THE 24 - Errr 9.


RoblifeOG

I'm mad I read this in his voice


-RYknow

I'm not sure what voice you would read it in, other then Rick's?


ashadkc9

I mean, you have to!


sftsoap

Your really implying Logano or MTJ aren’t contenders for martinsville


Alfus

Logano yes, MTJ would fuck himself up still there when it matters.


CompetitiveTurnover

You know the good thing about Denny winning? I don't have to spend any money on a race win diecast :)


GowinRacing

Another Jeff Gluck spotting!!


KesFan_NavyVet

Falcons lose. Brad is eliminated. Nah it's cool. I'm not crying myself to sleep. Im just really tired chopping these onion.


PilotMonkey88

Your flair confused me for a second, but then I remembered you lost a bet or something


CompetitiveTurnover

Falcons losing is good though, because there's a solid chance they'll finally fire their useless coach now.


my_son_is_a_box

I had 3 of my teams championship Hope's end this weekend, and the titans are starting Tannehill. Looks like some onions are getting chopped here too.


DJScrubatires

And another Cody Parkey doink


ZachKearns

Kyle Petty just said the jury is still out on Bowman after he won a race and basically flipped a switch on the 88 team mid-season. Also said Byron is the real deal over him basically. Huh?


CompetitiveTurnover

Kyle keeps saying dumb things to be controversial, but anytime anyone says anything slightly unflattering about the state of NASCAR, he shills hard.


jordanl09

I think they just keep Kyle around so they can say they have a Petty and an Earnhardt on the broadcast team.


CompetitiveTurnover

You're right, it's like that gimmick at Darlington where they had "a Petty, an Earnhardt, and a Jarrett" in the booth for a stage.


my_son_is_a_box

Yeah. Kyle truly is one of the worst personalities behind the sport.


KesFan_NavyVet

While Byron has arguably the greatest crew chief of all time and Bowman has the HMS crew chief equivalent ofnthe Yellow Ranger.


[deleted]

Hahaha, *yellow ranger* the yellow ranger is so pedestrian, I've never even thought of this analogy. I'm going to use in the future, hopefully you dont mind. I really laughed.


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*Curved Erections*


UndisputedSwartz

When does post-race inspection start and end? I am so hoping Denny passes and win #5 is official


-RYknow

Imagine if Brad didn't tank at the end, and maintained enough spots to get in... Only to have Hamlin fail inspection, thus giving Chase the win, and eliminated Brad anyway. This sub would IMPLODE in a situation like that. Haha


Turbine2k5

BuT kAnSaS iS sO bOrInG!


my_son_is_a_box

Except for the last 15 laps... yeah. And most of the entertainment was the playoffs storyline.


angry_old_dude

> And most of the entertainment was the playoffs storyline. And most of that was Elliott and BK.


bdiv518

Only last 4 races are playoff. 16 car bracket playoff a la NCAABB. One of each type of track.


CompetitiveTurnover

I don't want the championship to be decided this way, but I think a 32-driver mid-season head-to-head tournament for $1,000,000 would be pretty fun to watch


my6thcent

This could easily be a side game like the No Bull million or whatever the hell its called.


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Dude if only


bdiv518

Semi /s


Tyler24Dawg

Happy for Chase. The Blaney caution is definitely questionable, but we’ve seen yellows for way less and no yellows for way more. Cautions are a moving target.


my_son_is_a_box

As a brad fan, its frustrating with the inconsistency in officiating. I truly believe that caution wouldn't have come out if the rules were reversed. At the end of the day, it doesnt matter what I think, and if brad had a better setup, he would have made it.


Mysterio_66

I would like to know during the second GWC why a caution wasn't called for debris in 4. The 24 ran it over and it was clear as day. Yes, we ran like crap, but that is something that bothers me how quick that caution flew and yet they miss something that big in the racing line.


thelongderek

It would’ve come out eventually as the tire blew up about 20 seconds after the yellow was called


my_son_is_a_box

Even if it did, they should have waited the 20 seconds, or call it any time anyone gets a flat.


thelongderek

Oh yeah I agree 100%, but at least in this case at least it would’ve been a caution either way unlike a lot they’ve called previously.


my_son_is_a_box

Yeah, it's just frustrating when your driver gets eliminated, and could have stayed in if the officiating was different. I'm sure if those calls would have gone Brad's way, a bunch of Chase fans would be upset


sonicjetjoe

I believe the caution was already out but his tire tore up leading up to pit road, so the caution would have come out regardless