The SuperSpeedway Podcast

Cup: Echopark Automotive Grand Prix

William Byron becomes first multi-winner of the season for the third straight season.

Does he have the road course driver championship belt?

Chris Bell makes it interesting late/rattles the Kyles

Track limits? In NASCAR? Discuss.

Sounds like COTA is a lock for the 2025 schedule. Any issues with that? 

Xfinity: Focused Health 250

This was a fun race. 

Larson wins in the 17 for Hendrick. A meaningful win for the team and the first Hendrick Xfinity win since 2009 (Daytona)

Larson gets the pole, starts at the back, leads one lap and wins.

Austin Hill vs SVG

Trucks: XPEL 225

Corey Heim gets the win

Marco loses his ass

Hello Connor Zilisch!

The gimmick of the week: Netflix Season 2 Draft

News:

NASCAR to manage racing operations for Bowman Gray Stadium

https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2024/03/21/nascar-to-manage-racing-operations-for-bowman-gray-stadium/

NASCAR has been actively pursuing a 50-percent stake in the Long Beach race

https://racer.com/2024/03/26/does-nascar-have-long-beach-in-its-sights/ 

NASCAR Cup Series: Toyota Owners 400 — Sunday, 7 p.m. ET

NASCAR Xfinity Series: Toyota Care 250 — Saturday, 1:30 p.m. ET

Cup Picks

Eric: Denny Hamlin

James: Christopher Bell

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Cup: Shriners Food City 500

Tires, tires, tires

Some drivers were adamant that something changed. Goodyear says nothing changed from last fall.

Denny Hamlin manages the best and gets the win

Safe to say no one missed the dirt Sunday?

Ryan Blaney is sick of being asked about Ross Chastain

Trucks: Weather Guard Truck Race

Christain Eckes holds off late charge from Kyle Busch to win

Stewart Friesen and Nick Sanchez have disagreement

News:

NASCAR Cup Series: Echopark Automotive Grand Prix — Sunday, 3:30 p.m. ET

NASCAR Xfinity Series: Focused Health 250 — Saturday, 5 p.m. ET

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: XPEL 225 — Saturday, 1:30 p.m. ET

Cup Picks

James: Tyler Reddick

Eric: Ty Gibbs

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Cup: Shriners Childrens 500

Toyota’s look strong all day. Chris Bell gets Phoenix redemption

Did the new package work?

Joey and KFB were completely out to lunch. Is it worry time?

Xfinity: Call 811. Every dig. Every time. 200

Chandler Smith wads them all up and comes away with the win.

Heartbreak for Allgaier

News:

RFK drops appeal of penalties from Las Vegas

Honda coming to NASCAR (we missed it last week)

NASCAR could be looking at adding a hybrid component in the next few years

https://www.jayski.com/2024/03/08/potential-changes-to-cup-cars-could-lead-to-new-manufacturer-in-nascar/

NASCAR is exploring holding a race at Dodger Stadium

Jordan Bianchi PREDICTS next year’s championship race will return to Homestead (not official)

NASCAR Cup Series: Food City 500 — Sunday 3:30 p.m.

NASCAR Xfinity Series: — OFF

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Weather Guard Truck Race — Saturday 8 p.m.

Cup Picks

James: Brad K. 

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Cup: Pennzoil 400

Kyle Larson dominates

Leads 181 laps of 267. Next highest laps led was Kyle Busch with 18!

Second win in three races for Hendrick

Kyle Busch has had four pit road penalties in first three races

SHR looked good

Chase Briscoe looked really strong

Chris Buescher loses a wheel

Crew members Nicholas Patterson (jack) and Jakob Prall (front tire changer) were suspended for the next two Cup Series events

RFK struggling to start the season

Chastain congratulates Blaney on learning to air block.

Jeff and Jordan’s debate — jump to conclusions after this weekend, or is it too early to start looking at trends?

Xfinity: The LiUNA!

John Hunter Nemecheck becomes the first driver not named Austin Hill to win an Xfinity race in 2024

Sam Mayer’s terrible start to the season continues.

Shane Van Gisbergen another poor finish

Trucks: Victoria’s Voice Foundation 200

Rajah Caruth becomes third black driver to win a NASCAR national series event

Spire is now (technically) 3 for 3 in the Truck Series this season

Nick Sanchez at Daytona is an affiliate team. Kyle Busch at Atlanta, Rajah at Vegas.

Dale Jr. is out at NBC. 

Will work for Amazon/TNT next season

Denies claims that NBC wanted him to broadcast remotely and that he was scolded for not watching the monitors

NASCAR Cup Series: Shriners Childrens 500 — Sunday 3:30 p.m.

NASCAR Xfinity Series: Call 811. Every dig. Every time. 200 — Saturday 4:30 p.m.

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: OFF

Cup Picks

Eric: Tyler Reddick

James: Ryan Blaney

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Ambetter Health 400

Daniel Suarez wins an all-time finish going 3-wide at the line

Best finish in history?

We saw everything. 4-wide, daring moves

Race started with a massive 14 car big one

Xfinity Race

Austin Hill wins AGAIN

Truck Race

KFB gets another Truck Series win

Dale Jr. wants Fox to zoom out

Jr. still has not re-signed with NBC

Says he will not be a remote broadcaster — has to be at the track

Nascar proposes a seven-year extension of the charter agreement 

Stewart-Haas Racing’s No. 10, 41 has roof rail deflectors confiscated at Atlanta

https://www.jayski.com/2024/02/23/stewart-haas-racings-no-10-41-has-roof-rail-deflectors-confiscated-at-atlanta/ 

Noah Gragson and Ryan Preece lose 35 points each for the roof rail deflectors. 

Joey Logano fined $10k for the webbed glove. 

NASCAR Cup Series: Pennzoil 400 — Sunday 3 p.m.

NASCAR Xfinity Series: The LiUNA! — Saturday 5 p.m.

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Victoria’s Voice Foundation 200 — Friday 9 p.m.

Cup Picks

James: Joey Logano

Eric: William Byron

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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

https://www.sportsvideo.org/2024/02/16/2024-daytona-500-fox-sports-resurrects-gyrocam-rolls-out-live-drone-new-3d-telestrator-4k-extraction/

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? 

https://twitter.com/BubbaWallace/status/1759294833653387282?s=20

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."

https://twitter.com/A_S12/status/1759345671054803127

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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One big gamble:

Eric: Kyle Larson wins the Indianapolis 500 and Coca Cola 600 in the same day

James: Erik Jones makes final 8

Team to watch:

James: Legacy Motor Club

Eric: Spire Motorsports

Pick 2 drivers that made the playoffs last year who won’t make it in 2024. Can’t say Harvick.

Eric: McDowell and Stenhouse

James: McDowell and Stenhouse

Pick 2 new playoff drivers

James: Erik Jones, Ty Gibbs

Eric: Corey LaJoie, Ty Gibbs

Who will be the first driver to win their first race this season?

Eric: Ty Gibbs

James: Josh Berry

What will be the best race?

James: Spring Bristol

Eric: Coca Cola 600

What will be the worst race?

Eric: Watkins Glen

James: Spring Martinsville

Who will be our final 4?

James: Larson, Byron, Bell, Keselowski

Eric: Larson, Bell, Byron, Logano

Who will be our 2024 Champion?

Eric: Byron

James: Byron

Picks

Eric: Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski

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Hamlin goes from Netflix star to Clash winner

The event seemed more tame but still had some tempers flare

Gibbs and Joey

Ross and Mac

JHN and Ricky

The event was pushed up because of the weather. Right Call?

Where does the Clash go from here?

Fontana “most likely” won’t be ready for 2025

https://www.jayski.com/2024/02/02/auto-club-speedway-redesign-will-most-likely-not-be-ready-for-2025-season/

Dale Jr. is a free agent for now

Doug Rice is retiring from PRN at the end of the season

https://www.jayski.com/2024/02/05/doug-rice-bidding-farewell-to-prn-broadcast-booth-after-2024-nascar-season/

ESPN, Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery team up for streaming service

https://www.jayski.com/2024/02/06/espn-fox-and-warner-bros-discovery-forming-joint-venture-to-launch-streaming-sports-service-in-the-u-s/

Ol’ Tony says SHR’s problems aren’t his fault

https://www.jayski.com/2024/02/07/tony-stewart-says-shr-needs-to-make-progress-this-season/

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Nascar has updated the rules for short tracks and road courses

https://www.jayski.com/2024/01/10/nascar-makes-rule-book-update-for-for-short-tracks-road-courses/

NASCAR and the owners are still negotiating on the charter agreement

https://www.jayski.com/2024/01/12/nascar-teams-extend-charter-negotiations/

Iroc is back

SRX is gone

https://www.jayski.com/2024/01/11/srx-racing-will-not-compete-this-year/

NASCAR has changed qualifying procedures

https://www.jayski.com/2024/01/23/nascar-tweaks-cup-qualifying-procedures/

NASCAR is paying Chicago more money to host the street race

Includes an extra $2 million this year AND NEXT

https://www.jayski.com/2024/01/23/nascar-to-pay-chicago-additional-money-to-host-street-race/

Netflix show launched today — NASCAR Full Speed

Chase Elliott and Denny Hamlin both expect to compete despite surgeries during the offseason

https://www.jayski.com/2024/01/20/chase-elliott-denny-hamlin-expect-to-complete-in-busch-light-clash-following-offseason-surgeries/

NASCAR’s electric car will debut this weekend

https://www.jayski.com/2024/01/24/nascar-to-debut-electric-race-car-with-demonstration-at-the-clash/

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NASCAR has signed its next media rights deal

https://www.jayski.com/2023/11/29/nascar-to-return-to-tnt-sports-through-expansive-multi-year-media-rights-agreement/

NASCAR cuts the ribbon on new production facility

https://www.jayski.com/2023/12/06/nascar-cuts-ribbon-on-new-productions-facility/

Blaney is engaged

https://www.jayski.com/2023/12/18/congratulations-to-ryan-blaney-and-gianna-tulio/

Denny Hamlin has shoulder surgery, may miss the Clash

https://www.jayski.com/2023/11/30/denny-hamlins-recovery-from-surgery-leaves-the-clash-in-question/

NASCAR’s Iowa Cup race is sold out already

Sonoma is getting a repave

https://www.jayski.com/2023/12/05/sonoma-raceway-getting-repaved/

Daytona 500 is sold out

https://www.jayski.com/2023/11/28/2024-daytona-500-sold-out/

AJ Allmendinger will return to Xfinity full time in 2024 for Kaulig

Will compete in the Daytona 500 in the 16 car

https://www.jayski.com/2023/12/07/aj-allmendinger-returning-to-kaulig-racings-xfinity-program-in-2024/

Shane VanGisbergen running full Xfinity schedule for Kaulig, select Cup races for Trackhouse in 2024

https://www.jayski.com/2023/12/13/kaulig-racing-and-trackhouse-join-forces-for-svgs-2024-nascar-schedule/

Tony Stewart is a full time drag racer next year

https://www.jayski.com/2023/12/08/tony-stewart-to-drive-nhra-top-fuel-dragster-full-time-in-2024/

Daytona has paved the grass on the backstretch for Ryan Preece

https://www.jayski.com/2023/12/09/daytona-paves-grass-on-backstretch/

Sheldon Creed and Chandler Smith join JGR Xfinity program, Aric Almirola to race part time schedule with JGR in Xfinity

https://www.jayski.com/2023/12/13/sheldon-creed-chandler-smith-join-joe-gibbs-racing-aric-almirola-to-run-partial-schedule/

Noah Gragson takes over the 10 car at SHR in 2024

https://www.jayski.com/2023/12/13/stewart-haas-racing-signs-noah-gragson/

NASCAR is making YouTube copyright claims against NASCAR YouTubers

Eric: Detroit Public Library

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