Cliff Daniels: "Justin Allgaier, you did one hell of a job. You should be proud. Hendrick Motorsports and all of us are."
Allgaier: "Sir I can't tell you how much I appreciate working with you guys. I was hoping Larson would get 1100 but I appreciate it."
#NASCAR
Ryan Preece was *mad* in his MRN interview.
Preece said how younger drivers give no respect and he will soon be teaching them lessons (said a mistake is a habit after it happens repeatedly).
When asked by MRN if he'd talk with Carson Hocevar, Preece said, "Fuck no."
#NASCAR
"Guys we got trouble, Josh Berry is off the pace."
*camera focused on Michael McDowell*
*switches to battle for 10th*
"Yea it looks like he got out of the groove, he's back going."
*still not showing Josh Berry*
🙃
#NASCAR
Inclement weather has affected 17 of NASCAR's 25 weekends in 2023.
The Clash, Las Vegas, Phoenix, COTA, Talladega, Kansas, Darlington & Sonoma weekends didn't have bad weather
Two weekends is the longest NASCAR has gone with good weather (LV-Phoenix, Kansas-Darlington)
#NASCAR
-
@Erik_Jones
finished 8th at Michigan and moved to 14th in the regular-season points.
After 23 races, that's the best points position for the driver of Petty's
#43
since John Andretti was 13th in points after 23 races in 1999.
#NASCAR
📸Feliz Vigil/TRE, Tom Pidgeon/Getty Images
Denny Hamlin said adding horsepower "would take one phone call and could be done by next weekend."
As an owner, Hamlin said he'd be all for it, saying "any HP gain would be a step forward."
#NASCAR
Chris Buescher's team: "They need to figure out a way to get these flipped over quicker. If someone was actually injured, they'd be screwed."
#NASCAR
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#CocaCola600
Tickets for the Daytona 500 are sold out. This marks the eighth consecutive full-capacity sellout for the 500 but comes much earlier than previous sellouts.
#NASCAR
#DAYTONA500
NASCAR confirmed Shane van Gisbergen failing to qualify for the ARCA race will NOT affect his clearance for the Xfinity Series race tomorrow.
A rep said they'll rely on what they saw in ARCA practice. They will also watch him during Xfinity practice and qualifying.
#NASCAR
Justin Haley finished 9th and earned the best non-draft track finish for
@RickWareRacing
. Ever. (Previous best: 16th, JJ Yeley in last year's Coca-Cola 600)
#NASCAR
"The days of Dale going from 15th to 1st in 9 laps are...gone."
Kyle Busch went from 18th to 1st in 13 laps at the start of Stage 3 during the Daytona 500.
On every run, there were at least a few drivers who made up 10+ spots by passing cars, not just green flag stops.
#NASCAR
This year, the
#45
@23XIRacing
team swept the two NASCAR Cup Series races at Kansas with two different drivers.
The
#21
Wood Brothers team was the last team to do this – in 1972 when AJ Foyt won the Daytona 500 and David Pearson won the Firecracker 400 in the 21.
#NASCAR
Corey LaJoie described Sunday as his "best day at the track ever." He and teammate Carson Hocevar ran inside the top-15 much of the day.
However, LaJoie also said he wasn't happy with how his teammate raced him.
#Pennzoil400
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#NASCAR
Interesting tidbit from this article: "It costs upward of $6M to sponsor an Xfinity driver for a season in a top ride."
That averages out to be roughly upward of $182,000 a race.
#NASCAR
For the first time EVER,
@SpireMotorsport
had two or more of their cars finish inside the top-10 in a NASCAR Cup Series race on a non-drafting track. Zane Smith finished seventh, Carson Hocevar finished 10th.
#NASCAR
NEWS: The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously ruled that NASCAR was unlawfully taxed for broadcasting its races in Ohio.
The judges ruled the state commercial activities tax on broadcasts was already covered by companies like FOX.
#NASCAR
's $529,520 tax bill will now be readjusted.
Chase Briscoe in an availability today told
@CupScene
that he started reaching out to contacts right when SHR announced their closure.
He added Mahindra and other partners are interested in having a team pick him up for his talent because it's easier to sell internally.
#NASCAR
Justin Haley will honor the 4 law enforcement officers fatally shot last month in Charlotte.
Haley & his family plan to match the funds the Charlotte-Mecklenburg FOP & Lodge
#9
Foundation will have raised for the 4 families by the end of Sunday's race.
@RickWareRacing
#NASCAR
In 469
@NASCAR_Xfinity
tries as an owner, Carl Long has only six top-10 finishes – he earned two of them tonight with Timmy Hill in 2nd and JJ Yeley in 9th.
#NASCAR
Kyle Benjamin... He's one name you don't hear much of these days, but you should. He showed *a lot* of potential in his Xfinity starts with JGR.
#NASCAR
Kevin Harvick's car was repaired by the team.
Rodney Childers helped put the finishing touches on the wrap in the rear of the car damaged in an earlier wreck.
The car passed initial inspection OK but is now going through the OSS a second time.
#NASCAR
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#WisePower400
Rumors have swirled around the return of the
@IMS
oval next year.
The track is promoting renewals with this graphic showing a car appearing to start a lap around the oval with the indicative slogan "Come Back Around."
#NASCAR
Christopher Bell was asked today about his thoughts on the Gen 7/NextGen car's safety. He voiced some concerns about how much more the drivers are absorbing the impact vs. the car.
#NASCAR
📸
@SalazarChris1
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@TheRacnExperts
After inclement weather affected 20 of the first 27 NASCAR race weekends, it only affected 1 of the final 11 weekends: Bristol (Rain delay during the Cup race)
In total, inclement weather affected 21 of the 38 NASCAR race weekends in 2023.
#NASCAR
Just thinking about some of the weather issues NASCAR had this season.
After rain affected nearly every regular-season weekend to some capacity, unless I'm missing something, every Cup Series playoff race ran free of rain.
Excluding Talladega and Daytona, today's Food City 500 at Bristol featured the most lead changes in a NASCAR Cup Series race since August 1981 at Michigan.
Today's race had 54 lead changes. The 1981 Michigan race had 65 lead changes.
#NASCAR
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#FoodCity500
NASCAR programs picked up two
@SportsEmmys
nominations today:
- Outstanding Audio/Sound, Live Event: NASCAR on NBC
- Documentary Series, Serialized Race: Bubba Wallace
NASCAR on FOX didn't receive any nominations for the first time.
#NASCAR
Per the rulebook, the NASCAR Xfinity Series will run the superspeedway engine package at Indianapolis and Michigan in 2024.
Like at Atlanta, the series will run the intermediate-track aero package with the SS engine package.
#NASCAR
According to NASCAR, the Cup race at Daytona will only be preempted in the Seattle market. The race will move from KING (NBC) to KONG (independent station) due to the Browns-Seahawks game.
#NASCAR
SHR help or not, a win like this means a lot for RSS Racing. Just look at how team owner Rod Sieg greeted Aric Almirola after his burnout.
@RSS283839
is a family team that's been slugging it out in NASCAR since their Truck debut in 2009. This is their first-ever win.
#NASCAR
@nascarman_rr
People on the East Coast and points in-land west of the Mississippi, remembering the bygone days of Phoenix, Texas, Pocono, Watkins Glen, COTA, Charlotte, Kansas, Baltimore, Pikes Peak, Richmond....
@nascarman_rr
Using these figures, these are the top motorsports series in the US:
NASCAR Cup Series - 2,682,000 avg.
F1 - 1,091,000 avg.
Xfinity - 966,000 avg.
IndyCar - 770,000 avg.
Trucks - 599,870 avg.
SRX - 441,000 avg.
NHRA - 438,238 avg.
IMSA - 334,143 avg.
BJ McLeod said being a full-time NASCAR Cup Series owner is something he will value for the rest of his life.
However, what pushed him and co-owner Matt Tifft to the side in Cup was how the sport changed quicker than they thought with the Gen 7 car.
#NASCAR
A worker at
@AutoClubSpdwy
made this sign to commemorate the end of the 2-mile configuration. It was placed in the walkway between pit road and victory lane today.
#NASCAR
If
@ErikJones
was in the playoffs, he would:
- Have advanced to the second round by 16 points
- Advance to the third round by 3 points, as of now
#NASCAR
"I'm trying to be nice and the 55 is my teammate. It's unnecessary so early to make a move like that. He just has a lack of respect." - Toni Breidinger to FS1
With 2.401 million viewers, Dover was the most-watched FS1 race of the season so far.
Texas drew 2.31M viewers while Martinsville drew 2.191M. All other races drew less than that.
#NASCAR
.
@FS1
got 2.401 million viewers for Sunday's NASCAR race
@MonsterMile
; no direct comparison to last year because that event was postponed to a Monday.
🔲 Top five markets:
1) Greensboro - 3.43
2) Charlotte - 3.33
3) Norfolk - 2.58
4) Orlando - 2.14
4) Raleigh - 2.14
"What pit stall is the 91 in?"
Team asks that as the 91 of Kyle Weatherman bumped into Yeley, setting off that spin.
"He better have some pants on after this race because I'm going to come find him."
#NASCAR
J.J. Yeley spun in turn 1, bringing out the second caution on lap 57. Team radio:
"G--damnit, did we get hurt in it?"
"No we didn't."
"Alright, four tires, guys."
#NASCAR
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#RAPTOR250
You can tell Ryan Sieg is well-respected in the NASCAR garage. NASCAR President Steve Phelps came over during Sieg's availability and congratulated him on the effort. Sam Mayer also spoke about how much he respects Sieg and
@RSSRacing__
as a whole organization.
#NASCAR
Ross Chastain leads the NASCAR Cup Series points by 19 over Kyle Busch - but look at 16th:
Even with a 100-point penalty,
@Alex_Bowman
is 13 points out of a playoff spot. Without the penalty, Bowman would be leading the points by 15
The 48 team is fast in 2023.
#NASCAR
The red-and-white stripe walls are coming back to Bristol for the first time since the 1995 night race.
Brad
@Keselowski
,
@Erik_Jones
and
@ZaneSmith
helped apply the first coat of white paint today.
In 1995, Terry Labonte won then wrecked after Earnhardt bumped him.
#NASCAR
"I pieced together a good run in front of Shane van Gisbergen and thought I'd be 2-3 car lengths ahead of him but he was still on my bumper. I was like, 'Holy shit,' and then I just watched the show." - Kyle Larson
#NASCAR
#NASCARChicago
The unfortunate streak continues. With this lightning hold and the rain earlier at
@IMS
, 19 of 26 NASCAR race weekends have been affected by inclement weather in 2023.
#NASCAR
Denny Hamlin told
@MRNradio
they could be shifting twice (from 5th to 3rd) in the corners due to a gearing change NASCAR made after last year's race at
@WWTRaceway
.
#NASCAR
NASCAR is investigating allegations that Matt Crafton walked up to Nick Sanchez & punched him when he turned around.
If true, this rulebook subsection specifies penalties for "Member-to-Member confrontation with physical violence (e.g. striking another competitor)"
#NASCAR
April 17, 1960 at Wilson Speedway was the last time a NASCAR Cup Series win was revoked by a disqualification.
In 1960, Emanuel Zervakis was disqualified for having a gas tank that was too big, giving the win to Joe Weatherly.
#NASCAR
📷: Spartanburg Herald/Racer's Reunion
Hudson Bulger, 16, will run the
@CARSTour
full-time in 2024. Bulger also has plans to compete in late-model stock cars and super late models.
2023 was his rookie year in Pro Late Models. He won twice at Crisp Motorsports Park and finished 2nd in points.
@Victor_Vallee
@psychedalex68
@JPetschauer
Since 2020, NASCAR has added races at Knoxville, Gateway, Road America, IRP and the Indy road course + proposed a Chicago street course.
NASCAR isn't at Chicagoland, Kentucky and Iowa Speedway anymore but they haven't ditched the Midwest.
Justin Allgaier is running about 1-2 tenths per lap slower than the other Championship 4 drivers. He just got passed by Chandler Smith for 6th.
Spotter Eddie D'Hondt is encouraging him to get through this set of tires and is coaching him on where Smith is running.
#NASCAR
Tough break for Stephen Mallozzi who, according to
@KickinTheTires
, sold his Dodge Charger to race today.
Mallozzi has a bad battery. The tow truck is going to push his truck around to the end of pit road where the team will change Mallozzi's battery.
#NASCAR
@DGodfatherMoody
One set of protests happened on the basis of an event captured on-camera that was similar to other events that occurred.
Another set of protests are on the basis of falsehoods that have been refuted by almost everyone, including countless lawsuits.
Dillon on
@KazGrala
: Not only is he a great racecar driver, but he's a professional and I love the way he carries himself off the track. He found sponsorship to run at RCR...He's what I like to call a businessman racecar driver. He does everything he's supposed to as a racer."
This is a good use of resources by FOX. Basically, get a photojournalist down to the care center, mic the driver and let the booth do the interview.
You get the interview and your pit reporters stay at their sections so you're on top of everything.
#NASCAR
Chase Elliott to
@JSchuoler
in the media center on breaking the Hooters curse: "It's been a dream for me to pay tribute to Alan Kulwicki and do a Polish victory lap in Hooters colors. I've came close a few times and as soon as the race got done, I got the opportunity."
#NASCAR
As
@MarkMartin
posed for a photo before his pre-race laps, someone commented, "It's the classic stance."
Mark replied, "I've done this stance thousands of times," with a happy, nostalgic tone that I think a lot of people echoed Sunday at Las Vegas.
#NASCAR
Ty Gibbs: "This thing is so jacked up. I drop into the corner and it's like my right-front shock is flat. It's so slow I can't turn. There's something internal that's broken."
#NASCAR
Guillermo Santa Cruz is the new president of Homestead-Miami Speedway (was w/IMG). He sees "huge untapped potential" to get NASCAR into the community.
He said he hasn't been in on talks about getting championship weekend but says it's a top priority & has to be earned.
#NASCAR
@nascarman_rr
At first I wasn't a fan of this but the white text version looks sharp on a dark background. And the tricolor design can be integrated and transformed so well (e.g., NASCAR app, NASCAR 75 logo)
-
@LegacyMotorClub
confirmed to me Noah Gragson has not been let go. They stated they're working with Gragson and his representation through the process.
In the meantime, the team is working to identify interim drivers as Gragson remains suspended.
#NASCAR
Mason Maggio will drive for the entirely new Floridian Motorsports at Daytona.
Team owner Robert S. Osteen filed for the team's LLC exactly a month ago. Shortly thereafter, they began prepping their truck (pictures and logo from their Facebook page).
#NASCAR
Super excited to be heading to
@DAYTONA
next weekend with the newly found Floridian Motorsports.
Crazy to think Mr. Osteen brought this idea to me at the beginning of the month. Now we’re going to attempt to qualify for the biggest race of the year!
Well this is neat cross-promotion: FS1 is showing the PBA NASCAR Invitational at
@PhoenixRaceway
right now.
Chase Briscoe, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Ryan Preece, Ricky Stenhouse Jr and others are in it.
They also just showed a clip of Gray Gaulding bowling a perfect 300.
#NASCAR
Ryan Vargas' Saturday throwback is to Jeff Gordon's
#24
Pepsi Chevrolet.
In Nov. 2000 at
@HomesteadMiami
, as an owner-driver, Gordon won his final
@NASCAR_Xfinity
race in the scheme.
Gordon's crew chief, Patrick Donahue, will be
@KazGrala
's crew chief this Saturday.
#NASCAR
Looks even better in the sun.
Ready for this weekend, hoping for an overall solid weekend in our Monarch Roofing Chevy. Excited to celebrate “15 Years of Roofing the Carolinas” with them!
#TeamJDM
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@Monarch_Roofing
"Back in black!" Richard Childress exclaimed from the grid as Jeffrey Earnhardt set off on the pole.
Earnhardt starts where Dale finished in the 2000 Winston 500 -- the most recent
@Talladega
race with an Earnhardt driving a black No. 3 RCR entry.
#NASCAR
NEWS: The restart zone at Phoenix was incorrectly/mistakenly moved up. NASCAR realized it and decided to keep it for Trucks. It will be repainted/moved overnight before Xfinity and Cup races.
Whoa, CBS just showed Ryan Newman's 2020 Daytona 500 car on the
#SRX
broadcast.
That car has rarely been seen but he showed it to Matt Yocum during his piece on Newman's collection.
McLeod said racing with Rick Ware Racing showed him it wouldn't be hard to run 30th or 31st on speed and continually improve. However, the Gen 7 car pushed them back to 36th on speed on average.
McLeod is excited about what they're building in Xfinity.
#NASCAR
Anyone notice how Ross Chastain had these numbers in the cockpit?
Looks like Ross has his number on top. Then, Christopher Bell, Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr and Ryan Preece's numbers are below that (and another one is below Ross's but I can't quite make out).
#NASCAR
That's not to say there isn't room for changes to make the cars faster and more maneuverable, like Denny talks about, (because there is, look at the difference in the qualifying speeds vs the pack speeds) but moving through the pack isn't 100% impossible with the current package
Justin Marks: "We believe in Daniel Suarez so we made some changes in the offseason. Now he's punched his ticket to the playoffs in race 2. He is a great friend of mine. He's a huge part of Trackhouse. It's our job to put resources w/him so he can do what he did tonight."
#NASCAR