![]() There were a number of drivers that ran quite well Sunday that haven’t always been up there this season (Ex: Bubba Wallace, Cole Custer before he had to stop). I thought that they did a decent job under the circumstances. USA was going to have to bring viewers more than that. leading 172 of the first 206 laps with very little challenge, there really wasn’t going to be that much action at the front. ![]() With only eight lead changes and Martin Truex, Jr. If he cools it, it can only be a little, or other drivers could take advantage of him. I’d argue that what Chastain needs to do is not necessarily one-to-one compared to what Irvan did. In addition, the current format of the season, for better or worse (most likely worse) actively penalizes you at times for not wrecking dudes. Drivers are way more aggressive than they were 30 years ago. While there are likely some similarities between Chastain and Irvan, things are quite different now as compared to 1991. Given the near-fatal injuries Irvan suffered at Michigan in 1994, most of the time I was in the club was when he was recovering. The primary idea of that piece seemed to be to compare Chastain to Ernie Irvan, a similarly talented racer who ticked off a bunch of people in the early 1990s.įor the sake of this discussion, I will admit that I was a card-carrying member of the Ernie Irvan Fan Club for a year. ![]() Nate Ryan voiced a feature on Chastain’s aggression and the field’s opinions of him during Countdown to Green. One of the major stories on Sunday is the ongoing beef much of the field has against Ross Chastain. This occurred right after Todd Gilliland had his incident in turn 4 to bring out what turned out to be the final yellow. The power at my house only flickered briefly, but it knocked my cable out and rendered me unable to watch for a brief amount of time. It actually made me a little concerned because one of my friends lives right next to the substation noted in the article. ![]() During Sunday’s race, this happened six miles from my house. Note: Unfortunately, there was a brief section of the race that was unable to be viewed. There were a couple of drivers that didn’t really get any coverage, like Cody Ware. If we’re only talking about the race broadcast, then likely no. If you’re including Countdown to Green, then I guess so. Were they? It depends on where that coverage was. Naturally, when this was pitched during Countdown to Green, I immediately wrote the number of every driver in the race down in my notebook and kept a running tally to see if everyone was covered. That mentality is how you get an in-race interview where Jack Arute asked Ronnie Thomas about apparently getting fined for “profanity” in the middle of the 1985 Valleydale 500. They prided themselves on covering everyone. As a result, he likely watched many dozens of NASCAR events on ESPN in the 1980s and 1990s. He likely has boxes of old race broadcasts at Dirty Mo Acres in North Carolina. I whole-heartedly believe that this idea is something Earnhardt Jr. You’d think that wouldn’t be all that difficult to do, but it is not common for everyone to be covered. The other thing that the Racing Team wanted to do is to talk about everyone in the race on Sunday. In that regard, he would be able to easily bring attention to things going on that other play-by-play commentators who are more subdued might not be able to. Sunday’s was about the same, to be honest. has made this adjustment before, but not in the NASCAR Cup Series. called the race as the play-by-play commentator alongside Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte.Įarnhardt Jr. NBC Sports declared that Sunday’s (July 17) Ambetter 301 would be a “Racing Team” broadcast. That said, there’s still plenty to talk about with this week’s telecast. Since it’s been three years or so since the last application, that leaves the oval more or less back to normal.Īs a result, viewers didn’t see the most exciting race at the front of the field (only eight lead changes in 301 laps). With the Next Gen car in action, no TrackBite was applied to the facility. A lot of fans don’t like the flat track, but it’s the only venue in all of New England that could realistically host a NASCAR Cup Series event. New Hampshire Motor Speedway (Loudon, N.H.) holds an interesting spot in NASCAR.
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