|| *Comments on the 2020 Ag-Pro 300:* View the most recent comment <#181> | Post a comment <#post> 1. TeamDCRfan posted: 09.29.2020 - 11:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) First time Xfinity competes at Talladega in the fall. I will not be a happy camper if Joe Nemechek gets replaced by that rolling road hazard known as Tim Viens. 2. 34McDowellFan posted: 09.29.2020 - 1:34 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Hopefully the #07 will be Gray Gaulding, an 8th and a 2nd place finish have been his efforts on the plate tracks this year. Speaking of, this is the first ever time the Xfinity Series holds 2 races at Talladega in 1 year. This race wasn't originally schedule, but due to COVID-19 shaking the schedule up, we will get a 2nd race here. First race for TikTok in NASCAR as they will sponsor the JD Motorsports #6 Justin Haley has won the last 2 superspeedway races, and will definitely be a favorite for this one, as will all 3 Kaulig cars, really. 3. JSPorts posted: 09.29.2020 - 1:44 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) Gaulding's last 4 plate race finishes: 2nd, 8th, 8th, 2nd. I really hope he gets the #07 again. I also hope he can get a better ride for the Cup plate races next year (maybe the #62, after Gaughan leaves?) 4. ACM88 posted: 09.29.2020 - 1:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 1. He is now in the 47. Timmy hill is now in the 66. 5. JB posted: 09.30.2020 - 10:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harmon sticks Currey in the 74. Wonder why Harmon didn't want to run his home track. He initially was listed in the 74. 6. JB posted: 09.30.2020 - 10:59 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) It will be interesting watching Dinger and Timmy Hill go through the field. They are going to be ones to watch no doubt. 7. JSPorts posted: 09.30.2020 - 11:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @5 maybe Currey is bringing some sponsorship? The 74 is currently listed without a sponsor, as is the 47. Harmon has only started 3 races this year, which would be the fewest combined top-3 series starts in a season for him since 2006, when he didn't start a top-3 series race but focused solely on ARCA. 8. TeamDCRfan posted: 09.30.2020 - 11:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yesterday Harmon planned on announcing the drivers, but the post was never put up. 9. JSPorts posted: 09.30.2020 - 12:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Predictions: 1st: Justin Haley 2nd: Justin Allgaier 3rd: Daniel Hemric 4th: Bayley Currey 5th: Joe Nemechek 6th: Brandon Brown 7th: Austin Hill 8th: Alex Labbe (stage 1) 9th: Josh Williams 10th: Riley Herbst 11th: Harrison Burton 12th: Brandon Jones 14th: Ryan Sieg 17th: Noah Gragson 24th: Michael Annett (-1 lap) 26th: Chase Briscoe (stage 2, -1 lap) 27th: Austin Cindric (-1 lap) 33rd: Ross Chastain (DNF) 10. Zach posted: 09.30.2020 - 9:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Nice to see Jeremy Clements pick up a new sponsor 11. sloom posted: 09.30.2020 - 11:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor: #22 Carquest Auto Parts 12. Anthony posted: 10.01.2020 - 7:47 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Clements has had that sponsor a few races this year already 13. JFM01 posted: 10.03.2020 - 10:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @9It would be awesome, but the Harmon cars are not going to finish in the Top 5 with more than 5 cars running at the end. 14. TeamDCRfan posted: 10.03.2020 - 11:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Don't know where the Currey announcement came from, but according to the Mike Harmon Racing Facebook page, Harmon is driving the 74 15. Canadianfan posted: 10.03.2020 - 12:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @14 I thought it was going to be on Gray. 16. Anonymous posted: 10.03.2020 - 3:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Is Bobby Dotter an idiot or what? You put SMITHLEY in the 07 when Gaulding could legit contend for the win in that car? SMITHLEY? The dude's a hack! 17. Z posted: 10.03.2020 - 3:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Going w/ Chastain to win today. 18. Anonymous posted: 10.03.2020 - 3:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'll say Haley wins it. The guy has a knack for being there when it counts on these plate tracks. 19. Vaxen posted: 10.03.2020 - 4:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) NBC shows somebody running accross pit lane... What's going on? 20. MBenoit posted: 10.03.2020 - 4:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brandon Jones was not in his car when engines were fired. He was sprinting down pit road like AJ Foyt in a Cup race many decades ago, when Foyt wasn't to his car when engines were refired after a rain delay. Think it was also at Talladega. 21. DI9_ForLife posted: 10.03.2020 - 4:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I don't know what was going on with Jones. 22. Vaxen posted: 10.03.2020 - 4:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Why was he not in his car? 23. DI9_ForLife posted: 10.03.2020 - 4:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm going with Gragson for the win today, Chastain has a good shot as well 24. MBenoit posted: 10.03.2020 - 4:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Xfinity guys haven't run a "fall race" here since 1996, though that race was in July. Xfinity cars have not run two races here in a single season before. Let's see what happens. 25. Jimmie4life posted: 10.03.2020 - 4:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Got 3 hours of light left. Let's hope we get this race in. 26. Jimmie4life posted: 10.03.2020 - 4:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) There are only 2 fords? Wow. And currently 1-2 with 4 to go in stage 1. 27. DI9_ForLife posted: 10.03.2020 - 4:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Briscoe and Cindric are unstoppable as Briscoe wins stage 1 28. TeamDCRfan posted: 10.03.2020 - 4:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Maybe Jones had some "intestinal distress" and that's why he was late 29. DI9_ForLife posted: 10.03.2020 - 4:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pockrass said there may have been another leak that Jones needed to take care of 30. JeremyIsley posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @27, there's been just 2 Fords in the Xfinity series all season long 31. Archie posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And they're the 2 best cars on the track each week, even better than the JGR trio. Just like Toyota in the Cup series, where they aren't much in terms of quantity (ignoring backmarkers like the 66 and 96) but top of the line in quality. 32. joey2448 posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Lap 43. Playoff driver Riley Herbst gets turned by Austin Hill off turn 4 and smacks the inside wall hard with his driver-side door. 33. Corey posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Austin Hill turned an innocent Riley Herbst into the inside wall coming off of 4. Herbst pancaked the wall and did some suspension damage. 34. Jimmie4life posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That could've been bad. Big drivers side hit for Riley Herbst. 35. DI9_ForLife posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Herbst is done for the day I'd say 36. Foote posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Austin Hill, not racing for points, absolutely dumps Toyota teammate Riley Herbst for no reason, altering the playoff picture. 37. Danish_Pie posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Restart with 4 to go and. . . what. Stack up and Chastain gets spun before they reach the line and gets slammed in the passenger side by the 15. 38. TeamDCRfan posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ummmmmmmmmmm. Pretty sad when you can't even get up to 100mph and you crash 39. Corey posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And on the ensuing restart, the mid pack got a little too antsy and tried to go before the leaders. Harrison Burton got into the back of Ross Chastain and turned him up the track. Colby Howard had no where to go and ran into the passenger side door of Chastain. Race is Red Flagged. Also, Herbst is still on track. 40. DB1995 posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Why is this a red flag? I've never seen a red flag for such a small crash in my life 41. Corey posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @40 A green flag finish for the stage. The did the same thing for the Truck race earlier. 42. Z posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) One of the oddest wrecks I've seen. Somebody got into the back of Burton, which sent Burton into Chastain. Howard doesn't have anywhere to go and smacks the passenger door of Chastain. 43. joey2448 posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ross Chastain gets turned into the outside wall on the restart! Field was taking the green with four laps left in stage 2, but Chastain fell victim to a stack-up in the front of the field and noses the #10 into the wall, then gets T-boned by Colby Howard as the slid down in front of traffic. Field under red flag with three laps left in the stage. 44. Z posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chastain w/ a broken lower control arm, per Chris Rice. 45. Jimmie4life posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chastain crashes at the restart! 46. DI9_ForLife posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow. Just wow. Chastain has the worst luck I swear 47. Jimmie4life posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Red flag? You only got 2 hours left to get this race in. You have to expect a bunch of crashes near the end, NASCAR. This just shortens the chances of us getting this race in. 48. DI9_ForLife posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That looked like the F1 restart at Tuscany a few weeks ago 49. Danish_Pie posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Briscoe wins Stage 2 There was fluid on the track from the 15. That was the reason for the red flag. 50. Z posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Allgaier w/ a penalty for too many over the wall. Burdett's worried there might be bigger engine issues looking. 51. Jimmie4life posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) A.J. Allmendinger leads, who also has the race's fastest lap: 195.900 MPH. 52. Corey posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Briscoe and Cindric have been so dominant that the first chance the field had, they dropkick the Ford pair outside the Top 20. The two are trying to run the bottom but, the only takers had been Allgaier with a sour engine and Burton with a busted front end. 53. DI9_ForLife posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What kind of package do the Xfinity guys run at Daytona at Talladega, whatever it is, it gives me flashbacks to the 2016-2018 Cup packages for the plate tracks 54. PucciMan posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) NASCAR needs to outlaw high riding like what they did to tandem racing. 55. NASCARfan05 posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 36, let's be real, herbst would have taken himself out later in the race anyways 56. MBenoit posted: 10.03.2020 - 5:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The 08 car's hood appears to say "WOKE AF" lol 57. MBenoit posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Only seven lead changes so far. That's definitely less than usual. Hope they will slice and dice here when it gets to 20 to go. 58. DI9_ForLife posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @54, didn't they have a 100% rule or something to ensure that drivers put on a good show. They really need to start enforcing that 59. Corey posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @55 Let's be real, No he wouldn't. He didn't at Daytona. 60. Jimmie4life posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @54 NASCAR banned tandeming for safety. Riding the high line isn't dangerous. It's actually safe and effective. Stop complaining about being bored... 61. Anonymous posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution with 37 to go. Cindric looks to be out of the race 62. MBenoit posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow, Cindric and Hill both slam the inside wall as pit stops begin. 63. DI9_ForLife posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wreck coming into pit road! Cindric, Hill and I think Earnhardt all involved 64. Jimmie4life posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The risk of pitting on a superspeedway: Getting run over. 65. Corey posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @58 No, that's a misconception. The 100% rule said that you had to use %100 of your ability with the goal of achieving your best possible finishing position in an event. Even NASCAR is aware that sitting and riding in a single file is a strategy used by teams to get to the end of the race and still have a chance to go for the win. 66. Z posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 1, 16, 11 penalty for pitting too early. The light came on after they'd come down so the drivers didn't have a way to know. 67. NASCARfan05 posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 59, are you not familiar with herbst? 68. DI9_ForLife posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @65, ohh ok. I thought for sure NASCAR had a rule to put in 100% effort for the sake of the ?show? 69. PucciMan posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @60 I rather see side by side racing then running the top single file. 70. DI9_ForLife posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @67, I give Herbst a lot of flack but he's come a long way from his embarrassing days in ARCA and early Xfinity days 71. Corey posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @67 You are talking about the guy who had 1 Crash and 7 Top 10's in the last 9 races? I am fully aware of his crash issues early in the season, but they had gone away in the second half. So no, I do not believe he would have crashed himself. 72. NASCARfan05 posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 71, I see your point, but I feel like it has been more of a lucky streak, which won't last forever, he's a ticking timebomb waiting to go off 73. joey2448 posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Under this yellow with 21 laps left, Justin Allgaier's #7 is smoking. He had been complaining about an issue with his oil gauge, and is now told he's "probably losing a cylinder". 74. Z posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As they go to commercial for a debris caution (from Vargas' rear panel), Timmy Hill is the only driver to pit from the looks of it. 75. joey2448 posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag with 18 laps to go! 76. Z posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 17TG & Allgaier pit road. 77. NASCARfan05 posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sucks for Allgaier, he has had some terrible luck all year 78. DI9_ForLife posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Why Why do these drivers feel the need to do nothing but ride the wall all race until the last lap when no one can get a run? Love the Xfinity Series and their package but they really need to get a new Superspeedway package, one where the drivers can actually get runs and take away the stupid ass ?no pushing? rule. 79. Danish_Pie posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Haley wins. NASCAR calls a last lap caution again cause who wants exciting tri-oval finishes amirite 80. Edwards2020 posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) NASCAR ruining another finish, and the second one today 81. TeamDCRfan posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good for Haley, but the final run wasn't as good as it could have been 82. George_Costanza posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Haley is unbelievable on plate tracks, and Gragson tried to take Briscoe out three times. 83. NASCARfan05 posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) At least we got 1 good outcome today, congrats Haley 84. Anonymous posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) And of course, the most overrated driver in NASCAR gets handed ANOTHER one. Seriously, has Haley EVER had a win that wasn't pure luck? 85. MBenoit posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What a day for Sieg. Put himself in great position to make the next round. It all goes south on the final lap for a handful of cars, and Haley wins another superspeedway race. 86. Corey posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:52 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) A car goes head-on into the wall possibly injuring a driver, and you guys would rather have and exciting finish? 87. QFH posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Congrats to Haley on that win but man, Briscoe's gotta be at least a little upset with the 9. 88. joey2448 posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Can't believe that #10 car finished seventh. Thought he was done when he got wrecked on that mid-race restart. 89. Anonymous posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @86 Yes. 90. Sector posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Haley ties Dale Earnhardt and his son, Dale Earnhardt Jr as the only drivers to win three straight superspeedway races! 91. Anonymous posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I genuinely cannot believe that they still throw the yellow on the last lap when the crash is anywhere other than turn 1. Do they really think these guys are gonna be barrelling into turn 3 at 180 mph after the race is over? You could make a list a mile long of races ruined by this very thing over the past 16 years. It's absolutely absurd. 92. Vaxen posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wonder what's gonna happen between Briscoe and Gragson 93. Timothy_Eklund posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:55 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I mean, it's not like multiple cars had huge head on hits, and the 02 almost flipped or anything! 94. Anonymous posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) "A car goes head-on into the wall possibly injuring a driver, and you guys would rather have and exciting finish?" The cars racing out of turn 4 to the start/finish line make no difference to the safety workers in turn 3. 95. TeamDCRfan posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Harmonator and Front Row Joe with solid top 20 runs 96. Onion posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:56 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @84 HOW is it pure luck? Have you not seen the moves he was making to jump cars when there was no bottom line? Have you not seen that he made his move to the bottom at the perfect time? He also hadn't thrown blocks like Briscoe and didn't try to dump anyone. He's not really great overall, but he's superb on plate tracks and he's deserved this. 97. Timothy_Eklund posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @94 do you want them to stop all the cars in turn 1 and turn them around? Lol. 98. RyanM posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) >drove his way from outside the top ten to the lead, a lot of it without much help >pure luck 99. Onion posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @94 The cars that are not in the lead draft and coming around turn 2 are... 100. Anonymous posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) "I mean, it's not like multiple cars had huge head on hits, and the 02 almost flipped or anything!" When the crash is in turn 3 what harm does racing back to the finish do? Please explain. 101. Jimmie4life posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Haley made a move and it worked. Deserved it. "BUT IT IS ONLY ON A PLATE TRACK!" Still, he won all of them fairly, with some luck involved. 102. Anonymous posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) You people fall hook line and sinker for everything this dying sport does. Have fun going down with the ship. 103. DI9_ForLife posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 2/2 on races ending under caution today and ruining what would've been good finishes. And for anyone that says someone could get injured from hitting the wall head-on, hello, there's these things called HANS devices and SAFER barriers, the latter being all the way around the track. Average race with a slightly above average final few laps. NASCAR needs to rework this pisspoor aero package (ONLY on the super speedways). Put the high drag, wicker bill package on the Xfinity and ARCA cars at Daytona and Talladega and you'll have an amazing race. A hell of a lot better than that of today. 104. Timothy_Eklund posted: 10.03.2020 - 6:59 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @100 unfortunately the lead pack isn't the only pack of cars. What about the guys running way in the back? 105. Anonymous posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "@94 do you want them to stop all the cars in turn 1 and turn them around? Lol." Do you really, honestly believe that the distance between the start/finish line and turn 3 at Talladega Superspeedway is not enough for "the greatest stock car drivers in the world" to slow down their cars? I am so confused lol 106. Jimmie4life posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:00 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @100 Driver safety > a race finish. Someone could've gotten hurt and these cars would still be flying by at 190 MPH. 107. Jimmie4life posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @102 Go watch some other motorsport like F1. Yeah, I'm sure you'd love to watch Lewis Hamilton win 24/7. 108. Corey posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:03 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @100 Leaders racing back to the line are irrelevant. The second pack of cars coming upon an accident scene are relevant, especially one that you need to deploy the ambulance right away. To ensure that they slow down and stop racing, you throw the caution. Imagine the headline" Drivers dies as NASCAR decided to stay green delaying the paramedics" 109. Jimmie4life posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:03 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Anonymous needs to stay quiet. When 10 cars pile up and another pack of cars are coming at 190+ MPH, they have to throw the yellow. It isn't safe. 110. Vaxen posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:03 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Couldn't agree more Jimmie4life 111. Corey posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:05 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @103 Ryan Newman says hello. 112. Anonymous posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) @106 I beg to differ. Safety should never come at the expense of the on-track product. It's why IndyCar is so boring to watch now. 113. A.J. posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @112 I get not wanting to be a complete "Karen" here, and racing does entail certain risks (lots of them), but now you're just being an ass. 114. Jimmie4life posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:08 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @103 Eric McClure, 2012 Aaron's 312. 115. Anonymous posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Don't get me wrong, yes, the caution was completely justified in this particular case. But I don't see why they can't just get rid of the white flag rule and add extra laps so we can finish under green. 116. DI9_ForLife posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @111, I get that, but the wrecks in today's Xfinity are truck races were no where near as severe as Newman's wreck, and all of the trucks and Xfinity cars were off the track, even if the paramedics had to be deployed, the rest of the pack would've already taken the checkered flag. It would be a similar situation to the races from 2002 and before where they would race back to the line. 117. Jimmie4life posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @112 Again, ANOTHER PACK OF CARS were coming down the backstretch and there are cars wrecked down there. It would be dangerous to let them race and cars are sitting there vulnerable. 118. Foote posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Briscoe (unsurprisingly) made an amazing save that put him in the low line, putting him in a great position to win the race. Instead he made a horrible move back to the top and it cost him big time. 119. Jimmie4life posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @115 You just contradicted yourself. "When the crash is in turn 3 what harm does racing back to the finish do? Please explain." Now: "Don't get me wrong, yes, the caution was completely justified in this particular case." 120. Anonymous posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @117 AGAIN, I said that the caution was justified in this particular case. But there are alternatives to just ending the race under caution.And also, like I've said, there comes a point when it's TOO safe, such as IndyCar. The DW12 made for actual good racing. They could have put the halo on that, that way they could protect drivers'heads WITHOUT sacrificing good racing. 121. Anonymous posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @119 That was a different anonymous that said the first thing. Not me. 122. DI9_ForLife posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ARCA did things exactly right when they reset the field and tried again even when the yellow cane out on the last lap, why can't NASCAR do that? Also, McClure's and Newman's wrecks were two circumstances that were completely extraordinary, you usually never see wrecks as severe as theirs, but NASCAR has made safety improvements, especially after Newman's wreck to where, although the inherent risk or racing is still there, the drivers are the furthest they've ever been from death. 123. Jimmie4life posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @122 HANS and SAFER barriers lower injury rates, but don't eliminate them... not extradordinary. 124. DB1995 posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Damn last lap cautions ruining both races today 125. Vaxen posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Top 10 for Garrett Smithley. Well done ! 126. Jimmie4life posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:21 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) It's almost like people enjoy watching wrecks, and forget that there are people inside risking their lives. For NASCAR to not throw a yellow flag and several cars at top speed are approaching at a football field a second with nothing else to do but watch, they'd be eff'd up to do that. 127. Anonymous posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @125 Gaulding would have contended for the win in that car. Smithley just got lucky. 128. Anonymous posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @122 Exactly! You can be safe WITHOUT ruining the race! It's not rocket science! 129. Edwards2020 posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Some of you need to go on YouTube and watch NASCAR superspeedway controversies. NASCAR is incredibly inconsistent when it comes to throwing the caution on the last lap. 130. Danny posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Again guys if there is too many cars wrecked and NASCAR and there safety team has to get to the area where they wrecked got to through caution lesson learned okay. But anyway lots of guys had good runs and not just playoff guys, Josh Williams, and Garrett Smithley, Top 10 finishes, 07 car all four superspeedway races all top 10s in 2020, Alex Labbe, 3 top 11s this year in these races this year, Chad Finchum 12th place career best, Caesar Bacarella 14th place run good run, all three of the DGR cars in Top 15 first time this year that happened, Timmy Hill gets his 2nd Top 15 in 3 races overall, Tommy Joe Martins 3 races made on SuperSpeedways 3 lead lap runs, and how about this Joe Nemechek, and Mike Harmon both got lead lap finishes, Joe Nemechek had not had a lead lap oval track run in 6 years, and Mike Harmon had not had one since 2017, and he got it, they both got it,the two oldest in the field they both get a lead lap run, and all three of the BJM cars lead lap as well for Josh Bilicki, Matt Mills and Vinnie Miller. 131. TylerTaylor posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Haley is quickly becoming the best super speedway racer in the sport 132. William24ByronFan posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The 66 just ran the entire race, finishing 15th! 133. Corey posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @122 At some point you need to just end the race. When you start to get to the 3rd/4th Overtime, it becomes ridiculous to keep trying to restart the race. Also, you don't want to become complacent with crashes and the survivability. I know its easy into today's NASCAR, but every know and then a crash comes up to remind us of the dangers. In 2018, Bubba Wallace had a hard crash at Pocono and it was a few minutes before he got the window net down. This year Ryan Preece had an accident similar to McClure at Kansas. Thankfully he walked away, but from NASCAR's standpoint, you can't assume that he's okay. 134. Corey posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @128 Well, if the drivers didn't crash, they'd be safe and we'd get a green finish. But they decided to crash and put themselves in danger thus giving NASCAR a reason to throw the caution. 135. Tarheel posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm neutral on Haley and don't care for the racing at Daytona and Dega, partly because it IS a crapshoot. More drivers have their only win or best career finish at those two tracks than at any other two tracks. Having said that, winning three in a row at Daytona/Dega is not just luck. Haley knows how to work the draft and get his car in front when it matters. 136. Sebastian posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @131 I'd take Haley over any other active driver at the plate tracks currently. Even if he can't figure out the other tracks, I think he will have a long career racing plate tracks. 137. Vaxen posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @127 can't say I disagree, but man, that 07 car is a real sleeper car. Gray Gaulding almost won with it, JJ Yeley brought it 11th at Homestead and had an overall great race with it and now Smithley brings it 9th. 138. DI9_ForLife posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I may think the big wrecks are cool to watch but I know that these guys risk their lives, also, like I said earlier, the safety improvements that have been made have made this cars safer than ever, and while there is the inherent risk of being in a massive accident, the chances of death are slim (except for Newman and McClure's fluke crashes). Thanks to these improvements, there hasn't been a fatality in 19 years and none of the wrecks today were sever enough to be fatal. I don't wish for drivers to get injured or worse, in fact it's nice seeing races without any big wrecks (2020 spring Talladega). 139. QFH posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @138 Are you talking about the Cup race when you say "2020 spring Talladega"? XFinity had a big one caused by the one and only Timothy freaking Viens 140. Mile501 posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The entire first half of the finishing order (1st-19th) led a combined total of 9 laps. 141. QFH posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @myself wrong driver that caused the wreck but still the 2020 spring Talladega XFinity had some big ones. I just remembered Tim because of that near miss crash 142. DI9_ForLife posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I meant Cup's spring race 143. Danish_Pie posted: 10.03.2020 - 7:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Career best finish for Chad Finchum, to date. 144. Danish_Pie posted: 10.03.2020 - 8:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Per Jim Utter "Hearing another change in the finishing order at @TalladegaSuperS in @NASCAR_Xfinity could be forthcoming" 145. Zach posted: 10.03.2020 - 8:09 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Tough race for Johnny Davis. All four cars got caught up in wrecks and all four failed to finish. On the other hand, it was another great race for Mike Harmon and his team. Both he and Joe Nemechek finished on the lead lap and in the top 20. Maybe more importantly, they go home with two clean race cars which is huge for Mike. Cool to see how much that team has improved. 146. joey2448 posted: 10.03.2020 - 8:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Safety should never come at the expense of the on-track product." You have that backwards. 147. Onion posted: 10.03.2020 - 8:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @120 I don't think you understand how a halo works. It needs to withstand an extreme amount of force and that is only possible if you work it into the chassis design. You can't just put it on a chassis that wasn't made to have that part of the structure like your cousin Jimbo puts an obscene wing on his Golf. 148. Anon2 posted: 10.03.2020 - 8:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Annett has been DQ'd. 149. Danish_Pie posted: 10.03.2020 - 8:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Too low in the left front for the 1 150. 34McDowellFan posted: 10.03.2020 - 8:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Michael Annett has failed post race inspection and will be credited with last 151. RyanM posted: 10.03.2020 - 8:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Neither of them should have to come at the expense of one another. Surely there must be a way to prioritize driver safety while also allowing the leaders, who are ahead of the wreck, to race to the line? Either make there be another restart if a caution comes out on the last lap, or my preference, simply throw a local caution that only orders the cars behind the wreck to slow down. 152. William24ByronFan posted: 10.03.2020 - 8:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @132 Update: Finishes 14th without start and park. 153. Onion posted: 10.03.2020 - 8:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh NO. I was really happy for Annett, because he was the guy who tried the most to make the bottom lane happen and made it up from ~15th to 2nd in the final laps. 154. An_Aussie_Commentator posted: 10.03.2020 - 9:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Michael Annett completes -113 laps. (Yes I do think if you get disqualified your lap count should be inverted) 155. GoRC10 posted: 10.03.2020 - 9:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @154 That's quite possibly the dumbest thing I've read on here in the last 24 hours. 156. Jimmie4life posted: 10.03.2020 - 9:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @154 No... he completed every lap, but because he cheated, he should be put last, like it says. 157. DI9_ForLife posted: 10.03.2020 - 9:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @154, that makes no sense whatsoever. Like 156 said, he completed all the laps so that still counts. 158. DI9_ForLife posted: 10.03.2020 - 9:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I have to ask, what kind of package does the Xfinity Series use at Daytona and Talladega? 159. CanterburySoup1983 posted: 10.03.2020 - 11:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Today is why NASCAR is failing! I go back watch old races, they make me happy and excited to watch. Both races today just leave me angry. STOP throwing the damn caution flag for God's shake with 20 seconds or less left in a race. It ruins the entire anticipation. Race back to the line once the white flag comes out unless there's a crash directly at the start finish line. Today was bs and glad I didn't go to Talladega this weekend 160. RandomFacts posted: 10.04.2020 - 7:58 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) Alot more crying than usual from some here over the caution being thrown. Get over it people, seriously. Nascar may be inconsistent but no one should whine when drivers safety is on the line. 161. JSPorts posted: 10.04.2020 - 9:07 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) If NASCAR doesn't want people to complain about that, then they should either do away with overtime or else institute an always-finish-under-green policy like ARCA. 162. DI9_ForLife posted: 10.04.2020 - 10:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 161, exactly! I hate it when races end under yellow and I said yesterday that NASCAR needed to do something like that. Glad someone agrees 163. DI9_ForLife posted: 10.04.2020 - 10:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 161, I meant the ?always-finish-under-green,? but it would be a throwback to see races under yellow albeit anticlimactic 164. Corey posted: 10.04.2020 - 11:15 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) @161 I'm completely against the ARCA method. The last lap yellows are most common at Daytona and Talladega, which means a lot of wrecked race cars. You start instituting an always finish under green policy and you run the risk of looking like this years clash. The last lap is not immune to crashes and they are going to happen. If the race ends under yellow, so be it. That's how it is in every other form of racing. To continuously try to get a green flag finish will be seen as gimmicky from fans of other racing series which only adds to the negativity from fans outside of NASCAR. 165. Anonymous posted: 10.04.2020 - 12:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) And @161 I agree wholeheartedly. The fans want proper racing to the finish. If NASCAR was smart, they'd realize this. The race should NEVER finish under caution or red except for the event of bad weather. 166. Anonymous posted: 10.04.2020 - 12:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) And also @164, stock car racing should NOT be like any other form of racing. It should be unique. It's why I can't get into any of the European style racing. The only differences are the types of cars. Otherwise, the tracks, rules and atmosphere are all the same. That's boring. 167. JSPorts posted: 10.04.2020 - 12:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The tracks are more similar in "European style racing" than in NASCAR? Umm...ok... 168. BiscuitsInARedBull posted: 10.04.2020 - 1:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I see comment about 'European style racing,' I have been summoned. Looks like 166 is making an odd point. Who else races at Talladega? Blancpain GT? Formula One? Even Indycar don't go there... 169. BiscuitsInARedBull posted: 10.04.2020 - 1:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) But at the same time, stock car racing is unique, and just by simply sharing venues with other series' won't change that... 170. Jimmie4life posted: 10.04.2020 - 1:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @166 Still going strong 16 hours later, eh? Calm down. NASCAR isn't like any form of racing due to how the races play out, the shear number of passes, how the draft works, how a car is set up, qualifying techniques, track layouts, and pitting strategies. You my friend, should just stop whining and actually make a cohesive argument. 171. Racinglife97 posted: 10.04.2020 - 1:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor updates #08 - Bucked Up Energy Woke AF #66 - CrashClaimsR.us / James Carter Attorney 172. Corey posted: 10.04.2020 - 1:48 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) NASCAR's style of racing is unique in the motorsports world. Ending races at the scheduled distance won't change that. @165 ?Proper racing to the finish? Like when the best car takes the checkered at the originally scheduled distance? 173. Bob posted: 10.05.2020 - 8:35 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) No. 78 was a Toyota as we can see in this picture: https://cdn-5.latimages.com/images/mgl/zxrKR4/s3/1018283053-LAT-20201003-20TAL2rl_06921.jpg And No. 5 also was a Toyota as we can see in this picture: https://cdn-3.latimages.com/images/mgl/2Nz1LK/s3/1018282232-LAT-20201003-20TAL2rl_06236.jpg 174. Ryan posted: 10.05.2020 - 5:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As @173 already said No. 5 was a Toyota (all 3 BJ Mcleod Motorsports cars were Toyota) as you can see in this picture: https://mobile.twitter.com/TeamBJMcLeod/status/1312490527997095937/photo/1 175. EARL posted: 10.06.2020 - 3:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) For the Cup series, the cars and track nowadays are more than safe enough to race back to the line if the leader passes the mid point on the backstretch on the last lap. Wouldn't necessarily extend that rule to Xfinity and Trucks with more inexperienced drivers. 176. possum posted: 10.06.2020 - 7:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @175 - they are now, and always have been. The "racing back to the line is dangerous" is a bit of panic (largely promoted by Dale Jarrett) which has no evidence to support it - in decades of Cup racing, there never had been a problem. These are susposedly the best drivers in the world, avoiding other cars has never been a challenge for them. 177. GoRC10 posted: 10.06.2020 - 10:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @176 I'm remembering the '97 Texas race in which Ernie Irvan plunged into Greg Sacks trying to get a lap back. 178. Corey posted: 10.07.2020 - 12:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @176 That's because the drivers were adhering to the gentleman's agreement when the yellow came out. The field was supposed to hold position and just let the leader dictate the pace back to the line. The problem was it was getting out of hand and drivers weren't following it. The mentality of today's drivers is to win at all costs, which is fine to a certain extent, but you know very well that some drivers wouldn't care about the gentleman's agreement. NASCAR knew where the driver's mentalities were going and had to step in before a bad accident did happen. 179. Canadianfan posted: 10.08.2020 - 7:48 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) From ShowbuzzDaily: Saturday's race had 816,000 viewers on NBCSN. 180. PucciMan posted: 10.09.2020 - 3:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So is Kaulig Racing the new DEI when it comes to plate racing in NASCAR? 181. Rich posted: 12.15.2020 - 6:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were the commentators. The roving commentator was Steve Letarte. 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