|| *Comments on the 2020 Coke Zero Sugar 400:* View the most recent comment <#389> | Post a comment <#post> 1. Jimmie4life posted: 08.25.2020 - 8:07 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Didn't Kaulig Racing state they'd let Justin Haley run the #16 at Daytona in both the Winter and the Summer? Maybe the whole pandemic might've ended that train of thought. 2. Joshua posted: 08.25.2020 - 8:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Whatever happened to Jimmy John's in NASCAR? I've noticed that when I look at Kevin Harvick's 2020 statistics, Jimmy John's has only been on the car for one race and that was at Phoenix in March, before the pandemic halted the season! 3. Sector posted: 08.25.2020 - 8:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kevin Harvick clinched the "regular season championship" in last weekend's Sunday double header Dover race, and will be rewarded the trophy after this race. Those 15 bonus points for winning it will put Kevin over at 57 Playoff Points (plus 1 or 2 if he wins any for this race) for the start of the Playoffs. That's roughly a full race mulligan in every round during the Playoffs. 4. Jimmie4life posted: 08.25.2020 - 11:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) If it is to rain during or prior to the race and affect the time it starts, it would be the fifth straight Superspeedway race we have rain be a factor in the race. Also, if rain doesn't occur, this would be the first official night race that pays points for the 2019/2020 Superspeedway Tapered Spacer package. 5. William24ByronFan posted: 08.25.2020 - 12:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Is the #77 supported from CGR? 6. ScottB posted: 08.25.2020 - 12:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From my understanding, the #77 this time is just out of the regular Spire stable of cars. 7. 34McDowellFan posted: 08.25.2020 - 1:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brendan Gaughan was at risk of missing the race, at Dover the #78 passed the #62 in Owner Points, but luckily for Brendan and his team, BJ McLeod did not enter his car this weekend, and Gaughan will get to make 1 last start at Daytona. 8. JSPorts posted: 08.25.2020 - 1:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @6 that's correct. Ross also ran a Spire-prepared #77 car at Indianapolis, finishing an impressive 17th. 9. TheDewCrew posted: 08.25.2020 - 2:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chaos is just 4 days away 10. Mile501 posted: 08.25.2020 - 2:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I believe I read a while back that Gaughan and the #62 team were thinking about continuing for one more season, because the new car has been delayed a year and they can keep using their current car. That may not be a definite thing, though. Can someone confirm this one way or another? 11. 34McDowellFan posted: 08.25.2020 - 2:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think that was the main reason they ran the Daytona Road Course 12. TTaylor944 posted: 08.25.2020 - 2:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @11 They ran the road course because they felt that with Brendan's experience on the track they could pull off a strong finish. The team actually had to acquire a second car in order to run the race. 13. Canadianfan posted: 08.25.2020 - 3:20 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) @10 From The Racing Insiders on June 21st. ?You know, the plan was for Mr. Beard to wrap up his team and not have to purchase the new car once it came next year, but now that won't happen until 2021, and he has the equipment to do these Superspeedway races still next season.? Gaughan continued to add, ?As of right now, I am still done at the end of the season, but that carrot is always dangling to come back maybe for the Daytona 500 or something?. When asked if the Beard Family requested his return for next season: ?What do you think?? he said with a smile. ?Mrs. Beard told me she would make her world-famous chili if I return for next season.? ?Even though I might not return to the track, I could still be a part of the team for their final season. I would be happy to sponsor (South Point Hotel) a driver or two for the ride next year. 14. PucciMan posted: 08.25.2020 - 11:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @7 People on Twitter were saying they either begged them or paid B.J. to skip this race just so the 62 can race. 15. Jimmie4life posted: 08.25.2020 - 11:22 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @14 People on Twitter make up Tall Tales just for simple things like a race entry or a driver not showing up. 16. Jimmie4life posted: 08.26.2020 - 7:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I understood in a way why fans and drivers call the races 'plate' races, up until now. This superspeedway package is different from a regular plate race from 1988-2018 in many ways. 1. The plates were 1/8 inch thick metal plates with no air funneling into the air of the car, while the Tapered Spacer's funnel air into the car smoothly into 1 inch thick hunks of metal. 2. The rear end of the car has several differences, with the 9 inch spoiler with 1 inch wicker bill being on the race car, and the rear end of the car being up 1 inch compared to 2018 at Daytona and Talladega, of which none of these were in the series from 1988-2018(except for Daytona/Talladega in 2000-2001 for the wicker bills). 3. Closing rates increased from about 400 Horsepower to 510/550 Horsepower, which instead of making a bubble of air around the car where it's hard to burst, the Spacer punches such a hole into the air, it breaks the bubble and allows cars to lock bumpers and bump and Tandem draft. 17. Mile501 posted: 08.26.2020 - 8:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The way things have played out, the playoff picture is fairly simple this year. 14 drivers are in: 10 winners plus Almirola, the Busch brothers, and Bowyer. (Though Bowyer is not 100% mathematically in, a very unlikely chain of events would have to take place in order for him to fall out.) The final 2 spots will be taken by 2 of these drivers: DiBenedetto, Byron, or Johnson, unless someone below them in points wins this race. They are close enough in points that they pretty much just need to race each other, though Dibenedetto does go in with a slight advantage. Despite the unpredictability of this race, only once since the 16-driver playoff format was introduced has the summer Daytona race resulted in a driver making the playoffs who otherwise would not have (Almirola in 2014). Over the last 5 years, the driver who won this race was going to make the playoffs anyway (aside from last year, when Haley won, but that did not impact the playoff picture either). 18. Jimmie4life posted: 08.26.2020 - 9:03 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Out of the last 5 Coke Zero Sugar 400 races here at Daytona, only Justin Haley had won this race who was outside the playoffs(it didn't matter, the win was just a win and didn't affect the standings). The last 4 winners here at this race won their first career Daytona race in the cup series. The last 5 winners of this race have combined to win 20 races at Superspeedways, Dale Jr. having 10, Brad Keselowski having 6, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has 2, Erik Jones with 1, and Justin Haley with 1. The last 2 winners of this race led only once during the event, and that was at the end which resulted in both their first career wins(Justin Haley and Erik Jones). 19. JSPorts posted: 08.26.2020 - 9:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I imagine we'll probably see someone already in the playoffs in victory lane when the night is over. Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Aric Almirola, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano, Austin Dillon, Kyle Busch & Kurt Busch all have wins at Daytona. The winner will likely come from that group. Either DiBenedetto, Byron or Johnson will miss the playoffs on points. My money's on Johnson - he has 6 finishes outside the top 15 in the last 9 Daytona races, and hasn't had luck on his side this year. If anyone outside the playoffs was going to win, I think it would probably be Stenhouse. That would really shake up the playoff picture, as all of a sudden those 3 drivers would by vying for just 1 spot. 20. Jimmie4life posted: 08.26.2020 - 9:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Underrated drivers to bet on for this race(drivers worse than 20th place in points) are Michael McDowell and Corey LaJoie, both getting 3 top 20 place finishes in the last 3 races here at Daytona, and 3 top 10's combined. 21. QFH posted: 08.26.2020 - 12:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I just am afraid after the great season he's had the 21 will miss the playoffs. Always seems to run up front and obtain stage points at plate tracks but then starts playing it safe. If you're going to make the playoffs stop playing it safe. Byron and Jimmie won't be. And neither will Wrecky Spinhouse who will wipe all 3 of them out as easily as he'll race you clean. Underrated pick: Newman. Almost won the 500 for the second time with Roush having 2 cars in the top 5 just feet before the finish line. Think they might repeat the feat. 22. Z posted: 08.26.2020 - 1:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Same Stable, Different Horse: My 'Underrated Pick' Is Chris Buescher. If He Can Survive The Wrecks, He'll Be Up There - Buescher Has x4 NonT30s @Daytona & x4 T10s (x3 T5s) Over x8 Full Races (Plus 17th During The Haley Win) Whether Or Not That Plays Out, I Still Predict Somebody That Hasn't Won This Year Winning. 23. Jimmie4life posted: 08.26.2020 - 1:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As a Jimmie Johnson fan, what I hope that Jimmie does is he lays in the back of the field most of the race, and when the big wreck happens(or if it does), Jimmie pounces to get a good finish. The issue is, if William Byron gets a good finish and stage points, he could get to the playoffs ahead of Jimmie. it's a battle to watch, I'll say. 24. Corey posted: 08.26.2020 - 1:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Clint Bowyer only needs 3 points to clinch a spot in the playoffs. A 9th place in the first Stage will do. 25. TheDewCrew posted: 08.26.2020 - 2:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @23 But don't get caught up in a wreck back there, like in 2018, when Almirola, McDowell, and Gase crashed 26. Z posted: 08.26.2020 - 2:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) *Laughs in Stenhouse* 27. Corey posted: 08.26.2020 - 2:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jimmie Johnson could have very well already pointed his way into the playoffs by now. There are three races in particular that prevented that. Darlington-1, Jimmie was leading on the last lap of Stage 1 when he tried to make a pass on Buescher and wrecked himself. That's a good 10 points he threw away plus whatever he may have gotten at the end of Stage 2 and the finish. William Byron also happened to be the guy running second at the time and inherited the stage win. Coke 600, Jimmie crossed the line 2nd the race before he was DQ'd. He had earned 46 points, but instead came away with only 1 point. Brickyard 400, a positive COVID-19 test prevented Jimmie from racing. The 48 was taken out early with the accident on pit road, but had Jimmie been in the car, they would have started 4th and been clear of the mess. While, I'm sure other drivers have their own races where they lost a significant amount of points, these are the three that hurt Johnson the most. 28. Jimmie4life posted: 08.26.2020 - 2:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I hope that this Superspeedway race as the cutoff line does well, but I'm thinking it will turn into a wreckfest disaster within a few years. I just don't like this idea of it being the cutoff line, because it is gonna cause chaos because any Top-30 driver in points can win and make the playoffs, which would be really nerve-wracking. 29. Jimmie4life posted: 08.26.2020 - 2:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @27 I also think that the Daytona 500 could've put us in. Had we not crashed out, or the damage was just slightly less severe, we could've put ourselves looking in on Saturday. 30. Celticracer posted: 08.26.2020 - 2:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Is Matt Kenseth and Ryan Newman eligible for the playoffs? I think they are but I'm not 100 percent. Thanks in advance to anyone who can answer for me. 31. JSPorts posted: 08.26.2020 - 2:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Yes, they are. They both received waivers. Newman's makes sense, because he was injured. Kenseth's doesn't make sense on NASCAR's initial grounds for granting waivers, but he has one nonetheless. 32. Jimmie4life posted: 08.26.2020 - 3:16 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @30 They are eligible, since both are running full time(NASCAR gave both the waiver). Since both are higher than 30th in points, they can get into the playoffs with a win. 33. UnderdogFan89 posted: 08.26.2020 - 3:16 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @30 yes, both have waivers and are eligible. 34. Corey posted: 08.26.2020 - 4:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @29 I didn't add that one as it's a big guess as to how many points he could have had. The three I mentioned equal to at least 56 more points he could had by know. 35. Zach posted: 08.26.2020 - 5:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse has to be the guy to watch this weekend. He always finds his way up front at Daytona and Talladega and I see no reason why this race would be any different. He nearly won Talladega and he led a lot of laps in the Daytona 500. He has a great shot at winning this race and turning the playoff picture upside down. 36. JSPorts posted: 08.26.2020 - 5:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I really think Jones is a contender, too. He won this race a year ago, plus the Clash in February. And don't forget, he's driving for his future. He's probably got more to lose from missing the playoffs than anyone. 37. Sector posted: 08.26.2020 - 6:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #36 Two years ago, you mean. He only won at Darlington a year ago. 38. Sector posted: 08.26.2020 - 6:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) All eyes will be on Kyle Busch in the end to see if he can score his first win in the Cup series of 2020. Last week at Dover he broke his personal record of going deepest into the season without a win. Now, this race will determine if Kyle Busch will have a winless season prior to the Chase/Playoffs for the first time in his career. His only points-paying win at Daytona was back in 2008. 39. Altracing posted: 08.26.2020 - 7:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) This is probably a very stupid question to ask but does anyone seriously think that the race might get cancelled with the boycotts in the NBA and MLB? 40. William24ByronFan posted: 08.26.2020 - 7:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 66 Sponsor is RoofClaim.com 41. A.J. posted: 08.26.2020 - 7:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Nice troll attempt, but if Nascar were to do that then they may as well shut down forever. Nascar fans aren't like NBA fans, thankfully. 42. Altracing posted: 08.26.2020 - 7:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 41, I'm not trying to be a troll I'm being very serious here 43. David posted: 08.26.2020 - 7:39 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I think the point was that if you actually believe the question was anything other than ludicrous, then it's trolling. 44. Corey posted: 08.26.2020 - 7:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I don't see it as a troll attempt. Both the Milwaukee Buck and Milwaukee Brewers sat out their games in protest of the shooting of Jakob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It's understandable for those two team to boycott. Do I think NASCAR, will cancel the race? No. You might here something from Bubba, but I don't think he'll boycott either. 45. Zach posted: 08.26.2020 - 8:14 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) @39 LOL not a chance in hell the race gets cancelled. After Sunday's race in Dover, NASCAR is finally caught back up to their original 2020 schedule, after spending the last 3 months trying to catch back up and running postponed races from the pandemic shutdown. Do you honestly think NASCAR is dumb enough to cancel quite possibly the most important race of the season and create another scheduling nightmare for themselves and all of the race teams? I think not. Though considering NASCAR's new political correctness and new (and annoying) involvement in politics, I could be wrong. If they do cancel it they are shooting themselves in the foot big time. 46. Celticracer posted: 08.26.2020 - 8:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #41 if NASCAR ran their sport as competently as the NBA , MLB , and the NFL then they wouldn't be on a 10 year decline. Say what you want about the stick and ball leagues but they actually know how to run a competent league. They're playing chess and NASCAR is playing checkers. 47. Sector posted: 08.26.2020 - 8:28 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) What does stick and ball sports have to do with racing? One of the reasons why folks can't live their lives is because everyone is so sensitive, bad enough we're not living because of COVID-19, then the rioters destroying everything and now we're trying to cancel everything again. Geez I wonder why 2020 is such a shit year. 48. Sector posted: 08.26.2020 - 8:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #45 It's Playoffs time. They're not canceling. No reason to. 49. Celticracer posted: 08.27.2020 - 12:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #47 I'm comparing simply the leadership and vision of those other sports compared to NASCAR. I'm not even talking about Covid , just the competency difference between NASCAR and the big 3 sports. 50. 1995-Subaru-WRX-Sti posted: 08.27.2020 - 2:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I would suggest folks lookup the NBA's TV ratings and compare them to everyone else. Be surprised. 51. Jason24 posted: 08.27.2020 - 2:28 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) The NFL is run just as incompetently as NASCAR is/was. Roger Goodell is a bigger clown than Brian France. The NFL is just a bigger sport with much more mainstream appeal. People who don't like sports watch the Super Bowl. That doesn't happen with the Daytona 500. 52. RandomFacts posted: 08.27.2020 - 8:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) If Nascar decided to cancel this race pointlessly because of political reasons it will be the death of Nascar. Simple as that, these is zero chance they cancel. There could be a very slim chance a few teams and/or drivers decide to sit out in protest, but I doubt it. 53. Sector posted: 08.27.2020 - 9:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #52 That will be stupid if they do sit out. 1) They won't be getting paid; Life will go on. 2) No one will be tuning in to watch them protest; So what's the point? All eyes will be on the cars and not the people. 54. Speed_Devil_Russel posted: 08.27.2020 - 10:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) gotta like jeffery earnhardts paint scheme 55. Tyler posted: 08.27.2020 - 11:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Thankfully Daytona isn't getting hit by a hurricane this weekend, Laura could've developed over Florida. 56. RaceFanX posted: 08.27.2020 - 12:35 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Ryan Blaney is running a fan selected paint job this week. His #12 Body Armor Ford has a rad graffiti-style black, pink, yellow, and red look this week to promote Body Armor's new line of sports drinks. All three of the possible paint schemes were designed by Chicago graffiti artist Amuse126 and the fans voted to have Blaney run this car themed after the drink's Strawberry Banana flavor instead of an orange car for Orange Mango or a mostly yellow, white, and red for Tropical Punch. 57. NewJack posted: 08.27.2020 - 12:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @55, yep. Laura was originally tracked to go to Florida. But ended up staying south and hit Louisiana as a category 4 hurricane. 58. Z posted: 08.27.2020 - 12:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Strawberry Banana one was the best, it's a sharp looking scheme. The Orange Mango reminds me of the old Cingular Wireless schemes, while the Tropical Punch makes me think of CAT schemes (it's the yellow) AFA rain, being Daytona, naturally, there's still around a 20% chance come raceday - though more likely Friday, & should be nothing more than a slight start delay at worst. Though if this season's shown anything as far as weather on raceweek, only the unknown is known. 59. RaceFanX posted: 08.27.2020 - 1:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tropical Punch appears to have been the least popular of the proposed Blaney schemes. I saw one NASCAR fan on Twitter comment it looked too much like Joey Logano's usual Pennzoil car while all the fans seemed to love the Strawberry Banana car. 60. BluesTravelerFan posted: 08.27.2020 - 2:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) This is going to be a cluster of a race. Talladega this year was an anomaly. With Chase spots on the line, and a narrower race track, there's going to be many incidents. 61. JSPorts posted: 08.27.2020 - 5:53 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Driver rankings over the past 10 Daytona races: 1st: Denny Hamlin, 30.2 points per race 2nd: Ryan Newman, 28.7 3rd: Michael McDowell, 28.3 4th: Alex Bowman, 27.8 5th: Joey Logano, 27.0 6th: Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., 26.5 7th: Ryan Blaney, 26.2 8th: John Hunter Nemechek, 26.0 9th: Austin Dillon, 25.9 10th: Kyle Busch, 23.9 11th: Aric Almirola, 23.0 12th: Clint Bowyer, 22.5 13th: Kurt Busch, 22.5 14th: Kevin Harvick, 21.5 15th: Jimmie Johnson, 21.4 16th: Brennan Poole, 21.0 17th: Erik Jones, 19.7 18th: William Byron, 19.0 19th: Matt DiBenedetto, 18.4 20th: Bubba Wallace, 18.2 21st: Martin Truex, Jr., 18.1 22nd: Corey LaJoie, 17.9 23rd: Ty Dillon, 17.6 24th: Matt Kenseth, 17.2 25th: Chris Buescher, 17.1 26th: Brad Keselowski, 16.7 27th: Christopher Bell, 16.0 28th: Chase Elliott, 15.7 29th: Ryan Preece, 14.0 30th: Daniel Suarez, 8.5 31st: J.J. Yeley, 8.3 32nd: Tyler Reddick, 4.5 33rd: Brendan Gaughan, 4.3 34th: Quin Houff, 1.0 35th: Cole Custer, 1.0 36th: Joey Gase, 0.0 37th: Ross Chastain, 0.0 38th: Timmy Hill, 0.0 39th: James Davison, 0.0 40th: Josh Bilicki, 0.0 If they finished like this, Matt DiBenedetto (+6) & William Byron (+2) would make the playoffs over Jimmie Johnson (-2.) 62. Z posted: 08.27.2020 - 6:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I haven't fully researched this, so maybe it's more common than I'm accrediting, but it's interesting just how much better McDowell's results are at Daytona than Talladega. Both tracks require a similar skillset, but McDowell's avgFN @Dega is almost 10 spots worse, w/ x6 crash DNFs to Daytona's x1. McDowell also has x4 T20s @Dega, compared to x10 @Daytona. Interesting rankings nonetheless. 63. ShinyMew151 posted: 08.27.2020 - 6:41 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 60 is going to age terribly 64. David posted: 08.27.2020 - 6:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @63 is probably right, though there is likely to be something resembling a "big one" at some point just because there usually is at this track. Looking at his history here, you can be 95% certain that Chase Elliott will be caught up in it when it happens. In the end I expect one of the highly predictable winners (a JGR or Penske car, or Harvick), a result which won't shake up the playoffs at all and means that two out of DiBenedetto, Byron and Johnson advance while one doesn't. If any driver who must "win to get in" actually pulls it off, with some help from one or more teammates, the July race here two years ago gives a good clue as to who that would be. 65. possum posted: 08.27.2020 - 7:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @57 - um, no. At no time was Laura forecast to hit Florida (or Alabama) by the NHC. Briefly the 5-day "cone of doom" crossed Florida, but the official 3-day forecast track was always south of the peninsula. 66. Anonymous posted: 08.27.2020 - 9:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @60 It will be a $ # ! + show for sure. 67. BluesTravelerFan posted: 08.28.2020 - 1:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Important fact going into this event: Joey Logano has caused a wreck that has made at least 2 cars DNF in the last 3 consecutive superspeedway races. 68. PucciMan posted: 08.28.2020 - 1:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Going from one of the worst tracks on the schedule to one of the best tracks on the schedule. That's a step in the right direction. 69. Jimmysjohnson posted: 08.28.2020 - 4:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #68 the track might be great, but that don't make restrictor plate racing great. I would argue plate racing is more a spectacle 70. RandomFacts posted: 08.28.2020 - 4:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I will never understand all the hate Dover gets, I find it silly, the track has produced good racing through the years and is not a cookie cutter 1.5 mile track. 71. Jimmie4life posted: 08.28.2020 - 4:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @69 Eh. The stuff turned single file when drivers began to realize how to survive most of the 188 laps, and then destroy each other. At least with the 2019/2020 package, the drivers feel more confident to race around the track with bigger runs and more power underneath the cars. 72. Anonymous posted: 08.28.2020 - 4:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) It would be less of a spectacle if the "greatest drivers in the world" could race more than 10 laps without crashing, but alas... Remember when they could go 500 miles at Talladega caution free? When's the last time a plate race was over without 50% or more of the field crashed? It's very embarrassing from the outside looking in! 73. Jimmie4life posted: 08.28.2020 - 4:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @70 I think because the track is so small, few passes happen, and people assume it's boring. 74. Jimmysjohnson posted: 08.28.2020 - 4:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm just not a fan of 35 cars separated by 2 seconds waiting for somebody to make a mistake and take 20 cars out. I understand the appeal for some people but meh for me. Give me a Dover , road course , Richmond , or Atlanta any day. There's other solutions to slow the cars down without using restrictor plates , and at the same time make the cars more ill handling and make the racers actually have to skillfully drive the car , especially Daytona. I know Dega is a little bit different of an animal. 75. JSPorts posted: 08.28.2020 - 5:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @74 I'm with you. It keeps you on the edge of your seat, but ultimately, it's more an entertainment spectacle than real racing. I do think it takes skill to run well & win on those tracks (more than people usually give credit) but clearly there are better ways to slow the cars down and put the race more in the drivers' hands. 76. JSPorts posted: 08.28.2020 - 5:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) On the skill it takes to win at plate races: It takes a lot of skill to win these events. There's a reason why some drivers - Gordon, the Earnhardt's, Jarrett, Keselowski, Hamlin, Logano, etc. tend to do so well at them while others (Truex, etc.) don't. The luck isn't in winning the race, it's in finishing the race. The winner is usually the best plate racer among the group left on-track at the end. People act like you can just draw a name out of a hat to predict the winner, but that's not the truth. It gives good restrictor-plate racers in mid-pack equipment (Stenhouse, Newman, the Dillon's, etc.) a shot. But really, the only recent restrictor plate race that hasn't been won by someone based on talent was the weather-shortened summer Daytona race a year ago. 77. JSPorts posted: 08.28.2020 - 5:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Last team rankings before the playoffs start: 1st: Team Penske, 33.8 points per start (6 wins) 2nd: Joe Gibbs Racing, 30.5 (7 wins) 3rd: Stewart-Haas Racing, 29.4 (8 wins) 4th: Hendrick Motorsports, 27.3 (3 wins) 5th: Wood Brothers Racing, 25.5 6th: Kaulig Racing, 24.0 7th: Chip Ganassi Racing, 23.7 8th: Richard Childress Racing, 23.1 (1 win) 9th: Leavine Family Racing, 18.2 10th: Roush Fenway Racing, 17.6 11th: Richard Petty Motorsports, 17.5 12th: Front Row Motorsports, 16.0 13th: Beard Motorsports, 15.7 14th: Germain Racing, 14.8 15th: JTG Daugherty Racing, 14.4 16th: Go Fas Racing, 12.4 17th: Gaunt Brothers Racing, 11.0 18th: Spire Motorsports, 6.9 19th: Premium Motorsports, 6.8 20th: Rick Ware Racing, 6.3 21st: StarCom Racing, 5.3 22nd: Tommy Baldwin Racing, 4.1 23rd: MBM Motorsports, 3.9 24th: B.J. McLeod Motorsports, 3.6 25th: Petty Ware Racing, 3.4 Best 16 cars (should make the playoffs): 2, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 41, 48, 88 Currently in the playoffs but not in a top-16 car: #1 Ku. Busch, #3 A. Dillon Currently outside the playoffs in a top-16 car: #20 Jones, #48 Johnson 78. Gopher88 posted: 08.28.2020 - 5:35 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @72, Talladega this year had five cars damaged throughout the race (and a few solo spins) and then a last lap crash that caught up maybe six more. That's only 11 cars with damage, and only 4 cars DNF'd because of a crash. 79. Jimmie4life posted: 08.28.2020 - 5:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @74 NASCAR eliminated plate racing for Tapered Spacers for the fans, because bigger runsand that it was better for the car performance-wise. NASCAR if they had say V-6 engines unrestricted at Daytona and Talladega would be unpopular with fans for the non-pack racing, and the cars don't sound like the V-8's loud roar. If NASCAR went unrestricted V-8s, fans would love the sound of the cars, but the safety would be thrown out and drivers and fans would become more concerned. There's no solution without outcry. 80. Jason24 posted: 08.28.2020 - 5:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @70. You could say the same about some of the "cookie cutter" 1.5 milers. Kansas and Chicago have been two of the best tracks in recent years. Multiple grooves, side by side racing and exciting finishes. Yet people always claim the races there are boring. I've seen people complain about Atlanta and Homestead too. I think short tracks are some of the worst races to watch these days partly because of the package. It all comes down to preference. 81. Jimmie4life posted: 08.28.2020 - 5:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) This package we run is NOT restrictor plate racing. Plates are are smaller, less good for car performance, and more blunt to stopping air, meaning the car will not accelerate as fast. It's not the same. 82. Sector posted: 08.28.2020 - 5:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) #76 Watch the 2000 Winston 500 and 2004 Aaron's 499 vs Ryan Blaney's Talladega win earlier this year. Not only was the racing vastly better but the commentators did a good job at going with the flow of the race. The commentators today always feel forced and fake in an attempt to adding to the excitement. 83. possum posted: 08.28.2020 - 6:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @70 - I don't either, from a driver perspective it's very challenging, and from an engineer perspective it's very challenging. I'm not sure what some fans look for, but since I view it from a driver/engineer standpoint I enjoy races from Dover. Daytona, on the other hand, has very little interest from that viewpoint. @81 - they're still restrictor plates. NASCAR gave them a new name for publicity purposes, but don't be fooled, it's still a restrictor plate. 84. Mile501 posted: 08.28.2020 - 6:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @70, 83 - Like you two, I have also never understood the hate Dover gets. I have always enjoyed Dover races, and it's also one of my favorite tracks to race on with my old NASCAR 3 game. It's just a fun, challenging, unique track. 85. Tarheel posted: 08.28.2020 - 7:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I enjoy the racing at Dover. It's the only high banked one miler on the circuit, and though it often gets strung out, it's a unique challenge and there's plenty of room to pass. 86. Jimmie4life posted: 08.28.2020 - 7:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 83 As I said, restrictor plates are not Tapered Spacers, and vise versa. Casual fans wouldn't notice the difference, except the fact that the spacer is a much thicker metal bulk, and more friendly to the airflow for a racecar, meaning better throttle response, more acceleration, and the ability use less throttle on the racecar, saving fuel. A restrictor plate is violent on the air, having sharp edges that make airflow more rough, meaning the car has more turbulent air to flow in, slowing the acceleration down. The slow down allows more laps to run without fuel burnouts, but most of the time, you have to run more throttle. I know the difference between the two, and they are not similar. They pack the cars together, yes, and create tight racing, but the cars behave quite differently compared to each package. 87. Ryan posted: 08.28.2020 - 7:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @76 Try telling that to Kyle Busch's fanboys on here. I remember Dale, Jr. talking you have to have a good feel and being able to maneuver in traffic and anticipate things as well. Dale Sr. called it a 200 mph chess match. Denny Hamlin says he has a tendency to back off when he senses some trouble. You can look at his Daytona record for the last ten years or so and see how successful he has been just putting himself in the right position. 88. Anonymous posted: 08.28.2020 - 9:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Prediction, the miserable manufacture games will be at an all time high here. The worst offender, Chevy, will ensure that their cars do everything possible to manipulate the race to ensure Jimmie and Byron score max stage points. 89. Corey posted: 08.28.2020 - 10:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @88 and yet all the Ford will be lined up behind the one Wood Brothers car. Wonder which Hendrick cat Chevy will be behind. 90. JSPorts posted: 08.29.2020 - 11:42 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) Predictions: 1st: Kyle Busch 2nd: Ryan Blaney 3rd: Tyler Reddick 4th: William Byron 5th: Darrell Wallace, Jr. 6th: Aric Almirola 7th: Denny Hamlin 8th: Cole Custer 9th: Christopher Bell 10th: Clint Bowyer 18th: Matt DiBenedetto (-1L) 29th: Jimmie Johnson (-2L) Playoff cut line: William Byron +37 Matt DiBenedetto +21 ---------------------- Jimmie Johnson -21 91. MJM posted: 08.29.2020 - 12:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good predictions, JSPorts. Here is mine (Top 10): 1) #21-Matt DiBenedetto 2) #12-Ryan Blaney 3) #11-Denny Hamlin 4) #2-Brad Keselowski 5) #9-Chase Elliott 6) #42-Matt Kenseth 7) #43-Bubba Wallace 8) #22-Joey Logano 9) #1-Kurt Busch 10) #10-Aric Almirola 92. TheDewCrew posted: 08.29.2020 - 1:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) I'm sweating bullets, and there's still 6 hours left before the race 93. Zach posted: 08.29.2020 - 1:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I feel like everyone is hyping this race up way too much. For all we know, it could be a major disappointment. Not trying to be negative, but some people are acting like this will be the greatest race in NASCAR history or something. I'm sure it will be entertaining as Daytona and Talladega races usually are, I'm just saying people shouldn't have such high expectations. 94. Zach posted: 08.29.2020 - 1:41 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) @88 You can thank Toyota for all the manufacturer manipulation crap that goes on nowadays at superspeedways. In the 2016 Daytona 500, the four Gibbs cars and the Furniture Row 78 ran in a single line all race long, led the entire race and prevented anyone else from leading. After that race, we began seeing Chevy and Ford trying the same thing trying to prevent the Toyota's from repeating the same crap over and over again at every single Daytona and Talladega race. Before the 2016 Daytona 500, manufacturer manipulation wasn't a concept at all. Sure, maybe cars from a specific team such as Hendrick or Penske tried to get all their cars up front and lined up, but it was never about an entire manufacturer controlling a race before 2016. 95. JSPorts posted: 08.29.2020 - 1:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @92 probably more, cause it's Florida in the summer. Radar doesn't look promising for tonight. 96. JSPorts posted: 08.29.2020 - 1:52 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @93 I also agree that it probably won't be that memorable. I honestly don't even know if there will be that many crashes. I know it's the cutoff race, but we've seen Talladega as a cutoff race for the 2nd round of the playoffs, and those races were often uneventful. We didn't really see a big one at Talladega earlier this year. This race is 100 miles shorter...I bet there won't be a huge crash (probably some small & medium ones) and we'll see one of the usual suspects in victory lane (maybe 1 or 2 guys in that 20-30 range in points will make it into the top 10, though. 97. MBenoit posted: 08.29.2020 - 1:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well, I think if you're a fan of the bubble drivers, esp. Johnson, the hype is real. Whole season is on the line. Last chance to be part of the championship field. No idea what kind of race we'll have, but for those drivers and their fans, it's a big day. 98. Nascarp posted: 08.29.2020 - 2:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @94 They also ran in the back at Talladega one of those years to "miss the big one" 99. Jimmie4life posted: 08.29.2020 - 2:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I feel like some people's expectations are too low, and some are too high. With this package, single file racing is pretty hard to achieve because of how fast the runs are, so making moves out of line are much more common and successful. Last year's Summer race was filled with the threat of rain, which ramped up the intensity. I think the race will be fairly calm for about half of it, and then start to get more crazy as things move along. 100. Yeet posted: 08.29.2020 - 5:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Can't remember the last time I've felt this tense about a race. So much is on the line. 101. Foote posted: 08.29.2020 - 6:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As a Jones fan it's fun to be so worry-free. His JGR ride is gone, playoffs are almost certainly gone, so just get to enjoy a race. Whoever had said it's easier to be a fan when you don't have a rooting interest, I see what you mean. 102. JSPorts posted: 08.29.2020 - 6:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Looking at the weather, I don't see a way NASCAR gets this race in tonight. They might be able to get it started (either at 7:30 or else after some drying) but it doesn't look like halfway or full distance are feasible. Tomorrow doesn't look much better, either. 103. Mile501 posted: 08.29.2020 - 7:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I hope DiBenedetto and Johnson make the playoffs and Byron misses out. I like all three drivers. But it's Johnson's final season (and of course, he would be in a much better position if not for missing Indy and being DQ'ed at Charlotte), and DiBenedetto has never made the playoffs and faces an uncertain future. Byron, meanwhile, likely has a long career ahead of him and will probably make the playoffs for many years to come. On the other hand, if Johnson does miss out, perhaps he'll relax more, take more chances, and be able to score one more win. 104. Mile501 posted: 08.29.2020 - 7:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The only way Clint Bowyer can miss the playoffs is if something like this happens: Bowyer finishes 36th or worse and earns 1 point. Johnson wins the race, clinching a playoff spot. Byron wins both stages and finishes 2nd, earning 55 points. DiBenedetto finishes 2nd in both stages and 3rd in the race, earning 52 points. That would result in these point totals: DiBenedetto 689 Byron 687 (would be the final playoff spot) Bowyer 686 (would miss playoffs by 1 point) As that example shows, Bowyer is virtually assured of holding a playoff spot. Will that also keep him in his ride for 2021? We'll have to wait and see! 105. Corey posted: 08.29.2020 - 7:14 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @102 Think positive man, I've bene dealing with rain all day at home. 106. Corey posted: 08.29.2020 - 7:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @104 Bowyer would also miss if he had 2 points. If the tiebreaker goes off best finishes, then Byron wins. Byron best two would 2nd at Daytona and a 4th at Dover-2. Bowyer best two would be a 2nd at Bristol, and a 5th at Phoenix. 107. Mile501 posted: 08.29.2020 - 7:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @106 - True. I was just posting one possible scenario; yours works as well. Now, here is an example of how Erik Jones could point his way into the playoffs ahead of both Hendrick drivers: (stage 1 finish - stage 2 finish - final result) 15. Matt DiBenedetto (n/a-n/a-36th) 638 16. Erik Jones (1st-1st-2nd) 637 17. Jimmie Johnson (n/a-n/a-27th) 637 18. William Byron (n/a-n/a-32nd) 637 Obviously this is extremely unlikely; I am just having fun figuring out the math behind these scenarios. 108. Jimmie4life posted: 08.29.2020 - 7:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ricky Stenhouse might be a darkhorse contender to win. If he does, that'll completely flip the Playoff standings out of proportion. 109. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 7:30 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) We're green at Daytona 110. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 7:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex to the lead 111. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 7:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick to the lead 112. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 7:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick already out to an early lead with Logano behind in second, Truex and Kes on the outside with a run, looks like Truex will be able to take the spot back. 113. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 7:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick up to the outside, he'll get the push from Kes as well to put him in the lead 114. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 7:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron and Harvick side by side for the lead 115. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 7:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron and the HMS teammates push up to the outside of Harvick but no further as Kes goves Harvick the push back out front. Harvick momentarily loses his push and that allows the HMS cars to take over the lead. Car stopped in Turn 3, not sure who that was, Harvick back inside to the lead but Byron comes back to the outside and takes the top spot back, Stenhouse and others riding around in the rear 116. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 7:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron clear to the lead 117. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 7:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That car that was stopped in 3 was the 27 of JJ Yeley, Harvick and Byron continue to fight for the lead, seems like Byron gets the advantage through Turn 1 and down the back but Harvick comes back in Turns 3 and 4. 118. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 7:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Middle lane forms and ends the battle between Harvick and Byron, give the lead to the #24 as he fights to make the playoffs against Matty D and Jimmie. 119. Jimmie4life posted: 08.29.2020 - 7:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sparking like that at near 200 MPH must feel real scary. 120. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 7:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick with a lot of trash on the front of his grill 121. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 7:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick drops to the rear high temps. 122. Jimmie4life posted: 08.29.2020 - 7:44 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Just waiting to see some troll complain about the single file. they go single file because now, they are waiting for the competition yellow. 123. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 7:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Competition caution is now out 124. Vaxen posted: 08.29.2020 - 7:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Issues on JJ Yeley's car. :( 125. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 7:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Comp caution out. That got single file quick. 126. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) JGR guys push Jones to the lead 127. Corey posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm wondering if Hendrick took the spit strategy. Bowman helps Byron, Elliott helps Johnson. Obviously that can change depending on the situation. 128. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron and Bowman push back to the lead 129. Drew posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Erik Jones Trying to take the lead 130. Timothy_Eklund posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Single file 131. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano to the lead with Blaney riding behind him. I had NO CLUE who that was until I read that was Blaney 132. Corey posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I believe Bowyer is now officially in the playoffs. Byron, and Johnson will not gain enough points to pass him. 133. Jimmie4life posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'll take a 5th! All I hope is that we don't wreck out! please don't happen. 134. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano wins the stage, Matty D misses out on stage points while Johnson and Byron cash in 6 and 4 points respectively. Not yet anough for Johnson to leap frog Byron OR Matty D 135. Mile501 posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Current standings with stage 1 points added in: DiBenedetto 637 (13th in stage 1) Byron 636 (7th in stage 1) ----- Johnson 634 (5th in stage 1) 136. WhereAreTheBeers posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:21 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) That Ryan Blaney paintscheme takes quite some getting used to 137. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Some drivers topping off for fuel before the restart, Bell is the new leader after taking two tires during his pit stop 138. Larry posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I don't have TV, so I watch the race on NASCAR drive on NASCAR.com and listen to MRN while doing so. It's better than hearing the NBC crew, but it sure gets annoying when NASCAR's cameraman follows the cars around the track with the Battle Cam for twenty laps, then sets the camera on turn 4 and walks away. Thankfully, I can zoom in on the Jumbotron, but the picture is not very clear. Hopefully the cameraman comes back! 139. Larry posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cameraman must have saw my comment, because he just came back! Now I can actually see what's happening! 140. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowyer has clinched a spot into the playoffs 141. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jones back to the lead 142. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Erik Jones easily overtakes the 95 and to the lead. 143. David posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They got into single file super quick to begin stage 2. 144. Timothy_Eklund posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Single file....... Poole in 12th 145. Timothy_Eklund posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The 11 was completely out of the throttle there 146. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag pit stops taking place now 147. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Many cars on pit road including Jimmie. Looks like Kyle will take the lead. 148. Jimmie4life posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:34 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Teams got single file because you want to be there for the points at the end. why do you want to battle that early in the stage and risk crashing? 149. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Suarez to the lead 150. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) GO SUAREZ to the lead rather it's Ty Dillon to the bottom with Bubba to the lead! 151. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Now Suarez back out in front of the 13 152. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I don't think Suarez would change the playoffs at all unless Ty drops back. 153. Corey posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:43 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @152 Suarez would need to get into the Top 30 in points. He was 28 behind Preece going into the race. 154. Mile501 posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:46 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) If Suarez somehow won, he would still need Preece to finish 25th or worse to be in the playoffs. That's not including any potential stage points. Obviously that's all quite a stretch--but there's the math in case anyone was wondering. 155. Corey posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:48 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Good news everyone, past halfway so race is official. If it rains, no postponement. 156. Mile501 posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Somehow, that group that pitted at lap 64 is quickly catching the lead group. The gap between the two packs has dropped to just over 10 seconds as of lap 87. 157. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dillon and Wallace come to the pits 158. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano back to the lead 159. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano to the lead 160. Clint posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (3) Wow whos idea was it to do a 50 lap stage that would simply be a fuel conservation run for all the teams? This is embarrassing 161. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That 96 was holding them up. 162. Rich posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tonight's commentators consist of Rick Allen, Steve Letarte, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Burton. The pit road reporters are Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Parker Kligerman. Rutledge Wood is also apart of the telecast with the segment known as Hey Rut. 163. Mile501 posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:56 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The group that pitted at lap 64 has caught the group that hasn't pitted. That is unbelievable at Daytona. 164. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano wins stage 2 165. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano sweeps stages, Johnson and Matty D get stage points with Byron missing out this time. 166. Corey posted: 08.29.2020 - 8:59 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) @161 Quite the opposite. They wanted the 96 to lead as he was slower. Allowed some others to save fuel. That's why no one challenged him for a bit. 167. Mile501 posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Current standings with stage 1 and 2 points added in: DiBenedetto 641 (13th in stage 1, 7th in stage 2) Johnson 640 (5th in stage 1, 5th in stage 2) ----- Byron 636 (7th in stage 1, 11th in stage 2) 168. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:02 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Believe this puts Jimmie in and Byron is out? 169. Jimmie4life posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm gonna die inside from all the nerves. We almost wiped out the whole field by tapping Bowyer loose. 170. TheDewCrew posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @168 Correct DiBenedetto +5 Johnson +3 ------ Byron -3 After stage 2 171. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex back to the lead 172. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex to the lead on the restart 173. Mile501 posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @170 - Check 167. I think your numbers are slightly off. (Unless mine are off, but I think mine are correct!) 174. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano back to the lead 175. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex back to the lead 176. Jason24 posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Don't want to jynx it but so much for that rain. 177. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano back to the lead 178. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex takes it right back, they battled it out and Truex back out front 179. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch to the lead 180. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch to the lead after Truex loses his help 181. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag pit stops starting again, could be the final stops of the night 182. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chevy's to pit road 183. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Busch and the Yotas to pit road Logano and Dibby to 1 and 2 184. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pit stops have cycled through, Kyle Busch is the leader again 185. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Fords all on pit road except McDowell and SHR 186. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle back out front. 187. Jason24 posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Blaney had a big moment there. Got a feelig they wreck soon. 188. Jason24 posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm surprisd Logano didn't throw a block on Kyle there. 189. 1995z71 posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) NASCAR Nonstop....Commercials 190. Jason24 posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Here comes Stenhouse. Look out! 191. A.J. posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Anybody but Kyle! Well, *almost* anybody. 192. Ryan posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chase has a good looking car tonight 193. Jimmie4life posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jimmie hit 208! Wow. 194. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution for Davison 195. Timothy_Eklund posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's gonna be wild 196. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution for the 51 197. Archie posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Although this will bunch up the field as NASCAR wants (otherwise they just let Davison drive back to pits under green) and therefore increases the chance that an upset winner will emerge, with this many laps left to go that's still not very likely to happen unless there's at least 1 more yellow and we go into overtime. 198. Ryan posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And it begins... Cautions breed cautions, remember that. 199. Jason24 posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The SHR cars and Brad K. have pretty much been at the back most of the night. 200. RaceFanX posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:40 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) James Davison crashes on his own and brings out a caution. This is turning out to be a rough week for him, his #51 went out on fire at the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday and now he crashes at Daytona on the following Saturday. This has to be the first time anyone has ever gotten to run the Indy 500 and a NASCAR race at Daytona in the same week. Shame Davison's diverse effort ended in double trouble. 201. Archie posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like pretty much only the Chevys among the leaders are pitting here, which obviously means that's the wrong call. 202. Jason24 posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron pits from 3rd! 203. Jimmie4life posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm gonna lose my mind. This is gonna be a scary restart. 204. Ryan posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron and Knaus taking a big gamble by pitting and losing track position. Wil it pay off? 205. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron to pit road. Johnson in the pits too. You're just handing free spots to Matty D. 206. Anon2 posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's the right call if there's a big wreck at the front on the restart and the Chevys miss it by being so far back. Fingers crossed. 207. Jason24 posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick, Almirola, Suarez and Nemechek are among those that pit. Can't believe Byron gave up 3rd to come in. 208. GordonEvernham posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Bad call by Chad Knaus. His time has passed him by. 209. David posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Some good cars in the middle (48, 4). 210. A.J. posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Which car will Logano wreck to start the big one? 211. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Busch brothers side by side for the lead 212. David posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:48 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I sure wouldn't mind seeing the 1 win this. 213. Jason24 posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh man! Look at this! 214. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Big one 215. David posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sorry about that, Kurt. At least the 18 was in it too. 216. Jason24 posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Big One!!! 18, 1, 34, 20, 6 and more 217. Timothy_Eklund posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) The 8 tried a slide job at a plate track 218. TTaylor944 posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Nobody causes a big one like Tyler Reddick. 219. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kurt and Kyle fight for the lead, give it to Kurt at the line 3 wide now down to 2 as Kyle able to take the spot back with Reddick pushing, now Reddick to the lead and in the wall BIG WRECK Kurt and Kyle Busch, Ryan Newman, Reddick, McDowell all involved as it looks like the playoff guys all missed it there's Ryan Preece in it as well. 220. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin is now the leader as the red flag is now out 221. Anonymous posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) These are the greatest race car drivers in the world. 222. TeamDCRfan posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Video game moves there 223. Drakion posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:52 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) Such a beautiful sight seeing the 18 all destroyed. ^_^ 224. Jason24 posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:52 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Preece took a massive hit. Poor guy can't catch a break 225. Ryan posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rookie mistake by Reddick. BUT he's up front and has a chance at the playoffs. Tough luck for Erik Jones. He was putting himself in position to try and win. Tough luck for Newman as well. Glad they're red flagging this. 226. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse was in it, Jones, Austin Dillon too 227. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Red is out 228. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin is the leader, Reddick second, Buescher third. Either of those 2 could win and upset the playoffs right now the playoff upset would put Matty D in and leave the 2 Hendrick guys out. 229. Ralphie posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Preece got punted. 230. WhereAreTheBeers posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:55 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Damn, Newman's in it. Was really cheering for him, even more so than usual 231. Ryan posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @223 Yea, what a shame for him. lol It was actually looking good for him. 232. Jimmie4life posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:55 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) What a move by Byron! Props to him to get through. 233. Jason24 posted: 08.29.2020 - 9:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looked like McDowell, Newman, both Busch bros., Austin Dillon, Jones, Preece and Stenhouse got the worst of that. Probably some damage to the 8 as well. 234. Ryan posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Is this the first time the defending champion hasn't won a regular season race? 235. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Red has been lifted. 236. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:03 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @234 Brad Keselowski 2013 237. Anonymous posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:07 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 8 car ran out of talent 238. Ryan posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:07 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @236 Thank You. ================= Newman says Reddick "ran out of talent" 239. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Reddick to the lead 240. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin back out front 241. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Big wreck with Johnson involved 242. Corey posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Typically Joey moving all over the place inn the front. 243. A.J. posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) NASCAR suits (and NBC/Comcast) are splooging themselves with Black Lives Matter so close to a win!!! 244. Ryan posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:11 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Bubba! 245. Jason24 posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Big One Part 2 246. Jason24 posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Johnson, Logano, Bubba, Harvick, Kenseth and more involved in this second Big One 247. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano is wreked JIMMIE's INVOLVED afterr Bubba made it 3 wide for the lead with Hamlin and Logano 248. Jimmie4life posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I AM DONE! I just knew this was gonna happen. But why'd I need to suffer this? CAN WE JUST DO SOMETHING FOR ONCE? 249. Timothy_Eklund posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:12 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Bubba takes the lead! If he wins prepare for the onslaught of tin foil hats. 250. Jason24 posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Suarez and Custer were in that too. Logano may have had a tire go down. Hamlin actually got into the back of Logano to start all of that. 251. Ryan posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Poor Jimmie. Had all the luck in the world for so many years and used all he had left at Homestead in 2016. Sadly he has going to save it but the 42 got into him. The 11 started the mess by pounding the 22. 252. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) All 3 playoff guys involved but it looks like Jimmie may be terminal and that basically secures the playoffs for Byron and Matty D unless a new driver wins. Kenseth involved, Logano, Custer, Suarez, Nemechek... 253. Jason24 posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bubba has damage on his car and Byron probably does too. They were 4 wide for the lead as they wrecked. Hamlin turned Logano before they entered turn 1. 254. Jimmie4life posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm glad we got the 7 titles, but 3 YEARS with 0 wins? Why'd he have to have a break failure at Pocono? Congrats to whoever makes the playoffs. Respect to them. 255. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Reddick and Harvick involved as well 256. German500 posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Daytona and Talladega shouldn't be Cutoff or playoff races. In my opinion. 257. Timothy_Eklund posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Denny might pull another one out 258. TheDewCrew posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I was sweating bullets earlier and now I'm doing it again 259. TeamDCRfan posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Running out of chances for a "monkey wrench winner" (someone way out of contention of the playoffs being a spoiler) 260. Ryan posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @254 Hopefully he has a chance to win at Darlington. It would be awesome to see him win in that car. 261. Jason24 posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jimmie's team goes to work but he's likely done. 262. Timothy_Eklund posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hopefully bowyer or bell wins 263. Ryan posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:21 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I know it's probably 99% that Jimmie won't make the playoffs, but stupid stuff has happened before in the last few laps. No sense in giving up. Erik Jones won the Clash this year (I know it seems like years ago). 264. Nascarfan2010 posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's time for overtime 265. Jason24 posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Eh, Jimmie is back out there. If they wreck again he might salvage a decent finish. 266. Ryan posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The last Daytona sweep (oval) was by Jimmie Johnson in 2013. Before that it was Bobby Allison in 1982. Denny has a chance at it. 267. Jason24 posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Willy B! Yes! 268. Altracing posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron gets his first career win 269. Jimmie4life posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good job for William Byron. I guess it's fitting: Jimmie's torch is passed onto William. Hopes for Byron to have a great future, and for this to be the first of many wins. 270. WhereAreTheBeers posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So Byron then I'll take that 271. GordonEvernham posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Knaus won before Jimmie did 272. A.J. posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:28 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) f**kin' ay. Way to go Byron, and congrats to Matty D. as well. Sorry, JJ. 273. Anononymous posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Christopher Bell was in a great position to win and make the playoffs, but Truex chose to abandon him. Awful choice by Truex there. 274. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron to the lead. Bell sits secondand here comes Truex at the white flag. Truex outside with Hamlin, those two fitht for the lead, Byron looks like he will claim his first Cup win at Daytona! Him and Matty D are in, Jimmie misses out but oh so close. Dillon was involved, Harvick, Bowyer, Almirola... 275. Jason24 posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:29 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Time for a burnout! Byron joins the likes of Erik Jones, Michael Waltrip, Greg Biffle and Trevor Bayne in getting his first career win at Daytona! 276. GordonEvernham posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is the first time the #24 has won a points race since 2015 when Gordon won Martinsville. 277. WhereAreTheBeers posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Brendan Gaughan in the top 10 is great to see also 278. Larry posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron becomes just the second driver in NASCAR history to win in the #24 car. 279. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron came out of 3 wide with the 2 JGR teammates and took his first win. Congrats Willy B you deserved Kansas but you still were able to get a win this year. 280. A.J. posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Looks like a decent crowd, good to see. 281. Jimmie4life posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) #Chasing8 looks to be all but wrapped up. Let's just race these last 10 races to go out on top as a winner. 282. Ryan posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Is this the first time a driver has gone from worst to first at the Daytona 500 and then the Daytona 400 (Coke 400) in the same year? I guess the call Knaus made to pit for tires was the right call. 283. Jason24 posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 273. I was surprised that he didn't push his "teammate" to the win like he did in 2018. 284. NASCARfan05 posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That was crazy listening tho on the radio, amazing to hear Byron's first win. Only the 2nd driver to win in the 24. Finally got to see my favorite win since Gordon. 285. GordonEvernham posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @275.....Derrike Cope's first win was 1990 Daytona 500 286. RacingDude00 posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It sure looked like this was going to be done by 10pm eastern with NBC looking for a lot of to fill then 2 major crashes happen in just another wild end of a Daytona oval race so not surprising lol but thankfully physically everyone is going to be alright 287. Ryan posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin got Truex for 3rd at the end. Looked similar to their 2016 Daytona 500 finish. 288. Chase9Fan posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Heck of a race. Wish Chase would have won but I can't be to upset with that. 289. RacingDude00 posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) William is also #34 in the trinascar club as I call it drivers that have won in each of the top three series at least once 290. A.J. posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chase was a good teammate on those last 2 laps, without him helping a little there's more than a small chance that one of the JGR combo wins instead. 291. Jason24 posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 285. I missed a few including Cope and Ragan. Probably more. 292. Ryan posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Sounds like Jimmie was trying to delegate for a special spot in the playoffs where he didn't get in because of Covid-19 costing him to race at Indy (one of his better tracks). Honestly, NASCAR doing what they did for Kyle Busch in 2015, they should have done the same for Jimmie. It's only fair. They said it wasn't Kyle's fault for what happened (which it was, he shouldn't have been racing in it). Covid-10 was out of his control as well. The Charlotte race cost him as well. I actually feel sorry for him, at the same time I didn't want him to break Earnhardt's record. Weird feeling. 293. 52 posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @291 Greg Sacks? 294. Corey posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @291 Sterling Marlin is another. 295. danny posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) forgot to mention Brendan Gaughan top 10 in his 2nd to last race earlier today Tony Kannan did that at Gateway in possibly his 2nd to last start. Nice to see some of the older guys get top 10's near the end of their careers. 296. GoRC10 posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:43 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @292 They both got waivers. Maybe Jimmie should have had better finishes. 297. Ryan posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @291 Tiny Lund, Pete Hamilton, Greg Sacks, and Sterling Marlin as well. 298. Zach posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) With a little bigger push there at the end, Brendan Gaughan could have won this race. He was third on the bottom line on the last lap. What a story that would've been 299. GordonEvernham posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:46 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @292.....Kyle Busch got in because he won multiple races before the playoffs began in 2015. If Busch didn't win then he wouldn't had gotten in. Jimmie hasn't won in 3 seasons. That's why he didn't get in. People will disagree with what I said but it's because they hate Kyle Busch but the rules are the rules and were in place before Kyle Busch ever got hurt. 300. danny posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 3 years straight but its the 4th in 7 Daytona night races a first time winner. If you want to get your first win of your career make it Daytona! 301. Ryan posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @296 He should get a waiver, too. 302. David posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:46 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Gaughan's average running position over the 164 laps was... 30th. And he gets a top 10, which is a hell of an accomplishment for that team. 303. Corey posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:47 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @292 NASCAR did for Jimmie what they did for Kyle. They granted him an exemption. They also granted Austin Dillon an exemption. Both for COVID-19. Austin Dillon is in the playoffs because he won. 304. Ryan posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @296 I think he had a great chance at getting seven points at Indy. 305. Clint posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jimmie didnt get in because hes the only hendrick car that didnt win during the regular season. Also lets be honest u sneak in at 16th in points u dont really have a shot at the title so no big deal. Id like to see jimmie get one last win though. 306. Anonymous posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 299 No, they made it a rule after he got hurt. 307. Ryan posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @305 Not necessarily. He has some good tracks coming up. They could have done more for him. 308. QFH posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Playoffs look much the same as last year. Austin Dillon, Cole Custer, and Matt D replace Erik Jones, Newman, and Larson. 309. Jason24 posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:55 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Ryan Blaney's hat featured the numbers 2 and 24 written in permanant marker. Paying tribute to Kobe and Gianna Bryant as his sponsor Body Armour was a company in which Bryant was an early investor. 310. Foote posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Don't know the finishing order, was planning to watch later but my buddy said his brothers best friend won. He and his brother know nothing about NASCAR but I know who his brothers buddy is. Congrats to Willy B on his first W, I'll get context when I watch it later. Hope Jim still wins in the playoffs. 311. Jimmie4life posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Jimmie didn't get in because of that "positive" covid case. But, after all this success, I'm at peace with the ending of this. Jimmie gives one last fight with luck, but comes up short. 312. Derrick posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) If you managed to avoid the carnage on the last lap and the incidents prior to that you basically got a top 15 finish. That's plate racing for you, lots of freakish results that won't be repeated anytime soon except of course at Talladega. I feel bad for Jimmie Johnson having to lose out on the playoffs for the most part just because of the track which race # 26 happened to take place at. 313. RacingDude00 posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Is it because of the pandemic or is it cause NASCAR is not doing it anymore by making playoff hats for the drivers 314. RyanM posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:57 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Willy B is a winner! Hate it for Johnson to miss the playoffs in his last season but pumped for Byron and DiBenedetto. And another top ten for Gaughan, lol. Also kudos to NASCAR for letting it end under green. 315. Corey posted: 08.29.2020 - 10:59 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @306 They made that rule in 2014 when the current playoffs were implemented and the first one to benefit from it was Denny Hamlin that same year. In 2015 Kurt Busch also got a waiver after NASCAR suspended him. So this idea that NASCAR created the rule for Kyle Busch is completely bogus. 316. Corey posted: 08.29.2020 - 11:02 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @311 You could also look at the DQ in Charlotte that took him out, and the wreck at Darlington. Both would have also given him enough points to advance. 317. Jason24 posted: 08.29.2020 - 11:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Got to give credit to Chase Elliott for pushing Byron at the end. Good teammate drafting unlike in the Xfinity race last night... 318. William24ByronFan posted: 08.29.2020 - 11:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) He freaking finally wins in the NASCAR Cup Series!!!!! 319. RacingDude00 posted: 08.29.2020 - 11:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) early question for next week who has the best throwback scheme 320. Bodyblower posted: 08.29.2020 - 11:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The 17 was sponsored by Fifth Third Bank. 321. TeamDCRfan posted: 08.29.2020 - 11:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) JHN with an 11th in both Daytona Oval races. 322. William24ByronFan posted: 08.29.2020 - 11:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 51 Sponsor was Jacob Construction 323. Gopher88 posted: 08.29.2020 - 11:34 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Perhaps the biggest miracle of the weekend: rain didn't ever touch either race. Pretty ironic considering our detailed history with Mother Nature this year and the weekend in which rain was practically inevitable never saw any. 324. Zach posted: 08.29.2020 - 11:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brendan Gaughan started dead last, drove all the way up to the top 5 on the last lap and comes home with an 8th place finish. Say what you want about the guy, he's a hell of a driver on superspeedways. I'm kinda sad Talladega in October will be his last race. 325. QFH posted: 08.30.2020 - 12:00 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) @323 Rain did sort of touch this one but it didn't cause a caution, red flag, etc. it just forced NBC to have to relocate broadcast crew for a few laps. 326. GordonEvernham posted: 08.30.2020 - 12:06 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) @306.....The rule wasn't made after Kyle Busch was injured, it was made before the 2014 season started, which was the first year to have these current playoffs format. As I said, people hate Kyle Busch and want to act like Nascar just made up a rule for him when he was injured but in reality it was made well over a year earlier. 327. Canadianfan posted: 08.30.2020 - 12:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Bob Pockrass: Cup tech is complete. No issues. Byron is the winner. Playoff field is set. 328. Ryan posted: 08.30.2020 - 12:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) @326 But they shouldn't have is the point, and if they're going to do that, then they should have made a special Covid-19 rule for Jimmie. He gets seven points at Indy easily. 329. Ryan posted: 08.30.2020 - 12:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (2) @326 No driver should barely complete 2/3 of a season and be to win the championship. TURN OFF! 330. JCesar posted: 08.30.2020 - 12:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #8 Tyler Reddick Sponsor: KCMG (was shown on broadcast) Anyway, Congrats Willy B! Was a pretty good race! 331. JCesar posted: 08.30.2020 - 12:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #17 Sponsor - Fifth Third Bank #15 Sponsor - Remember Everyone Deployed Forgot to sort these as well too. 332. Jimmie4life posted: 08.30.2020 - 5:15 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) @329 Grand National NASCAR would like to have a chat with you. 333. Danish_Pie posted: 08.30.2020 - 5:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Third straight year that the summer Daytona race produces a first-time winner. 334. Nathan8848 posted: 08.30.2020 - 5:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) First time since 2015 that 3 of the 4 HMS cars won a race in the same season. 335. Mile501 posted: 08.30.2020 - 7:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Congrats to Byron on getting that long-awaited first win. Hopefully the second win will come more quickly now. Even if Johnson had run Indy, 7 points was not guaranteed. Last year he finished 35th after crashing (though he had earned some stage points). Still, Dibenedetto, with an uncertain future, needed that last playoff spot more than Johnson, and I'm happy that he got it. Now Johnson just needs to go out there and get one last win. Based on recent history, his best shot will be at Texas. Perhaps this will be the year that a driver outside the playoffs gets a win in a playoff race. It hasn't happened yet (since we went to a 16-driver playoff field). It would be interesting if Johnson (the best driver during the chase era) or Kenseth (the last champion before the chase era) could accomplish that feat. Prior to this race, the #24 had the highest number of wins (93) with all of its wins coming from a single driver. Now that distinction goes to the #91, which had 16 wins, all with Tim Flock. 336. Mile501 posted: 08.30.2020 - 7:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Matt DiBenedetto: "When I came over here to the Wood Brothers and to this team and our alliance with Team Penske and all, it was really encouraging that they heavily expressed that my contract was a multi-year opportunity with them and they wanted it to be a relationship that we build for a long time to come and build this team and continue to improve and get it to where we are winning and consistently running up front. That was really encouraging. A lot of my situations have been one year type deals and really make or break. You always have to perform. I am really proud of the team and wanted it bad for all of them. We honestly haven't even talked the tiniest bit about next year or moving forward or anything. We, and I included, were so focused on just getting through Daytona and making the playoffs. I never even brought it up. I just wanted to get through this moment. I am happy we did and happy we made the playoffs. It is huge for my career and for this team." DiBenedetto could be a sleeper pick in the playoffs. As he said in answering another question, he has a lot of good tracks coming up. I don't see him making the final four, but he could definitely make it into the round of 8, as strong as he usually runs on the next six tracks. 337. Altracing posted: 08.30.2020 - 8:27 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Pretty ironic thinking about it now that the last time this race wasn't run in July was back in 1998 due to the wildfires plaguing Florida at the time the winning car number was #24 with Jeff Gordon 338. Celticracer posted: 08.30.2020 - 8:41 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) @337 I believe Daytona and Talladega were ran in back to back weeks. The drivers blood pressure's must've been through the roof. 339. Ryan posted: 08.30.2020 - 9:59 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) @@337 338 They were back to back. I actually went down to Daytona USA that year to check out Earnhardt's Daytona 500 winning car and all up and down 95 it was disastrous that year with the fires. About all the trees along 95 were torched. You would have thought General Sherman had just left there. "Even if Johnson had run Indy, 7 points was not guaranteed." Not guaranteed but almost a certainty. He's in the playoffs if they go by avg. points. Covid-19 was not his fault. A lot of Americans got stimulus relief because of it, and so Jimmie should get relief. They should let 17 drivers in because of it. Jimmie should get a special exemption. I'm kind of surprised NASCAR isn't entertaining this. They've done stuff before when drivers manipulated the outcome. He is getting punished for something that wasn't his fault. I'm surprised Hendrick hasn't pulled more punches/strings for him. 340. Corey posted: 08.30.2020 - 10:12 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) @339 COVID-19 may not have been Jimmie's fault, but crashing at Darlington was. Getting DQ'd at Charlotte was the teams fault. Both races would have given him enough points to make the playoffs. You can't just give Jimmie special treatment just because he missed one race. He had 25 chances to gain more points and even win a race and Jimmie and the team failed to do that. 341. Ryan posted: 08.30.2020 - 10:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) @340 Agree to disagree. Forget Charlotte and Darlington. Lets focus on Indy, a race he didn't get to run. He never missed any races in his life and then the Covid-19 which wasn't his fault caused him to miss a race that he traditionally runs well at. He should be given the benefit of the doubt and they should let him in. He was good enough this year to make the playoffs with his performance. Yet, he doesn't get in because something that was his fault. Thing is, I've always been neutral on JJ, if anything a little more to the negative side, but he got screwed because of Covid-19. Plain and simple. NASCAR needs to be consistent and put him in. His avg. points that he raced this year puts him in. So, he should be in. 342. Corey posted: 08.30.2020 - 11:02 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) @341"NASCAR needs to be consistent and put him in." NASCAR is being consistent. 2014 Tony Stewart missed 3 races and was given a waiver. Despite being in the Top 30 in points, he did have enough points and did not win a race. He missed the playoffs. 2015 Both Kurt and Kyle Busch missed races and were given waivers. Both also got in the Top 30 in points, and won races to earn a spot in the playoffs. 2016 Tony Stewart missed races and was given a waiver. He got in the Top 30 in points and won a race to earn a spot in the playoffs. 2017 Aric Almirola missed several races and was given a waiver. Despite being in the Top 30 in points, he didn't have enough points and did not win a race. He missed the playoffs. 2020 Jimmie Johnson missed a race due to Covid-19. Despite being in the Top 30 in points, he did not score enough points and did not win race and missed the playoffs. 2020 Austin Dillon also missed a race due to Covid-19 and got a waiver. He also was in the Top 30 in points and won a race. He is in the playoffs. Asking for NASCAR to put Jimmie Johnson in the playoffs would be special treatment and would go against the rules that they have put in place since 2014. 343. Corey posted: 08.30.2020 - 11:04 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) A couple minor correction to post #342. 2014 Tony Stewart missed 3 races and was given a waiver. Despite being in the Top 30 in points, he did NOT have enough points and did not win a race. He missed the playoffs. 2020 Johnson did get a waiver for missing the race. 344. Mannoroth posted: 08.30.2020 - 11:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) 342. He would be eliminated after 1st or 2nd round either way, so putting him in is really useless. He simply failed to get there, because he's not good enough anymore. Those die-hard fans need to realize it... 345. Moronoth posted: 08.30.2020 - 11:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Kyle Busch will be eliminated after the 1st or 2nd round, so him being in the playoffs is really useless. EVEN THOUGH HE'S IN THE BEST EQUIPMENT ON THE TRACK EVERY SINGLE WEEK he's simply not good enough anymore and those die-hard fans need to realize it... 346. David posted: 08.30.2020 - 11:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) I have to admit that it definitely is a more "impressive" accomplishment for Kyle Busch to drag the best equipment on the track to a 15th place average finish than it is for Jimmie Johnson to duplicate that 15th place average finish with something like the 14th best car each week. 347. Celticracer posted: 08.30.2020 - 12:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hasn't NASCAR been gimmicky enough over the last 16 years ? Last thing we need is for them to give waivers and exceptions so that superstars can make the playoffs. Jimmie is one of the greatest NASCAR drivers of all time , let him go out with some dignity on his shield ffs. 348. Clint posted: 08.30.2020 - 12:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I agree it would almost be insulting to give him a de facto former champions provisional into the playoffs. In the context of competition how do you justify that? His team didnt beat the 21 in owners points either granted jimmie probably wouldnt have gotten in that wreck at indy but u cant legislate for what ifs. He had a great run in his career, hes got 10 more events to enjoy and try to get that final win. If youre a jimmie fan just enjoy it and appreciate his final year for what it is. 349. Mannoroth posted: 08.30.2020 - 1:12 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) 345. Well, according to the current form and results, everyone from 9th place below will be eliminated after the 2nd round either way, so being in the playoffs is also useless for them. However, the playoffs has 16 spots, so someone simply has to be there and Kyle had better finishes than JJ, so that's why he's in. Plus, he isn't that terrible - he just has a lot of bad luck that makes him look bad. And create your own nickname. Making rip-offs really isn't cool... 350. Mile501 posted: 08.30.2020 - 2:28 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I think it's worth noting that Johnson actually didn't fall out of a playoff spot when he missed Indy. He fell out a few weeks later when he crashed out at Kansas. I hate that he missed the playoffs, too, but there are a number of times this season when he could have made up 7 points. If Almirola, Bowyer, or either Busch brother had missed Indy, they still would have accumulated enough points to make the playoffs. We don't have to like the circumstances, but NASCAR is being consistent. Now that the pressure is off in a way, let's watch and see if Johnson can get one last win before the end of the season! 351. Sector posted: 08.30.2020 - 2:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) With his crash DNF, Kyle Busch will have his first ever winless "regular season" (first 26 races of the season) of his career. 352. QFH posted: 08.30.2020 - 2:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Playoff prediction: Hamlin, Harvick, Logano, and Truex in the final 4 with Hamlin winning. Elliott, Keselowski, Blaney, and Almirola out in the round of 8, Kurt, Kyle Busch, Matty D and Byron out in Round of 12, Bowyer, Bowman, Custer and Dillon out in first round. 353. JSPorts posted: 08.30.2020 - 3:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Playoff predictions: Eliminated after round 1: Ryan Blaney, Matt DiBenedetto, Cole Custer & Alex Bowman Eliminated after round 2: Kurt Busch, Austin Dillon, Aric Almirola & Kyle Busch Eliminated after round 3: Chase Elliott, Clint Bowyer, Joey Logano & William Byron Championship 4: 1st - Kevin Harvick, 2nd - Brad Keselowski, 3rd - Denny Hamlin, 4th - Martin Truex, Jr 354. Tarheel posted: 08.30.2020 - 3:41 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) It's easy to blame to blame missing Indy for Johnson failing to make the cut, but you can also look at the terrible decision he made just a few laps from the end of stage one in the first race at Darlington. He went from potential win to 38th. 355. Zach posted: 08.30.2020 - 3:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @353 So you really think Bowyer and Byron will advance all the way to the 3rd round but Blaney and Kyle Busch won't? Bowyer and Byron have been pretty much irrelevant all year. I see both of them being eliminated after the first round. 356. Canadianfan posted: 08.30.2020 - 4:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Adam Stern: @NBC earned a 2.41 rating/nearly 3.9 million viewers for last night's #CokeZeroSugar400. ? No direct comp because '19 regular-season finale was Brickyard 400 and '19 summer Daytona was weather-impacted. ? NBC says regular-season viewership up 2% if excluding Kansas midweek. (It was 3.285 million viewers last year on NBC on a Sunday.) 357. joey2448 posted: 08.30.2020 - 5:44 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I'm in disbelief of all the comments arguing that NASCAR should've let Jimmie race Indianapolis even though he had Covid-19. Are you nuts??? This has nothing to do with who it is -- a 7-time champion racing his farewell tour -- but has everything to do with dealing with a public health crisis. Any driver, team member, owner or official that contracts Covid-19 needs to be quarantined until they test negative. I'm sorry, but Jimmie testing positive was just a bad deal, and he had to miss Indy because of it. Him making the playoffs does not take priority over keeping the garage safe. NASCAR gave him a waiver but he simply did not score enough points to make it. Chalk that up to wrecking at Darlington, DQ'ing at Charlotte or crashing at Kansas. 358. Jason24 posted: 08.30.2020 - 5:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 357. No one is saying they should have let him race, they are arguing that he should get a spot in the playoffs despite not earning points for the Indy event. Also NASCAR didn't take him out of the car, he got a test of his own accord and was out all of 5 or 6 days before being cleared to return. 359. Dylan21222Penske posted: 08.30.2020 - 6:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Other than Starts, in which the vast majority of drivers have made all 26, and Pole Positions and Average Start, which really don't matter this year due to a lack of qualifying, at the end of the regular season, Kevin Harvick is leading the series in EVERY SINGLE STATISTICAL CATEGORY. He is the sole leader in Wins (7), Top 5s (17), Top 10s (21), Laps Completed (6,655), Laps Led (1,117), Average Finish (6.6), Times Running at the Finish (All 26), Miles Completed (9,777.98), Points (1,058), and Playoff Points (42). The only thing he does NOT have the lead in all to himself is Lead Lap Finishes, in which he is tied for the lead with Brad Keselowski (24). 360. Racinglife97 posted: 08.31.2020 - 1:04 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor updates #12 - Body Armor Strawberry Banana #19 - Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats & ATV's #41 - HaasTooling.com / Autodesk Fusion 360 #47 - Kroger / Energizer / Cheez-It / Scott #53 - Sparks Energy / Salarmy.us/Gase #62 - South Point Hotel & Casino / Beard Oil 361. Chase9Fan posted: 08.31.2020 - 4:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 48 didn't earn it, so no letting him in. They gave Jimmie the same exemption they gave the other guys, but you still have to earn it. 362. Mr.Victory posted: 08.31.2020 - 8:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Who knows if Jimmie Johnson had covid or not but what is true is that he missed the playoffs. One race can make a difference in this system. I wish we could go back to more simplistic be the best and not come down to this final race stuff. 363. Mile501 posted: 08.31.2020 - 9:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Let's not forget that the way everything played out (with Byron winning this race), if Johnson had made the playoffs, DiBenedetto would have missed out. I think most peopel would agree that DiBenedetto really needed to make the playoffs as he continues to try to climb upward in this sport. Meanwhile, Johnson is retiring and it's not like his legacy will be tarnished by this. 364. Mile501 posted: 08.31.2020 - 9:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) For the 4th time this year, both Front Row cars finished in the top 15. Prior to 2020, the organization had never accomplished that feat more than twice in a season. 2020 races where both Front Row cars finished in the top 15: Daytona (11th, 14th) Bristol (13th, 14th) Indianapolis (7th, 15th) Daytona (11th, 14th) 365. Mile501 posted: 08.31.2020 - 9:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Which drivers have momentum on their side? Points earned during the last 6 races: 255 Kevin Harvick 255 Denny Hamlin 239 Martin Truex Jr. 213 Joey Logano 199 Clint Bowyer 192 William Byron 191 Brad Keselowski 184 Chase Elliott 173 Ryan Blaney 161 Kyle Busch 157 Matt DiBenedetto 145 Aric Almirola 135 Austin Dillon (his last 6 starts, going back to Loudon) 131 Alex Bowman 129 Kurt Busch 95 Cole Custer 366. Mr.Victory posted: 08.31.2020 - 9:54 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @360 Even when all 4 races had high dnf counts I still feel impressed by how front row is getting to become. not the best team but getting to being top 15 contenders. 367. Sector posted: 08.31.2020 - 10:22 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) #363 Are you sure? Because this may leave a mark on how bad he's been toward the end, meaning Jeff Gordon's end game being much better in the end in the Gordon vs Johnson debate. Johnson missing a 16-driver Playoffs in his last two years (finish 18th in 2019 so he didn't even finish 17th, that's not a pretty look. Meanwhile, Gordon only miss the Chase once and was 11th in 2005. What everyone fails to realize that Johnson missing Indianapolis certainly hurt, win or not, because he was forced to sit out. He could have probably finished Top 20, and if so, he's in and DiBenedetto out. To bad COVID-19 is an poor excuse of "control" the government and sanction bodies are taking advantages of. I personally don't care with Johnson making it or not, the bubble positions haven't really been much of a race winning threat all year so I don't see either of the bubble drivers making the Final Four. Of all 16 drivers to make the Playoffs, Matt DiBenedetto is the only one without a single Playoff points. No stage wins, no race wins, and didn't finish Top 10 in "regular season" standings." 368. Mile501 posted: 08.31.2020 - 10:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @367 - "Too bad COVID-19 is an poor excuse of "control" the government and sanction bodies are taking advantage of." I definitely agree with you there. That's the worst part of all this--Johnson could have raced at Indy and everything would have probably been just fine. But no, missing the playoffs won't change his legacy. We all know he has fallen off dramatically in the last few years of his career. There's little difference between making the playoffs and finishing around 15th in points as opposed to missing the cut and finishing 17th. 369. Mile501 posted: 08.31.2020 - 10:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) One more perspective on Johnson: If Johnson hadn't crashed with Keselowski at Kentucky, not only would he have finished better and earned more points in that race, but Custer very well may not have won. If Custer doesn't win that race, Johnson would have easily made the playoffs anyway. 370. ShinyMew151 posted: 08.31.2020 - 11:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gordon missed it in 2013 as well, NASCAR just ignored the rules and put him in anyway 371. Jimmysjohnson posted: 08.31.2020 - 11:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) If if's and but's were candy and nuts. Jimmie didn't get it done this season period. He had 25 chances to win a race and didn't. All 3 of his teammates won. Jimmie hss had a great career , and wants to do other things. It's pretty obvious at this point he's disinterested with NASCAR and it has shown in his performance over this last couple seasons. 372. ScottB posted: 08.31.2020 - 12:23 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Everyone needs to admit that this was not going to be a championship season for Jimmie under any system and let go of all the "what-ifs." At least he can go out and just race for wins in the last 10 races instead of points racing. This actually gives him a better chance the get off the winless snide if an opportunity to make a bold strategy call comes up down the stretch. 373. ScottB posted: 08.31.2020 - 12:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 365, I would not be surprised to see any of the top 4 on that list advance to the final round. Chase Elliot and Kyle Busch would be the drivers I see as potential threats to crash that party IF (big IF) the get hot at the right time (and this would be the right time), along with Keselowski who's been quietly having a good season but overshadowed by the Harvick and Hamlin show. Harvick and Hamlin have enough playoff points stacked that I sort of see everyone else competing for the remaining two final round spots. 374. Tarheel posted: 08.31.2020 - 2:18 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 370, Nascar didn't just put Gordon in on a whim. Without MWR deliberately manipulating the race outcome, Gordon would most likely have been in, he was in before the race manipulating caution. He could legitimately say that he didn't make it because of another team cheating, so Nascar put him in. I've never been a Gordon fan, but Nascar made the right call that time. 375. ShinyMew151 posted: 08.31.2020 - 2:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) You can defend it however you want but Jeff was not in the chase when Richmond ended and NASCAR put him in anyway 376. Canadianfan posted: 08.31.2020 - 3:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @374 Obviously I can't prove this but there were rumours at the time that NASCAR did what they did because NAPA was threatening to drop MWR right then and there (They did at the end of the year.) if they weren't in the Chase so they applied the penalty afterwords to prevent a team from basically collapsing due to loss of sponsorship. 377. RyanM posted: 08.31.2020 - 3:33 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Johnson missing the playoffs twice at the very end of his career has zero impact on his legacy or historical standing, for anyone who needs to hear it. 378. JSPorts posted: 08.31.2020 - 4:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) It certainly doesn't help him. He's going to end his career on a 130-race winless streak. Hasn't finished top-10 in full-season points since 2016 (his last top 5 was 2013.) He may get to 5 top 5s this year, but still probably won't have more than 5 in a season his last 4 years. On top of all that, he's not even as old as most guys around him in the all-time rankings conversation were when they began to drop off. And his drop-off has been way more pronounced. His last win came at age 41. The next-closest driver on the all-time wins list who won their last race age 41 or younger (who actually raced at that age) is Bobby Isaac, with 37 wins. Jimmie is an all-time great, but he's much more in the range of guys like Busch, Harvick & Wallace than Petty, Pearson or Earnhardt. 379. JSPorts posted: 08.31.2020 - 4:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Johnson has run 18 full-time Cup seasons, and has scored the most points 3 times in a season. Here's how that compares to other modern-era (1972-present) drivers: RANK: DRIVER, FULL TIME SEASONS/TIMES SCORING MOST POINTS IN A SEASON 1st: Cale Yarborough, 2.3 2nd: Dale Earnhardt, 3.0 3rd: Jeff Gordon, 3.3 4th: Richard Petty, 5.3 5th: Kevin Harvick, 5.7 6th: Jimmie Johnson, 6.0 7th: Carl Edwards, 6.0 8th: Alan Kulwicki, 6.0 9th: Kyle Busch, 6.5 10th: Tony Stewart, 7.5 11th: Darrell Waltrip, 8.0 12th: Brad Keselowski, 10.0 13th: Benny Parsons, 11.0 14th: Terry Labonte, 12.5 15th: Bobby Allison, 13.0 16th: Martin Truex, Jr., 14.0 17th: Matt Kenseth, 17.0 18th: Bill Elliott, 18.0 19th: Dale Jarrett, 19.0 20th: Bobby Labonte, 20.0 21st: Rusty Wallace, 22.0 380. Gdj_24 posted: 08.31.2020 - 6:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chastain had something seriously wrong with the motor, so in that regard it's actually very impressive he finished as well as he did. 381. Tarheel posted: 08.31.2020 - 8:16 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) 375, you're skewing it to make it seem like nascar just threw him in the chase with zero justification, they had reasons and carefully explained them. 382. Sector posted: 09.02.2020 - 9:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) William Byron becomes the first driver to win a Cup points-paying race in the same year after winning in the twin qualifying races for the Daytona 500 for the car #24. Jeff Gordon won the qualifying race in 1993, but didn't win a points paying race until the World 600 at Charlotte in 1994. Chase Elliott won the qualifying race in 2017, but didn't win a points paying race until Watkins Glen in 2018 (but was renumbered the #9 for 2018). Byron becomes the first driver not named Jeff Gordon to win a points-paying Cup race for the #24 car in Cup series history. Jeff Gordon won 93 times in his career for the #24 car, Byron scores the #24 car it's 94th victory. 383. Chase9Fan posted: 09.06.2020 - 6:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Surprised they are doing lane choose during playoffs. 384. Chase9Fan posted: 09.06.2020 - 7:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Listening to MRN while TV is on mute is so refreshing. 385. Chase9Fan posted: 09.06.2020 - 7:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The typical NASCAR race where leader gets up front and pulls away. 386. DI9_ForLife posted: 09.25.2020 - 4:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This race has to be up there for at least a modern day classic. I mean, this race had everything: exciting pack racing with 2 and 3 wide and barely any true single file moments, strategy, a clean 145 laps until both big ones happened, a first time winner, playoff drama, bittersweet moments, just everything! Probably up there for one of my favorite (at least plate) races of all time along with the last 3 Talladega races and the 2001 Pepsi 400 387. Jimmie4life posted: 10.02.2020 - 9:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think the slip tape NASCAR uses saved a lot of cars from spinning out. Logano several times on that lap 155 restart made aggressive blocks and was sent sideways several times but kept it straight. If we used the last package, I think without the tape a lot of cars would have wrecked due to some spins. 388. Mile501 posted: 10.20.2020 - 7:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) A bizarre stat someone posted on Reddit earlier this year: "Since 2012, the 11th place finisher of every Coke Zero 400 has been a driver who was either from an underfunded team, had no top 10s in the Cup Series at the time, or both." 2012: David Reutimann (Tommy Baldwin Racing) 2013: Ricky Stenhouse Jr (No top 10s yet in the NCS) 2014: Terry Labonte (FAS Lane Racing) 2015: Case Mears (Germain Racing) 2016: Cole Whitt (Premium Motorsports, still no NCS top 10s) 2017: Corey LaJoie (BK Racing, no NCS top 10s yet) 2018: Jeffrey Earnhardt (Premium Motorsports, still no NCS top 10s) 2019: Landon Cassill (Starcom Racing) Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/NASCAR/comments/fjdc0n/an_arbitrary_statistic_i_found/ Based on that pattern, I responded, "Early congrats to John Hunter Nemechek on his 11th-place finish in this year's Coke Zero 400!" And sure enough...look who finished 11th. What a weird streak. 389. Jimmie4life posted: 10.22.2020 - 9:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) In this race there were 6243 laps ran, and of those, 28 hit speeds of 200+ MPH(45.000 Seconds). Every 223 laps, there was a lap that hit above 200+ MPH. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: