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  1.   34McDowellFan posted:
  05.26.2021 - 2:47 pm
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For the first time in Coca-Cola 600 history, the field is smaller than
40 cars, with only 38 entries.

David Starr returns to the Cup Series with MBM Motorsports in the #66

Cody Ware originally wasn't going to run this race due to his planned
Indianapolis 500 attempt, however, the Indy 500 deal fell apart and Ware
is indeed running this weekend. Ware will drive the #53 instead of his
typical 51 however.


  2.   FMecha posted:
  05.31.2021 - 9:42 am
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With Larson's win, Hendrick Motorsports surpasses Petty Enterprises'
number of race wins. Would have preferred Elliott or Byron doing so
though, since Larson's is (still) a controversial figure to some (if not
many).

Also, something something bad package. (I mean, passing was so few and
far in-between during the race I thought this was some 2000 New
Hampshire-style wire-to-wire lead for Larson...)


  3.   CFM posted:
  05.31.2021 - 10:34 am
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I liked the outcome, but it was 4 tedious hours of a boring as hell race
with passing practically non-existent. At least they only race here once
a year now instead of twice.

As a HMS fan, I'd prefer the team as a whole be peaking in
October/November when it matters, instead of in May when it doesn't.
Call it a hunch, but I'm pretty sure that by September the trends
["who's hot/who's not"] are going to be considerably different than they
are now.


  4.   CFM posted:
  05.31.2021 - 10:47 am
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Wins this year:

Hendrick: 6
Gibbs: 5
Penske: 3
Complete fluke: 1
Rest of field: 0

Replace Hendrick with SHR and it's 2018 again, except with Chevy
actually being permitted to compete this time. SHR was the biggest
beneficiaries of NASCAR's "New Camaro" Chevy Smackdown in '18, and now
that things are back to normal SHR are the ones who have vanished from
contention, every bit as suddenly as they vaulted into contention 3
seasons ago.

Maybe they never were that good and KuBu, Bowyer & Aric were way over
their heads that year amidst the team's general euphoria over Danica
being gone, and it was simply the case that somebody had to fill the
void which was created & they were the next-best team who wasn't already
dominating.


  5.   BadBooking posted:
  05.31.2021 - 4:05 pm
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Who woulda thunk the fastest race of the year thus far would be the Coca
Cola 600?


  6.   Mile501 posted:
  05.31.2021 - 9:35 pm
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@3 "I liked the outcome, but it was 4 tedious hours of a boring race
with passing practically non-existent."

To further prove your point, 25 cars finished within 4 positions of
where they qualified. Not counting 3 top starters who encountered
trouble (Truex, Chastain, Busch), that gives us 71% of the remaining 35
cars that finished very close to where they started.

In this race 20 years ago, just 8 of 43 cars finished within 4 positions
of where they started. And half the field finished 15+ positions away
from where they started!


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