The Nascar Thread

superchuck500 said
Bubba was among the fastest until the final phase of the race, they fell off a bit - that late re-start saved a top 5. They need to get better at late-race adjustments and strategy, they want to win so badly but that's what it's going to take.

I was super impressed with Bubba at Martinsville. They ran a solid race. Just crazy how dominant the HMS cars were. They seem to have that track on lock every year.

The race itself was kinda meh. The NextGen is simply not built for Martinsville and most short tracks. There's not enough tire falloff and the only way you can really pass is pit strategy. Byron was stuck in around 5th for a while and didn't jump ahead until he short pit. That was a hell of a call by his crew chief and won him the race.

superchuck500 said
Looking at the Texas entry list, I see that Jimmie is running in the 84, which is cool. And Austin Hill getting his first Texas start in Cup, in the RCR #33.

Texas wasn't too bad last year, so it's got some potential to be a good race. I hope Jimmy can get a better result than his attempts last season. LMC was a sheet show last year. Not much better this season. We'll see. I thought maybe they'd be better with Toyota, but it's been marginal improvement at best.