re: 2023 NASCAR Season Thread - 2023-24 Offseason

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Championship 4 prediction

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Erik Jones
Ryan Preece
Chase Briscoe
Daniel Suarez

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Just.....No.

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It was Sterling. Granted the recent Dale Jr podcast was difficult to listen to but Sterling did speak about that incident and many more. I had no idea he was getting death threats after Big Dale's Accident and went to Jr for help. After Jr made a statement asking for it to stop, the threats stop entirely and immediately. I was in the camp thinking that Sterling caused the wreak.

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Dale Jr honestly has the best perspective of anybody that was involved in all that. It was just a bunch of guys giving everything they had to get to the front in the biggest race of the year, and probably the most hyped race in the history of the sport with the new TV deals that were in place that year.

It just happened, and it sucked. What else is there really to say?

Adam Stern

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Natl Weather Service for Daytona:

Wed night-60s, 0% rain

Thu-High 80, high-60s night, 5%

Fri-High 81, 60s night, 35% day, 5% night

Sat-60s, 1%

Sun-70s, 2%

Here is the entire Daytona schedule for reference. I’ll add it to the OP, as well.

Wednesday, Feb. 15

(All times Eastern)

Garage open

1 – 10:30 p.m. — Cup Series

Track activity

8:15 p.m. — Cup qualifying (FS1, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

Thursday, Feb. 16

Garage open

9 a.m. – 6 p.m. — ARCA
10 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. — Craftsman Truck Series
4 – 11 p.m. — Cup Series

Track activity

4:05 – 4:55 p.m. — ARCA practice
5:05 – 5:55 p.m. — Craftsman Truck Series practice
7 p.m. — Cup Series qualifying race 1 (60 laps, 150 miles; FS1, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
8:45 p.m. (approximate) — Cup Series qualifying race 2 (60 laps, 150 miles; FS1, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

Friday, Feb. 17

Garage open

8 a.m. – 11:45 p.m. — Craftsman Truck Series
8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. — ARCA
9:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. — Xfinity Series
12:30 – 8 p.m. — Cup Series

Track activity

1:30 – 2 p.m. — ARCA group qualifying
3 – 4:30 p.m. — Craftsman Truck Series qualifying (FS1)
4:35 – 5:25 p.m. — Xfinity Series practice (FS1)
5:35 – 6:25 p.m. — Cup Series practice (FS1, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
7:30 p.m. — Craftsman Truck Series race (100 laps, 250 miles; FS1, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

Saturday, Feb. 18

Garage open

6 a.m. – 10 p.m. — Xfinity Series
8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. — Cup Series
10 a.m. – 5:15 p.m. — ARCA

Track activity

10:30 – 11:20 a.m. — Cup Series practice (FS1, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. — Xfinity Series qualifying (FS1)
1:30 p.m. — ARCA race (80 laps, 200 miles; FS1, Motor Racing Network)
5 p.m. — Xfinity Series race (120 laps, 300 miles; FS1, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

Sunday, Feb. 19

Garage open

8 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. — Cup Series

Track activity

2:30 p.m. – Cup Series race (200 laps, 500 miles; Fox, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

They need to go back to the unrestricted engines. Seeing 10k on the tach at Auto Club, Charlotte, Michigan, etc. Would make for for a much better viewing and fan experience.

Speaking of Dale Jr. He was in town this past weekend running late models. Rough day finishing 16th.

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Fri-High 81, 60s night, 35% day, 5% night

Sat-60s, 1%

Sun-70s, 2%

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They better tell Erik Jones’ gas man to load it like a freight train at every pit stop, or their weekend wasn’t worth it.