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re: 2025 NASCAR Season Thread - 2025-26 Offseason

Posted on 11/2/25 at 5:59 pm to
Posted by Lexis Dad
Member since Apr 2025
6399 posts
Posted on 11/2/25 at 5:59 pm to
Homestead was good, too.
Posted by AHM21
Member since Feb 2008
32077 posts
Posted on 11/2/25 at 5:59 pm to
“We didn’t lead a lap today and somehow won the championship. We had an average car at best.”

Your 2025 champion
Posted by TheArrogantCorndog
Highland Rd
Member since Sep 2009
15954 posts
Posted on 11/2/25 at 6:00 pm to
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Just terrible. An entire season came down to one caution and one round of pit stops.


Just look at Conor Zilisch yesterday... dude dominates the entire series but loses it on 1 race... that ain't right
Posted by Pfft
Member since Jul 2014
5083 posts
Posted on 11/2/25 at 6:02 pm to
Reminds me of Carl Edward’s final at Homestead.
Carl got fricked, Dennys crew chief fricked him.
Posted by Lexis Dad
Member since Apr 2025
6399 posts
Posted on 11/2/25 at 6:02 pm to
From all accounts, this is the last year of this crap. The drivers have pretty much said change it
Posted by InkStainedWretch
Member since Dec 2018
5364 posts
Posted on 11/2/25 at 6:02 pm to
The season for a long time ended in Atlanta.
Posted by MikeHoncho47
Member since Aug 2016
1908 posts
Posted on 11/2/25 at 6:02 pm to
This feels like jimmies last title. Irrelevant for most of the title race. Only to get the final restart right and win the title.

I’m sure somewhere mamba smith is walking around like Conor mcgregor.
Posted by Lexis Dad
Member since Apr 2025
6399 posts
Posted on 11/2/25 at 6:03 pm to
Wasn't that the year that Carl and Smoke.ended up tied and Tony won the title based on having more wins?

Am I remembering that correctly?
Posted by tWildcat
Verona, KY
Member since Oct 2014
20237 posts
Posted on 11/2/25 at 6:03 pm to
I hate how the championship is decided now.
Posted by N2cars
Member since Feb 2008
39654 posts
Posted on 11/2/25 at 6:04 pm to
He's won a bunch of titles,IIRC.


When he came in...dang...


ETA: owner
This post was edited on 11/2/25 at 6:09 pm
Posted by TheArrogantCorndog
Highland Rd
Member since Sep 2009
15954 posts
Posted on 11/2/25 at 6:04 pm to
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Homestead was good, too.


Watching guys run that high line, while they're chasing down cars, is something incredible to watch... I love homestead
Posted by InkStainedWretch
Member since Dec 2018
5364 posts
Posted on 11/2/25 at 6:20 pm to
The last I saw … and if I am wrong please correct me … Larson would have won the title under the old 36-race system, so he’s a worthy champion but his trophy was decided in an unworthy manner
Posted by broadhead
Member since Oct 2014
2562 posts
Posted on 11/2/25 at 6:48 pm to
Just hate to see a championship come down to a three lap shoot out. I was such a fan of this for so long but screw this.
Posted by prostyleoffensetime
Mississippi
Member since Aug 2009
12585 posts
Posted on 11/2/25 at 7:02 pm to
quote:

The last I saw … and if I am wrong please correct me … Larson would have won the title under the old 36-race system, so he’s a worthy champion but his trophy was decided in an unworthy manner


C Bell would’ve won by 127 points under the Winston Cup format.

Connor Zilisch would’ve clinched the Busch Series points 2 weeks ago, I think.
Posted by BayouBengal51
Forest Hill, Louisiana
Member since Nov 2006
9759 posts
Posted on 11/2/25 at 7:27 pm to
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From all accounts, this is the last year of this crap. The drivers have pretty much said change it


We can only hope, but dont discount NASCAR leadership's ability to not do the most common sense thing and somehow come up with a more screwed up "solution"
Posted by TigerSharkMan
Member since Aug 2025
233 posts
Posted on 11/2/25 at 7:38 pm to
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Reminds me of Carl Edward’s final at Homestead.
Carl got fricked, Dennys crew chief fricked him.


Considering Denny and Carl were teammates for awhile, I could easily see Denny calling Carl to talk about this.

I think we've seen Denny's last race in the NASCAR Cup Series. He has plenty of money, a wife, 3 wonderful kids. His dad's health has been failing. I just don't see how he doesn't walk away after this.

What just happened to Denny is something that breaks you. And it's going to take a long time, far more than a few months, for him to even remotely get over. I could see him coming back in 3 or 4 years doing the Daytona 500 and a Part Time schedule, but I don't see him being a Full Time Cup series driver again.
Posted by jorconalx
alexandria
Member since Aug 2011
11062 posts
Posted on 11/2/25 at 7:40 pm to
Definitely wanted Hamlin to win it. NASCAR is burning itself to the ground.
Posted by TigerSharkMan
Member since Aug 2025
233 posts
Posted on 11/2/25 at 7:41 pm to
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Just hate to see a championship come down to a three lap shoot out. I was such a fan of this for so long but screw this.


I mean, you basically had Kyle Larson semi apologizing for winning the title. That along should tell NASCAR all they need to know.

The ending of this season just felt very empty for me as a fan. Kyle Larson is a great driver, but Denny Hamlin should've been the Champion.

In the very least, I would like to see the following 3 changes:

1) Go back to a season long championship.
2) You can still have stage points, but no cautions at the end of the stages. Keep the race going and make the race feel more organic and less artificial.
3) Keep the GWC (I don't want to see us go back to ending races under caution), but do not allow any pit stops for the GWC. You have what you have.

This weekend for the most part just felt empty for me as a fan. And that's really unfortunate.
Posted by SPEEDY
2005 Tiger Smack Poster of the Year
Member since Dec 2003
88195 posts
Posted on 11/2/25 at 7:43 pm to
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Just look at Conor Zilisch yesterday... dude dominates the entire series but loses it on 1 race... that ain't right



Under this format, it’s possible you could have a driver win the first 35 races in a row and finish 2nd in the last race and he wouldn’t be the champ
Posted by InkStainedWretch
Member since Dec 2018
5364 posts
Posted on 11/2/25 at 8:12 pm to
Thanks for the correction. The thing I saw, I found out later, was out of date. Do you happen to have what the top 10 or so would have been with the old season-long system?
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