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Posted on 7/5/26 at 7:11 pm to
Posted by Roll Tide Ravens
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 7:11 pm to
Reddick with engine issues. 3 of his last 4 finishes have been poor (exception being Pocono).
Posted by Roll Tide Ravens
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 7:25 pm to
Apparently a radiator issue for Reddick. They’re putting a new one in.
Posted by sledgehammer
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 7:25 pm to
He can’t catch a break lately
Posted by Roll Tide Ravens
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 8:37 pm to
Good battle for the win between Briscoe and Bell. White flag.
Posted by Roll Tide Ravens
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 8:38 pm to
Briscoe holds Bell off for the win at Chicagoland.
This post was edited on 7/5/26 at 8:38 pm
Posted by sledgehammer
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 8:41 pm to
I thought so too!

I’ve got to say Heim as a rookie next year is going to be scary good.
Posted by MikeHoncho47
Member since Aug 2016
2013 posts
Posted on 7/5/26 at 10:12 pm to
Heim is gonna whoop Jesse love in the rookie battle.

They asked Shane after the race if he will talk to Austin.

“I’ll talk to him, but he just grunts.”
Posted by sledgehammer
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Posted on 7/6/26 at 6:40 am to
HMS overall had their best race in a long time outside of Larson’s mistake. Chevy needs to keep getting better in order to compete with Toyota dominance.
Posted by OU Guy
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Posted on 7/6/26 at 7:49 am to
Atlanta-Cup/OReilly
Lime Rock-ARCA/Truck
ET

Fri
1-ARCA p&q
4-FS2-ARCA 68

Sat
9-FS2 moves to FS1 at 9:30-Truck p&q
11-CW App-OReilly qual
1-FS1-Truck 30-30-40
4:30-TruTV-Cup qual
6:30-CW-Prerace
7-CW-OReilly 45-45-73

Sun
6-TNT-Prerace
7-TNT-Cup 60-100-100
Posted by OU Guy
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Posted on 7/6/26 at 7:58 am to
Its the Toyota series sponsored by Nascar.

7 of top 10 were Toyota. They ride around all day and then tuen the cheat on in last stage. They have the least cars and somehow all their drivers are finishing great.

Its the engine or ECU. I think all their engines come from same shop. Its taking the fun out of season. Lots of chatter they got something from Nascar in backroom after lawsuit was settled. Either way its turning fans away.

My guess is the ratings will be bad for this race. NOAP continues to be best racing along with Indycar. All these Toyota drivers didn’t just magically improve in off season.
Posted by sledgehammer
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Posted on 7/6/26 at 8:52 am to
The NASCAR racing product is better when Chevy and Ford can compete for wins outside of road courses.
Posted by Skip Winkman
Parts Unknown
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Posted on 7/6/26 at 10:24 am to
Its kind of crazy really, Toyota can recover from mistakes and pass while other manufacturers never recover, I have to be a conspiracy nut but they did sue NASCAR and now they are the class of the field every weekend
Posted by MikeHoncho47
Member since Aug 2016
2013 posts
Posted on 7/6/26 at 10:37 am to
Chevy has a new body this year. Ford is getting one next year. My theory is that Toyota works more closely with its teams than the other two. Chevy wants Hendrick to be the lead dog. Ford doesn’t really care.

Toyota wants all of their teams at the top.
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
32315 posts
Posted on 7/6/26 at 10:42 am to
In season challenge

Posted by MikeHoncho47
Member since Aug 2016
2013 posts
Posted on 7/6/26 at 10:49 am to
What do y’all think nascar does with the zane smith/Hocevar & the SVG/hill incidents?

I’m betting all parties get a talking to, but nascar doesn’t do anything.
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
32315 posts
Posted on 7/6/26 at 10:53 am to
quote:

Its kind of crazy really, Toyota can recover from mistakes and pass while other manufacturers never recover, I have to be a conspiracy nut but they did sue NASCAR and now they are the class of the field every weekend


100%. Like Hamlin scraping wall and still gained speed and passed 24 within 3 laps. Its like they have 100 more HP.

If it was just one team then ok, they found something. But its all Toyota teams and even their backmarkers are getting top 10’s vs big name teams

Nascar always has done shady stuff and its why they lost so many fans over the past 20 years. Lets not forget the lawsuit was settled. Takes 2 parties to settle. They gave some assurances to Toyota to settle because they were gonna lose and losing woulda been really bad.

Normally via inspections back at Nascar shop they find all advantages and leak them to keep parity. And yet this year its so obvious they are letting Toyota cheat. My guess is the engine. Maybe have a bigger spacer than others.

They want Hamlin to win the title. Or a 23x driver. Also, Hamlin has a conflict of interest yet they just ignore it. Notice all the Toyota advertising pre and during races. And all the TV folks jerking off Toyota drivers constantly.

Its money driven and lawsuit private deal too. Toyota put a lot of money into Nascar pockets for advertising and wanted assurance of payback on investment.

Its just another dagger in a long list of them.
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
32315 posts
Posted on 7/6/26 at 10:54 am to
Nothing for SVG. Preece got screwed by Nascar earlier season. He’s not a chosen one.
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
32315 posts
Posted on 7/6/26 at 10:56 am to
Another note. Its the same damn drivers wrecking every damn week. Stenhouse, Nemachek and the others are always the culprits. In both NOAP and Cup, always same ones.
Posted by MikeHoncho47
Member since Aug 2016
2013 posts
Posted on 7/6/26 at 11:21 am to
It’s bullshite Preece got a penalty. That was soft as frick.
Posted by sledgehammer
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Member since Oct 2020
7713 posts
Posted on 7/6/26 at 11:50 am to
I think Bowman, Briscoe, Hamlin, and Blaney advance, but we are going to Atlanta. Anything can happen.
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