-Recap of the Coke Zero 400 from Daytona
-Stenhouse Survives and wins again
-New King of Superspeedways?
-Daletona Hype. Was it too much or deserved. Too much pressure on Dale and can he handle it?
-Jr. Got the Pole, will he race in the Clash?
-AUDIO (0:51) Jr and Amy talk about The Clash
-Crashes/Surviving the race. No Names battling for the win
-Winners and losers?
-Discussion:
-Overtime Line (again).
– Audio (0:21) Steve O’Donnell says NASCAR will always make every attempt to finish a race under green
-NASCAR Merchandise Issue brought up by Kyle Larson.
NASCAR has a 10-year contract for its trackside merchandise business with Fanatics that started in 2015. Under that deal, 75 percent of the revenue goes to Fanatics, which provides the infrastructure, marketing, staffing, transportation and security.
https://twitter.com/KyleLarsonRacin/status/881773150987579394
https://twitter.com/jeff_gluck/status/881886712208670720
The rest of the revenue is split thusly: 15 percent to the track, nine percent to teams (which generally is divvied into thirds between the team, driver and sponsor) and one percent to NASCAR.
-Silly Season Stuff:
-RUMOR – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. to Hendrick, Kahne to Roush – Thoughts?
-SHR – Kurt and Danica – no contract right now.
-Is Byron making a run at Jr’s seat?
-Goodyear and NASCAR – Goodyear has no contract beyond 2018
-Monster Energy has a two-year option starting in 2019 – do they extend?
Preview: Quaker State 400 at Kentucky
-What to expect.
-Eric’s Pick: Jimmie “The Jimmer/The GOAT/Seven Time” Johnson
-James’ Pick: Kyle “Rowdy” Busch
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