Show notes:

Recap: FireKeepers Casino 400

• Clint Bowyer gets the win.
  • Bugga goes for two tires. Clint holds Harvick off for two laps.
  • Clint Bowyer tweet Monday:
  • End of Stage 1, NASCAR doesn’t open pit road.
    • NASCAR’s Richard Buck said this is not unusual
    • Audio (2:43) — Richard Buck explains stage protocol
  • Race was rain-delayed and rain shortened
    • What do we think of NASCAR’s calls this weekend on the rain?
    • Both days forecast said we wouldn’t race
    • Both races seemed rushed to try to get halfway.
    • Got both races in but barely.
    • Is it better to run a shortened race on the scheduled day or run the full race a day later?

Recap: Xfinity Series LTi Printing 250

• Austin Dillon gets the win
• Second week in a row with the new Aero package. What did we think?

News Items:

• 2019 Xfinity and Gander Outdoors Truck Schedules Released
  • https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2018/06/12/nascar-releases-2019-xfinity-gander-outdoors-truck-series-schedules/
• Additional races for Kenseth this season:
  • http://www.espn.com/jayski/cup/2018/story/_/id/23783715/roush-fenway-racing-announces-additional-races-kenseth
• JGR teams busted with bad splitters
  • http://www.espn.com/jayski/cup/2018/story/_/id/23773819/michigan-post-race-penalties-announced
• Chevrolet Issues
  • Kyle Larson said there aren’t issues.
  • Audio (1:04) — Kyle Larson says Chevrolets are not at a disadvantage
• All Star package in the Cup series
  • Brad Keselowski is not in favor of the package
  • Audio (4:13) — Brad Keselowski says best drivers will find another sport
  • Mark Martin was on hand at MIS and also spoke out against the package
  • Audio (5:02) — Mark Martin says nothing wrong with racing now
  • Steve O’Donnell said on SiriusXM this week that people are getting bent up about nothing — there are NOT plans to run this package every week, but there is talk of picking a few tracks to run it at.
  • Thoughts on this? Should they leave the Cup series alone?
• Other random observations from MIS this weekend.
• Shoutouts if any
  • Plug the fantasy league
  • Plug Patreon

Close show

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