Show notes:

Recap: South Point Hotel and Casino 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

• Brad Keselowski gets the win
  • It’s his third win in a row
  • 500th Win for Team Penske
  • Is he solidly the fourth in the “big three?”
• Bad day to be a playoff driver
  • Kevin Harvick crashes, takes Erik Jones with him.
    • Harvick finishes 39th, Jones 40th
  • Jamie McMurray crashes, takes Chase Elliott with him
    • Elliott finishes 36th
  • Denny Hamlin spins and wrecks in the grass
    • Finishes 32nd
  • Clint Bowyer, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Alex Bowman, all in crashes.
  • Kyle Busch had a spin
    • Recovers for a seventh-place finish
• What in the world happened in Las Vegas?
• What did we learn here that we should take with us the rest of the way into the playoffs?
• It was hot. Not good for the fans. But is that what made the racing good?
• Points
  • Aric Almirola +12
  • Austin Dillon +9
  • Clint Bowyer +7
  • Alex Bowman +6
  • Jimmie Johnson -6
  • Chase Elliott -9
  • Erik Jones -19
  • Denny Hamlin -20

News Items:

• Hashtags aren’t NASCAR’s deal, they are the RTA
  • That’s why Truex doesn’t have one. Furniture Row is not a member of the RTA
• Brian France pleaded not guilty to DWI
  • http://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/story/_/id/24724745/nascar-ceo-brian-france-pleads-not-guilty-dwi
• Gene Haas is still looking for someone to drive the 41 car
  • “We haven’t seen anybody that’s intrigued us enough to say, ‘OK, we’re willing to sign you at the moment. We’re kind of hoping there is an undertow … where a driver or sponsor, maybe that combination that didn’t exist a few weeks ago, maybe they come together and it’s something we can look at. But at the moment we don’t have anything.”
  • Says as far as he knows, KB is with Ganassi.
  • He also said it’s more beneficial financially to run the car than not to.
  • “We have Ford money per car, and the 41 car gets prize money, and prize money is based on previous years. It wouldn’t be nearly as profitable not to run it as it  would be to run it in some shape or form.”
  • https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/09/16/shr-owner-gene-haas-says-no-driver-has-intrigued-us-enough-to-sign-yet/
• Ryan Newman is leaving RCR
  • http://www.espn.com/jayski/cup/2018/story/_/id/24689187/newman-announces-leaving-rcr

Preview: Federated Auto Parts 400 from Richmond Raceway

• Picks

• • Eric: Denny Hamlin
  • James: Kyle Larson

Dark Horse

• • James: William Byron
  • Eric: Daniel Suarez

• Shoutouts if any
  • Plug the fantasy league
  • Plug Patreon

Close show

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