Show notes:
Recap: STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway
- Brad Keselowski whoops the field
- Leads 446 laps
- Only three drivers led laps at all
- Chase Elliott – 49
- Joey Logano – 5
- Lack of action
- Winners/Losers
Do We Care?
News Items:
- Qualifying format changes for Texas
- Vehicles not immediately making a qualifying attempt will be staged in a track-specific area designated by NASCAR.
- Once a vehicle leaves that area, it must continue directly onto the track. It cannot stop at the end of pit road and wait.
- Any driver that does not take a lap in any of the qualifying rounds will have all previously posted times in the session disallowed.
- Any driver who blocks pit road will be penalized.
- https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2019/03/25/nascar-qualifying-changes-updates-penalty-texas/
- The 2020 Schedule
- Big Moves:
- ISM gets the championship race/Homestead gets moved to early in the season
- Martinsville gets a night race in May and the final cutoff race before the championship
- Bristol Night Race moves to the playoffs. First round elimination race
- Darlington kicks off the playoffs
- Daytona moves to the regular season finale
- Indy moves to July 4 weekend
- The Pocono Double
- Two week break for Olympics
- Jenna Fryer had an interesting take before the schedule was released – big changes really have to wait until 2021.
Preview: O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway
- Triple header weekend – Trucks, Xfinity and Cup
- Picks
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- Eric: Martin Truex Jr.
- James: Ryan Blaney
- Dark Horse
- James: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Eric: Alex Bowman
- Shoutouts if any
Fantasy League Update
Close show
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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Next Race: O’Reilly Auto Parts 500
The Place: Texas Motor Speedway
The Date: Sunday, March 31
The Time: 3 p.m. ET
TV: FOX, 2:30 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 501 miles (334 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 85),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 170), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 334)
2018 Winner: Kyle Busch
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Next Race: My Bariatric Solutions 300
The Place: Texas Motor Speedway
The Date: Saturday, March 30
The Time: 1 p.m. ET
TV: FS1, 12:30 p.m. ET
Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 300 miles (200 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 45),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 90), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 200)
2018 Winner: Ryan Blaney
NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series
Next Race: Vankor 350
The Place: Texas Motor Speedway
The Date: Friday, March 29
The Time: 8:30 p.m. ET
TV: FS1, 9 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 220.5 miles (147 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 35),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 70), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 147)
2018 Winner: Justin Haley
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