Do we care?: For the first time in history (as far as we can tell), the pole speed for the premiere series was slower than the pole speed for the Xfinity and Truck series this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway.

• Cup: 176.263
• Xfinity: 177.256
• Truck: 176.632

Recap: Camping World 400 from Chicagoland Speedway

• • Bowman outduels Larson for his first career win
    • Bowman is locked into the playoffs. He and Crew Chief Greg Ives both said it will change the way they approach the rest of the season. 

 

• Audio (1:28) Bowman and Ives Press Conference

 

• • Hendrick Motorsports had a great weekend, especially Jimmie Johnson, who finished fourth after leading 10 laps and running in the top 10 all day. He called it a victory

 

• Audio (0:18) Jimmie answers how to keep up the momentum. 

 

• Winners and losers?
• Cole Custer advancing to cup?
• Eric’s Xfinity, Trucks and ARCA recap/thoughts and overall track experience

News Items: 

• • Discussion: Why did NASCAR decide to start the race knowing what was coming?
  • Shoutout to the Dale Jr. Download with Hailie Deegan 
  • Phelps, “Massive Wholesale’ Schedule Changes Not Likely For 2021”
    • https://autoweek.com/article/nascar/nascar-president-says-massive-wholesale-schedule-changes-not-likely-2021
  • Forbes releases NASCAR’s highest paid drivers list
    • https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2019/06/30/nascars-highest-paid-drivers-2019/?utm_source=FBPAGE&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2437590554&utm_campaign=sprinklrForbesMainFB#5f5cf2344741
    • Johnson is number one. Earnings are half of what Dale Jr. was earning a decade ago.
  • Ty Dillon has some ideas on how to expose NASCAR to a younger demographic and get young fans into the sport
    • https://thesuperspeedway.com/2019/06/30/ty-dillon-proposes-caution-with-15-to-go-to-encourage-younger-fans-to-tune-in/

 

• Audio (1:48) Ty Dillon

 

• • Ross Chastain says he doesn’t have anything in the works for next year, but he hopes his performance will help that.
    • https://thesuperspeedway.com/2019/06/28/chastain-says-performance-this-year-will-help-next-years-plans/

 

• Audio (0:29) Ross Chastain

 

Preview: Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway

• This is the last July 4 Daytona weekend for the time being. A lot of drivers were talking about that this weekend. Amazing how many didn’t realize it had changed next year. 
• New Stage Lengths
  • https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2019/07/02/nascar-increases-stage-lengths-for-daytona-race/
• I had a chance to talk to Stenhouse so I of course asked him about Daytona. 

 

• Audio (0:53): Ricky Stenhouse

• Audio (2:13): Chris Buescher

 

Picks:

• • James: Joey Logano
  • Eric: Jimmie Johnson
  • Dark Horse
  • Eric: Ryan Preece
  • James: Daniel Hemric

• Shoutouts if any
  • Happy 82nd Birthday to the King, Richard Petty!
• Upcoming Special Editions of the SuperSpeedway Podcast
• Steve from Behrend Speedway. Will have a short special podcast either this week or next with an interview with him. 
• Brandon Croud from the Lapped Traffic Podcast. 

 

Fantasy League Update

 

Close show 

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