Show notes:

Recap  2020 Season Finale 500 from Phoenix Raceway

• Chase Elliott is the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Champion
  • 34th driver to win a Cup Series title
  • Sixth champion in the elimination-style format
  • Fifth win of the 2020 season
  • Joins the Pettys and the Jarretts as just the third father-son combo to win Cup Series titles
  • First most popular driver to win the title since 1988 when his dad did it

Truck Series Championship Race: 

Xfinity Series Championship Race: 

How did we do in our predictions? 

News items:

• Ryan Preece expected to return to JTG Daugherty Racing in 2021
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/11/09/ryan-preece-now-expected-to-return-to-jtg-daugherty-racing/
• Charter values are going up
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/11/10/nascar-charters-increasing-in-value/
• Cup Series Awards Show will be on NBCSN next Wednesday at 8 p.m.
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/11/10/2020-nascar-awards-show-to-be-broadcast-on-nbcsn/
• Kaulig could come to Cup in 2022
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/11/10/kaulig-racing-considering-move-to-cup-in-2022/
• Next Gen car will be tested next week at Charlotte
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/11/11/next-gen-testing-to-resume-at-charlotte-next-week/
• Jimmy Fennig named executive vice president of competition at Roush
  • http://www.roushfenway.com/jimmy-fennig-to-lead-competition-at-roush-fenway-racing/
• Las Vegas Motor Speedway will have two Cup races through 2031
  • https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/tourism/new-lvcva-contract-extends-nascar-races-in-las-vegas-through-2031-2180803/
• Corey LaJoie is a leading candidate at Spire Motorsports
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/11/12/corey-lajoie-a-leading-candidate-at-spire-motorsports/
• Riley Herbst is leaving JGR
  • Herbst expected to go to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2021
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/11/12/riley-herbst-expected-to-move-to-stewart-haas-racing/
• Daniel Hemric will be driving full time for JGR in the Xfinity Series next year
  • Will replace Herbst in the 18 car
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/11/12/daniel-hemric-joins-joe-gibbs-racing-xfinity-series-for-full-season-in-2021/
• Brett Moffitt is leaving GMS
  • Will move to Our Motorsports Xfinity team full time in 2021
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/11/12/brett-moffitt-to-compete-with-our-motorsports-xfinity-team-full-time-in-2021/

Final Race Pics

Championship Driver

• James: Joey Logano +1
• Eric: Denny Hamlin
• Race Winner (Can be the same)
• Eric: Kevin Harvick
• James: Joey Logano +1
• Eric wins 45-38

Fantasy League Results

Shoutouts if any

• James: 
• Eric: 

Close show 

• Where can we be found on social media?
• James @jameskuch on Twitter
• Eric @TSuperspeedway on Twitter
• Facebook: Facebook.com/TheSuperSpeedway

 For more of the podcast:

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Show notes:

Lots to recap, preview, and discuss!

Recap  Xfinity 500 from Martinsville

• Chase has his moment
• The 4 team completes the collapse
  • What do we think of the pit maneuver on KFB?
  • The greatest meaningless season ever? 
• Keselowski’s drive in the closing laps
• Jones giving Hamiln space

Recap  Autotrader Echopark Automotive 500 from Texas

• KFB keeps the streak alive.
• The longest rain delay ever
• Playoff drivers struggle including Harvick

Championship 4 – Who ya got!

• Logano
• Elliott
• Hamlin
• Keselowski

News items:

• NASCAR’s worst kept secret is out… Larson to Hendrick in 2021 on a multiyear deal.
  • Will drive the 5 car
  • Sponsors yet to be announced
• Bubba Wallace now most well-known driver after Michael Jordan joins NASCAR
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/10/27/bubba-wallace-now-most-well-known-driver-after-michael-jordan-joins-nascar/
• TRD responds to Tony Stewart
  • https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2020/10/30/toyota-boss-responds-to-tony-stewarts-criticism/?fbclid=IwAR1Q-5xdLx4v4g_82RWXeSfEn1tW6LPXGb65mIf36V71dsGr_S2UtsrbBAI

Texas Race Picks:

Playoff Driver

• James: Kevin Harvick
• Eric: Chase Elliott
• Non Playoff Driver

• Eric: Ryan Blaney
• James: Tyler Reddick
• Eric leads 44-35 after 34 races (Eric clinches the picks crown)

Martinsville Race Picks:

Playoff Driver

• Eric: Martin Truex
• James: Denny Hamlin
• Non Playoff Driver

• Eric: Clint Bowyer
• James: Matt DiBenedetto
• Eric leads 45-36 after 35 races 

Next race picks: Championship

Championship Driver

• James: Joey Logano
• Eric: Denny Hamlin
• Race Winner (Can be the same)
• Eric: Kevin Harvick
• James: Joey Logano

Plug the Fantasy League

Shoutouts if any

• James: 
• Eric: 

Close show 

• Where can we be found on social media?
• James @jameskuch on Twitter
• Eric @TSuperspeedway on Twitter
• Facebook: Facebook.com/TheSuperSpeedway

 For more of the podcast:

• Website address: www.thesuperspeedway.com
• Podcasts will be found on there as well. 
• Find us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play and Soundcloud

Become a Patron at www.patreon.com/thesuperspeedway