Show notes:
News items:
- California Speedway is off the 2020 schedule.
- Will be replaced by the Daytona roadcourse
- NASCAR releases 2021 Camping World Truck Series schedule
- Eldora is done
- Trucks will race with Cup on the dirt at Bristol
- Trucks will run at Knoxville for the first time
- Trucks will race at COTA and Nashville in triple-header weekends with Cup and Xfinity
- Trucks return to Watkins Glen for the first time since 2000
- World Wide Technology Raceway is back on the schedule to open the playoffs
- https://www.jayski.com/2020/11/19/nascar-releases-2021-camping-world-truck-series-schedule/
- Reduced capacity for the Daytona 500
- Ty Majeski wins the Snowball Derby
- Chase Elliott wins last chance race and finishes third in Derby
- Chandler Smith finishes fourth after starting dead last in the last chance race due to a DQ in qualifying
- Kyle Busch finishes seventh
- Grant Enfinger finishes 8th
- Ross Kenseth 23rd
- https://speed51.com/unofficial-results-53rd-annual-snowball-derby/
Team/Driver news:
- Jimmie Johnson has a good teammate in Indycar next year — Tony Kanaan will run the oval tracks
- John Hunter is going to KBM to drive the 4 truck
- Corey LaJoie will drive the #7 car for Spire Motorsports in 2021
- AJ Almendinger running full time for Kaulig in 2021
- Kaulig will run a limited Cup schedule in 2021
- Will run the superspeedway and road courses
- https://www.jayski.com/2020/11/22/kaulig-racing-considering-move-to-cup-in-2022/
- Harrison Burton will return to JGR next season
- Jeb Burton to Kaulig #10 for 2021
- Brett Moffitt to Niece Motorsports in the Truck Series
- Ryan Truex also to Niece
- Raphael Lessard will run part time for GMS
Discussion:
- S1apSh0es on YouTube: The NASCAR Playoffs are worse than you thought
- Argues that NASCAR’s waning popularity is because of the playoff championship format
- Claims the format allows people to coast through the regular season and the first couple rounds of the playoffs
- Proposes a new format.
Shoutouts if any
- James:
- Eric:
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