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
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/12/02/daytona-500-to-have-limited-fan-capacity/
• 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
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/11/23/tony-kanaan-to-split-chip-ganassi-indycar-ride-with-jimmie-johnson/
• John Hunter is going to KBM to drive the 4 truck
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/11/23/john-hunter-nemechek-joins-kyle-busch-motorsports-for-full-truck-season/
• Corey LaJoie will drive the #7 car for Spire Motorsports in 2021
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/11/30/corey-lajoie-to-drive-for-spire-motorsports/
• AJ Almendinger running full time for Kaulig in 2021
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/12/01/aj-allmendinger-to-return-to-kaulig-racing-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
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/11/13/harrison-burton-returning-to-joe-gibbs-racing-in-2021/
• Jeb Burton to Kaulig #10 for 2021
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/11/16/jeb-burton-joins-kaulig-racing-for-2021/
• Brett Moffitt to Niece Motorsports in the Truck Series
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/12/02/brett-moffitt-to-compete-full-time-for-niece-motorsports-run-for-truck-championship/
• Ryan Truex also to Niece
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/11/24/ryan-truex-to-drive-full-time-for-niece-motorsports-in-2021/
• Raphael Lessard will run part time for GMS
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/11/25/raphael-lessard-signs-with-gms-racing-seeking-full-time-effort/

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. 
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