Review The Coke 600 and Happy Motorsports Day!

• What a race:
  • Hamlin locks in a playoff spot
  • Chris Buscher’s wild ride
  • A war of attrition? 
• Indy 500
  • Marcus Erickson wins his first Indy 500
  • Lots of strategy with Ganassi, but it was a different Ganassi car that won
  • Jimmie leads and wrecks late
• F1 Thoughts
  • Start delayed due to rain — we complain about NASCAR race control making dumb decisions
  • Wet track made for an exciting race. 
  • Sergio Perez wins first Monaco Grand Prix
  • Pit strategy costs Charles LeClerc again at home race
  • Mick Schumacher had a terrible crash for Haas
  • https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.6-winners-and-5-losers-from-the-monaco-grand-prix-who-excelled-on-the.TAUEy2kcbQ8wJro5sTUE3.html

Xfinity Series: Alsco Uniforms 300

• Josh Berry gets the victory after battling it out with teammate Justin Allgaier
  • Allgaier cuts down a tire after contact with the wall. 
• Jeb Burton was not happy with Noah Gragson after the race

Truck Series: NC Education Lottery 200

• Carson Hocevar dominates but wrecks late after battling with Ryan Preece. Preece was not happy with Hocevar after the race.
• Ross Chastain smashes another watermelon. 

News

• Phoenix sells out 2022 Championship race and gets the 2023 race

Weekend Preview Gateway and Portland

• 2 new venues!

Picks

• Truck Series: Toyota 200
  • Eric: Stewart Friesen
  • James: Carson Hocevar

• Xfinity Series: (in Portland) Pacific Automation 147
  • Eric: AJ Allmendinger
  • James: Ty Gibbs

• Cup: Enjoy Illinois 300
  • Eric: Joey Logano
  • James: Chase Briscoe

Fantasy League

Shoutouts if any

• Eric: 
• James: 

Jackass Corner

• Eric: 
• James:

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, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, Soundcloud

Show notes:

Review the The All Star Race

• Blaney vs Stupidity
  • Did anything go right at the end?
• The Busch/Chastain Crash
• More Tire issues
• Should we blow up Texas Motor Speedway?

Xfinity Series: Texas 250 

• Cup Ringers steal the show – Reddick first and Byron Second
• Josh Berry wrecks in front of the field. 
  • Had the car to beat
  • Took out a couple of strong competitors too

Truck Series: Speedycash.com 220

• Stewart Friesen gets an excellent restart for the win.
• This was a good race. A lot of comers and goers 

News

• Adam Stern: Denny Hamlin threatens to stop investing in NASCAR unless business model changes
  • https://twitter.com/A_S12/status/1528753960676360192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1528753960676360192%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redditmedia.com%2Fmediaembed%2Fuw2gc0%3Fresponsive%3Dtrueis_nightmode%3Dtrue

Weekend Preview Charlotte Motor Speedway

Picks

• Truck Series: North Carolina Education Lottery 200
  • James: John Hunter Nemecheck
  • Eric: Carson Hocevar

• Xfinity Series: Alsco 300
  • James: Justin Allgaier
  • Eric: Ty Gibbs

• Cup: Coca-Cola 600
  • James: Kyle Larson
  • Eric: Ryan Blaney

Fantasy League

Shoutouts if any

• Eric: 
• James: 

Jackass Corner

• Eric: 
• James:

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, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, Soundcloud and Facebook.

Review the Advent Health 400

• Kurt Busch gets an emotional win for 23XI in dominating fashion
• Great closing battle between Kurt and Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson
  • Larson’s crew says Kurt put him in the fence. “No he didn’t,” Larson responds
• Left rear tire issues plague teams
• Bubba Wallace had a good run going until a tire got away on pit road

Truck Series: Heart of America 200

• Zane Smith dominates for victory
• Did anything else happen in this race?

News

• Fourth manufacturer close to joining NASCAR
  • https://www.jayski.com/2022/05/14/another-manufacturer-ready-to-join-nascar/
• We got to learn more this week about the next-gen test at Talladega that ruffled so many feathers last year
  • https://www.jayski.com/2022/05/13/details-of-nascar-next-gen-talladega-crash-test-revealed/

Weekend Preview Texas Motor Speedway

Picks

• Truck Series: Speedycash.com 220
  • Eric: Grant Enfinger
  • James: Zane Smith

• Xfinity Series: Texas 250
  • Eric: Josh Berry
  • James: Noah Gragson

• Cup: All Star Race (no points)
  • Eric: Kyle Larson
  • James: Tyler Reddick

Fantasy League

Shoutouts if any

• Eric: 
• James: 

Jackass Corner

• Eric: 
• James:

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, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, Soundcloud and Facebook.

Review the Goodyear 400

• Joey… slams and runs his way to victory over William Byron
  • Fair?
• KFB does his thing again after an incident with Brad Keselowski
• More issues for Hamlin
• Kurt Busch loses a tire
  • DBC says there is one common denominator in these lost wheels.
• The Big One takes out a few top contenders 
• This was the 9th pass for the win inside 10 laps this season for NextGen

Xfinity Series: Mahindra Roxor 200

• Justin Allgaier flips the JRM battle and holds off Noah Gragson

Truck Series: Dead On Tools 200 

• John Hunter Nemechek finally breaks through for his first win of 2022

News

• Kenseth, Shelmerdine and McGriff voted as Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023
  • Helton also selected
    • https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2022/05/04/kenseth-shelmerdine-and-mcgriff-voted-as-hall-of-fames-class-of-2023/ 
• Chase Elliott signs on to race one SRX race again this Summer
  • https://www.frontstretch.com/2022/05/09/chase-elliott-running-srx-race-at-sharon/
• As of taping… Trevor Bayne remains on Standby for KFB who is on baby watch

Weekend Preview Kansas

Picks

• Truck Series: Heart of America 200
  • Eric: John Hunter Nemechek
  • James: Ben Rhodes

• Cup: Advent Health 400
  • Eric: Kyle Larson
  • James: William Byron

Fantasy League

Shoutouts if any

• Eric: 
• James: 

Jackass Corner

• Eric: 
• James:

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, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, Soundcloud and Facebook.

Show notes:

Review the Duramax Drydene 400

-Chase Elliott breaks winless streak with victory

-Hamlin loses a tire

-Chastain blocks Truex, who wrecks on final lap

-KFB says something stupid on his radio

Xfinity Series: A Game 200

• Josh Berry wins the JRM battle over Justin Allgaier to win at Dover. 

News

• Attendance has been going up at Cup races this year
  • https://www.jayski.com/2022/04/29/cup-races-seeing-increased-attendance/
• Erik Jones wants to stay at Petty GMS
  • https://www.jayski.com/2022/05/02/erik-jones-happy-at-petty-gms-would-like-to-return-in-2023/
• What’s Martin Truex going to do next season?
  • https://www.jayski.com/2022/05/02/martin-truex-jr-to-decide-on-2023-plans/
• NASCAR announces All-Star Format
  • https://www.jayski.com/2022/04/28/nascar-all-star-race-format-announced/ 

Weekend Preview Darlington

• Petty, Labonte and Elliott joining the Fox booth during the broadcast
  • https://www.jayski.com/2022/05/01/petty-labonte-and-elliott-joining-fox-for-darlington-broadcast/

Picks

• Truck Series: Dead On Tools 200
  • Eric: Chandler Smith
  • James: John Hunter Nemechek

• Xfinity Series: Mahindra Roxor 200
  • Eric: Noah Gragson
  • James: Justin Allgaier

• Cup: Goodyear 400
  • Eric: Ross Chastain
  • James: Kyle Larson

Fantasy League

Shoutouts if any

• Eric: 
• James: 

Jackass Corner

• Eric: 
• James:

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, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, Soundcloud and Facebook.