Show notes:
Review Pocono
- Cup Series: M&M’s Fan Appreciation 400
- Denny wins, sort of.
- Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch DQ’d, giving win to Chase Elliott
- Denny and Ross Chastain get into it again
- Gibbs gets first Cup start filling in for injured Kurt Busch
- Front Row Motorsports #34 of Michael McDowell hit with an L2 penalty for modification of a single-source supplied part.
- 100 driver and owner points deducted
- Crew Chief Blake Harris fined $100,000 and suspended from next four Cup Series points paying events
- If McDowell qualifies for the playoffs, he will also be docked 10 playoff points.
- https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2022/07/26/front-row-motorsports-no-34-team-penalized-100-points-fined-100000/
- Denny wins, sort of.
- Truck Series: CRC Brakleen 150
- Chandler Smith wins
- Zane Smith wins the regular season title
- Xfinity Series: Explore the Pocono Mountains 225
- Spectacular race between Gragson and Gibbs at the end
- Jeb Burton wild crash
Playoff Picture:
SRX Corner:
- Chase Elliott goes 2-for-2 beating Tony Stewart for the win
- Marco Andretti wins the title … or did he?
- Paul Tracey wrecks Ryan Blaney early in heat 1
- Austin Karp from the Sports Business Journal reports that the season averaged 1 million viewers each week
- Down 20% from last year
- Were expecting close to 3 million a week
- https://twitter.com/AustinKarp/status/1551980348623527936
News
- JGR making contingency plans in case Kyle doesn’t return
- Kyle was pretty cold with the boss after the race Sunday
- https://www.jayski.com/2022/07/20/joe-gibbs-racing-gives-update-on-kyle-buschs-2023-status/
- Petty GMS teams penalized
- NASCAR prepared to share more TV Revenue in next deal
- Stern: Erik Jones is close to a multi-year deal with Petty GMS
Picks Pocono
- Truck Series: TSport 200 Presented by Crescent Tools at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park
- Eric: Zane Smith
- James: Chandler Smith
- Xfinity Series: Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard
- Eric: AJ Allmendinger
- James: Ty Gibbs
- Cup Series: Verizon 200 at the Brickyard
- Eric: Tyler Reddick
- James: Chase Briscoe
Fantasy League
Shoutouts if any
- Eric:
- James:
Jackass Corner
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- James:
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