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/

• 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
  • https://www.jayski.com/2022/07/23/petty-gms-racing-teams-penalized-at-pocono/
• NASCAR prepared to share more TV Revenue in next deal
  • https://www.jayski.com/2022/07/22/nascar-prepared-to-offer-teams-bigger-cut-of-tv-revenue-in-next-deal/
• Stern: Erik Jones is close to a multi-year deal with Petty GMS
  • https://twitter.com/A_S12/status/1552010929314926592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1552010929314926592%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jayski.com%2F2022%2F07%2F26%2Ferik-jones-happy-at-petty-gms-would-like-to-return-in-2023%2F

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

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Jackass Corner

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