• Cup Series: Coke Zero Sugar 400
  • There was rain. Then more rain. We raced on Sunday and the story was rain.
  • Austin Dillion wins to advance
  • Blaney has issues but survives and Truex fades. Misses cut by 3.
    • Saw a lot of people online saying this is the reason the current format is bad

• Xfinity Series: Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola
  • Lots of rain and Jeremy Clements wins!

It’s Playoff Time:

News

• Kurt Busch backs out of the playoffsDill
• UPDATE: Aric Almirola decides not to retire, and will return in 2023
• Craftsman is back

Kyle Busch Contract Watch

• Kyle tells the media I have an announcement, I have no announcement.
• David Wison (Toyota Racing President) says losing Kyle would be catastrophic. Says he does not want to face a pissed off KFB. 

First 4 Out:

• James: Dillon, Cindric, Suarez, Harvick
• Eric: Briscoe, Bowman, Bell, Chastain

Picks Darlington

• Xfinity Series: Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200
  • Eric: Justin Allgaier
  • James: Noah Gragson

• Cup Series: Cookout Southern 500
  • Eric: Denny Hamlin
  • 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
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 For more of the podcast:

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Show notes:

• Cup Series: Go Bowling at the Glen
  • Chase gets roughed up by Larson
    • Clinched the regular season title
  • Any issue with Larson’s drive?
  • Kimi showed out for a while before getting Chastained 
  • First time racing in the rain in the next-gen car
    • NASCAR takes its time starting the race to avoid another COTA. 
    • Was this the best-case scenario? We got rain racing without the idiocy. 

• Xfinity Series: NASCAR Xfinity Series Race at Watkins Glen
  • Larson gets first win of the weekend after Gibbs and Byron have issues.

Playoff Picture It’s down to one spot:

News

• Utter: Aric Almirola decides not to retire, will return in 2023
  • However, Almirola tells media at the Glen that nothing is decided yet
  • https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/aric-almirola-retirement-2023-stewart-haas-racing/10354926/
• Kurt Busch won’t return before Daytona

Kyle Busch Contract Watch

• Kyle tells the media “things will be different than they have been the last 15 years.”
  • Many take that to mean he’s definitely leaving JGR. 

Picks Daytona

• Xfinity Series: Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola
  • Eric: Noah Gragson
  • James: Austin Hill

• Cup Series: Coke Zero Sugar 400
  • Eric: Bubba Wallace
  • James: Brad Keselowski

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
• Can find old episodes of the podcast, show notes, links to the articles we discussed, past race coverage, photos and more. 
• Find the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher and Soundcloud.
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Show notes:

Review Rick

• Cup Series: Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier Appreciation
  • Kevin Harvick wins two in a row
    • His 60th win ties him on the all time wins list with Kyle Busch
  • Logano leads 222 laps but finishes sixth. 
  • Truex loses points to Blaney
  • Kyle Busch gets “Chastained.”

• Camping World Series: Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier Appreciation
  • Chandler Smith dominates

Playoff Picture:

News

• Noah Gragson named the driver of the 42 for 2023
  • https://www.jayski.com/2022/08/10/noah-gragson-to-drive-42-for-petty-gms-in-2023/

• Bubba has signed a “multi-year extension” with 23XI
  • https://www.jayski.com/2022/08/12/bubba-wallace-signs-contract-extension-with-23xi-racing/
• Kyle Busch details the end of his NASCAR career
  • 
  • Daniel Suarez: “I believe Kyle has a very big resume on his back that supports him a lot, but even with that, he’s struggling. He has lost his main sponsor of many years, and now that the team, in my opinion, the team hasn’t done a good job selling him. They have known that M&Ms is leaving for a long time, and they haven’t been able to find anything. I find that surprising.”
    • Oh, by the way, Suarez is close on his own extension.
    • Per NBC Sports’ Nate Ryan
    • https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2022/08/13/daniel-suarez-contract-trackhouse-racing-kyle-busch-joe-gibbs-racing/
  • Brands are getting more exposure since the number was pushed forward in Cup.
    • Do we care anymore? Are we over the move? 
    • https://sportsbusinessjournal.com/Journal/Issues/2022/08/15/Upfront/Sponsorship.aspx

Picks Watkins Glen

• Xfinity Series: NASCAR Xfinity Series Race at Watkins Glen
  • James: AJ Allmendinger
  • Eric: Ty Gibbs
  • Derek: Kyle Larson – Justin Allgaier

• Cup Series: Go Bowling at the Glen
  • James: Chase Elliott
  • Eric: Tyler Reddick
  • Derek: Kyle Larson

Fantasy League

Shoutouts if any

• Eric: Berlin Raceway yet again
• Derek: Michigan International Speedway

Jackass Corner

• Eric: 
• Derek: 

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
• Can find old episodes of the podcast, show notes, links to the articles we discussed, past race coverage, photos and more. 
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Show notes:

Review Michigan

• Cup Series: FireKeepers Casino 400
  • Kevin Harvick breaks a 65-race winless streak and earns a playoff spot
  • Dustin Long from NBC asked Harvick about his mental toughness and how he is able to maintain that through a long winless streak
    • Audio (1:43): Harvick Replacing Earnhardt
    • Audio (1:01): Harvick Playoff Prep
  • Audio (0:51): Joey Logano Postrace
  • Denny Hamlin had probably the strongest car on the day, but a couple penalties on pit road put him in the back and he never got a caution to make that time up. He was asked postrace whether the mistakes his team has made this season are troubling. 
    • Audio (0:58): Denny Hamlin Postrace
  • Bubba Wallace finished second. After the race he took a long time to get out of the car, and when he finally did he took off his helmet and knelt next to the car with his head down and stayed there until crew chief Bootie Barker came over and had a few words with him. Afterward, Bubba was asked why he was so emotional
    • Audio (1:35): Bubba Wallace Postrace
  • Bell and Chastain get together to cause late caution.

• Xfinity Series: New Holland 250
  • Ty Gibbs gets another Xfinity Series win
  • Race mostly dominated by Gibbs and Gragson, and to a lesser extent Allgaier

Playoff Picture:

News

• Tony Stewart launching NFTs
• Petty GMS to announce driver of the 42 Wednesday

Picks Richmond

• Truck Series: Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier Appreciation
  • James: John Hunter Nemechek
  • Eric: Chandler Smith

• Cup Series: Federated Auto Parts 400
  • James: Ryan Blaney
  • Eric: Martin Truex Jr. 

Fantasy League

Shoutouts if any

• Eric: 
  • Berlin Raceway this Wednesday is the Battle at Berlin 250. I’ll be out there. William Byron won the Money In the Bank 150 earlier this year, and he’ll be back out there for this one. I asked him about racing at Berlin during his media availability Saturday at MIS. 
    • Audio (1:05): Byron on Berlin
  • Claire B. Lang
• 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
• Can find old episodes of the podcast, show notes, links to the articles we discussed, past race coverage, photos and more. 
• Find the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher and Soundcloud.
• Subscribe for new episodes each week. 

Show notes:

Review Indy

• Cup Series: Verizon 200 at the Brickyard
  • Tyler Reddick dominates and holds off the crazies to get his second straight road course win
    • RC is still angry
  • Ross takes the shortcut and gets slapped on the hand
  • Larson and Dillion had a huge hit
    • Hendrick tells Pockrass no signs of brake failure in Larson’s car
  • Messy Restarts
  • Should we go back to the 400?
  • Penske says Cup race will be on the road course again next year
    • https://www.jayski.com/2022/07/29/indianapolis-cup-race-will-return-to-the-road-course-next-season/

• Truck Series: TSport 200 Presented by Crescent Tools at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park
  • Grant Enfinger locks into the second round
  • John Hunter driving like a moron, wrecks Taylor Gray while leading late
  • IRP is awesome

• Xfinity Series: Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard
  • AJ wins his 9th Road Course race. 

Playoff Picture:

News

• Erik Jones signs multi-year extension with Petty GMS
  • https://www.jayski.com/2022/07/30/erik-jones-happy-at-petty-gms-would-like-to-return-in-2023/
• Kyle Busch says he’s willing to take a pay cut to continue racing
  • Harvick says he’d love to have Kyle as a teammate at SHR
  • Kyle’s pre-race interview on USA sounded a lot more like a driver shopping for a new team than one planning to re-sign with the old one
  • https://www.jayski.com/2022/07/30/kyle-busch-says-negotiations-continue-with-joe-gibbs-racing/

Picks Michigan

• Xfinity Series: New Holland 250
  • Eric: Josh Berry
  • James: Austin Hill

• Cup Series: FireKeepers Casino 400
  • Eric: Erik Jones
  • 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
• Can find old episodes of the podcast, show notes, links to the articles we discussed, past race coverage, photos and more. 
• Find the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher and Soundcloud.
• Subscribe for new episodes each week.