Discussion Topics: 

• Cup: Echopark Automotive Grand Prix
  • William Byron becomes first multi-winner of the season for the third straight season.
    • Does he have the road course driver championship belt?
  • Chris Bell makes it interesting late/rattles the Kyles
  • Track limits? In NASCAR? Discuss.
  • Sounds like COTA is a lock for the 2025 schedule. Any issues with that? 

• Xfinity: Focused Health 250
  • This was a fun race. 
  • Larson wins in the 17 for Hendrick. A meaningful win for the team and the first Hendrick Xfinity win since 2009 (Daytona)
    • Larson gets the pole, starts at the back, leads one lap and wins.
  • Austin Hill vs SVG

• Trucks: XPEL 225
  • Corey Heim gets the win
  • Marco loses his ass
  • Hello Connor Zilisch!

• The gimmick of the week: Netflix Season 2 Draft

Eric	James
Joey Logano	Kyle Busch
Brad Keselowski	Ryan Blaney
Carson Hocevar	Noah Gragson
Kyle Larson	Corey LaJoie
Ty Gibbs	Shane VanGisbergen

• News:

• NASCAR to manage racing operations for Bowman Gray Stadium
  • https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2024/03/21/nascar-to-manage-racing-operations-for-bowman-gray-stadium/
• NASCAR has been actively pursuing a 50-percent stake in the Long Beach race
  • https://racer.com/2024/03/26/does-nascar-have-long-beach-in-its-sights/ 

Preview: Richmond

• NASCAR Cup Series: Toyota Owners 400 — Sunday, 7 p.m. ET
• NASCAR Xfinity Series: Toyota Care 250 — Saturday, 1:30 p.m. ET

• Cup Picks
  • Eric: Denny Hamlin
  • James: Christopher Bell

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Discussion Topics: 

• Cup: Shriners Food City 500
  • Tires, tires, tires
    • Some drivers were adamant that something changed. Goodyear says nothing changed from last fall.
  • Denny Hamlin manages the best and gets the win
  • Safe to say no one missed the dirt Sunday?
  • Ryan Blaney is sick of being asked about Ross Chastain

• Trucks: Weather Guard Truck Race
  • Christain Eckes holds off late charge from Kyle Busch to win
  • Stewart Friesen and Nick Sanchez have disagreement

• News:

Preview: COTA

• NASCAR Cup Series: Echopark Automotive Grand Prix — Sunday, 3:30 p.m. ET
• NASCAR Xfinity Series: Focused Health 250 — Saturday, 5 p.m. ET
• NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: XPEL 225 — Saturday, 1:30 p.m. ET

• Cup Picks
  • James: Tyler Reddick
  • Eric: Ty Gibbs

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Welcome to Episode 311 of the SuperSpeedway Podcast, recorded Monday, March 11, 2024. I am your host Eric Young and I’m joined by my co-host James Kuch.

Discussion Topics: 

• Cup: Shriners Childrens 500
  • Toyota’s look strong all day. Chris Bell gets Phoenix redemption
  • Did the new package work?
  • Joey and KFB were completely out to lunch. Is it worry time?

• Xfinity: Call 811. Every dig. Every time. 200
  • Chandler Smith wads them all up and comes away with the win.
  • Heartbreak for Allgaier

• News:

• RFK drops appeal of penalties from Las Vegas
• Honda coming to NASCAR (we missed it last week)
  • NASCAR could be looking at adding a hybrid component in the next few years
  • https://www.jayski.com/2024/03/08/potential-changes-to-cup-cars-could-lead-to-new-manufacturer-in-nascar/
• NASCAR is exploring holding a race at Dodger Stadium
• Jordan Bianchi PREDICTS next year’s championship race will return to Homestead (not official)

Preview: Bristol

• NASCAR Cup Series: Food City 500 — Sunday 3:30 p.m.
• NASCAR Xfinity Series: — OFF
• NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Weather Guard Truck Race — Saturday 8 p.m.

• Cup Picks
  • James: Brad K. 
  • Eric: Brad K.

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Discussion Topics: 

• Cup: Pennzoil 400
  • Kyle Larson dominates
    • Leads 181 laps of 267. Next highest laps led was Kyle Busch with 18!
  • Second win in three races for Hendrick
  • Kyle Busch has had four pit road penalties in first three races
  • SHR looked good
    • Chase Briscoe looked really strong
  • Chris Buescher loses a wheel
    • Crew members Nicholas Patterson (jack) and Jakob Prall (front tire changer) were suspended for the next two Cup Series events
    • RFK struggling to start the season
  • Chastain congratulates Blaney on learning to air block.
  • Jeff and Jordan’s debate — jump to conclusions after this weekend, or is it too early to start looking at trends?

• Xfinity: The LiUNA!
  • John Hunter Nemecheck becomes the first driver not named Austin Hill to win an Xfinity race in 2024
  • Sam Mayer’s terrible start to the season continues.
  • Shane Van Gisbergen another poor finish

• Trucks: Victoria’s Voice Foundation 200
  • Rajah Caruth becomes third black driver to win a NASCAR national series event
  • Spire is now (technically) 3 for 3 in the Truck Series this season
    • Nick Sanchez at Daytona is an affiliate team. Kyle Busch at Atlanta, Rajah at Vegas.

• Dale Jr. is out at NBC.
  • Will work for Amazon/TNT next season
• Denies claims that NBC wanted him to broadcast remotely and that he was scolded for not watching the monitors

Preview: Phoenix

• NASCAR Cup Series: Shriners Childrens 500 — Sunday 3:30 p.m.
• NASCAR Xfinity Series: Call 811. Every dig. Every time. 200 — Saturday 4:30 p.m.
• NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: OFF

• Cup Picks
  • Eric: Tyler Reddick
  • James: Ryan Blaney

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