Martin Truex Jr. is right. Maybe the car’s fuel has nothing to do with what the driver is doing behind the wheel, or maybe the high stakes of the championship format provide motivation, but at this point, the end of a NASCAR Cup Series race is usually downright crazy. . Let’s be honest, the occasional sissy Stock Car show is fun and sets NASCAR apart from pure disciplines like IndyCar, IMSA or Formula 1. But when does this racing stop being a sport? NASCAR President Steve Phelps told Kevin Harvick why Austin Dillon was penalized for his behavior in the last lap race at Richmond during happy hour. “We’re not a demolition derby,” said NASCAR president Steve Phelps, but it doesn’t often seem that way. the name of the roadAs a result, one of the cleanest racers of his era was eight weeks away from retirement.
“Once you get into the essay, they put you on a marble. “Just kidding.”“It’s ridiculous that the whole race is always about that. “I don’t know what you can call the best athletes in the world who start over after a competition.”It’s very frustrating, but that’s the way it is these days. “I’ll get out of here.”
By the way, this is not a criticism of the contestants themselves. Because what are they going to do with these small, heavy racing cars? Goodyear’s radical experimental tire compound failed to deliver on Sunday. At one point, leaders Ross Chastain and Shane Van Gisbergen took advantage of the clean air and maintained their lead, holding onto their tires for 40 laps. By the way, this is not the fault of the competitors themselves. Because what are they going to do with a heavy race car that isn’t powerful? Goodyear’s radical experimental tire compound failed to deliver on Sunday. At one point, leaders Ross Chastain and Shane Van Gisbergen took advantage of the clean air and maintained their lead, holding onto their tires for 40 laps.
Just ask Ty Gibbs, according to The Athletic’s Jeff Gluck. “If you don’t put 900 horsepower into these things, you can’t do anything. I can’t pass. Sometimes I wonder — Is this car designed to stop us? Instead, it’s a heavy underpowered brick that doesn’t restart until the driver hits the car in front and can’t complete an overtake without a push or a bigger hook.
It’s more like a crash car than a race car. The answer to all this was the launch of a lottery consisting of play-offs, a diet superspeedway, a street circuit on experimental tires and a Bristol night race for a repeat, which was expected to be the ultimate test of racing performance. Extreme tire wear in March. How do you expect them to drive if these are the conditions? Maybe the point is to remember as many races as possible, and there is a point of diminishing returns when the races become a crescendo of endless crashes because we are playing a kind of derby.
