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How has noone mentioned Blaney? He's second in points. Even though he doesn't have a win, I'd put him in my final 4.
I would NOT put Larson in there right now. He's.. Not really running all that great. The only reason i'd consider him is that he can win on any given weekend.. But we can say that about most people who qualify for the chase.
Here's the current playoffs
1) Chase Elliott
2) William Byron
3) Ross Chastain
4) Ryan Blaney
5) Kyle Busch
6) Alex Bowman
7) Martin Truex
8) Denny Hamlin
9) Chase Briscoe
10) Austin Cindric
11) Joey Logano
12) Christopher Bell
13) Aric Almirola
14) Kevin Harvick
15) Eric Jones
16) Austin Dillon
Drivers within a race of making the chase, Reddick, Suarez and Buescher
Right now.. I'd probably go with Elliott, Busch, Blaney and Truex.
Truex isn't flashy. He's just consistent.
Tougher, to me, is the first 4 out.
Dillon, Jones, Cindric and Briscoe perhaps.. Logano isn't running well at all, Harvick is hit or miss.
It's quite possible that we may NOT see an JGR driver in the Final 4. KB appears to be the best bet right now, but even he is still not having a great season so far, even with one win. Overall, Toyota is struggling a bit. But I'm sure it will turn around.
I agree with Hendrick possibly taking 3 spots. Larson, Elliot and Byron. Be cool to see Chastain in it. Maybe an ALL CHEVY?? I wonder if NASCAR would (cough) allow that.
It was obvious the #11 team would have a harsh penalty. Maybe NASCAR should look more into why this is happening so often.
The 4 race suspension is the NASCAR standard for losing a wheel. It’s a huge safety issue.
Too early to guess on final 4.
Chase just finally got himself in the playoffs (probably).
Blaney is second in points, so he’s been consistent. Just hasn’t won a race.
JGR and Toyota don’t really seem to have a good handle on this car yet. Very inconsistent.
How has noone mentioned Blaney? He's second in points. Even though he doesn't have a win, I'd put him in my final 4.
I would NOT put Larson in there right now. He's.. Not really running all that great. The only reason i'd consider him is that he can win on any given weekend.. But we can say that about most people who qualify for the chase.
Here's the current playoffs
1) Chase Elliott
2) William Byron
3) Ross Chastain
4) Ryan Blaney
5) Kyle Busch
6) Alex Bowman
7) Martin Truex
8) Denny Hamlin
9) Chase Briscoe
10) Austin Cindric
11) Joey Logano
12) Christopher Bell
13) Aric Almirola
14) Kevin Harvick
15) Eric Jones
16) Austin Dillon
Drivers within a race of making the chase, Reddick, Suarez and Buescher
Right now.. I'd probably go with Elliott, Busch, Blaney and Truex.
Truex isn't flashy. He's just consistent.
Tougher, to me, is the first 4 out.
Dillon, Jones, Cindric and Briscoe perhaps.. Logano isn't running well at all, Harvick is hit or miss.
Yeah , I mentioned that about Blaney, I guess I just look at it if it was between Kyle Busch and Blaney... even as bad (or not great) as Gibbs has been My money would be on Busch. Interesting that you dont include the 2 guys that have 2 wins, Byron or Chastain. I think a lot of people are surprised how well Byron is running on all different tracks.
That's because as the TV cameras follow the races, especially down the straights, the pan the cameras faster, so the empty seats don't show up as well as they did before. Consider that they took a lot of seats out of the backstretch stands at Daytona, a couple of years back.
Exactly. Most tracks have reduced capacity by 40% or more. Talladega has fewer seats now than it did in the late 1980s.
Reminds me of a business unit I once worked for. They kept laying people off until they got to the point where they were "profitable," and then the parent company made a big deal about our quarterly revenue (which really hadn't changed much - our expenditures had decreased) and sold us off.
Yeah , I mentioned that about Blaney, I guess I just look at it if it was between Kyle Busch and Blaney... even as bad (or not great) as Gibbs has been My money would be on Busch. Interesting that you dont include the 2 guys that have 2 wins, Byron or Chastain. I think a lot of people are surprised how well Byron is running on all different tracks.
Chastain I left out because "You have to lose one to win one". This will be his first time in the chase, team is too new.. I think the pressure would get them.. Probably at the round of 8. You never know. The slipper might fit.. But..
Bowman.. Look, he runs decently well.. But he's got quite a bit of the Justin Haley factor. Not to that extent, for sure. Busch saying he backs into wins.. Is not entirely false.
Byron.. Feast or famine a bit much for my tastes. 2 wins, 4 top 5's, 4 top 10's. I'd like to see that more along the lines of 4 top 5's and 8 top 10's.. Even without a win, if it was just that.. I'd feel better about him.
Chastain I left out because "You have to lose one to win one". This will be his first time in the chase, team is too new.. I think the pressure would get them.. Probably at the round of 8. You never know. The slipper might fit.. But..
Bowman.. Look, he runs decently well.. But he's got quite a bit of the Justin Haley factor. Not to that extent, for sure. Busch saying he backs into wins.. Is not entirely false.
Byron.. Feast or famine a bit much for my tastes. 2 wins, 4 top 5's, 4 top 10's. I'd like to see that more along the lines of 4 top 5's and 8 top 10's.. Even without a win, if it was just that.. I'd feel better about him.
Ill give you that on Chastain.
Byrons 2 DNF's hurt him but even with that he is 3rd in the regular season points.
Bowman even though I did not put him in my final 4, Justin Haley?! Justin Haley can only hope he has Bowman's stats when he's been around for a few years. He's 5th and 6th in points, that's not from backing into wins, that's consistency.
Like he said, " What are you guys going to say if I do win the Championship".
I would like to see him win it just to hear that answer. I suspect he would still be the Rodney Dangerfield of NASCAR.
As for the first 4 out...Dillon, Jones, Cindric and Briscoe perhaps.. Logano isn't running well at all, Harvick is hit or miss.
I would probably put Bell in there in place of Briscoe.
The 4 race suspension is the NASCAR standard for losing a wheel. It’s a huge safety issue.
I can't argue that, but since it's a totally new system, replacing a wheel and hub that has been in place since the 1950s, I would think that it will take some time for the crews to adapt to this. A 4 race suspension, in my opinion, is a pretty stiff punishment.....
Byrons 2 DNF's hurt him but even with that he is 3rd in the regular season points.
Bowman even though I did not put him in my final 4, Justin Haley?! Justin Haley can only hope he has Bowman's stats when he's been around for a few years. He's 5th and 6th in points, that's not from backing into wins, that's consistency.
Like he said, " What are you guys going to say if I do win the Championship".
I would like to see him win it just to hear that answer. I suspect he would still be the Rodney Dangerfield of NASCAR.
As for the first 4 out...Dillon, Jones, Cindric and Briscoe perhaps.. Logano isn't running well at all, Harvick is hit or miss.
I would probably put Bell in there in place of Briscoe.
Haley, in Xfinity and Trucks.. Was always there. Usually in third place. And.. then he wins through some crazy stroke of luck. Like.. Kurt Busch pits and the rains come down.. P1 and P2 wreck each other. Like I said, Bowman isn't to that extreme, but he has had the golden horseshoe stay stuck quite a bit.
Bell is not running bad. Very quietly having a quite good season. He had some horrendous luck at the start of the year, but after the first 5 races, 2 top 5's and 4 top 10's in 6 races. He'd make it through the first round. Perhaps not the second. Maybe hasn't turned the corner, but kinda looks like it.
Seems he's, at the base level, blaming it on the speed of the stops. If something goes wrong, there's just not enough time to react.
With secondary issues being that the nut can fall out of the gun and the fact that.. Well, there's 1 chance to get it right vs 5 on the old car. Old car, if you got 2 nuts on there, you could at least make it around and bring them back in to get it fixed. When you've got one shot at it.. It's either on or not. If it's not, that wheel is coming off.
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