The Official 2024 NASCAR Playoffs Discussion Thread

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Oh shit. Oh shit. A lot of cars wrecked...

 

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Oh shit. Oh shit. A lot of cars wrecked...

It's Daytona. Anything can happen. Anybody can win it.

 

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Allmendinger back in the top 3 after he fell out of the field with Justin A. That's how crazy this race has been.

 

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Gragson didn't get any help from Timmy Hill on that restart. Timmy was simply way above his head. He isn't used to being up at the front like that. Really sucks for Gragson. Well, another restart...

 

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Allmendinger OMG

 

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I actually think that's for the best for this race. Lets just end it. lol Allmendinger though... was so close to getting back up there AGAIN. Congrats to Clements.

 

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Congrats to Clements on the win! Big victory by him!

 

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Daniel Suarez signs extension with Trackhouse Racing.

NASCAR driver Daniel Suarez signs extension with Trackhouse Racing​

ESPN

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Daniel Suarez says he was never concerned about his racing future and insists he won't be down the road despite signing a one-year contract extension with Trackhouse Racing for 2023.

Suarez, 30, made it clear Friday that he accepted a short-term deal with the belief that it could lead to long-term job security once NASCAR and its teams have more financial clarity once the racing series lands a new media rights deal. The next deal should be known by the end of next year.

"We decided to do it this way for now," Suarez said. "The same way that I wasn't worried about this contract I'm not really worried about next year, either. ... Trackhouse is my home now. They know that and we're working together extremely well."

Suarez, who joined Trackhouse before its inaugural season in 2021, won his first race this year and is locked into the playoffs. He took the checkered flag at Sonoma Raceway in June, becoming the first Mexican-born driver to win in the NASCAR Cup Series.

He said the sides have been talking about an extension since.

"I knew it was going to happen," he said. "It was just a matter of time. I've been paying way more attention to driving than anything else. It definitely feels good, but I have known about it for a while that it was going to happen."

The deal provides some stability for Suarez, who bounced around for the first four years of his Cup career. He began at Joe Gibbs Racing in 2017, moved to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2019 and then landed at Gaunt Brothers Racing the following year.

Suarez currently ranks 12th in points heading into the regular-season finale at Daytona.

His contract is the latest in a series of team extension announcements, including Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney at Team Penske and Bubba Wallace at 23XI Racing.

 

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Dammit.

It's raining at Daytona.

 

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Six Cup Series teams penalized in pre-race inspection at Daytona​

ESPN

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR officials penalized six Cup Series teams for multiple failures in Friday’s pre-race inspection at Daytona International Speedway.

Those teams each had one crew member ejected before Saturday’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 (7 p.m. ET, NBC, Peacock, MRN, SiriusXM), the last race in the Cup Series’ regular season.

Penalized teams (with ejected crew member in parentheses) included:

• No. 3 Richard Childress Racing for driver Austin Dillon (car chief Ryan Chism)
• No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford for driver Chase Briscoe (car chief JD Frey)
• No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota for driver Martin Truex Jr. (car chief Chris Jones)
• No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford for driver Cole Custer (car chief Tony Cardamone)
• No. 43 Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet for driver Erik Jones (engineer Evan Bensch)
• No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Ford for driver BJ McLeod (engineer Chris Stanley)

The inspection process was delayed Friday afternoon by intermittent rain and lightning.

 

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The weather is not looking good for tonight but I have been wrong before. lol Lets get this race in!

Oh of course MTJs team is in that list. Out of all of the people....

 

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I hope it clears up.

 

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Fuck! The race has been postponed. The race is tomorrow at 10:00 AM ET on CNBC.

 

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It is what it is. You can't argue with mother nature.

 

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The race will be on Peacock as well.