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On this week’s Happy Hour, hosts Trey Lyle, Michael Massie and Dalton Hopkins are joined by SiriusXM NASCAR Radio’s Davey Segal to talk about the dud of a Bristol Night Race that happened on Saturday night (Sept. 21).
Why was the tire wear not as severe as it was in the spring? Is Goodyear totally at fault for this past weekend at Bristol, or is there a deeper underlying problem? The quartet discuss what went wrong.
The guys also dive into Martin Truex Jr.‘s and Ty Gibbs‘ early eliminations from the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Why has Truex struggled in his final full-time season after being one of the best in the series last year?
The NASCAR Xfinity Series begins its playoffs this coming weekend at Kansas Speedway. The gang each give their predictions on who in NXS will make the Championship 4 and who will be the champion.
The guys then take a deeper look at the trade between Justin Haley and Corey LaJoie. Who was the winner in the trade? What does it mean for both drivers’ futures?
In honor of that trade, the quartet rattle off what would be some fun hypothetical trades to see in NASCAR in the bonus segment.
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I know most people, including Massie, don’t agree with me but I don’t think Bristol was best when there was one groove and you had to use the bumper to pass. I’m not a fan of classic short-track racing. There was a period after the current repave in 2007 when there were multiple grooves like now but without PJ1 and where you could pass. I thought it was great. Comers and goers. Guys searching for where their car ran best. Crew chiefs making adjustments to make their cars better. Fans apparently didn’t like it. Bruton didn’t like it and ground down the top to try to force everyone to the bottom where they’d have to bump to pass. It didn’t work–it became follow the leader, and we’ve had issues in Cup there ever since.