Couch Potato Tuesday: NBC Sports Is Presented with a Strategy Race
Also, pre-race coverage focused too much on the shenanigans at Pocono rather than the race itself at Richmond.
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Also, pre-race coverage focused too much on the shenanigans at Pocono rather than the race itself at Richmond.
Also, where does Denny Hamlin rank all time in Cup Series history?
The broadcast was actually quite good. But there’s still work to be done.
Mason Filippi took the lead with 12 minutes to go and held on for the win.
The Heart of Racing’s Ross Gunn and Alex Riberas scored their first win in 13 months.
Ross Gunn will start from pole in his Aston Martin.
Mat Pombo set an outright TCR track record for Lime Rock to take the pole.
20 GT3 cars will do battle in the main show Saturday at Lime Rock Park.
Michael McDowell and Ryan Preece had a heated conversation post race but NBC didn’t broadcast the culprit for the conversation.