Thinkin’ Out Loud: Despite Late-Race Madness, COTA Still Proved Satisfying
Crew chief strategy and exceptional racing at the front of the field offset some late-race drama that threatened to drag 2023 NASCAR COTA down.
Crew chief strategy and exceptional racing at the front of the field offset some late-race drama that threatened to drag 2023 NASCAR COTA down.
The talk of the town entering the weekend was anything but a car with a blue oval, but Ford proceeded to lead 221 of the 260 laps on Sunday.
After two straight weeks of utter dominance, one has to start wondering if the Hendrick bowties have found something in the Next Gen that other teams have not.
Kyle Larson had the field covered at Las Vegas until a pit stop and overtime restart allowed a dominant William Byron to claim victory.
Kyle Busch won in only his second career NASCAR Cup Series points race running for Richard Childress Racing at Auto Club Speedway’s 2-mile oval.
When it comes to the Next Gen car on superspeedways, this year’s Daytona 500 was more of the same. And you know what? That’s OK.
The field circulated around the 2.5-mile speedway in a train for most of the first 43 laps. Then came an absolute miracle.
Let’s face it. The new Clash is working, but for once, let’s just keep it the way it is.
Phoenix has done its time as the series’ finale. It’s time to move on.
Brave, silly or stupid, it doesn’t matter how you look at it. We’re going to be watching reruns of Ross Chastain’s Martinsville move until the end of racing.
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