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.
Also, pre-race coverage focused too much on the shenanigans at Pocono rather than the race itself at Richmond.
Richmond was the 3rd win for Buescher in the Cup Series.
Strategy was big at Richmond, but miscues on pit road also played a big role in some teams’ results.
Preece just needed more green-flag laps to win and steal a playoff spot.
This move has become prevalent with the Next Gen car, and it almost always results in a retaliation.
An 80-lap feature squeezed out five extra laps of SRX excitement after Ryan Newman leveraged mechanical gremlins in front of him to reach victory lane.
The broadcast was actually quite good. But there’s still work to be done.
Stenhouse scored his first top 10 at Pocono in his 20th Cup start.
Preece had dominated in his home state until his brakes broke.
Martin Truex Jr.’s retirement decision could be hinging on how taxing the Cup Series schedule is.
Michael Finley gives what to expect in the series second race at Stafford in a row.
Michael McDowell and Ryan Preece had a heated conversation post race but NBC didn’t broadcast the culprit for the conversation.
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