NASCAR

[Meacon Keaton]

Even if Byron misses the cut, this has been a fun race and I'm all in on the NASCAR playoff and playoff hunt now. This has been fun, whether #24 is in the final 16 or not. 

Ryan Newman with a PG-rated promo on Tyler Reddick.  

[Draevyn]

“Obviously the #8 ran out of talent” is gonna be my new insult.

“Well didn’t you just run out of talent!”

[Meacon Keaton]

LETS FUCKING GO!!!!

Byron his first win, in the playoffs, and I won $35 betting on him!

[GhostMachine]

I'm just glad Jimmie Johnson will be missing out on the chance for an 8th championship. 

Byron finally winning a race is cool.

[Meacon Keaton]

Truex is dominating tonight @Forky

[Draevyn]

1 hour ago, Mr. Meacon Moneybags said:

Truex is dominating tonight @Forky

The one week I didn't bet on him  But I guess I'll take the victory if he can finish it.

[Meacon Keaton]

Nope. Jinxed it. 😕

I’ll take a top-5 for Baby Byron though!

[Draevyn]

Well not a good night for Truex there but I guess the $2 win makes it somewhat okay. Blaney needs to make something happen in the next two races though.

[Meacon Keaton]

Bubba Wallace has announced that he will not be driving for Petty next year. Erik Jones to #43 maybe? Tons of young talent in the Xfinity Series waiting to get the call, but Petty could do a lot worse than Jones.

Also Jimmie Johnson officially announced that he'll be driving IndyCar next year, which is just awesome. I love watching IndyCar, but have never really gotten behind a driver, but now I'll have someone to cheer on. Very excited to see how he does next season. 

[Draevyn]

Really? Who are you going to cheer for? 😛

I feel like Jones is on the market at the wrong time. He could very well go to the 43 but I’d rather see him in the 48 though I assume Hendrick is going to bring up a young driver from xfinity who isn’t ready. Brandon Jones being the most likely.

I assume Bubba will be driving the 42 next season. The 95 will also be open with Bell taking over the 20. I don’t think Bubba will go there but it’s an option for Jones.

[Meacon Keaton]

What a fucking shitty ass way for Byron's playoff run to end.

[RoHitman Reigns]

Nascar is getting a big boost now as a new team is going to be created which shall have a primary owner of His Airness, Michael Jordan. 

[Meacon Keaton]

Co-owned with Denny Hamlin and they've already announced Bubba Wallace as their driver. That's awesome. I figured Bubba had to have something big lined up to turn down part ownership of Petty. 

[Draevyn]

My wife and I were actually discussing where Bubba could be going about 5 minutes before this announcement had been made because up until yesterday we had figured he'd take over for Kenseth in the 42. Then when Ross Chastain was announced as taking that over, it became where the hell does it make sense.

This was definitely not what I expected at all but good for them. Hopefully they can bring the money that brings the competition because the Cup Series is the most expensive place to field a team. The good thing about Bubba is that he brings sponsors with him so they don't need to find a lot of those, and I'm sure with Denny involved they'll have an alliance with Joe Gibbs Racing as well.

Also they apparently bought the charter from the team that Ty Dillon drives for, which means poor Tyler Reddick is probably going to be out of a job at the end of the year as Grampie makes room for his grand son in the 8 car. 

The one thing that has driven me crazy about this sport since I began watching it is how it treats young drivers. It's a very sink or swim business and sometimes some good drivers get washed out before they should. Regan Smith being one. Daniel Hemrick was screwed out of the 8 car when they brought in Reddick and now I assume Reddick will be gone for the owners grandson, who is not even close to as good as Reddick.

[Meacon Keaton]

Oh man, I’d love to see what Reddick could do in the 48.

[Draevyn]

I still feel like that's where Jones is going to end up actually which I'd be okay with though I do love Reddick much more than Jones.

[Meacon Keaton]

I’d be disappointed if Hendrick took Jones over Reddick. I think Reddick’s potential blows Jones out of the water.

[Draevyn]

19 minutes ago, Mr. Meacon Moneybags said:

I’d be disappointed if Hendrick took Jones over Reddick. I think Reddick’s potential blows Jones out of the water.

As long as he remembers the race isn't over

[Meacon Keaton]

I've always really loved Vegas. I wish Byron was still running in the playoffs but a trio of Vegas, 'Dega, and the Roval makes this probably the most fun round of playoffs. 

[Meacon Keaton]

Fun race. Shit luck for Byron yet again. I'd rather have DiBenedetto win than Kurt Busch, but at least it wasn't Hamlin?