- NASCAR might get rid of the playoffs - Jusan gone - Cup potentially going up to 750 bhp per Keselowski They really are trying to tempt me aren’t they

People on the internet really do need to learn to just take the L and stop posting

An underrated reason why NASCAR is looking at changing or removing the playoff format is that the NFL will likely force them to delay the start of the season by a week. Going to an 18th game would end the Super Bowl on President's Day weekend - the same weekend the Daytona 500 is currently on.

Something that got lost in the news: Chip Wile is leaving his role overseeing all track operations at NASCAR at the end of the season. Starting next year, Ben Kennedy will serve as his replacement.

Kasey's Hendrick tenure was pretty disappointing and it ended with every driver in NASCAR supposedly going to the 5, but damn if his schemes weren't on point

One of my big points over the last few months: if NASCAR did announce no more playoffs, what would there be reaction be? Would anybody really groan and go “Naw I don’t like this, I’m going to stop watching”? Gluck’s column is a good trial balloon on this.

There are a lot of really good points here. I’ll point out that the two biggest active names in American motorsport - especially outside of the south - are Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, who have dominated and won the last nine F1 championships.

I should bring up that my last big project I did at Frontstretch was ranking the top 25 F1 drivers of all time. That ranking featured Verstappen already at No. 2. frontstretch.com/2025/01/04/s...

If Kvapil really has signed a contract with Penske, it would not surprise me if this is simply Roger not willing to shell out for a full NXS season at JRM.

Lifelong cheater Tom Brady wants us to trust him, bro.

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Last year's Kansas viewership (held this past weekend): 1.79m This year's Loudon viewership: 1.29m

The playoffs are doing so well that they are relying on the people that have made the Rizzler a thing to try and get people under 50 to watch the product

I had no idea Quad Lock was a phone case company. Well, guess who needed a new phone case anyway. Should be here by the weekend.

I think the issue with Bianchi’s point that there are a lot of people off social media wanting to keep playoffs is that the majority of people are just not going to give a shit, not if there is playoffs or not. My point is, if NASCAR announced no more playoffs tomorrow, what would the reaction be?

NFL Street 2 getting the nod is a bit of a surprise, to say the least

Yeah sure, TV has no say in whatever the new playoff format is. The people paying $1.1 billion annually have no say in how the series is ran? Seems to be early to start seeing suckers being given away for Halloween.

Let’s make a simple playoff system: 12 drivers advance, the top 10 in points plus two winning wild cards. Playoffs are 2 rounds of 5 races each. 6 drivers eliminated in round 1. Each position in points is seeded by 10 points (ie 1st starts with 2100, 2nd with 2090). Wins worth 10 bonus points.

You know they do say the Granite State is very similar to New Zealand in a lot of ways

Eh he’s a former Seagull, we’re built different

It’s really funny watching Chris Myers call a football game, because this is something he actually cares about and does prep work for. Then he goes over to the racing side and he’s just unforgivably awful

I will say that if Max can actually pull this off, there’s almost no real debate we can make anymore as far as GOAT arguments

It’s absolutely bru-tal that Sainz got a podium with Williams before Hamilton did with Ferrari

I wouldn't put money on Max winning the WDC. But there's a very good chance he can brute force second in constructors for Red Bull, just 18 points behind Mercedes as they run

This race proves McLaren isn't actively sabotaging Piastri in favor of Norris. Or maybe they are, they're doing a terrible job regardless.

No more safety cars please (Kimi Raikkonen Brazil 2006)

Kind of surprised Mercedes isn't swapping the cars, clearly Russell is faster

I love Jolyon Palmer

Lando you know what the fair thing to do is

To ban a play in the NFL, these three questions should be asked: - Does the play result in an abnormal amount of injuries? - Is the play completely unstoppable? - Does it circumvent the game? If none of them are a yes, the play should not be banned. Thus the tush push has no business being banned.

How slow do you have to be for normally lax NASCAR to say go home?!?!

So we’re not going to get a third Legacy car next year. The current 51 charter is being sold to Legacy. Legacy is then taking that charter and leasing it to RFK to become the 60. The current lease on the Ware charter that serves as the 60 is going back to Ware and becoming the 51.

From r/nascar comes… uh

Controversial opinion: a pitcher error that ends with a run should be an earned run instead of an unearned run. They made the error, that’s on them

Mets imploding

Our long national nightmare is over

We are in week 3 and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a rookie just become an NFL player as fast as Skattebo

Guess who spent most of their morning calculating a full history of NASCAR under this format?

Guess who spent most of their morning calculating a full history of NASCAR under this format?

NASCAR would never do this and it would be a terrible thing to watch, but it would be absolutely fascinating if NASCAR simply did not reward points at all. The driver with the most wins is crowned the champion. Second place finishes are the tiebreaker, then thirds, then fourths…

Fell asleep on the couch at 6:30, woke up at 12:30 and can’t go back to sleep, oh well

My question is why did Fox even agree to the contract knowing that he’s a minority team owner www.si.com/nfl/multiple...

There is no relation.

I would actually argue that, for the vast majority of games, the price point should actually be LOWER then $60. Everybody who has a Steam account has created a backlog over the years from sales, Humble Bundles, etc. If you want me to pay and play a game RIGHT NOW, make it worth it up front.

The Packers the last few years: - didn’t resign Darnell Savage after his rookie contract. He was just cut from the Jaguars today just a year into second contract. - released Jaire Alexander, who was a healthy scratch for Baltimore last week. -released Aaron Jones, who just went on IR.

r/IndyCar fully believes that damn Liberty Media is the reason for Mexico City flaking out

For the record: I promise to go from being a guy who just comments on a lot of NASCAR stuff to fully covering it again if NASCAR actually pulls the trigger this week and gets rid of the playoffs.

I’m really hoping this doesn’t turn into a cartoon where Piastri’s head is replaced with a big lollipop in the immediate post race after Abu Dhabi

Well shit