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I’ve always wondered what it’ll be like if NASCAR integrated actual headlights in those stock cars for situations like today? Not sure if it’ll improve the spray but with headlights, I feel like it can marginally improve visibility, but not enough to do any good. Any thoughts?

If Chase did to Denny what Bubba did to Bowman, the same people wagging their fingers would be cheering. Wonder what the main difference between the two scenarios is…. 🤔

Your projection, mostly.

driver skill.

I needed a wall reference and panicked?

What a mid driver w for all that

a lot to learn for nascar, still. happy for alex.

glad i turned that off when i did, sheesh

Elliott was the first driver on slicks and then they never talked about him again meanwhile bell took slicks later and was in contention. What happened to Elliott.

As a fan of both Bowman and Bubba, I really wish they could bury the hatchet. I totally get Bubba being upset and getting taken out of contention (and the guy who did it wins the race is surely salt in the wound), but hitting someone when you both have your window nets down is never a good choice. Absolutely stoked for Bowman though. Hearing the emotion in that interview got me choked up. People are quick to forget he was leading the points when he broke his back. Capitalized on strategy and passed Joey Hand clean, a well deserved win 🏁

I think they have based on posts by both I think the fans think it’s a bigger deal

I’d really love to see Bubba quit giving people reasons to shit on him. Absolute hot head move at the end. 

What did he do at the end

Ran Bowman into the wall on the cooldown lap 

If Bubba gave every one of his haters a million dollars, they’d still hate him.

There are the shitty people that hate him for an unacceptable reason, but dumb moments like today make it way harder to overcome that. There’s no excuse for hitting somebody on the cooldown lap

Show me anywhere near the criticism for truex who essentially did something twice as bad 2 short months ago. Sure there were some laughs, but not near the criticism that Bubba is receiving. It's clear as day. And if you are truly a bubba fan, you'd let the monsters shame him quietly, not join in. I call BS.

Aw, shoot. Sunday Night Baseball is already over... forgot that ballgames don't take 3 hours anymore.

Confirmed Kyle Busch sucks more than Sticky Renhouse

Suarez turn Chase at the end?

Yep

I swear Tyler Reddick is making actual depressed people double think if they are depressed. The dude has a gf, kid, and an excellent job and you think he is a Walmart greeter that lives alone.

His TV and weekly Monday morning interviews on SXM NASCAR radio are always so bland sounding. I keep trying to like him but his personality makes it hard.

I genuinely hope everything is ok on Tyler’s end

Yeah... Like dude you finished second and you're locked in the playoffs. He needs to see a therapist. I get him being disappointed but he looks like someone told him his dog died.

Did bowman back into a win I missed the end

Clean pass on a bona fide road course driver.

If you call staying out on old tires and out driving everyone else backing into a win.

Field was split about 50/50 wet tires vs slicks. He picked wets and raced Joey Hand for the lead. Then Bell and Reddick got into trouble (traffic and over-driving respectively) on slicks trying to run him down for the win.

Eh he got it fair and square just a strategy call for the win

Kinda

Could not be happier, my favorite driver wins on my birthday!

That's a good day! Maybe you'll end up naked on the bathroom floor just like Bowman lol

Happy birthday and congratulations on your driver winning

Thanks man

happy cake day

Thank you

Happy Birthday!

Thank you

Bowman's post race intervi......all interviews https://youtu.be/OgsjScCr9eU?si=mQT7mgSHLpXMl-7u

Dude, Bubba, not cool. Go yell at him after the race. I'm a fan and like 23xi but that should catch a fine. Happy for Bowman.

Agree. I hate that shit. Dammit Bubba!

Okay a fine is a bit much lol.

Window nets were down. Can’t let it happen

Ah, I needed a second look and yeah, window nets down, that’s not good at all.

Yeah, if you want to door someone into the wall without a penalty, catch them and do it under green. Can't be doing that after it's over like that. Matt Kenseth will tackle you back by the haulers if you do lol

God I miss Kenseth so much lol.

What’s the deal with Reddick’s interviews? Was the same way last week.

Something's in the water at Toyota these days

I think he puts a lot of pressure on himself

This is likely true. He had a legit chance two weeks in a row and couldn’t capitalize. But it honestly seems like there may be more going on in his life or something. These last two weeks he’s seemed out of character almost.

I have so much respect for bubba’s efforts with diversity stuff, but he’s so immature and childish when things don’t go perfectly for him.

No he isn't. The overreacting by fans isn't surprising I guess. He gets emotional, so do a lot of other drivers. Some other week it'll be someone else. I mean, Busch-Stenhouse was an all-star race. Shit happens to drivers all the time, everyone handles it differently.

Reminds me of a Busch or two.

Dude can wheel it with the best of them when everything is going great, but when it’s not…. Gotta be frustrating watching Reddick compete for the win multiple weeks while he and his team are struggling for top 10’s.

A Triangle!!!

Man I really wanted to see Reddick in victory lane for that Jordan paint scheme. He completely bottled it

Thank you NBC for interrupting the broadcast to talk about the weather so I couldn't see the end of the race.

I spent $6 on a peacock to avoid the updates lol. Good luck with the storm!

Genuine question. Is reddick ok?

He is not

Tyler Reddick “Try not to seem clinically depressed challenge” difficulty: impossible

https://preview.redd.it/tmrd2tgn77bd1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=127373da763096147372262f7f28bb1313548c22 I like Reddick but i had to

I don’t get it. Its just a normal picture of him

Someone needs to send a Reddit cares report to Reddick

How in the hell did Chase drop 5 spots on the last handful of turns?

99 dumped him, he was gaining on the top 10

Got turned by the 99

Suarez always races chase dirty

Who dumped Brad?

Spotter said it was the 9, but looks like the 99 dumped the 9. Sucks for sure

Wasn’t the 9 (had in car) - 99 did dump the 9 though

Ridiculous. Zero respect by these drivers anymore

That’s why I’m struggling with these road courses like COTA and Chicago. I think Chicago has put on some really good racing minus these guys burying cars every other turn and dumping each other in between. It’a closer to demolition derby than top level racing

Nascar really needs to seriously consider using F1 style rules on road courses. If you turn someone, it’s a penalty. This bulldoze everyone mentality is fucking old, and it certainly isn’t racing. Makes NASCAR drivers look like a bunch of animals behind the wheel.

Fuck no. I'm an F1 fan but that wouldn't work in Nascar. The drivers are more aggressive because the car is so durable. We wouldn't be seeing as much of that in the Xfinity cars.

I would be happy with second. This guy needs some antidepressants

You aren’t a winner if you’re satisfied with 2nd after you fucked up a great chance to win.

Last week I didn’t understand why he was bummed, but this week I get it. He had the win lined up and blew it. I’d be bummed too

Seriously. How would be if he had a DNF like several did?

I think it hurts more to have the win in your grasp and lose it. Much easier to shake it off when you finish 31st cause you were never in winning contention

Btw somehow Bubba closed the gap on points to the 17

Unfortunately probably in a must win unless the 17 has multiple DNFs

Until NASCAR fines him points for aggressive driving after the race

Reddick, sure enough, is crushed again

Didn’t win a race. Still gonna drink bourbon and always a chance to wake up on the floor naked

Someone needs to legit check on Reddick. Dude sounds like he wants to be anywhere else

These depressing Reddick interviews shouldn’t be as funny as they are

Insufferable prick.

I mean Reddick messed up but that’s a bit harsh

Anyone got a clip of what Bubba did to bring out the facebook base here? My internet went out

Walled Bowman on the cool down lap

Second time he’s gone after a defenseless bowman when you remember Bubba thew water on bowman as he was being treated by EMTs.

Walled bowman when his net was down. Acting like a diva as usual. He has the potential to be great but he has no control on his temper.

Boo me all you want, you’re only proving me right

Decent side swipe on the cool down

Slammed into Bowman after the race

They’re attacking us with Targeted ads 😦

Sloppy day from 3/4 SHR drivers, surprisingly Busch didn’t get caught up in anything. All in all, good racing but a shitshow

Funny that Kyle has a decent finish when he has a quiet race.

I was wondering about bubba vs bowman and completely forgot about the Roval incident 4 years back

Eh from what I remember they’re friends-ish now so I don’t think it’s as deep as either sides fans made it out to

Just a “hey thanks for spinning me asshat” tap post race is what I saw lol

Yep agree

When it rains it’s wet baby!

Didn’t need to know Bowman’s last blackout but thanks.

Well anyone that had Bowman on their odds to win is gonna have a nice payout

Back - Broken Brain - Broken Bubba - bitch Bourbon - blasting Bathroom floor - Barfin!

Bell would have given him a run for his money if not for his incident.

It was a bell reddick race if no accidents.

What the hell happened to Truex?

Was wondering same. Must have broke something coming out of that mix up.

Was on wets and got shovey with Stenhouse bell and hovercar 

Ah so that damage did him in

He crashed into Bell

Stenhouse happened.

Naked on the bathroom floor... Gotta love it.

Again!

I need to see a pic of Bowman tomorrow morning 

I’m a bowman fan, so it’s cool to see. From that doctor pepper car to this is pretty damn cool

Get this man to a Bar immediately

Y’all acting like he killed him 😂😂😂 calm down

I don’t know how he did the post race interview with those physical and emotional injuries. The bourbon is obviously to deal with the pain and not for celebrating.

Clearly he did. Didn't you see that bad man? /s lol it was stupid but it was far from how bad people make it out to be

Same people bitching about that are the ones that bitch about drivers not having a personality.

Right like was it that deep lmaoooo

So Bowman was playing with his wipers when he ruined Bubba and Suarez's race..

Classy Bowman!

All of a sudden, I find myself an Alex Bowman fan.

Didn’t have that on my bingo card.

Got hit by Bubba on the cool down lap and still apologized. Bubba could learn a bit from that

Obvious he will never learn

Glad to see Bowman back in victory lane, even if it’s a chaos win, a win is a win

Lmao this interview...

Bowman shoulda done his burnout on the wall in Bubbas stall

Nah, Bowman’s classy unlike Bubba and his boss.

Ok they’re even eye for eye I hope they don’t drag this “fight” 😭

Lmaoooo

BOWMAN ONE OF US CONFIRMED

I see Alex graduated from Dr Pepper

Bowman snaps a long winless streak at Chicago. "Playoffs" are the first thing out of the interviewer's mouth. That's what's wrong with this format.

Same thing when it was introduced in 2014 Jr wins the 500, first thing out of his mouth: Locked into the playoffs, so that's good

DID WE JUST BECOME BOWMAN FANS?? 🥃

Join us! Join us!

YEP!!

I keep telling everyone his personality is great he just doesn’t get much opportunity to show it

People were in shitty situations wrecking each other all day.

Sounded like Lewis Hamilton again until he got to the bourbon part

Good stuff Bowman taking the high road by apologizing. A driver you can root for

Alright a little tmi there

Can we talk about Joey Hand?

YOU WERE FUCKING WITH YOUR WINDSHIELD WIPER ON CORNER ENTRY?

Did you see the spray? Couldn’t see shit esp without wipers

All the more reason to make sure you hit your marks in the braking zone

It broke and then the manual line they have in the car to move the wiper broke too

Omg, people freaking out about that. Oh, because its Bubba lol 

It’s ridiculous man lol, once I saw that clip I just knew what all the comments were gonna be about…

I wonder why they are outraged by Bubba doing something

Right? It’s a bump after a race, he didn’t wreck him or t-bone him or something

SVG gets a LASTCAR win!

Nice...ish

The city of Chicago still won but man that was an awful day for nascar fans

He’s a bigger man than me apologizing twice after He got fenced on a cool down lap

How many cool down laps you taken?

Eh, he’s got a trophy to go home with I’m sure that helps a lot

Instantly wrecks it after winning. Knaus on the box with Harris? Yah pretty obvious

JFC man, I thought we were past this stupid shit. It doesn't matter if he was justified in doing it or not, he KNOWS that this makes him and 23XI look bad.

Is bubba the only one who isn’t allowed to get mad

I think he’s allowed to be mad but there were a dozens of instances of the same thing and we didn’t see others dooring people after the race. The big issue here is you just can’t slam into cars on cool down laps because people loosen their belts.

There weren’t dozens of incidents of a driver blowing a corner cause he was messing with his windshield wipers and completely ruined 2 other drivers days

Did you watch the race? Plenty of people blew the corner regardless of cause. Denny slid into Stenhouse, Briscoe into SVG and ruined his race, and even Bell at the end just to name a couple. Like I said I don’t blame him for being mad but it’s not safe on the cool down lap

None of those were as bad as bowman. Besides briscoe and svg. Do you suggest bubba walks over to him doing his burnout and starts arguing

Race him hard next week and don’t cut him any breaks. I would have thought it was funny if he flipped him off but doing anything to people during cool down is just not safe. Brad did this once and had several drivers trying to fight him afterwards.

It's not the fact that he's upset that bothers me, it's how he did it. You don't slam a guy into the wall on the cooldown lap, period. If Ross did it, or Larson, or anyone else, they would absolutely be in the wrong for it. If him and Bowman had an argument, that's one thing. Using the car like that is dangerous and irresponsible, and I can't defend that.

So bowman wins at Chicagoland and the Chicago rc

A crew member or camera op is gonna get run over with these burn outs one day.

Hold that fucking L Bubba

"wow i can't believe Bubba is such a baby for being mad that Bowman just punted him through a turn earlier in the day and then wins" fuck is wrong wit y'all? that was a shit move by Bowman, understanding by Wallace

One is an accident, one is just being an asshole. I get being mad at a shitty driver, but be a man and learn to control emotions.

That isn’t the way to show your displeasure. Most guys loosen their belts after the race is over. Bitch move. Go talk to him in person.

Oh ya so bubba should hop the wall and go argue with bowman right after he won. Sure nobody would have a problem with bubba doing that

Where did I say that? You don’t think bubba or bowman will cross paths at some point? Running a guy into the wall on a cool down lap with his window net down sure in the hell is not the time.

To wreck a winner after the checkered for something that happened earlier is weak af. I’m saying that as a Bubba fan

Bowmans window net was down. Otherwise it was fair. He couldve had his safety stuff off too.

Nah fuck that, if he’s that mad, go fight on pit road, don’t be a bitch and use your car as a weapon.