BRUTAL Last-Second Loss | NASCAR Talladega Race Review & Analysis

A "must-win" race for Ford comes apart in the closing seconds. Controversy and chaos defines another Talladega race.
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[@EricEstepp]

UPDATE: Erik Jones has been transported to a local hospital after his crash at Talladega. He was initially checked at and released from the infield care center.

[@JGR4LIFE]

That’s not good. I hope it’s not career ending. 🙏

[@rjgaming9388]

Seems like NASCAR has some work to do next off-season or hopefully the Olympic break.

[@RG5Gamin]

bad look for nascar for clearing him

[@irvingboy1122]

I really hope he’s ok

[@dwanerusselburg7435]

I hope that he is doing OK after that crash

[@DennyDeliversYT]

bro my FOX tv watching experience was ruined today… all this nascar racing stuff kept interfering with my commercials smh…

[@Itsgamingtime11-co5kp]

It really did feel like that

[@Cuhh346]

There was like 8 commercial breaks in stage 1 alone

[@jakearmas2057]

Fr. So many commercials

[@albinb4018]

I turned the race off,after the first fuel run.I lost track of the commercials,5-6 commercial breaks in the first 48 laps or so…

[@kingsally2864]

cutting to commercial with 4 to go in stage 2 was crazy. they came back with 2 to go and we got to watch exactly 3 minutes of racing before they went to commercial as soon as the stage ended

[@stevep459]

Somebody sponsor the #78 before Eric has to do it again himself!

[@yanlo3159]

Dude low key, Tyler Riddick's car looked beautiful. Legit thought it was sponsored by Mercedes for a second

[@EricEstepp]

Scheme was clean

[@chuckowiley]

I kept seeing the Mercedes logo on his suit when I was barely focused on the TV, a little misleading but good to get the audiences attention

[@RaymondCoggins-xd2re]

Me too

[@user-dv7ro8xp4f]

i agree was funny funny

[@NeosAvias]

I showed footage of the win to my Swedish friend and he was like, "I didn't know Mercedes raced in NASCAR."

[@jakearmas2057]

That last lap crash was a certified NR2003 crash if I’ve ever seen one

[@CardboardCupSeries]

About to say the same exact thing 😂

[@FishNFoolLures]

How many times has Assholoski wrecked the leader on the last lap???????

[@aviserig]

Harmless Shenanigans?

[@davidcenci2240]

​@@FishNFoolLuresMcDowell wrecked him self..

[@markm3.16]

Looked to me like in McDowell's 2nd block he came down too fast and lost it.

[@landon8590]

Prayers up for Erik Jones

[@mister_aidan09]

Corey Lajoie's wallride and flip in the big one was definitely the biggest surprise this race, as another Cars moment is brought to life. I can't wait to see him talk about it on his podcast

[@jakearmas2057]

Kinda like Kasey Kahne at Bristol quite a few years back

[@JGR4LIFE]

@@jakearmas2057 that was 2010

[@jakearmas2057]

@@JGR4LIFE Ahh thanks, I was thinking it was 08 or 09

[@jacksonrobison1901]

It was a wonderful moment for the cars franchise 😂

[@TheTweedler]

A real shame for Trackhouse. Chastain and Suarez we're cruising to a 7th and 8th finish. Once the wrecking started Chastain ALMOST thread the needle for a 4th place finish but ultimately both the 1 and the 99 got collected.

[@lucnessmonster]

Two weeks in a row Chastain has crashed out of a good finish

[@alexhathcock1380]

Hmm I don't think Ross crashed out, I think he was crashed out. Wrong place, wrong time.

[@eriklatham9384]

Chastain was actually going to finish in about 4th it looks like if McDowell doesn’t wreck.

[@jeremyharper3462]

Yeah, Ross either got behind on the steering trying to save it or broke a toe link when he made contact with the car on the outside of him. He looked like he had it straightened out after that contact and then it just hooked hard right into the wall. Good race with a bad finish 2 weeks in a row. Nashville can't come soon enough!

[@MikeShreds.]

Brad literally said in the pre race, something to the line of needing luck, you can do everything perfectly with no mistakes, and still not win, his own words spoke very true today.

[@trentonfloyd908]

All the dang commercials bro 💀

[@norme2681]

I just muted the sound the whole race and listened to radio broadcast. FOX has less then 50% race coverage.

[@slayer6936]

I don't start watching the race till 2 hrs in, then fast forward threw them. I can't watch the races on TV at all. You should try it on KZbin TV.

[@zachariasx_]

@@slayer6936 the absolute best way to do it

[@norme2681]

@@slayer6936 HULU on any Fox channel won't let you skip the commercials, taped or recorded, Even if you a no commercial subscription.

[@seanfitzgerald5026]

​@@slayer6936 I do the same.

[@dannyalex7152]

With Reddick winning, it was really cool seeing Michael Jordan attend the race and see his car win… also really cool seeing Jordan carry Reddick’s son as well!

[@benredacted8468]

Always a good day when the sweat shop king shows up.

[@TanTan-hr7uq]

What’s the hype about Jordan ? Imao

[@ryanpaulding1178]

Yeah that was cool.

[@brendanschuett]

I would've liked that storyline a bit better if they didn't completely ignore the finish crash. That was a bad wreck, cars turning over and everything, and all they showed was Reddick's car.

[@TanTan-hr7uq]

@@brendanschuett and a pro basketball player… we wanna see our drivers… the on track action. Not millionaires.🤷🏻‍♂️🗣️

[@carypyke935]

That last attempted block was just ridiculous

[@namelessfred6837]

If it was anyone other then McDowell id agree. Has he ever not wrecked people at the end of these? Didnt he win a 500 by doing this?

[@themetalfusionologist]

Agree 100%…DBC dumbass of the week or whatever it’s called HAS to be McDowell. Ignorance at its finest

[@mgm1356]

McDowell should join Newman in Xfinity... Newman blocks Blaney let's Hamlin win Daytona 2020... This idiot blocks Keselowski let's Reddick win Talladega. What an idiot!!!

[@josephperez6706]

Nah it was just a little too late. McDowell and Brad barely touched

[@truckercowboyed2638]

And ironically that one involved Brad as well lol​@@namelessfred6837

[@airbornevet2050]

I can not believe FOX did not cut to a commercial in the middle of the Michael Jordan Post Race interview. Missed Opportunity. FOX PRODUCTION IS TERRIBLE.

[@jackshafto9123]

Lmao

[@jaggerglover2178]

prayers for Erik 🙏🏻

[@fivespeed42]

Yeah, I heard he went to the hospital afterward

[@drewball6433]

fox sold today fr. can’t believe the camera work and commentary was that bad today. the commercials were beyond belief

[@linhunnicutt6556]

I got tired of the Fox broadcast that I listened to the last 30 laps on MRN Radio. It was more exciting.

[@DEDBRD-di4yj]

Your right the broadcast is unwatchable. I wish there was a stat that showed how much time was spent on commercials and how much time was spent on the actual race.

[@irvingboy1122]

Micheal McDowell🤝Joey Logano throwing bad blocks on the final lap at a restrictor plate race

[@limprooster3253]

As a McDowell fan it was painful to watch. He kept getting too far ahead. Could have told you that'd happen with 20 to go. What sucks is he had a chance if he hadn't thrown that second block. I don't think he would have beat Brad but it would have been close.

[@HELLSDALE]

Yeah total brick. Ford needed to win and McDowell threw the worst block in recent memory. I get it’s for the checkers flag but he needs to be less impulsive.

[@RG5Gamin]

This wasn’t the geico 500. It was the commercial 500

[@JSkunk3223]

How many ppl went to Wendy’s after the race?? Yeah me either, all those commercials did nothing. Well that cinnamon bun looks good 😂

[@bighand1530]

I went to Wendy’s today lol.

[@michaelcrane2475]

Nice to see SVG up there in his first cup race at a Superspeedway. Imagine what he could do with team mates to support him. It was disappointing to see his run at the top thwarted by a more experienced driver pulling in front of him and bogging down. But so far he has either been very lucky or it's skill that he's been right there when other cars have wrecked but he manages to finish in an untouched car.

[@longhauler4life866]

What about the Daytona 500 and the Xfinity race yesterday?? 1st trip to Dega makes more sense. Jus sayin.

[@michaelcrane2475]

@longhauler4life866 I said first oval in a cup car. The others were in xfinity or Arca cars.

[@ethanweeter2732]

Gibb’s car was the one that killed the outside actually.

[@michaelcrane2475]

@@ethanweeter2732 Yep, Gibson was the car I meant.

[@longhauler4life866]

@@ethanweeter2732 Gibbs still sucks.

[@MegaMADhatter69]

Don’t know if you’ll see this Eric, but I always enjoy watching your uploads. Always anticipate it after the race on Sundays. Keep up the good work brother!

[@EricEstepp]

Thanks for tuning in! Glad you enjoy the videos

[@ethanwhite5019]

This was my first cup race in person!! It was very exciting coming to each stage end and the last 30 laps. The fuel saving racing was cool to see them 3 wide for so long. Congrats Tyler Reddick and 23XI Epic to see MJ there for it too

[@thomaskrebs8110]

I have tickets for October and before that I will see the Atlanta race too. NASCAR in person is totally different than in TV. In TV I wait for the crashes. In person I love the fly by of the pack and how loud they are.

[@anxiousorcus5489]

This is how Tyler Reddick has to win races this season: by sheer goddamn accident i guess

[@davecarsley8773]

Was it an accident that he was running in the front when someone else crashed?

[@themetalfusionologist]

His win was actually a pure GENIUS move. He knew what was about to happen, backed off, got the run & won in perfect fashion. I’m not a Reddick fan by any means, but that wasn’t an accident, that was pure strategy that worked

[@posisteve]

its a speedway, this is unfair

[@GrandpaShark]

All I heard this week on FOX & KZbin was, this is a must win for Ford. They sure didn't tell their drivers. Lap 114 - The 22 & 2, getting up to speed after pitting, pull up in front of the 17, 41 & 10 going full speed & try to block both lanes. Then on the last lap, the 34, 6 & 10 are leading the field - they block each other again & Reddick wins.

[@COCarDude]

I knew it was going to be horrible. Doesn't matter how much speed they have, they can't close the deal. 10 races in cup, 0 wins. Amazing work guys!

[@markm3.16]

Even the commercials during Xfinity were crazy. Once I saw a Side-by-side-by-side making the race view so small it was like watching it on my phone so they could play two commercials at once. Absolutely unacceptable.

[@user-ez5sv9pz4x]

16:45 I believe the aero issue is drag as Denny Hamlin said in his podcast when a driver steps out of line they immediately get hit with drag and slow down. In the old '90-00s package it was different.

[@alexspitznaugle6387]

Michael McDowell has to be the worst team driver for Ford. Three Fords in the lead coming to the checkered and he blew it for all of them by throwing some of the worst blocks imaginable. What a joke. Absolutely pathetic

[@boilercoasters8442]

As someone who was at the race in person, it was really cool to be at. The fuel mileage racing didn’t seem to affect my view of it besides the fact that they looked slower and sounded like a lower RPM. I was rooting for McDowell after I got a picture with him this morning but happy for Reddick and MJ. My first visit to Dega was awesome!

[@KCRX3]

Watching Gibbs totally ruin the outside line hurt, especially with the massive pileup that took most (if not all) of those cars. Busch ran in the top ten almost all day and wound up with a 27th. Lots of tough breaks for good running cars today

[@BrianIsTheGOAT594]

JHN almost Lepaged the field on the final lap, and FOX's NASCAR ticker put Kyle Busch as the winner above Tyler Reddick lmao.

[@johnhaas2523]

MRN was saying Tyler but held off from saying official for a few minutes

[@gth804f]

I thought I was the only one that noticed. He was very close to the racing surface.

[@theCDGeffect]

I think taking away the cautions with the stages would fix a lot of this, because they know how much they can save to make it a quick stop knowing they don't need to fill up all the way because of knowing when the caution will come out

[@francoisverville1899]

SVG had hell of a weekend as well, even if the results show different I was impressed by his driving

[@extragoogleaccount6061]

Yea, superspeedways have to be the newest/most different kind of racing for him. Like you said, results won’t show it, but he was looking pretty good.

[@Dupontman627]

Noah Gragson: 3rd Legacy: destroyed Karma sucks

[@kindsteel5]

Noah Won in the end

[@alextriplett9414]

That DW shirt is is Sick Eric.

[@polycube868]

Boogity! Boogity! Boogity!

[@extragoogleaccount6061]

It’d also be a cool version if it said “Jaws”

[@Nonfiction79]

I am at a loss for how NASCAR managed to screw up the three things they were good at with the Next-Gen. Used to we could always count on Short Tracks, Road Courses, and Superspeedways as being great races, but now those races are super hit or miss.

[@polycube868]

And 1.5 cookie cutters are considered "good" now! And we're probably stuck with these crappy ass cars another 5 or so years!

[@mrdecker2000]

Brad Keselowski was SO CLOSE 😭I see him winning a race very soon though!

[@HELLSDALE]

💔💔

[@TanTan-hr7uq]

Hopefully MTJ was close too for a plate track…

[@trent7736]

You been saying this for 107 races

[@solowingmobius3873]

I was at the race today. The way everyone was going 2 and 3 wide all race had my nerves on ice. It was amazing. Super happy for Reddick's win, and I hope Erik is okay after his crash.

[@thembanjoko2844]

Corey Lajoie went from stacking pennies to wall riding Herbie/Lightning McQueen style.

[@jamesculbertson1746]

Congrats on the recognition & interview with Kenny Wallace. Keep up the good work.

[@IamCodyK]

This is my first year getting into NASCAR. Your videos are a helpful insight to the sport. Appreciate you.

[@joshuapboston1999]

This was a great race at Talladega. Had almost everything you'd like in a superspeedway race! And 143 lead changes in the last two Talladega races!?! Wow! This is superspeedway Racing at its finest at this point!

[@erikcorr3261]

Lead Changes and green flag passes aren’t the best metric to determine good races from bad ones. I’m pretty sure a “Lead Change” or “Green Flag Pass” can count as a car getting 1 inch ahead of another and the positions change, and considering that the Gen 7’s biggest super-speedway flaw is the grid locking and it being so hard to move out of line, or form a third lane, those positions will swap constantly when they are so locked together, that may look good for metrics, but bad to the naked eye. This is just my opinion, but no this is NOT super-speedway racing at it’s finest, I mean the most recent Atlanta race had 25 less lead changes and I think only 1/3 of the avg. green flag passes per lap, but everyone agrees that race beats any talladega race with the gen 7 TENFOLD.

[@alexhathcock1380]

Minus Bad Brad K

[@fivespeed42]

Meh... same ol BS with a wreck at the checkered. Pack racing F'n sucks

[@FinkedOO]

Absolutely gutted as a Brad fan. Big props to Noah, I was not familiar of his game and how good of a pusher he is

[@Cloudy341blade]

Idk if its me but i really do think reddick is a serious championship threat we saw how good he is at 1.5 mile tracks good road course racer he obviously proved today he can win on a plate tracks i mean he done it 2x year in the 2nd duel at Daytona and today

[@EricEstepp]

I 100% agree

[@ratchet2003]

FOX's camera crew needs an overhaul!!!!

[@GrandpaShark]

It's the director. He sucks.

[@brinleynicholson4588]

They spent half the race talking about Wendy's.

[@duncanwallace5966]

Wendy’s got a few extra mentions in the Australian V8 Supercars this weekend too just from sponsoring a car way down in the field. It was noticeable.

[@speed4brainz]

COMMERCIAL 500!!!!

[@justjesse16]

im pretty sure it was clint bowyer that said years back. "you get one block. you dont get two"

[@shodrickrasco2628]

Really wished Michael McDowell or Brad Keselowski would've had won

[@fivespeed42]

Same here, bro, same here

[@mgm1356]

Only if McDowell didn't take an example from Newman's Daytona 2020 screw up...😂😂

[@bobaboey7073]

Excellent wrap up and take on a great races!

[@Gianna_Rode_The_Wall]

Ngl but that last lap flip was extremely unexpected by everyone

[@gcatwyo]

Check your audio settings on your TV Eric, if you have compression enabled it will equalize the volume of all the audio. This makes Mike Joys breathing the same volume as everything else.

[@jimprovax6846]

Eric. Love your channel. Keep up the great content.

[@BunnyMobile.]

I was rooting for BJ so hard, learned years ago he is from my hometown so I always think it’s cool seeing my hometown up on a Nascar race

[@conrailhbgline]

I want tandem racing back.

[@BrassMaster84]

Give me 1990s style restrictor plate racing. It was the best of both worlds. You could team up and make runs, but it also wasn't so bunched up that a wiggle can cause a multi-car wreck.

[@joshuaduff7439]

Exactly bc the exact same move that Dale Earnhardt tried on Mark Martin at the 1997 Winston 500 on the last lap no bumpers touched and no wrecks and Mark Martin did all kinds of blocking. Today McDowell did the blocking and got in a big wreck . Make the aero so these cars can get separated easier into smaller packs.

[@ivertranes2516]

You nailed it! Superspeedway racing was much better when two or three cars could team up, pull out, and run up to the front. This two by two by two crap is boring!!!!

[@MrYoung86]

Soooooo happy to be on an international feed (watching from Norway). While you are all watching commercials I'm watching the entire race without interruptions, the only difference is not having commentators for a few minutes...😁

[@joegibbons4]

Sweet DW shirt! Good work, Eric. As always

[@InsaneCelery238]

Say what you will about the Toyota strategy fail or the flip at the finish, the best part of the race was seeing the American hero Bj McLeod run up and take the lead legitimately in the first stage!

[@markymark903]

The only thing that is going to make Nascar interesting again is cars that can do 200 mph.

[@Time2Warp]

I know the 2 audiences don’t usually mix, but the fuel saving racing reminds me of the peloton in Tour de France. You constantly have people moving to the front and cycling backwards, and when it’s close enough that there’s enough gas to get to the finish the race is on. I think it’s cool to watch and agree that it adds to the plate tracks, not detracts.

[@rosscrashtain]

The Toyota incident reminded me of the 2017 Daytona 500...

[@christophergritti9873]

Hi Eric, thanks for the video, have a good day!

[@anthonybelcher8860]

I agree, good race today.

[@charlieguzior]

I haven’t seen anyone else mention this about Fox’s coverage, but has anyone else noticed a subtle buzzing during the broadcasts? Or is it just me.

[@lewishamilton271]

The "Fuel mileage" racing was exciting. Fox's camera angles are super annoying. At one point, they zoomed way out on the blimp cam, and I couldn't see the three wide action.

[@dang5553]

That’s strange

[@yatchclub14]

I watched from Germany so I couldn’t get the Fox Stream. I pulled up NASCAR Race Center with 4x in-car feeds and the MRN broadcast. Best viewing experience ever. I think I’ll watch every race with the Race Center from now on. I had Brad’s feed pulled up for the last 30 laps, truly amazing watching McDowell block.

[@RussellTurman]

Very well said. I don't think saving fuel is a bad deal. Keeps the pack close with lots of lead changes and strategy

[@mikepalko8446]

FOX chose to go full screen commercial with 7 to go in stage 2! Race recap with 11 to go!?!? C'mon FOX!

[@frevazz3364]

It was ridiculous. Then commercial after commercial with no side by side. Commercial, couple of laps, commercial. Then those cringe Wendy sponsor spotlights. They’ve gone too far. No other sports broadcast does this. Watch NBA games or F1 or whatever they don’t do this stuff.

[@NASCARFAN4EVER]

What did You think of NASCAR on FOX?

[@nickshaf22]

Ass

[@Master_of_light24]

I honestly really enjoyed the race today the fuel mileage strategy really made it interesting because it really made you think about your strategy as you were going on and I honestly enjoyed that today definitely a lot of 2 to 3 wide racing definitely enjoyed it for me

[@Skyvernius]

Fuel Mileage depends on the person because even the Daytona 500 Denny Hamlin said he didn't like the fuel mileage racing and just wanted to go out there and race. So I can't imagine he was thrilled with it today either.

[@polycube868]

Fuel mileage racing SUCKS on superspeedways, fuel mileage racing is only fun when it created an unexpected winner.

[@truckercowboyed2638]

​@@polycube868I mean strategy is always fun this from the fans who complain about the lack of unpredictable strategy now you don't like it... typical

[@optimalpowersimracing6625]

what position did McDowell deserve? He made his bed, now he lays in it.. 31st for that block is 100% where he deserved.

[@dexterlick1375]

I agree with the fuel saving adding extra strategy and mixing up the field throughout the races, they’ve been very entertaining

[@tommybounds3220]

Thank you for the video.

[@ryanpaulding1178]

I wonder if McDowell doesn't block the 2nd move Brad made and stays to outside with Brad, uses the side draft I think Michael gets the win ( or Brad) but happy for Reddick.

[@NeosAvias]

Bro I have no idea why so many people were complaining about the "speed." Like maybe I'm not as fanatic about the sport as others but I didn't notice the change in speed visually at all; what I did notice was that it wasn't a boring-ass train for three hours. Like... c'mon... how is that NOT OBVIOUSLY better?

[@rebelsoul5980]

It's the fact that fuel mileage racing is supposed to happen naturally, this is Nascar once again purposely creating a fuel mileage race. It doesn't happen naturally. Just like the elimination and reset rounds in the playoffs, Nascar is trying to create drama UNNATURALLY!! Playoffs should be the same 10 races(maybe different tracks here and there) and no elimination rounds or resets! Just 10 races and whatever driver collects the most points wins the championship!

[@rmg_2771]

I do wish we got that extra post race coverage, especially in victory lane every week like we did today. Probably the only bright spot FOX had today. Besides that they were brutal all weekend

[@KK5CGaming]

Don't mind the fuel saving during the stages. What I do mind, same as you, is that you can't generate a runs/a line at all. A third plus line just isn't manageable, and it make the two wide racing feel illegitimate or cheap. They are just running side by side and not really changing positions or anything.

[@loganengland8177]

Fox screwed the pooch big time

[@americanwalmarts3565]

A little suggestion for your post race videos After you show us the finishing results of the race, please show us the playoff standings in addition to the race finishes

[@EricEstepp]

I'll definitely start adding those as we get closer to playoffs.

[@stormix5755]

The reason Ty Gibbs destroyed the third lane was most likely because he braked and intentionally slowed them down. Smart move honestly, that eliminated the competition for Toyota. The Next Gen seems fine at superspeedways, it can do three wide. I just think drivers have become much more cautious and passive about going three wide in the Next Gen era.

[@micahelliott3684]

Was at the track today and seen a out of the groove shirt looks clean might have to snag one

[@RaptorRacing25]

Man I wanted brad to win it

[@ragingrac3ryt894]

Same

[@bighand1530]

I hear ya.

[@BrianIsTheGOAT594]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and Anthony Alfredo out of nowhere in lesser competitive equipment, got Top 10's! Also the run B.J. McLeod had before the car ran out of fuel was amazing. He led like 3 laps I believe and was super competitive, where both a Rick Ware and LiveFast car led a lap in today's race. That LaJoie crash also scared me too, and prayers for Erik Jones. I also hate it for Michael McDowell as well.

[@AviationAdrenaline91]

I liked how strategies almost played a role today and independent teams were doing their best to be relevant in this race and Noah Gragson almost pulling out a win for SHR if not for Tyler Reddick sneaking one by on Brad Keslowski to get a win I thought for sure the #6 crew were getting a “W” today coming from a Hendrick Kyle Larson fan 🤘🏻I loved the racing today and agree on the groovey gauge!

[@jonpeek5619]

Blocking in the tri oval should be a drive thru penalty when causing a wreck. If it's the last lap. Last position on the lead lap. This would stop the whole 20 car wrecks at superspeed ways

[@JBCAmerica]

Fox is getting stupid now, last few years have been tough

[@henrybigGreen]

I hope you video do this week will be about the xfinty race on Saturday and how hailee Deegan came so Close to her first top 5 maybe even win if Herbst didn't go high and left her out to dry seriously, her strategy worked, she was last yes, but was 4th on the final restart, but if Herbst had just pushed her, she would've probably had a top 5 in the xfinty series and maybe just maybe a win

[@AlexE5250]

Yeah it was a good strategy call, unfortunately she was just too slow to get help at the end. If Herbst pushes her, he’s going to be slower. It’s better for him to go around and draft off someone else. But she was close.

[@denniswilliams2385]

That last block by McDowell was nothing short of pure kamikaze. I mean he literally turned left at nearly two hundred miles per hour!

[@GabeNascarfan]

Love the vids!!!!!!!

[@steveo5712]

Shame on Fox for not following up on Jones. I was asking for a long time after the wreck if he was okay. Found out on Twitter within minutes about his back, the broadcast said nothing. I get not speculating, but when you have the car audio, they can at least say something. They cut away from the shot of the crew bringing out the medical cloth and said nothing else except that it took them extra time to get him out of the car. The angle of that wreck made me extremely worried.

[@Nafsllib]

They interviewed him coming out of the care center. He said he was sore but ok.

[@NASCARFAN4EVER]

This Is Talladega.

[@15StlEdmonds]

Hey Erik I think one thing that is missing from the TV Broadcast is the excitement in the commentary. Listened to MRN replay of the final call for the win. You can feel their excitement.

[@gregvandy34]

I love the DW t-shirt! Awesome

[@aeroag3600]

We all know what the DBC crew will say. JHN wrecks the field again Don’t think the McDowell move was late, but he was loose and lost it. Would have been interesting if he had picked a bump from Reddick if he could have come back at Brad at the line.

[@ravagingwolverine666]

I would add that McDowell's last block likely would have worked had Brad not gotten that push from Noah. With things moving so quickly, Noah's bump might have come after McDowell's spotter told him to block low. So I agree it wasn't late as far as when he made the decision. Brad just picked up that surge of momentum. The way they touched, the 34 was very nearly there.

[@crestinjahn]

I'm a Reddick fan and I broke up with my girl during the race. This healed quite a bit of the pain fs.

[@GrandpaShark]

She doesn't like Reddick?

[@thomaspodlesny239]

She just wasn’t the one keep going u got this 🙏

[@crestinjahn]

@@thomaspodlesny239 Oh yea I’m fine. She didn’t put in a lot effort anyway and I was done

[@crestinjahn]

@@GrandpaShark She didn’t care

[@johnbarker5009]

Once those Toyotas started to fishtail while they were hooked up, it was like pushing a chain. Eric, THANK YOU for pointing out that superspeedways have ALWAYS been mostly a matter of driving around in circles until Go Time. Clear back when the Bodines were beating each other up on the track and arguing off track I was complaining that plate racing was most of an afternoon of sheer boredom followed by 30 laps of sheer terror. I'm just thankful we no longer spend 10 minutes holding our breath to see if everyone lived like we did in the old days. How's that for perspective?

[@user-dv7ro8xp4f]

good post ERICK!!!!!

[@driverslqqk7940]

You can always count on John Hunter Nemechek causing disaster he really blew that one and I was a little confused I thought this race was sponsored by Geico but then I thought maybe it was sponsored by Wendy's I saw more dominant Wendy's commercials than I did Geico maybe if they brought the caveman back they'd be interesting anyway nice race Tyler I didn't know they had Mercedes in NASCAR I guess that's why you won it was cool anyway😊

[@driverslqqk7940]

Now Chase Elliott is back on the countdown he's One race without a win I didn't see where Kyle Larson finished and I didn't hear you mention that HMS boys really without the wreck they probably would have finished a lot farther back they really were a non-factor I think at one point I saw Larson spinning sideways in a melee at the end of the race good for him😂

[@ak102986]

What I do not understand is why it took Nascar so long to get the caution out? Giving Reddick enough time to get ahead and take the lead.

[@extragoogleaccount6061]

You wanted them to throw the yellow flag with the cars 100 yards from the finish line!?

[@ak102986]

@@extragoogleaccount6061 I want NASCAR to be consistent.

[@Ice-Blade]

cause they 1/2 assed did it right, and let them get back to finish line before doing so... but didn't let everyone get across the line.. a good attempt but they still f'd it up...

[@j.cbutterfly3293]

It was tremendous race at Talladega. We’ve saw 2 to 3 wide stretch, the big one wrecked happens, and I’ll give 91.9% ratings