Dale Jr. on the All-Star Race: North Wilkesboro Sets a New Standard for Short Tracks

[@TracksideViews]

Who keeps hitting the bleep button unnecessarily

[@michaelcarter577]

I assume they are trying out an AI tool that isn't working correctly

[@chris_peal_63]

I was wondering about this too. I was like hold on, he wasn't even talking!

[@94nolo]

dislike it quite a bit

[@papercrinkly]

It’s not just that it beeps, but does it at peak max volume blowing my eardrums.

[@OE_Racing]

That’s what I’m saying

[@UncleBuckRodgers]

When is Dale Jr. gonna go race a Crown Vic in the Freedom 500 at the Freedom Factory? I bet Larry Mac can hook him up with an invite. Tony Stewart said it was the most fun he has had in a race car in years! LOVED Jr's tire compound debate with that 15 year old kid BTW. LOL

[@R1Flem]

Never. Read the room.

[@whassupg89]

Thanks for putting chapters in the full episodes - really helps!

[@CMROCD82]

The excitement and energy that the CBS music brought to the race in like 1995-1997, followed by Ken Squier’s voice, was perfect. You knew life was good when u had a cbs race on a Sunday

[@johnhopkins6565]

The theme from Electric Horseman was always the best theme music for CBS Racing. Then ESPN started using the Hellecasters in the 90s broadcasts, those guys were freaking awesome.

[@bradyerickson1323]

I love hearing Jr talk about fatherhood. It’s so awesome

[@brianpmiller_bpmxphoto]

To each their own, I just want the NASCAR goods; a 2 hour video is too long!

[@Jeffbambam]

Its amazing how bad Nascar has cut it's own throat . I long for the nascar i once loved. It just breaks my heart .

[@SlimSavageBlanco]

That's gone. It'll never return because it left with Dale Sr.

[@derekringering309]

Who got drunk and passed out on the BEEP button? lol

[@pebs65]

I loved, back in the day, going to practice at Darlington. 1. It was free. 2. It was more relaxed, lots of time to take a look at lots of different teams. 3. A good check-in on your favorite driver.

[@LoriMalone-t7s]

A new standard?! Denny and Joey racing for the win with 80 something laps to go? That statement came from the booth. One driver lead all but 3 laps of the race! Id be looking for a different standard!!

[@xxxshulerxxx22]

All but 1 lap....the only lap he didn't lead was technically on pit lane during a caution

[@joshpruitt293]

How about 1991? Harry Gant led laps 1-252, Morgan Shepherd took over from laps 253-293, then Gant from 294-391, then Earnhardt led the final 9 laps. 3 lead changes among 3 drivers, over 400 laps. That what you're looking for?

[@NeedsLessWedge]

@@joshpruitt293 at least they had to work for it and there weren't sissy stage cautions

[@joshpauley289]

@@NeedsLessWedgeI guess cautions didn’t exist before now

[@NeedsLessWedge]

@@joshpauley289 cautions existed. But the azzcar phantom debris caution, the competition caution and the now stage caution. Are all products of NASCAR getting too big for its britches in the mid 2000s and having to fabricate drama and 'racing' to keep the wave of fairweather fans ' interested '.

[@CMROCD82]

Speaking of practice sessions. I used to love going on practice days at Indy and Chicagoland and it’s just cool watching the cars coming and going out of the garage for that hour, and hearing about adjustments they are making, what’s working, what’s not working..etc. it did build storylines

[@stephenbreen7570]

Dale's breakdown of the tv coverage field introduction is spot on. He is an absolute blessing to still have around this sport. I pray that he can effect NASCAR as much as possible.

[@nomadman5288]

Make North Wilkesboro the July 4th weekend race. That's a camping party race weekend guaranteed to sell out every year.

[@orendz7740]

I like this 👆🏼

[@bryanlee5090]

@@orendz7740I said that as we sat there watching a culvert go down the road! Boys, I’ve saw rain, but nothing like that! That was horrible! 5.3” of rain in about 2hrs.!

[@GNewcomb-q9v]

Nascar has owned or operated the tracks used for that weekend! Wilkesboro is not nascar owned!

[@orendz7740]

@@bryanlee5090 I heard there was quite a bit of water there. Someone said it almost went over pit wall

[@joshdavis6556]

And run it during the day. I love night races, but we need higher track temps for the softer tires we all want to really wear out

[@johnhopkins6565]

To fix short tracks, to fix road courses, to fix not being able to pass anywhere, you’ve got to have more “options” than just tires. You’ve got to have shock options and spring options. You’ve got to have gearing options. Give the crew chiefs the opportunity to find a winning combination and the variations of setup and strategy will return, and we’ll get back to the racing we had in the 90s and early 2000s.

[@joshpauley289]

Huh? They’re still allowed to set up the cars differently. That’s why certain teams are faster…….

[@jacobnichols1947]

Standard for short track racing with no passing for the lead? Right.

[@budracing68]

Looked like most short track racing tbh. A wild finish on a GWC and you all think the race was great, just forget it was follow the leader for 490 laps.🙄

[@tomasmowery164]

I still think Bristol is better but Wilkesboro is surely better than Martinsville and Richmond with this car.

[@bryanlee5090]

@@tomasmowery164Wilkesboro is best (other than Bristol) short track we got!

[@MRGandee]

@@budracing68 yeah I don’t know what Dale Junior is smoking. The truck race was phenomenal, but the cup race was terrible terrible.

[@budracing68]

@@MRGandee The truck race sucked too, nobody could catch the leader, and all they did was talk about butterballs or whatever that dumbasses name was.

[@pj2cray]

the random bleeps when nobody's cussing gets me every time! 😂

[@BlacktoothPodcastClips]

Yea what was up with that lol

[@brianmurray7980]

It was excessive in this episode... I was wondering if they had someone on set with tourettes...

[@brewcityldb]

Ok, so I wasn't imagining that! 😄

[@BlacktoothPodcastClips]

@@brianmurray7980 thought it was funny at first then it drove me crazy after a while. This was a really good Ep but damn that random bleep was maddening after a while.

[@BlacktoothPodcastClips]

@@brewcityldb it’s funny too because half the time they let F bombs slip through, now they’re just bleeping nothing. What an idiot goes to the dirty mo media production team this week 🤣🤣

[@fitskicksnhits]

Jr was watching a different race 😂

[@GNewcomb-q9v]

Jr. Is talking about the track, you are talking about the pathetic car & tire NASCAR has for the Cup Series! Truck race was was pretty good this past weekend! Every other racing series that races at Wilkesboro put on good races! It’s all evidence that it’s not the track!

[@Patmanx1]

Dale getting tough on the tire debate sounds like his dad. He sounds like a conversation his dad would have with someone about tires around 42-47min mark

[@marceawalters3900]

I've been telling my grandson you were heading into the way things were in the 80's & fans LOVED the races. My late husband had a porch full of 7 & 8 year olds to listen to him yelling at the t.v. rooting for Dale Sr. We went to 1 race Talladega 2000 & he flipped out lol. Keep up the incredible work you're doing & give the fans back their races!! Adam is 15 & stays home from vacations to watch 😅

[@judo77422]

Fighting in Nascar is part of the sport.Just like the hot dog and beer at the track. Don’t matter who wins the fight. I was wondering would Stenhouse do the same if say it was Tony Stewart instead of Kyle. Just wondering.

[@joshhenderson989]

Track was great… Cars and package sucked. Option/soft tire did not do what was intended

[@sethwarner1696]

Yes Sir. Amen

[@BwInNewJersey]

I will say in my many years of watching Nascar Wilkesboro has unique lines to watch. Give it one of Richmonds races.

[@kenthurman9110]

Homestead is the best track I have been to. Love the vibe and feel of championship weekend. There's lots of stuff going on up north in Hollywood, Florida. I was there giving tours in 2008 when Johnny Benson won the truck championship. He was walking to the media center, trophy in one hand oversized bottle of champagne in the other. A fan asked for a picture, and he looked at me and said, "Could you hold this for a minute? He handed me the trophy!!! He was not letting go of that champagne. It's one of the coolest NASCAR experiences I've ever had. Bring the championship back to Homestead!!!!!

[@iiCoNxNC]

Jr do the ROCK next PLZ!!!!!!!!!!! Lol what y’all have done for and to wilksboro is nothing short of amazing!!!

[@bryanlee5090]

Agreed! Now put this much effort into getting something at Rockingham! That was good track. I was there the first race the moved the front stretch to the rear, and rear to front. Gordon won! I won tickets thru local radio station. Truck, Busch series and cup, hotel and $500. Had a BLAST!

[@fivespeed42]

100% agree with practice, every point you made was spot on. We NEED this every weekend!

[@unkletonyahearns179]

Best podcast dude on the planet… Your dad would be proud dot I’m gonna get something to your sister or wife that you would love… Lumina

[@unkletonyahearns179]

Imagine the 3 car blocking the track to help the 8 car… Senior died on my 38 th birthday Feb 18🏁🏆❤️

[@FowlerFan4]

We just did the same thing with our daughter last night. To be so proud of your child and wanna cry but try to hold back tears is so real. Congratulations Isla on a big accomplishment and yes to see their picture in the yearbook is so much different than looking back at our old yearbooks

[@OneToughCustom3r]

“That's what we're striving for, making us a contender in every race”

[@oneworldonegoal17]

This popped up first on my lunch break on the patio - catching some rays and DJD - how cool you were on the stage in pics with some of those greats like Gretzky + some bballers etc - plus a pic with SJP - the style trend setter still!!! That's awesome - your ideas will be great - they're gonna love you at these new places 📸 🏒 🏀 🏁💃M in Miami : )

[@oregonborn9769]

Ricky is in the hall of fame now can we please pleaseee get him back on the show! Please dale!

[@ryanjsimons]

Re: practice, I know it’s not 1:1 but I have watched every available minute of Indy 500 practice in order to understand more about the track, racing, drivers, etc. It’s been extremely informative and has made the run up to the race that much better without feeling over saturated.

[@TheKomar924]

PRACTICE!!!!! on TV!! Was so cool to see the cars on track!

[@richgarcia6040]

I get what your saying Dale but as a fan if you have a 200 lap race and your tires could go 100 laps with barely any fall off sorry but that leads to a boreing race and especially if you provide a tire that's supposed to fall off and it goes 100 laps with barely any fall off you have a problem nobody wants to see a guy lead every lap there is no parity that's boreing no matter what you want or think about the pavement that all star race was boreing period.

[@anareel4562]

Goodyear hasn't been able to make a tire for 20+ years, still can't make a good tire, what a shocker... NASCAR needs a tire war imo

[@nomadman5288]

That's not the track tho, that's the car and tire. Gotta wonder how it would work at a track like Iowa in mid June. It's older surface is gonna wear soft tires, so hopefully they use something similar and we get some wear there.

[@richgarcia6040]

can anyone say firestone ,Perrelli something needs to change Goodyear just don't care it's not hard if you test a tire during the day you run it during the day you don't test in the day then run it at night and expect be same outcome Goodyear has got to be the dumbest tire co its not hard as much as those tires cost it's crazy to me they cant get a tire to wear or to not wear 50 laps 75 laps is it really rocket science 50 degrees 70 or 90 degrees common man!!!

[@anareel4562]

@@richgarcia6040 I'd take Hoosier back at this point, yes I know it's General Tire now

[@Jeffbambam]

No pit stops , no race strategy, no race team gets to really participate. Wide tires one lugnut that falls off . Absolutely boring as a fan !

[@liberty8990]

Why is it so hard for Goodyear and NASCAR to come up with a tire that will wear out in about 50 laps. Everyone got so hyped up over that soft compound tire in North wilkesboro. It didn't come close to wearing like they thought it would.

[@busterbarlow9094]

Because of idiots. What I mean by that is Goodyear has to worry about how they are perceived to the public. Guarntee if they had tires that wore out and we saw tires blowing because teams push the limits that sales would go down. Because moron cant think anymore it seems. They would think to themselves...well hell if Goodyear cant make a tire to last long for race cars Im not putting them on my car.

[@tomasmowery164]

They made the rubber for the tire off the Gen 6 car and the Gen 6 car had a lot more load than the Gen 7 car. In Gen 6 they would run cool and shock springs real stiff to handle the load and it took a beating on the tire so through that era Goodyear stiffened the rubber up and the sidewall to by 2021 the tire barely wore in that car then this car came in 2022 and it doesn't even have the load of the Gen 6 car means less tire wear and Nascar keeps taking downforce away which further decreases tire wear and there's not enough horsepower to wear the tire out for more than a second for more than 180 laps.

[@gojiman1649]

​@@tomasmowery164compounding this issue is that according to Denny Hamlin, Goodyear can't make a tire much softer. I think if that's the case then we need to get more heat in the tires, adding tread would help with that, but there are a lot of issues right now for short tracks even though I personally enjoyed the all star race

[@orendz7740]

@@gojiman1649I did too. I kinda like watching cars side by side struggling to pass. I like seeing what they end up doing to pass. It does cause more contact.

[@Tow_Sr.]

There 2 wide. Hard to make the tire fall off , or get rid of tread. BecUse there is 2 much touching the ground , !!!

[@GerardArchambault]

Dale I watched that Casey Atwood interview I often wondered what happened to Casey Atwood I don't think he had a fair deal in NASCAR. I really was waiting to hear you say you would like to have him drive a race for you and the Xfinity. And I don't know if you offered him a ride for a racer 2 but it would have been appropriate for you to invite them to your racing organization. Always a friend Archie

[@user-ud7ko4cq1n]

I feel like The New North Wilkesboro, and The New Atlanta, are two of the most exciting tracks on the circuit now.

[@brentbass3892]

Race was fantastic. Red tires had em sideways. Give em 200 more hp and then u have a race.

[@joshpruitt293]

GOAT Starting Grid broadcast was the 1993 Daytona 500. Still watch it every year the week of the Daytona 500.

[@joelquidort6527]

I love the history and nostalgia JR appreciates. Went to his shop last week and you can’t help even though he’s younger, to think of the history of the sport.

[@Garrett-lv5px]

For background noise I put the 79 500 on and the build up to the green flag got me so hype, the race went from background noise to my main focus and was glued to it lol. Broadcast definitely makes a big difference.

[@gatorbuc99]

Did Jr watch the same race the rest of us did? 🤨

[@apaceofchange94]

I want speedweeks back in Daytona with the clash I want the all star race back at charlotte before the 600 weekend And I want wilkesboro back on the schedule with rockingham having some sort of trial exhibition as well.

[@eviper67]

That is fantastic your are reading to Ila, it is so important to a child learning. You might already planning on Ila someday reading a book to you when she starts reading. That is something I did with my son. Eventually I had him start reading every night to me. It was amazing how much that helped him. And it was amazing for me also.

[@elliotporterfield6921]

When you don't change the title name while scheduling the video premiere. 😂

[@gojiman1649]

Honestly I agree, almost perfect for this car at least. I think people are expecting gen 6/COT or even gen 4 short track racing and that just won't happen with this car. Independent suspension and a transaxle as opposed to a solid rear axle makes way more of a difference than people are accounting for. According to Goodyear, they can't go much softer than this and nascar is stubborn about adding horsepower so what if we made them run a solid rear axle? Not sure if that's realistic but it would definitely cause the car to slide a bit more. Again, we are never getting short track racing like the trucks or Xfinity again but we can still get good racing I think

[@gothard5]

Junior makes a good point about broadcasting races on streaming platforms as opposed to network channels. There would be no time constraints and there might even be less commercial breaks.

[@FantasySportsZen]

Keep dreaming. 😂

[@patrickisswayze3446]

But where would the bandwidth, the equipment, and most importantly, the people who understand how to run the equipment and make it look professional, where would they come from? Most people don't think much about everything that goes into the backend of making a high quality production. That's where the problem is. How do independents start a company, find the people, get the equipment to film a superspeedway, and have it be comparable to what people have come to expect from the brand. How much is that going to cost and where is that money going to come from? I'll be 100% with you, I'm not trying to be chitty here. I'm a photographer/videographer and I would give ANYTHING to put on a production like that. But even going to the local dirt track and trying to setup and make it look semi professional you need to have a reliable well co-ordinated group

[@Glitchunlocked]

​@@patrickisswayze3446 You're rambling about nonsense. NASCAR wouldn't partner with a random startup streaming company, nor would a stream be anything like your standard Twitch stream. FOX, NBC, CW or Amazon would be the teams producing the broadcast for streaming services. NBC already does that through Peacock, Amazon is already scheduled to stream too. You don't need a special team, as the skills required to run a live TV broadcast will obviously translate to streaming too. You claim to be a photographer/videographer, but this is something anyone in that industry would know.

[@patrickisswayze3446]

@@Glitchunlocked yeah I know. I'm a tard, I didn't get to the point in the vid where he had said about Amazon. Yeah well serves me right for commenting half in the bag. I'll just leave my shame up for all to see.

[@Glitchunlocked]

@@patrickisswayze3446 Lmfao, don't be so hard on yourself, it happens. We've all reacted to a headline without reading the story before.

[@mlwilliam213]

Jr saying that the All-Star race was a good short-track race is gonna help kill short-tracks. If people think that was a good one, they certainly won’t want to watch an average one.

[@jonathanhouser2566]

If jr was running NASCAR it would b back to it's hayday within 5 years

[@pjartistics]

I agree!!

[@scottfurr3869]

Agree with the all star race going back to Charlotte. Call it nostalgia or whatever but being basically the same age as Dale and growing up in the piedmont area speed weeks at Charlotte with the All Star followed up with the 600 were special. Usually all star was first big lake weekend of the year. Spent many years in the 90s on high rock and fueled by beer the talk would inevitably turn to "let's ride to Charlotte tonight for the race". Lol sometimes we made it sometimes the beer was flowing a little too freely and we would end up watching it on TV while grilling out. But either way it was special times in the 90s and early 2000s.

[@justinhall2637]

I’m with you and Dale Jr moving the All-Star back to Charlotte! It was good times in the 90s-2000s

[@naparacingfan9275]

Bring Back the ROCK 🪨!

[@MRGandee]

So many good times at Rockingham when I was little

[@teresagoodwin7458]

YES!!!!🏁🏆🏁🏆

[@Whiteasian56]

It’s already coming back. Hocevar already leaked it on an iRacing stream.

[@jeremyhale2225]

North Wilkesboro is amazing!

[@billbrasky1288]

I think NW will be a points race.

[@MRGandee]

If you’re going to have different tire compounds then you can’t have scheduled cautions. If you put soft on early then you’d just lose your advantage at the stage break

[@gothard5]

first, the single lug tires, and now multiple composition tires (soft, medium, hard, etc)? are we trying to be NASCAR? or are we trying to be Indycar or F1?

[@chadmchristian]

Overall, we need a ’golden TATER ratio’. What's a TATER? I'm glad you asked...Tires, Aerodynamics, Track Surface, Engine, Race Rules. If NASCAR can create a rotating selection of these 5 items in a modular way, then every race would be exciting and it would keep the teams on their toes.

[@babaloo42]

"Only when I'm holding back tears"...... MAN that was an awesome comment! Good job little guy

[@roberthevern6169]

Alex Timms has the strongest beard/mustache combo around!

[@jhnstn1]

Dale, do you still have that boxing ring? I sense a hell of a pay per view opportunity here.

[@mrstyle_67]

He said today in ask Jr session that he donated the boxing ring to a church. Funny right but that’s what he said?

[@jeffogden-v7w]

Harvick has brought so much to the broadcast, I hope you keep the feel flowing!!!

[@slimdog2054]

really hit hard with homesteade been racing iracing since 2010 and can't never be so excited to go to miami your right it really is a way better to spend championship weekend

[@dirtyolejoker4520]

Dale on a rant is soooooooo hilarious to me.

[@georgejones5960]

Preach it Dale! You can look at things as a spectator and have a lot of good insight into this sport!

[@cheeto_finger_breaks9967]

Junior selling hard on a race track where 1 guy led all but 1 lap, and another guy led every lap of the open...

[@WilliamWallaceRoss]

I agree with Jr on the tires. It works on Indy and F1 because they are lighter, race predominately on road courses. I think Goodyear could develop a softer tire for the short tracks, but, we will see. What would happen if you put the soft on the rear and hard on the front or vice versa. That would have been an interesting test, or soft on the left side and hard on the right side. You could have tried any number of combinations to see if you could have made that pass for the lead. I hated that once the Leader got out there, no one was going to pass them.

[@donholmes4476]

It ain't about the Sport "NoMo", it's about the money to the sport now!

[@liamfirebird6922]

Ken Squire was the voice of NASCAR. As a kid I would get excited just hearing him announce the starting lineup. Race day is always a good day. I'm looking forward to Dale being on Amazon and TNT.

[@geoffarcuri7877]

About the track, I agree that the repave was a success. The truck race was GREAT. I do not however necessarily agree that multiple grooves on a short track is the best for exciting racing. Watching guys run the same 2 separate lines, lap after lap after lap and cannot pass is not the same level of excitement as when every short track, including Bristol, Martinsville and Richmond, were single groove and you had to move the guy out of your way. As soon as Bristol went to a multi groove track, it absolutely killed the excitement and they’ve never been able to get it back. Remember when Richmond was nicknamed the action track? Not any more! It was the action track before they added multiple grooves. I would love to see a points race at N Wilkesboro and agree that the all star race should be at Charlotte. Tires need to be more of an aggressive swing with compound. Barely a time difference between the two options after a 100 lap run. On the tire topic, I wish nascar would do away with limiting tires. I know it’s meant to save costs and can add strategy, but pitting (or not) for fresh tires when you have them has its own strategy. I also miss the days of practice and putting it back in the teams hands.

[@MrTurboparker]

Yeah, the All-Star race needs to go back to Charlotte to stay! Regarding practice sessions - I also agree, There's plenty of stuff happening in practice that many car-guys would LOVE to see!

[@alanscott8719]

Nascar has forgotten the fans they won't last

[@Radikul71]

I saw Richard Childress on video WITH audio , saying that if Stenhouse touches Bush's car that he himself would give him a ( Quote ) Old school beating .

[@bryanlee5090]

And I’d say he would! RC still has some spunk, and he’s not afraid of being in the middle!

[@crazyco95]

In my 20ish years of watching racing I have watched practice maybe 5 times

[@ssdandp]

Wilkesboro would be the perfect spot for a midweek race. Close to home and expand the schedule.

[@NeedsLessWedge]

Bristol, NW, and Martinsville could be done over a two week stretch with bonus points to the highest average finishing driver (iron man)

[@ssdandp]

@@NeedsLessWedge some sort of short track challenge. Better then the silly tournament!

[@NeedsLessWedge]

I remember growing up, dirt late models guys ran Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat and some Sundays, every week. All the tracks were no more than a few hours apart in GA,SC,NC. Some 30 minute hops from the next. Legends were made in those days.

[@shane.dwight]

"but what's your question" 😳

[@yeetmaster2473]

Totally agree with Jr on the 1 set of softs. Absolutely everyone will wait til the last run to use them

[@flyjarrett]

It’s fun reading to your kids in different voices. My boys still remember me doing other voices for Thomas the Tank Engine and Dr. Seuss books.

[@Rowdy_2469]

did Dale jr bump his head again that race was horrible

[@glendaw5221]

Amen!!! Maybe if you were a driver maybe. As a spectator I was bored.

[@rayvyn2k]

Love it that Jr is a girl dad. Let those tears fall, my dude. It means the world.

[@nickelanddime2892]

Cleaning out my mom's 75 year stack of newspapers and found an advertisement from 1949 for the first NASCAR sanctioned race at NWS. I took a picture of it for anyone who's interested. Not sure how to upload it to this forum...

[@austinbeasley1300]

I’ll tell you why a hard or soft tire won’t work in Nascar, Drivers and CC’s will ALWAYS choose the softs and just deal with the wear as they go.. just like what we saw in the ASR everyone put on the softs, and realized they were the better tires, even if they made them wear faster I still think Drivers and CC’s alike would practice and plan around the wear of the tire so they’d get maximum speed and longevity from them, it would turn into the softs being the primary for the last half of the race and the hards being the starting tires, the idea that some guys would take hard and some would take softs on a restart with 10 to go is insane same with the scenario that “Larson had a bad qualifying, He’s starting on the softs to try and gain spots early, Hamlin is starting next to him in 28th and has the hards trying to extend his 1st run and hope for a caution” there might be a tiny bit of that but more often than not even guys in the back would start on hards and save those softs for late runs and the reason is Nascar has always been very different from every other series in Motorsports, different right down to the strategy that teams use, in almost all other forms like F1 for example they have the strategy of starting a race as best as possible and using softs to gain early so they don’t lose as much time to the leaders, that’s why they have Plan A,B,C and even D if they’re race plan is spoiled by not staying within a certain distance of the leader they’ll change plans mid-race and try different strategies to gain on the leader throughout the race on pace. F1 and tires is all about race pace and using tires to limit the distance to the leaders, same with most other series’ because different teams have different pace they’re capable of, in Nascar unless your a team that’s completely underfunded and just make laps every race, every car is gonna be within 1 second of eachother with lap times while their on the same tire with the same amount of laps on them, A StockCars sole design is to make them look like regular car and make them all go the same speed, in Nascar 0.100s of a second is the difference between 3rd and 12th, so everyone has the same end result with strategy, and that’s planning to gain positions late and run your fastest laps in the last quarter of the race, there are strategic plans to jump guys on pit road or the occasional alternate strategy where guys get out of sync with the field and run long in hopes for a caution, but the end result is always “Be the fastest late in the race” so what will teams do? They’ll use up all the hards and save those faster soft tires for late runs. The 2 would simply become “The First Half Regular Tires” and “The Second Half Faster Tires”. Nascar would need to add more rules like “Softs can only be used in the first 2 stages” or “Every car has to use Hards one run and softs the next run, no using the same compound on back to back runs” and then it doesn’t become an “OPTION” Tire, it becomes a new mandate on use of multiple tire compounds, and that’ll literally change nothing because everyone will still be on the same tire compound… Long comment I know, but I’m so tired of seeing “Other Series use multiple tire compounds!, Look at F1! They do it” well yes they do, But this Nascar not F1, just give the teams 1 good tire compound every race and bam, you’ve successfully fixed the problem. Nascar and Goodyear give yourself a pat on the back, you’ve finally done something right.

[@mattw3103]

As a fan that has been to every Richmond and Martinsville race for years and has been to north Wilkesboro two times now, id agree north Wilkesboro is the best short track on the schedule.

[@timthe123kid]

Are you going to race this year at Wilkesboro the fall race with the late models I thought I heard you say something about it but I can’t remember just maybe throw it out there one day and because you’re the man and I hope that Amazon the things you going to take over Broadcasting I think it’s gonna be awesome. He can’t take an awesome guy. You know it’s going to be awesome. Your broadcast was awesome. I think Dale Junior is the awesomeness driver ever him and his dad. I love his dad.

[@fastestallday]

Thank you for not putting that classless fight in your intro. You're a true racer

[@SlimSavageBlanco]

OK Boomer

[@ScottyPimpinATL]

When Dale saw Sara Jessica Parker and Reese Witherspoon, did he immediately think of the Family Guy skits? I sure did and I'm sure you all will too.

[@koolkiller9116]

Wish my granddaddy could have seen it. I hope it stays around. Points race is needed.

[@iiMERLlN]

Its not a coincidence that a driver that got 600+ laps of tire testing that others weren't afforded dominated the race

[@royadamjonesII]

He for sure telegraphed the punch 😅😂

[@liamfirebird6922]

I think they need to go back to an old school formula. In the "golden era" teams had different cars for short tracks, intermediates, superspeedways, and road courses. I just think they need a dedicated car just for short track racing. The next gen is great everywhere else. But we need a new car for short tracks.

[@Joehughes2869]

Amen keep Wilksboro ❤

[@StangMan04]

How about using the All-Star race for new things (maybe like they are doing with North Wilkesboro now probably), like if they plan to bring Rockingham back, let that be an All-Star race like North Wilkesboro. Add North Wilkesboro to regular season, remove the roval or street course. Then if Rockingham works add that or scratch it if not. Also, take the time to try new things like they did with the 2 tire compounds. Figure it would be a good part of the schedule to test and try things to improve the sport. Just my opinion though.

[@larryschmidt977]

Dale, it's almost a shock to your system when you see your child's picture in a yearbook ... how much you love that little person and can see through the eyes of your parents.

[@NEO_RedPill_2024]

Credit to Goodyear for trying with the tire but they need to go further. I think they will get it eventually. The multiple tire compounds is a good idea and will lead to good strategy and racing I believe.

[@MRGandee]

The truck race was maybe the best race I’ve seen all year. The cup race was a one line right train after the initial restart shuffled out.

[@alexhathcock1380]

When referring to the "Fans", what they want to see and experience, from one venue to another. I wonder how much consideration is given to those of "Us", who spend the week/weekend camping, clamping, at the track? Lots of things to do and see, within an easy 50 miles from PIR.

[@williamcarver9832]

NASCAR needs to put all of the cars on the track at NWS under current rules and packages before making long term decisions regarding the future of the track as a reoccurring points race.

[@trkpony]

whoever cut the audio for this weeks podcast really messed this up lol constant markers, wrong audio for the ad, this was rough

[@GNewcomb-q9v]

We do need a points race at Wilkesboro! Nascar needs to let the teams build the last gen car for short tracks! That would be a better show than this new car gives us!

[@krawchek3881]

Who edited the episode this week? The random bleeps, the Audio mis-matched to the video during the SHR conversation? Rough..

[@kamakazi832]

Definitely saved that track cant wait to see points races there an seeing the track change over the yrs to come

[@apolloace3118]

The only thing that I'd like to see is a good wet weather tire so there wouldn't be any rain delays because I get amped up for a race, then it gets postponed and by the next day I lose the energy or have to go back to work. I get over it, but that sucks, just not as fun.

[@derail81]

The commercial read doesn’t have audio, 1:15:53. Y’all are chatting amongst yourselves

[@jeffreid7272]

Truck practice proves your point. A new driver was fastest in practice. So more people tuned in to see if it was a fluke.