Daytona 500 Finish Controversy | Corey LaJoie Defends Last-Lap Move | NASCAR Power Rankings!

[@peterneale5341]

Hi Eric. On the "SVG Effect", all NASCAR Truck, XFINITY and Cup races are now broadcast in New Zealand FREE to AIR on Public Television. Life is great 😁

[@InsaneCelery238]

Dang really!? Are you from there?

[@peterneale5341]

Sure are. Kiwi NASCAR fan for over 20 years. I always had to pay to watch the races, or watch on one of the questionable websites. Now, it's free. Thanks to SVG.

[@stonecoldracing6]

We’re happy to have you guys 😊

[@jackshafto9123]

@@peterneale5341glad you get them free now. I wish your racing was aired here. Is it the same broadcast or do you have your own announcers?

[@jackshafto9123]

I have no idea how you have Reddick in the top 10 over Chastain. You’re such a fan boy

[@DennyDeliversYT]

it’s still baffles me that it took an hour after the broadcast ended to find the picture where byron was in front at the time of yellow… 💀😭

[@thereaper9759]

what do you mean I saw the video during the race that showed it

[@AricAlmiroli]

Lmao right? NASCAR just totally ignored trying to find other decent shots of the finish and instead made it look like they screwed Bowman over.

[@81casperflip]

Consider yourself baffled

[@davids5006]

SMH

[@thereaper9759]

@AricAlmiroli how when they showed it at the first line bryon ahead like what?

[@Alex-io5el]

Interesting note on Austin Hill; I was riding along with the 21 via NASCAR's in-car camera on NASCAR's website when he won. On the cool-down lap, I saw Creed pull up alongside him and give him a gentle congratulatory bump on the side. Hill then gestured a thumbs up in his direction when the camera went to the cock-pit camera that is mounted to one of the cross-member bars next to the driver. I don't know if FOX captured that moment, but I guess the two of them seem to have gotten over their deal from Martinsville. We'll see how they'll do as the season goes along.

[@Mike-qu8bh]

FOX did t really capture anything on the track. Anytime a driver made a move, they changed the camera view while the commentators rambled about their own experience. (I’ve seen those guys race, I want to see the race they’re supposed to be covering.

[@mgbuffaloe]

Fox was on Hill when Creed rolled up and they mentioned in the booth that Creed was congratulating him. It was wholesome.

[@Crush1084]

Fox actually caught it. It was nice. Hopefully that puts everything to bed

[@wyatt7750]

Can't wait to see how SVG does on intermediate tracks. I feel like those will be the real tester where we will see how good he is out of the gate in nascar

[@groovygoose549]

What caused the controversy to me was that Fox showed the angle at first with Bowman ahead and the caution light was on. Fox kinda shot themselves in foot by showing that as the very first image. I had an idea it was Byron anyway but maybe be careful what you show on tv in regard to the finish especially to the Daytona 500.

[@USAKing1776NASCAR]

For the record I wanted “Slick” William Byron to win. But I agree with what you said. I’d also say that NASCAR didn’t help FOX by making sure they wouldn’t go and shoot themselves in the foot.

[@gavynhohon2818]

But the announcers also said that the caution lights had already been on at that point. They never said that it was the moment of caution.

[@car83_]

What caused the controversy is that they, never, not ever, showed a camera angle of the leaders at the time of the caution, even though they likely have about a dozen such camera angles.

[@Roadhouse1997]

@@car83_ just gonna leave this hear, its at time that the button is pressed not when the flag man waives the yellow or when the lights come on. we have been through this before, the instant its pressed it is froze, what isnt instant is the time it takes for the green lights to cut off and cycle to yellow. we went over this in 21 with elliott getting "robbed" the same way. they sync that up with the cams. they dont worry bout flags or lights just that time stamp of the trigger.

[@car83_]

@@Roadhouse1997 Yeah, I think everybody knows the rules. Funny thing is that NASCAR put out a picture as evidence with Byron ahead and the caution light supposedly on. Yet we have not one piece of video. Somebody that was in the grassy knoll must have video.

[@elijah.rodriguez07]

No Chastain in the top 10 after coming from the back to the front multiple times and leading laps until the big one is crazy. One of the best in the field this wknd

[@jimboshrump]

He was robbed of the win. They blame him but they took em out.

[@fernandoarroyo3889]

He wasn't included in the top 10 because he is not a top 10 driver. Anybody can "take a gap" that's not there . Not to mention the big one that you mentioned...was caused by him.

[@romasmike]

@@fernandoarroyo3889 if there wasn't a gap there then how did the front half of his car make it through without any contact? They all keep it straight if Lajoie isn't pushing from below the yellow line

[@car83_]

The answer is there was a massive gap. Two car widths when he made the move.

[@Brett.Young.]

It’s a SuperSpeedway, the power rankings don’t even matter until they get past Las Vegas

[@Jokingparrot]

I personally liked what Fox did with Larry Mac. Of course, he's no longer in the main booth but he was used as what he does best. In the first stage he was using his knowledge to tell us about certain parts in the car.

[@laneodell9583]

One thing I will say, that penalty for Riley Herbst was very ticky tacky. The SHR 98 was imo the fastest car on the track. Other than that it was a good race that had too many wrecks in my opinion

[@robertrussell5948]

I have to fully agree with you about that.

[@nateisdabest]

I don't blame LaJoie for that wreck with 2 to go. It looked like he was trying to make a run, realized wasn't enough room when cindric chopped him, and then Ross shot the gap made by cindric trying to chop Lojoie.

[@HughWanztino]

Cindric didn't chop him. Lavoie was trying to force him out of the lane as soon as Cindric started leading the lane

[@Individual_two]

Just a thought about Fox's coverage of the race. It seemed I either got long camera shots where I could not identify cars, or in-car camera shots. It seemed that Fox did a better job of camera work and direction several years ago than at the Daytona 500 this week.

[@InsaneCelery238]

Man, this finish is going to take a while for me to come to terms with, I had a whole group of non nascar friends over to watch the 500 with me and they all though same as I did that it was dumb that they didn't finish the last lap, and that two guys that seemed irrelevant the whole day wrecked half the field (accident or not) and won the race

[@thereaper9759]

why ??? there was literally a crash there and you can't tell me there was no debris.. did you see all that stuff on the track when they were showing 24 when he won

[@isleofthanet]

Suarez started it all

[@InsaneCelery238]

@@thereaper9759 that first part about not finishing the lap, I don't disagree with what nascar did or anything, I just don't like that it happened in the first place

[@thereaper9759]

@InsaneCelery238 Lmao why so bothered over it.. its over and done

[@truckercowboyed2638]

Who cares it doesn't matter now ....​@@InsaneCelery238

[@tylerm3m3]

Love the power rankings segment! Keep it up!

[@zircconium]

agree with everything you said about the cindric/lajoie situation. took the words right out of my mouth. both of them are aggressive drivers so i’m not surprised that happened

[@lewishamilton271]

I like seeing your power rankings, hope you do it all the way through the season.

[@bearmarsh6579]

I hope Alex Bowman proves to all doubters they are wrong about him.

[@oIRONITEo]

How long are we gonna give him to prove the doubters wrong? It's not like he's in his second or third season at some point you are what you are.

[@car83_]

He has seven (eight?) Cup wins. He’s an established guy. Everybody has doubters.

[@kittyneko5521]

My bbiggest issue with him is not him per say it's how he has been in TWO People shadows first jr in the 88 then jimmy in 48 it to me screams that they dont have faith in him to be his own person and honestly i think ally is the only reason hendrick hasn't given him the boot

[@jesseconway7972]

@@oIRONITEoHe’s consistently a winner and playoff driver when healthy. He had a great 2022 playoff run ruined due to injury and had a great start last season ruined due to injury. Bro has also outperformed Byron their entire careers that they’ve been healthy so.

[@bearmarsh6579]

There shouldn't be any excuses why he can't go deep in the playoffs. He's on best team in Nascar and he was the points leader before he got hurt last year. Hey it took William Byron six seasons to make the championship 4 and Alex is in his sixth season so maybe his could be his year.

[@jeffwickre8014]

Glad to see you have all 4 Hendricks cars in your top 10 keep up the good work Eric

[@williamarmstrong8513]

I love the power ranking concept!!!

[@paullarimore8598]

You do a great job with it Eric. Good job explaining your reason.

[@nolanfischer4855]

Ain't no way NASCAR immediately called a caution at the end of the Cup race but didn't for the Xfinity race.

[@yourhomiegort]

ikr? i thought that was dumb too

[@zircconium]

only reason I could think why they didn’t bring the caution out was because they were already on the backstretch, i hope it’s atleast a sign of things to come and they’ll let them race back more

[@MotorsportWeekly]

I think they saw the feedback from cup, as well as the fact that no race that weekend had ended under green yet and kinda just let things run its course.

[@timechanger9162]

2 cars spin through the grass caution Cars spin hit the wall fet tboned no caution. Makes total sense

[@davids5006]

Location matters

[@johnroberson5225]

I assumed Byron won but I'd be lying if I didn't say I kind of held out hope that they'd reverse it and say Bowman won. I feel like there's a chance he was robbed, but they were both fast, and the consistently faster of the two ultimately won. I wish it would've stayed green but I still enjoyed the race as a whole and was happy with the winner lol

[@InsaneCelery238]

Eric, Chastain almost won the Daytona 500 if it weren't for a bad push and block by Lajoie and Cindric, and was leading laps blocking and controlling the race, and you don't even have him in the top 10! Hopefully he will prove you wrong next week

[@stardawg4719]

That’s exactly what I was going to say! Ross not being on this list is hogwash!

[@JamieTheBangles11Fan]

I would've put Chastain in at #10 over Bowman. Bowman causes the big one and he tried to crash William multiple times, before he finally made it happen. Chastain over Bowman and it isn't even close for me.

[@mikedv39]

Looking at the Finnish photo then Ross should be in 10th place. OR does the crashing cars not count till they are stopped?

[@InsaneCelery238]

@@mikedv39 Not sure exactly how they called it, but somehow Chastain ended up 21st :(

[@crimsonstorm34]

I thought SVG did a decent job despite the one mistake. It seems he's learning things pretty fast. Looking forward to seeing what he does on the 1 miles and short tracks.

[@bobjenkins884]

My power rankings: 1. Logano (22) 2. Busch (8) 3. Hamlin (11) 4. Blaney (12) 5. Larson (5) 6. Keslowski (6) 7. Byron (24) 8. Bowman (48) 9. Chastain (1) 10. Bell (20)

[@clintburns7470]

Bubba Wallace should easily be in the top 10. Ran strong at the clash and snatched points from every stage.

[@bigtres8464]

easy buddy lets see how he does in 2 weeks, not on a super speedway lol

[@clintburns7470]

@@bigtres8464 Erik does a weekly update. Every week changing who is top 10. My only point is. After the Clash and Daytona. Week to week. At this moment. He is top 10

[@bigtres8464]

@@clintburns7470 no lol

[@clintburns7470]

@@bigtres8464 I am sure you have no actual reason to say no so I can say that your "take" has zero racing weight

[@bigtres8464]

@@clintburns7470 lmao he didnt even finish the clash he got spun out and hell be back to his 15th-20th finish in week 3 , watch

[@GuacamoleMuckbang]

Not saying “Xfinity Stones” was a missed opportunity

[@WithFearGaming]

It REALLY was.. I said it out loud as he mentioned the stones

[@WhoCanKnowIt]

All 4 Hendrick homies in the power rankings! 🔥🔥🔥 Bounce back year well underway for Elliott and Bowman. It's SOMEBODY'S year, I know that much!

[@Roadhouse1997]

injury aside Elliott had a decent year last year

[@calebc.7818]

Bubba Wallace had a nice end result (5th). I'd watch for him to be on this power rankings list not too far from now. NASCAR does not need to change the overtime rule for a guaranteed green finish; we don't need a repeat of the Blaney issue at All Star Texas 2022.

[@Joeyfan22_4ever]

Shane should be proud of this finish, but Austin hill is insane

[@Captain_Lego_racing]

As a cindric fan, i clicked this at the speed of light instead of the regular speed of sound lol

[@oIRONITEo]

I didn't know Cindric fans existed. I'm pleasantly surprised.

[@KPKING_1]

I am not a Cindric fan… but I respect you for rooting for him!😎

[@Captain_Lego_racing]

@@oIRONITEo from Cindric’s xfinity campaign when he won a championship there are still some fans hanging on

[@Captain_Lego_racing]

@@KPKING_1 thanks!

[@darkknightx0992]

Great race, anitclimatic finish. Weecking a few feet from the white flag is the worst thing that can happen with this ruleset. On the brightside, lots of strategy, clean 3 wide racing, well excuted superspeedway moves. *clean blocks, chevys staggering their blocks to stop the fords from blowing by them after the pit cycles.

[@ShaneCosmai]

i was at daytona and i saw william out in front

[@rocksreviewsreactions337]

Truex was actually doing pretty well last night. Was around 6th with 9 to go.....aaaand then he got caught up in that big wreck, ouch. He had a shot to win it.

[@ClicheXeveryXday]

Can't wait to see an SHR racer in your top 10 because they earnin respect this year

[@cuatro5513]

New to NASCAR but i’ve been binging the videos and have learned a ton

[@jonathan3982]

You made a mistake on your power ranking? You said "Chase finished 4th in the Daytona 500" he finished 14th.

[@EricEstepp]

Correct, I misspoke

[@HeywoodJablowme-d4t]

Corey isn’t like his old man…..

[@TroyCroteau]

I really feel Corey lajoie is going to have a great season

[@SBG1218]

It cant possibly be this hard for people to understand why a wreck at the start/finish line warrants a caution and one on the back stretch doesnt on the last lap

[@davids5006]

They have to be pretending to be that dumb

[@SBG1218]

​@davids5006 guarantee if "their guy" won the race they wouldn't be complaining like this

[@DannyRicBobby]

Yeah and in the front stretch the pack is coming around again for the finish

[@natelecarde962]

Yeah, Shane is definitely replacing Daniel Suarez next year.

[@InsaneCelery238]

not gonna lie, even as a guy that generally like superspeedways, I'm already feeling SS burnout even before the Atlanta weekend starts

[@cpttankerjoe]

I miss the out of the crowd segment

[@Stevonoles1]

I don't recall ANYONE complaining about Dale Earnhardt winning the 500 under caution. Maybe no one remembers that.

[@mintoxace5571]

Considering SVG got his car damaged by drivers who have been racing these cars and these style of circuits all their lives, I think for him to make a small error in his first ever Super Speedway race is understandable. The fact he had a lot of damage and came back from the back of the field twice to finish 12th was pretty amazing. 😮

[@nathanedwards2250]

Me as Eric is saying new people got into the top 10 “please don’t be bowman, please don’t be bowman” Erics response “Number 10 is Alex Bowman”

[@paullarimore8598]

😀

[@zyx777zyx]

Natalie Decker should've been in your Top 10 power rankings

[@user-ed1yx2fq7l]

He said cup series only

[@Kushey4025]

So happy for Austin Hill. Went to school with the guy and he always has been a hell of a driver. He will definitely be a top name in the cup very soon I know it

[@zero_one4056]

i feel like it was kind of a lose lose for nascar in this one. On one hand they call the caution as soon as the wreck happens, imagine if cindric and chastain didn’t go back up on track, people would be upset about the overtime or this happens, where they wait and see and call the caution after the white

[@CriticalNuance]

Lajoie isn't used to being up front. Last year at Atlanta he wrecked trying to win. This year he caused a wreck at Daytona. Maybe he'll learn if he's up there enough but for now he's a car to avoid.

[@Nate-iy8dv]

Eric, your channel is hands-down, the best in the business. ❤🎉. You know you’re doing a good job Eric, When I look forward to your reaction just as much as the race now.

[@Azeria]

Lajoie is the same driver that lost himself and his teammate the lead in the Truck series on BOTH of the last two restarts by not just locking bumpers and risking a penalty but by pushing so far clear of the pack that they got completely swallowed up. People act like he’s a good speedway racer but I’ve not seen it. We’ll see how he does in Atlanta I guess.

[@Anonymous..VQ3.5Lg35]

Groovy gauge!!! I like a track, race rating!!!

[@user-ed1yx2fq7l]

Hill collecting the xfinity stones 😂

[@chrisdadigger1018]

I know it’s just a photo, but there may be many different versions of that photo showing different results and nascar picks the one that they want and that’s the photo they release. You don’t know if that photo is the exact time that that light came on.

[@jonathan3982]

Byron was leading at the time of caution after already crossing the finish line no controversy to be made the race was over period.... !

[@davids5006]

Some people need controversy, even if it's manufactured in their heads

[@jonathan3982]

@@davids5006 Yep exactly, he had already received the white flag and crossed the line before the caution.So officially the race is over.

[@USAKing1776NASCAR]

NASCAR wasn’t quick enough to put to bed any crazy ideas before they could spread. I’m still happy that William Byron won the Great American Race though!

[@car83_]

They have INSTANT REPLAY. They could have put it to bed INSTANTLY.

[@USAKing1776NASCAR]

@@car83_ If you’re responding to me dude, you’re proving my point. The issue is that NASCAR failed to provide us, the fans, with evidence to support their argument, namely on TV while the race was still in progress. Which would’ve been the smart thing to do. Not just put it in an article on their website.

[@COCarDude]

As a Ford fan, this race weekend was extremely painful. Oh well, onto Atlanta

[@jacksonrobison1901]

I agree completely 😢

[@rickeh100]

I always like your honesty Eric.

[@draaino1]

The Xfinity race was somewhat painful to watch. Majority of it was commercials and yellow flag laps.

[@thejman3489]

I was really happy the race did not go into overtime.

[@richardhogenson594]

Nice Jeff Gordon statue that you have on your shelving unit.

[@FusionRacing24]

anyone who says it was bowman hasnt done enough research

[@charlesnails1399]

His in car camera shows he’s ahead when the caution after the finish line come on

[@stephenholloway6893]

Sure but for all we know the caution was out before Bowman and the camera saw it

[@Roadhouse1997]

@@stephenholloway6893 it goes by the time stamp activated by the trigger of the button being pressed not the lights coming on or the flag waiving we have been over this before and nothing has changed in their officiating. elliott lost it that way in 21 and they said it then that it was by the time stamp not the lights. get over it boys we get to wad them up again next sunday.

[@stephenholloway6893]

@austinwilson8012 I didn't say the lights was the way NASCAR ends the race just that as far as we know it they probably said caution before the lights was seen. In short just because the yellow was out when the camera saw it, doesn't mean rhat Bowman was ahead when NASCAR called it. That was my basic point.

[@car83_]

Anyone who thinks Byron won hasn’t seen the video. Anyone that thinks Bowman won hasn’t seen the video. Because inexplicably, they refuse to show the video.

[@WTFraley]

I believe it is clear that Byron won. But I think NASCAR waited on the caution so they could get the race over with. They still had an Xfinity race to run and they didn’t want to delay it anymore.

[@Steviestreetbike]

I love the power rankings!

[@prairiefarmer5994]

Hey Eric, just a small correction, Chase Elliott finished 14th in the 500, but he's 4th in the standings because of his stage win. I'm sure thats where you got 4th from.

[@eliultramotive]

You are some what correct, Chase gained 33 points from Daytona including the stage win, the reason why he has 42 points is from finishing 2nd in Duel 1 which gave him 9 points. And then obviously he got the playoff point from the stage win.

[@StevenP727]

I liked that Xfinity stones remark and I'm not even a marvel fan

[@AlabamaSlamma]

Come on EE Ross definitely deserves to be in the top 10! Some of your criteria you kept pointing out: 1- He led laps in the Daytona 500 2- He was taken out by a crash while battling for the lead through no fault of his own (debatable maybe but that was on Lajoie doing his best JHN lap 6 impression). Unlike Blaney he was battling for the lead with 1 lap to go. Also a couple of points: Ross did an amazing job during the last green flag run\pit sequence of getting out front and holding both lanes back with some excellent defensive driving! That was some next level stuff! Also I feel like he would have competed for the clash if nor for the speeding penalty

[@michaelc8606]

As for Byron being in the #1 spot -- I thought Larry McReynolds summed it up well after the race. Most drivers run strong on certain tracks. Whereas, Byron seems capable of winning anywhere.

[@jesseconway7972]

I don’t know how Bowman isn’t at minimum Top 2? Power Rankings are solely based on the new season and Bowman has arguably been the best. 6th in The Clash, 3rd in his Duel, and 2nd in the 500. Only guy you could put over him is Byron.

[@car83_]

How is video of the leaders at the time of caution is like the Zapruder film? Last lap of the Daytona 500, and FOX decided to pick that moment not to have any of its 22 cameras trained on the leaders? I think not.

[@DarkOcean2020]

Eric, you brought up an interesting point. You stated that Austin Cindric isn't squeaky clean. In your opinion who IS squeaky clean?

[@masonmccor]

Thanks for the report, Aric

[@AmericanPoliceCams]

The wreck was actually chastains fault by coming down to shoot the middle and Austin came up a little. But it's really just a racing deal.

[@TriplePProductionz]

I'm kinda surprised you didn't talk about the caution inconsistency between the cup and xfinity finishes, I guess thats a pretty dead horse at this point though, only thing consistent about nascar is that they're inconsistent

[@23lacross]

In Cup the car was going back onto the track. You have to call caution for safety reasons.

[@TriplePProductionz]

@@23lacross so what about in xfinity when a car spun on the racing surface in the middle of the pack? They didn't throw a caution for that

[@23lacross]

@@TriplePProductionz It seems the cars were either stuck on the wall or spinning to the grass.

[@davids5006]

Location matters

[@JohnReedy07163]

The leader already took the white flag, next flag ends the race, next flag was yellow, there is nothing to dispute about the 500 finish

[@jackshafto9123]

Lazy move and lazy block is perfect description of the incident

[@anxiousorcus5489]

Can't get too mad at Buescher this last Daytona, his strategy for these races is very much just "pray Brad doesn't do anything stupid the first 199 laps and then win the last 1"

[@callmejrdn]

I'm a little nervous for Larson this week. If my memory is correct, he had not finished a SINGLE Atlanta race since they reconfigured it for 2022.

[@JamesM-v7t]

Hay nascar fans one of your favorits one the Daytona

[@RyanKampf-t3f]

Hey Eric 😁 love your work watch everyday from Australia keep it up mate 👍 but how can you move Kyle Busch down a spot ? 2nd at the clash and was the show of the race at Daytona ? Was up front all night went the the back multiple times and just drove back to that front, there was one restart he got sent to the back and went past 25 cars in a few laps on the outside he wanted that 🏆 badly he was aggrieved all night 😎 Kyle Busch fan obviously 😅 what are your thoughts ?

[@TheDabbinDave]

The true controversy is, why did the flag man not throw the caution? Why did the flag man do the caution after they cross start finish line? Look from the in car footage, the amount of time is grotesque. Somebody needs to be fired.

[@TheDabbinDave]

@@johnhaas2523 if you think people, don’t lie, COVID-19 let me tell you a long story….

[@thainwhite64]

The only thing I have with the timing of the caution I knew for a fact Chastain and or Cindric were gonna slide up into the field after what I saw from Burton and Hocevar had. It would have been tough to throw it before the white but that’s my take.

[@checkeredflagclips]

Only changes I would made are Elliott Bowman Logano and Blaney Blaney is streaky, but to start year, I would say 4th Chase is having a bounce back year after last year, but is still one of the best drivers, so I would say 7th Logano has been down the last few years since Next Gen car. Only 1 win last year and finished outside top 5 in points, so I would say around 6th And finally Alex Bowman is a good driver when healthy, I would say 9th

[@clintnuttall8852]

When you're throwing blocks and people got your nose in the spot they get what they got when they tried to slam the door and when they go sliding across the nose of your car short track racing at Superspeedway love to see Atlanta

[@danielrachal1057]

Yes thank you Eric. It would've been criminal to leave AB out of your top 10 #48

[@charlesnails1399]

I like your show a lot. What the heck is your criteria for power rankings? Is it for this season or last season plus this season? If it’s this season, how can Bowman get 10th with a 6 and 2 finish? If it holds validity , gotta have stats. Great show though

[@NASCARFAN93100]

William Byron's Daytona 500 Victory is his First Ever Top 20 Finish in The Great American Race And How bout John Hunter Nemechek Finishing 7th in both The 500 & The Xfinity Race

[@angryhubby2998]

I agree with Eric.

[@RailCityFishes]

Eric will one day own a race team

[@Gav_Jam]

I liked the rankings segment

[@BCanterbury42]

But watching from Alex Bowman’s in-car camera, the caution light doesn’t come on until he’s clearly ahead, by least half a car length or more. If this photo is real, does this mean the caution lights aren’t perfectly synced and don’t automatically start flashing at the same exact second? Go watch the footage and answer that question

[@kooltymz6432]

My take would be that Corey also had to be careful to not go below the lines. he made a move, and then thought better of it. The block is what caused. Even Steward called out the blocking years ago, but nobody pays attention. The pay for blocking is an evil you must live with if you decide to block.

[@500jacob]

Being at the track i had a pretty good view and i never once thought bowman won, i just wanted to be sure they took the white. I was shocked when i got home and i saw the comments about people thinking bowman won. Seems like the broadcast needed to show a definitive angle… but i also think they need to let them race back to the line unless there is a flip or fire / catastrophic looking crash. Frustrating but i know it can be a tough call.

[@bradennetzly8291]

Eric, now that Daytona is over, can you tell us if you’ll be at Indy in May to see Kyle? Indy dwarfs Daytona, both are fantastic races and you HAVE to see the Indy 500!

[@jscott9360]

Can't believe you still can't find room for Ross in the top 10... he had an amazing day in the 500 and just missed completing the winning pass by inches.

[@FaydsterTV]

I’m hoping that this means Bowman will finally get a win this season. Dude has been long overdue since his last win at Vegas.

[@BrianIsTheGOAT594]

I'm not trying to let down the mood, but what happened recently with Alon Day is beyond devastating and heartbreaking.😔

[@bradfordmcgomery9058]

Good Stuff Eric. ✌️🇺🇸

[@rc9597]

Whats the 50 Caliber bullet behind you about?

[@robertmann7277]

Hallie Deegan got a DNF- Well knock me over with a feather!!)

[@robertmann7277]

We should start a drinking game every time she gets a DNF ( on 2nd thought maybe we shouldn't- we'd be drunk all the time!!! )

[@jacksonrobison1901]

I like your power rankings video

[@kylecomstock644]

I do have a problem. Suarez spins and immediately the caution flew with him spinning on the apron. He never got a chance to move into traffic. There is no consistency for NASCAR on when they fly the caution flag. 2024 Daytona could have gone into overtime, but because they swallowed the caution flag for even a second, the field passed the line. Never will we know if it was possible to rack them up again. In my opinion, NASCAR blew it again.

[@SmokeFG]

First and man I didn’t want hill to win

[@peterstrayhorn5316]

7 used be back in the pack it's different upfront. Smarting up.