DISASTER for Joe Gibbs Racing | NASCAR Sonoma Race Review & Analysis

[@benjaminvattimo3252]

it’s kinda funny everyone wants an action packed road course race then everyone complains, imo this was probably one of the best road races in the next gen era

[@EricEstepp]

Sloppy at times, but overall I agree

[@samharris3508]

The race itself was alright. The start though was an absolute slog to get through, very boring when the first 50 laps is an absolute shitshow. Good thing they got it sorted out at the end.

[@trevorhintz1290]

Some will find anything to complain about.

[@anthonypray7928]

If you call no green flag runs longer than like 10 laps in almost the entire first two stages good then I don't know what you were watching 😂. It was a mess until the last stage .

[@benjaminvattimo3252]

@@anthonypray7928 better than a 7 second lead constantly

[@JackCallSports]

Gibbs either sweeps the field or self destructs there is no in between

[@f9nestsvp]

😭😭😭

[@xxDevin422]

As a Denny fan it was pretty hilarious when they all crashed each other at Talladega this year

[@mag1cman777]

@@xxDevin422I couldn’t help but laugh at the absurdity of it

[@kirkbullard4302]

He reminds me of the Wrecking Bodines.

[@MegaMr46]

At least MTJ who was out of gas made it to the finish and is the only one who got a standing ovation

[@PC10.8]

The results don’t show it- he finished 33rd- but Justin Haley was wheeling that 51 car up in the top 15 or top 10 once again today up until he had a steering issue that set him off the pace. Just wanted to give kudos to him.

[@Vert344]

The 15 and the 51 were both up in the top 10 at one point. They were movin...

[@John-kx3ng]

He’s the best thing that has ever happened to RWR. I still believe when Brad hangs it up Justin will be in the 6 much sooner than later.

[@brandonreder9869]

​@John-kx3ng You could be right. Now that Brad and the Roush organization as a whole has figured it out over the last 2 years and both Brad and Buesher had been running strong, Brad might stick around longer then he may have been thinking about when they all were struggling.

[@sethcarlisle7330]

Thankful NBC is back now. There were literally like six cars that fell out of the race today and I have no idea what even happened to some of those guys.

[@mattcardarelli]

They don’t even bother updating us. They just like guess… They said Austin Dillon had a down tire, then said he was off to the garage. No other mention.

[@BIG_ump]

So many ads late even with all the early cautions

[@garyjackson3531]

NBC is far worse.

[@671TechReviews]

@@mattcardarelliit was clear that Dillon was in the turn 11 accident.

[@toddmanger7194]

@@mattcardarelliI don’t even care for Austin Dillon, but his fans would probably like to know more of what happened to him.

[@TekuTaurus]

Let's be real, no way that Valvoline scheme wasn't gonna win

[@RAID3R63]

Should of done a Mark Martin scheme since he drove the 5 and was with Valvoline so long

[@zachhatten261]

​@@RAID3R63Mark drove the 6 when he was Valvoline sponsored

[@bradmurray7362]

Love the red valvoline scheme so much

[@BwInNewJersey]

Valvoline has the coolest logo in history

[@TanTan-hr7uq]

Nah MTJ had it …

[@KPKING_1]

Never seen a more caution filled road course race ever!! 💀

[@timechanger9162]

2021 Indy rc????

[@spencerwright600]

It was great wasn't it

[@KPKING_1]

@@timechanger9162still! The first few stages felt like all causing laps

[@KPKING_1]

@@spencerwright600 it was a ok race just so many cautions!

[@MichaelWilliams-vb6wr]

Pavement had a lot of Grip and they said hard to pass but Larson proved that wrong 😂

[@guymichaels3233]

FOX needs to fire the Live Program Director! No one wants to watch the winning crew jump up and down, we want to watch the race finish as the other drivers cross the line!

[@GrandpaShark]

100%

[@im4usm2]

To be fair, FOX had to hurry up and get off the race. They had that IMPORTANT UFL conference championship game they had to air. Who cares who finished behind the winner? LOL, that's what FOX thinks about your precious sport.

[@garyjackson3531]

​@@im4usm2 NBC will force you to buy a Peacock subscription if you want to see it.

[@Bob-kw07g]

Jeez, you must be old school! Who wantt to watch that?🤦‍♂️

[@kensimpson8133]

You wanted to wait the 5 mins to watch Truex drive it in on the starter?

[@eth3792]

Shoutout to McDowell for that 2nd place run after getting put in the wall partway thru the race. I thought his day was over with that wreck

[@davehanson455]

Agreed, he did a great job after getting turned around

[@mulderstate2682]

Towards the end of the race, Fox went side by side, there was under 10 togo, then when they came back, went to a full-screen with an ad for Harvicks pod cast.

[@BwInNewJersey]

I was furious

[@drdogbarker3830]

What pissed me off is that during the last laps of an exciting, undecided race, the booth idiots were talking about next weeks race. Are you kidding me?!!! Who cares?!!!

[@GuacamoleMuckbang]

Clint Bowyer’s race calling has gotten so much better. Today was probably his best work as well. he was, and I never thought I’d say this, fantastic. The coverage, coincidentally, was worse today than I’ve ever seen. Have no clue what happened to 3 DNFs and the last lap chase Elliot passed 4 people and didn’t know how till we saw the top five crawl. They’ve been bad all year, but they must’ve just completely given up today.

[@toddmanger7194]

They never mentioned why Berry, briscoe and Haley all went to the garage in the last 10 laps. Coverage is SHIT!

[@drdogbarker3830]

Bowyer's call on what could happen on certain turns in the last laps (in theory) turned out to be exactly what happened. Can't get any better than that. Does he have a Magic 8 Ball in his pocket?

[@DennyDeliversYT]

_“alright murr, let’s put a little something inside the drivers water bottles today”_ yeah we should’ve NOT let the impractical jokers show up to this race 💀😭

[@f9nestsvp]

💀💀💀

[@ojtoothpaste2240]

Glad you're driver blew the engine lap 2 lmao 😂

[@PaintballBoomer]

​@@ojtoothpaste2240 your*

[@Loaf_ve]

@@ojtoothpaste2240ok?

[@mgm1356]

DennyDeliversYT 🤣🤣🤣 that's great!!

[@gcatwyo]

100% agree on Fox director. Show us the race!

[@CJODell12]

The Fox director: “Shut up, you’re all just blind haters/keyboard warriors/liars. We are by far the best NASCAR broadcaster.”

[@im4usm2]

@@CJODell12 Also the FOX director: "We just need to put crap on the air between the commercials where we make our real money, it need not be any good."

[@vapinbachelor289]

@@CJODell12😂😂😂

[@jayannakelley9051]

I think the best line on radio was Cliff telling Larson ‘I’ll shut up now & let you do your thing’! I got tickled over that.. CONGRATS KYLE 🏁🏁🏁

[@frevazz3364]

He was a zone! Going thru the field was so impressive.

[@anthonypray7928]

Truex just can't catch a break . He raced his ass off today only to run out of gas on the last lap .

[@micahbrown8095]

This was the most eventful Sonoma race in a long time

[@vercingetorix444]

Eric, 100% agree on Fox. Looking at NBC's Indycar coverage for comparison, or F1, it's no comparison.

[@garyjackson3531]

You get someone to underwrite commercial free coverage and FOX (or any other network) will broadcast it. Let me remind you though, Liberty Media, the American company that owns Formula One, GAVE it to ESPN for nothing (NBC was the previous broadcaster) and all ESPN does is rebroadcast SKY Sports coverage. SKY is owned by the same people who own FOX, BTW.

[@lbhms2074]

Super excited for when Leigh Diffey takes over the NBC booth. To add onto what you said Eric, he makes everything feel like a world class event, coneys the magnitude of the moment super well.

[@mattcardarelli]

Leigh Diffey just makes events sound important. Unlike anything Fox produces. The breath of fresh air is needed

[@Whiteasian56]

Cannot stress enough how glad I am NBC is back. Fox has been a letdown for the sport considering the big moments that have happened so far this year. It’s whoever was directing that mess that had let us down. You could see efforts being made to try and make it better, but simple technical errors showing again and again just making the broadcast a miss. Be interesting to see how NBC will standout these first few weeks so make the feel of watching so much better.

[@americanwalmarts3565]

Speaking of Fox, but they never gave us a discussion of Parker Retzlaff and Ryan Sieg talking on pit road... I found the video on FaceBook

[@JackCallSports]

James Small needs to be fired That’s the last straw for me

[@alanluscombe8a553]

I don’t know enough to fine a good opinion but it does seem like silly things like this happen more often than before. I’ve also heard Martin and James arguing in the radio pretty badly at times

[@chadzeiders8293]

Of all the dumbass things he's done, this was the final straw??? If I was JG he would have never seen this year

[@Neilhooz]

such a surface level take. must be a new nascar fan

[@linhunnicutt6556]

I felt that way last year. I think the reason that Truax has not done any better. This year is because of James small and totally agree. He needs to be fired.

[@Nafsllib]

So excited to be done with Fox airing Nascar races for the season. Hatvick has done great, Bowyer is goofey and occasionally annoying but fine, and of course Mike Joy and Larry Mcreynolds are great the pproblem seems to be the producers. At one point there was a 20 sec shot of grass shown to the tv audience. Several points where the announcers are reacting to action on the track that's not being shown to the audience. So frustrating.

[@outfield1988]

To many commercials on Fox as it’s almost unwatchable.

[@garyjackson3531]

​@@outfield1988 You've obviously never watched NBC!,

[@ajdnascar24]

There is a thread rn on Reddit about Fox. Also, the thread about Chastain and Busch has things about what Fox missed today. Their coverage is really bad imo. I watched one Indycar race this year and I was engaged because the commentary was exciting and the production was actually showing everything that happened during the race. Mike has lost his edge, but his legacy is always going to be one of the GOATs (very Johnson like rn), Kevin just did not do it for me when he kept going after Bowyer, and Clint is just meh. I am so glad they took away his clowning around during the race for the most part. Fox could literally be stunting NASCAR growth for the next decade after the Netflix series momentum and I don't really know if any new fans stayed to watch kids in the stands, full screen ads, and a booth taking shots at one another and not enthusiastic about the racing. Fox is a real problem and I celebrated the end of them covering Xfinity.

[@nicksterl.2133]

Harvick taking shots at Bowyer is weird AF and bad look for the sport. Banter is good but this is just Harvick being a complete knobend with superiority complex.

[@OverSeasonedTaco]

Hearing everyone at the track cheer when Hamlin blew up was amazing to experience

[@justingriffith735]

I'm 42yrs old, so in a way, for me it's still Sear's Point!

[@RogerBates7]

39... agreed!

[@zay2439]

39 as well, agreed!!

[@horsefly1020]

48 and same hear.

[@gdvibes1]

60 😂👍

[@Mac-td7lt]

Yep!!! I'm 57 and it's still Sears Point! Lol.

[@PR1NC345]

I haven't been to a race in 4 years!!!! It was so amazing being in Sonoma and still rn in there, the racing from my view which i saw a lot of the bumping and spins right next to me so it was awsome

[@davids5006]

Larson moving through the field was the highlight of the race!

[@jayannakelley9051]

Yes! 🔥🏁

[@williambrant3214]

Kyle probably had enough gas before the Chastain donut burnout.

[@bucknaked406]

For real

[@vapinbachelor289]

Too bad Fox didn’t have time for anything post race. 😂

[@jscott9360]

Chastain barely touched him after running him down from 5 sec back. He could have been more aware of the faster car coming and conceded the spot he was bound to lose. Ross was clearly in the preferred line to pass for the corner.

[@brandonreder9869]

​@@jscott9360 Barely touched him? He slammed into the side of his car! That was just as bad as Berry's incident, the only difference is Chastain is more at fault than Berry was with his incident. Berry was just along for the ride once he got tagged when he tried moving inside. Chastain tried to be aggressive and charge hard to get under Kyle, basically the equivalent of Aaron Rodgers throwing a 60 yard Hail Mary to try to win the football game!

[@jscott9360]

@@brandonreder9869 lol!! Yes. I didn't stutter. That was very light contact. It was nothing like what Berry did. Don't be ridiculous. He showed him his nose the entire straight leading into the corner, had the inside line and was beside him entering the corner. Kyle could have lifted, knowing he was beat and probably would have finished 6th or 7th.

[@ryanmichaels297]

The Martin Truex Jr will he or wont he retire drama is just something I did not need for another full damn year. It's so tired, just make a damn decision!!

[@clockbooooks]

Can we talk about how RFK has had a car finish in the top 3 the last 6 races (if you include the All Star Race. I mean talk about consistency, then again they’re both around 10th-15th so not the best points wise, but there a genuine championship 4 threat if they keep this up

[@walkerking3875]

Fox Sports and NBC need to be doing more last lap side-by-side video screens so we can see last lap passes in the top 10 as well as the winner

[@vapinbachelor289]

No it should be 1 finger down restarts with 10 or less to go.. meaning no commercials in final 10laps.

[@walkerking3875]

@@vapinbachelor289 they should use the side-by-side video screens ("double box") for race action and not just commercials

[@dkmotorracingnz8010]

I think Busch would have made it past the line before fuel became a dire situation had it not been for the extra fuel used getting back on track

[@EViLGrEEn42090]

That’s a cope. Yes the 25 feet to turn around really was the deal breaker.

[@aviat4ion]

@@EViLGrEEn42090 No, it's the throttle pulse required for the spin.

[@davidcopeland5450]

Or at least close to it, and even if he ran out just before getting to the line, he likely still gets a top ten at worst with how stretched the field was

[@vapinbachelor289]

@@EViLGrEEn42090 your math isn’t correct, its not that simple.

[@EViLGrEEn42090]

@@vapinbachelor289 your still coping. Look man tried ran out of fuel as well. I watched every lap of that race. Every lap.

[@BrandoTheGamingChampionship]

There are a couple of drivers in the NASCAR Xfinity race I want to give shout out to BORIS SAID what he said in the interview about Greg Biffle & Shane van Gisbergen earns back to back wins and first career pole

[@davidcopeland5450]

Also Austin Green with a top-five in the third Jordan Anderson entry (#32) in just his third start.

[@markmarciszewski6471]

AJ Allmendinger has 4 top 15 finishes this year (in 5 races). Rest of Kaulig Racing has 2 combined (2 from Daniel Hemric). When do we admit that Kaulig has just been propped up by Allmendinger all these years? The man has both their cup wins and 16 of their 20 non-plate track wins in the Xfinity series too (Chandler Smith and Kyle Larson last year and SVG's last two wins being the other 4).

[@198746779838]

SVG has 10 top 15 finishes in Xfinity. Surely hes holding his own atleast in that respect. Its the guys first year. Could possibly have been 3 race wins with COTA going his way.

[@trevorhintz1290]

Cup series points standings (F1 points format minus fastest lap) 1. Kyle Larson 137 (3 wins) 2. Denny Hamlin 127 (3 wins) 3. William Byron 123 (3 wins) 4. Brad Keselowski 121 (1 win) 5. Christopher Bell 102 (2 wins) 6. Tyler Reddick 99 (1 win) 7. Chase Elliott 95 (1 win) 8. Alex Bowman 72 9. Martin Truex Jr. 70 10. Ty Gibbs 68 11. Chris Buescher 65 11. Ryan Blaney 65 13. Ross Chastain 45 14. Bubba Wallace 44 15. Joey Logano 38 16. Austin Cindric 37 (1 win) 17. Daniel Suárez 35 (1 win) 17. Kyle Busch 35 17. Noah Gragson 35 20. Michael McDowell 28 21. Aj Allmendinger 24 22. Chase Briscoe 22 23. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 20 24. Josh Berry 16 25. John Hunter Nemechek 14 26. Corey LaJoie 12 26. Austin Dillon 12 28. Anthony Alfredo 8 29. Todd Gilliland 5 29. Carson Hocevar 5 31. Justin Haley 4 31. Erik Jones 4 33. Daniel Hemric 3 34. Ryan Preece 2 35. Harrison Burton 1

[@mattcardarelli]

Shows how consistent Keselowski has been

[@frevazz3364]

Kyle Larson was on a zone. I was watching his onboard camera from the last pit stop to the end and he was hitting every line and braking point perfect except for like two corners. He was .5 tenths at a minimum but mostly over a second faster every single lap vs the field. Carved up the field like a laser.

[@thestrongcoreninjabyronbea2959]

I still call it Sears Point because that track name is from my favorite nascar video game Nascar Beat the Heat 2002

[@scout222]

Ever since that championship in 2022 being a Logano fan has been rough. Bad luck and slow cars galore. I’m not even surprised he got caught up in some else’s mess again 🤦‍♂️. He might have the worst luck in cup rn this is getting ridiculous 😭😭

[@mdbudreau]

If Busch doesn’t get spun, he probably runs out of fuel after getting the checkers and gets a top 5. The fuel used to light up the tires during the spin and get going again killed him.

[@BlACKCOFFEE2988]

My thoughts exactly 👍

[@vapinbachelor289]

Exactly

[@vapinbachelor289]

And “IF a frog had wings he wouldn’t “bust his ass” every time he landed””! 😂😂 2 quotes who said that?

[@nicksterl.2133]

My feelings as well. Him spining around did mean using extra fuel. It's a shame they didn't fight afterwards though.

[@jaxson6796]

Kevin Harvick quote of the race:” send him in there like a torpedo.”

[@norandomstuff]

Bro thinks he's Seb

[@jaxson6796]

@@norandomstuff me or harvick?

[@SixLNii]

Harvick giving quotes like Vettel. I like it lol.

[@norandomstuff]

@@jaxson6796 im talking about kevin

[@nicksterl.2133]

@@SixLNii nobody gives a f about Vettel.

[@DoubleAyee24]

I was out at the race and honestly having the first half be caution filled and have some restarts, not let the field get strung out, was actually really fun to see. The 2nd half, being able to see the strategies ACTUALLY play out, was insanely fun. IMO I think depending on how Watkins Glen goes, I would like to see Sonoma up the schedule in the west coast swing(talked to AJ Allmendinger friday and he said the same thing) or even see it move later and see it as an early playoff race to shake things up. I'd say one of the better sonoma races I've seen, I've also been going for 20 years since i was a child so that carries a little weight

[@goodrich6129]

Chase Elliott sure didn’t less Ross get away with what he did to Busch. Aggressively moved him in the final turn for a top 5.

[@EViLGrEEn42090]

Yeah got bush held him up cost him his two second over Elliot to begin with. Duh.

[@jscott9360]

That was only because he got held up by the Busch. Still finished 5th. Not a bad day. You notice nobody is complaining about chase doing so either. It's the last lap. You can use a bumper or fender to pass if you're close enough. It's how it's meant to be done.

[@elijahjp2158]

Eric, Idk how you can be as generously critical of Fox's coverage this season. I would certainly be not nearly as generous on their production and direction coverage, especially since I haven't been a fan of Fox in general for a few years now. To me, Fox just sees NASCAR as another host to make money and nothing more than that (which I know is the point of the TV networks). (However) It's like Fox treats NASCAR as a way of marketing first before the viewer's enjoyment and not the other way around. And clearly, it seems like I am not the only one who expresses that frustration.

[@pinetreenation7769]

Race lived up to the poor expectations at first but I was surprised by how good it got later. Really pleasantly surprised.

[@West_Coast_Sports_News]

Personally, after being at the track with exclusive access I can say this was a great race. I’ve been attending since 2017 and this race had everything from strategy racing to a bit of silly cautions. Thankfully the final stage was straightforward and we got a great three way battle. Getting to see this from the PRN booth was an unforgettable experience and I even had a chance to shake Mike Joys hand. While we all can dunk on FOX and their coverage, just remember all the history and life that Joy brings to this sport.

[@patkurtz9041]

You nailed it with your comments on Fox. They seemed almost unprofessional!

[@im4usm2]

Almost??? Well they get paid to throw that crap on the air so I guess technically you are correct.

[@MG121.]

I survived FOX Sports’s coverage of NASCAR in 2024 and all I got was this…. nothing

[@commandercody8786]

Yeet?

[@kevincook8632]

Must have missed what you got. There was a commercial

[@shanewardesspeedwayvideosr8449]

All I got was a commercial…

[@ronhochhalter3491]

All I got from FOX was Yota has a new pace car, Joy must be getting a healthy paycheck from Yota, hope it's in Yen

[@garyjackson3531]

FOX is infinitely better than NBC. Enjoy having to pay extra to see pre-race, post-race, and qualifying.

[@thumblessgod]

well they threw a caution at the end of the race for Truex, i wonder if kyle busch was in 12th when the caution came out, freezing the field b4 he got passed by 5 more people.

[@jeffreybennett8893]

So where did kb finish, 12th or 17th?

[@BREEZY.67]

@@jeffreybennett8893Nascar has him scored at 12th

[@David_Bell3939]

Fox's Nonstop commercials has me thankful of other ways to watch the race! NASCAR's app is way better to view when not at the track! In 2022 Vibes, Christopher finished 9th and Denny 36th! Crew Chiefs need to rewatch the Road Course races last few years, never throw your drivers and cars out of a top 10 run early for strategy. Backfires almost 90% of the time. Hurt Logano, Christopher and many others that great cars!! 👍💯

[@WindRider1]

The Old Ross showed up today. He has been walking on eggshells ever since he got into Kyle Larson and Rick Hendricks made his remarks. Go to see Old Ross.

[@mattshade8472]

Yea I know what you’re saying. I believe he’s one of the best in the field but since the Darlington ‘23 he’s been off. Seems to run almost too conservative, I’ve noticed that he misses out on 1-2 spots on the last lap at the end of some the races, but also at the same time I think that he is out driving his equipment. Gotta be a weird position for him to not be in a top tier ride like Gibbs or Hendrick and have those over him pretty much telling him how to drive.

[@hudsonms]

As for FOX… prepare for any future coverage to be much much worse. They have now cut nearly every nascar specific employee. All that will be left is the remote from track people such as directors/eps/camera/engineers. And then on the employee side a few content producers and graphics people who aren’t invested in nascar whatsoever. When I was there for several years, daily we would have to have graphics fix stats because I (a camera guy) was catching the typos or inaccurate stats.. there is no care to detail… ok the track side of things it’s the same director and camera crew they’ve had for years, and some of those people are aging out in my opinion.. but todays race cut was utterly unacceptable!! They had multiple cuts to nothing and so much coverage not following the racing….

[@im4usm2]

Man, I am sorry you had to work in that environment. But not as sorry as we who had to watch it.

[@Steelrailbearing]

I appreciate your honesty Eric about Fox.

[@Alan_M00ch]

I watched the IndyCar race. As a dual IndyCar/NASCAR fan, I had to choose between the two. And then I went to main NBC for IndyCar. Everything felt serious. Granted, there were problems, I.E. full screen commercials under green flag laps, but all in all, I enjoyed the coverage. After (spoiler alert) Will Power won (spoiler alert), I tuned into NASCAR just in time to see Buescher win the 2nd segment. Immediately afterwards was a cringe ass Wendy's Commercial and the happiness I felt after watching IndyCar was sucked out of me. EVERYTHING about Fox's coverage from the moment I tuned in to the end was just everything wrong with NASCAR on Fox compounded into 55 laps. - Was anyone aware that Harrison Burton got hooked by Chase Elliott? No? That's because Fox didn't show it. The ONLY reason I know it is because I had the online stream of PRN radio coverage on. - Did anyone watching know that William Byron had an issue? No? You wouldn't have known if you weren't paying attention to social media. Yeah. Social Media. - Real great camera work going to a shot of the back bumper of the 17 car... WHEN NOBODY WAS BEHIND HIM! - Let's go on the back bumper Kyle Larson while he battles with Hemric... and THEN cut to ANOTHER angle where then, and only AFTER the camera cut, we all find out they're three wide with McDowell - Why yes, we totally need to see Noah Gragson spinning again... that spin happened ages ago and NOW we're headed to commercial break. - Blaney's pitting! Now is a good time to actually swap over to a side by side where we show Blaney in one box and Elliott in the other... they cut to Chase Elliott AND THEN they do the side by side box instead of immediately going to the side by side box. - Why, yes, viewers at home totally need to see the "tailgate kings" according to Fox. This was coming out of a full screen ad break, mind you. You won't be shocked to know I didn't care. I don't watch NASCAR racing to see who the "tailgate kings" are. I watch NASCAR to watch THE ACTUAL ON TRACK - Why yes, we TOTALLY should go to commercials during green flag runs... *FULL SCREEN ADS*. AND during crucial moments of the race. Why yes, we TOTALLY need a "Toyota all out segment" that cuts another 2 minutes away from the on track action. OH, BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE. Let's run a side by side ad break inside 10 laps to go! And that's just the problems I CAN remember. I'm sure there are other problems that I missed!

[@Vermonter8812]

Harvick i feel saved the booth this year. Yes Mike is good but adding harvick was the best move they could have made. the insight to the car was very useful

[@mumblerappersaregiftsfromg3139]

my friend you genuinely have such a great nascar show on this channel. showed my dad ur channel now hes hooked

[@davidmuncy7862]

Great race. I was impressed with the on track product. Fox...oh Fox... Mike Joy is overall great, glad he will be around. Harvick is good as well. Bowyer I dont feel fits very well, and the back and forth can be a bit much. I think Regan Smith is great, as well as the rest of the reporters. I actually have really enjoyed Daniel Suarez being in the booth as well. He is great as a driver analyst in the way hes able to paint a picture for the viewer, alomst like a behind the scenes look. Unfortunately a lot of fans bring his accent up and are not welcoming to that. I also enjoyed the other drivers theyve had rotate in the booth. I think Fox does have a good thing with that for Xfinity series, mostly. My god though, the broadcast. Thank god the onboard cameras dont have a zoom, because Fox would surepy telescope the hell out of it. I dont understand why they CONSTANTLY zoom in and out, even within the same shot constantly. They are slow(if they even address it) to react to requests from the broadcasters to view something.. they dont show full replays or jusy show a short clip from a bad angle as they go to break. Like id rather see multiple replay's, or an interview with a driver that wrecked or their crew, over some B roll footage that they dont seem to ever cut away from when things happen (and that theu seem to cut to JUST as action picks up ans we get stuck with side by side). Those were thing that back in the day were reserved for the pre race show, practice or rain delays.. not the race. Whats disappointing is that these issues have been VERY publicly addressed now for a few years, and Fox hasn't even seemed to try to address it. In fact, it almost at times seems like they are doing it purposely. I hope they right that ship, if not, I really hope NASCAR can findnsome way to address it

[@KCRX3]

A nice top 3 finish for KB was looking likely on lap 99/100, but it all slowly fell apart at the end..

[@CPO-Snarky]

Kyle Busch’s career ship has sailed and after being torpedoed today, his ship has run aground. I see retirement on the horizon.

[@PopperRocks392]

That's not gonna happen. He was having a good day and just because Chastain was a complete idiot today isn't gonna make him retire. Kyle Busch is still an extremely talented driver.

[@MidlifeCrisisManagement]

still love Mike Joy. Harvick was better than expected while Boyer was... well... Boyer. your comments about production were spot-on, Eric. watched the SkyNews F1 broadcast right beforehand and the differences were jarring. CW and Amazon Prime joining the coverage next season will hopefully bring improvement.

[@gatling216]

I’m less inclined to give Busch the benefit of the doubt. Man’s been a menace the last few weeks and got it back. Meanwhile, Chastain had the third best car on the track and put on a clinic. Reddick had the faster car but just couldn’t get through traffic. It feels disingenuous to dismiss what would have been hailed as return to form for any other driver because of an overcooked corner.

[@mattshade8472]

A lot of these YT videos of post race reviews have been trashing Chastain over and over during the video because of that corner. Had over 1300 corners in a race and one bad corner and people acting like this was worse than Busch wrecking Stenhouse. Just wish they’d come out and just say they don’t like Ross

[@gatling216]

@@mattshade8472 I've been hard on him myself from time to time. Lord knows he's earned it with some of his antics. But this time? Nah.

[@blueyintros4482]

This was like those crazy road course overtime finishes in 2022 if they happened in the beginning of the race! Lol

[@dietcake8690]

Both my drivers had engine issues today. First Leclerc in the Canadian GP then Hamlin. Glad I don't play the lotto.

[@austinblansett9900]

You can tell by the on board camera that Chastain’s tires did lock up.

[@DaveGme]

That’s what happens when you slam your foot on the brake.

[@GymLeaderEllie]

Feel like you missed mentioning Joey Logano. He looked super in the first stage, until their strategy call put them in the wrong place for the wreck. Ford is so back. I wonder if the recovery from the spin used the precious last bit of fuel for Kyle Busch. Accelerating from zero is the least efficient driving.

[@Aec503]

No one wants to admit he was actually the best car until the fumble on the pit strategy

[@Mac-td7lt]

Yep! I'm pissed at Fox for not covering the Bush, Chastain deal.

[@nurabsal0x018c]

No boring single file silliness today!

[@ricfoxx4629]

Your stop motion videos were my childhood ❤

[@GingerMulletYT]

Strategy made it fun to watch. Still don't understand stage breaks at road courses. We talk about how important stage points and wins are....yet on road courses people just don't care for them in exchange for track position. Good race though. Loved the final stage honestly

[@Blackswan19874]

James Small should have told Martin to save some fuel …. No mention ! Not a good combo Small / Truex

[@bobbyblair8478]

(Sorry I’ve said it on every video about this race) FIRE JAMES SMALL!!!!!!!

[@jaxson6796]

Pls

[@miketwotwenty]

Cole Pearn should’ve stayed!

[@jaxson6796]

@@miketwotwenty yea but he wanted to be with his family, gotta respect that.

[@joshwhalen19]

Had such a good day watching the JGR drivers! 😂

[@tylerfarrar8980]

Ross definitely screwed Kyle but Ross got screwed by his crew chief. Went to the back to pit and then pits in the same cycle as the guys in front of him. Should have stayed out with Larson and they would have battled. Watching their lap times the 1 and 5 were a tick faster then any other car the last run.

[@mattshade8472]

Noticed this too, and Ross and Larson drive each other like there is this enmity between them, would’ve been a great watch between those two

[@frevazz3364]

Ross was keeping pace with Larson as they went thru the field but once Larson got some clean track he pulled away from Chastain.

[@tylerfarrar8980]

@@frevazz3364 Ross never left his bumper coming thru the till he hit pit road. They were running p10-11. Once Ross came out he ran 74.3-74.5 the only other car to hit low 74s was Larson on new tires. Point being, Ross runs the right strategy he has the same if not better shot than Larson did.

[@rmg_2771]

Another thing that bothers me with FOX is their use of split screens. They’ll interview a driver in the infield but they’ll put the interview on the bigger screen and the race action gets the smaller screen. And they’ll cut away from race action completely and show a drivers stats full screen. When you have green flag racing, it shouldn’t get pushed aside completely or even get the smallest screen when it goes to split screen when it’s not a commercial break. Just stuff like that shows how they are getting out of touch broadcasting nascar

[@MICKEY-LOGANO]

Fun fact: Elliott now has the most top 5’s on road courses in the Gen 7 on the cup grid.

[@TanTan-hr7uq]

Being a MTJ fan is the worst thing ever… years and years of this nonsense 😭😭😭😭 imma go cry in a hole 😢

[@carotherscontent]

I was at the race sitting at turn 2 where Hamlin blew up. And I can definitely say the loudest the fans got today was when he blew up hahaha

[@Know-_-]

I dont you'll get this comment but KB was slow because of his tire issue not gas I belive I could be wrong but over the raido busch had tire down due to the spin.

[@bradhale8075]

Kudos on calling out Fox. I'm truly a Fox guy, if you know what I mean, however, their race coverage is woefully sub par... producer /director have NO clue how to broadcast a race.

[@joshuapboston1999]

About time the Next-Gen had a great road-course race such as this.

[@djgrubbs6631]

We are getting close to an SVG/Ambrose type of cross video. We all want that

[@dannyalex7152]

Crazy race today for sure!

[@BlueBox-2002]

Denny blowing a engine right off the bat made my weekend. I'm happy with the race after that.

[@jeffhall8282]

money shift

[@Itsgamingtime11-co5kp]

No it didn’t

[@stevenhooten4275]

Made my week that was perfect

[@bucknaked406]

When Denise is struggling......I'm grinning like a possum eat'n shit

[@Charkled19]

Man I can’t wait for the uproar and flood of tears after he wins the championship this year

[@Qqpop_official]

I was at the race and it was great. It’s just fox broadcasted that race horribly they somehow did not catch Elliot spinning Harrison Burton like WTH they had beef all race and they did not catch that at all.

[@bearmarsh6579]

Chevy sweeps Sonoma Kyle Larson today and Shane van Gisbergen yesterday congrats to both. I am not giving up on Kyle Busch yet not until there's 26 races in the books there is a glimmer of hope. Also I wish that Kaulig Racing would have ran Shane van Gisbergen instead of A.J Almndinger.

[@SayKyleNotCow]

Nice to see a team pay respects to the Ocean Gate Titan as we approach the anniversary of the implosion. Very respectful by JGR.

[@maxx6282]

100% agree on fox. It's SOOOO casual, give me some energy.

[@Jdoggsvids]

Kyle needs to run the red Valvoline scheme a lot more I was there at the 2021 Bristol night race looks absolutely beautiful at night

[@jamesculbertson1746]

All the cautions reminded me of early 1990s Sears Point races. The first 3/4 of the race was like amateur hour.

[@RetroRich91]

Dude I can't stand Ty... cup tantrums? Making that silver spoon look real shiny.

[@rocksreviewsreactions337]

Man, this was an emotional finish as Truex fans. He didn't get to finish 2nd! Dang!😭

[@shawnvanness9992]

Completely agree with you on the Fox coverage! Great race!

[@johnn919]

I like that the best car won and wasn't screwed out of it by a late race caution. So often the leader with 5 to go, and clearly the dominant car, gets taken out by a late race over aggressive restart. It seemed like for a while every road course was decided this way.

[@timgonzalez1708]

Your take on Fox was right on! It's to bad because they have won award in the past for their broadcast!

[@darrenmeeks1011]

Love the vid. Great review, Eric. Enjoy the week. Hopefully, it’s full of silly season updates!

[@Stephenmabe636]

Race was better than I thought it would be.Larson misses a race and took the points lead back.

[@mikebodman901]

Huge fan Eric. I think you're a bit low on the meter, probably closer to 75 - 80. Just one humble opinion, but as always, you have a great wrap up, and a fantastic show. Happy Sunday to you. Be well, be safe.

[@kensimpson8133]

Love seeing Hamlin struggle. Always puts s smile on our faces.

[@jscott9360]

I think you're being a bit harsh on Ross. He definitely would have made that corner. He barely touched Busch, who he had tracked down from like 5 seconds back in the closing laps and had fresher tires. We dont know that Kyle didn't stumble on low fuel pressure, setting up a situation Ross wasn't ready for. Also, busch could have lifted and finished better depending on how he coasted when he ran out. It was a last lap pass that was going to happen. I'm just irritated it slowed Ross enough to let elliot get by.

[@marshallvermillion6640]

I think the people who commentates on fox are great especially Larry Mac I feel he’s the best at showing you how the cars run and are made but camera cuts suck and bad commercial breaks that don’t time up right.

[@joewisniewski5007]

Totally agree with your criticism of Fox. They have been going downhill. Eliminating Racehub makes zero sense!

[@JamesSmith-zs8fl]

Another great review, Eric, good job. Fox coverage just lacks energy. Like watching Golf😂. Really gonna miss Race Hub. That is where the real energy is.