God I hope they put a curb somewhere.
Where It Is
Michigan. Southeastern Michigan (not Detroit, but fairly close). Two miles. D-shaped oval.
When It Is
Green flag at 3:16 PM EDT
How to Watch
NBCSN
Who to Watch
Kyle Larson’s the favorite, but not over the field. Kevin Harvick can clinch a playoff spot if the winner isn’t a new winner this year and if he doesn’t have a terrible day. Tyler Reddick leads Austin Dillon by 28 points for the last playoff spot as things stand.
How NASCAR Should Script It
I like Reddick a lot, but Harvick wrecking late while someone like, I don’t know, Ross Chastain wins would set up the most drama for next week at Daytona—puts Harvick on the bubble for a win-or-go-home situation.
Trucks, Xfinity, Etc.
Sheldon Creed won the Truck race Friday night, locking himself into the semifinal round of the Truck playoffs. Before that, though, there was a power outage and the lights went out and, well, stock cars don’t have lights for a variety of reasons. AJ Allmendinger won the Xfinity race, which was highlighted by Austin Cindric putting oil all over the track as he drove a non-drivable car. Odd decision by the team on that one.
Wild night at Bowman Gray Stadium down in Winston-Salem, as the Tour Type Modified championship was decided in part by, well, this:
24 Hours of Le Mans was yesterday and today, too, and I don’t know enough about that race to comment much on it but the Toyota No. 7 won, for whatever it’s worth.
Bowman Gray! That’s in Winston-Salem, where Mattia Binotto’s Glasses went to università e facoltà di giurisprudenza!
Stuff there gets spicy on the regular! The chain race has to be seen to be believed.
They did something like this in Rockford at the Budweiser Night of Thrills!