Racer Bob

Jeff Gluck of The Teardown thinks the penalty levied against Christopher Bell for riding the wall is controversial. It’s not.

Bell, while he didn’t ride it for long, I think he made it easy to call because he powered up the car while he was against the wall. He eventually came off the wall at the end of turn four, but he did ride the wall.

It seems Bell could’ve laid off the throttle, come off the wall, then throttle it up again.

See y’all in Phoenix!

Wild race! I fully expected Larson to win and to see Byron be the final entry in the Final Four was nice to see so we have Ford, Chevy, and Toyota in Phoenix! 🥳

I had a totally different final four earlier in the playoffs. I was hoping Truex was going to pull a rabbit out of a hat but, alas, that didn’t happen.

Here’s my adjusted Final Four, had to share it, but it’s all blown up. 🤣

Kyle Larson

Denny Hamlin

William Byron

Christopher Bell

What a mess!

Adjusted, adjusted final four!

• Joey Logano
• Tyler Reddick
• Christopher Bell
• Denny Hamlin

Yep, I’m riding the number 11 to the bitter end! This man has to win a cup series.

I’m pulling for you, Denny! Now get out there and win at Martinsville!

By the title you can see I’m gonna be a little critical of Mr. Denny Hamlin, but not about how the man races. I just watched him pour his heart out to win at Homestead and finish a heart breaking third place. On any normal race weekend that would’ve been a good finish but it’s playoff time baby! Denny needs a win to get to the final four, but that’s not what I want to talk about.

What I want to talk about is this, why doesn’t he drive for his own team? I feel like that makes him a half-hearted owner. Sure, he’s taking a risk as an owner but he’s not putting it all on the line. He’s not there, on the track, as the team leader, proving to his younger drivers week in and week out how to win. To me it shows a lack of commitment to 23XI.

If Denny wants 23XI to be the best team in NASCAR he should leave JGR and put all his eggs in the 23XI basket.

It seems to be working for RFK with Brad Kaeslowski all in as an owner and driver.

Come on Denny! Take that plunge and drive 23XI right to the top! And while you’re at it go win a Championship for 23XI!

P.S. You’ll go down as one of the greats, Denny, no matter which team you finish with. Now, go win a title!

If you watched the South Point 400 from beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada, yesterday you were probably as shocked as I was to see Joey Logano pull off an improbable win.

Not because the guy doesn’t have what it takes, because he clearly does, but because Christopher Bell is equally as skilled and he had the best car yesterday.

All it took was a ballsy call from Crew Chief Paul Wolfe to put Logano in victory lane. As I said earlier, Joey has the chops, but that strategy call was brilliant and just happened to work out.

One of four drivers is now locked in and has the huge advantage of being able to prepare their car for Championship Sunday in Phoenix November 10.

Who’s gonna join him?