Bubba Wallace involved in violent wreck, closest NASCAR finish in 20 years & Hooters makes a disgusting call
Bubba Wallace involved in violent wreck, closest NASCAR finish in 20 years & Hooters makes a disgusting call
Monday Morning Pit-Stop is a weekly NASCAR column that runs on OutKick.com and Fox News Digital. If you're looking for a normal NASCAR recap, go check out insufferable ESPN ... assuming they still know NASCAR exists.Stop the presses! We got a good NASCAR finish in what seems like the first time in forever.
Boy, did NASCAR need that, huh? It's been a rough few months in terms of the actual racing. It just feels like we've been in a rut, and going from summer to fall doesn't help.
NASCAR owns Sundays during the summer. There's no real competition in terms of network TV. But once Labor Day hits and football takes over, it's a grind to stay relevant.
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Some weeks, they get lucky and a major fight breaks out after a race. Other weeks, an entire team and beats the snot out of him.
And then there are some Sundays when we actually get a good finish on the track. That was yesterday at Charlotte. Well done, Chase Briscoe.
We'll get into it here in a bit.
What else? I've also got Bubba Wallace and Alex Bowman getting into a violent wreck during the actual race, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Michael McDowell getting into one after it, Hooters making a DISGUSTING decision in Daytona, and Kyle Busch's Celebration of Live Friday night was quite the scene.
How about Brexton Busch nailing this burnout, too? Stud. You'll see.
Four tires, enough fuel to get us through these final four races, and maybe an ice pack for Bubba and Alex today ... Monday Morning Pit-Stop — the 'Buzzer Beater In Charlotte' edition — is LIVE!
There it is — the second closest finish at Charlotte in NASCAR history. Not bad for a terrible Next Gen car that makes it nearly impossible to pass!
Chase Briscoe, who waited 19 weeks to win his first race of the season back in July, has now won back-to-back races to cut Kyle Larson's championship points lead down to 65 with four races to go.
He did it yesterday by nosing ahead of teammate Christopher Bell at the very last second, making it the closest Charlotte finish since ...
Any guesses? Any takers? Nothing?!
Bueller??
Since Jimmie Johnson beat Bobby Labonte (!!!) in the 2005 Coca-Cola 600!
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Look at that race. Man, we had it so good back then, and we just pissed it all away. Look at those cars! Listen to those announcers.
That was peak NASCAR, at least for me. Can't believe it's been 21 years. And somehow, Jimmie is still racing. Not on a full-time basis, of course, but he's already locked in for next year's Daytona 500.
Amazing.
Anyway, let's head back to the year 2026 and stay on track ...
Again, NASCAR needed that finish yesterday. The racing in this Chase has stunk so far. The storylines have been ... pretty blah. Beyond a couple fights, there's just been no juice. Eliminating the elimination race every three weeks will do that, by the way. But you all aren't ready for that conversation yet.
But yesterday was a nice, solid bounce-back for the series. Charlotte gave us some decent racing, and a finish that made it worth the wait.
No complaints here.
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