Ron Devine is the gift that keeps on giving, years after BK Racing went away. We talk Small Team Drama, the insanely complex NASCAR Clash format, Garage 66, tons of sponsor announcements, and more!

The Rundown:

- The Clash Format - needlessly complicated? Of course!
- NASCAR Lawsuit upodate - NASCAR wants to keep that $$ for themselves
- Small Team Drama - Ron Devine is back!
- MBM becomes Garage 66 - announces drivers
- Team Amerivet makes a clever move
- Kyle Larson wins the Chili Bowl - doesn't get chili
- Sponsor news

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NASCAR announces an interesting rule change to give popular drivers from other series a guaranteed spot in the field, while wisely avoiding a Mike Wallace debacle at Daytona. We discuss rule changes, JR Motorsports in a Cup race, and more!

The Rundown:

- The Open Exemption Provisional lets famous people in for free - we debate if it is a good idea
- NASCAR brings back garage repairs
- Playoff Waivers have a penalty, but then they also don't have a penalty
- JR Motorsports entering the Daytona 500
- Mike Wallace is out of the 500 - he's mad, but probably shouldn't be
- Cody Ware proves that 'knowing a guy' is good for your career
- CW Xfinity Broadcast team is looking good
- Kurt Busch is racing again
- Other Driver and Sponsor News

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NASCAR asks the judge in the 23XI/FRM lawsuit to call it all off. That won't work, but we get our first idea of the financials behind the scenes. We discuss the questionable arguments, along with Daytona 500 driver news, a Hendrick development driver, and more!

The Rundown:

- NASCAR files motion to dismiss, because...reasons
- How much do Charter teams get? It looks like not a whole lot
- NASCAR claims that the teams are actually taking advantage of THEM. Really.
- The timeline for the trial is set
- Helio Castroneves and Anthony Alfredo attempting Daytona 500
- Hendrick signs a promising young driver
- Trackhouse and JR Motorsports expand relationship
- Sponsor news

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The Cup Series was the top motorsport on TV in 2024 - but how do the NASCAR ratings compare to a decade ago? We've got the numbers...and they are interesting. Plus - Zane Smith moves to FRM, the latest NASCAR News, and more!

The Rundown:

- The Clash gets a title sponsor
- NASCAR is non-committal on Chicago after this year
- MBM's 'perfect fit' for the 500 is a driver that hasn't raced Cup in a decade
- Zane Smith completes the Spire-FRM driver swap
- FRM officially gets a Stewart-Haas Charter
- NASCAR 2024 Ratings - compared to 2014
- NASCAR controlling more content in 2025

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It is the most wonderful time of the year! The time where we give out fake trophies to the most interesting, strangest, and sometimes annoying drivers and stories of the NASCAR season! Plus - 23XI/FRM score a big win in court with a Charter injunction.

The Rundown:

- The 2024 ITD Awards Part 1:
- Silly Season, The Wally Dallenbach Award, Driver Confrontations, and more
- NASCAR News:
- 23XI and FRM get a big win with an Injunction - and an even bigger win with an opinion that NASCAR does have monopoly power
- The 2024 ITD Awards Part 2:
- Small Team Drama, Win and Driver of the Year, the Gary B Carpenter Award for Not Showing Up

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NASCAR strikes once more against 23XI and FRM in the lawsuit - we talk about how their tough language is a great setup for the injunction that will come just a week or so later. Plus - the West Coast HOF runs short of candidates, practice sessions next year - and more!

The Rundown:

- NASCAR News:
- Team Announcements
- The West Coast Racing HOF - with some interesting new people
- NASCAR Lawsuit - NASCAR tries to get tough, but just proves 23XI's point
- More practice for 2025

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And you thought NASCAR was going to be nice? No way. Exclusivity agreements, witholding Charters - the gloves are predictably off in the 23XI/FRM lawsuit. Plus - multiple teams are making off-season moves behind the scenes. 

The Rundown:

- NASCAR Lawsuit Update:
- 23XI and FRM file an updated injunction
- NASCAR says that the teams are simply bad at making deals, and nobody complained about their exclusivity agreements with tracks before, so that makes it not a big deal
- NASCAR witholding SHR Charters from both 23XI and FRM
- Tony Stewart calls Charters a joke on his way out the door
- JGR, Kaulig and Spire make moves in the garage
- Trackhouse and RCR bringing in guest drivers for 2025
- Sponsor News

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NASCAR is calling it Champion's Week, but it is really more like Champion's...Friday night. That you can see Sunday afternoon. Plus - two organizations introduce a third team for next year, an update on the NASCAR lawsuit, and more!

The Rundown:

- NASCAR Awards Ceremony - hopefully you don't want to watch it live
- 23XI adds a third team for 2025 - presumably without a Charter, but with Riley Herbst
- RFK adds a third team for 2025 - leasing a Charter, and with Ryan Preece
- JTG Daugherty becomes Hyak Motorsports - does a new name mean new results?
- New layout for Circuit of the Americas
- Driver and Team news
- A NASCAR driver in the SI swimsuit issue?

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Sixteen drivers have a chance to win the NASCAR Playoffs, yet people are confused and frustrated when one of those 16 drivers does. We discuss the weird NASCAR Championship race and the solution we already presented to fix the Playoffs. 

The Rundown:

- Phoenix - Blaney makes a run, but Logano is too strong at the end
- Joey Lognao wins his third Cup Series Championship
- Blame the system, not the driver
- Championship 4 results from Phoenix
- Penske finds ways to win titles
- Truck, Xfinity Champs
- NASCAR News:
- We remember the greatness of Bobby Allison
- Carson Hocevar wins Rookie of the Year - Spire does a good job
- FedEx leaving NASCAR - not a good sign
- NASCAR lawsuit update

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After the complete debacle of a Martinsville cut race, we talk about how to fix the NASCAR Playoff system, analyze the Championship 4 heading into Phoenix, and make picks for the NASCAR Title Race!

The Rundown:

- Martinsville - Ryan Blaney scores an impressive win that is completely overshadowed
- NASCAR kicks one driver manipulating the race out of he playoffs, to put one driver manipulating the race into the playoffs
- What happened in those final laps? 
- The NASCAR Playoff system has to be fixed - we have ideas how to do it
- The Championship 4
- NASCAR News
- Phoenix! Our Paint Scheme Preview and Picks - for the race and the Championship

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Joey Logano and Tyler Reddick won their way in, will Martinsville give us one more Playoff winner before the NASCAR Championship? We talk about the latest NASCAR News, review the playoff field, and make our picks for Martinsville and the Championship 4.

The Rundown:

- Homestead: Tyler Reddick wins one of the most entertaining races of the year
- But that doesn't mean Homestead should be the Championship race again
- Carson Hocevar has a great race, and an even better pit stop
- Homestead Ratings
- The NASCAR Playoff Field - two former champs are in a must-win situation, with only one race left
- NASCAR News
- Conner Jones has issues, and the wrong vowel at the end of his first name
- NASCAR doesn't realize that by giving up some of the money and franchising, they could eliminate drivers buying rides. Or at least eliminate bad drivers from buying rides
- Driver and Crew Chief news
- Irwindale is closing for real  - sad times in SoCal
- Martinsville! Our Paint Scheme Preview and Picks (for the race and the Championship 4)

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