Adam Stern

.@GanassiChip says that being able to sell his charters on the way out of NASCAR team ownership has been a big help to him: "Very much so. That adds to the asset base of the team. Without the charter system, all you're selling is a bunch of used cars, the building and equipment." https://t.co/gJIrdesWD7

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Adam Stern

.@GanassiChip says that being able to sell his charters on the way out of NASCAR team ownership has been a big help to him: "Very much so. That adds to the asset base of the team. Without the charter system, all you're selling is a bunch of used cars, the building and equipment." https://t.co/gJIrdesWD7

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I just disagree with the charter system. All this does is take the small team out of the market for expansion... I heard Dale Jr. say it keeps him out of moving to the big series.

Friday, Nov.5
1 p.m., Lost Speedways: Concrete Palace on the Passaic, NBCSN (re-air)
1:30 p.m., Lost Speedways: Fit for a King, NBCSN (re-air)
2 p.m., Lost Speedways: Danger Zone, NBCSN (re-air)
2:30 p.m., Lost Speedways: Home Treasures, NBCSN (re-air)
4 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series final practice, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
5 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series qualifying, FS1
6 p.m., NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice, TrackPass on NBC Sports Gold
7 p.m., NASCAR RaceDay: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, FS1
8 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Lucas Oil 150, FS1

On MRN
7:30 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Lucas Oil 150

Agree, but it also is doing what it was originally intended to do in a way.

Ryan McGee

Good morning. It's #NASCARPlayoffs Championship weekend! Filed to ESPN: Here's a look at the #Championship4, how they got here and their history at @phoenixraceway: https://t.co/nkImq5OFWb

Ryan McGee

Mandatory repost on any big @phoenixraceway weekend, my 2009 remembrance of the first time I scaled Rattlesnake Hill. https://t.co/Czgr02okf3 #NASCAR

Adam Stern

.@SmithfieldFoods is in advanced talks over a renewal with Stewart-Haas Racing, and the pork giant is expected to remain with the NASCAR team for 2022 barring any late hiccups, sources say. https://t.co/hXgeWPnC09

Saturday, Nov. 6
2 a.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Lucas Oil 150, FS1 (re-air)
5 a.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Lucas Oil 150, FS2 (re-air)
7 a.m., NASCAR Race Hub Best of Radioactive: Phoenix, FS1 (re-air)
8 a.m., NASCAR Truck Racing Classic: 1995 Cooper World Classic, FS1 (re-air)
9 a.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Lucas Oil 150, FS1 (re-air)
3 p.m., NASCAR ARCA Menards Series West Arizona Lottery 150, TrackPass on NBC Sports Gold
5:30 p.m., NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying, TrackPass on NBC Sports Gold
7 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series qualifying, TrackPass on NBC Sports Gold
8 p.m., Countdown to Green, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
8:30 p.m., NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race, NBCSN/NBC Sports App (Canada: TSN3)
11 p.m., NASCAR Xfinity Series Post-Race Show: Phoenix, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
11:30 p.m., Lost Speedways: Earnhardt Proving Grounds, NBCSN (re-air)

On MRN
3 p.m., NASCAR ARCA Menards Series West Arizona Lottery 150
8 p.m., NASCAR XFINITY Series Championship Race

Good to see long standing sponsors stay.

ncsupack1 said:

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Good to see long standing sponsors stay.

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Chinese pork keeping nascar teams going.

But yes, glad they decided to stick.

The pork is raised here…hard to find anything that isn't Chinese made…sad really I get your point tho

I'm not in Phoenix for the #NASCAR finale. I'm in College Station for Marty & McGee. But I still made it out to a track! Texas World Speedway is being eaten up by a housing development, but most of it is still there. For now. It's just as creepy as it was on #LostSpeedways! pic.twitter.com/C5lvq75s4n

— Ryan McGee (@ESPNMcGee) November 6, 2021

Sunday, Nov.7
Midnight, Lost Speedways: In the Still of the Night, NBCSN (re-air)
12:30 a.m., Lost Speedways: Animal House, NBCSN (re-air)
11:30 a.m., NASCAR Race Hub Best of Radioactive: Phoenix, FS1 (re-air)
12:30 p.m., NASCAR RaceDay: Phoenix, FS1
1:30 p.m., NASCAR America, NBC/NBC Sports App
2 p.m., Countdown to Green, NBC/NBC Sports App
2:30 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race, NBC/NBC Sports App/Peacock (Canada: TSN5)
7 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series Post-Race Show, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
9:30 p.m., Lost Speedways: Fireball's Forgotten Georgia Giant, NBCSN (re-air)

On MRN
2 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race

NASCAR
NASCAR Cup Series
NASCAR Cup Series Championship, Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, AZ
Race NBC, 3 p.m.
NASCAR RaceDay: Phoenix FS1, 12:30 p.m.
NASCAR America NBC, 1:30 p.m.
Countdown to Green NBC, 2 p.m.
Post-Race Show NBCSN, 7 p.m.

Cheers to the memories Brad @Keselowski. 🍺

Thank you for everything. #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/mWLpvDTOP2

— Team Penske (@Team_Penske) November 7, 2021

@UniWatch Throughout NASCAR history there have been various conspiracy theories, driver shenanigans and weird decisions made by officials. The latest oddity is that an ad showing Kyle Larson championship merchandise aired before he won the championship. #NASCAR #NASCARPlayoffs

https://twitter.com/texastrevor/status/1457496667385733120?t=ynrNhEMtYQn9LubNqgODLA&s=19

Adam Stern

.@BuschBeer will use Busch Light as the lead brand for the Clash at the Coliseum, which will have a new logo.

@NASCAR will be promoting the event alongside 2021 Cup champ Kyle Larson at the @Lakers-@Hornets game tonight @STAPLESCenter. https://t.co/Ev4VWPr7U1

Adam Stern

Speedway Motorsports says it has a deal to purchase Dover Motorsports, which owns Dover International Speedway and Nashville Superspeedway. https://t.co/LCILewiv12

ncsupack1 said:

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Best driver and team won it all. Can't say I'm surprised. Ready to see what next year brings.

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I'm really excited about the Next Gen car next year

Ryan McGee

Dover sold

If I'm being honest, I expected this to happen…in 2002. What a run by the Dover Motorsports folks, who stayed alive despite being surrounded by a pair of much larger track ownership behemoths for a very long time. #NASCAR https://t.co/yDjIIHii95

Wow

Speedway Motorsports Acquisition Of Dover Motorsports Is A Bigger Deal To Nascar Fans Than They Imagine

With the merger, Speedway Motorsports will own 12 tracks that hold NASCAR sanctioned events. NASCAR itself owns 14. The remaining 13 remaining tracks are split among nine companies and Curtis Francois who owns World Wide Technology Raceway in Maidson, Illinois which he bought as Gateway International Raceway from Dover Motorsports in 2011.

For most NASCAR fans Monday's news about the merger is little more than a headline. As part of NASCAR's future however, the merger could have a great deal to do with how race schedules will be laid out in the future.

When sanctioning agreements are signed track owners can move dates around to the tracks they own.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/gregengle/2021/11/09/speedway-motorsports-acquisition-of-dover-motorsports-is-a-bigger-deal-to-nascar-fans-than-they-imagine/amp/

Concord-based Speedway Motorsports added two more NASCAR Cup Series tracks to its portfolio, acquiring Dover International Speedway and Nashville Superspeedway.
https://t.co/gKhZa5V1CF

Adam Stern

.@NBC earned a 1.95 rating and 3.214 million viewers for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series championship race at Phoenix, up from a 1.87 rating and 3.063 million last year.

The final year for the championship at Homestead in 2019 got a 2.2 rating and 3.74 million viewers. https://t.co/nlULdfPqlM

Adam Stern

.@StevePhelps to @CandiceSpencer: "It's been widely rumored that Dodge is one of those or closest [to joining NASCAR]. I won't confirm or deny that....I would suggest things are progressing or I would say that things are progressing. When we have something to announce, we will." https://t.co/zTOH61GkEI

Ryan McGee

Annual #VeteransDay post. My 2012 look at the WWII heroics of #NASCAR's first champion, Red Byron.https://t.co/fYSzEaISbI

RIP Delma Cowart

Delma Cowart, the colorful independent driver known for his valiant low-budget attempts to qualify for the Daytona 500, has died. He was 80.
Cowart's passing was reported by his daughter on social media.
"Somebody asked me about my career once," Cowart said in a 1998 interview with the Associated Press. "I told him I never won a race, but I never lost a party."

Cowart leaves the sport with a legacy of colorful quotes and sayings.

"One time, my spotter asked me about a wreck in Turn 2 and I told him, 'what wreck?' By the time I got around to it, they'd had plenty of time to clean it all up."
"The Lord watches over idiots and drunks. So I had 'em covered on both ends."
"It's pretty simple. All the big races pay the most money, and if you luck up and win the race, well, last place pays about $48,000. And Lord knows I can use the money. I've got three ex-wives. I'm so broke, I can't pay attention."
"I just smashed it to the floor and told the good Lord that if He'd help me get through Turns 1 and 2, I'd take it from there."
"You know I never get down about it all. This is a dream that came true for me and for my guys, too. The worst crime you can commit is never to try."

Adam Stern

@NASCAR's 2021 season-long average viewership:

If including the weather-impacted Daytona 500: 2.930 million, off slightly from 3.058M in '20 and 3.110M in '19.

If excluding Daytona (so races Nos. 2-36): 2.866 million, basically flat from '20 (2.906M) and '19 (2.871M). https://t.co/Pgj82YDkzE

Adam Stern

A group of NASCAR executives traveled to the Ryder Cup in September as guests of NBC Sports, per sources, but NASCAR insists that it has not yet started formal talks for the next media deal.

NASCAR media executive @BTHerbst11 says that formal talks are likely to start in '23. https://t.co/h24hXkhEQf

Sports Media Watch

NASCAR ratings wrap:
-- PHX finale posts increase over last year (down from Homestead finale in '19)
-- 7 of final 10 races increase
-- Full season -4% from last year to new low
-- Share (% of homes watching out of % of homes with TVs on) is up
https://t.co/2uSoydrbAS

The media thing is confusing to me. Not sure if it's down up flat? Too many numbers lol

ncsupack1 said:

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The media thing is confusing to me. Not sure if it's down up flat? Too many numbers lol

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basically flat all things considered