Glasswolf said:

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ncsupack1 said:

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Happy for Creed, he has been so close many of times.

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Excited to see him get the win. But that was a pure power move by Hill to get the lead late. Atlanta has such good racing.

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The racing has been good, hopefully today delivers.

Some exciting racing....the inside lane is so fast but they cant stay together because they have to lift or they get such a huge run they cant stay hooked up. If the outside stays together they can pull ahead. Only problem is, the outside lane won't stay in line and they keep breaking it up as they keep over taking each other. Makes for exciting racing!

ge_traveler said:

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Some exciting racing....the inside lane is so fast but they cant stay together because they have to lift or they get such a huge run they cant stay hooked up. If the outside stays together they can pull ahead. Only problem is, the outside lane won't stay in line and they keep breaking it up as they keep over taking each other. Makes for exciting racing!

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This is racing. You have to lift. You can't just run wide open for 500 miles

Yep, this has been good stuff

How the hell did TR win that race without a right front fender?

Hocevar just doesn't do anything for me. Way too reckless out there.

Of course my guy took himself and a bunch of others out of this one, and Larson did the same much earlier than that.

Race overall was pretty good. Got messy a little bit at the end. Going to be a big swing in tracks, now a road course.

COTA
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Fri
5-CW App-OReilly p&q

Sat
10-Prime-Cup p&q
2:30-CW-Prerace
3-CW-OReilly 20-20-25

Sun-FOX
2:30-RaceDay
3:30-Cup 20-25-50

— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) February 23, 2026

#PackPro(s) Jarius Morehead, Rod Cox & their Carson Hocevar Spectrum Camaro finishes 4th at Autotrader 400 in Atlanta. @TheReal_jm17 & the elite pit crew head to road course next week for the DuraMax Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas 4th in NASCAR Standings https://t.co/wfRbWYngko

— Phillip Ayscue (@PAYSCUE) February 23, 2026

.@FoxSports says it will show ads only in a double-box format during a green-flag run for all of its NASCAR Cup races this season, the first time it has committed to that for its entire slate. pic.twitter.com/6gDLAtKMKb

— Adam Stern (@A_S12) February 23, 2026

Wolfer79 said:

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.@FoxSports says it will show ads only in a double-box format during a green-flag run for all of its NASCAR Cup races this season, the first time it has committed to that for its entire slate. pic.twitter.com/6gDLAtKMKb

— Adam Stern (@A_S12) February 23, 2026

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Unfortunately, the networks now use these "features" to show more commercials than ever while claiming to continuing to "show live coverage" of the race itself... same with the "Playing Through" feature on the golf telecasts.

I'm not actually sure if it's really better or not. *Well, yes, it is... but the longer breaks severely marginalize its "advertised" upside in my opinion (no pun intended).

Yep, when they are "showing live coverage" while on a commercial break, the screen is small. I do like being able to continue seeing the race but hate it when there is a wreck during that period....you can see it but have to wait until they come back from the commercial to get the "story" of the wreck. But, I guess it is still better than not seeing it and learning about it entirely after the break is over. First world problems I guess

I do like what Toyota did....they had Mike Joy announce that Toyota had sponsored one of the commercial breaks and instead of going to a commercial, Toyota allowed them to continue showing the race, just using the announcement from Mike as their vocal advertisement.

So this lawsuit may have more to do with Hendrick ( technical alliance with Spire ) and getting info on Toyota set ups. Hadn't thought about that.

.@NASCAR prez Steve O'Donnell on trying to grow the series: "When I started at NASCAR, we were chasing IndyCar, and the goal was, 'If we can just kind of surpass IndyCar...' and we did that, and I've told our employees, 'I think we all got a little lazy.'" https://t.co/7TOQgsGJYb

— Adam Stern (@A_S12) February 23, 2026

Just be yourself. The growing part will happen, NASCAR basically lost a generation of fans. Heck, now when we go, you see a lot of young families and kids at these races. That's a good thing. You are even seeing this at the local tracks as well.

Another nicotine pouch brand is getting into racing, as Turning Point Brands' @FREPouch will sponsor ARCA driver @TaylorReimer this season at Talladega, Berlin Raceway, Elko Speedway and Phoenix.

➡️ She also will shoot commercials and make appearances for the brand. pic.twitter.com/yUlhzTBBjt

— Adam Stern (@A_S12) February 24, 2026

.@RFKracing has won out in landing a new deal with buzzy olive-oil brand Graza (@GetGraza), one that grows its presence in the grocery space but is separate from its @Kroger deal.

➡️ It will be the primary sponsor of RFK's No. 6 Ford driven by Brad Keselowski this weekend @COTA. pic.twitter.com/wrOYSwJ3Th

— Adam Stern (@A_S12) February 24, 2026

.@CrackerBarrel has expanded its deal with Speedway Motorsports to activate at all of SM's 15 @NASCAR Cup Series race weekends in 2026, up from about half that last year when it first got back into NASCAR auto racing.

➡️ It started last weekend @EchoParkSpdwy near Atlanta. pic.twitter.com/pRQ7awfElz

— Adam Stern (@A_S12) February 24, 2026