if you ever feel down on yourself, just remember it can’t be worse than ryan blaney’s 2024 speedweek… 💀😭

As a brit living in aus i lost interest in f1 for many reasons but the races being on in the middle of sunday night was always frustrating i came to nascar from the netflix series this was my first ever race and i gotta say im liking what i see looking forward to the rest of the season!

The announcers need to immediately update the audience after each commercial. It’s their job to keep us engaged.

Richard Childress came across the 8 radio during that 175mph parade, “I could run around like this”

The groovy Gauge is now 5 years old, got introduced in 2019, best invention ever

Much respect to the Rock for hanging around to give the command.

David ragan had a sneaky good race too for starting last and being out of the sport for a while

This one hurt as a Ross Chastain fan, but so glad to see he’s got good speed going into this year.

Honestly what surprised me this race was Justin Haley running 2nd during some parts of the race. Now I'm certain he can get Rick Ware Racing a good finish this season

Shoutout to Austin Dillon for being a good teammate while being dozens of laps down

As a Keselowski fan, “you reap what you sow.” I can’t be to mad with the finish as the wreck that took him out was very similar to the lap 6 wreck. Sucks but it is what it is

Blaney has not had a good speed week 💀

Looking at the crash on the final lap, they should have had overtime Edit: I was looking at when the crash happened, the two cars were pushing into the infield before they got to the line.

It was a disappointing finish for Chastain, but I can't help but feel like he found something out there. He reminded me of Junior in his Pied Piper days. If he can learn from this and avoid the dumb mistakes, he might be back to form this year.

Kevin Harvick, despite his persistent stammerings, seems to have brought a stabilizing element to that booth that has raised the collective tides. Clint was more controlled, Mike was less annoyed, and Kevin brought good analysis. Hopefully the stammering improves, I'm sure it will with time

Kyle only finished 12th because Chase Elliot blocked him close to the end. They lost all momentum and fell to the back, kind of a bummer 😢

Hard to say who actually had the fastest car during that race, so many drivers willing to just ride in the pack to save gas. The 175 mph laps were just ridiculous.

It's really more annoying that they end it under caution when the wreck very clearly happens before the finish line. Ross is sideways and in the grass before Byron crosses. I wish they would have ran it back.

I missed these Eric, it's good to be back 🙌🏻

Good race, just sucks the two guys that caused the big one finished 1-2

Byron drives for Hendrick... ALOT of people (me included) despise HMS. So much so, that I even refuse to pull for Chase Elliott and I am a HUGE fan of his Dad... so BOOS really don't surprise me.

“Work smarter not harder if you’re Hendrick” they wrecked half the field sir

we’ve seen nascar throw the caution the moment a car starts to spin before. why did they wait as long as they did to throw the yellow at the end? they know no one wants to see a race end under caution

McDowell deserved better, that car had top 5 speed if he survived till the end, but electrical problems always win

Man I just wanted Busch to be in contention at the end

Other than the few things Eric mentioned about the Fox broadcast that were mildly irritating, my only major gripe with the broadcast was sorting out the info for the last lap crash. There was much unneeded controversy at the end because they didn’t really show why Byron was the winner. They incorrectly showed it as happening at the s/f line, the clip they showed at the moment of caution seemed to show Bowman ahead, but other images surfaced with Byron ahead and nascar had to clarify with a direct post why Byron was the winner. Would have been nice if they covered that but overall was a great Daytona 500.

Has anyone figured out what happened to Chastain's car after the race ending caution? On the fox broadcast, they looked at how close he was from hitting the inside wall, but his car was fine. Some time around the announcement of Byron winning, there was a short cut to Chastain spinning through the grass chucking dirt with the right front ripped apart on the backstretch.

McDowell leading lap 45 and Fox goes to a commercial. They come back and McDowell is at the back of the pack and they never really explained what happened to him. That really ticked me off as a McDowell fan. Turned out he had electric problems. Found this out on a Facebook group but not Fox broadcast.

I think they where booing at the race ending under caution, not Willy B 😂

Daytona really needs to finsh in the night light it really gives it the big game feel

Why are people crapping on Byron? It’s not his fault, Bowman was pushing the hell out of him. You try saving a car going 190 mph

That was the first full length race that I’ve watched since I went to MIS in person for the 2021 Firekeepers Casino 400. It was also my first time seeing what kinds of racing that the next gen cars could produce. I look forward to watching the rest of the season

We all miss Dale Earnhardt

The Bowman/Byron incident was definitely just an unfortunate racing incident. But, if you squint your eyes just right, it does make a pretty darn good "Dinoco is all mine" impression... "Ha, get through that one Logano!" 😅

Happy to see you getting recognition and sponsorship.

I got a video of it, and it's kinda going viral on Twitter. Chase's in car camera from that one wreck where he missed like 6 guys spinning in front of him is absolutely insane! I knew something was going to happen because of the way they were pushing, so I got my phone out

I loved the fox broadcast, outside the wendys thing, it was like a early 00's broadcast.

Haven’t watched yet but im so happy we’re back!!!!! Love these episodes

After what may of been an anticlimactic finish William Byron finally gets that elusive 500 win and as an Elliott fan I’m happy for him congratulations Byron

Enjoyed watching this race today except for that wreck at the end.

If that was someone like Joey Logano or Ross Chastain did the push Alex Bowman made causing the wreck, everyone would be calling for their heads, since it's a Hendrick car it's just "a mistake, it happens" (I'm a very irritated fan right now, this race was amazing until all that happened at the end)

Love Hendrick ending the decade long drought of winning the Daytona 500. Felt good for Byron winning but devastated that Bowman missed by 6 1 thousandths of a second. Would've preferred Bowman over Byron.

Best recap show to watch...great job!

I loved the 500! I am a huge William Byron fan, so seeing him win the race made my night. He really is a fierce competitor, as shown by last year's season, and I hope he continues to get that winning streak for HMS

Is this the rise of the Bowdozer?

We didn't have a final lap because nascar was trying to have a better Finish and threw the caution to late

Another fantastically well done podcast.i have nothing further to add

all of your thoughts hit the nail on the head, fantastic breakdown

This was such an amazing Daytona 500! Best 500 since 2022 and best 500 with the Gen 7’s! This is what the Daytona 500 should be. Nothing but clean green professional and intense racing with no silly BS crapshoots and no dumb GWCs! Confusing ending, but what a beautiful race :)

Can we show some love 4 Corey LaJoie up there? Gotta like seeing a race team that doesn't have more money than god get up there.

Very good analysis, as always. You called it when the 48 bumped the 24 (which I get) repeatedly to cause the big one, then went on to finish P1 and 2. ugh! I too would have loved to see the best cars still running at the end but then again, it's Daytona (like you said).

When I saw scheme and sponsor on Kyle’s car for The 500. Had this feeling he might not win it but I still picked him anyway. Like his teammate Austin he’s gonna have to win that race in a black car on the 8. 3CHI or BetMGM. Has to have black on the car for him to win it. Outside of Harvick’s Pennzoil in 2007. RCR trademark is black.

That was a hectic race. Hayley, LaJoie, Cindric, Smith, Hocevar, Preece, Berry, Buescher, and Ragan, were definitely ones to watch out for in this race. I was a little livid at the fact Nascar placed Chastain 21st despite the scoring loop showing Chastain was still in the top 10 while spinning out when the caution came out, so I don't understand how Nascar screwed that up. But other than that, this nex-gen car showed anyone can make a comeback out of nowhere.

The 100 yard markers green screened on the race track we're stupid and on the white flag lap were double stupid, as long as they don't bring that up for all the Fox races this year it should be good.

Weather included, this has to be one of the greatest speedweek(s) I've ever watched in my 20 plus years. The duels were both intense and stressful, especially for us lifelong Jimmay fans, and like you said, 95 percent of the racing today was either interesting or intense, usually both. We usually can't have it all in a plate races, as shown by the last 10 laps, but ignoring those and the rain, this was one of the greatest 500 weekend's I've ever had the pleasure of watching. Bowman and Ross were so close!!!!!!!

I was watching the commericial free stream on the Dubai sports page. When that Wendy's skit with Clint Bowyer came on, there was no video. Just the audio from that awkward skit over the racing. One of the funniest things I've seen in NASCAR in sometime.

I like Byron. He never really pulls any dirty moves and is clearly a very good driver. He's in my top 10. But if I think about it way too hard, the only reason I'm mildly upset that Byron won is because this is the second time in the weekend that a massive crash was caused by him not being able to keep his car straight from a push. Granted, I don't reasonably know what kind of force we're talking about (calm down Byron fans hahaha) - but we are always talking about bad pushes, but how about when a car _should have_ gone around and didn't due to driver talent? The "Superspeedway Death Wobble" happened a few times tonight even (I think KB was one of them). It is probably my favorite thing to happen in a superspeedway race hahaha. First example off the top of my head would be Blaney's save at Talladega in 2020. Even Gordon was like "I thought he was dead" hahaha. And there's drivers who can pull it off and drivers who don't. I love Byron, but at the moment I have to think he's in that second category.... And he won the damn race hahaha

Hi all, I’m new to the channel and I have been liking what I see. I’ve been a NASCAR fan since 2007 & have so many memories of the sport. What a wild race small deciding factors with big consequences and an amazing historical day for Hendrick & William Byron. Keep up the awesome content Eric.

Good review. Spot on!

The crazy thing is Byron is my fav driver

Anyone who says this was a bad race didn’t watch the same race I did! Phenomenal race! I would say hands down the best Daytona 500 of the Gen 7 era. It was actually refreshing to see a race end at the 500 mile mark with no multiple GWC overtime attempts just my opinion

Cant wait to hear about how this is Hendrick’s 40th year anniversary…… every week.

I enjoyed watching the race on satellite . No commercials breaks, and during commercial breaks full screen race with no commentary (best part honestly)

Alanis Morissette thinks it's ironic that the only real complaint is too many commercials, and then the groovy gauge is sponsored. 😂. Love the content, keep it up. 👍

William Byron is the new Jeff Gordon with that 500 win

This was one of the closest finishes in Daytona history how is that not a bigger storyline?

This was my first time going to the 500 and it was grate chase wining a stage and a hendrick car wining beside the delay was definitely a great first time Daytona 500 experience

Get you some rest Eric. Sorry you couldn’t be at the race. You do a great job as always on your channel. I watched no other KZfaq channel on racing except yours, you have the most up-to-date information. so many people are talking about who actually won the race tonight. Give your thoughts on this tomorrow maybe

People are hating on this race mostly because Byron won.

All my drivers got screwed over hard, Burton screwed by keselowski, again, buescher stuck in traffic the whole race, and chastain got, uhhh, idk whatever the hell that was, in short, i'm in shambles :(((((. Next week is burton time I swear (i'm not coping I swear)

I’m not sure if it’s because the race was on Monday and there was a Xfinity race afterwards, but my one big complaint of the FOX broadcast was post race and still going back to the Charlotte studio instead of being on site. Just felt like pulling the plug early on the great environment the Daytona 500 creates

Look again at Nemechek. His car never gets turned. It is always pointed straight ahead. He just wallows side-to-side until he contacts the red car in the inside lane. It does not look as if Keselowski ever bumped him. Wallow is an engineering term for a linear motion side-to-side. The other two linear degrees of freedom are surge and heave. The three rotational degrees of freedom are roll, pitch and yaw. His car wallowed. If Brad had hit him on the left rear bumper, he would have caused him to yaw toward the wall. He did not touch the wall. The problem seems to be that he just lacked experience in anticipating the aero influence the Safer barrier would have on his car as he went by in a pack.

Is Bowman the new BK for causing wrecks on the big tracks?

This finish just makes me wonder why I keep watching NASCAR.

The crank it up during the pit cycle was amazing!

I love that Eric still manages to sound energetic even when running on virtually no sleep.

I feel like Joey never gets enough credit on channels like this. The best car over all was the 22. Not just on the track but also the best on pit road. There were multiple multiple times where Joey got on pit road and came out multiple positions ahead.

Great race to kick off the season, a Hendrick 1-2 finish made me so happy, two of my favorite drivers, go team Chevrolet

6:26 I get the feeling they were booing the outcome of the race because of the late caution and not really William Byron. I'm glad someone else noticed how strange it was for everyone to sandbag and save gas but it was pretty cool compared to the Daytona races me and my dad saw in 2000, where after like 20 laps of just straight line "choo-choo train" as I've heard it called driving no passing, forty three cars and one long line and many of us started staring at each other saying what's going on? And the only time there was a shuffle of position was pitting. But this Daytona 500 as well as the other races with the truck series and the xfinity series were pretty good! Lots of action as well as pretty intense crashes and I'm very glad no one got hurt.

I was at the race. Allmendinger was a half a lap behind from the pack all my himself due to a choose cone violation and he was gaining on the pack by himself while Blaney and Bell were throttling the pack back. It was wild.

Controversial opinion, Xfinity race was the best of the week

"Gee why would anyone boo William Byron" Well maybe it's because - "... ironically the two that started the incident made it through scott free and one of them went on to win the race"

I liked on Busch’s radio how they pointed out that Allmendinger all by himself was catching the pack because of how slow it was going to save fuel.

I “boo” because we felt like we were owed a GWC restart as the wreck was generated before the white flag. It all happened way too fast.

Sucks that the guy that wins, caused the two cautions that gave him the victory

Logano, Keselowski, and Blaney clearly the 3 best cars in the race (especially logano by far) get taken out by byron and bowman. Ironically the top 2 finishers were byron and bowman. I feel bad for logano. He had the best car. It wasn't just one of those hendrick poles that was a no show in the race. It was the best car in the field.

About the finish: "If you don't go for any gap that exsists, you're no longer a racing driver." - Ayrton Senna.

NEW SEASON ERIC LETS GET IT!

I love it when the two winners are the two cars that wrecked the field 🙄

Byron is that guy Tonight confirmed it

sorry you didn’t get to be there for the race this year, that’s a bummer. at least you’ve got that sick kenseth shirt

yea the wendy commercials lol you got it spot on eric!

NASCAR just needs to make the races guaranteed to finish under green. Fans deserve it and it is annoying seeing a finish like this deflate the entire weekend.

#24 🏁

Eric, Byron was in the mix for both stage wins. He also started at the rear in a back up car.

Very good race. Great way to start the season. I give it a 84 on the groovy gage. Very similar thoughts

The Daytona 500 was wild they crashed at the beginning and it messed up Jimmays day

This race made me hate HMS even more .

When Gordon was a Rookie I chose him and when Byron got the 24 I decided to make Him my guy. In 2021, I knew He had the potential for greatness. Sometimes he's good, sometimes he's lucky... but ANYONE who got their begining experience playing video games and then jumped in a Ledgeons car knows its no easy feat to win the title. There was a press reporter that recalled Byrons 3 rd race ever where Byron Sr. told the reporter in 2012 that That Kid Is Going to be A Cup driver.. He then has taken the title at every level. I predict he will amass 66 wins, 2 championships, 3 Daytona 500's, and retire @ the age of 36!

Anyone else notice the off-color tape on the front and rear bumpers of the JRM cars in the Xfinity race?