I’m frustrated by the ongoing conversation about Ford's "struggles" when, in reality, Chevrolet has faced even greater challenges. Aside from Hendrick Motorsports, consider the following: Trackhouse has generally been underwhelming, RCR has performed terribly, JTG's performance has significantly declined this year, and Spire has been dismal apart from Hocevar. Kaulig Racing has consistently placed around 30th. Outside of Hendrick, Chevrolet's performance has been dreadful.

The fact that Bell and Briscoe finished 1-2 is hilarious with everything that happened this weekend

Justin Haley and Todd gilland ran strong today 🎉

Let's hope John Force is doing ok! Horrible wreck

Kyle Busch has finished 35th in 3 of the last 4 races…. 😭💀

34: Josh Berry 36: Noah Gragson 38: Todd Gilliland That’s a good FRM line up.

Busch fan here. I’m still going to root for him when I can. But RWR is also fun to root for and somehow more consistent.

Kyle Busch right now: “I’d rather race for Live Fast Racing than RCR!” 💀

Larson's spotter wasn't wrong. Hamlin knows that he can push Larson around and he won't get anything back.

Bell dodging every bullet Nascar and Mother Nature threw at him and still winning the race that was absolutely legendary

As a lifelong Kyle Busch fan, Justin Haley’s move to RWR is looking smarter than Kyle’s move to RCR…

One commercial break after the rain delay was the winning move of the race. Fox could never.

I was bummed out on Justin Haley's 29th finish.

I really hope, SOON, we get a wet weather policy in place, where NASCAR is not making up the rules as we go. Most importantly I want the teams to be able to competitively pit for new wet tires when they want, or take the chance to slicks. NASCAR stock racing in my opinion sucks out so much strategy with stages, competition cautions, etc... and the wet weather tire has come along, but they need to spend the money to test properly, and lay down a rule book. Stock the car, not the racing.

Christopher Bell and Kyle Larson were sitting across from each other, talking about how they respect each other, racing, and championships. This was a few years ago at the Chili Bowl. History being repeated. Who else remembers this?

Chase Elliott involved in a wreck Restarts 26th Recovers to 9-12th Bad restart Finishes 18th Hes so good at damage management He maintains his status as the only driver in the field to not finish 20th or worse in a single race or more

Bianchi said on the Teardown he expects Loudon and Gateway in the playoffs next year. 3 flat tracks is way too many. Homestead expected in mid March.

Somebody please save Kyle Busch from RCR...

justin hayley deserves so much more😔

Elliot continues to be the only driver to finish top 20 in every race this season

This was one of the most entertaining races of the year IMO. It was boring up until the rain hit, then we saw some insane racing. Josh Berry passed 16 cars in a couple of laps. I really wish NASCAR allows teams to make strategy on wet tires because that would be so much fun. NHMS in the wet reminded me of Bristol earlier this year. The Next Gen absolutely can race well on short ovals. You just need to change the tire/grip equation. Whenever there's rain or Bristol tires the racing is legendary.

Haley deserved a top 5 today. Idk what’s going on over at Rick Ware, but that car has been mad fast!

Glad they got full race distance in and tested wet weather tires. Bell 1st Briscoe 2nd was hilarious. Love damp New Hampshire with 5 wide racing.

Here’s the main thing. Whenever Larson is at his best, he’s untouchable. Literally nobody can match his level. But whenever he has a shot at winning, it goes different ways. He either gets there or other drivers find a way to take him out. Whenever they see Larson charging through the field, they know how dangerous he’ll be if he gets clean air. The price you pay for being the best is that other drivers will try to bring you down. Larson is nowhere near a dirty driver at all. If he starts crashing cars every week, then I would understand the frustration from other drivers by beating and banging with him. But it seems like Larson isn’t the type of guy to retaliate no matter how bad the incident was. But then again, how much more is he gonna let this happen? At some point, the tolerance level has to change. It’s just like the classic example of how much are you gonna let the bully pick on you. The more you tolerate, the more abuse you’re gonna take.

I wonder who would've won if Nascar didn't make every wet weather pit stop "non-competitive!"

I’m celebrating a Briscoe 2nd like a win I don’t care 😂

It was great seeing Justin Haley battle for a Top 5/10, disappointed the result won't reflect how great of a day he had

NASCAR in the "wet" us awesome! Just let the teams make their own choices on tires!

Look how many lanes were used under wet conditions They need to NOT Control when the Tire Changes are FORCED, let the Teams and Drivers make this call You are the MAN, I had given up on NASCAR Insights until I found your page some time back Should I ever get to see a race I want to meet you and shake your hand As I live is far north California there are not tracks close to me, Sears Point (LOL) being the nearest But as I am 64 this year I only have a handful of tracks I would pay to go see a race at Richmond, Dover, Las Vegas, Bristol, Charlotte, Darlington and the Glen Keep you the reporting as you make Nascar everything as I can no longer even get it on my TV as times

Any race where Denny Hamlin goes from 3rd, wants the race restarted, and finishes 24th is awesome. He's too stupid to ever win a championship.

If only Brad didn’t spin. I hope Berry gets that first win soon

Coming from an FRM fan: Todd Gilliland showed real speed today, running top 10 and sometimes even top 5 consistently today Unlucky for Michael McDowell, he was running around the same as gilliland, would’ve been a top 10. I’d much rather have had the race end under rain, McDowell p4, Gilliland p6. Gilliland is starting to show why I like him as a driver.

What a freaking joke the race was, NasCar gave the 20 the win with the tire bull shit. Running ten laps and then having the grid frozen. What a crock.

I think Chevy gives nearly all their support to Hendrick which is why the other Chevy teams aren’t so great. Seems like Hendrick is the only tier 1 team for Chevrolet.

It may be time for RCR to find a new VP of competition. I feel like Andy Petree not getting it done.

19 team has the speed Not the execution of the 11 and 20

I agree Eric, Kyle needs a new crew chief. Never is a strong word, but they never get the car right, NEVER! Had a year to fix the New Hampshire setup, fix it or lose fans. Ridiculous!

The race was like how EuroNascar does with their races

My father and I were at NHMS this past weekend. It’s a regular trip for us. We actually left the track and headed home when the stands were cleared because of the lightning in the area. We continued to listen to the PRN broadcast on the car radio and were surprised, as were the PRN commentators, when the race restarted. Eric, I think you would enjoy a visit to NHMS. There is an interesting New England racing museum on the NHMS grounds.

It was a good experiment on NASCAR'S part with the tires hopefully they can learn from this and let the teams afterwards other then the pitstop after the red flag ends to decide which tires they want.

Busch fan here. I don't have much hope, but thanks for trying.

Something to also note about MTJ was just how bent that car was after the impact with Brad. That car looked rough after it

Getting back to racing in wet weather is fine but when you have no competition pit stops it makes for a dull race and better chances for restart chaos. I love that they have rain tires but until they get a tire that last longer than 20 laps and are able to have a dry pit lane to have competitive stops it’s all just a regulated race by NASCAR.

I agree, hopefully NASCAR will give the teams a little more rope to make their own tire decisions going forward. Pit stops in the cup series should always be competitive and teams should be able to make their own decision on when they feel comfortable enough to put slicks back on. If they wad up their car, it's on them.

I think the only one who had a worse day than Kyle is my guy Alex Bowman, finishing last. First HMS engine failure in 236 starts, and of course it happens to him. Big points hit. Starting to sweat again like last year with this bubble race tightening up.

With my own eyes I saw briscoe hovering around 23rd to 30th the entire race, but when NASCAR puts on the “wet” tire he drives forward. This was a one off.

The lack of competitive pitstops and tire choice at the end irked me. It is almost as though NASCAR doesn't trust the teams and drivers to do their jobs in a safe, competitive manner.

That was the same storm that hit me last night. There was a small tornado, it ripped someone roof off. It was maybe 5 or 10 miles west of me. Stay safe Eric.

PRN seemed to indicate that New Hampshire could be a playoff race next year, curious as to which track would be removed if that were the case.

It's as if they just don't understand how to setup cars

Can't argue with the way Larsen drove Hamlin, look where they both finished.

Being a busch fan this year is equivalent to being a Lions fan in 2008, both of which im fans of

Cup series points standings (F1 points format minus fastest lap) 1. Kyle Larson 149 (3 wins) 2. William Byron 141 (3 wins) 3. Christopher Bell 139 (3 wins) 4. Denny Hamlin 127 (3 wins) 5. Brad Keselowski 122 (1 win) 6. Chase Elliott 110 (1 win) 7. Tyler Reddick 107(1 win) 8. Ryan Blaney 90 (1 win) 9. Alex Bowman 76 10. Chris Buescher 75 11. Martin Truex Jr. 72 12. Ty Gibbs 68 13. Joey Logano 46 13. Ross Chastain 46. 15. Bubba Wallace 44 16. Chase Briscoe 40 17. Austin Cindric 37 (1 win) 17. Daniel Suárez 37 (1 win) 17. Josh Berry 37 20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 36 21. Kyle Busch 35 21. Noah Gragson 35 23. Michael McDowell 28 24. Aj Allmendinger 24 25. John Hunter Nemechek 18 26. Corey LaJoie 12 26. Austin Dillon 12 28. Anthony Alfredo 8 29. Todd Gilliland 5 29. Carson Hocevar 5 31. Justin Haley 4 31. Erik Jones 4 33. Daniel Hemric 3 34. Ryan Preece 2 35. Harrison Burton 1

Im a busch fan. And i got to say that rcrs strong suit if they have any is definitely not short tracks. Aside from the coliseum they are terrible. Im not suprised by what happened and have no hope left for rcr.

I thought the race was great; but NASCAR needs to quite running the cars around under caution forever when it only takes a few minutes to pick up debris or if a car just spins. They wasted a lot of laps just riding around under yellow.

CBell does well when there are rain delays. Unfortunately Busch had another abysmal day

Haley needs credit for his efforts even though he didn’t get the finish he deserved

Haley’s been very impressive in a RWR car

Damp weather tires? If they bring the wet weather tires...they should have wipers and flaps on the cars and race in the rain

It was a career day for a few drivers. Todd Gilliland, Justin Haley, and Josh Berry were all in legit contention for the win late. I think Gilliland was particularly impressive; the strategy working out landed them the track position, but then he ran with the best of 'em and looked like he belonged there.

I was at the track myself, come about 6pm est we all had given up and then we heard what dale jr said on twitter and seen the radar. That we were gonna get this race in. My friends and I had an 11 hour drive home straight after the race and I forced them to stay and make sure we had a winner before we left. There was a full on river underneath the turn 1 grandstands so I was shocked they got the race it but I’m beyond happy that we did! The wet weather tires were beyond fun to watch in person! (Vlog on my channel coming soon)

3 SHR cars in the top 15 again. That's been trend over the last while. The races was great, but that were a lot of yellows on top of the red flag point. At least NASCAR didn't do like the FIA did at Le Mans last weekend, rain poorly down on the track, cars spinning out hitting walls.. and they penalized teams for putting wets of when the FIA still hadn't called it a wet track yet. I'm betting the FIA isn't paying bills for the damage caused by their stupidity...

I attended the race today, hate to see my guy Rowdy struggling but I still had fun, glad I waited for the weather to clear as well s/o to Goodyear for the wet weather tires

I’m still trying to figure out why New Hampshire Motor Speedway doesn’t have lights. I know they don’t run night races, but there have been several times when rain has affected a race and night was closing in. If there’s a reason why they don’t have lights, I’d like to know

Being there in person both Saturday and Sunday was amazing. The crowd’s energy was so so high even after the red flag. Very happy with how nascar handled it. The speedway’s text alerts were very appreciated, communicating to us that despite the severe weather conditions nascar had every intention of restarting the race as soon as the severe weather passed. Sure enough, seconds after I felt the last drop I heard the jets starting up.

I think Berry could have won if it wasn’t for the #6 spinning out. He was charging!

Corey Lajoie wrecked 9 times.

Great comments on the race. I think you should be on TV one of these days. Your voice and delivery are perfect for this.

I think Truex was arguably the best car today. The fact that he came back with a horrible pit crew and pretty significant damage on his right rear to finish 9th… I don’t know, I think no pit crew mistake and no wreck, he would have won.

Bowman's motor wanted to self destruct like a Voltorb or Electrode

Bell's run on the highside during those first couple laps on the rain tires was wicked

I think people keep forgetting that larson missed an entire race

NASCAR at it's finest, not letting teams decide which tires to run. Might well have been a different outcome?

Being in europe some race will not be live, this one wasn't because of the 6 hour at the glen. I love watching the groovy gage for knowing if I should watch the race or not

As for the Groovy Guage, I am with you almost 100% (maybe 87%) on my part due to the unknowns and NASCAR not afraid to get their feet "wet" pun intended. We have to hand it to Nascar to roll the dice and play out the wet track scenario. Had it not been for team and fan's influence we may never have known the learning experience. There are times when you have to roll the dice by trial & error. Both NASCAR and its teams learned an insurmountable wealth of knowledge. Hopefully, we get to a point where a wet track becomes routine {within limits} and the crew chief makes the call in slick Vs tread!

Berry to the 21 would be cool. He may have a better car if he goes to Front Row. Idk, it’s a sillynseason

I was there for the race and I can confidently say that new Hampshire is a top 7 track in nascar

And Justin Haley's car drops like a rock after damage from McDowell crashing... I do badly wanted Rick Ware's first top 5 man...

The past 4 weeks as a kfb fan😐

For Kyle Busch, New Hampshire has been a love/hate relationship. He has won here before with Hendrick and Gibbs but also had several bad races. A few incidents include blowing right front tires in the Pedigree #18, wrecking while in the lead due to rain, which lead to Kyle hitting the pace car in frustration, a broken sway bar during the 2008 Chase that caused him to lose a big chunk of points, and today’s race where he was off the pace and not really in contention before crashing out.

Erik finishing 13th was much needed im just happy its finally a good race for this team. Been a frustrated fan since the injury just bad luck.

Hunt brothers and Joey Logano is a combination that has resulted in two wrecked race cars. (Phoenix and NH)

I don't understand how anyone expected anything more from RCR. as good as Bush was/is you can only run so good in third rate cars. Unlike Brad going to the 6 that company was looking to change and was open to change RCR isn't interested in letting anyone ( outside the family) have say.

The race(after the rain) was great minus one aspect. Fans want to see talented drivers, display their skill in difficult and unfavorable conditions. And the best part is for the most part, they didn't go over line and turn it into a crash fest. However, Nascar needs to stop telling teams when they can or can't change tires. The strategy needs to stay with the teams. If Larson wants to put on slick tires let him. They can live with whatever consequences happen. It ruined a great aspect of the race. I really feel bad for Kyle Busch. Just not have his year. Looked like something just broke and sent him into the wall.

Busch's last race at Martinsville at Gibbs, the team basically gave up right from the start, finished several laps down.

It was unusually quiet at the Magic Mile. We’ve saw big wide cars, pit strategists and more. And I’ll give a 78.9% ratings.

Man what happened to RCR? They have fallen off so hard this year. Between them and Kaulig they were 4 of the 5 slowest cars on the track for the majority of that first stage.

Thanks Eric, have s great week bud, look forward to more videos

I think Hendrick's success masks the problems that Chevy might be having right now. Think about all the drivers who haven't won races yet that people expect to win a race at some point. if they are Chevy Drivers, it's probably Chastain and Bowman, and that's it. The rest of them have not been nearly good enough to be considered potential winners. Spire is mostly being held up by Carson Hocevar (a rookie in 23rd), JTG is down almost 10 spots from what they were last year. RCR is getting decked hard, especially in recent weeks, and Kaulig is so bad that both cars are being beat in the owners points by Rick Ware's 51 (which is also within striking distance of surpassing Corey Lajoie). Ross Chastain hasn't won yet, and honestly hasn't really looked like he can win anywhere just yet. Suarez had an epic finish at Atlanta, but even he is frustrated with the performance he has had this year outside of that. Simply put, Chevy, without Hendrick, might be the worst of the three manufacturers in NASCAR right now.

They ran on the oval banked part of the Charlotte track during the Roval Xfinity race during a down pour and nobody spun out except for the road course part… no excuses

Kyle Busch is pissed.

I am a new fan to NASCAR this year. It is my first season to not miss a race. It blows my mind how much better NBC is compared to Fox.

A 2hr delay when we have "wet weather tires" is a joke. Put wipers on, make a REAL rain tire, and race.

Credit where due, the rain tires produced some surreal looking racing and I mean that in a largely positive way. What I wasn't big on was how race control just sort of did as they pleased -Red flag allowed off strategy cars like the 34/38 to fuel/change to wets while keeping position -Being stingy on changing tires, then turning around and letting them do so on the 2nd to last caution period (prior to that it was something vague like if you had an incident/tire blowout) -Barring any standard tires and letting people take risks like Eric said -Pit road stops while keeping position It just reeked of them trying desperately to set up a surprise winner for teams who historically have a bad pit crew record to make up for the crowd having to wait a long while and/or collect data for the tires

Bell winning is momentum for Briscoe joining Gibbs next year

NASCAR should not tell the drivers which tires to use. It should be the teamed call. Once again, nascar waste tons of laps under caution and sucks for the fan. Put wipers on the cars. You mandate it on road course even when no rain so you can’t figure out who what when where with the tires? Decent race overall

Whoop whoop for wet weather tires !!! Finally! Damp track and exciting race!

MTJ had the best car,not Bell. Pit crew once again cost MTJ. So sad to see. Congrats to CBell for the win and having MTJ’s old pit crew.

Great analysis, Eric! Thanks for your reporting. Glad to see Harrison on the list.

If Andy Petree could build a car half as good as Creed can drive , them maybe KB might run up front a little more often.