Nashville: Ross Chastain ends winless streak with a calculated drive through traffic; Ryan Blaney’s controversial crash without a SAFER barrier; Chicago preview

NASCAR on NBC podcast

English - June 26, 2023 21:00 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 419 ratings
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Previous Episode: NASCAR’s hot-button issues at the midseason of 2023: A panel discussion and debate with Mike Forde, Jeff Gluck, Steve Letarte, Pete Pistone

Next Episode: Chicago: Shane van Gisbergen stuns racing world by winning his NASCAR debut with a lost art; the street course era begins; can Chase Elliott make the playoffs on points?

Sizing up Nashville and why Ross Chastain’s car came to life at night. (1:30); how the No. 1 team optimized handling for Chastain (4:30); Chastain and his more patient approach to navigating traffic and less friendly drivers (7:30); an interesting conversation that DJ had with Ross (10:00); the conversation that Ross had with Justin Marks (12:30); is Chastain getting more respect now since Darlington? (15:30); the Rick Hendrick factor (16:30); is Ross Chastain now a championship contender? DJ asked him and got an interesting response (20:30); the humbler side of Ross Chastain and his relationship with “Mr. Jarrett” (23:00); analyzing what happened in Ryan Blaney’s crash (26:00); SAFER barriers everywhere, regardless of cost (29:00); Nashville Superspeedway’s quality racing (31:30); Chicago Street Race weekend preview (34:00); how many more winners will there be in the 2023 Cup season? (38:00)

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