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The WEIRDEST NASCAR Race At Michigan

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NASCAR is a treasure trove of weirdness. It doesn’t matter if it is the cars, drivers, tracks, situations, or anything else in between NASCAR can be very weird. Each track has some of these moments that just stick with people. For me, the biggest one of these for Michigan International Speedway always sticks in my mind from 2007. The 2007 3M Performance 400. This is the weirdest NASCAR race at Michigan and we are going to look into it and see just why it is so weird and also how it is so weird.

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29 comments

VKED23 August 1, 2023 at 11:15 pm

I remember this race, used to hate rain delays having to wait till after school to watch the race.

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Sean Richardson August 1, 2023 at 11:16 pm

2012 pure michigan 400 was a great race with weird crashes. the mark martin crash genuinely scared me cuz i thought he died instantly.

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Angus 420 August 1, 2023 at 11:28 pm

that is the only crash i still involuntarily scream when watching

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DestroyerH6 August 1, 2023 at 11:20 pm

Fun fact: this was the first NASCAR race I ever attended. I was 4 years old and we stayed in a motor home for three days

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brianearlspilner August 2, 2023 at 7:19 am

Cool?

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NAPARacingFan 927 August 1, 2023 at 11:20 pm

2012 Daytona 500 is probably the weirdest race i watched live. Never thought I’d see somebody plow into a jet dryer causing a fire while putting Tide on the track to clean it up. Went from Monday night to early Tuesday.

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Nick Mangona August 2, 2023 at 12:24 am

That entire speedweeks was wild man. That was my first full season of watching the sport, and man what an introduction.

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Alan_M00ch August 2, 2023 at 12:51 am

At least Tide got good advertising material out of it. lol

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Jason Lineberg August 2, 2023 at 2:25 am

And yet I was still incredibly impressed, having watched the sport for 20 years at that point, that NASCAR got that entire race in after having a massive fire on the track.

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Joe Ulinski August 2, 2023 at 2:59 am

Dude. I was sick with the flu during that race. I for sure thought I was having a fever dream lol.

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Casey smith August 2, 2023 at 4:29 am

I was switching between that race and a different sport on Monday night, some NCAA University of Wisconsin game when they had a guy from South Dakota on the team, I have lived in South Dakota since Jan 1st, 2001. Wisconsin was getting its butt kicked by Ohio State or some school that is way better then University of Wisconsin was despite being really good that year.

I am a Wisconsin Fan as from 1991–1999 my dad went to the school for both master’s and almost had PHD (1–2 years from completing) before his professor died and they changed the program for what he was doing so much he would have had to start over from 1995. He had a job for 2 years with Johnson Controls as part of the animal/insect pest issue within the heat and cooling systems before the job was stopped for some reason and they hired outside people selling off the equipment.

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John Vandeventer August 1, 2023 at 11:21 pm

But not as weird as Texas 2020 where even it was delayed on Wednesday. I think other factors on why it was not being run on Sunday night and Tuesday night other than the mist was due to the World Series

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Irvingboy11(2) August 1, 2023 at 11:27 pm

The 2020 Texas race fall and 2015 windows 10 400 were a few of the weirdest races I’ve seen

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Rick Taylor August 2, 2023 at 3:35 am

??????

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Noah Coleman August 1, 2023 at 11:27 pm

You know it’s either really weird or really bad when Mike Helton is in the broadcast booth.

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crystaljon August 1, 2023 at 11:28 pm

Fun fact: There was concept art of Sterling Marlin’s #14 car with ’57 Chevy logos that would’ve run in this race. But the team shut down before this race happened, so the scheme was never run.

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Duke The Rebel August 1, 2023 at 11:32 pm

You got a link to the art?

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Garrett Loyd August 1, 2023 at 11:35 pm

2013 Aaron’s 499 was a little odd. It started early, rain delay, and ended at dark. Multiple big ones, a flip, and an Underdog winner in David Ragan. Also Denny Hamlin was in the booth I believe at one point, so it had its moments

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Edward Burch August 2, 2023 at 12:36 am

I was there. That was odd

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Run Rafa Run #THEBESTINTHEWORLD August 2, 2023 at 1:30 am

Yep I watched that from flag to flag.

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Tyler Ross August 2, 2023 at 12:11 am

You’ve been rolling with the uploads lately. We appreciate it!!

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JOK3R August 2, 2023 at 12:13 am

So… As someone born and raised in Michigan, I can say this without a doubt… Lake Michigan makes the weather a level of bipolar that can’t be explained

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Mesousa Gaby August 2, 2023 at 1:42 am

“TROUBLE OFF TURN 55!”

This race is also notable for Joe Nemechek making is his first and only start with E&M Racing, a team that DNQ’d A LOT between 2007 and 2008.

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Ryan Walker August 2, 2023 at 2:05 am

I liked the 57 Bel Air throwbacks on these cars. Just looked cool. They should’ve done takes on black widows like Buck Baker’s 87.

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Hunter France August 2, 2023 at 2:41 am

Not only was the next race the Bristol night race, but this was when the truck race was on Wednesday night so anyone doing double duty (Kyle Busch) raced the very next day at Bristol on the new reconfiguration

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TFBurnout August 2, 2023 at 3:09 am

I WAS THERE!! My uncle, cousin, mother and I woke up early each morning and drove 3 hours in vain attempts to see the race. By Tuesday, even the track staff was sick of it and were barely checking bags at the gate.

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Hallm34 August 2, 2023 at 3:34 am

I remember that race fondly; getting home from school (both Monday & Tuesday) thinking “Will they ever get this race in?”

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Chinese Name August 2, 2023 at 4:34 am

They need to bring back retro looking race cars for the throwback race

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James Burroughs August 2, 2023 at 6:44 am

2008 Brickyard 400 was pretty weird for obvious reasons. Just felt so odd.

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