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Zane Smith signs a deal with Trackhouse to drive for Spire in the Cup Series next season. New details regarding the 2024 NASCAR schedule are revealed.
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0:00 Clash returns
2:14 Road America off the schedule
3:39 Hamlin vs Larson
5:33 Zane, Spire, Trackhouse Silly Season
18:00 Acknowledgment
23 comments
Hope Carson Hocevar announces his plans soon
Trackhouse is making plays at maximum velocity
As long as the Coliseum isn’t a points race, I’m ok with it coming back. As for Road America… I hope it comes back to Xfinity or cup competition series soon. It’s too good of a road course, with too rich of a history to be left off the schedule forever.
I thought cup might be returning to road America and I was planning on taking a road trip there. What fun to camp and watch a race in the woods
I was really hoping that Zane Smith would be the guy to save Wood Brothers Racing, and get them their 100th win, and maybe even their first championship (not even the great David Pearson could do that). Oh how wrong I was, and oh how disappointed I am.
Ford can’t stand to lose any more of their top drivers like this, or else, they’re in DEEP trouble.
Best of luck to him with his new endeavors. Hopefully, this will start something decent.
Who does Ford even have now. Deegan? She has a lot of work to do. Maybe Majeski, but IDK. Ford doesn’t even have any good development programs in Xfinity really. They need help.
@Kadin Smith Roush is coming back to Xfinity from what I’ve heard. So there’s hope for those people and more yet.
Eric I just wanted to say that Ive been there since Double-E and I am super excited for you
I myself want to be a broadcaster or journalist for the NFL and/or ESPN after high school and College. Keep on uploading
Pulling for Truex the rest of the year. RIP to Sherry Pollex. A real hero that showed us there’s more to life than racing.
Now with Zane Smith off the market, who is the front runner for the 10 with Almirola most likely retiring? Maybe Noah Gragson, Matt DiBenedetto, or even someone off the radar like Justin Allgaier (highly doubt it, but could be surprising)
My guess is it will be a driver who brings some sponsorship. I doubt there’s anyone who will bring Smithfield-levels of cash though.
Eric I love your commentary and Insight keep up the Great work!
Love how every year there is one thing completely out of left field that seemingly happens overnight.
I think bringing back an older track from the 1990s or 2000s would do well to replace the Bristol Dirt Race, or keep Bristol Dirt for the Trucks with introducing the Xfinity Series to it (As a trial), as well as having North Wilksboro early in the season.
RFK is doing well, I’d bring in sponsors if I wanted to drive from them. Ford is coming back, maybe some second thoughts are in order. Trackhouse is up-and-down with Suárez and Chastain, in speed, consistency, and on-track maturity. Spire is slowly going forward with LaJoie, but to me, Ty Dillion should hang up the helmet.
I feel like this is why Corey Lajoie decided to stay with Spire. He knew they were going to expand. I think this could be huge for his career!
I wonder if Spire and TH are destined to merge. Next mega team?
spire next year sounds like a solid team which is definitely interesting
A few things.
Hamlin can be as fast as he wants now but it doesn’t mean much til he proves he can actually win the Championship and not choke it away.
Trackhouse is going to be what SHR was a few years ago soon. Also glad for Zane Smith.
I wonder if after next year Spire will keep the charter or if they have a deal with Trackhouse for them to acquire the charter from them after next season?
I was a little sad to see Matt & BJ sell their charter but really happy for Trackhouse. I feel this is an amazing building opportunity for Spire with LaJoie and Smith.
Justin Marks also said during the press conference that the technical alliance is only for Zane’s car, not all of spire.
Wish Zane could’ve gotten the #21 for a few years and then went to the #2. I think he would’ve done well at Penske.
I really want to see spire do good. I feel like Lajoie has good potential
2 things to think about with Zane going to Trackhouse:
1. If Zane goes in-house to Trackhouse in 2025, couldn’t they just acquire that charter from Spire?
2. Trackhouse will need to still get another charter for SVG. If they can’t get one, where does SVG go?