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Blame Ross Chastain? | Evernham Explains Why He Left SRX | We NEED More Practice!

Catching up on the final stories of the week! LaJoie gives his take on the last-lap Daytona crash, Evernham discusses his departure from SRX, and the lack of practice sessions at Atlanta are concerning.

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0:00 LaJoie explains Daytona wreck
3:40 RCR
4:26 Derek Kraus to Cup
5:30 Bring back practice
7:40 Evernham talks SRX

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49 comments

@InsaneCelery238 February 23, 2024 at 5:05 pm

SVG, if you’re wondering why NASCAR doesn’t have practice at Atlanta, don’t worry, we all are.

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@nomadman5288 February 23, 2024 at 5:38 pm

They do at some tracks and it’s because the teams agreed to it. It wasn’t like NASCAR just took it away from them. It saves them money on fuel and tires.

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@traaztek1996 February 23, 2024 at 5:48 pm

@@nomadman5288 it seems insane to me that a series like NASCAR wouldn’t have the money to run practice at every circuit. It should be mandatory everywhere

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@RichieRichpobutproud February 23, 2024 at 5:49 pm

Rookies should be given 30 minutes or so.

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@smilintroll February 23, 2024 at 6:31 pm

i could be wrong but i think its to save the individual teams money not so much to save NASCAR money. As they say, best way to make a small fortune in racing is to start with a big one@@traaztek1996

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@aricecake6654 February 23, 2024 at 6:34 pm

@@traaztek1996they have money, it’s put into simulator work. Simulators build the setups, and the practice just verifies what is on sim. But drafting tracks are literally full throttle single car and you cannot replicate race conditions very well, so there is no point

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@dwhitehead96 February 23, 2024 at 5:05 pm

Corey feels like a guy who never takes accountability. He has a great opportunity to win this year. If he doesn’t, Spire should move on. Too much talent waiting for an opportunity.

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@coreychildress156 February 23, 2024 at 7:23 pm

Yes I do

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@Caterpillarjon February 23, 2024 at 7:34 pm

​@@coreychildress156You the REAL Corey Lajoie?

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@supertornadogun1690 February 24, 2024 at 1:18 am

Ah yes if he outruns his teammates but doesn’t win Spire should dump him, makes total sense.

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@jacksonrhodes1500 February 23, 2024 at 5:08 pm

Every other main sport has practice/warmup times… not having practice is like asking a sprinter or NFL running back to get up and start sprinting

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@bwthor February 23, 2024 at 5:08 pm

That was some creative editing on Corey’s part to not show him getting Cindric out of shape.

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@JacobRayLawson February 23, 2024 at 5:58 pm

Cindric got himself out of shape by trying to cut LaJoie’s nose off.

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@Austin_Windric February 23, 2024 at 9:27 pm

​@@JacobRayLawson Then Lajoie probably would have showed that part instead of cutting it out of that were the case

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@JacobRayLawson February 23, 2024 at 10:07 pm

@@Austin_Windric He didn’t cut it out. He mostly talked about Chastain coming down which is also true.

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@InsaneCelery238 February 23, 2024 at 5:10 pm

I’m sorry but Kraus is NOT ready for a cup ride. This is a huge L for Kaulig

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@johndornoff February 23, 2024 at 5:59 pm

Agreed, but Kraus apparently has sponsorship dollars, and Kaulig needs the Sponsorship dollars; otherwise, Allmendinger would probably still be in the car.

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@MrGunlover12 February 23, 2024 at 7:20 pm

Money talks

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@ethanweeter2732 February 23, 2024 at 8:03 pm

I would not trust him in a Truck hardly, even an Xfinity ride would be a big ask.

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@ethanweeter2732 February 23, 2024 at 8:04 pm

@@johndornoffSponsorship won’t matter if he wrecks a bunch.

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@johndornoff February 23, 2024 at 8:10 pm

@@ethanweeter2732 Well hopefully there is a disclaimer in the contract about a bunch of wreck equipment and who is paying.

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@cadillacjohn1994 February 23, 2024 at 5:12 pm

1.) The thing between Chastain and LaJoie is just a superspeedway racing incident. LaJoie was holding his line, while Cindric was trying to block LaJoie from slingshotting around him, while Chastain was trying to switch lanes to make a move on Byron as the leader. When all of that is combined together, it’s gonna end in a typical superspeedway wreck. It was no one person’s fault.

2.) Old Atlanta > New Atlanta

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@EricEstepp February 23, 2024 at 5:14 pm

Who do you think is most responsible for the last lap crash? Chastain? Cindric? LaJoie? Or a little bit of everyone?

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@bwthor February 23, 2024 at 5:17 pm

Can we blame NASCAR for thinking every fan wants to see a wad of cars at the end of these races?

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@InsaneCelery238 February 23, 2024 at 5:18 pm

A mix of Cindric’s bad block and Lajoie’s worse push. Chastain just shot the gap that they made

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@bostons2826 February 23, 2024 at 5:18 pm

I don’t like nascar trying to get a side by side finish every Daytona 500

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@kylegustafson6088 February 23, 2024 at 5:24 pm

When Ross went there, there was plenty of room for a car width. The 2 came up whether that was from getting hit from behind or not that’s what happened

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@MichaelWilliams-vb6wr February 23, 2024 at 5:27 pm

It was just Hard Racing at Daytona I don’t blame Nobody Ross was trying to shoot a block Cindric was going for the lead and Lajoie was just trying to get the best finish he could everyone who’s to Blame Nobody it’s just Raceing

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@zirc_ February 23, 2024 at 5:15 pm

lajoie is always causing wrecks but never takes the blame

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@linhunnicutt6556 February 23, 2024 at 5:36 pm

He’s always the victim, like Bubba and Denny.

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@tangydiesel1886 February 23, 2024 at 5:18 pm

What happened at Daytona was “just one of those racing deals.”
I was disappointed as well to hear srx wasn’t happening this year.

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@jimmykinninger3155 February 23, 2024 at 5:24 pm

Practice we need it desperately… Pre qualifying especially… Great video…

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@johnhaas2523 February 23, 2024 at 5:40 pm

I don’t think NASCAR and the TV networks wanted practice before qualifying at Daytona and owners want no practice at the super speedways outside of the 500

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@jimmykinninger3155 February 23, 2024 at 6:24 pm

@@johnhaas2523 When you go to the track and you drive 12 hours to get there for the weekend… The more on track activity the better… You don’t want to spend the $ to practice stay in the garage… Sux…

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@atlfan48 February 23, 2024 at 8:04 pm

@@jimmykinninger3155 Agreed. Saturdays at the track were so cool in the 1980s. 2nd round quals, either the mods or the Busch series and two rounds of Cup practice. It was also a chance to get an autograph or two. It was great fun.

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@ethanweeter2732 February 23, 2024 at 8:04 pm

I don’t know why they don’t do hot laps. I know the risk, but hot laps help you figure out a problem.

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@danmead February 23, 2024 at 5:31 pm

“if you no longer go for a gap that exists you are no longer a racing driver”

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@branndonmiller9432 February 23, 2024 at 5:35 pm

Eric literally preaching about the lack of practice

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@paullarimore8598 February 24, 2024 at 5:59 am

AMEN! Preach it Eric!

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@nathan1sixteen February 23, 2024 at 5:48 pm

To be fair to Lajoie, we have the luxury of watching and rewatching and looking at it from 10 different angles and slowing it down and all, whereas in the moment, they don’t have any of that. In the moment, you have the incar view. And, even if you look at the other views, there was a gap, a very small gap, next to a car that was loose, that Chastain decided to fill, and by the time he filled it, there wasn’t a gap left.

With that being said, I’m not going to “blame” anyone. It was an aggressive move by Chastain, but it’s the last lap, there are going to be aggressive moves. Lajoie was let going to lift because it’s the last lap. Cindric was out of shape because his car wasn’t handling great. Byron sorta threw a late block. Ultimately, that’s just superspeedway racing with this car.

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@theCDGeffect February 23, 2024 at 5:54 pm

100% we need more practice, and the truck series imo has been showing that for quite a while now

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@fivespeed42 February 23, 2024 at 5:56 pm

Completely agree with your thoughts on practice. It just baffles me that they can’t fit in an hour of practice all weekend, and I’ve been saying the same thing about the money issue… if you’re worried about the cost, just sit the practice out. Simple.

I just couldn’t imagine being a new driver like SVG and have to take to a track like Atlanta with ZERO practice. Unreal

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@johnhaas2523 February 23, 2024 at 5:58 pm

The teams and TV don’t want that and the teams are the ones who don’t want any practice at the super speedways

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@josephphillippe8823 February 23, 2024 at 11:03 pm

The teams are to blame, go complain to them

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@TMCollins15 February 23, 2024 at 6:28 pm

Couldn’t agree more about your take on practice. It’s actually absurd that a top level of motorsport wouldn’t have at least one practice session prior to qualifying. I’m of the belief there should be two or three throughout a race weekend.

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@truckercowboyed2638 February 23, 2024 at 9:56 pm

Teams don’t want it because it costs money and possibly wrecking a car in practice….

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@rfk617 February 23, 2024 at 6:40 pm

I’m hyped RFK have a new podcast every Wednesday

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@user-nu7tt3hj8f February 23, 2024 at 7:57 pm

I enjoyed Ray talking about his friendships with Dale Earnhart Sr and Andy Petrie and how him and Andy had their own radio channel so they could talk to each other during races . Also enjoyed him talking about his friendship with Dale Earnhart and how close they really were

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@TS-my9yq February 24, 2024 at 4:00 pm

Spot on assessment on the topic of practice! 1hour voluntary practice for each series.

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