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Toyota Makes a Statement | NASCAR Phoenix Race Review & Analysis

Here's what we learned after Toyota's dominant Phoenix Raceway performance.
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51 comments

@mister_aidan09 March 11, 2024 at 1:35 am

Can’t believe that two races after Atlanta, we’d already have a boring finish this season, still happy for Christopher Bell getting the win, and Truex making a late race comeback!

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@jaredchampagne2752 March 11, 2024 at 2:21 am

Don’t let one good race distract you from the fact that almost every race with the next gen car is a snooze fest.

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@V8_Diva March 11, 2024 at 3:38 am

​@@jaredchampagne2752 “almost every race” nah man. Shitty races like today would genuinely be fixed if they just gave them more horsepower. There is literally no skill involved with driving at these tracks because flooring it doesn’t affect the balance at all. Too much grip, not enough horsepower.

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@jaredchampagne2752 March 11, 2024 at 3:41 am

@@V8_Diva did you watch last season? Most races were a conveyor belt. But yes every one knows horsepower will solve all. They are grasping at straws with this garbage aero and tire gimmicks.

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@ChrisBl33p. March 11, 2024 at 1:36 am

NASCAR 24: Total Toyota Control

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@jaredchampagne2752 March 11, 2024 at 2:20 am

They’ve won a single race this season…chill

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@landon8590 March 11, 2024 at 1:36 am

HOW DID THE GROOVY MAN GET HOME SO FAST???

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@charliewhite3992 March 11, 2024 at 1:57 am

No he left on Saturday afternoon didn’t stay and watch the race live

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@darrelladams4188 March 11, 2024 at 2:00 am

I believe EE said his back in Texas!!!

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@gabrielcraig8928 March 11, 2024 at 2:19 am

I think he knew this race wasn’t gonna b that good cause it’s phx after all. So he probably caught the next flight out after he’s power hour segment

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@justinstein4712 March 11, 2024 at 1:36 am

I think the Phoenix spring race should be under the lights

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@johnhaas2523 March 11, 2024 at 1:45 am

Ya not happening as fox sports won’t give up Sunday night prime time programming for it and Saturday nights are bad TV ratings

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@DaveGme March 11, 2024 at 3:45 am

Great to watch on TV, but it would be frigid at the track. The desert gets cold when the Big Orange Ball goes down.

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@marcforget33 March 11, 2024 at 5:01 am

@@DaveGme It only starts to get cold by 2 am. It’s fine to have a night race that ends by 11pm

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@naparacingfan9275 March 11, 2024 at 1:37 am

This was the Toyota Owners 500 presented by the bad short track package.

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@thefearoffearitself8516 March 11, 2024 at 1:39 am

Gibbs, Gragson, McDowell, and Hocevar i think have been the 4 most standout drivers so far this year

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@OldsmobileCutlass1969Va March 11, 2024 at 4:28 am

I think Reddick needs to be on the list especially 3 2nd place for the stages last week and for his finishes for this race!

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@joeah99cr21 March 11, 2024 at 4:58 am

Gilliland too

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@andrewmeyer4124 March 11, 2024 at 8:13 am

Blaney’s got three straight top fives to start the season

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@thefearoffearitself8516 March 11, 2024 at 2:13 pm

@@andrewmeyer4124 yeah hes been great too but i was saying drivers that you wouldnt think would be so good to start the year

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@yungcabbage March 11, 2024 at 5:38 pm

I expect this kinda stuff from McDowell nowadays. Gilliand however I have been very pleasantly surprised with. Front Row looks awesome

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@nathan1sixteen March 11, 2024 at 1:43 am

I do think you’re REALLY overblowing the whole “Chevy is in trouble” aspect. Everyone knew JGR and 23XI were gonna be fast this year. In all reality, there were 2 Hendrick Chevy’s in the top 5 basically all day (24 and 9) that, as a result of pit strategy late, got cycled to the back.

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@jaredchampagne2752 March 11, 2024 at 2:22 am

Toyota had ONE good race out of 4 and Chevy had ONE bad race out of 4…hes way over exaggerating just for the sake of it…

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@JT070 March 11, 2024 at 2:31 am

Dudes been overhyping Toyota for months. It’s getting old

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@orendz7740 March 11, 2024 at 3:31 am

Entertaining but I don’t look at NASCAR YouTubers the same as the media that’s there like Jeff Gluck etc. always a bias in these types of channels.

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@jbonn5365 March 11, 2024 at 4:07 pm

I came to say the same thing… It’s one race! A track that toyota ran tests at and teams had extra practice. If Toyota dominates 4-5 weeks in a row… then I’d be worried.

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@trent7736 March 11, 2024 at 1:45 am

Lingering on Alex Bowman’s feet for so long was EGREGIOUS!

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@V8_Diva March 11, 2024 at 3:39 am

They were hoping they would see ANYTHING exciting. But even the footwork was so god damn boring because of how little struggle there is to put the power down in these cars.

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@dannyalex7152 March 11, 2024 at 1:49 am

Toyota really came to play today! Shout to Erik Jones. Before getting into the wall and the slow pit stop, he was running rlly well!

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@Shawn-Leider March 11, 2024 at 3:40 am

Im really always rooting for jones. I hope he can bring a revival to petty

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@irvingboy1122 March 11, 2024 at 1:50 am

I can’t believe this track is still the title race when it really should be back at Homestead

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@dstocker1495 March 11, 2024 at 3:59 am

Daytona increasingly getting closer as an option

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@whiteeyes3743 March 11, 2024 at 4:21 am

Charlotte world 800 should be the championship race. A test of man and machine.

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@kevinlittrell3407 March 11, 2024 at 4:29 am

@@whiteeyes3743I want Charlotte, but SMI isn’t gonna get a finale date. NASCAR would be losing out on a lot of cash if they got rid of a facility they put a lot of time into for a track they don’t own.

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@augustdipper2241 March 11, 2024 at 4:46 am

​@@dstocker1495Daytona being the season opener and the 4th of July weekend race just feels right. Sometimes historic traditions shouldn’t be changed. It feels like they are trying to make too many unnecessary changes to chase a new casual audience all over again. But they haven’t been in the middle of a boom in popularity to justify the attempt.

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@goosebay1 March 11, 2024 at 4:49 am

I agree. This is not the track to determine a championship! SAD!

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@billyleet9411 March 11, 2024 at 1:51 am

We need full practices every week

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@GrandpaShark March 11, 2024 at 2:23 am

Yes!

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@DaveGme March 11, 2024 at 3:44 am

Maybe not at the 1.5 milers, but everywhere else for sure.

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@nigel0 March 11, 2024 at 1:59 am

Christopher Bell was impressive as hell today. Awesome win!

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@vinylordie1301 March 11, 2024 at 2:05 am

This felt like manufactured drama lol

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@jasonmiller8207 March 11, 2024 at 2:08 am

I’d like to see a rotation for the Championship Race but with a twist. Whatever track gets the championship race, does not get a second date in that season

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@DaveGme March 11, 2024 at 3:43 am

Had the same idea. Doesn’t make the early race just a test bed for the Championship race. Now weather is going to be a factor, so we are probably still stuck with Phoenix or Homestead, but they can at least alternate.

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@afifabrisam9797 March 11, 2024 at 2:13 am

Im gonna go against the river stream and say that the race was actually pretty enjoyable, not the best but there were still some good action in today’s race

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@BIG_ump March 11, 2024 at 3:14 am

There was decent movement. Most people just like wrecks, but the same people complain the trucks wreck too much and never get to race

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@ARM317 March 11, 2024 at 12:21 pm

I agree. The winner came from 20th on last restart. The most exciting track? No. Good multi groove racing and pit strategy, Yes. I don’t understand all the hate.

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@wordlesslfiddling March 11, 2024 at 3:32 pm

I’d say it was definitely above average for phoenix we had comers and goers there was definitely ability to pass and some cautions mixed and some strategy mixed in can’t ask for much more from a race than that honestly not every race can or should be an atlanta
And not to be that guy but I get the feeling a lot of the people calling it bad have only started Watchung after atlanta
And it was certainly more entertaining than last week I don’t even remember anything about it other than larson won

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@glennperricone4322 March 11, 2024 at 4:41 pm

The alternative is NASCAR throws a phantom caution with ten laps to go, they all wad up on the restart and wreck 15 cars. Fans want the races to play out but not every finish will be ATL24. I don’t need races to be flag to flag entertainment when at the expense of team’s performance.

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@RogerBates7 March 11, 2024 at 2:21 am

The one thing I’ll grant Eric is that because of this being the finale track, Chevy & Ford will have to fix their short track setups because there will be at least one Toyota in the final four and if nothing changes, that driver will be hoisting the trophy at season’s end

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@jaggerdebusk14 March 11, 2024 at 2:39 am

I agree with having the championship race being straightforward instead of chaotic.

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@mjsultimate March 11, 2024 at 3:19 am

Reddick restarted that final run a position or two ahead of Bell, then spent the run struggling to pass Noah Gragson of people! Shows how strong Bell was to get past Reddick and then win the race by a massive margin

Also, Gragson was in the top 10 until the last 4 laps when he was passed by a couple cars behind him

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