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Why Bristol Was GREAT (And NOT A DISASTER)

The return of the 2023 Bristol spring race on concrete was something fans have been clamoring for over the past 3 years. NASCAR and SMI delivered and in doing so the racing for the fans delivered as well. Continuing a terrific start to the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season for completely differing reasons than the other the degradation of the tires made for a spectacle on intrigue. This is why Bristol was great (and not a disaster)

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27 comments

@TheIceberg March 18, 2024 at 8:37 pm

What did you think about the 2024 Food City 500?

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@twister1296 March 18, 2024 at 8:46 pm

Best Bristol race ever

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@JGR4LIFE March 18, 2024 at 8:47 pm

Best Bristol race since 2020 Food City 500

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@existinginaspace8347 March 18, 2024 at 8:47 pm

Cheese Grater 500.
*Presented by food city.

You said it yourself XD

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@erikeidsmoe6165 March 18, 2024 at 8:56 pm

McDowell Supremacy!

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@irvingboy1122 March 18, 2024 at 8:45 pm

That was straight up one of the best Bristol races in a long time and arguably the best of the Gen 7 era

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@StsFiveOneLima March 19, 2024 at 3:07 am

Totally agree. I loved it. And I wasn’t a huge fan of Bristol (recent) leading up to this race.
And yeah – it was cool to see the older drivers (minus KFB and plus Larson) really do well in completely adverse racing conditions.

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@austinemms9772 March 18, 2024 at 8:46 pm

It was certainly very chaotic. The tires were an issue sure but it allowed for a better broadcast and better strategy. And they should have more races like this.

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@existinginaspace8347 March 18, 2024 at 8:48 pm

Phoenix – I sleep
Bristol Spring 2024 – Real ****. Out here looking like 1985

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@JGR4LIFE March 18, 2024 at 8:52 pm

When I heard Goodyear come out and said that resin was the issues for the tires I honestly hope they run resin on the bottom grooves at Martinsville, Richmond, and Wilkesboro as a true test to see where this package is at.

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@josephphillippe8823 March 18, 2024 at 9:50 pm

They blamed the resin, but the un-treated part of the track wasn’t behaving any different.

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@bonesdoes6142 March 19, 2024 at 12:00 am

This was not a short track package run at Bristol.

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@andrewmeyer4124 March 18, 2024 at 9:03 pm

NASCAR picked a perfect year to have a Netflix doc

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@jokool_aid March 18, 2024 at 9:03 pm

100% agree with everything said in this video! I’ve said this elsewhere, and I’ll say it here: Savor this race because we’re probably not going to see another one like this in awhile, if ever, especially if they do change things. This was a fantastic race with steady and consistent tire falloff and *not* random blowouts after driving for 5 or so laps.

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@QuickBoomerang March 18, 2024 at 9:14 pm

I am 43 and watched every race since the 1992 Hooters 500….that Brickyard race was the biggest cluster f*ck of all time

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@whoasked9500 March 18, 2024 at 9:28 pm

I will admit that I didn’t really know if I liked this race during the first two stages, but by stage 3 I realized wow this is the kind of racing I wanted
it is a shame we might never get another race like this again

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@mondohawg9725 March 18, 2024 at 9:39 pm

As someone who attended the race in person, the race was fantastic and I wouldn’t change a thing.

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@naparacingfan9275 March 18, 2024 at 9:50 pm

Tire wear is definitely key to making short track races great. The resin instead of PJ1 was definitely a factor
A bump up in horsepower would still be nice though.

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@josephphillippe8823 March 18, 2024 at 9:56 pm

People are saying the tires were bad because barely anyone knows how to manage a tire anymore. The tires very well *COULD* go 60-70 laps (Hamlin and Truex proved it), but everyone is used to just doing qualifying laps for 500 miles.

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@SCUZZY13 March 18, 2024 at 10:17 pm

We’re blurring lines here with liking the idea of the race accidentally becoming a drivers race and the disaster situation that occurred with the tires. The tires were going down to the cords for almost every single car. The winner of the race blew out a tire… Tire fall off is great, tire SHUT OFF isn’t.

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@alcain_x March 18, 2024 at 10:19 pm

The photo finish at Atlanta was amazing for the casual fans, it’s an insane moment that will be on the highlight reels for years to come. The Bristol finish was great for the more hardcore race fans, it wasn’t as visually dramatic, but you can appreciate all the build-up, planning, strategy and individual driver skill that led to that finish.

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@live2thefullest617 March 18, 2024 at 10:37 pm

I’m admittedly a casual NASCAR fan; this was the first race I’ve watched from beginning to end in years. Entertaining as heck with a great sprint to the finish between Hamlin and Truex through traffic. I used to watch more in the ’90s and early 2000’s before the stage era, when long-run strategy was actually part of the race.

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@BREEZY.67 March 18, 2024 at 10:51 pm

I simply don’t understand why people are upset with this race, it literally checks the boxes for everything that we asked for last week.

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@marcelf0252 March 18, 2024 at 11:03 pm

I gotta admit, after Stage 1, I thought “Ah damn it, it’s Indy ’08 all over again…” Just to go “Holy, that’s one of the most fun races I’ve ever seen” at the end

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@craigstephenson7676 March 19, 2024 at 3:40 am

At the end of stage 1 I told my friend “this is either gonna be one of the best races of the year or ’08 Brickyard” and I’m so glad it was the former

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@Houseofballoons304 March 18, 2024 at 11:13 pm

What’s funny is at the end of stage 1, Denny said over his radio “this is a joke, just like Indy”

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@johnhenryNC March 19, 2024 at 12:12 am

NASCAR at Indy never recovered from that tire fiasco. The stands were packed that day; it hasn’t been anywhere close since.

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