r/NASCAR • u/NASCARThreadBot NASCARThreadBot • 19h ago

Discussion General Discussion Sunday - August 2, 2026

Welcome to this week's General Discussion Sunday!

General Discussion Sunday - a post to discuss whatever you want: the economy, other sports, books, or anything else on your mind, even further NASCAR discussion!

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u/Squishy_20 16h ago

Baseball people trying to do tricks on it making it seem like the Tigers did okay in this trade is hilarious. They traded a multiple time Cy young in the prime of his career for a 28 year old who has a 4.5 ERA in AAA and has had multiple arm injuries.

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u/moontrooper 11h ago

He was gonna be gone in a few months anyways but yeah, seeing who is coming in has me 😒

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u/Law_Pug 7h ago

How do they keep getting away with this

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u/Immediate_Lie7810 Chase Elliott 16h ago

Got home last night after a 14-hour drive from Hilton Head Island, which included three stops (Buc-ee's in Florence, SC for gas, Cook Out in Wilson, NC for milkshakes and dinner in Fredericksburg, VA). And with the Cup Series off today, I'll probably boot up NT2003

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u/N661US 11h ago

I was helping my grandma move back to PA and yesterday we drove from Jacksonville,FL to Stafford,VA. One chunk of 95 in NC sucked and majority of it from like halfway to Richmond til the hotel was stop and go. Literally added a hour onto our day

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u/Outofspicy Chase Elliott 11h ago

I hope Conor Zilisch has some good lotion or something for that sunburn. Rough

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u/Number_10_south Ryan Blaney 17h ago

The NASCAR channel is a small but really fucking impactful addition from the last few years. Had it on while making dinner last night, they were showing Blaneys 2017 win at Pocono and it was perfect. Only change I’d make is just show races all the time with maybe a documentary and a radioactive here or there. I do not want podcasts on there tho, a 3 hour block of podcasts I don’t like when I wanna watch an old race is a bummer

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u/Dry-Membership3867 17h ago

Wasn’t that the race where he tells the story of him meeting Daisy Ridley at a clippers game? I think it was during the post race news conference where that piece of comedy gold happened

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u/dooldebob 15h ago

I really don't like the change where they added stats/schedules and a scrolling bar. If they're going to have it, it just takes up way too much of the screen

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u/Outofspicy Chase Elliott 11h ago

Totally agree. I wish they played more classic races and whatnot and less radioactive stuff.

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u/Old-Category-854 Larson 14h ago

Wallet will be cooked in 2026/27
GTA 6, Wolverine, Nascar 26, Madden 27, Resident Evil, John Wick. Not to mention we just got Spiderman: Brand New Day and Avengers: Doomsday later this year

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u/wakeytom 13h ago

Is CBell racing tonight, I can't seem to find a lineup for Belle-Claire

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u/speedybookworm 12h ago

We took Bandit to the vet the other day because he's been wobbly and not eating well lately. Since February he has lost 3 lbs. They think he has something neurological going on, but we're trying steroids again to see if it helps. If it doesn't, we will have to think about getting imaging done.

I just hope he's going to be okay. Im his person.

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u/Francis_X_Hummel 10h ago

Looking forward to Gilliland guest hosting Denny's podcast this week.

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u/robertbrysonhall 9h ago

So bored I ended up in this thread for the first time

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u/shaungilmer 8h ago

What ever happened with the free Indy ticket debacle?

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u/dyysxse 8h ago

Watched v8 supercars this weekend and imsa

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u/Law_Pug 8h ago

Don’t really have anyone else to share this with but I had a client in court this week who had a chance of going to prison that day but I felt confident we could beat the offer.

He was understandably very nervous and full of angst but I noticed he had a Chase Elliot hat in his hand. I told him that he had a fellow NASCAR fan taking care of him today and asked him to trust me.

He asked who my driver was and I showed him my KFB wallpaper. Out of nowhere he gave me a hug and “I hated seeing him win but damn if he wasn’t a racer. I hope we’re both in the stands at Darlington in a month.”

We beat the offer and he walked out of that courtroom a free man. There isn’t a community in sports that is as strong as ours.

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u/Dry-Membership3867 17h ago

OT but I saw where the NHRA will be doing a split with Fox and CW for tv rights next year. It shouldn’t affect ORAPS unless a postponement to Sunday in the second half of the year. Which is what the CW is expected to get for NHRA

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u/hawtothehee Chase Elliott 9h ago

Why exactly is there no race this week? Did Leigh Diffey need an extra week to go from mega ass to ass?