Felt like this was important to share; hope they find new strategies in the future to check in on every car in quick order.

EDIT: Steven Taranto did an onboard with Brad and confirmed help was issued around 50 seconds after deployment. https://x.com/STaranto92/status/2114737721335755031

https://x.com/ryanpreece_/status/2114738002786398565?s=46

https://x.com/NASCAR/status/2114877279830450217?s=20

https://x.com/MBMMotorsports/status/2114815668747170101?s=20

He voiced Digger for NASCAR on Fox in The Adventures of Digger and Friends and voiced him in that Alvin and the Chipmunks movie someone on here mentioned a few days ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Bauza#Filmography

What do you think?

I feel like Hocevar having zero help was completely lost in all the chaos of the race. For months now we've heard drivers say they wouldn't help him, but it was hard to believe they'd stand by it. Then yesterday the 77 drove to the front only to immediately fall to the back as zero drivers wanted to work with him. Seemed like a genuinely big thing that got skipped over.

Before Hocevar fans try to jump all over me, I like the guy and wouldn't mind seeing him win. My point is only that we've heard drivers say they'd make him pay for months, and they all finally stuck to it.

All drivers more than 150 points back have been mathematically eliminated

Kyle Larson leads the championship by 73 points with 2 races to go. Assuming he doesn't clinch in Martinsville, he will probably take a hefty lead into Miami.

Let's say Larson has a 70 point lead going into the last race. If he wins Stage 1, the championship is over. #5 team could park the car afterwards and start partying.

I’m asking cause i’ve noticed a lot of people pointing out the “stalling” and fuel saving on plate tracks. I honestly don’t know. I just remember there used to be a minimum speed so that damaged cars weren’t running way below the flow of traffic.