NASCAR driver Chase Elliott unveils his race car, designed by two pediatric patents from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta!
Elliott will race this car at NASCAR’s Atlanta Night Race (Quaker State 400) this summer. @FOX5Atlanta
#NASCAR... Cleetus McFarland will serve as the Grand Marshal for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at Michigan International Speedway -- while also competing in the event for @NieceMotorsport.
NEWS: It’s @KevinMagnussen for San Diego!
The former @F1 and current @FIAWEC driver will make his @NASCAR debut driving the @Qualcomm Chevy.
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Kyle Busch will go down as arguably the greatest driver to have never won the Daytona 500. I have a special connection to that 2023 race, which was the closest he ever came to winning it.
2023 marked my first time reporting on location from the Daytona 500 as a member of the media. It also came three weeks after the passing of my Grandpa Taranto, who I was very close to. It was an emotional time for me on that front, and I had his prayer card up in the press box with me during the race and as things played out over the closing laps.
I remember being up in my seat those final laps during the race between the RCR and RFK cars, thinking vividly that I was about to be a direct witness to something very special and one of those great moments in Daytona 500 history. It wasn't to be. (and that spin by the 99 didn't need to be a caution either. Come on.)
I guess in retrospect it's of some comfort that Kyle was leading the Daytona 500 at Lap 200, but the record doesn't give him credit for that, nor others who have endured leading Lap 200 of the Daytona 500 but not winning the race. One year later during Media Day, I asked him about how frustrating that was when I put it in those terms.
"Where does that rank on the pain scale?"
"High."
"Gotcha."
"High, yeah. 'Cause I don't have the trophy or the ring, so it just means I coulda, shoulda, woulda if it was prior to 2005. So that sucks, but it is what it is.
"I guess 2005, I knew the rules coming in anyways. That's when I first started in the Daytona 500 was 2005. It happens."
The next year I went with a slightly different angle, asking if Daytona's repave in 2011 and the muting of variables like character in the track, handling, etc. had made the Daytona 500 a more difficult race to win. Kyle proceeded to give a very detailed and thorough answer about what it was like to race the old Daytona and drive through the bumps/beyond the limits of the tire, while also pointing out certain areas of the current Daytona that were becoming trouble spots.
I listened to this back today as well as the followup I asked and I just love the exchange. It feels like I did my job asking Kyle informed questions and he obliged in giving informed answers.
"I don't let those things get to me... but apparently I let those things get to me" 💀
Watch the full Film Room episode with @DennyHamlin: https://t.co/SHOhHdBBj8
@BrooksAustinBA Not seeing Heup on here eases my irrational fear(s) because I really want to see what this team looks like in 2027 with a second year Faizon Brandon…
Today, we paid tribute to a friend.
All our best 🫶 to Sam, Brexton, Lennix & family. May God put his hand on them all and bring them some sort of peace. KFB - Food, Fun, Faith, Fashionista, but most of all 👉“Family” See you on the other side Champ. Rest easy ❤️🏁
To honor Kyle’s memory, Interstate Batteries will be making a donation to the Samantha and Kyle Busch @bundleofjoyfund, a cause that is deeply meaningful to the Busch family.