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@aaronbearden93

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I write about motorsports at @MotorsportsBeat .

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@aaronbearden93
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JRM drivers convincing Brandon Jones to go spin Ty Gibbs next weekend
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Her: “Come over.” Ross: “I can’t.” Her: “I have fresh watermelon.” Ross:
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@WorldWideWob Rare accurate shooting for the Hornets.
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Was trying to think of where I’d seen something like this before
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Jeff Burton realizing he’s going to have to say “van Gisbergen” on air again:
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Her: “Come Over” Jordan: “I can’t. I’m at the track” Her: “I have the inside scoop on a Cup silly season story.” Jordan:
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Barbieheimer
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Uh huh You know what it is Spin and yellow spin and yellow spin and yellow spin and yellow
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Rick Allen: “You’re watching the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs from Kansas. Tyler Reddick leads the way…” Car: *Blows a tire heading into Turn 3* Dale Jr: “CARINTHEWALL!”
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2 years
NASCAR fans coming back to Twitter to ask Bob if Daytona has lights:
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2 years
The Southern 500 is a more authentic judge of a driver/team’s capabilities and a better crown jewel overall than the Daytona 500.
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samdraiss
2 years
What is your #motorsports opinion that’ll have you like this?
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1 year
The F1, IndyCar and NASCAR races today were all won by their pole winners. F1: Max Verstappen IndyCar: Alex Palou NASCAR: Kyle Busch
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2 years
The worst pass attempt Indy’s seen since Curtis Painter started at QB.
@NASCAR
NASCAR
2 years
THEY SPIN!!
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1 year
Someone needs to make a TikTok of all the different ways Shane Van Gisbergen’s name has been pronounced this weekend.
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2 months
Imagine telling someone watching yesterday’s Xfinity Series race that SVG and Larson would be the last-place finishers today.
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Breaking: Driver of the No. 5 wins after controversially delayed caution flag.
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2 years
The Great American Race has become one of NASCAR's least-predictable events for winners. Case in point? The past three victors. They have a combined five Cup Series wins. Two have yet to win another Cup race, the other's only won at Daytona and Talladega.
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Christian Eckes:
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2 years
Sorry I missed yesterday’s newsletter. I was a bit preoccupied…
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2 years
No form of motorsport manages to reach the level of sheer, unadulterated bullshittery quite like NASCAR superspeedway racing. It’s messy, dangerous and borderline ridiculous, but it can be fun and provide some surprises along the way.
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I appreciate the Le Mans field's dedication to crashing everyone so the Garage 56 car has a chance at the overall podium. Seems like every few minutes another couple cars are falling by the wayside.
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Work never stops. @jeff_gluck
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In a way, this incident ended up altering the course of the playoffs for both drivers when they returned to Charlotte five months later. Larson got wrecked on the ensuing restart and didn’t win, costing him five playoff points that would have kept him ahead of Briscoe yesterday.
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Someone tell me honestly: Are we staying up til 2 a.m. just to see Larson in the Cup car tonight?
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10 months
Mentioned this in today’s newsletter, but for any that don’t know: I’m racing to a different finish line this week. My fiancé and I get married Saturday. We’ll be on our honeymoon from Monday through Thanksgiving.
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So disappointed that we don’t have Robin Miller today. The column would be legendary.
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1 year
SVG. Brodie Kostecki. Jenson Button. Kamui Kobayashi. All in a NASCAR Cup Series race at @IMS . I love this era of crossover drivers in NASCAR.
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1 year
Team orders always look so wrong and deflating. Just part of racing, though.
@supercars
Supercars
1 year
SVG slows it up for Feeney to go by! #RepcoSC #Supercars
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1 year
Chills. This has that big event feel.
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2 years
Get rid of the stage breaks at road courses, man.
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2 years
Great, clean battle to the end here. Fantastic short track racing.
@RacingAmerica
Racing America
2 years
It doesn’t get much better than that! 👏 Casey Call holds off #NASCAR Cup Series driver @TylerReddick to pick up the @GSProStocks win at Lee USA Speedway!
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10 months
I marry my best friend today.
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3 months
It’s the little things. Hearing Mayer get the pep talk about not getting pushed around. Herbst being told winners take the front row. Those small things added valuable context for the battles at the end. You can see why drivers made the choices they made.
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3 months
Great broadcast today from NBC. Love all the interviews and context provided.
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2 years
*Whispers* The IMSA race is low-key the coolest part of the Chicago announcement. That race could slap.
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1 year
It’s weird how quickly precedent can change. An IndyCar statement from the 2020 Indy 500, ended under caution after a crash with five to go:
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1 year
Did a bit of research out of curiosity. The last time Ford scored three-straight Cup wins without a Team Penske or Stewart-Haas Racing victory was in 2010-11. Carl Edwards won the last two races of 2010 for Roush, Trevor Bayne opened 2011 in victory lane for the Wood Brothers.
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A rare instance of a driver actually following through on one of these statements.
@MattWeaverRA
Matt Weaver
3 months
How does Ricky Stenhouse plan to handle this deal with Kyle Busch? "Watch after the race."
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2 years
@nascarcasm @ARCA_Racing Imagine going up to someone in the early 2000s and saying "Yeah, Frankie Muniz is going to run ARCA at Daytona! He'll be starting a row ahead of Tim Richmond."
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1 year
I just learned about this. Pretty helpful schedule to follow most major forms of racing:
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Aaron Bearden
2 years
NASCAR's slowly leaning further into the late start times on Sundays. Examples: - Clash @ 8 p.m. (Was 6) - Nashville @ 7 p.m. (Was 5) - Chicago @ 5:30 p.m. (RA was 3) - Atlanta 2 @ 7 p.m. (Was 3) Martinsville 1 is no longer a night race, though. It's moved to Sunday @ 3 p.m.
@NASCAR
NASCAR
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The 2023 season start times and networks are here 📅 .
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2 years
I hope McDowell wasn’t surprised to see Logano & Cindric jump out and try to pass him. They literally can’t let him lead. Could have cost their teammate a shot at the playoffs.
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2 years
Because I had a moment... The No. 18 Cup car's starts and wins by driver. The number's had 1572 starts with 80 wins. Kyle Busch has the lion's share of each - particularly victories.
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3 months
NASCAR: If you’re not giving him the waiver, now’s the time. 😂
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10 months
UPDATE: I married my best friend today.
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@MattMonagan Those salamanders when a lefty goes yard:
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2 years
Yesterday was fun because we got to see someone’s inner Florida man come out in a race on national TV instead of reading about it in an online article.
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1 year
@jeff_gluck I've never watched an event that was somehow both totally memorable (for the chaos & weirdness) and totally forgettable (for the racing itself) like yesterday's race.
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2 years
Trucks at IRP tonight, y’all.
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2 years
Feel like everyone could use a reminder of this right now:
@A_S12
Adam Stern
2 years
. @Hardees has signed Richard Petty to a new endorsement deal, as The King helps promote the QSR's hand-breaded chicken products that launched last year. 🔲 Hardee's was on @PettyGMS 's car this past weekend as a teaser, but it could eventually add some primary paint schemes.
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Roger Penske’s last overall #Rolex24 win before today:
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2 years
A lot of y’all don’t like the end result, but that race slapped. Fantastic battles up front.
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2 years
What an awful, unnecessary crash.
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We all simultaneously yelled at the end of that thing, right?
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1 year
@slmandel Counterpoint: Teams are more than their top prospect and this parity makes CBB fun and unpredictable.
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2 years
FS1 reported that Jordan Anderson has burns, is in pain and will be airlifted to a Birmingham hospital after his fiery crash at Talladega Superspeedway.
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It’s ludicrous to me that this blackout still exists in 2023. It does a disservice to local fans that may not be able to attend the race for whatever reason and has to impact the rating at least slightly for the series’ biggest race. The worst Indy 500 tradition.
@indystar
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IMS will block local live viewership of Indy 500 on Peacock; blacking out race
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1 year
Sounds like we'll know pretty soon if SVG's rumored move to NASCAR is coming to light.
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Motorsport.com
1 year
Triple Eight wants Shane van Gisbergen to decide if he's heading to NASCAR or not within the next two weeks. #RepcoSC #NASCAR
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It’s crazy that IndyCar gives you a wild opener then makes you wait almost a month to watch it again. Makes the series so easy to forget this time of year.
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@BlackFlagMatter Jeff Gordon has been added to the Chase
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1 year
Australian motorsports outlet V8 Sleuth is reporting that three-time Supercars champ Shane van Gisbergen is going to drive Trackhouse Racing's Project91 entry later this year, most likely at Chicago.
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I’ve been slowly exposing my fiancé to different types of racing as our relationship has grown. She understood NASCAR immediately. IndyCar and F1 weren’t too bad. She eventually got the hang of dirt racing and the Chili Bowl. Sports cars, though? That’s going to take a bit. 😂
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Marcus Ericsson was one lap away from being a two-time defending Indy winner. Now there’s a chance he won’t be in the field this year. The magic of the 500. Everything earned, nothing given.
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INDYCAR on NBC
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One of these drivers WILL BE ELIMINATED from making the #Indy500 field. Marcus Ericsson, Katherine Legge, Graham Rahal and Nolan Siegel will fight for the last three spots Sunday.
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Welp, not the answers most were hoping for so far. Not entirely unexpected. Just unfortunate. H/t @jeff_gluck .
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I miss the commercial-free stream on Peacock. That was so lovely last year.
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1 year
Okay, this is adorable.
@NASCARCanada_
NASCAR Canada
1 year
Nothing like getting to watch your Dad win 🥹 Alex Tagliani’s daughter Eva had the most adorable reaction after he won the #TiffanyGateGPofTO 🎥: @tagliani #NASCARPintys | @hondaindy
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1 year
And y’all said there was no drivers only broadcast.
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2 years
Come on back next year. Bring the Xfinity Series with you.
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1 year
I feel terrible for the owner of that car if it was legitimately hit by the tire. But if, in a place with 300,000+ spectators, that tire found one of the few places on the property without people, I’m thankful for it.
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@NASCAR @livvydunne @chaseelliott I know I’m getting old because I have zero idea who this is.
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2 years
The Cup season finale back at Homestead.
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2 years
My dad when mom tried to record Christmas in the 90s:
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1 year
Blaney fans right now:
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Has any driver been more valuable without an official win than YRB this year? He helped Austin Cindric win the Daytona 500, won the All-Star Race and now is in position to help Joey Logano win the title.
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I’m genuinely buzzing for this weekend’s NASCAR races at COTA. Removing the stage breaks and inviting the potential strategy swings that come without them makes the races intriguing & less predictable. I can’t wait to tune in. Hoping for a fun weekend.
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2 years
It’ll be fine if the street course doesn’t create great racing. It’s not like Bears fans are used to successful passes.
@bobpockrass
Bob Pockrass
2 years
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to join NASCAR leaders for an announcement at 3:30p ET / 2:30p CT on Tuesday … Leader Schedules - The Daily Line
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2 years
I’m at a sports bar in Charlotte, have counted 31 TVs in the restaurant. Not a single one has the Cup race on. Suboptimal.
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1 year
So much of this weekend went wrong because of the weather, but that race was a delight. My favorite NASCAR road race in quite some time. I hope NASCAR gets another go at this in Chicago. This circuit worked.
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@swish41 Happy he knows who Rik Smits is, at least.
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2 years
The dash blurring makes those in car shots look a bit silly. 😂
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7 months
Not off to a great start…
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2 years
@alanisnking I feel like this dude’s either 12 or 60
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2 years
It's hard not to be happy for Erik Jones and the No. 43 team. A lot of hours and effort has gone into this win from all parties.
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When the field comes by you at speed for the first time:
@NFLonCBS
NFL on CBS 🏈
7 months
JASON KELCE IS ALL THAT IS MAN
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@TomP1Bellingham When you get caught out on strategy by the safety car:
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Twitter’s a great experience.
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Is the S-F line straight all the way down? My eyes might be playing tricks on me, but it looks like the section Larson seems to hit first is sort of faded & separate from the actual line. Am I crazy?
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NASCAR
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IT WAS THAT CLOSE PEOPLE!
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@jeff_gluck @Knighter01 @Jordan_Bianchi does this mean we're heading into unchartered territory
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2 years
The blur isn’t as bad today. I appreciate the effort to make that shot more usable @NASCARONFOX .
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A message from third-place Chase Elliott: "The marbles are freaking wild. I've never seen anything like that in my time here." He thinks his balance is spot on for current track conditions. Says he's happy right npw.
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1 year
Project 91 has its first winner. Welcome to NASCAR lore, Shane van Gisbergen. A memorable winner from a notable race.
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3 months
Parker Retzlaff will make his Cup debut at Daytona in August:
@BeardOil62
Beard Motorsports
3 months
📰 NEWS 📰 Welcome to the Beard Motorsports team, Parker Retzlaff! Excited to see you behind the wheel of the Mighty 62 for the #CokeZeroSugar400 at @Daytona in August. #NASCAR | @Parker79p
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Usher’s halftime show inspiration
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1 year
Morgan Shepherd is one of a kind. #NASCAR75
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Aaron Bearden
2 years
An injury update on Parker Price-Miller after his crash in the Knoxville Nationals last night. Says he has fractures to his C7 and T5 vertebrae, is moving everything and will be transported to Indiana.
@kp_kami
Kami Ronk
2 years
Here’s an update on our guy @parker_pm9
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2 years
Can’t point at any flukes or asterisks for that one. Hell of a drive.
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Aaron Bearden
1 year
“I’m not running another race with him,” Schrader says of Paul Tracy. “I’m done.”
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