DiscoverNASCAR on NBC podcastIowa Speedway’s smash debut, Martin Truex Jr. stepping back, Kyle Busch’s surprising Gibbs, Hendrick RCR comments
Iowa Speedway’s smash debut, Martin Truex Jr. stepping back, Kyle Busch’s surprising Gibbs, Hendrick RCR comments

Iowa Speedway’s smash debut, Martin Truex Jr. stepping back, Kyle Busch’s surprising Gibbs, Hendrick RCR comments

Update: 2024-06-20
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NACAR on NBC analyst Jeff Burton on the Cup debut of Iowa Speedway (2:00 ); the concerns about the repave and why it was done (4:30 ); the surprising recent track record of successful repaves (7:30 ); the essence of the Midwestern race fan (10:30 ); a brief jog through Burton’s trophy collection (16:00 ); Martin Truex Jr.’s decision to step away from full-time Cup racing next season (18:00 ); how the Burton family made it work knowing that Jeff’s racing career always took top priority (23:00 ); why Truex should be OK with handling the unknown of what semi-retirement will feel like (25:00 ); how do drivers struggle with filling the competitive void (28:00 ); how does Joe Gibbs Racing fill the void left by Truex (34:00 ); Kyle Busch’s curious remarks about JGR, Hendrick and RCR (40:00 ); the internal struggles of being Kyle Busch at the moment (44:00 ); Burton’s theory of Next Gen: The faster the car goes, the better the racing is (50:00 ).


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Iowa Speedway’s smash debut, Martin Truex Jr. stepping back, Kyle Busch’s surprising Gibbs, Hendrick RCR comments

Iowa Speedway’s smash debut, Martin Truex Jr. stepping back, Kyle Busch’s surprising Gibbs, Hendrick RCR comments

Ryan Blaney, Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Busch, Kyle Larson, Brad Keselowski, Jeff Burton, Joe Gibbs, Dale Earnhardt, Richard Childress, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Mark Martin