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Tanner Smith

@tannersmithwrites

Multimedia Contributor @GRIDNetworktv.bsky.social/ NASCAR editor @pitboxpress.bsky.social/ editor-in-chief for wideworldofdirt.com

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Latest posts by Tanner Smith @tannersmithwrites

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From Ceiling to Floor: Kaulig Racing 2026 Predictions In the latest edition of From Ceiling to Floor, Tanner and Jey examine the 2026 exceptations for Kaulig Racing after a turbulent offseason.

@jjturnip.bsky.social and @tannersmithwrites.bsky.social continue their deep dive series by looking into Kaulig Racing’s expectations for 2026. pitboxpress.com/2026/03/06/f...

06.03.2026 22:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

We’re really getting down to the floor (maybe even getting into the basement) as we talk about Kaulig’s expectations for the 2026 #NASCAR season.

06.03.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

For a while now, #NASCAR has had issues with its development pipeline that @jjturnip.bsky.social seeks to address in a new venue.

Presenting: The NASCAR Driving Academy

05.03.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

After a weekend of rights and lefts, @jjturnip.bsky.social and I dropped our newest From Ceiling to Floor focusing on Trackhouse Racing

03.03.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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From Ceiling to Floor: Trackhouse Racing 2026 Expectations After covering a myriad of teams in the garage, Jey and Tanner take aim at the most interesting lineup on the grid in Trackhouse.

@tannersmithwrites.bsky.social and @jjturnip.bsky.social take a deep dive into Trackhouse Racing’s expectations for 2026. pitboxpress.com/2026/03/03/f...

03.03.2026 18:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Very impressed by @jjturnip.bsky.social work on this one, and we’ll be dropping a series of these throughout the 2026 season to celebrate Harvick’s 25-year anniversary since his first #NASCAR Cup Series win.

26.02.2026 19:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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HE’S DONE IT: Sheldon Creed finally scores his maiden O’Reilly series win After a series record 15 runner-up finishes, Sheldon Creed finally scored his first victory in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series.

New series name, new winner. Natalie Carroll covers last night’s O’Reilly series race. pitboxpress.com/2026/02/22/h...

22.02.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Autotrader 400: Reddick backs up Daytona with Atlanta triumph Tyler Reddick backed up his Daytona 500 victory with a victory at the EchoPark Speedway in Atlanta.

Natalie Carroll tells the story of how Tyler Reddick went back-to-back to open the season. pitboxpress.com/2026/02/23/a...

23.02.2026 15:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Closer Chronicles: The 2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500 Today in The Closer Chronicles we wind the clock back to 2001 and cover Kevin Harvick’s earliest example of β€œclosing” out a victory in one of the biggest situations of his entire career…

As we head into another race weekend, @jjturnip.bsky.social shares the next installment of The Closer Chronicles. pitboxpress.com/2026/02/26/t...

26.02.2026 18:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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From Ceiling to Floor: 23XI Racing 2026 Expectations In the newest installment in the From Ceiling to Floor, Tanner and Jey look at what to expect out of 23XI Racing in 2026.

In what’s already been a big year for 23XI, @tannersmithwrites.bsky.social and @jjturnip.bsky.social discuss what else to expect from the young team. pitboxpress.com/2026/02/21/f...

21.02.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This series was great fun to work on my buddy @tannersmithwrites.bsky.social with!

Give it a read and look out for the rest of our installments in this series!

19.02.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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From Ceiling to Floor: Richard Childress Racing 2026 Expectations The newest edition of the From Ceiling to Floor series explores the 2026 outlook for Richard Childress Racing.

Just over an hour until the green flag, @tannersmithwrites.bsky.social and @jjturnip.bsky.social share what to expect from RCR this year. pitboxpress.com/2026/02/22/f...

22.02.2026 18:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In this latest installment of #NASCAR 2026 season expectations, @jjturnip.bsky.social and I cover the vaunted Team Penske’s floor and ceiling!

19.02.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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From Ceiling to Floor: Team Penske 2026 Expectations Now that the dust has settled on a busy NASCAR offseason, the teams appear ready to hit the high banks of Daytona for the first official race of the 2026 Cup Series season. As such, Jey and I recon…

Next up on the docket, @tannersmithwrites.bsky.social and @jjturnip.bsky.social cover expectations for Team Penske in 2026. pitboxpress.com/2026/02/19/f...

19.02.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

On the 19th anniversary of this event, take a look back at Kevin Harvick’s miraculous last-lap drive to beat Mark Martin at Daytona in the first of a multi-part series titles β€œThe Closer Chronicles” #NASCAR

18.02.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Closer Chronicles: The 2007 Daytona 500 In the start of a new series, Tanner covers Kevin Harvick’s miraculous Daytona 500 performance in the 2007 edition of the Great American Race.

In another deep-dive series, @tannersmithwrites.bsky.social and @jjturnip.bsky.social look at the career of Kevin Harvick. First up - Daytona, 2007. pitboxpress.com/2026/02/18/t...

18.02.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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From Ceiling to Floor: Hendrick Motorsports 2026 Expectations With the Cup Series kicking into high gear, Tanner and Jey lay out their expectations for each team in the field this year, starting with Hendrick Motorsports.

@tannersmithwrites.bsky.social and @jjturnip.bsky.social share their thoughts on what lies ahead for Hendrick Motorsports in 2026. pitboxpress.com/2026/02/17/f...

17.02.2026 20:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

The first in a line of articles, @jjturnip.bsky.social & I jotted down what we thought Hendrick Motorsports’ best outlook appeared to be and what their worst outlook is for 2026 before settling into the middle at the end.

From Ceiling to Floor, our newest way to draft up 2026 #NASCAR expecstations

17.02.2026 20:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Had a ton of fun working with @kbdc.bsky.social and @jjturnip.bsky.social putting this #NASCAR article together, and there is MUCH more to come for this series!

16.01.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NASCAR Drivers As Cartoon Characters, Vol. 1 After a long, heavy offseason, Tanner had some help from his friends to create a new line of articles comparing NASCAR drivers to cartoon characters, starting with Volume 1.

Ever wondered who your favorite driver would be as a cartoon? Fortunately, @tannersmithwrites.bsky.social has already thought of that! pitboxpress.com/2026/01/16/n...

16.01.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

me being back the following week was a bit of overconfidence on my part, but TONIGHT, I will be returning to @gridnetworktv.bsky.social for GRID Tonight to finish my coverage of the NASCAR lawsuit and subsequent settlement

17.12.2025 17:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

and I’ll be back next week (and potentially the following week πŸ™‚β€β†•οΈ) to continue my coverage on @gridnetworktv.bsky.social

04.12.2025 20:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
NASCAR Antitrust Trial Update Day 1-3 | GRID Tonight
NASCAR Antitrust Trial Update Day 1-3 | GRID Tonight YouTube video by GRID Network

@tannersmithwrites.bsky.social from @pitboxpress.bsky.social stopped #GRIDTonight to provide an update on the first three days of the antitrust trial.

From jury selection, Denny Hamlin on the witness stand, and details on #NASCAR business practices.

youtu.be/a2xCvIvd1L8

04.12.2025 19:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

i like how spotify highlighted what @gayracingpod.bsky.social listeners top artists, podcasts, and audiobooks were.

the #1 β€˜s are taylor swift, dale jr download, and jennette mccurdys book

03.12.2025 20:45 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Will Cain is a whole bitch who got wrecked in sports and had to go shake ass for racists for money

03.12.2025 22:15 πŸ‘ 1420 πŸ” 228 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 10

Harv: β€œAnd that’s a big problem if they don’t, teams today need to be able to communicate with their HQ an-β€œ

Clint: β€œAnd show them some of them classic memes ha ha ha six seven”

Joy: *sigh* β€œWorking lap 100 here at Las Vegas…”

03.12.2025 22:53 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

It was great (and cathartic) to rail against this impossibly stupid playoff format one more time before its final dismissal, this time with @crosslinracing.bsky.social as well!

04.11.2025 22:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
10 Wins. 20 Top Fives. 23 Top Tens. 8 Poles. No Championship. | GRID Encore
10 Wins. 20 Top Fives. 23 Top Tens. 8 Poles. No Championship. | GRID Encore YouTube video by GRID Network

NOV 3 @gridnetworktv.bsky.social Encore pod w/ @crosslinracing.bsky.social and guest @tannersmithwrites.bsky.social:
-Actions Detrimental: good riddance to the WORST playoff system ever
-Connor Zilisch royally screwed over
-Plus thank GOD Corey Heim still won the Truck title
youtu.be/cupsOxEML2Q

04.11.2025 21:42 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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10 Wins. 20 Top Fives. 23 Top Tens. 8 Poles. No Championship. | GRID Encore The NASCAR Playoff format is under more intense scrutiny than ever, as many felt the format missed the mark on Saturday night. It looked like Connor Zilisch was set to drive away after the final pit s...

Plenty to discuss after the #NASCAR #Championship4 weekend! @bcschneider53.bsky.social, and @crosslinracing.bsky.social, along with @tannersmithwrites.bsky.social, will recap and discuss the full Phoenix weekend, featuring Trucks, Xfinity, and ARCA West.

www.youtube.com/live/cupsOxE...

04.11.2025 00:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(sharing from other site)

Kyle Larson's last win came in race 12. This is the earliest in a season a champion scored their last win of the year since 2003 (Matt Kenseth, race 3).

03.11.2025 02:27 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1