whether NASCAR has monopoly power and Section 2 is about using that monopoly power illegally. Since the judge already ruled this week that NASCAR has monopoly power, the teams are focusing their case on if NASCAR is using that power illegally.
Another cool chart via @Steub_: Four years into the Next Gen car, here’s how every track’s poll average ranks. Michigan moves past Kansas to become the new No. 1 best Next Gen track (that still exists).
It's Nov. 6 and Michigan International Speedway just sent out a news release saying its infield camping -- for June -- is already sold out for the fifth straight year. Pretty impressive.
Phoenix got 2.77 million viewers on NBC, down from 2.9 million last year.
While this is a wildly different viewership era of NASCAR, the first one-race championship (2014) drew 5.2 million viewers and the playoff average that year for the 10 races was 4.4 million.
Forgot to post this earlier amid the post-awards party. Nothing more NASCAR 2025 than writing a lawsuit story during the season-ending awards ceremony. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6778950/2025/11/04/nascar-antitrust-lawsuit-23xi-front-row-marketplace-ruling/
this room has a ton of respect for that."
step away this season.
"Jon, this one's for you. We miss you, we love you and I hope we made you proud."
standard and I think everyone in this room has a ton of respect for that."
Kyle Larson in his championship speech at the NASCAR Awards: "I think we should change my nickname from Yung Money to Middle-Aged Money. 33 is getting kind of old."
Calls it "one of the toughest seasons we've ever had."
Kyle Larson in his championship speech at the NASCAR Awards: "I think we should changed my nickname from Yung Money to Middle-Aged Money. 33 is getting kind of old."
Calls it "one of the toughest seasons we've ever had."
Denny Hamlin on the NASCAR Awards stage, was asked about how competitive he remains at age 44. All he could say was: "It was a good season. It was a great season. Almost perfect."
Now he gets a standing ovation from most of the ballroom.
Joey Logano has had a busy 48 hours since the race. He drove to Las Vegas to make an appearance at the SEMA show and then came back to Phoenix to have a brief spot on stage.
On Even Year Logano next year, he says: "Whatever the format is at. Here we go, let's do it."
Mike Joy wins the Myers Brothers Award for contributions to the sport.
NEWS: Chase Elliott has just won his eighth straight NASCAR Most Popular Driver Award. He is not here to accept the award tonight.
Absolutely tremendous, heartfelt speech by @jesselovejr1 at the NASCAR Awards. Really nice.
trial can now be focused on whether NASCAR has maintained that power through anticompetitive acts and used that power to harm teams. We’re prepared to present our case to the jury and are focused on obtaining a verdict that benefits all of the teams, partners, drivers, and the fans.”
the charter system itself is anticompetitive.”
Hey friends, the NASCAR Awards tonight are on the NASCAR Channel. It’s a free channel, but if you haven’t figured out how to get it yet, you have a few hours to do so if you wanted to watch. (Obviously will post some updates here as well, like Most Popular Driver Award.)
Highlights for those who don’t have time to watch: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6777180/2025/11/04/denny-hamlin-nascar-championship-race-future-retirement/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/columnist/jeff-gluck/2016/11/20/carl-edwards-sportsmanship-championship-race-homestead/94184156/
Sorry to post an unedited feed without curating this down to the most important comments, but wanted to get this video to you ASAP:
@dennyhamlin comments on the aftermath of losing the NASCAR championship
https://youtu.be/PfG4-RAWLOM
Denny Hamlin will not commit to racing next season today. He needs more time to think about it. Will post the video of his complete comments shortly.
@grok Can you find the most common themes in these replies and provide a summary for people who might be scrolling through and wondering how fans responded?
In Scottsdale, we are scheduled to hear from the Championship 4 drivers — including Denny Hamlin’s first comments since Sunday — in roughly 30 minutes.
Grateful to @BigJoeBald72 for keeping track of this contest all season long. @Jordan_Bianchi won our full-season points format and is the worthy champ. See you at the Daytona dunk tank.
What will restore your enjoyment level? I'm all ears.
poll:
1. 2016 Jimmie Johnson: 86.3%
2. 2017 Martin Truex Jr.: 82.1%
3. 2021 Kyle Larson: 80.9%
4. 2018 Joey Logano: 68.5%
5. 2020 Chase Elliott: 68.3%
6. 2023 Ryan Blaney: 67.9%
7. 2025 Kyle Larson: 55.5%
8. 2024 Joey Logano: 41.5%
9. 2019 Kyle Busch: 30%
10. 2022 Joey Logano: 28%
I didn’t anticipate getting this many replies to this. But I hear ya. For as unsatisfying as it may feel to see the champion of the season decided in those circumstances, I’m optimistic we’ll see a better format in 2026. Hopefully that will be a much-needed reset for the sport.
High Limit dropped their schedule and they have doubleheaders again with NASCAR at Vegas spring and Texas. Thought those were a cool crossover this year.
Was Phoenix a good race?
