2022 NASCAR Cup Series Race Thirty-Two Charlotte Roval

The stages will be 25-25-59 laps.

TV is bored on lap 2 of 109 and showing the track surface with cars in the distance. It’s going to be an unwatchable day.

Mark James is on the PRN broadcast for the event, so it will also be unlistenable at times. It’s strange I generally enjoy Mark’s IndyCar calls on IndyCar radio. For some reason when he does NASCAR he always sounds like he’s going to bust a gasket; it’s always so overblown and he sounds like he’s straining. It’s hard to listen to. Overall he calls the IndyCar race in a reasonable manner getting excited when appropriate. On the NASCAR broadcasts he frequently goes into screaming fits over relatively interesting occurrences. They don’t seem to merit that much attention, nor enthusiasm.

PRN mentioned the cars “are playing follow-the-leader, as [they] expected”. That’s a sad statement all around.

Joey Logano (22) wins stage one from the pole.

Ross Chastain (1) finishes stage two up front as many pit shortly before stage end.

Stage three begins.

Caution on lap 103 of 109 for debris. Yesterday in the Xfinity series race PRN was talking about a sign hitting Justin Allgaier’s car. Justin didn’t hit the sign; the sign came onto the track and hit Justin’s car. The debris caution is for a sign on the track.

PRN reports fourteen cars stayed on track instead of pitting.

Chase Elliott spins into the grass on lap 106 of 109 after restarting on the front row alongside AJ Allmendinger (16).

Caution on lap 107 of 109 for debris on the track.

We will be restarting in overtime.

The cars are stopped on the track behind the pace car. Red flag is out.

On entry to turn eleven there is an issue with the racetrack. The curbing/turtle is loose. The track team is working on repairs.

Caution flag has been displayed again.

Restarting in overtime with Kevin ‘KHarv/Happy’ Harvick (4) and Christopher ‘CBell’ Bell (20) up front.

CBell (20) easily wins.

I fell asleep before the final restart. Bunny woke me up shortly after the final run began. That was a nothing event; no excitement; no competition – whomever got up front stayed up front generally; possibly there was some intensity, but it wasn’t really shown on the television broadcast. Pretty much a waste of time. There were some spins which changed the lineup at the front of the field, but didn’t seem to constitute actual racing.

The following drivers move on to the next round:

- - Chase Elliott (9)
  - Joey Logano (22)
  - Ross Chastain (1)
  - Christopher ‘CBell’ Bell (20)
  - William ‘WilliB’ Byron (24)
  - Ryan Blaney (12)
  - ‘Desperate’ Denny Hamlin (11)
  - Chase Briscoe (14)

The following drivers will not advance in the playoffs:

- - Daniel Suarez (99)
  - Kyle Larson (5)
  - Austin Cindric (2)
  - Alex Bowman (48)

Looking at the final eight, there are four drivers I hope will run for the championship and four drivers I don’t think should be a part of the Cup series. Interesting.

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2022 NASCAR Cup Series Race Thirty-Two Charlotte Roval

Next Race: Las Vegas

GO 48 & 9!!!!