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The Future of FOX Without DW In this episode of Out of the Groove, host and creator Eric Estepp talks us through all the hot topics in NASCAR. And this week certainly had its share of impacts!

First up, this past weekend was the last race called by legendary driver Darrell Waltrip. It’s a bittersweet piece of history for NASCAR fans, but it may not come off as seamless as fans would hope.

It was reported this week that FOX currently has “no plan” to replace Waltrip, despite the fact that his retirement was announced long ago.

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Waltrip, Vince Welch, and even dark horses like Kevin Harvick.

But the real big stories lately have come out of the truck series. Ross Chastain continues his dominance, despite setbacks like the Iowa penalty.

Eric walks us through the history of this driver and this team, and gives us some insight on how they’ve come to trample over more established teams like Kyle Busch Motorsports.

Who would be Eric’s pick to replace DW on the NASCAR broadcast? And what’s next for Ross Chastain and the truck series? You’ll have to watch the episode and find out!

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fter a weekend of road course racing out West, it’s back to left turns only as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series heads to the Midwest for its only visit of 2019 to Chicagoland Speedway — a 1.5-mile track in the suburban Chicago city of Joliet. Here are five key storylines to be on the lookout for in Sunday’s Camping World 400.

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More Struggles For ‘Seven-Time’

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hat’s harder to believe: The fact that Jimmie Johnson has gone more than two whole years without a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win or the fact that Johnson — the seventime series champion and one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history — has never won a Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway? Both, of course, seem just about equally perplexing when considering Johnson’s impressive body of work that includes not only the seven championships but also 83 points-paying wins. Yet, for whatever reason, Johnson can’t seem to win for anything these days, and that’s unlikely to change at Chicagoland — a track where he’s mysteriously been shut out of Victory Lane in 17 career Cup starts and failed to finish in the top 10 in four of his last five outings. Oddly enough, Chicagoland was the site of Johnson’s lone career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, which came way back in 2001.

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A Chance For The Rules Package To Shine

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hile the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series’ 2019 rules package continues to be the target of considerable criticism from various drivers, the most notable being Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch, Chicagoland Speedway might be better-suited for this year’s aero rules than any other track on the entire schedule. At exactly a mile-and-a-half in length and featuring a D-shaped layout, fast speeds and moderate banking, Chicagoland is the kind of place where this year’s high-downforce, reduced-horsepower aero rules have the potential to really shine by creating the kind of closer-quarters racing that NASCAR has long desired for its intermediate tracks. Arguably the best race of the season to date came on Mother’s Day weekend at Kansas Speedway, a track bearing notably similar characteristics to Chicagoland. Don’t be surprised if Sunday’s race turns into an equally stellar show, maybe silencing the many critics of the package for at least a couple of days.

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Hello, NASCAR on NBC Crew

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ith the NASCAR on FOX team having wrapped up its portion of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season last weekend at Sonoma, the NASCAR on NBC broadcast team of Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Rick Allen takes center stage on Sunday at Chicagoland. While this group might lack the folksy, casual style of FOX’s team of Darrell Waltrip, Jeff Gordon, Larry McReynolds and Mike Joy, the NASCAR on NBC bunch offers its own unique flavor that fans have come to enjoy. After all, there’s no one in NASCAR who brings more insight on the sport than Burton, a 21-time Monster Energy Series winner whose nickname is “the mayor.” And, there’s certainly no one who is more beloved than Earnhardt — a winner of NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver Award 15 years in a row leading up his retirement from driving at the end of the 2017 season.

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A Long-Awaited Stewart-Haas Racing Breakthrough

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t some point — and perhaps any day now — Stewart-Haas Racing is going to finally return to a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Victory Lane. Will it happen Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway? Dating back to last season, SHR has now gone a total of 18 races without a win.

The fact that the Tony Stewart co-owned organization hasn’t triumphed in 2019 is particularly surprising given that SHR captured a whopping one-third of last season’s 36 races, eight of them belonging to the company’s flagship driver — 2014 series champion Kevin Harvick. That Harvick and the entire organization, which includes 2018 race winners Clint Bowyer and Aric Amirola, have been shut out of Victory Lane this season is bordering on preposterous. Perhaps the best news for SHR heading into the weekend is that Harvick is a two-time Chicagoland winner (albeit with a different team) and finished third here last year after leading 39 laps and recording a stage victory.

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yle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. have combined to win eight of this season’s 16 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races, with each driver capturing four victories to date. As if that statistic isn’t bad enough for their competition, Busch and Truex have also combined to win the last three races at Chicagoland Speedway, with Busch prevailing one year ago and Truex taking the checkered flag at the 1.5-mile track in both 2016 and 2017. Busch also recorded a victory at the suburban Chicago track in 2008. Based on how dominant the two Joe Gibbs Racing teammates have been in 2019, including last weekend at Sonoma Raceway when they finished 1-2 and were light years ahead of the rest of the field, there’s no reason to think Busch and Truex won’t battle it out for the win at a place where they already know the way to Victory Lane quite well.

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▶▶ Kyle Busch. Kyle Busch continues to flex his proverbial muscle just about everywhere this season, with last weekend’s race on the Sonoma road course being no exception. Chicagoland, where Busch is a two-time winner and went to Victory Lane last summer, should play even more favorably to the driver of the No. 18 Toyota.

Brad Keselowski

▶▶ Martin truex Jr. A winner at Chicagoland in both 2016 and 2017, Martin Truex Jr. returns red-hot and on the heels of an impressive victory last Sunday at Sonoma where he went to Victory Lane for the fourth time already this season. Based on Truex’s performances at Chicagoland and in recent weeks, no one will be surprised if he adds to his 2019 success this weekend.

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▶▶ Brad Keselowski. Brad Keselowski won at Chicagoland in both 2012 and 2014. That’s good news for fans of the Team Penske driver.

The even better news, perhaps, is that, with three wins this season, Keselowski has managed to hold his own against the juggernaut that has been Joe Gibbs Racing. ▶▶ Kevin Harvick. When Chicagoland opened in 2001, Kevin Harvick went to Victory Lane. Then, in 2002, he did the same. But, strange as it might seem, Harvick has yet to add a third Chicagoland win. It could happen Sunday, though, especially in light of the fact that Harvick finished third here last year and is desperately seeking his first win of 2019. ▶▶ Jimmie Johnson. Jimmie Johnson has never won a Monster Energy Series race at Chicagoland Speedway. OK, stop and let that sink in for a minute. Johnson did, however, score his only Xfinity Series victory here, so there is that unusual factoid to which he can cling.

Will the seven-time champ’s lengthy drought end this weekend? It’s possible but don’t count on it.

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n April 27, 2008, Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, scored the victory at Talladega Superspeedway in the Aaron’s 499 after coming back from being a lap down with less than 70 laps to go.

Busch also had a close call with Jamie McMurray, driver of the Roush-Fenway Racing Ford, in the closing laps. The two touched, causing McMurray’s car to fade, but Busch was able to continue to the front.

With five laps remaining, Busch passed Michael Waltrip for the lead but kept his eyes on the rearview mirror and the tight pack

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behind him. He sealed the deal by holding off second-place Juan Pablo Montoya on the backstretch just before an 11car crash in the second turn on the final lap caused the race to end under caution.

Busch’s determination gave him his second of eight Cup victories that season.

“With about 10 to go … I was running fourth or fifth and got a bump draft and got a huge line … and got into (Jamie) McMurray there,” Busch said. “I don’t know what happened with that scenario and we were able to straighten up and get going. The 42 (Montoya) pushed me all the way to the front. (He) gave me a great shock, got us both up to the front two spots and rode up there and stayed together.”

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Kyle Busch 642 Martin Truex Jr. 543 Brad Keselowski 569 Joey Logano 643 Denny Hamlin 542 Chase Elliott 535 Kevin Harvick 573 Kurt Busch 509 Ryan Blaney 468 Alex Bowman 460 Aric Almirola 460 Clint Bowyer 430 Daniel Suarez 421 William Byron 419 Kyle Larson 408 Ryan Newman 391 Jimmie Johnson 390 Erik Jones 386 Paul Menard 353 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 348 Chris Buescher 330 Austin Dillon 319 Ty Dillon 275 Daniel Hemric 256 Matt DiBenedetto 237 Ryan Preece 221 David Ragan 193 Bubba Wallace 182 Corey LaJoie 175 Michael McDowell 173 Matt Tifft 145 Reed Sorenson 48 Quin Houff 41 Jamie McMurray 19 J.J. Yeley 4 Stanton Barrett 2 Casey Mears 1

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Christopher Bell 598 Tyler Reddick 649 Cole Custer 563 Michael Annett 439 Justin Allgaier 527 Austin Cindric 522 Chase Briscoe 470 John Hunter Nemechek 463 Noah Gragson 461 Justin Haley 424 Ryan Sieg 387 Brandon Jones 382 Gray Gaulding 291 Brandon Brown 262 Jeremy Clements 247 Josh Williams 215 Ray Black Jr. 209 Garrett Smithley 209 David Starr 183 Stephen Leicht 172 Matt Mills 152 Vinnie Miller 152 Joey Gase 131 Jeff Green 53 B.J. McLeod 182 Jeffrey Earnhardt 166 Zane Smith 161 Chad Finchum 125 Timmy Hill 122 Mike Harmon 95 Jeb Burton 94 Tommy Joe Martins 89 Ronnie Bassett Jr. 80 Josh Bilicki 71 Kaz Grala 65 Riley Herbst 51 Ryan Truex 40 Landon Cassill 36 Alex Labbe 36 Chris Cockrum 33 Tyler Matthews 30

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Ross Chastain Brett Moffitt Austin Hill Johnny Sauter Grant Enfinger Stewart Friesen Matt Crafton Ben Rhodes Harrison Burton Todd Gilliland Sheldon Creed Tyler Dippel Jordan Anderson Spencer Boyd Gus Dean Brennan Poole Tyler Ankrum Austin Self Anthony Alfredo Cory Roper Josh Reaume Natalie Decker Jesse Little Jennifer Cobb Angela Ruch Myatt Snider Timothy Peters Korbin Forrister Norm Benning Raphael Lessard Joe Nemechek Chandler Smith Christian Eckes David Gilliland Kyle Benjamin Ray Ciccarelli Derek Kraus Greg Biffle Chad Finley Ryan Reed Jesse Iwuji

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Ben Rhodes drives the No. 99 Ford for ThorSport Racing in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series.

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at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sept. 30, 2017. He has finished among the top 10 in the Truck Series standings each of the last two seasons with a best effort of fifth in 2017.

Rhodes, who drives the No. 99 Ford for ThorSport Racing, is also a student at Sullivan University, taking classes in the school’s HVAC program.

Away from the track, Rhodes enjoys working on his 1971 VW Beetle, boxing, watching movies and playing video games.

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en Rhodes was only 17 years old when he became a NASCAR champion, winning five races en route to claiming the 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East title.

Now 22 years old, Rhodes is in his fourth full season in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series and he is expected to be among those challenging for the championship when the season concludes in November at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Born Feb. 21, 1997, in Louisville, Kentucky, Rhodes started racing go-karts when he was 7 years old and earned several local and regional titles before advancing through the Bandolero and Legend Car ranks.

He made his first Late Model start in 2011 at North Carolina’s Hickory Motor Speedway and ran seven NASCAR K&N Pro Series East races just two years later.

Rhodes finished eighth in his Truck Series debut on March 30, 2014, at Martinsville Speedway, and his first series victory came

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Ben Rhodes was 17 years old when he claimed the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East title in 2014.

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Spotlight crew member profile: CESAREO OLIVAS Cesareo Olivas, tire specialist for Gaunt Brothers Racing

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A Man of Many Talents Olivas Loves His Work in the Garage

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esareo Olivas, tire specialist for Gaunt Brothers Racing and driver Parker Kligerman, saw his first NASCAR race on television with his family before attending an event at Sonoma, Calif., in 1989.

The former lighting technician of 25 years did not grow up in NASCAR but wanted to be a part of the sport. Olivas attended the NASCAR Technical Institute after moving to Mooresville, N.C., in 2006. He learned about the technical side of the sport while working with 0 2 8

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Upon graduation in 2009, Olivas joined a local Late Model team. From there, he made connections at Hickory (N.C.) Speedway.

“I met Elroy Trevino, a gentleman there that was driving a commercial hauler that was getting into the sport,” Olivas said. “I was training to do anything, but I ended up working as a gas man for several teams.

He became a hauler driver for Morgan Shepherd and called me and said Morgan needed help with his car. He’s now the hauler driver with Stewart-Haas Racing’s

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DRIVER PROFILE: JEB Burton

Jeb Burton is racing in the XFINITY Series with JR Motorsports.

Thankful for the Opportunity Jeb Burton jumps to XFINITY Series with JRM

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eb Burton entered the NASCAR offseason unsure of his plans.

Fortunately, he landed with JR Motorsports, making a major jump in the XFINITY Series to replant his name at the top of the leaderboard. Driving the No. 8 car, he is determined to get his first series win sooner rather than later.

▶▶ It’s been a great start to the year for you.

What’s the journey been like for you to get to this point?

“It’s been pretty good. We’ve had a couple of decent runs, but we’d like to run a little better. So far, we’ve been doing well. We want to be even better at Bristol.”

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▶▶ What is it like for you to work with a team that has so many drivers?

“It’s definitely interesting. I don’t really work with the other drivers. It’s harder for the crew chief. Me and Taylor Moyer work really well together. He gets me up to speed very quickly.”

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ocelyn Fecteau graduated to the NASCAR Pinty’s Series in 2014 after competing in the Canadian Touring Car Championship. He is the driver and owner of the No. 77 Dodge Challenger fielded by JF77 Racing, and two of Fecteau’s top-three finishes have come in the popular event at Circuit de Trois-Rivieres.

NASCAR Pole Position recently connected with Fecteau for a Q&A about his career and sponsorship opportunities. ▶▶ When did you get a sense that this was something you’d want to do professionally? There are two answers to that question. When you’re very young in Canada, you typically dream of becoming a hockey player. I wanted to be a race car

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Right now, I can enjoy both of them. Would I want to do more racing? Yes, but it’s a challenge getting more seat time and sponsor money. Money is always the key. By having Mahindra ROXOR supporting me, it draws a line to help me fulfill my dream. ▶▶ What do you do for your other job? My dad worked at a car dealership all his life; and I studied at the Canadian Automotive Marketing Business School. I went to a program in Ontario and studied business management and automotive marketing. I spent 16 years with Toyota Canada. I’m no longer with them, but I’m with a company – OEM – that manufactures parts. We’re dealing with John Deere, Caterpillar – those types of businesses. This time of year, it’s difficult to juggle a professional career and professional racing. ▶▶ How did the partnership with Mahindra ROXOR come about? For me to be a representative for the company, I need to believe in it. It’s good to get money, but if I don’t believe in the product, I’ll say no to sponsors. It’s a hard thing to do, but if it’s not reaching your personal conviction, you should not be representing those people. ROXOR is the type of product I like – a multi-functional vehicle that can go off-road.

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Acknowledged as one of the country’s leading neurosurgeons, Dr. Jason Cormier has helped MSG provide a comprehensive, grassroots marketing campaign focused on preventative health care education and wellness training.

For Dr. Cormier’s most recent side project, he co-authored an autobiography – with the help of acclaimed author Clifton Lambreth. The book, “Challenges: The Inspiring Story of Dr. Jason Cormier” shares the brain surgeon’s journey overcoming significant obstacles to achieve extraordinary things.

“I had no intention of doing a book,” Cormier said. “I’m a private person, and the last thing I wanted to do was wallow in the embarrassment of some of the challenges I’ve faced in my life. People were pushing me to share my life experiences because there are many others currently suffering through some of the same things. My hope is that people might draw from

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this reservoir of experiences so as to foster more positive solutions in confronting the difficult challenges in their lives.”

Cormier, along three other siblings, was raised by a single mother who also served as a high school and college educator. His father was absent throughout his childhood, and money was tight for the Cormier family in Lafayette, La. “My dad was absent and not the best role model,” Cormier said. “He battled with alcoholism, and that was something we had to deal

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“You don’t really know how your parents’ divorce resonates deep inside you,” Cormier said. “In self-reflection, I don’t think I ever dealt with that correctly. I recall a lot of yelling and screaming in front of us, in addition to physical abuse. That became somewhat of the norm. I kept it hidden and tucked away.

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Earnhardt grew up around various animals with his stepmother working as a veterinarian assistant, and he hopes to eventually purchase a motorhome so Bama can travel with him to the track on race weekends.

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