Filling Out My NASCAR Playoffs Bracket | 2023 Edition 

What's Bubba's average finish at Darlington?? is he really good at that track?? is 23XI good at Darlington??

@@americanwalmarts3565 well he’s finished 9th and 5th there in his last two races. 23XI in general has been very good at intermediates. Everything else has just been a work in progress

​@@graham2661because he's an average hit or miss driver

I think Larson is an early exit in round 12. And I think Buscher will make the final 4 instead. My championship pick =Byron.

Yea and not to mention, Phoenix is kind of a dud, garbage racing and a horrible way to decide a championship, qualifying kind of determines the winner of that race...passing is next to impossible.

Miami was a dud with the next gen last year so MAYBE they dodged a bullet. We'll see if it's good this year

The part that nobody ever thinks about is the weather. You can't have your championship race rain out. Phoenix is the obvious choice.

I think the championship race should be in Las Vegas. No rain and it has better racing than phoenix

​@pv2xeek no Las Vegas is the obvious choice!! A classic track where the championship can be decided in LAS VEGAS!!

I think that'd be cool. But I think they are still not quite there. Next year for sure.

I have Chris being the one that will represent RFK in the championship 4 besides Truex, Kyle Busch and Byron. RFK is the hottest team going into the playoffs right now and I can see Brad making it to the round of 8, but the 17 I can see him pulling a Chastain type of run and going all the way.. I still believe the championship itself comes down between Truex and Byron with the 24 winning it in the end. I wouldn't count the 8 out of it either but the last few years in the playoffs haven't been good to Kyle Busch at all so we'll see. I'm probably going to get a lot of flack for this one but idc, but I can see bubba winning Kansas and then Talladega and having his run end in the round of 8. I'm not a fan of his by any means but I'm giving him some credit for even making it in the playoffs which he deserves to be there, and yes I'm a Chase Elliott fan but even I've said it all season long,that he didn't deserve to be in the playoffs not the way that team ran when he was in the car believe it or not but when Josh Berry was driving it for that short period of time,he was better than Chase even though the results don't show it on the performance charts. I think Chase will be back in full swing next year,if he has another bad season in 2024 then it will be just exactly like Gordon did between 1999 &2001 even though Jeff won 10 races in that time span (7 in 99) and (3 in 2000) he had a lot of DNF'S in that stretch and the speed and consistency of finishing top 10 wasn't there for the most part which I was even surprised that he finished in the top 10 in points in both of those years. Hopefully history doesn't repeat itself but if Chase has another bad season then we'll go back to my Gordon theory and we'll leave it at that.

I got Buescher in mine

Final Four 1 Joey 2Truex. 3 Larson 4 Bush

I would have truex #1 logano #2 buesher #3 bush #4

If he gets through round one I think he’ll get through round two. His finishes in round one were 6, 16, and 11, so he ran good at the round of 16 tracks. So I think a round of 8 appearance is attainable.

Exactly what I was thinking

McDowell only has two top fives this year.

@@davidreece5867 He had only top five to this point last year. What’s your point?

@@shaytrueblueaussie my point is, his performance isn’t consistent enough to make it out of the first round. Even with a win, he only had the 17th highest point total of the regular season.

True.

That's what I've been saying, move the Coca-Cola 600 To the Championship Race, still in Charlotte!

@@jamiesweitzer8469 Absolutely! I can't believe they haven't done that yet! It makes the most sense and tests all levels of racing

@@whiteeyes37431. The day the Coke 600 is on is considered the bests day in Motorsports because of indy and Charlotte so it’s good for ratings

@@JesterNikolai8 Ratings would be better if it was the championship race. Look at what Phoenix gets and it absolutely sucks!! Put the 2nd Daytona or Dega on with Indy.

not sure about that

Nah not another final 4 with Busch in it.

​@@runrafarunthebestintheworld💀

​@@runrafarunthebestintheworldawwww but it's entertaining:(

I’d take the talladega part with a grain of salt due to it being rain

​@@JesterNikolai8yeah, but he's a good super speedway racer in general, so it wasn't entirely due to rain. It certainly helped, but let's not pretend that he is shit at these tracks.

​​@@JesterNikolai8He battled Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano (two of the best superspeedway racers of all-time) for 8 laps (an eternity at Talladega) with the threat of imminent rain at any moment (everyone knew it, too). If anything, he got bailed out by Ryan Preece crashing right before it rained. He earned that win, and the narrative that he didn't is ridiculous

He also finished 4th at Kansas this year.

​@@DepravedCoTApologistBubba Wallace would've won Talladega if he didn't throw that shitty block on front of Truex Jr

I’d love to see that

My way to early champion was Byron and after the clash I chose Busch so it would be cool to see

History repeating itself is your prediction? Hey sometimes history does repeat itself.

@@DavidAlmodovar-eo8dg I hope to god it does

Sorry but Truex has been just too good not to take it home this year . By far the most consistent all season long .

Never count out the boy Rowdy to get it done, even with 3 wheels on his hot rod. I think it says a lot that both Reddick and KFB have both made the playoffs in that 8 ball and Dillon has just 1 win at daytona summer race last year. dudes a dud and RCR needs to abandon ship with him

I agree but blood runs thick

KFB hits his stride going in and every track in the final 4 can be a win

I was thinking this too. Reddick is good at the tracks, but Wallace has Kansas to make a cushion for Bristol and if they both make it to Round 12 Wallace has improved significantly at the Road courses

I'm sorry but feel like Kyle Larson is being too inconsistent to make it to the championship 4

I think the 17 is getting close to that mark

@@trealosgaming334517 is well off, he’d need to average 15 stage points a race in the playoffs to hit that mark and make the Final 4

@@MLGProSwag69 except of the last 5 races, with 3 of them being non road coarses, who has been driving the best in his career. Not saying the 17 will win every race this playoff but i feel like he will win his ticket to the final 4.

yup, I'm a Larson fan, so I agree with this! Go Larson

@@SpeedyRacing15-rq1vk- Same! Go Larson 🏁

As a harvick fan, I'm loving this prediction 😏🔥

(11) Chastain did it last year n made it to the round of 4 wouldn’t be shocked if Hamlin made it

@@johnhaas2523 I mean I’m not rooting against Eric😂 but as a Denny hater yes I hope he gets knocked out by round 2

Yea KFB engine blew up like 3 times in a row in the playoffs, meanwhile none of the other JGR cars had engine troubles the entire year...explains a lot.

I can get where you are coming from. And while I’m not the biggest Kyle Busch fan, I wouldn’t be mad if he won the 2023 championship. And when you have Childress comparing Kyle Busch to Dale Earnhardt Sr, I can believe it. Also, it’s been almost 30 years since Childress won a championship if I’m not mistaken. And speaking JGR, I also wouldn’t mind if Denny Hamlin were to finally win a championship before he retires.

I wouldn’t mind Denny Hamlin winning the championship for a change before he retires.

​@@bighand1530Honestly, I'd love it just to see the fanbase meltdown. That would be hilarious to watch

@@DepravedCoTApologist Social Media wouldn’t boring for sure if Denny Hamlin ever wins a championship lol.

@@bighand1530 yeah plus once Hamlin wins he championship this year with JGR he could finally race for his own team and probably takes the 11 with him or uses the 35.

Denny could be the next Mark Martin 🤔

Have a good time! Do a track pass if you can!

Go Clemson

Spurs up!

Good first track to go to

Wow. Hope you have the time of your life buddy.

Yes I hope he does

I hate to admit it because I want Harvick win. But this is William Byron's championship to lose. Im 95% sure Byron wins it all.

He lucked in to 4 of 5 wins this season. Might as well luck into the championship

Truex has had a better year though and more top tens and two less DNF's than Byron . My pick is Truex for the title .

Yeah people forget how great bubba has been at all of those tracks in the 1st round. And with toyota's mile and a half package being the strongest by far, he has a great chance to advance

lmao its not comical its a good pick. hes never made the playoffs before and he has the worst pit crew ever so him missing is definitely not a bad call. aslo if he makes it i wouldnt be surprised either.

@@billsbetterthanurteam8488 I would have to agree with you on the pit crew. But I just feel that with those mile and a half tracks being on the schedule in the 1st round. It would be hard for toyota to be slow, and if he does have a bad stop. He should be able to claw his way back through the field to get a good finish

@@Dedicatedays100_Cameron I just think either can happen and I wouldn’t be surprised at all

@@billsbetterthanurteam8488 agreed

Mine too. Including Paint Scheme Videos.

Exactly I keep telling people he has been running around the top 15 all season and is consistent

I hate the Cowboys

I mean it happened in 2021, Larson, Elliot, Truex, Hamlin. But I'd agree it probably won't because of the next gen car.

That's the best final 4 picks.

That's a good final 4. I can't argue that.

Hedrick is strong at playoff tracks

Hendrick always magically gets good again in the playoffs. One of their cars will make

You aren’t getting a final 4 without a Hendrick car, its just unheard of. Byron has been pretty consistent all year long, he wasn’t really involved in the other Hendrick troubles, he was the outlier, and Kyle Larson is one of the most clutch drivers, he’ll get it done.

Who’s cole curry

@@ericschuette5739 I don't know

🤣

WWWWWW

Can't get him out of your head huh? Bad case of bromance dude.

You bite your tongue.

Watch the ratings drop off

I totally agree except replacing the 4 car for the 5

As a harvick fan, it would be so nice to see him win the chip in his final year, your son is pulling for the right driver 😏🔥

Bubba thugga ain’t even good enough to work the McDonald’s drive thru window. Dude is a total ass clown. Just listen to him talk and watch how he carry’s himself. Total joke.

I pray to the NASCAR gods he wins it all. Been a Harvick fan since 2001 his rookie year when he won his 1st race and held off a charging Jeff Gordon at Atlanta.

@@DavidAlmodovar-eo8dg While Harvick isn’t my favorite driver I do hope he does well during these playoffs for one last time it’ll be a nice feel good story if he pulls it off

Blaney also had a rocket ship last year at Bristol , started front row and lead for awhile till his tire blew , then a penalty, but he was mad fast

Logano too inconsistent

Penske has been especially liquid shit this year. I know Cindric hasn’t blown anyone away, but that car has been as bad as SHR or pre-RFK Roush. Blaney and Logano are both outside of the top 10 in points. I’m a Blaney fan, but I just don’t see a Penske driver getting it this year.

Remember Logano was shit last year too until about the round of 8. Don't discount him or Penske For all we know, they've beem saving their good stuff for then.

@@jayryia he was in the top 5 for the regular season points and 2nd to start the playoff grid. He might not have been a champion contender until the playoffs started, but he had a pretty solid year already put together going into the playoffs. I’m not discounting him, but Penske was on a different level last year. I hope you’re right. I’m just not counting on it. You want to come into the playoffs with momentum and Penske simply hasn’t had that.

​@@kevinlittrell3407true. But I've learned not to put anything past them at all. Very sneaky even they are bad

Bubbles the Noose Goose!!! Haaaaaa! You don't know how much this comment made me laugh! Lol right now!😂