NASCAR’s Senior VP of Competition Elton Sawyer Talks Tires, NextGen Car, and Officiating

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. sits down with NASCAR Senior Vice President of Competition Elton Sawyer to discuss the current state of NASCAR officiating, the NextGen car, tires, and more - while also taking A deep dive into Sawyer’s own career as a driver. The conversation begins with Sawyer’s early days behind the wheel and the story behind meeting Elton’s now wife and former race car driver, Patty Moise. The two discuss his time racing in the Busch Series, along with his short-run racing in the NASCAR Cup Series. Sawyer breaks down the end of his racing career and his transition to working on the competition side of the sport.
Sawyer then provides a “peek behind the curtain” and shares what his day-to-day looks like as the SVP of Competition. Sawyer explains the role of a race director, how NASCAR evaluates penalties, and how the appeals process works. He also breaks down what caused the tires at Bristol to react the way he did, shares what they hope to achieve with multiple tire compounds at the All-Star Race, and reveals the potential of Hybrids breaking into the sport.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction and Background
02:05 - Transition from Racing to NASCAR
03:05 -The Challenges of Short Track Racing
06:21 -Racing Stories with Patty Sawyer
08:43 -Tension in Racing
11:35 -The Decision to Focus on Racing
13:27 - The Finesse of Short Track Racing
15:54 - The Dedication Required in Late Model Racing
50:13 -Transitioning from Race Car Driver to Managing Director
54:05 - Understanding the Sport and Decision-Making Process
56:30 - Challenges of Working in Race Control
01:00:45 - The Role of Communication and Teamwork in Race Control
01:03:36 - Making Difficult Decisions as a Race Director
01:05:15 - The Role of the Appeals Panel in NASCAR
01:08:08 - The Development of the Next-Gen Car
01:08:37 - Collaboration Between Stakeholders in the Industry
01:15:14 - The Potential for New Manufacturers and Hybrid Technology
01:16:41 - Challenges of Officiating and Making Decisions in NASCAR
01:27:36 - Improving Short Track Racing Through Tire Management and Track Treatment

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@Dreway 11 дней назад

Time Stamps 02:05 - Transition from Racing to NASCAR 03:05 -The Challenges of Short Track Racing 06:21 -Racing Stories with Patty Sawyer 08:43 -Tension in Racing 11:35 -The Decision to Focus on Racing 13:27 - The Finesse of Short Track Racing 15:54 - The Dedication Required in Late Model Racing 50:13 -Transitioning from Race Car Driver to Managing Director 54:05 - Understanding the Sport and Decision-Making Process 56:30 - Challenges of Working in Race Control 01:00:45 - The Role of Communication and Teamwork in Race Control 01:03:36 - Making Difficult Decisions as a Race Director 01:05:15 - The Role of the Appeals Panel in NASCAR 01:08:08 - The Development of the Next-Gen Car 01:08:37 - Collaboration Between Stakeholders in the Industry 01:15:14 - The Potential for New Manufacturers and Hybrid Technology 01:16:41 - Challenges of Officiating and Making Decisions in NASCAR 01:27:36 - Improving Short Track Racing Through Tire Management and Track Treatment

@roberthevern6169 11 дней назад

Hey, cool, many thanks!!

@JasonMott-3827 10 дней назад

I appreciate you

@WilfordBrimleyGaming 11 дней назад

It's cool to hear his history in the sport because I honestly thought he was just a talking head for NASCAR. He seemed too "put together" to have been a racer. Very cool.

@waynebowen3133 11 дней назад

I grew up in the early 80s watching Bubba Adams and Elton Sawyer battle every Saturday night at Langley speedway Hampton VA and Elton drove 43 way before 42

@coils4foil537 11 дней назад

Bubba and his dad lived across the street from me in Great Bridge. Ricky Rudd lived a few houses down!!

@jayrock711 11 дней назад

Bubba was my favorite driver back then. I actually became a Mark Martin fan because of him.

@fauxpa61 10 дней назад

Yet another outstanding interview, with an important person making decisions. Junior continues to be an excellent interviewer, who asks questions and offers scenarios, then allows the guest to answer and talk about the issue.

@darrylniehoff2707 11 дней назад

I luv how nascar uses that independent panel now . Big Bill never operated that way .

@daverenfroe3645 11 дней назад

Awesome show as always.......thank you so much for the motorsports entertainment and information !

@kriswysong6038 11 дней назад

Great interview but I wonder if you guys could start putting chapters on your videos so I can fast forward to the sections I'm wanting to hear about?

@Dreway 11 дней назад

Check the description

@dalejrfanfreak 11 дней назад

@@Dreway Hey those weren't there before haha. I had to manually fast forward to the 50 minute or so mark to listen to what I was most interested in.

@MGlass-xg9no 10 дней назад

Which is??

@kennethking3520 11 дней назад

I worked at Brad Akins' Lincoln/Mercury dealership in Athens, Georgia in 1994. He paid for all the techs and parts personnel from his two dealerships to go to the Charlotte race in October of '94. Really nice guy to work for. Before the racing deal he would pay for all of us to go deep sea fishing every fall in Destin, Fla.

@gone2bch 11 дней назад

Junior has harped on the wide tire and big brake issue for short tracks since this car came out. Why did he not bring it up? He talked many times about more horsepower. But he let Elton sit there and say it would cost a lot more money to develop more horsepower. But engine builders and owners have said that it would cost no more than what it cost them now.

@Grady4bobcats 11 дней назад

Gotta not piss off Elton or Nascar. Nascar doesn't have a strong enough stomach to believe that THEY caused all the issues with the Next Gen racing. I thought it was hilarious when Elton said that the Gen 6 style of racing and the teams engineering was not a financially viable option long term because the current cars are as expensive or more, according to multiple drivers & owners. Furthermore, Nascar teams have been losing sponsorship, tv, and other dollars since NASCAR took away the horsepower of 2011-2014. Nascar has no one to blame but themselves.

@driftmaster1 11 дней назад

most of the engine builders have stated they could “show up tomorrow with near 1000 hp at zero cost” so obviously cost isn’t the problem

@roberthevern6169 11 дней назад

@@driftmaster1 I question that statement, while it may be true, all I know is 'horsepower costs money, how fast do you want to go??'

@budracing68 10 дней назад

@@Grady4bobcatsPlease go watch F1 and unfollow all nascar related content.

@driftmaster1 10 дней назад

@@roberthevern6169 simply removing the tapered spacer literally a zero cost change is all it takes the other zero cost option (as far as parts cost) is simply use only the under tray and diffuser no splitter no spoiler for downforce and let the drivers showcase their skills

@busher69 11 дней назад

Patty Moise was the real deal. Imagine what she could do today with the money and influence nascar has threw at Danica and is now throwing at Hailie. Glad she and Elton are doing well.

@kennethking3520 10 дней назад

She would drive circles around Danica and Hailie. TODAY.

@seangerrity9217 11 дней назад

I wonder what would happen if they did more testing at the short tracks? More tire tests, engine power packages, brake packages and other areas of the cars with a larger group of participating drivers and teams. It makes sense to me that this ought to make a difference in fixing or improving the racing. It would be interesting to know more about the feasibility of doing this because surely it wouldn't be a small or inexpensive undertaking.

@johnhaas2523 11 дней назад

You're not getting engine packages

@larryburwell8550 9 дней назад

elton sawyer is a great guy. great personality to handle his job. great drive too. i really enjoyed this video. time well spent!! by me

@user-sc7gf4th5w 11 дней назад

SO GOOD TO SEE ELTON ON THE PROGRAM. i WATCHED HIM A LOT AT Langley, and his parents were friends of mine

@brettmarley4772 11 дней назад

I think at this point nascar wants short tracks to die. They want the cookie cutter 1.5 to survive since they built so many. I have heard they made that more exciting than the short tracks currently. So they are getting what they want.

@liamfirebird6922 11 дней назад

Its been done before. Back in the 70s they had some overlap with the engine technology. When they initially began to phase out the big block engines in favor of the small block motors. If i remember right the big block cars were forced to run a restrictor plate to even out the competition with the small block engine. This was well before restrictor plates were reintroduced in the eighties in the name of safety. So i think a pushrod V8 competing against a twin turbo V6 could work. It would be fascinating to watch.

@jefferyrobertson7520 11 дней назад

Elton Sawyer Drove Number 27 Buick Regal And LeSabre NASCAR Busch Grand National Series V6 Engine From The Early 90s Before Ward Burton The Rest Is History

@user-vq2ji7om4i 11 дней назад

Really enjoyed! Keep up the good work.

@MarkVV045 11 дней назад

DALE JUNIOR NEEDS TO RACE AT SLINGER , FOR THE SLINGER NATIONALS JULY 9th 2024 , his daddy raced up here at Slinger back in the day

@gregoryleo4640 8 дней назад

Elton Sawyer's wife Patty Moise raced at Slinger.

@1BrianSawyer 11 дней назад

16:12 The most entertaining finish to a race that I've ever seen in person was Roger Sawyer finishing 2nd to IDK who in a Legends car at Southampton Motor Speedway in Capron, VA, and he crossed the finish line airborne above/behind the 1st place car!!! Had the line been another 100 ft away, he would have likely won.

@spikezumbro2916 9 дней назад

Has to be one of the BEST interviews JR has ever done.

@johnvadnais5254 11 дней назад

Would NASCAR ever entertain maybe for an All-Star event or Clash racing an actual Stock car? Have teams race in the old cars before COT and let them tune the cars and see who has the best setups.

@johnhaas2523 11 дней назад

No for safety reasons

@kennethsheriff1659 9 дней назад

Seeing as how the cars before cot weren't "stock" then no

@Sam-le6sp 8 дней назад

I worked in a shop in Chesapeake through a Temp. agency, and Elton's father was the shop foreman. He was immensely proud of his son, and daughter-in-law.....

@Vigilant_Guardian 11 дней назад

I was/ am Eltons #1 fan.. from the first time I recall him racing with his father at Langley Speedway in Hampton,Va. to the epic battles every saturday night with drivers like : 89 billy smith /21 charlie doyle /12wayne handbury /47 phil warren/9 bubba adams /57 eddie johnson etc.. elton was a real smoothe driver easy on the tires and smart to race with and against.

@samperrigan6094 10 дней назад

I’d like to see Marcus Smith backon the show for a 3rd time here his side of the Denny thing also he always seems to have some news to break I remember him talking about the “Bristol cover” idea

@stevemullen8457 10 дней назад

As usual,great interview.

@leishahenderson4031 11 дней назад

He also raced iroc

@davidrice3337 11 дней назад

I don't remember Elton Sawyer in IROC - Elton John maybe but not this dude

@faststang85 10 дней назад

He never raced iroc 😂 maybe did some testing but that would have been a stretch.

@jasonjackson5493 11 дней назад

Why not just fix the width and size of the wheel...it'd way too biggggg

@dougstraining4999 10 дней назад

Get Rich Bickle in the studio, arguably the best short track driver in the nation in the late 80's early 90's won more SB derby's then anyone.

@mattrussell2133 11 дней назад

Go to something like IMSA, dont worry about a specific engine, hit a performance number and let it run

@tw88gttama 11 дней назад

Had the privilege of going to Sebring this year and that was one of the best racing experiences I’ve ever had imsa has a great thing going on right now

@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT 11 дней назад

The way they did the GTP/Hypercars with hybrid and combustion is BEAUTIFUL!

@jamieorange7073 11 дней назад

Piss On IMSA

@tw88gttama 11 дней назад

@@jamieorange7073 hello troll

@gregoryleo4640 8 дней назад

I remember in the mid 90's, 95% of the field in the Busch Series were Chevrolets. The Akins-Sutton #38 Ford was one of the only full time cars Ford fans could root for. That was the Ford factory backed team.

@tommyking-gl5xb 10 дней назад

Thank you sir, very good show, thank you, old man tom.

@user-lo7tb7wz6l 10 дней назад

GREAT Interview!! Appreciate NASCAR’s perspective on issues, especially short track options!! Why don’t they share more perspectives. Feel like it’s Denny vs. NASCAR. Speak up NASCAR so Fans get both sides!!

@NeedsLessWedge 8 дней назад

Just bring the whole enchilada of the facts when speaking up and not tip toe-ing around all issues and causes..

@matthewgrear3260 11 дней назад

NASCAR-we don’t want to add horsepower because it will be to expensive Also NASCAR- let’s switch to hybrid or whatever… which will be more expensive to develop for the OEM

@ajz00k83 11 дней назад

My thoughts exactly 😆😆😆 makes no sense

@mpf1947 11 дней назад

Don't forget carbon bodies on cars that are no lighter than the old steel-bodied ones. What's the point? It's just more expensive and harder to fix.

@johnhaas2523 11 дней назад

NASCAR has to do with the manufacturers want

@johnhaas2523 11 дней назад

@@mpf1947The carbon fiber bodies may not be lighter but you don't have no cut tires and it's much easier to replace Just panels instead of the whole side of a car and also nothing the teams can manipulate like the way they could with the sheet metal bodies

@DerrickRG 9 дней назад

@@johnhaas2523WRONG. As usual.

@montecarloss305 10 дней назад

Not to oversimplify it, but Nascar really only needs to change the size and the aspect ratio of the tire to solve a bulk of their problems. The NextGen Tire is approx 2in wider, which compared to the old tire, makes it like almost adding a 5th tire's worth of contact patch to the car. Also, with the growth of the rim from 15 to 18in, teams lost a great deal of spring rate out of the sidewalls. Narrow the tire and it'll just become that much easier to spin the rear tires. Increase the sidewall height (with maybe a 17in wheel) and teams will have more adjustability to get drivers comfortable. This would also be one of the most cost effective and easiest changes to test.

@morphman21 8 дней назад

@DirtyMoMedia, please KEEP doing the timestamps for each segments like this and for the Tuesday shows with dale jr ONLY please?

@markdegnan43 11 дней назад

Great show🏁

@158shm 10 дней назад

Coulda, shoulda, great show Man 🏁🏁🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@charliewhite3992 11 дней назад

I like the 2 different tires

@nmalueg1990 11 дней назад

The tire is what is going to make or break this car. Hopefully Goodyear can find the correct compound

@1962markstubson 11 дней назад

Whatever happened to Mike Davis

@HankeyMountainGarage 11 дней назад

Good question?

@johnhaas2523 11 дней назад

He's still the president of dirty Mo Media. If everybody would have paid attention to what was said by Mike last fall you wouldn't be asking questions

@johnhaas2523 11 дней назад

Mike answered your question last fall

@teresagoodwin7458 11 дней назад

He has another job within Dirty Mo Media if I'm not mistaken.

@bradhagen4594 11 дней назад

@@HankeyMountainGarage he is now the president of dirty mo media. But since his departure, the show has felt off to me. he for sure brought an element to it.

@freedom6919741 11 дней назад

Give the car more HP so the drivers have to drive the car please.

@johnhaas2523 11 дней назад

You will see more power when they go to hybrid

@stephenscott609 11 дней назад

I think that car is in the museum at Talladega the Amway speed record car!!!

@NeedsLessWedge 8 дней назад

I don't think the cost increase is in the actual engines and building the HP. I think what they are alluding to but not outright admitting is that the higher cost is in having to redesign the car underneath and for teams to buy beefier drive trains (transaxle) and linkages to handle the increased horsepower. And NASCAR has forced the teams into this trap/ box from the get go.

@J.Steele7 11 дней назад

Only going for hybrid unless it’s to add to the engine they have to get to 900hp

@lawrencebeeler6273 11 дней назад

WOW ,HOLY SH** did you hear that no new pushrod V8's

@captiannemo1587 11 дней назад

The old ‘stock’ engines lasted decades… it’s not too big a deal.

@lawrencebeeler6273 11 дней назад

@@captiannemo1587 instead of seeing V8 engines turning transmissions you're going to start seeing smaller 4 and 6 cylinder engines turning generators which might not be a bad way to go , it is a lot easier to regulate how much electricity a gen. Puts out or how much torque a motor makes than it is to regulate a performance racing engine

@johnhaas2523 11 дней назад

I could have told you that there wasn't going to be no push right engines in a few years The manufacturers would rather have dual overhead cams

@user-nr9vz4xn6k 11 дней назад

So cool I was with Maxi Bush in 1989 I believe and we let Patty set her front end up I our garage she got there late and had to use the parking lot I have pictures 😁 and pictures of your Dad's Nova #8 Good Rench car

@Harmds5fl 11 дней назад

Get it right❤

@biggallcaps 11 дней назад

How much of all of these decisions about the NextGen car was about profits? All of them? Because when you design a series around trying to make money instead of around making a superior race product, THIS is exactly what you get. A souless, ugly, dangerous, and frankly a shittier glorified GT car that undermines the NASCAR most fans want to see. I'm sorry, I'm not convinced that any of NASCAR's leadership is making good decisions any more because they do not have the race product be the number 1 priority. Just a bunch a poor excuses and patronizing trying to excuse why things can't be how they were 20 years ago. The only problem is the people in charge

@ericmicke4130 10 дней назад

I can't help but wonder how much damage NASCAR has done to itself with fans over the last 20 or so years. Constantly casually admitting to yellows being thrown just for funsies, you always get stories on these podcasts and in books etc... of times NASCAR has made certain decisions based on who they would help/hurt. Then you have all of the changes like the playoffs, stages, GWC, double file restarts and while some of these are well liked and some are debated it all just reminds you how much NASCAR is manipulating things in an effort to fool people into thinking it's better than it is. And sorry but i think racing is good enough to stand on its own. But instead we get them wanting to force cars to run closer together for the illusion of better racing even though most tracks they can't really do much to race. I wonder if it would be even more fringe for people to think Buescher won Kansas if NASCAR didn't have a history that makes it hard for fans to trust. I know its weird of all the things in this interview it was the casual comment about how they'd normally throw a yellow late in the race whether necessary or not but it boils my blood every time i hear it admitted to like it was ever okay.

@Radicalfreedom227 11 дней назад

“What are yal doing about this, this, and this? Yeah we’re working on that. Yeah we’re working on that.

@bobuncle8704 11 дней назад

Great episode 👍👍

@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT 11 дней назад

I respect Elton as a race car driver, but I don’t respect him as a NASCAR Senior Vice President of Competition. Still nice to hear is story tho about his racing career!

@randykirchhevel7311 9 дней назад

Dale Jr. What do you think of Hailie Degan racing the #15 Ford with the paint scheme you Dad ran on the Bud 1:17:43 Moore #15 Ford.

@kennethking3520 10 дней назад

Dale had a golden opportunity to ask some really good questions about some questionable issues, but he muffed it. 😖

@strokerace14bp 11 дней назад

Believe that car she drove is in Talladega mueseum???? Very narrow and small greenhouse

@7viewerlogic670 11 дней назад

Wow. Why doesn't Dodge (Ram) run in the truck series?

@johnhaas2523 11 дней назад

Why not ask the parent company of Dodge

@christopherbouchard4121 10 дней назад

They wanted to, they tried. They even had talks with team owners. Teams needed engineering support that dodge couldn't support

@gregoryleo4640 8 дней назад

@@christopherbouchard4121Dodge now has different ownership.

@Sawyer94.. 9 дней назад

Why does everytime a nascar executive talks i get nervous of the future of nascar. I never hear an announcement or answer to a question like yeah thats the right direction. I feel like nascar declined and they think they have to make big changes to fix it. I don't think their is a fix racing is just not the biggest sport. Is nascar size just not good enough. Im worried they chase these big numbers never get them and alienate their base and ruin what we all love about it.

@CrabNicolson 11 дней назад

If they don't want to build a pushrod v8, then they can go somewhere else. Toyota did not have a pushrod v8 when they joined either. They had been using dohc for years. I do not want to see BOP in nascar. It works for imsa, because you have more BOP adjustments to make. You won't have that in nascar. You're just muddying the rulebook for another manufacturer that isn't really needed. Right now, each manufacturer has a chance to win each week for the most part. Once you have different engine packages or what not, you'll have dominance with certain track layouts. Just like IMSA. Porsche is strong at certain circuits where as others struggle . You could possible have honda with its engine variant dominating to the point in which others will have to follow suit abandoning the current engine packages, spending money on an inline 4 turbo hybrid for example just to compete. Or they'll have v8s for some tracks and inline4's for others like trans am did back in the days.

@chadchadchadchadchad 11 дней назад

PUT GREASE ON THE TRACK!

@user-sc7gf4th5w 11 дней назад

SO, WHEN WILL pATTY BE ON.

@Harmds5fl 11 дней назад

Don't know

@scubasteev 9 дней назад

How are all the positive comments at the top...regardless of likes or relpies...all the comments with disagreements are way down at the bottom...and of course, there are many. Tires can't fix the aero crap going on...elton cares about pandering the the most casual fan...that's what he is paid to do.

@DerrickRG 9 дней назад

Yep

@Harmds5fl 11 дней назад

I have a great idea about racing ❤

@Harmds5fl 11 дней назад

South Dakota mad 👞

@Harmds5fl 11 дней назад

Man❤

@Harmds5fl 11 дней назад

High banks coming soon

@Harmds5fl 11 дней назад

Movie?⭐🎥🍿

@user-wz2cz4sn8r 11 дней назад

Hey Dale forgot to ask him about the finish line stuff

@johnhaas2523 11 дней назад

There's been enough explanatory about the start finish line and The camera

@dhoff71 11 дней назад

Does anyone really like spec cup cars?

@badad0166 10 дней назад

BIAS PLY! (sorry for yelling. BP on short tracks. Hang it out like Dale did).

@jeffatkinson6848 10 дней назад

hey dale bring in lake speed or dave marcis again

@radmanrob 10 дней назад

what happened with Mike???

@johnhaas2523 10 дней назад

Don't ask questions because you're supposed to know the answer

@spyem1 11 дней назад

Why cater a drivetrain to a potential oem? Why not make the sport so sought after that they have to build their own engine?

@billsmith9737 11 дней назад

I agree .. why kiss another oem ass … you want in build it .. if you drove the engines on the street now they would do 120 down the straight away at talladega..they are so far from what’s on the street it isn’t even funny

@johnhaas2523 11 дней назад

You act like ford doesn't want hybrid or Chevy

@DerrickRG 9 дней назад

@@johnhaas2523will you go away? Nobody cares about your worthless opinion.

@coyote8198 10 дней назад

On crashed cars today 2024. Does Nascar take It or them to see if anything has been manipulated before the crashed?

@DerrickRG 9 дней назад

We don't want these cars to BE a street car inside and out. We just want it to LOOK like the street car. In the 60s-80s they were taking street cars and stripping all the street out of them to turn them into race cars. If I buy a 2020 Chevy Cruise to race, I'm not taking it to the track in a stock state, I'm tearing it to the frame and building into something else. Shouldn't be any different now.

@DerrickRG 9 дней назад

Stop catering to the lowest commom denominator. If you can't afford to race, you don't race. That goes for teams and manufacturers.

@aardremiz4752 3 дня назад

Get bill Broderick the unocal hat man on the show

@jeffatkinson6848 10 дней назад

or tim brewer

@erronflynn8766 8 дней назад

👍🏻

@racerguy6979 10 дней назад

The race director reminds me referees or umpires. They all make different calls sometimes and sometimes are wrong

@jacobkindiger4593 11 дней назад

The new age NASCAR top brass needs to go. All this meat riding propaganda is all bs.

@jasonjackson5493 11 дней назад

How is Nascar the sister company to IMSA?? They have lost their minds this is NASCAR! Tell those other manufacturers we have V8 pushrod motors, so don't worry about coming in! I know they are in a hard spot, but just hold your ground!

@King1614 11 дней назад

Nascar owns IMSA

@jake21494 8 дней назад

No pushrod V8 does not equal no V8 at all. For some manufacturers it might mean a dual overhead cam V8 that is much more modern and would pair with a common hybrid.

@MRGandee 11 дней назад

I can’t wait to listen to all his bullshit in this episode

@lynxmh 11 дней назад

3.0 L single turbo V6 power plant would be a good solution. Most every single manufacturer (GM, Ford, Toyota, Dodge, Honda, Nissan/ Infiniti, Hyundai/Kia and even Alfa Romeo) these days produces one. That could attract just about every single OEM. I am a purist and would be saddened by the loss of a naturally aspirated V8, but I would much rather a turbo V6 than a hybrid any day. The power plants could be regulated through dome pressure/blow off valves just like IndyCar used to be.

@7viewerlogic670 11 дней назад

I would imagine the Xfinity series and of course the trucks would stay V-8.

@Tennessee_Jon 11 дней назад

Could have skipped the first 30 minutes and went straight to the meat and taters by just saying NASCAR has gotten too smart but out of touch with racing by hiring booger licking engineers.

@gsanders599 6 дней назад

Elton sounds like a nice guy....who is unwittingly killing the sprit and competiveness of car racing.

@jamieorange7073 11 дней назад

No To The Hybrid Cars Whatever other Racing Series does NASCAR don’t need to follow them leave it to Gas Powered Cars

@ericjefferson9684 11 дней назад

OEM’s give support to race teams because they are doing two things. Marketing their brand to customers,and research on how to improve their products. The market for cars is shifting to hybrids. If the OEM’s want to race hybrids NASCAR has to adapt. NASCAR doesn’t tell the OEM’s what’s best, the OEM’s tell NASCAR this is where we’re going. NASCAR can adapt and live or try to run a company like it’s still the 1980’s and fade away.

@johnhaas2523 11 дней назад

Bye-bye Don't let the door hit you on the way out

@jake21494 8 дней назад

If they don't evolve they will die on the vine. All three current OEMs want the new technology as well. Not to mention a Cup series with say 6 OEMs instead of 3 is a whole lot healthier and competitive.

@ScottKnapp-rg9yu 8 дней назад

NASCAR may have to evolve to new hybrid technology to move forward; but I personally may not like it depending on the package they may use.

@thomasredditt1043 11 дней назад

That hybrid talk is bull💩 build a push rod engine or don’t join our club.

@johnhaas2523 11 дней назад

All the existing manufacturers want new engines

@DerrickRG 9 дней назад

@@johnhaas2523Then they can leave.

@gregstickel7467 11 дней назад

Dale Jr. Elton Sawyer needs to go. He is horrible at his job. He can't even make a call when a drive breaks a black & white rule. Hamlin jumped the start. Everyone saw it. They have the data from the cars. Make the right call. It shouldn't matter when it happens. Indy car just hit Penske for breaking a rule. Penske, the owner of Indy car. This is why NASCAR is losing fans. Not guts to make the call. If I was in Sawyers position, I would have penalized Hamlin.

@korbinsworld24 11 дней назад

This would be like firing an MLB umpire for making the wrong out/safe call.

@hainuspilot 11 дней назад

Tell us how u really feel

@tythebeardguy2267 11 дней назад

Someone’s salty about Hamlin gettin that dubskiiii hahahah

@uncensored1948 11 дней назад

Who hurt you?

@faststang85 10 дней назад

Elton sucks just like he did at racing😂

@gregjohnston576 6 дней назад

NASCAR gonna go 4-cylinder super charged racing. No thanks. Shame.

@nathanjarrell6479 10 дней назад

We could hear fine! Why move the mic up??? Now it's like we are in the guests mouth. I had to stop watching the last one because the mouth noises were so gross. C'mon guys!

@DerrickRG 9 дней назад

That's not the mic's fault. That's the audio processing, the noise gate wasn't set up at all, and there was no noise cancellation. 100% a software issue.

@BScalise97 11 дней назад

Softball interview. Love you Dale, but come on man. Elton pisses me off so much, just turned into another suit spouting word vomit. There is NO WAY we let BOP come into NASCAR. BOP is a joke in IMSA. I’ll lose my damn mind

@Sicklajoie 9 дней назад

I enjoyed the episode very much until Elton became your typical brainwashed NA$CAR politician.

@darrylblackburn6616 11 дней назад

Nascar goes to hybrid or electric I am done nascar has fell way to left for me

@danielsummey4144 11 дней назад

How are hybrid or election left wing? They’ll be faster and more relevant to OEM’s

@johnhaas2523 11 дней назад

You're just a f****** fake fan that has a problem with hybrids for some stupid f****** reason

@novalaw 11 дней назад

BOP with physical size of engine components? If it cant fit into a standard size, it cant race. Open the field to only by about 3 or 4 competitors every year. This makes the charter have more value like a bond, it can be bought back.

@lgsocom 9 дней назад

Boooo

@rogue_8370 11 дней назад

Just make the cars racecars again not a lego set you buy and just bolt together. Really have ruined this sport.

@lloydbarnes7847 10 дней назад

I like Dale Jr. but I think a better guest could have been brought to the table. Someone more interesting but no offense

@therealBlackTomato 11 дней назад

how much does dale charge nascar to lie for them and pretend everything's great, i know he does and he's a great businessman for that

@dennispalmer6007 11 дней назад

If Nascar goes away so does his Exfinity team and everything under the Dirty Mo umbrella so nascar doesn’t need to pay him.

@tmklunk 11 дней назад

NASCAR fans do not want super cars they want stock cars, you can’t tell one manufacturer from the other! Go away Sawyer!

@johnhaas2523 11 дней назад

Elton has nothing to do with what kind of cars you see That all has to do with Jim France

@spencerwright600 11 дней назад

Elton Sawyer is garbage

@gregoryleo4640 8 дней назад

Elton Sawyer is a nice guy. Met him in Milwaukee in '94. But NASCAR (Elton?) really screwed up a couple years when tney would not allow Jennifer Jo Cobb to race in the Cup Series. She has years of experience on big ovals, and NASCAR claims to support diversity.

@fishhuntadventure 10 дней назад

1:28:13 I have zero interest in wokescar cup series That is totally stupid, not necessary, and sustaining a blatant politically motivated lie. Half or better the fascination I’ve had with NASCAR for 45 years+ is around the idea of development of the motors and ‘creativity’ to find higher levels of performance in competition. They’ve killed creativity, now they’re killing mechanicals and the raw found of horsepower. They don’t HAVE to change anything.

@johnhaas2523 9 дней назад

You don't even know what woke is

@bluegrassboy2448 11 дней назад

Nope....don't like it. Go ahead and say I need to stop watching but that's like saying if I don't like the POTUS, I shouldn't vote. I don't have a solution, but there has to be a sustainable way to allow teams to try and bring a better mousetrap to the track. I just hate this one size fits all mentality in motorsports.