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Srx racing7/1/2023 ![]() ![]() RELATED: After Successful Racetrack Revival, NASCAR Announces North Wilkesboro Speedway Will Host 2023 All-Star Race SRX Racing at Eldora Speedway via Superstar Racing Experience YouTube SRX at 6 historic short tracks all over the US – we can’t wait and are so excited for the fans to experience it on ESPN in Primetime,” he added. This summer will be short track racing at its very best. The SRX fan world will thank you.“We are really excited with the six tracks that have been selected – the venues will be packed and bring incredible energy and local racing passion that will come out on ESPN for Thursday Night Thunder. But please, Willy, stop calling him Paul “Dick” Tracy. But Willy? He belongs on pit road, where he can get chummy with all his buddies. Ind圜ar driver Conor Daly and NASCAR star Joey Logano also had one-race runs as color analysts and performed well. Yes, he’s friendly and affable, but if he remains with the CBS/SRX broadcast team, I think he does a much better job as a pit reporter. And I do admit, I like his in-race “Where’s Willy At?” features, but being a color analyst just isn’t his forte. Look, I get it, he has a folksy personality. Ribbs is funny, and was a talented and versatile driver in his time … but during his stint with SRX this season (after racing in the series last season) as an analyst and pit reporter, countless fans took to social media and fan forums, complaining about Willy. We REALLY hate to bring this one up because we like him so much. ![]() Jared Tilton/SRX // Getty Images 5, Not Playing to Willy T.'s Strengths Ribbs has found a second racing run as a commentator for the Superstar Racing Experience. If we have just one regret, how we’d love to see Richard Petty in just one SRX race. bring out some fans, but the majority of ticket buyers want to see the stars of yesterday still able to throw a car into a turn. Sure, younger drivers like Hailie Deegan and Ernie Francis Jr. Frankly, it’s better off being a kind of Senior Tour, interspersed with “local hero” ringers and occasional NASCAR or Ind圜ar ringers.įans come out to see the legendary-and mostly retired from regular competition-drivers such as NASCAR Hall of Famers Tony Stewart, Bobby Labonte and Bill Elliott four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves former Indy 500 winner Tony Kanaan former NASCAR stars Ryan Newman, Matt Kenseth, Michael Waltrip and Greg Biffle (pictured) former Ind圜ar drivers Ryan Hunter-Reay, Tracy and new champ Andretti. SRX has to decide what kind of series it is going to be. Jason Miller/SRX // Getty Images 4, SRX Still Needs to Find Its Lane Seeing Greg Biffle back in a race car was a kick to many NASCAR fans. In our eyes, fans at the track should have demanded 31 percent of their admission price back. And maybe Elliott wouldn’t have won the event (Stewart was runner-up, followed by Matt Kenseth). ![]() ![]() That’s right, shortly after passing the halfway point of the original scheduled distance, CBS and SRX officials called for shortening the biggest race of the season by 20 laps! Couldn’t CBS have penciled in maybe an extra 15 minutes to give viewers-and more importantly, those fans in the stands-what they paid for? Further embarrassments: perhaps one of the shortest post-race interviews in recorded motorsports history: Andretti was interviewed for all of 32 seconds after winning the title, while NASCAR ringer and race winner Chase Elliott’s interview lasted slightly longer at 45 seconds, before Czarniak bid adieu to viewers.Īnd, even though no one said anything, but because the race was chopped by nearly 31 percent of its originally scheduled length, maybe ninth-place finishing Andretti may not have wound up being champion, but rather Ryan Newman, Bobby Labonte or Tony Stewart. Ryan Newman to Race SRX Leah Pruett Will Pass.Tony Stewart's SRX Season 2 Brings New Leadership.Marco Andretti Joins Mario, Michael with SRX Title. ![]()
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