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All right everybody, welcome back to another edition of The Teardown.

My name is Jeff Gluck, and I'm along with my coworker who has never heard of Jay Cole, Jordan Bianchi.

We are motorsports writers at The Athletic, and I am here at Texas Motor Speedway.

The wonderful Texas Motor Speedway, we've never said anything bad about this place.

You know what, Jeff? I actually took, I have like a little monologue here.

I need to get to start the show with.

And frankly, for many years now, you have besmirched Texas Motor Speedway.

You have called for... me wait you're putting

this on me you'd be one of the worst tracks in NASCAR maybe the worst track in NASCAR just this week

for example you wrote a column laying out all of the issues with Texas Motor Speedway I don't know

of another media member who has called out Texas Motor Speedway more than you.

And yet, today, what did we get?

We had a fantastic, compelling, entertaining race that saw NASCAR's most popular driver

returned to Victory Lane in an unpredictable race.

This might be the greatest repaving NASCAR history.

Yes, yes, I admit, it took a few years to get here, but they knew what they were doing.

And they gave us a great race today on a very challenging surface.

Blinked twice if you're being held hostage right now by somebody.

Is Marcus Smith at your house?

Are you okay?

I'm just saying.

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