All right, everybody, welcome back to another edition of the Untitled Jeff Fluck podcast.

I'm your host Jeff Fluck, and tonight we're going to talk about the All-Star Race,

which I just watched here in Portland, Oregon.

I was not at the track, and I was actually watching my daughter while I was doing that,

so I actually don't have a post-race podcast co-host.

So it's just going to be me ranting about the race, as I did.

Actually, for last year's All-Star Race, a solo podcast, just me sharing my thoughts about

the race.

So let's jump right into it and talk about what was an awesome race.

Yes, that is what I'm looking for when I tune in to watch a NASCAR race right

there. Very entertaining from start to finish, I think, starting with the open, which the

open, if you just take it by itself, you know, one of the best racing we'll see all year,

if not the best so far. You had multiple battles. And of course, part of that is, you know, you don't have

the typical guys up front. So there's a lot of desperation and guys, you know, trying to get

into, get into the field, get into the All-Star race where they don't normally have a shot to do

so and get a little trophy, a mini trophy. And then you also have what is the fastest car at the time, in theory,

being removed from the race at the end of each stage.

So there's not a chance to have a dominant car and stink up the show,

and you get different players up front at the end of each stage.

But you had guys really going all out, desperation.

William Byron beats Bubba Wallace for the first stage win.

And then Bubba Wallace comes right back and beats Daniel Suarez for the second stage win.

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