The Real Reason For Less Practice with Elton Sawyer

The Dale Jr. Download

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5 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Carla Gebhart and Andrew Kurland are joined by NASCAR's SVP of Competition, Elton Sawyer, to pull back the curtain on practice time at NASCAR’s highest levels. The hot topic started several weeks ago with comments from Brad Keselowski. It caught new momentum this week after Jimmie Johnson wrecked at Texas. Is less practice a good thing or a bad thing for today’s racing product? What do drivers like? Owners? Fans? Dale Jr. went on a self-admitted tangent this week on the Download saying we eliminated practice during the pandemic but never properly put it back despite everyone wanting it. But no sooner did he say it, Chase Elliott made a compelling argument as to why it’s fine the way it is. Who’s right? What’s the real story about practice? Is it a cost burden and, if so, for who? We’re searching for answers and going straight to the source – NASCAR. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The cleaner the engine, the less fuel you use.
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0:08.0	to help give you more miles per tank.
0:11.0	It's a little like cycling with a tail wind.
0:15.0	Or walking with extra long legs.
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0:25.0	A fuel you could use less of.
0:27.0	That's thoughtful driving.
0:28.0	Eso.
0:30.0	The great Alan Iverson once said,
0:32.0	we're talking about practice. And yeah, that's The great Alan Iverson once said,
0:32.8	we're talking about practice.
0:34.2	And yeah, that's exactly what we're doing today
0:36.7	on DJD, reloaded.
0:38.4	And I'll tell you why we're talking about practice.
0:40.3	It's because everybody is talking about practice.
0:43.7	Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson,
0:46.5	even Denny Hamlin had thoughts about the topic earlier this season.
0:50.1	So we're going to revisit all of their opinions on the topic.
0:53.1	But what happened to practice?
0:55.8	Like where did it go and is it ever going to come back?
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