35 days until the 2026 Daytona 500!

21 points Comprehensive-Loss21

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7 points correspondingfailure

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josh wise

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5 points KarlHp7

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6 points LemWanz96

Ole tabasco fiasco. Just had some tacos in the "white people taco night buffet" style. Tabasco was a great friend (although my personal preference is Crystal). Sure wish I was old enough to get the Tabasco NASCAR cookbook that came out 1998ish (I was still in my googoogaga phase)

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1 points KDM_Racing

The only thing that team did right was hire Todd Bodine.

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5 points 69FourTwentySix6Six

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The forbidden Push Pop

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1 points KyBuschOwnsYou

Yummy 😋

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5 points WalkitOff01

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5 points the_colbeast
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7 points EWall100

There's never been a more perfect time for that gif or pic of Riley looking cracked out after being DQ'd, but alas I can't find it

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0 points jabber1990

Cheated, went slower

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3 points StonedCantaloupe27

Fun fact about the number 35.

The number 35 was the chosen number for all 7 Cup series starts by legendary ARCA team owner Bill Venturini. Venturini would finish 3 of his 7 starts under power and would score a best finish of 18th at the spring Talladega race of 1990.

Pictured below is Bill Venturini's number 35 at Talladega.

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1 points ILoveAnime890

That's actually a pretty scheme.

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4 points KyBuschOwnsYou

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The most cursed ride of all time

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1 points Seahawks_12thman

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Benny Parsons (1987)

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1 points Seahawks_12thman

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Darrell Waltrip (1998)

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1 points Seahawks_12thman

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Josh Wise (2013)

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1 points Seahawks_12thman

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Cole Whitt (2015)

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1 points Seahawks_12thman

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Joey Gase (2019, Xfinity)

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1 points Seahawks_12thman

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Shane Lee (2022, Xfinity)

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1 points Seahawks_12thman

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Akinori Ogata (2024, Xfinity)

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2 points Seahawks_12thman

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Chad Finchum (2024, Xfinity)

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1 points Seahawks_12thman

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Riley Herbst (2025)

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1 points Seahawks_12thman

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Greg Van Alst (2025, Xfinity)

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1 points Seahawks_12thman

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Chase Elliott (2023, Trucks)

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1 points nfsnltvc15

Riley Herbst reading this: 😲😢

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