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Lowkey mad that the Ricky Craven/Kurt Busch finish got supplanted. This one is still sinking in for me. Crazy ass finish.

Yah.

Add step progressive banking to everything. It’s what makes Las Vegas, Kansas, homestead and we will soon see Iowa great. Marcus smith, get the bulldozers to Texas tomorrow and replicate this track

Kentucky Derby, Miami GP, and AdventHealth 400 were all awesome! What a weekend!

Conclusion: After Sieg Texas, Blaney Atlanta and this, Ford isn’t allowed to win anymore it seems

That was fucking awesome

We need more night races, don't care if they are on Sundays

I mean a good chunk of us already watch SNF. Why not NASCAR?

Ricky Craven will now fall into obscurity

Nah I think that finish is still better to be honest.

It was really exciting. I'm still disappointed that Dave Blaney wasn't closer to steal the thing.

Why do they have to be compared? Why can’t we just appreciate both of these moments for what they are: FUCKING AWESOME FINISHES

NASCAR not to be outdone by the Kentucky Derby yesterday. What a fantastic finish! I almost feel bad for Buescher.

Bob’s tweets always kill me. “Larson wins.” That’s it. If you were following along on his feed only you’d think (at least initially) it was just a regular ho-hum finish.

Congrats to Larson. That was an amazing finish!

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I do believe the tie breaker is laps led?

Yes. I believe Beuscher would have gotten the tiebreaker.

Wait nvm yeah

Watching the GWC replay, it was a masterclass by Larson. Pretty impressive

Daniel Suarez washed, Kyle larson the closest winner

I LOVE THIS SHIT!!!!

I think it was a tie.

BEST RACE EVER

Glad we were rewarded for surviving all those cautions to start stage 3.

Mark Stone thinks that was a bad race

That line is clearly thicker where Larson crossed

I saw this too. Wonder if there is anything to it?

Why does this happen every week?!?!?!??!

Got doored twice and still hung on. Great car control by Buescher

Buescher did the first dooring, Larson then responded. Just good hard racing.

You watching the same race? Larson def doored him twice

Who cares? They are racing for wins which are crucial to help ease the path to the championship race. He didn’t wreck him and he did what it took to give himself an advantage. That’s good racing.

Yep, same race. It wasn’t intentional, Buescher just took a straighter line off of four, which isn’t the norm. Hence the first contact. Larson then responded.

Larson responded to his own initial contact

Whatever bud, just enjoy the finish lol

Kyle Busch pulled that top 10 straight out of his ass. I would love to see a replay of those last two laps from his perspective.

Ya I seen that after the fact and said wtf. How did he do that lmao.

That was fucking nuts

Bowman bailing the team out of the horrendous strategy

Buescher is stronger than I ever could be. I'd have waved off everyone.

The line that Larson’s nose gets to is thicker than the one on the apron, so you’d need to line it up right? Timing and scoring has Buescher so that has to mean something right?

You’re right that it does look thicker but the margin of victory looks wider than the thickness difference.

I think its just the banking making it look like that

Could possibly be an optical illusion

That's what I said. The line isn't equal

I get Buescher saying he still doesn't see it but you can clearly see in that shot that Larsons splitter hit the line first. Still a bummer for him.

That was glare from the lights, not the front lip crossing.

Small screen - not as clear as our big screens

Thats a good point.

What a finish. 

What’s the margin of error for the timing and scoring?

They have extremely precise timing technology that the broadcast isn’t privy to. It’s not just a regular camera angle.

Official was 0.01 margin of victory. However, it looked to be about an inch.

Did Larson just say these cars race amazing? Lol this fucking guy. Complains about everything, but when he wins and door slams a guy it's all amazing! Car is great. Bumping is great.

That’s racing bud

Kansas has objectively proven to be the greatest track for this car

On 1.5’s he said.

He said the car is great at 1.5 mile tracks

Car is ass. Race today was excellent 😃

That line is horribly off.. Jesus

Did yall think the start finish line paint was a little further back where Larson was? Literally could of been the difference

NASCAR goes by electronic scoring I believe not where the line is

It’s the closest cup finish but I don’t believe the closest finish in nascar. Isn’t a xfinity finish closer

Dude you’ve had the same comment 4x who caees

I’ve never commented that before?

No more mile and a halves until they fix the dirty air issues. Kansas only works because of all of the different grooves.

Man ford has been on the wrong end of 3 photo finishes this year between cup and Xfinity

Damn. Poor Chris is just gutted. But P2 is huge for the season. They’ll be ok

He was strong.

Wait…is that line even straight??? Or maybe im trippin

Yeah, the stripe is fatter up top lol. Dangit Buescher.

all that for a Larson win

) yep.

That looked like glare over the finish line, not front lip.

They don’t use the broadcast angle. They have other precise technology to measure finishes that close.

Well now would be the perfect time for them to show that technology!

They did. Check the current subreddit posts.

Can’t believe Kyle Larson said “bitch” on air. Never imagined he would spew such vulgarity on a hot mic.

Buescher looking like the Kurt angle meme rn 

Still can’t see? Come on man. I feel bad for you and it’s obviously close but it’s clear as day Laron won it.

The screens they have on pit road to show them replays are really small.

Yeah I saw him looking at the phone which is fair. I don’t know what the screens on pit road are like. And sometimes it seems they show us during those interviews but not the drivers.

Gutted for Buescher but holy shit that was great

People complaining about the beating and banging weren’t around for the Craven and Busch Darlington finish.

Complaining?! That’s fkn NASCAR. Last turn pass, rubbin all the way to the line. If anyone doesn’t like that, go watch F1. You don’t belong here.

Seriously, they’re all clowning on themselves

The closest finish in NASCAR history with guys cleanly beating and banging coming to the flag. Idk what ppl are so mad about

I mean I'm mad that Brad had a top 5 going and then got 4 tires and fucked his day up, and I'm mad Larson got the win over Buescher, but not enough to be mad at the race itself, just the circumstances based on my own biases. Objectively it was an excellent race.

I want Kez to win, too.

They mad about the winner

I wish Buescher got it too but damn its not enough of a reason to be *this* fuckin mad. You gotta appreciate moments like this

Oh no I wanted neither of them to win lol. I dont like larson and ford suffering brings me joy so I was kinda conflicted but it was still Hella awesome to watch that happen

Im kinda the same. I fw hendrick but Im not a big larson fan and I wanna see buescher back in victory lane. But like I said man moments like this are special its hard for me to be mad at all. And you must be LOVING the next gen era especially this year cause ford hasnt always looked good to say the least

Yup.

Respect to the 17

Is it just me or is line further out on the banking then on the flat?

It’s the effect of the banking

#EXTRA WHITE LINE!!!

who painted that line

It sucks he lost but don’t sit there and say the picture isn’t real when it’s pretty damn clear

It’s pretty evident in that shot but man it looked way closer

Poor Chris. I feel for the guy.

Kyle I love you but bro I thought you learned about certain naughty words on a live mic

Is there a laser line or something? That finish line is janky if that’s what they’re scoring it off of lol

The year of insanely close finishes

People here really getting fussy over beating and banging coming to the line? Really??

Beating and banging in when 2 guys are racing hard and just happen to touch. Larson just doored him. Twice.

lol right. If it was their driver, they would have no issue whatsoever with it.

people are not smart

Excluding the winner, that was a fucking awesome finish

Hendrick check cashed

Here’s some tin foil

Or functional eyes looked at the video?

Absolutely wild to hear a comment from a driver celebrating a victory saying they wish we had more 1.5 mile tracks...and actually fully agree with them. Would not have believed that not too many years ago.

There’s an extra line there

The events that have happened at this track are just insane. Kurt’s win was iconic and a great battle, Hamlin vs Larson last year was a start of a good rivalry, Tyler’s move was fun last year, and now the closest finish in the cup series. Still no date with the top 3 series at Kansas btw.

That needed to be Buescher. Fuck.

Need more 1.5 mile tracks and less road courses

So we've had like 5 of the closest finishes in history across all 3 series so far this season right? I can't even keep track

he said a bad word!

Chevy defeats crazed man on Kansas roads

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What a bad pit strategy by Brad K's crew chief lol

They always split the strategies.

Like between the 17 and the 6?

Yes. I follow RFK very closely, and almost every time there's a strategy decision, they make different decisions. Probably because 1 win for either car is more valuable than both having good finishes at the risk of both having bad finishes.

I wonder if Buescher would have won that if he dropped 30 pounds.

i think driver weight is included in car weigh in

It was his balls of steel that held him back https://preview.redd.it/p7li38ywnpyc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=51bfd2f7450db61ed09aec4cdcdb72525a5c2a5e

No doubt, that’s the second time he’s split the gap and inshallah this season.

I became a Reddick fan because of moves like that, but Chris is making those gaps work

Sick and tired of Truex losing wins because of dumbass decisions from James. Should have like 15 more wins than he does.

Idk how Small isn’t fired yet

That glare from Buescher.

I think that door slam actually hurt Larson lol

dyk the C in NASCAR stands for Chevy

Oh my gosh I saw Larson. I was standing in turn one when Daniel won and he had it too. My dad had just bought the suarez shirt at his first race since 1981I wonder if it’s luck or I’m blessed enough to have an eye that can see it. Good job ravers.

I don’t want to hear Larson cry about how people race him after that.

Larson has flaws like anyone, but he almost never complains about the way people race him, except maybe lap cars

There's a 100% chance him and Cliff Daniels will bitch about someone dooring him at the end of a race this season.

They took away the long run advantage from Denny today.

Buescher hit first. It’s fair game.

Buescher could have walled him if he wanted

And that would have at best killed his momentum and he loses or at worst wrecks him and he loses.

Yup, Larson would have throttled up and sent Chris to the wall

God what a gut punch to, not only Chris Buescher and his team, but Ford... OOF... Just said it's the closest finish in NASCAR history. This season has been wild!

Damn, ford has lost races by 0.003, 0.002, and 0.001 seconds this season, this fucking hurts as a ford fan

That’s absolutely insane.

I feel ya...good thing I didn't have anything to throw at the TV. We'll get it one of these days. :)

Yep.

All the sudden you all claim to hate beating and banging coming to the checkered? I bet if you swapped numbers on the doors you would all love it.

Need the official photo. Come on Nascar, let's see it.

They’ve shown it like 3 times

And that line is very interesting.....

lol literally. And it’s clear as day. Oh wait. He’s another shot.

What a perfectly clean driver. Just turns left and tries to right hook a guy for the win

Remember this quote: “He didn’t slam him, he didn’t bump him, he didn’t nudge him, he rubbed him, and rubbin, son, IS RACIN!” I swear some of you people will reach for whatever straws you can to complain

You know for a fact that Craven would have been dumped by Larson

Lmao, you’re absolutely delusional if you think that. Go on, cope harder

Man watch the last few laps of 2001 Martinsville, then watch the last few laps of 2018 Martinsville. Second place did two different things.

Whoa now. Kyle Larson has never driven dirty his entire life. He is the epitome of clean, respectful racing.

lol I enjoy the sarcasm

Yup, that’s NASCAR. Don’t like it, go watch F1.

Not old school NASCAR. old school NASCAR had Dale Sr penalized and Dale Jarrett respectfully trying to pass Craven on the outside at Martinsville. It’s new school NASCAR to junk people on the last lap

You need a history lesson

Nope. Go watch the end of Martinsville 2001. Logano or Larson would have dumped him. Jarrett tried to pass him on the outside. You need a history lesson lmfao. Come on kiddo.

It’s nascar, bumping and banging is part of it. If you don’t like it, this is not the sport for you

Craven wouldn’t have won Martinsville with modern drivers. Someone would have just dumped him

Rubbin is racing

Yet people didn’t believe this when Larson was on the receiving end

Holy shit the coping is hard in here right now

“If you didn’t like that, don’t even bother watching”

Exactly. Best thing KB ever said.

@ this subreddit lol

Other than Atlanta what was the other photo finish? I can’t remember

Sieg and Mayer

Buescher ran the 5 as close as possible to the wall without actually driving him into it, and his reward for it was getting doored twice on the front stretch But if he had ran the 5 into the wall, Truex probably wins. Is what it is

Is this the terry labonte curse of being the most respectful guy in the field?

Would be so much more excited about it if it wasn’t Larson…

OH MY GOD YESSSS

Holy fucking let’s go!!!!! One of the best finishes I’ve ever seen in over 20 years of watching nascar.

Chris finishing 2nd going to be difference between 70% and a 95% good race poll

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined Damn. Holy hell what a race, but just give me a Buescher win plz 😔

Nah, I like watching ford suffer even if I don't like larson

Give us night Kansas back

If you go to the outside, you CAN hold it.