Kansas: Martin Truex Jr.’s disastrous playoff start; pivotal restarts and strategy calls; how it got away from Kyle Larson; some fire from Chase Elliott

NASCAR on NBC podcast

Why Kansas has been such a treacherous playoff track (1:30); managing pressure, avoiding complacency (4:30); what’s happened to Martin Truex Jr.’s team (7:30); how does the team rebound approach Bristol for rebounding (13:00); what happened with where NASCAR towed Truex’s car after his flat tire (16:30); analyzing the moves and strategy calls in the final restart (21:00); the impact of the choose rule and the many layers to a restart (24:30); how Kyle Larson had to play catch up with maybe the best car (27:00); Ross Chastain’s new mentality (31:00); what happened between Chase Elliott and Larson and why Letarte liked the fire from Chase (35:00); sizing up Bristol and Bubba Wallace after a disappointing tire problem at Kansas (39:00).

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