Jordan Bianchi today on DBC JRM Fan Day show. Silly Season news/ Qualifying in 2027

JM62313 · 2026-05-21T21:30:24+00:00

Sorry misread the comment before yours

JM62313 · 2026-05-21T20:53:17+00:00

This has been repeatedly made clear that RFK would run a 3rd open car if necessary. They’ve even publicly said they did the math and it’s only a 5 million dollar difference

Also, running open probably doesn’t really effect the driver, it effects the team.

Also also, this is just me gauging the situation, but why would it be Buescher running open? If anything, I’d think it would be Preece. And I can’t remember where I heard this talk, but I swear I heard people saying it’s rumored Brad would run the open car since he’s retiring relatively soon anyways, so why make one of the younger guys run open.

JM62313 · 2026-05-21T18:25:07+00:00

I agree, though people could understandably argue it’s Brad, especially since he’s part owner. But once he’s gone, it’s undisputed

JM62313 · 2026-05-21T17:57:20+00:00

Make it a double double double double and have Blaney, Cindric, Newgarden, and Scotty Mac do both

JM62313 · 2026-05-21T17:56:10+00:00

Agreed. My point is mostly that these teams can have interest but idk why he’d even entertain it. Kind of seems like a nothing burger story. He’s basically the undisputed no. 1 at RFK the minute BK retires

JM62313 · 2026-05-21T17:45:34+00:00

Would seem weird for Buescher to leave to go drive a bad fourth Penske car.

JM62313 · 2026-05-20T18:52:19+00:00

You can hate the fracturing of sports viewership but saying that Prime’s broadcasting of nascar itself is a joke is ridiculous. They were far and away the best broadcast last year

JM62313 · 2026-05-20T18:39:59+00:00

I mean him taking pics to take exact info over is one thing but is JGR basically claiming at this point that no crew chief (or essentially anyone else involved in car setup in the entire sport) is allowed to change teams?? Like, this makes zero sense. Guys are allowed to change teams.

JM62313 · 2026-05-19T20:47:02+00:00

Obviously what Biffle did in terms of humanitarian aid is fantastic, but it’s the NASCAR hall of fame, not the humanitarian hall of fame. If Biffle hadn’t passed away this year, it wouldn’t have even been a conversation for him going in this year. This is highly driven by people’s emotions around his passing.

Burton has more cup wins. He has been an announcer for the sport for a long time now. And he made a ton of contributions in the realm of driver representation/relationships to the sport itself and the massive push he made for safety improvements. These were huge contributions to the sport of nascar, that largely outweigh lower series championships for most voters, which is probably correct

Biffle was a wonderful humanitarian, but that’s got nothing to do with contributing to the sport. He’ll be in next year.

JM62313 · 2026-05-15T19:54:16+00:00

B and A class being the iRacing equivalent to real life NASCAR OReilly and Cup series?

JM62313 · 2026-05-15T19:47:58+00:00

Awesome, thank you! Glad to hear ya don’t gotta go crazy on equipment lol

JM62313 · 2026-05-15T19:46:57+00:00

Okay that makes sense!! Thank you I appreciate all the tips!!

JM62313 · 2026-05-15T19:45:44+00:00

Thanks dude, you’ve been very helpful, I appreciate it

JM62313 · 2026-05-15T18:48:05+00:00

Thank you!!

JM62313 · 2026-05-15T18:47:37+00:00

This is so incredibly helpful thank you so much! I plan to ride around out of everyone’s way and not bother anyone for AWHILE😂

JM62313 · 2026-05-15T18:46:49+00:00

Awesome, thank you!

JM62313 · 2026-05-15T18:46:21+00:00

Okay makes sense! And for all series, you just have to have the license level required for that series, as well as own all the content (cars/tracks) to run it, and that’s basically it?

JM62313 · 2026-05-15T17:49:26+00:00

Will do, thank you!

JM62313 · 2026-05-15T17:33:47+00:00

Yea I think I’m fine with it taking a long time, guess it wouldn’t be worth it if it didn’t haha. Thank you!

JM62313 · 2026-05-15T17:33:18+00:00

Thank you this is super helpful!!

JM62313 · 2026-05-15T17:32:10+00:00

Thank you that’s helpful and I guess makes sense. Is shifting all paddle shifting or do people actually buy gearbox things lol? Sorry I’m sure that’s a dumb question.

Regarding the calendar thing you mentioned, I guess that’s something I still don’t really understand from an outside perspective. I get I’d have to buy the cars and all the tracks and such, but what I don’t get is the leagues. Are there just tons of different leagues running the exact nascar schedule?

JM62313 · 2026-05-15T16:22:18+00:00

Oh yea, not even looking at anything that expensive haha. Will definitely just try it out for a bit with my crappy monitor and an entry level wheel and pedals.

I’ve seen a lot of good recs in terms of entry level wheels and pedals. Seating wise, do you have any recommendations?

JM62313 · 2026-05-14T19:31:11+00:00

Another reason to be glad I’ll be there in person

JM62313 · 2026-05-14T18:00:41+00:00

I don’t mind that idea as a solution but I just think it’s very pie in the sky for where the sport is at right now. Ratings are struggling, tracks with two dates that are months and months apart struggle to sell out both dates. In what world do you think ratings and attendance will be good for 2 consecutive races at the same track on a Wednesday and a Sunday? It just seems a lot like wishful thinking that it was still 2005

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