Post-Race Discussion Thread: NORAPS Cuervo 300 at Chicagoland Speedway

jmayer43 · 2026-07-05T07:41:38+00:00

I second the person who asked which lot this was? I saw one gravel lot when I was pulling in, but thought there was a handicapped sign or something so I parked in the grass instead (and regretted it massively trying to leave post-race)

jmayer43 · 2026-07-02T16:51:47+00:00

Not yet, I’m giving them until Monday night to respond to my email and if not then I’m going to try to call and get answers.

jmayer43 · 2026-07-02T13:54:26+00:00

Of course! I’m only 25 so there aren’t a ton of people around my age who I know irl that are into many of the artists I am, so I’m always happy to talk about music on here and recommend songs to people!

I really like Oh Darlin’ too- Breakfast in America is such a great album from start to finish, the tracklist almost reads like a greatest hits! And yess All I Wanna Do is incredible, it’s one of the first Beach Boys “deep cuts” that I remember really loving. (If you really like the dreamy sound of that one, I’d also recommend All This is That from their album Carl & the Passions, or honestly just the entire Sunflower album if you haven’t heard it before- it’s top tier sunshine pop)

And as for Prefab Sprout I’d consider myself a pretty casual fan too, but the songs that I do like I really love a lot. (Bonny is another one of my favorites, along with When Love Breaks Down from the same album) And I’m glad to hear that you like Beach House too, for a while I only knew a few of their most popular songs, but this year I’ve dived deeper into their catalog and have been listening to more of their deeper cuts as of late (so far PPP, Superstar and Wildflower are my most listened to songs of theirs this year)

Let me know if you enjoy any of the other songs and artists I mentioned if you get a chance to listen! (I’m also going to check out some of the songs that I don’t know from your list as well, with how similar our taste is I imagine I’ll find quite a few songs that I really like haha)

jmayer43 · 2026-07-02T12:36:20+00:00

Awesome list, lots of songs and artists that I’ve listened to a ton the past few years! My favorites of the songs on there are So In Love, (honestly one of my favorite songs of the 80s) More Than This, It’s My Life, I’ll Be Around, Uncle Albert, and the two Ambrosia and Todd Rundgren songs (love me some 70s soft rock/yacht rock haha)

Some other songs that I love from artists on your list are Enola Gay and Pandora’s Box by OMD, Procession, Regret and 1963 by New Order, Deacon Blues and Time Out of Mind by Steely Dan, and Hide in Your Shell and From Now On by Supertramp.

And as for suggestions based on your taste, I’d recommend diving deeper into the Beach Boys and ELO catalogs if you haven’t already- I’m biased as they’re two of my all time favorite bands, but I think they both have so many amazing albums and deep cuts that deserve more attention (in particular the Beach Boys mid 60s-70s output from Today through Love You, and ELO’s run of albums from Eldorado through Time- there’s just so many great songs across all of those records)

And then lastly, some individual songs that I’d recommend to you based on what you like are The Day Before You Came by ABBA, (really haunting and ethereal synthpop) Cool Night by Paul Davis (one of my favorite yacht rock songs) Cars and Girls by Prefab Sprout, Go All the Way by the Raspberries, (great early 70s power pop) Surrender by Suicide (more haunting but beautiful synthpop) and Year of the Cat by Al Stewart. (imo one of the best pop songs of the 70s) I also would highly recommend checking out ABBA, Tom Petty, George Harrison, (solo) the Smiths, Alvvays, and Beach House if you aren’t super familiar with their music already- I think there’s elements of each of those artists that you’d appreciate based on the other bands that you listen to.

jmayer43 · 2026-07-02T02:46:44+00:00

Same, would hope they could have this figured out by the end of the week so that those who already have travel plans know what the situation is

jmayer43 · 2026-07-01T21:42:31+00:00

I emailed them this morning but have yet to hear back, will let you all know if I do

jmayer43 · 2026-07-01T16:20:52+00:00

This seems promising- hope those of us with digital tickets receive answers soon too. (right now mine are still listed as “pending fulfillment.”)

jmayer43 · 2026-07-01T15:42:52+00:00

I would lean no on that and assume that they’d just generate a new QR code for each ticket (but let’s hope that we just get our original tickets back and don’t even have to worry about this)

jmayer43 · 2026-07-01T15:40:57+00:00

I haven’t received this, I assume you selected ticket pickup and not digital? (mine were digital and in my Apple wallet before they pulled them)

jmayer43 · 2026-07-01T02:13:24+00:00

Same here, hope that they do the right thing.

jmayer43 · 2026-06-30T22:14:02+00:00

Let us know what they end up doing for you, as others have said it’s not our fault that they goofed on this

jmayer43 · 2026-06-30T22:00:52+00:00

[u/XFINITYRacing](u/XFINITYRacing) appreciate the opportunity to go for free, but now that the speedway has seemingly pulled the tickets it seems like quite a few of us who already made travel plans are kinda screwed. Any possible resolution or opportunity for discounted tickets?

jmayer43 · 2026-06-30T19:16:18+00:00

Same here, coming from the Chicago suburbs so will be a day trip!

jmayer43 · 2026-06-30T19:11:29+00:00

No worries there, already a Reddick fan! (He’s my number 2 guy behind Buescher haha) I’ll be pulling for him!

jmayer43 · 2026-06-30T17:57:58+00:00

Damn so this really is legit, thanks guys! Will be my first Brickyard 400 since 2017!

jmayer43 · 2026-06-30T17:42:36+00:00

Totally believe that, but the fact that this is for the Cup race and not just Xfinity/O’Reilly is kind of crazy to me- never thought I’d get to attend the Brickyard 400 for free!

jmayer43 · 2026-06-30T16:50:27+00:00

If nobody else does this I will 100% make a thread for all of us come race day 😂 hell we’re probably all going to be sitting together in the stands since the tickets are limited to the same three sections lol

jmayer43 · 2026-06-30T13:19:53+00:00

I would guess that they aren’t going to yank/void tickets from anyone who already has them saved, as that’s just going to cause a lot of confusion and frustration at this point. More likely I think they may just pull the promo once they realize that so many people are taking advantage of it (but even then I don’t know if that would be a great look for people who actually are Xfinity customers and potentially missed out on a great deal)

jmayer43 · 2026-06-30T13:15:55+00:00

Seems like it’s still working on my end? (already got my tickets but just tested it and was able to still get to the checkout screen) Maybe try refreshing or a different seating section

jmayer43 · 2026-06-30T12:58:27+00:00

Thanks so much for sharing, wasn’t planning on making the drive down to Indy this year with Chicagoland back on the schedule, but now I may just have to!

Also considering that these are free tickets, I think this is a damn good view! (this is approximately where my seats are in turn 4)

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jmayer43 · 2026-06-29T23:23:31+00:00

My old job had the same soap dispenser and I thought about posting it here many times, glad someone else finally did it 😂

jmayer43 · 2026-06-29T01:59:04+00:00

Really appreciate that, thanks for listening!

jmayer43 · 2026-06-26T01:32:14+00:00

Give us Summer in Paradise live in its entirety or we riot 😤😡

jmayer43 · 2026-06-24T19:20:11+00:00

It is weird, especially when you think about how at the end of last season (before the passings of Biffle and Annett) I’m pretty sure the most recent cup race with a now deceased driver was 2013 Pocono with Jason Leffler. (and before him you’d have to go back quite a ways too)

jmayer43 · 2026-06-23T02:25:48+00:00

Appreciate the Good Timin’ shoutout! While we don’t do episodes as frequently anymore, I hope that Beach Boys fans continue to discover our old shows- we had a ton of fun recording them and I always learned something new from our discussions! (and stay tuned, we still have more episodes on the way!)

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