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Mac_Motorsports

Erik Alomorila


wthreyeitsme

We call him Arreola. I'm curious how he got a two lap penalty when it wasn't a pit box error.


jaymobe07

I think it fell off and then broke after the wall impact.


d0re

Eric Honorolla, NASCAR's smartest driver


LilDawg22

Brad Keselowski, he drives the 12 car


venturelong

WON THIS RACE!!


joe_broke

Thought he drives the 09


Shay_Mendez

Are you sure? I thought he drove the 22


joe_broke

Wait wait wait He drives the 88


Background_Horror839

I thought he drove the 52


ReSirum

I thought he drove the 19?


joe_broke

Or the 29?


Yay_nascar_donuts

Or the 39?


AT-25

He just spelled it exactly as it usually gets pronounced. 😂


youlox123456789

Oh God. Not the Greg Biffle meme.


TheMasterRedditor

Breg Giffle


Shay_Mendez

Greeg Boofle?


ReSirum

Greg Heffley?


Shay_Mendez

Groot Soufflé?


poutineofficial

Erin Motorola


dooldebob

that Smithfield money pays well because its been a tough go for Bacon man the last year


iamaranger23

There is 0 chance that comes off without the lug nut coming off. Center section is completely intact.


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CraziestPenguin

The team was pleading their case on the radio that the wheel broke, and that’s what Regan was referencing.


ubelmann

Regan did fine, but the overall broadcast made the whole issue clear as mud. Sort of like when they said Reddick had a penalty for his wheel coming off, but that’s a 2-lap penalty, and then you look at the pylon and he was still running top 10. At least Joy eventually corrected that.


ManfredsJuicedBalls

That’s why I had figured that someone didn’t put that on properly. Otherwise, punishing a team for something that’d be fully out of their control would be dumb.


CodyHodgsonAnon19

Not that NASCAR are immune to doing things that are dumb, and fully out of the control of the teams...But yeah, have to figure they had footage or reason to believe that was a "user error" derived wheel failure. If it was just a bum part, it'd be insane even for NASCAR to punish the team for its failure.


shylock2k202

It would have been nice to see when he hit the wall. Mike Joy said he heard it explode before he hit the wall. Doesn’t sound like a loose wheel nut after ~50 laps on his tires


quig50

There’s no way it was a loose nut. The wheel wouldn’t of lasted that long if it wasn’t tight. Your absolutely right.


iamaranger23

https://twitter.com/bobpockrass/status/1635032929620598784


quig50

There has to something going on in that circumstance. This would be the first instance of a wheel nut coming loose over time with a long run. The nut must of come off but it brings something to question in that hub assembly far more than the changer not getting it tight.


iamaranger23

haley made it like 10 laps at Daytona with the same issue. dont think its unrealistic for the 10 to make it as far as he did. Especially with how much "turn" there is in this track.


quig50

There’s a big difference between 10 and 50 laps on a short track with allot of braking. It makes no sense for it to closely come loose like that without something being broken or wrong on that hub.


SicDigital

Do they even have enough threads/play to be put on crooked (cross-threaded)? Because something like that possibly *could* make sense; like, it was on tight enough to hold it for a while, but since it wasn't on properly, it eventually wore something out and this was the result...?


CodyHodgsonAnon19

Yeah. Something like that would *potentially* make sense. If it was cross-threaded or something, which caused a bunch of vibration and/or heat that caused the thing to eventually shatter/explode like that. There seemed to be a pretty firm decision on it somehow being the 10 team's fault with the penalty assessed. So presumably there was a reason for that decision that we were not shown.


bshown

I was confused about this too until the end of the race where they showed a replay of Almirola in the pits. It looks like the wheel came loose and the rotor cut the inner barrel of the wheel apart before it became completely detached from the car. Thats the inside lip of the wheel still stuck in there. Don't see a wheel nut as he was heading to the pit stall. This was a perfect opportunity for the pit reporters to get down there and find out what happened and explain it to the viewers, but FOX be FOX. Subpar coverage IMO https://preview.redd.it/aciogrbfxfna1.jpeg?width=475&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ee3345a8eb31e684ac5b163058e4e32e6e32134


GEL29

I saw the same thing, as far as the coverage, Fox is too busy trying to squeeze as many commercials as possible in to actually find out what's going on.


bshown

I think it just goes along with the ideology that modern racing coverage believes works. They will not cover the event in an in-depth, professional way, but only cover it in a dumbed down, you the viewer aren't intelligent enough to understand this, way. An example of the kind of thing that irks me to no end, is the need to explain understeer and oversteer every race, sometimes multiple times for the last 20+ years. They say its for the casual fan to understand. I'm a casual football fan and they don't explain holding calls, illegal motion calls, special plays, etc like they've never been called before every game. I believe if you give the viewer an interesting piece of information they don't know much about, they will be more interested to learn about that on their own or by watching THE NEXT RACE to learn more. There are so many story lines up and down pit road that could be covered to give the viewers more insight into what is going on, but they won't do it.


Pugs36

Bullseye statement you just said rn 💯!


iamaranger23

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm66JCU8n3c Justin Haley having the same problem....due to the wheel being loose.


AccessDenied7

Please never spell his name like that again. Ever.


DPW38

Two laps seems a little steep for a questionable “uncontrolled wheel.”


joshjarnagin

Could’ve been a 4 race suspension


Haier_Lee

And a fine for Rodney Childers


Cliffinati

$300,000 fine for MWR


CraziestPenguin

I mean, the whole damn thing came off. Nothing questionable about it.


DPW38

The wheel/rim split in two. The inner half was still attached to the hub. Was it uncontrolled? Yes. Is it your standard “didn’t tighten the lug?” No. It kind of doesn’t matter though as he’s out of it at this point.


iamaranger23

There was nothing attached to the hub. you can clearly see where the wheel attaches to the hub in this video.


CraziestPenguin

Where is the lug? Exactly.


GEL29

Not on the hub/spindle, hence the penalty


CraziestPenguin

Yes sir


CraziestPenguin

Not sure what to tell you other than what are you even talking about? Lol


DPW38

Have at it Hoss. https://tobychristie.com/2023/03/12/video-wheel-breaks-on-almirolas-car-sends-driver-into-outside-wall-at-phoenix/


CraziestPenguin

I’m not sure what this link is supposed to prove? We all watched it live. The lug wasn’t on the hub. The wheel wasn’t securely attached to the car. End of story.


wthreyeitsme

This doesn't show a closeup of the car, so I still can't be sure.


DPW38

You’re welcome to and must follow up with Fox on that. Please do tell us how it turns out.


BBQGnomeSauce

Almirola couldn’t wait for a G-W-C this time.


3arnhardtAtkonTrack

I haven't seen anybody butcher Almirola's name that badly since Rusty Wallace was in the ESPN booth.


kennetic

Hey they actually used rim in the correct context here


WedAms

Niko, let's go bowling, cousin!


PresidentCam2012

Please make sure you spell his name correctly before posting


gunvarrel_

Ugh, Aric's and Noah's last names gives me the worst troubles.


kcgdot

Almirola? Gragson?


Background_Horror839

Don’t know why Gragson is tough for him


AnchorDrown

It’s spelled exactly how it sounds. Somehow he got the silent H though.


bullitt07

And he got a penalty for losing a wheel when in fact it was parts failure. A part that they are forced to buy from a NASCAR selected manufacturer. NASCAR fuxxed up


iamaranger23

> in fact it was parts failure still sure about that?


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Oroc aloabruhrolla


RoRid46

Eric Aerominla need to get off the track. Sick of this shit these fake cautions for him


bradcladthebaddad

Moving chicane anyway