Overall I thought it was a great race, wanted to see Peters get him but I'm not that mad Kyle won. I really enjoy the couple Wednesday night truck races we get, wish there were more throughout the season. I really like the young talent coming through the truck series right now, if they all get the chance to develop properly, I look forward to seeing all this new blood in the Cup series in the future.
Larson in the 42 next year, if true, will be rather interesting. He's got a lot of tallent, but I don't really think it's quite enough to jump to Sprint Cup that quickly. We'll see though some time if not in 2014.
Also, there's reports that ESPN and Turner (TNT) want out of the contract for 2014 to avoid a "lame duck season". It would be complicated and very difficult to pull off, but if the networks are interested then it actually is possible.
The right side tires this weekend will feature a new technique in the tire construction. The inside (left) third of the tire will be a very hard compound (the same as used at Michigain) and the outside will be the same soft compound used at Atlanta in years past.
I'm curious what it will do to the racing this Saturday (Nationwide) and Sunday (Sprint Cup) nights.