“The car behind me was saving gas,” Joey Logano said in Talladega. His teammate, Ryan Blaney, fumed, “We had the control of this f—ing race and somehow gave it away.” Yet neither of them directly blamed Brad Keselowski, a fellow Ford driver who did not give the required push to the NASCAR playoff drivers. Even Denny Hamlin, a Toyota rival, empathized with Logano. However, the lack of confrontation may be a sign of the times, according to Jimmy Spencer.

It has been a long time since the former NASCAR driver sat behind the wheel. Over 30 years, Jimmy Spencer collected 2 wins and 80 top tens in the Cup Series, and 12 wins and 93 top tens in the Xfinity Series. During that time, Spencer interacted with Bill France Jr. – whose absence is a factor in NASCAR’s changed landscape.

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