Episode #232: Rocket Tough

Not the way we wanted to talk about NASCAR at the top of a Podcast, but here we are... At least Mitch Evans came through, eh?THE MIRACLE ON DAYTONA BEACH - Ryan Newman out of hospital 42 hours after near-fatal Daytona 500 crash- Let's talk about superspeedway racing as it is nowFORMULA E MEXICO CITY EPRIX- Braaah. Mitch Evans muscles past polesitter Lotterer, drives to dominant 2nd career victory and championship lead- LOT's race comes undone with wing damage- DEV suffers brake failure, VAN crashes out of P5 late- Bird drops it from 2nd in fight with DAC, JEV makes it two Techeetahs in the top 4- BUE ends his scoreless drought to finish 3rd- Sims claws back from 18th to 5th and 1 point out of championship lead- LDG goes from 15th to 6th, ROW 7th, MOR 8th- Mahindra teammates go from back row to 9th (DAM) and 10th (WEH) after CAL disqualified for energy usageFORMULA 1 PRE-SEASON LAUNCHES AND TESTING- Surprise, Mercedes looks great- Ferrari and Red Bull aren't finished developing (and Red Bull's RB16 looks a handful)- Renault might be...okay? Williams might be...okay!?- Racing Point has "The Mercedes at Home"- INDYCAR: James Hinchcliffe rejoins with Andretti Autosport for the Indy 500; Dick Johnson says McLaughlin is bound for America after 2020- F1/FE: Vandoorne promoted to primary reserve driver role at Mercedes-AMG- AUTOMOTIVE/VASC: General Motors shuttering Holden brand in Australia- WEC: Aston Martin withdraws Valkyrie Hypercar - now leaving Toyota to consider its future- WRC: Elfyn Evans wins one half of a very warm Rally Finland Rally Sweden- JUNIOR FORMULA: GT Sport champion Fraga wins Toyota Racing Series; F2 & F3 fields filling out (Matsushita, Aitken, Samaia)