Homestead: Steve Letarte returns to the pit box! An inside view, plus a "parts freeze" explanation and what William Byron's win does for Rudy Fugle episode artwork

EPISODE · Mar 2, 2021 · 39 MIN

Homestead: Steve Letarte returns to the pit box! An inside view, plus a "parts freeze" explanation and what William Byron's win does for Rudy Fugle

from NASCAR on NBC podcast · host Nate Ryan, NASCAR on NBC Sports

NASCAR on NBC analyst Steve Letarte breaks down the NASCAR Cup race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, where he returned as a de-facto crew chief for the first time in several years and explained how race day felt (1:00); what surprised him the most about what the NASCAR garage looks like now vs. 2014 (2:30); how the race unfolded (5:00); why Corey LaJoie seemed less worried about everything than Steve (6:30); how Steve still found his happy place despite his car being out for the last 100 laps (8:30); how Sunday compared to his first race as a crew chief nearly 15 years ago (10:30); how crew limitations could impact the crew chief transitions for engineers (12:30); the extra duties that come with being on a pandemic-era pit crew (15:30); Steve’s insight and experience with Rudy Fugle winning his third race as a Cup crew chief (18:00); good signs for Hendrick Motorsports (20:00); who is Rudy Fugle (21:30); explaining how the “parts freeze” is affecting the Cup Series (23:30); why it’s helping the smaller teams (27:00); will NASCAR do more of this for parity with the NextGen car (29:00); challenging the parity discussion (31:30); Visit www.nbcsports.com/nascar and www.nbcsports.com/motors for more NASCAR and motorsports coverage from NBC Sports. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Recapping the NASCAR Cup Series at Homestead-Miami Speedway, where NASCAR on NBC analyst Steve Letarte returned atop the pit box and provides his unique viewpoint as well as an analysis of William Byron's victory and the impact of the 2021 parts freeze.

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