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You really don't wanna piss off Tom Fulp.

Someone put together a rundown of everything discussed in the Nascar 26 Q&A with the developers this evening.

RIP Nascar on NBC, you were marginally better of the two legacy networks.

When season 14 came out last year, obviously everyone was taken off guard by the big drop that Hank had left Strickland to work for Aramco. I never had an issue with the change, but it always felt a bit cynical for the show. Almost like Hank got poached from his much beloved job and left everyone behind for money.

After watching the finale, it really changes the entire framing of it into a much more depressing internal struggle. He wasn't a hot commodity. He took the first job that gave him an interview because he was desperate. Hearing Hank tell Buck outright that he got everything he wanted in Saudi Arabia but it didn't feel like a family shows that even Hank understood that he was working for a faceless corporation and that even if he took pride in his own work, he wasn't where he wanted to be.

It gives his struggles with being retired a lot more depth because he didn't want to be done working. He just gave up on trying to work in Arlen ever again. The Hills uprooted their entire way of life because Buck Strickland is an asshole and just made the best of it until they could come home and never have to worry about money again. It really gives the revival a lot more layers, and it makes me wonder if Peggy is really going to stay retired too.

It really felt like they put in a lot of leg work in the offseason to make their broadcast just look like "Prime on Cable TV" and I mean that in an incredibly complimentary manner. Exclusively split screen ad breaks was a fantastic addition and the new graphics package is super colorful and pleasant to look at!

"NASCAR on Prime's Cup Series Racing from Pocono averaged 1.66 million viewers, down 11% vs. last year's comparable race from Pocono when the green flag was pushed back by more than two hours."

"Race coverage peaked from 4:00- 4:14 PM ET with 2.30M viewers, up +6% vs. last year's peak."