In what could be a sign of things to come, a pair of twenty-somethings rule the day at the Can-Am Duels. Ryan Blaney overtook teammate Joey Logano to capture the first of Thursday’s duels. After focusing on building a car to win a pole in the past, the 9 team put together a race winning car, and win Chase Elliott did in the second of the Duels. Also making headlines was rookie Darrell Wallace Jr., who made a nice showing in the first race. While he seems like an old man by comparison, Joey Logano was up front much of the day during his run. Suddenly, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Clint Bowyer and Denny Hamlin have become the old men of NASCAR. Who thought we’d ever see that day? Even Kyle Busch has become something of a grizzled veteran. Times have changed. Don’t get me wrong, this is good for the sport. It’s interesting that both Blaney and Elliott are second generation NASCAR drivers. In Elliott’s case, he’s now displaying the number 9 on his car- the number his dad Bill used during his glory days, he seems to have inherited a certain amount of the 16-time Most Popular Driver’s fan base. In Blaney’s case, you have to think he’ll pick up fans who gravitate to the “racer’s racer” types as his dad Dave made his biggest headlines in the World of Outlaws. Thursday’s Duels have set the stage for what should be a compelling Daytona 500 Sunday. If no other reason than the new faces, it’s a new look NASCAR. I’ll leave it to you to determine whether that’s good or bad. It looks good from here. Kyle Larson is another one of those “racer’s racer” types, William Byron has shown tremendous promise. Then we haven’t even gotten into the Dillon brothers, Alex Bowman and Daniel Suarez. Not only are the faces fresh, it’s most certainly a good thing to see a more diverse NASCAR. If the Duels showed us anything Sunday’s 500 will not be the same old, same old. It’s a new and hopefully better day in NASCAR.
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