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Dale Jarrett and Kyle Petty welcome NASCAR Cup Series driver Corey LaJoie, who details the differences between NASCAR's Next Gen car and the Gen-6. Nate Ryan outlines some on-track incidents during Day 1 of the Indy 500 open test involving Alexander Rossi, Helio Castroneves, and Colton Herta. The crew also doles out some team grades near the quarter point of the season and looks ahead to Talladega Superspeedway.

In our weekly NASCAR on NBC Podcast feature during the 2019 Cup playoffs, Dale Jarrett discusses Kyle Larson’s development into being a winning driver Sunday at Dover and what DJ saw change for the No. 42 in the regular season (1:00); did Larson finally arrived at some realizations on how to race because the time simply arrived, or were there discussions within Chip Ganassi Racing? (4:00); the weight of expectations for Larson in his sixth season (6:00); can Larson reach the championship round and if so, is he a favorite? (8:00); why getting through on points is so difficult (9:30); did Martin Truex Jr. have the best car at Dover? (10:30); how Truex got past the pit crew miscue so quickly (12:30); on Joey Logano racing hard while being more than 20 laps down (15:00); the human element that reared its ugly head at Dover (17:30); Joey Logano’s ruthlessness on track (19:00); on the racing at Dover and some driver complaints (21:30); would more horsepower help? (23:45); handicapping the contenders for Talladega (25:00); how manufacturer alliances might be different this weekend (27:00).

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