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Busy day in Nascar news... Aric Almirola announced 2022 will be his final full time Cup season, wishes to spend more time with his family https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2022/01/10/aric-almirola-to-retire-after-this-season/ Dale Earnhardt Jr will get behind the wheel again at Daytona this week testing the next gen car for Hendrick Motorsports due to 3 of their driver's competing in the Chili Bowl this week https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2022/01/10/dale-jr-to-take-part-in-daytona-test-for-hendrick-motorsports/ William Byron, driver of the #24 will also be at Daytona testing for Hendrick Motorsports. Livestream on Nascar's YouTube channel will start tomorrow at 12pm eastern.

I bet it was a heart attack. They said he was found with his hand clenched on his chest. He did a two hour stand up routine that night and many witnesses said that he didn't drink much water out of the bottle on stage for him. It's interesting his comedy was so raunchy considering he played such a vanilla character on Full House. Though you could see his dirty mind come out a little bit as host on America's Funniest Home Videos.

I don't think they know yet. The article I read said "The sheriff’s office confirmed that no cause of death had been determined, saying in a statement there were no signs of foul play or drug use."

Does anybody know HOW Bob Saget died? I don't see it anywhere!

(Season 1 Repo Men) Luke Duke & Cooter Davenport driving in the Rolls Royce. Cooter Davenport:"Hey Luke?" Luke Duke:"Yeah?" Cooter Davenport:"Whatcha think ol' Burt Reynolds would do at a time like this?" Luke Duke:"Well, I ain't sure. But I know he'd be doin' it with somebody a lot prettier than you." Cooter Davenport:"Awe." Cooter Davenport:"Hey Luke?" Luke Duke:"Yeah!?" Cooter Davenport:"If you can't make this thing go any faster than this, you mind if I just jump out, an' run ahead!?" Luke Duke:"Funny!"

Stewart Haas Racing has hired Ryan Preece as a backup driver in case any of their 4 driver's have to sit out a race due to Covid https://www.jayski.com/2022/01/06/stewart-haas-racing-hires-ryan-preece-as-reserve-driver/. He will also run 2 cup and 3 Xfinity races for SHR's satellite teams. Matt Dibenedetto finally landed a full time ride in the Truck series with Rackley W.A.R. https://www.jayski.com/2022/01/06/matt-dibenedetto-running-full-time-in-truck-series-for-rackley-w-a-r-in-2022/

Maybe Brandon Brown and his sponsor should have rethought the name they wanted to use https://sports.yahoo.com/nascar-denies-lets-go-brandon-themed-sponsorship-xfinity-series-driver-brandon-brown-021448067.html Not surprising since Nascar needs to find new fans. But also it could be partially due to the DC Solar debacle that ended up costing Nascar and Chip Ganassi Racing millions of dollars.

2022 Nascar Cup tv schedule https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2022/01/04/kyle-larson-chase-elliott-kyle-busch-martin-truex-alex-bowman-2022-nascar-cup-schedule-tv-info-ticket-info/ Daytona Speedweeks has been trimmed down to just 6 days this year , qualifying won't even be on Fox networks. There's going to be a tire test at the new Atlanta repave this week so keep an eye on YouTube.