Kyle Petty gives his take on the Charlotte Roval as well as who is safe and who isn't as the NASCAR Playoffs eliminate four drivers on Sunday.
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00:00 All right, the Roval this week.
00:02 Two wild card races in a row.
00:04 Now, Talladega ended up not being as wild
00:06 as we all anticipated.
00:08 But I think the Roval has that opportunity.
00:10 Why?
00:11 Because we have guys that are already in.
00:12 We have William Byron.
00:13 We have Ryan Blaney.
00:14 Obviously, those guys are already in.
00:16 But we have Denny Hamlin and a couple of other guys.
00:18 I think Chris Buescher is already in.
00:20 And he is a great little road racer.
00:21 When I go above the line, the guy
00:23 that I look at that could have trouble is Kyle Larson.
00:27 And I say that.
00:28 Yes, he's 15 above.
00:29 Yes, he had an incredible average finish in the first round.
00:33 But we saw him limp across the line to make the playoffs.
00:35 We've seen him eliminated from the playoffs.
00:37 This is a must for him.
00:38 He lost eight positions-- eight positions--
00:41 in that last lap crash at Talladega
00:44 that could have put him in a safe place going
00:46 into the Roval.
00:47 The name that jumps out to me is Tyler Reddick.
00:50 He is a road racer extraordinaire,
00:52 as far as my opinion goes.
00:54 He has come from nowhere to dominate some of these road
00:57 courses, to run in the top two or three
00:58 in these road courses, to lead laps.
01:01 The only Ford that has won on a road course
01:03 has been Michael McDowell at Indy.
01:05 And that's a totally different type of road course
01:07 than the Roval or any other place that we run.
01:10 So as I look at this, if I'm going
01:11 to go head to head with everybody-- take out
01:13 stage points, take out everything-- then
01:15 Brad Kay is in trouble.
01:17 Once you throw in some of these guys that
01:19 may be able to score some stage points-- Kyle Larson
01:22 has a typical Roval race for him-- he's in trouble.
01:25 But my man out this week is Brad Kay.
01:27 My man in this week is Tyler Rettig.