NASCAR's throwback weekend included a shocking nod to religion, Brexton Busch emotional win & fighting words?

You wanna see what the Cup field look like the last time they raced there?Jeff Gordon beat Dale Earnhardt, Dale Jarrett, Jeff Burton and Terry Labonte on Sept.29, 1996.

Lordy.What a top-five!With all due respect to today's NASCAR, these fellas ain't touching those guys.DALE EARNHARDT JR.

BROUGHT NASCAR BACK TO LIFE 25 YEARS AGO THIS WEEKEND, BUT THE PAIN IS BACKNot now, not tomorrow, not ever.A better time.

A simpler time.Joey Logano, driver of the No.22 Shell-Pennzoil Ford, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Window World 450 at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, N.C., on July 19, 2026.

(Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)That being said, Joey Logano came close Sunday night, leading 323 of the 450 laps and holding off Denny Hamlin to win for the first time in well over a year.That's right.Joey Logano — a three-time NASCAR champ — had somehow gone over a year between Cup wins.

In fact, he'd barely led a lap before Sunday night at North Wilkesboro.Did it make the race boring? Eh.A little.

But that's less on Joey, and more on NASCAR for this terrible short-track product.Thanks, Next Gen car!What else y'all wanna talk about today? How about the faith in and around the track all weekend long? Seriously.

I know NASCAR is the only sport left that really acknowledges God (Lord knows it ain't the WNBA!), but it was kicked up a notch at North Wilkesboro.What an invocation! And what a Truck Series sponsor! You'll see.I've also got Brexton Busch winning on Friday for the first time since his dad died in May, and buddy, it was a surreal site.He even did the signature bow.

Incredible.OK, four tires, enough Sunoco racing fuel to get us to Indy, and maybe some communion for anyone who missed this weekend's service at at North Wilkesboro ...Monday Morning Pit-Stop — the 'NASCAR Goes Back In Time' edition — is LIVE!Look, Joey Logano absolutely dominated this race.

At one point, there were, like, four cars on the lead lap.Chase Elliott, William Byron a...