Episode #232: Rocket Tough

Not the way we wanted to talk about NASCAR at the top of a Podcast, but here we are... At least Mitch Evans came through, eh?

THE MIRACLE ON DAYTONA BEACH
- Ryan Newman out of hospital 42 hours after near-fatal Daytona 500 crash
- Let's talk about superspeedway racing as it is now

FORMULA E MEXICO CITY EPRIX
- Braaah. Mitch Evans muscles past polesitter Lotterer, drives to dominant 2nd career victory and championship lead
- LOT's race comes undone with wing damage
- DEV suffers brake failure, VAN crashes out of P5 late
- Bird drops it from 2nd in fight with DAC, JEV makes it two Techeetahs in the top 4
- BUE ends his scoreless drought to finish 3rd
- Sims claws back from 18th to 5th and 1 point out of championship lead
- LDG goes from 15th to 6th, ROW 7th, MOR 8th
- Mahindra teammates go from back row to 9th (DAM) and 10th (WEH) after CAL disqualified for energy usage

FORMULA 1 PRE-SEASON LAUNCHES AND TESTING
- Surprise, Mercedes looks great
- Ferrari and Red Bull aren't finished developing (and Red Bull's RB16 looks a handful)
- Renault might be...okay? Williams might be...okay!?
- Racing Point has "The Mercedes at Home"

- INDYCAR: James Hinchcliffe rejoins with Andretti Autosport for the Indy 500; Dick Johnson says McLaughlin is bound for America after 2020
- F1/FE: Vandoorne promoted to primary reserve driver role at Mercedes-AMG
- AUTOMOTIVE/VASC: General Motors shuttering Holden brand in Australia
- WEC: Aston Martin withdraws Valkyrie Hypercar - now leaving Toyota to consider its future
- WRC: Elfyn Evans wins one half of a very warm Rally Finland Rally Sweden
- JUNIOR FORMULA: GT Sport champion Fraga wins Toyota Racing Series; F2 & F3 fields filling out (Matsushita, Aitken, Samaia)