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@nascarcasm recaps playoffs opener at Las Vegas in photos
By @nascarcasm | Published: September 16, 2019 12
Matt Sullivan | Getty Images
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Matt Sullivan | Getty Images
“Elliott, having seen your haircut, I thought I’d be a friend and let you know that you’re supposed to make bad decisions when you’re IN Las Vegas and not the week leading up to it.”
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Jonathan Ferrey | Getty Images
DID YOU KNOW? Austin Cindric is so tall that he can get into a monster truck the same way.
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Matt Sullivan | Getty Images
He spent the first 15 minutes of practice just staring at his mustache in the rearview mirror and doing finger guns at himself.
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Matt Sullivan | Getty Images
This is Austin Hill’s victory burnout after Friday night’s race and not yet another championship-eligible driver’s truck detonating like a marshmallow Peep in the microwave.
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Jonathan Ferrey | Getty Images
I think that’s the new iPhone 11 Pro Max.
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Matt Sullivan | Getty Images
I have seen some things I didn’t expect to see when I’m in Las Vegas BUT HOLY CRAP YOU GUYS.
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Chris Graythen | Getty Images
Kyle Busch chats with his brother Kurt about whose weekend is gonna wind up crappier.
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Matt Sullivan | Getty Images
“HEY IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING IF I WAS ABLE TO STRETCH THE FUEL LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE IT TO THE END OF THE RACE THEN THEN ANSWER IS YES, I DID, IN FACT.”
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Jonathan Ferrey | Getty Images
I just want to take a moment to thank whoever put Austin Cindric and Tyler Reddick next to each other. I mean this is some Penn-and-Teller-level height differential and I’m here for it.
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Chris Graythen | Getty Images
The customary post-victory jazz hands.
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Chris Graythen | Getty Images
He’s smiling so I think this picture was taken prior to the race.
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Chris Graythen | Getty Images
You have to respect the confidence of a guy who has apparently been growing a playoff beard since about May.