Berry said opportunities usually come down to how much money you can find, not how you run. Five straight top tens and no seat is a pretty loud test of that. So name the team that should be calling him, and tell me what they would have to move to make it happen.

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Chris Buescher's night at Daytona International Speedway ended before the Coke Zero Sugar 400 really got going. Buescher was leading late in Stage 1 with the stage win in sight when contact from Kyle Larson spun him entering the tri-oval, sending him to the garage. He returned multiple laps down and finished last, 15 laps behind, after just 34 and seven-eighths laps of running. Speaking to reporters on pit road afterward, Buescher said the incident killed their night, that he got dumped, and that the wreck scared the rest of the field into behaving for the remainder of the race. Larson approached Buescher after the race to apologize and the two talked, with Buescher explaining that his issue was not with being pushed but with the push not being square, something he noted has now caught them at a couple of superspeedways. Buescher also offered his assessment of NASCAR's new superspeedway rules package, saying it was a slight improvement but not enough, and possibly directionally correct. Despite the disappointment, Buescher was openly proud of RFK Racing teammate Ryan Preece, who won the race in overtime for his first career points-paying Cup victory and raced his way into the Chase. This video covers Buescher's full comments, the incident itself, and the argument over where the blame actually sits. Chris Buescher, Kyle Larson, Ryan Preece, RFK Racing, Daytona, Coke Zero Sugar 400, NASCAR superspeedway package, NASCAR news.

• The Connor Zilisch signing looked like the simplest deal in NASCAR until somebody raised the Red Bull question. Zilisch is a Red Bull athlete on a driver-specific deal rather than a Trackhouse one, which means it travels with him — and Hendrick Motorsports has its own energy partner in Phorm Energy. Pressed on it at the announcement press conference, Jeff Gordon took the microphone before Zilisch could answer, saying those conversations haven't happened, that Hendrick respects Zilisch's longtime relationship with Red Bull, that he'll continue representing them at Trackhouse while Hendrick stands behind Phorm, and that both agreements will be respected until maybe those contracts are up. Zilisch called being a Red Bull athlete one of his favorite jobs. We break down what Gordon's phrasing actually leaves open, why he answered first, and the much larger problem this creates for a completely different race team that nobody is talking about.