NASCAR Fans React as Poll for Ryan Blaney-Starrer All-Star Race Shows Glaring Results

Published 05/23/2022, 1:33 PM EDT

The long-awaited NASCAR All-Star race at Texas Motor Speedway is finally over. And, we saw the Team Penske driver, Ryan Blaney take the chequered flag and collect the $1 Million prize. Of course, it was an awesome race for the team.

However, things did not quite work out for NASCAR. In fact, NASCAR Journalist. Jeff Gluck posted a poll on Twitter, asking the fans if the All-Star Race was a good one. And, 90% of the fans (at the time of this reporting) voted “No”. Fascinatingly, the All-Star race wasn’t as much of a success as NASCAR might have hoped.

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Was the All-Star Race a good race?
— Jeff Gluck (@jeff_gluck) May 23, 2022

Moreover, the fans shared their visible discontentment with the race in the comments.

First no
— Ryan (@RyanECU) May 23, 2022

Willing to make as many Twitter accounts as possible to keep it 100% no.
— Noah Ewing (@Noahewing64) May 23, 2022

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First vote. It’s a no from me pic.twitter.com/JwfGqLtGuO
— Kraig Patterson (@racefan1999_) May 23, 2022

Race was ok until it became a Penske love fest. Not their fault, but tire issues are ruining these races. If th 18 and 5 didn't have problems then we may of had an epic battle, toss in Chastain and Elliot and the intrigue would've been there.
— Tons0fFun51 (@KMart1989) May 23, 2022

If you liked any of that, you’re part of the problem with NASCAR
— Alfa (@AlfaM_37) May 23, 2022

In fact, some fans even doubted the 10% who voted “Yes”.

10% need to explain why you voted yes.
I need some good humor this morning.
— 👸🏼 Whitney Nicole (@tiffanyco85) May 23, 2022

Have to be Blaney fans, no other explanation.
— Family Man (@TeamJGRfan) May 23, 2022

Bubba Wallace And Chase Elliott Suggested NASCAR Should Change The Venue

The Athletic asked various NASCAR Drivers what they could do to improve the All-Star race. And, 23XI Racing driver, Bubba Wallace opened up about his dissatisfaction with the venue.

Wallace said, “The All-Star Race should float, it should be like other major leagues that float their All-Star games, too. Pick your best markets and build off that. If (a track) is suited for us, I think we should look at different avenues. I mean, it’s an All-Star Race; it shouldn’t be in the same spot every year.”

And Wallace isn’t the only one! Hendrick Motorsports’ golden boy, Chase Elliott wanted the venue changed too. In fact, he had two reasons for having the All-Star moved.

Chase Elliott has two reasons why the all-star race should move around: Other sports have their all-star races move and he hasn’t had much success at Texas Motor Speedway: pic.twitter.com/xK0pKHJoxX
— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) May 18, 2022

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The first reason was, “I think that’s what that race was initially designed to do. To move around, and give fans in a different region a special event”.

The second reason was fairly selfish, but it still makes sense as he hasn’t had much luck at the track. He said, “To get away from Texas would be a major win for me, the lesser times we visit Texas, the better. I would love that, that would be great”

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Bubba Wallace Endorses Chase Elliott’s Strong Opinion on NASCAR All-Star Race

In the end, the all-star race could definitely have been better. What do you think NASCAR should do to make the next one better?

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Hetul Katyal is an F1-NASCAR web stories creator at EssentiallySports. Currently pursuing his degree in Journalism from the Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, he is an avid supporter of Carlos Sainz and Scuderia Ferrari. Hetul always looks forward to the paddock going to Baku, but the part of F1 that excites him the most, is seeing the drivers tackle the 'Raidillon' at Spa.

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Ranvijay Singh