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Dale Earnhardt Jr., Corey LaJoie down beers with Ross Chastain during Prime Coca-Cola 600 post-race show

Originally posted on 5 GOATs | By Jonathan Howard | Last updated May 26, 2025 4:11 PM ET

One of the best parts of Prime Video’s NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 coverage was the post-race with Dale Earnhardt Jr. and co. Danielle Trotta, Corey LaJoie, and Carl Edwards make for a fantastic trackside broadcast group.

Ross Chastain pulled off the biggest win of his Cup Series career. Six laps to go in the race, he made a huge move, pulling a “slide job” on William Byron, forcing the 24 car to lift and give up the lead, or else wreck himself and Chastain in the process.

On the post-race show, Chastain joined the Prime Video desk next to the track. Trackhouse Racing team owner, Justin Marks, was there as well. Dale Jr. came out of the booth up above the track and joined the crew. It was an amazing post-race show that NASCAR fans haven’t had since the SPEED Channel days.

The best part? Ross Chastain brought beer. He poured out a little bit for everyone at the desk and they had a toast to the big win. While Chastain and Marks had a good gulp and a sip, respectively, Dale Jr. and Corey LaJoie put it back.

A long day of covering NASCAR makes you thirsty. Check out how Dale Jr. puts back his cup, looking over at LaJoie to make sure he isn’t the only one.

This NASCAR @SportsonPrime post-race show is fantastic and has beer. Kudos @DaleJr and @CoreyLaJoie for taking the long sips of those who know they're off work tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/jLlbhiJ7kl
— nascarcasm (@nascarcasm) May 26, 2025

Everyone knows that Dale Earnhardt Jr. is always looking for an excuse to have a beer toast. Ross Chastain and his Busch Light sponsorship gave him the perfect excuse, and Dale made the most of it.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. returns to the booth, delivers great race

If there is anything that we should take away from last night’s Coca-Cola 600 it is this: the broadcast matters just as much as the on-track product. Earlier in the day, I was watching the F1 race in Monaco. No passing, terrible racing by the definition of it, and F1 had to make teams do an extra pit stop to try and make it interesting.

However, what you get in the F1 broadcast that you don’t get on FOX or even NBC with NASCAR is a detailed report on the entire race. Pit reports are relaying information the entire time and helping the broadcast booth paint the picture of the entire race, not just the fight for the lead. Adam Alexander, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Steve Letarte were excellent at giving us the full picture.

When William Byron was checked out, 10 seconds ahead of the field, the focus was on other battles in the race. We didn’t have to sit there and watch Byron run laps with little to no commentary on what was happening further back in the field. There are point battles and playoff positions to be gained for everyone on the track. We got to see that, and hear about it from not just the booth but the pit reporters as well.

If you only watch the leaders in a race, it can no doubt be boring. However, NASCAR has never been only about the winner. Racing isn’t only about the winner. Dale Jr. and the Prime Video team delivered us a broadcast that was engaging and has completely raised the bar for the other broadcast partners.

This article first appeared on 5 GOATs and was syndicated with permission.

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