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NASCAR on TNT In-Season Tournament video goes viral with Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ryan Blaney starring
Ricky Stenhouse Jr: Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images Ryan Blaney: Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The inaugural NASCAR In-Season Challenge gets underway this Sunday with the Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway in Atlanta. Ahead of the highly anticipated bracket style tournament, NASCAR unveiled a hype video on Tuesday.

“NASCAR and TNT , they’ve handed us the keys to something big,” Ryan Blaney says to a table full of drivers Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Austin Cindric, Josh Berry and John Hunter Nemechek. Together, they come up with ideas of how to design the NASCAR In-Season Challenge.

The video takes a comedic turn when Stenhouse suggests a “driver versus driver” format. “That’s my boy, Stenhouse,” Blaney told the HYAK Motorsports driver. Berry interrupted, “Don’t you mean Spinhouse?” Stenhouse reminded Berry, “The last guy that said that — didn’t work out too well for him.” Berry responded by throwing double birds in Stenhouse’s direction.

Sounds like a Stenhouse versus Berry matchup would be a must-see event. It could happen, as both are on the same side of the bracket.

Simply put, the matchup winner is the best-finishing driver between the two, and that driver advances to the next round, staying alive with a chance to win the ultimate $1 million prize. Atlanta starts it off, followed by the Chicago Street Race, Sonoma Raceway and Dover Motor Speedway. The finale will take place at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in one of NASCAR’s Crown Jewel events, the Brickyard 400.

NASCAR In-Season Tournament Bracket:

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

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