Foundational Bricks—The 1994 Brickyard 400: 28th, John Andretti

Join me as I take a look back every Monday at the starting lineup for one of the biggest races in NASCAR history, the inaugural Brickyard 400. 

Starting 28th: (rookie) John Andretti #14 Bryant/Byrd’s Cafeteria Hagan Racing Chevy

Finished: 28th

John Andretti shortly
after retiring from full-
time racing

Career Highlights: Two Cup Series race wins, one IndyCar race win, first driver to “Do the Double” (Indy 500 & Coke 600), lifetime supply of cereal.

Total Brickyard 400 Starts: 11

Best Brickyard 400 Finish: 7th (1998)

Signed by Doug Williams,
John Andretti's crew chief

1994 Fun Fact: John raced for two teams in 1994, starting with Hagan Racing and moving to Petty Enterprises.  Before shutting down, the Hagan team replaced Andretti with Phil Parsons, which I think was a law of some sort.

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50 States of Fans at Tonight’s Race…Even These Ones

This is a parody

A press release issued from EchoPark Speedway noted that fans are attending tonight’s race from all fifty states.  While some seem obvious (the Carolinas, California, Georgia), there ARE people attending from some of the lesser-thought-of state as well.  Here they are:

Hal Warren, Shelby Montana: Comes to this race every year as part of a visit to his step-grandparents, with the race taking up 3 days and the visit taking up 3 BINGO games.

Johnny Reynolds, Fairbanks Alaska: Superfan of Carson Hocevar—a welcome change after nearly 20 years as a superfan of Brian Scott.

Diane Murray, Peterborough New Hampshire—won these tickets in a divorce, sits next to a wooden sign reading “Was She Worth It?”

Jackie Neyman, Binford North Dakota: Actually lives outside Macon Georgia, but maintains a North Dakota mailing address so she can claim to be “North Dakota’s biggest Chase Elliott fan”.

William “Dub” Jennings, Little Heaven Delaware: Helped Marcus Smith change a tire on a rental car last year, now he gets free tickets to any SMI race he wants (well, except Bristol).

Bernie Rosenbaum, Honolulu Hawaii: We go on vacation to Hawaii, but Hawaiians go on vacation to watch Ryan Preece possibly fly through the air…again.

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Race Picks Atlanta/Lime Rock: Spade Racing vs. AI

Join me as I test my wits against various AI programs in picking the 2026 Cup races.  Once they’ve made their picks, I’ll make my normal Favorite, Next Favorite, and Dark Horse picks (in addition to my regular O’Reilly & Truck Series picks).  At the end of the year we’ll see who knows more—me, or a soulless machine gobbling up water and electricity.

ChatGPT AI (4 wins) sez: If I had to make one pick, I'd go with Ryan Blaney. 

Truck Series (2 wins) LiUNA 150 Saturday 1pm ET on FS1: KADEN HONEYCUTT—Lime Rock, next to Lemon Rock?

O’Reilly Series (4 wins) Focused Health 250 Saturday 7pm ET on CW: SHELDON CREED—as opposed to what, unfocused health?

Cup Series Quaker State 400 7pm ET on TNT  FAVORITE (1 win): CHASE ELLIOTT—and why isn’t this a Saturday night race, either?  NEXT FAVORITE (2 wins): AUSTIN CINDRIC—hey, my #2 pick is #2.  DARK HORSE (1 win): SPIRE PICK’EM—Carson Hocevar, Daniel Suarez, or Michael McDowell.

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