Happy Hour: What’s Left To Be Said About The Daytona 520
The hole in Daytona couldn’t be helped. It happens. I can personally testify that severe weather causes unexpected problems.
The hole in Daytona couldn’t be helped. It happens. I can personally testify that severe weather causes unexpected problems.
It’s not likely that any driver in NASCAR would tell you that he would trade a Daytona 500 win for a win in any other race of the season.
Many fans are vocal that there are too many tracks like Kansas and Kentucky on the schedule as it is and there aren’t enough like Dover and Martinsville.
Most sports would still love to have NASCAR’s attendance and ratings, but the current trend is very much downward.
With Danica Patrick likely to race in the Nationwide Series with JR Motorsports next season, NASCAR can partially exhale.
You can probably bank on this, too: now that Ryan Newman is OK, his airborne crash will be shown in the promo for the next Talladega race on FOX in April.
People who cover NASCAR are fond of saying things like “missing the Chase does NOT make you a second-class citizen.” Try telling Kyle Busch that.
I think you get the picture. It’s long been a contention of this writer that NASCAR legislates parity too much.
Faithful Frontstretch readers, sometimes I feel like the kid in The Emperor’s New Clothes. The Vegas NASCAR Nationwide Series race this year was an example.
Auto Club Speedway gets a vicious rap from a gaggle of fans and media, including many writers on this website.