Daytona, a waste of good cars and money, another wreckfest.
I'l watch some of it, too many commercials plus the announcers use the word "Stage" way too many times
I have long been a fan of NASCAR but the recent format change isn't for me.
Daytona, a waste of good cars and money, another wreckfest.
I'l watch some of it, too many commercials plus the announcers use the word "Stage" way too many times
I have long been a fan of NASCAR but the recent format change isn't for me.
Understand, there are now three "segments" to a race, it's like 3 different races form one. Thing is, in the past how you drove, how well you car held up, your pit strategy all played a part of having a shot when 500 laps were about to be complete. This "segmented" crap has chased off the die-hards that kept NASCAR in business for all these years, they don't care for "gimmick" crap and neither do I.I think that was done to keep certain drivers (48) from sandbagging the entire race, "saving" their car, and then suddenly coming out of nowhere to take the lead with 10 laps to go. Now you need to be up front all race long to get the most points.
Which is why Daytona now has a bunch of random colored seats:People are not buying nearly as much as they used to. Michigan International speedway recently removed a lot of bleachers to make it look better on TV. Empty seats dont look good
Just maybe it is rigged? just sayinHilarious to read how much the Toyota Camry dominated over Ford and Chevy last year...how the fvck does that happen??
How to win the Daytona 500, put the guy in front of you, into the wall.
That's how the prior owner of the #3 used to win races!
This is why it's a bad idea to "block" late in the race, Aimerola went up to the top to try and stop anyone from taking his lead, very, very risky, it usually ends badly if a driver tries that. DE senior lost his life "blocking" for a teammate in the last lap, Aimerola would have been better served to simply hug the inside and hope for the best.How to win the Daytona 500, put the guy in front of you, into the wall.
Well I was pissed that Fox chose to go to commercial break every 2nd lap near the end, I understand they paid a lot of $$ to air the race but it got ridiculous.Does anyone else feel like they watched a 3 hour long F-150 commercial?
This is why it's a bad idea to "block" late in the race, Aimerola went up to the top to try and stop anyone from taking his lead, very, very risky, it usually ends badly if a driver tries that. DE senior lost his life "blocking" for a teammate in the last lap, Aimerola would have been better served to simply hug the inside and hope for the best.
Without the plate's those cars would be hitting 240+ MPH, NASCAR is afraid that "catch fence" would fail if a car hit it going that fast. Agree though, drivers hate plate races.Well given the new formwat - stage racing and 'you win, you're in' - this will be the new mode. With the apparent media / upper executive level of NASCAR pushing for more excitement and mass-market appeal, I think this format is here to stay. I don't know how drivers feel now, but 10-15 years ago, many of the drivers hated restrictor plate racing because of the propensity of creating 'the big one'. Car / track safety has significantly improved since Dale Sr died, along with the 2 drivers that also died that year. I say eliminate the restrictor plate and let them run full out at Daytona and Talladega.
Do they still have those pit sluts?
or did COVID eliminate them?