THE CLASH

Mispeedway15 said:
Also it was a complete joke at Daytona. Basically everyone just driving single file trying not to wreck
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In the latter years, yes. At one point, it was actually a good race.

It was supposed to be the first Cup race of Speedweeks, which is why it was special. If it’s not at Daytona, they might as well dump it. It seems to be more headache than it’s worth.
 
Is there really no on track action until Wednesday of next week in Daytona? I guess it doesn't matter much then if they push it back a week.
 
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Brentford said:
I can’t wait to see what Mother Nature has planned for Daytona next week. I’m guessing storm of the century, 24 inches of snow and subzero temperatures.
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The long range GFS (which is usually trash but did nail this blizzard of the century in NC) is spitting out a literal hurricane.


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hmmm298 said:
Honestly it’s getting comical at this point watching them try to pull this off, and I’m not sure if they are going to end up having time or not. I hope they do. If not I wonder what will happen. There is no precedent for this with an exhibition race. Other ones have been rescheduled to the end of the season etc in extreme case in the last, it those weee points races. It’s kind of entertaining watching.

That being said, regardless, I’m in a bit of a pretty bad emergency situation possibly and may not be getting to watch anything for a while unless I find a way to resolve it, which is looking increasingly more unlikely, more unlikely than them being able to pull off this race unfortunately. Perfect timing with Nascar coming back, which is basically the only thing I truly enjoy anymore other than my two dogs.

So if they do I really hope you guys can enjoy it as great little kickoff for the season.
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FYI I was just having a bad night last night and for now at least everything is fine now. :)

Still a small, mischievous part of me wants to see it snow just to see how they handle that with the 500 rapidly approaching.
 
Jimbo Slice said:
Someone actually made a good point on Sirius NASCAR radio today: scrap the Clash & All-Star race and just schedule 38 points races. Why not? Start the season before the Super Bowl, followed by an off-week, and then the West Coast swing.
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Yea I’m kinda coming around in that theory, the clash serves little purpose now that’s it out of Daytona and the All Star race serves even less. Just cut these two events out and give the industry two extra weeks off is my vote.
 
Jimbo Slice said:
Someone actually made a good point on Sirius NASCAR radio today: scrap the Clash & All-Star race and just schedule 38 points races. Why not? Start the season before the Super Bowl, followed by an off-week, and then the West Coast swing.
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I've been calling for one or both of those to come to an end. They were fun in the early days, not so much these days.
 
Old 97 said:
No offense but I've never understood a race fan calling for less laps or less races.

More More More! is my vote.
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NASCAR is actually extending a couple races this year for a change. Watkins Glen is getting bumped up to 100 laps, and North Wilkesboro has been changed to 450 (previously it was always 400). Which makes me happy, I've been wanting some longer races added back for a while.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
Define 'right'. It's an exhibition race using a format Cup never runs anywhere else. It can't be 'wrong' by definition, regardless of tires.
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The thing to me is if you want a joker race, then make it one. If it were up to me I'd do something like turn sprinklers in one turn and nothing else. See how they deal with a half wet - half dry track
 
They needed to draw for qualifying groups places. It looks like the phoned it in and went by how they finished for the season.
 
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