Recent content by AlTerego

8.5 My favorite race of the year so far as there were comers & goers & some hard racing. Also it was great to see an old guy like Hamlin go out & execute like he was 25!

As far as Ty goes I wouldn’t say the fat lady has sung but she’s warming up.

A fair & unbiased response!

7 I feel the same way as @charliespencer as the race had too many stoppages for me.

Off to a great start but I’m not ready to crown him as the next Jimmie Johnson yet.

7.5 It was nice seeing cars able to get separation instead of the momentum racing of the past 2 weeks. No big wrecks either which I also liked. Mega congrats to the 45 team.

I though young Ty was going to be the real deal. I was wrong.

I love Hocevar. He’ll win this year.

I’ll go with Bubba for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. To run that well all race & flounder at the end is tough.

2 Far too many wrecks & interruptions for my liking. The good news for me is we have 33.3% of these type of races completed for the year. I’m looking forward to next week.

Is anyone going to watch the USA-Canada gold medal hockey game in the morning? I’m going to have to wait until the afternoon but I’m hoping to see it. Of course I’ll be cheering on the Americans but it will be a tough game.

Daytona removed approx 50,000 seats 10-15 years ago that weren’t selling. I think the removals were done under the auspices of a track reno though. Daytona used to seat around 155k & now it’s a little over 100k.

I’m one that doesn’t think you can use NASCAR, teams or employees of teams & integrity in the same sentence. Actually you probably can’t use those terms in the same zip code. Everyone is looking for something that will help them go faster so expediency trumps integrity. It’s always been this...

On X Austin Konenski (sp) posted that the 500 had a hair over 5 million viewers. Apparently Nielsen has not announced its ratings yet so Austin jumped the gun & apologized.

I still watch the 6 plate races even though they are not my favorites. The racing is normally in packs, there are normally big wrecks & if you see the last 20 laps you’ve seen all you need. I do my best not to trash them as I know a lot of people like this type of racing and more power to them...