2016 Daytona - Coke Zero 400 - Pre Race Thread

RacerrecaR said:
Could happen if all 40 cars stay single file and bumper to bumper from start to finish. After watching last night's wreckfest the drivers might be perfectly fine doing that tonight.
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Yeah, it'd be the 2013 Daytona 500 all over again. Remember how awesome that race was?

 
Radar shows a minor cell moving over Daytona. Looks like a slight delay and clear the rest of the night....
 
Charlie Spencer said:
You have just the one? Drag out an old Jeff shirt if you have to.
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Ironically, that's what I'm wearing right now, this one to be specific:

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Couldn't decide between watching Daytona or heading to the local dirt track. Fortunately for me, mother nature made it easy by canceling the local show due to rain. Hopefully the same doesn't happen for Daytona.
 
Brent said:
Couldn't decide between watching Daytona or heading to the local dirt track. Fortunately for me, mother nature made it easy by canceling the local show due to rain. Hopefully the same doesn't happen for Daytona.
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Sorry to hear that. If I had a local track, I'd DVR Daytona (and most other Saturday night NASCAR events).
 
I think maybe I should take Newman out of my picks for tonight.

Ryan Newman makes pointed comment in drivers meeting to NASCAR about end of Xfinity race
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By Dustin LongJul 2, 2016, 6:43 PM EDT

Ryan Newman punctuated Saturday night’s drivers meeting with a pointed retort to NASCAR after series officials delayed calling a caution on the last lap of Friday night’s Xfinity Series race.
NASCAR stated that they didn’t see the impacts on the backstretch, allowing the race to continue under green. Once series officials recognized the severity of the impacts on the last lap, they called for the caution flag immediately.
Newman brought that situation up at the end of the drivers meeting.
“If you could err toward the side of safety with respect to the overtime line, throwing the caution instead of racing back (to the line),” he said.
Said Richard Buck, Cup series director: “We always err on the side of safety. That’s our top priority.”
Said Newman: “Try to do a better job than last night.”
That wasn’t the only subject asked about by drivers.
Buck briefly mentioned blocking and was asked by Tony Stewart about it.
Buck responded: “As you know we don’t have a rule about blocking, we just ask that all the drivers be mindful of the effects when you get it wrong.”
Another issue in the Xfinity race was drivers forced below the yellow line, but NASCAR did not penalize anyone for that.
Kevin Harvick asked: “When you shove somebody under the yellow line, it’s not a penalty?”
Said Buck: “As it said in the video, if you force somebody below the yellow line to avoid a pass, then it becomes a judgment call on us.”

http://nascar.nbcsports.com/2016/07...-meeting-to-nascar-about-end-of-xfinity-race/
 
Charlie Spencer said:
Sorry to hear that. If I had a local track, I'd DVR Daytona (and most other Saturday night NASCAR events).
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I miss my local track (about an hour from my place, accounting for traffic). It was even supposed to be part of the K&N East sked (and had been for awhile) but the lease expired and the lessee couldn't buy it in time for the season. (and still hasn't as of yet)
 
I was at this race last year, and was very glad NASCAR ended up holding the race very late that night / early morning.


Otherwise, I would've missed the race because I had a flight the next day.
 
If I'm going to a race, I typically make sure I'm off work the following day and that I have nothing planned. Though I still prefer they race as late as needed that way we can find something to do. I mean, if you spend the entire day at the track and they don't end up racing, you feel like you've wasted an entire day.
 
Does NBC typically stay on air or do they send it over to NBCS in a rain delay?
 
Brent said:
Does NBC typically stay on air or do they send it over to NBCS in a rain delay?
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They aired it on NBC proper last year, even after the delay. But if they punt it to the next day, they might send it to NBCSN (which they did last year at Charlotte for some lame golf tournament)
 
Brent said:
If I'm going to a race, I typically make sure I'm off work the following day and that I have nothing planned. Though I still prefer they race as late as needed that way we can find something to do. I mean, if you spend the entire day at the track and they don't end up racing, you feel like you've wasted an entire day.
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I took a summer class last summer, and couldn't afford to miss another day of class in addition to the Monday I flew back.
 
My obsession with Chevy's focus group commercial series with beard-boy has inspired me to do some recon...hipster beard-boy's name is Potsch Boyd. Yes, Potsch is his name. He is, contrary to the "real people, not actors" disclaimer, actually an--wait for it--ACTOR! He's done all sorts of acting work including Criminal Minds...

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1206123/

Some of the extras in the spots, also actors. Real people, yes. Not actors? No. :eek:
 
I wonder the if the Jr performance updates spots are going to carry over to NBC , or is that a FOX only spot, guess we are all going to find out soon
 
Dillon is going to tough it out for 20-some laps without A/C.
 
Bob said:
My obsession with Chevy's focus group commercial series with beard-boy has inspired me to do some recon...hipster beard-boy's name is Potsch Boyd. Yes, Potsch is his name. He is, contrary to the "real people, not actors" disclaimer, actually an--wait for it--ACTOR! He's done all sorts of acting work including Criminal Minds...

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1206123/

Some of the extras in the spots, also actors. Real people, yes. Not actors? No. :eek:
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LOL. Chevy is busted again for cheating.
 
Bob said:
My obsession with Chevy's focus group commercial series with beard-boy has inspired me to do some recon...hipster beard-boy's name is Potsch Boyd. Yes, Potsch is his name. He is, contrary to the "real people, not actors" disclaimer, actually an--wait for it--ACTOR! He's done all sorts of acting work including Criminal Minds...

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1206123/

Some of the extras in the spots, also actors. Real people, yes. Not actors? No. :eek:
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The one where they dump cinder blocks in the truck beds features a woman in the crowd in the first 3 or 4 seconds. She's never seen again.

As to "real people, not actors", I thought actors were real people. What are they, aliens hatched from pods? The entire campaign comes up with unrealistic situations and attempts to apply the artificial results to my buying decision. The only conclusion I've reached is that, based solely on this campaign, only idiots buy or sell Chevys.
 
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