All awesome pics. The 500 can't get here soon enough. The schedule this year is....interesting. I like that as soon as football ends, NASCAR begins and there is no gap. I still however, feel that NASCAR misses an opportunity to have 500 qualifying on Superbowl Sunday, No one seems to realize that most people are burned out on pre game analysis - especially for the SB since it's the most over analyzed game of the year and most over hyped too. I feel like there would be many super bowl parties that would happily watch qualifying in the early afternoon.
I also find the schedule interesting in that the first 2 races of the season are super-speedway races meaning we will know very little about where teams stand performance-wise until Vegas. The season will start as a disaster for many I am sure as there will be many to get caught up in wrecks in both those races. Chase included I am sure. LOL.
I also like the 2 weeks break in the summer and racing one week longer this year. If they had one more off week and raced one more week at the end it would be great. I mentioned in another thread that I really miss watching races right up until Thanksgiving. I feel NASCAR is missing another opportunity in that this time of year, people in many parts of the country are more likely to watch races now when it's cold and gets dark at 4PM. Another good off week for NASCAR would be like opening week for MLB when people are interested in that.