Daytona 500 RACE thread ! !

DanicaFreak said:
Rain delay musing
I know aunty has squashed my desire in the past but I can’t help but think there had to be a way to race on an oval in the rain. I flew a piper tomahawk and it started to pour rain suddenly one time I was out. They coat the windscreen with something that makes water just bead off.

Add lights and a highly engineered rain tire....man I can dream
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Rain x wont hold a tire to the ground cornering at 180 mph. No tire will.
 
DanicaFreak said:
Rain delay musing
I know aunty has squashed my desire in the past but I can’t help but think there had to be a way to race on an oval in the rain. I flew a piper tomahawk and it started to pour rain suddenly one time I was out. They coat the windscreen with something that makes water just bead off.

Add lights and a highly engineered rain tire....man I can dream
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The Cessna 172XP is much better in the draft.
 
be9ak7ts16 said:
Never saw the fuss with Days of Blunder, typical half-asss Hollywood racing movie
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jaqua19 said:
This..there's no such thing as a good nascar movie.

Most films take stereotypes and just pluck them into film.

It also makes it seem as if success is WAY easier than it is in real life.

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I enjoyed Days of Thunder for what it is.

I'd love to see a Rush or Ford v Ferarri caliber movie about NASCAR racing. Those are two damn good movies. Hell, Ford v Ferrari won Oscars.
 
Based on current reports, and that can always change, Daytona is dry until around 1:00 pm tomorrow. Then it’s raining off and on through the evening.

They should start at 10:00 am, like postponed races used to be. Starting at 4:00 pm is just asking for more delays.

Evenings in Florida are almost always wet.
 
KodiakRusty89 said:
That might be stretching it though 9 years later. I remember a 600 back in the 1990s (1997?) that went like that and then a few years later they wouldn't push it that far because it just was too late. Be interesting to see what happens though. I'm not sure if there's certain permits required in 2021 regarding the 24 hours and the 500 and 400.

Either, way I'd like for them to get it in. I hope Fox and the locals are good sports....
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I remember that 600 quite well. I was the Operations Manager for the radio station that broadcast NASCAR. We had also aired the Indy 500 earlier that day. In the days before automation, I had to run our local commercial breaks for the broadcasts. So, my day that day started at 9:30 (the Indy 500 prerace started at 10 a.m.)....by the time the 600 post race was over, I had put in a 16 hour day. I remember alerting our payroll person that when she saw those hours on my time sheet what they were for.
 
ChexOrWrex said:
Based on current reports, and that can always change, Daytona is dry until around 1:00 pm tomorrow. Then it’s raining off and on through the evening.

They should start at 10:00 am, like postponed races used to be. Starting at 4:00 pm is just asking for more delays.

Evenings in Florida are almost always wet.
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You think the network executives would know that, but nope, they're too ****** dense to figure that out
 
Booted off because Fox has to promote their ****** reality show.. And network executives wonder why people are fleeing to streaming services and leaving traditional TV behind
 
Looks like they'll take this Clash replay up to about the 6:55 to 7:00 pm time range and that should give us a good idea of where Fox's thinking is at. If there's no call of the race then, then it means they plan on sticking it out yet tonight.
 
Spotter22 said:
You dont have FS1? If Im a NASCAR fan Ive got it all covered
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The college football/bball fan in me dictates I have it. This is why I don't get NBC's move to restructure. Programming flexibility is an amazing thing. There's even a FS2...
 
Looks as if Fox is going to stick with it. So they must think they can get this in yet tonight.
 
KodiakRusty89 said:
The college football/bball fan in me dictates I have it. This is why I don't get NBC's move to restructure. Programming flexibility is an amazing thing. There's even a FS2...
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NBC's banking on streaming being the future, and they're probably right.

Fox doesn't even have a streaming presence since they sold most of their shop to Disney and sold their RSNs to Sinclair.
 
MikeInIllinois said:
I remember that 600 quite well. I was the Operations Manager for the radio station that broadcast NASCAR. We had also aired the Indy 500 earlier that day. In the days before automation, I had to run our local commercial breaks for the broadcasts. So, my day that day started at 9:30 (the Indy 500 prerace started at 10 a.m.)....by the time the 600 post race was over, I had put in a 16 hour day. I remember alerting our payroll person that when she saw those hours on my time sheet what they were for.
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1997 was crazy in terms of weather! The 500 wasn't completed until Tuesday May 27th. They only got 15 laps in on Sunday and Monday was a total washout. Then the 600 turned into a marathon (rain delays) that was ultimately cut short by 67 laps due to noise/curfew.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
NBC's banking on streaming being the future, and they're probably right.

Fox doesn't even have a streaming presence since they sold most of their shop to Disney and sold their RSNs to Sinclair.
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Problem is, the market can't sustain every media company having their own service.. We're heading for a market correction in that field

Fox owns Tubi
 


One year at Richmond, they ran like 20 laps under caution before calling the race and postponing it, then decided to restart the race and run the full 400 laps on Sunday. I always liked that call. Given that they've only run 10 laps, I think NASCAR should let these teams roll their backups out and hit the reset button on this race.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
NBC's banking on streaming being the future, and they're probably right.

Fox doesn't even have a streaming presence since they sold most of their shop to Disney and sold their RSNs to Sinclair.
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The NBC's Golf Channel (now in CT?....🤔)has definitely been pushing their live streaming hardcore. For a lot of golf fans, streaming Thursday and Friday rounds while at work makes sense. Hockey (NHL/college) has a similar niche type fan. Plus, local contracts matter most there relative to NBCSN. With that said, it's a calculated gamble no doubt. I'm interested to see how bars and such handle streaming sports/subscriptions.
 
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