Fair enough but it is part of the sport and ignoring its existence only slows the evolution of safety. KB and Kez took massive hits on the final lap and both could have easily been seriously injured, hence my point yesterday about these races being snoozer parades until someone almost (d word) on the final lap.
How is that supposed to work when it is win and your in?
I though the highest 16 drivers in points get in, but wins get preference. so if more drivers than him win more races and finish higher in points he gets in. I dont know anymore lol
McDowell only needs to finish Top 30 in the "regular season" now unless there are more than 16 winners in the first 26 races.
I love how popular the word "chaos" became over the weekend. Tons of Monday morning headlines are using it. I've been using it for a couple years now when it comes to plate/pack tracks. I think it's more appealing to the average consumer than "racing". Embrace the carnage!!
I dont remember in past years Daytona 500 winners getting a Rolex, is this something new?
I hadn't noticed the broken spoiler on the 34 before hearing harvick mention it.
Well excuse my "every". would "frequently" work for you? Not that I care that much.
Context is everything...
Here is some "context" for yaContext is everything...
en.wikipedia.org
I don’t think so. Duel winners used to get them when they were sponsored by Gatorade.
Let's forget about pre restrictor plate racing...just off of the top of my head at Daytona and Talladega
I personally don't have a problem with rain tires... or waiting it out even if it takes a few days to get it in like Texas last year. But, if I remember right a lot of fans were whining and pissed off about how boring it was watching that Roval race until it finally dried up and they put their dry tires back on. But you may be right because with the attention span and lack of patience a lot of fans have now days it may be better to have a rain tire boring race instead of waiting for a possible dryer exciting race. So my stand on the subject is that I'm good with it either way.
yeah, it looks like he was fine, threw both of the gloves, thought about it for a bit and said what the hell and threw the fancy helmet down and stomped off. Funny if you aren't the one it is happening to.
Rusty nearly died at Bristol when he barrel rolled down the front straight then had those two nasty flips at Daytona (3 car incident) and Talladega (just him) in 1993. Dale Sr. bumped him at Talladega on the last lap which sent him flying past the start finish line. Sr. showed legit concern for Rusty's well being and stopped to make sure he was ok. Those flips combined with Bonnett's death at Daytona led Rusty to give his famous 1994 speech at Daytona regarding common sense and safety. Ernie Irvan had to apologize at a driver's meeting for causing big ones at Darlington (lapped car on restart), Talladega and Pocono (lapped car on restart).
That's why I said depending on the fan. Some of them whine about every little thing like they have been elected as the chief critic. But they got both the Xfinity and the Cup races at the Roval pretty much on schedule. In fact there were some (probably the same ones) who were complaining about the Cup race that went from wet to dry racing as boring. It's best to not pay too much attention to either and Nascar does a great job of doing their own thing and not paying attention to the loudest criers.
I absolutely agree with that and one of the main reasons I'm good with either way NASCAR does it.
They raced wheel-to-wheel for maybe 25-30 laps over the course of the day yesterday and still wrecked most of the field when they did. I think with the current package they can pack up and make moves really well when they want to but that also leads to easy contact. So they save all of that for stage finishes and the race finish and spend the rest of it half-throttling in a single line. This is different from a package like 2013 where they did so simply because the cars couldn’t draft and pass as well.
I say put the rain tires on (cars will need the wipers and what ever else is needed) then go race, you go too fast you’ll spin and wreck, just because you can go 200 mph doesn’t mean you need too. Do what it takes to finish
Takes more skill to do that in many cases more skill than holding it to the floor wide open.
Judging by the amount of loose cars, like C. Bell saving it at 180 mph after getting some air taken off his spoiler. Bubba and Denny had their moments as well, along with others.
I think drivers of today feel too safe now with all the safety features which is why they don't care when the they do agresive driving on the superspeedways like daytona and talladega.
