dpkimmel2001
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On a related note, @dpkimmel2001 wants a shorter work day.....
Kevin Harvick “100 percent” believes 500-mile races like last Sunday’s at Texas Motor Speedway and other non-“crown jewel” races should be shorter.
The Stewart-Haas Racing driver made the comments Tuesday night on his SiriusXM NASCAR Radio show, “Happy Hours.”
Harvick thinks race distances should be adjusted to fit the current landscape of NASCAR racing and fan attention spans.
There are eight 500-mile races on the schedule.
“I think the 500-mile race is a long time,” Harvick said. “I think with the stage racing and the things that we have going now and the attention spans of what people want to watch, I think that there should be the Coke 600, the Daytona 500, the Southern 500, the crown jewel events should have those distances, and I think everything else should be shorter.”
Sunday’s race in Texas was 334 laps and finished in three hours, 24 minutes and 18 seconds. It was the fourth Cup race through the first seven of the year to last longer than three hours and 20 minutes.
http://nascar.nbcsports.com/2017/04/12/nascar-kevin-harvick-most-500-mile-races-should-be-shorter/
Kevin Harvick “100 percent” believes 500-mile races like last Sunday’s at Texas Motor Speedway and other non-“crown jewel” races should be shorter.
The Stewart-Haas Racing driver made the comments Tuesday night on his SiriusXM NASCAR Radio show, “Happy Hours.”
Harvick thinks race distances should be adjusted to fit the current landscape of NASCAR racing and fan attention spans.
There are eight 500-mile races on the schedule.
“I think the 500-mile race is a long time,” Harvick said. “I think with the stage racing and the things that we have going now and the attention spans of what people want to watch, I think that there should be the Coke 600, the Daytona 500, the Southern 500, the crown jewel events should have those distances, and I think everything else should be shorter.”
Sunday’s race in Texas was 334 laps and finished in three hours, 24 minutes and 18 seconds. It was the fourth Cup race through the first seven of the year to last longer than three hours and 20 minutes.
http://nascar.nbcsports.com/2017/04/12/nascar-kevin-harvick-most-500-mile-races-should-be-shorter/