virtualbalboa
driver of corey day bandwagon since 2022
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Back at the hotel. Not sure I'll do the Cup race tomorrow - I never do and a big part of it is timing. A 2:30 PM start time for a race that's not gonna be done until 5:30 *maybe* is rough when you also have a 4 hour drive home and you gotta be in the office at 8AM.
That said, this was a fine race. Not a great race, but more great to me as someone who isn't that acquainted with NASCAR this year because I got to see a race that was basically allowed to unfold. I would have liked them to get back to action a little faster even if that meant a wetter track, but alas.
Watching Ty Gibbs hustle around IMS in the wet and in the dry, I can't help but wonder if he'd have been a generational road racer among Americans had he not aimed for Cup. It would have made it much easier to root for him for me: I can't cheer for people who were born on third base and think they hit a triple in NASCAR. Whereas had he wound up in the Formula ladder, Gibbs would transition into being an All American underdog as red, white, and blue as Apple Pie, blown off fingers from fireworks, and the Marlboro Man. He just didn't put the wheel wrong too often and his aggression levels are adequate for the human wood chipper that is European racing.
That said, this was a fine race. Not a great race, but more great to me as someone who isn't that acquainted with NASCAR this year because I got to see a race that was basically allowed to unfold. I would have liked them to get back to action a little faster even if that meant a wetter track, but alas.
Watching Ty Gibbs hustle around IMS in the wet and in the dry, I can't help but wonder if he'd have been a generational road racer among Americans had he not aimed for Cup. It would have made it much easier to root for him for me: I can't cheer for people who were born on third base and think they hit a triple in NASCAR. Whereas had he wound up in the Formula ladder, Gibbs would transition into being an All American underdog as red, white, and blue as Apple Pie, blown off fingers from fireworks, and the Marlboro Man. He just didn't put the wheel wrong too often and his aggression levels are adequate for the human wood chipper that is European racing.
