Daytona 500

[Pablo]

A Daytona 500 without the last 100 miles is like a day without your favorite undies. It's like hitting a home run, but not scoring. Paying your $100 and get locked out the back door. Fixing a cheesecake and not eating it. Like going fishing, hooking up with 20 fish and not landing one. Like winning a date with....and getting the measles the day before.....

Should I go on?

 

[Turk]

Sure!

 

[Mr Nice]

Yeah, it ended very badly.

I don't care if it took them till 11 PM to dry the track, I'm sure most of the fans that made the trip to watch it would have waited a few hours for the big finale.

 

[tig1]

I just looked at the radar for Daytona and it's still raining, so Nascar had no choice but to call it a day. Congrats to Matt.

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

I tuned in just prior to the Vickers/Jr fiasco. Did Jr really hit Vickers? From the in car cam, it looked like it was close but he didn't hit him.

My dad was down there for the Bud shoot out. He called me from the track. Lucky guy!!!

 

[Pablo]

Technically they did the correct thing, but the end is what the race is all about.

 

[Barkleymut]

Heck, let em drive in the rain. Then we'll find out who the best moonshine hauler REALLY is.

 

[Brett Miller]

Amen Pabs. Exactly why I have lost interest in Nascar. 1st the Car of Tomorrow and now an incomplete Daytona 500.......

 

[bretfraz]

I was at the '03 500 when it was ended at around lap 140 due to rain. By the time NASCAR called the race, I was happy it was over.

When you're there it's no fun sitting around waiting for the rain to stop and the track to dry. It's sticky, humid, the weather's lousy and it's humid and uncomfortable and humid. IOW, Florida weather stinks. Postponing the end of the race until the next day is not a bad idea but with the CA race next week, that can't be done. Fans saw 380 miles, they weren't promised 500 miles, everyone know 1/2 way = legit race.

The problem with the Daytona 500 is its the first race of a very long season, everyone's wasted by Sunday PM and the whole circus has to go 2500 miles in 72 hours. Schedule the race later in the year with an off week afterwards and it'll be better.

 

[sprintman]

Ford win? Then I am VERY VERY happy Aussie!

 

[Scott P]

If they would have started the race at 1:00 like they should, then it probably would've gotten in. The Dinger finished third, so I'm a happy guy.

 

[Hermann]

Can't wait for F1 to start up. Those 'Men" can drive in the rain, in fact the rain races are my favorites, as it shows who the true drivers are, when HP is taken out of the equation. Nothing like a F1 rooster tail down the straights at 130-170 MPH. Ye-Haw

 

[Oldmoparguy1]

Boooooooooorrrrrrrrriiiiinnnnnggggggggggggggggggg...............
I switched channels half way through, then fell asleep and when I turned back, it was over...

Waste of an afternoon.....

 

[Pablo]

Agree. I was multitasking and some stretches didn't keep my attention at all, went out to the shop for another load and came back to see they had picked a winner.....that ain't racing!

 

[sprintman]

NAPCAR hasn't been 'racing' for years.

 

[Pablo]

Usually the last few laps can be a might excitin'....

 

[Drew99GT]

It was more like the Crashtona 500.