There is a new post up for your comments on the Las Vegas race. Thanks.
Get ready for what may be one of the best races of 2009 when all is said and done. If the Nationwide Series race from Saturday is any indication, the Las Vegas track is fast and the Cup action is going to be furious.
Chris Myers hosts the pre-race show from the Hollywood Hotel beginning at 3:30PM ET. He will be joined by Darrell Waltrip, Jeff Hammond and Digger. Amid the stories of this event, Digger will once again have a featured cartoon episode.
There are all kinds of stories throughout the field with the engine problems of Toyota, the struggles of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and joy of Max Papis who made the race on time. This should be a field day for the NASCAR on Fox pit reporters Krista Voda, Dick Berggren, Steve Byrnes and Matt Yocum.
Mike Joy will call the action with Waltrip and Larry McReynolds alongside. The green flag is scheduled for 4:46PM ET.
Pleas join us in the comments section as we talk about the TV coverage of this race. Just click on the comments button. This is a family-friendly website, please refrain from foul language or hateful speech.
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@anon 5:45--Jr. fan or not, *a lot* of folks are wondering the same. And since the Top 35 many have thought the same. What if a "name" failed to be in the Top 35 what would happen.
@JD--LOL! Haven't watched NRD yet but that's funny! Gotta love Herman!
I agree, since we lost Dale a lot of people have played "Dad" to Jr. Not intentionally but just how they appear around him. Back in 2K2/2K3 when Jr. was driving around with a concussion because he was afraid to let people know due to how Steve Park was treated. There was a shot of Mr. Helton sitting down next to Jr. after the truth came out and Mr. Helton had that fatherly appearance over Jr. One of those "I love you son but I'm disappointed in you at the same time" type dealios.
NASCAR and its teams shouldn't sell out with a company that uses soft porn in its ads. I am going to write the FCC and demand my local Fox affiliate loses their license next time it comes up for renewal. Go Daddy is not serving the public interests.
Now lets not all jump on against GoDaddy.com and imply its a bad company, they have supported numerous effects to keep children safe online. And there customer service is good.
huh. i would've thought the #17 hauler had left a while ago. wonder why they hung around for so long. surely they didn't think they'd get back in it?
@JD--Mad Max is 35th 2 laps down and AJA 36th also 2 laps down according to Trackpass :(
Poor Marky Mark :(
Like I said, it is strange that they keep this stuff going. I wonder if Danica is gritting her teeth as she tells us all she is "enhanced?"
Great shot of Kenseth's hauler leading the track.
Has Nemechek become a start and park?
Is there room for haulers to leave? They pack them in so close together.
@red
thanks..I remembered on NP Chad saying a bad batch of belts or something can go wrong with a subset of belts...did not know if that was across the board or what.
Thanks for the reply.
SHOW US A REAL WIDE SHOT.
ENOUGH WITH THE ****** Cam.
Nice recap from Myers. Hope they expand the field summary.
I dont think Danica minds...she knows what she is doing.
Red maybe it's a question of is it live or is it Memorex? I know showing age here
I was trying to find that out. Anyone online have a start-and-park stat? I did not see any on the Fox crawl.
@Dot regarding haulers.
I remember at Bristol I think they were parked in so close, that from a blimp shot looked like some puzzle.
@Gymmie
THANKS for the Max update..sorry he is struggling..he was so happy to get IN TO the race.
red said...
huh. i would've thought the #17 hauler had left a while ago. wonder why they hung around for so long. surely they didn't think they'd get back in it?
March 1, 2009 6:24 PM
red, I've been to a race shop while they were loading. It can take 1.5 to 2 hours to pack everything in. Those haulers are unbelievable --- every square inch inside is used.
Daly Planet Editor said...
I was trying to find that out. Anyone online have a start-and-park stat? I did not see any on the Fox crawl.
jd, nemecheck is the only one back there who we'd consider a start 'n park but as we haven't heard anything, i can't say for sure why he's out -- or even if he IS out.
That looked like the Nationwide Series race.
Forgot to add -- packing up the pit box is a job in itself.
Red, Nemechek raced over a hundred laps so I wouldn't consider him a start & parker. I guess that only happens in the truck & NW races.
Red he's out per Mike Joy, I seem to remember the same thing last week. Just wondering if it's planned or situaional due to limited help and parts and only occurs of certain things happen to the car
JD
Did Go Daddy say WHY they are sticking with the suggestive themes?? So many folks I know (that are not prudes) find them offensive for "family sport"
Course same goes with certain "medicines" but it's all the same. Tasteless is tasteless.
They all SCREAMED -the FCC, parents, when Janet Jackson had her staged "accident" at the Super Bowl years ago but that GD enhancement commercial is about an inch or so away from same incident if you catch my drift.
I am old enough to remember the is it LIVE or is it MEMOREX commercials too ! :)
@Sophia--YW! He really was so happy! His goal was just to finish! I was hoping for a bit of better luck, but he's doing what he needs to do.
I just caught the updates about the winter storm. Now I understand why the TV guys are freaking out.
Going to be a fun Monday on the East Coast. I wonder if they guys will make it to the NASCAR Now set?
I know that this may be slightly off topic but poor racing makes for bad TV. Could it be that NASCAR's no test policy is at fault. Testing may have worked the bugs out of the engines and fixed the ill handling cars. If that is the case then how much money did NASCAR really save the teams.
Frank M.Hitlaw Sebring,Fl
Poor Aric & Kasey :(
Sophia,
They are targeting young guys who are registering websites. It's just a marketing decision. Nothing personal at all. They have no interest in female or older customers. Kind of like the MTV of Internet hosts.
@Gymmie
Yea, I hope Max finishes with a still running car at this point.
this is too weird...two more problem cars.
Frank,
It sure is making for a disjointed telecast. Going to be cold up there tonight, turn on the heaters.
#87 (nemechek)ran 103 laps
#64 (bodine) 1 lap down
Have to give #87 credit...
JD if they are not in CT now they might as well stay home. While agree it's a big storm it's will not start until 4 and they have to update me with the same thing every 30 minutes starting 5 hours earlier.
Chad just commented that the way things were going they'll need the lights for this race
Weather Channel has wall to wall coverage of this storm.
re: Weather my Drudge aka Sludge Report bookmark has had the snow weather map on since earlier today.
I completely forgot how that might impact NASCAR shows for Monday.
could they do TWIN from a hotel room? Maybe we could hear an ice machine as opposed to dump truck.
WOULD be great to hear "CONVERSATION" with the boys more on that show instead of canned videos...that would be fun an hour of MIKEY & CHAD and Steve..yapping about this wild weekend. :)
So many creepy movie adds today..one now for FOX movie channel
Oops that would be until 9pm
Darn forgot about TWIN (sorry I just assume it's not snowing in NC) :(
I like the look of that Mustang although it wouldn't work for my family. Carroll Shelby looks terrific for his age too.
All the weather updates should be done on the digital subchannels. Leave the main channel alone.
This is snow for heavens sake. Its not like its a life or death situation. Way overkill.
Ryan's having a good race finally :)
Weather alert constantly. Lots of pink & blue stuff on its way. Mountain schools already closing.
Not trying to fan the Jr thing but if he holds on to his motor & stays out of the wrecks he should get a good finish, way too many motor issues.
I can hardly wait to see if the HD channels roll out over the air. Subchannels are going to make things very interesting.
Every network could have several camera angles working just like Racebuddy.
"All the weather updates should be done on the digital subchannels."
And how are they gona get people to the subchannels? No one watches them unless something on the main channel tells them too. Also, some stations do not have subchannels, it really takes down the HD quality of broadcasts like these.
re: Weather my Drudge aka Sludge Report bookmark has had the snow weather map on since earlier today.
I completely forgot how that might impact NASCAR shows for Monday.
could they do TWIN from a hotel room? Maybe we could hear an ice machine as opposed to dump truck.
WOULD be great to hear "CONVERSATION" with the boys more on that show instead of canned videos...that would be fun an hour of MIKEY & CHAD and Steve..yapping about this wild weekend. :)
So many creepy movie adds today..one now for FOX movie channel
JD, I dont think ANY stations are thinking about using them like that. New networks are launching specifically for those subchannels, so stations are just putting networks that have nothing to do with their main broadcast on those channels.
@JD
GD wants to be MTV of online hosting..ok..that explains the suggestive advertising.
Even if the one commercial IS a little over the TOP. Pun intended.
thanks for the 'splanation.
oh, and another thing about subchannels. Only one of them can be in HD. So JDs multi-camera thought would not work out so much. They would look terrible.
Yea, Mikey!
Bummer, MIKEY!!
NO!!! I hope mikey isnt too damaged.
And yet another thing about sub-channels...They take away from the HD quality of the main channel. So, some stations are opting to dump them all together. So much for that.
Ok IF ON THE REPLAYS..animated Digger went SPLAT on the screen just ONCE during the race (when a car runs over the cam and cartoon figure)
THAT MIGHT be amusing..but of course, David Hill would say to do it 60 times during the race.
Darn it, robby gordon just missed the ground hog.
Shot of 55 fixing the endplate would be cool to see, perhaps if Bootie makes it to NP next week, Hey I haven't watched this weekends yet was he there?
love DW's math with the Roush engine's
2 have blown up...2 are running...
DW...Roush sort of has 5 cars...
@Newracefan
No, Bootie was NOT on NP this week..too busy somebody said..JD maybe? Just Chad and Larry
I think my brain is going to overload ---
I'm listening/watching the TV and keeping 3 active screens on the computer.
That's waaaaay too much for an old lady. ROTFL
A lot of my favorites are going by the wayside. I shouldn't think of them. GO CAT
I'll talk more about the subchannels later, but I assure you they are going to be used for live support during sports events.
It is a brand new area of TV and very exciting.
ok i live in central florida and we may have a "freeze" tonight and the station is constantly running this info bar at the top of the screen and its blocking the scoring ticker. and they have this map in the corner that is really distracting
Thanks Soph hope he stops being busy soon
TRL - PLUS I'm cooking dinner. When I come in from the kitchen I don't know what to look at first.
another random question:
do all tracks use the robotic cameras now around the track? are there any tracks that still have human operators manning cameras around the circuit?
Blogger TexasRaceLady said...
I think my brain is going to overload ---
I'm listening/watching the TV and keeping 3 active screens on the computer.
That's waaaaay too much for an old lady. ROTFL
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You are ahead of me...I could not do all you do even with a court order! :)
All I can do to WATCH, read and post here.
Looks like having an incar camera has been a jinx today. 9 55 11
These drivers can't drive today.
Red, all cameras that are at risk of being hit on the edge of the track are robotic for all NASCAR races.
More big name driver troubles.
@ Red, I saw a camera man up on the roof Fri.
This should make for some interesting conversation on Monday.
Chad is back with Mikey and Steve on SPEED. Nicole steps in for AB and talks with Ricky Craven, Ray Evernham and Randy LaJoie.
JD, I look forward to the sub-channel discussion.
I just don't see how it would work right now since stations have limited bandwidth for all their channels and HD is taking up most of it. If anything, Sub channels have to be in VERY low quality standard definition.
Anon at 7 PM. In yesterday's NW race a lot of the cup drivers had issues in that one.
anon 7:01: thanks. i thought as much
dot: i know the roof shot cameras are manned by humans but i seemed to recall hearing that, due to the danger factor and the improved technology, robotic cameras were the rule. (i even think i hear ken squiers voice in my ear telling us that . . .)
to J SAID
That's how weather is displayed on TV in Ohio for snow, rain, thundershowers, thunderstorms...graphics/tickers that DISTORT the picture all the time. OVERKILL..snow does not HIT the ground yet the night before and SCHOOL CLOSING TICKERS. absurd.
Bloody annoying ain't it? We even have a Tri state graphic of 27 little counties diagram.
*YES I have counted :)
There's supposed to be a new Simpsons at 8. What is Fox gonna do if the race goes over?
So, lets say this race runs long. No problem on the west coast, but on the east it runs into the Fox cash cow of the Simpsons. Does that mean the second a car passes the checkers that it cuts over?
@PamH, funny I guess we were typing at the same time.
J.D.,
Do you think the big Winter storm will mean killer ratings? Or is the competition from college hoops on the week before March Madness too much.
I envy you folks your snow. We've had 3 years of drought out here in California. The commercial and sport salmon season got cancelled and the streams are so low the king salmon can't make it upstream to spawn.
(Sorry about the edgy content!)
West Coast Kenny
Alameda, California
"@ Red, I saw a camera man up on the roof Fri."
Roof camera are not what I think red is talking about. Roof and other high up cameras have operators on then. Trackside mounted cameras are robotic for safety reasons. But keep in mind, these cameras still have operators too, they are just in a truck out of harms way.
@nrf--no Bootie this week :( I also hope he stops being busy I miss him on NP as well.
Go Bobby Go! How awesome would it be for him to win today :)
fox will make sure the race doesnt run long by taking a water bottle and pouring it on the track and then nascar will call the race for rain.
WOW ! Simpsons is cash cow? Who watches that stuff..nobody I know.
Its on here, too at 8pm.
WHERE will the race go?? NFL has run over late for 20 some years and delays 60 minutes and other shows ROUTINELY.
anon @7:05 said (in part):
" But keep in mind, these cameras still have operators too, they are just in a truck out of harms way."
absolutely! i meant no disrespect to the human component of the equation.
calm down people, the race is not going anywhere. The Simpsons will be postponed if need be.
100 laps left, need a big scene set!
What's up with Mark Martin? 2 engine failures in a row?!!
lisa foster, CA said...
What's up with Mark Martin? 2 engine failures in a row?!!
ya' know, i have this image of mark going home and saying to his wife "maybe un-retiring wasn't such a great idea after all . . ."
i swear that #5 is cursed.
THESE ASK.com questions are VERY IRRITATING. Not everybody has access to online. Why not give the answers later.
not everybody wants to multi task.
I'm just saying. And many websites are convoluted and not worth jumping thru hoops to get answers .
Sorry but I am SO WEARY of the ASK.coom crap and it's only what, the third race ??
long season.
Kenn, we haven't had snow like this in Va in over seven years. Drought the past two years. It's kinda fun, but I wish it had come earlier in the season. This late, it's just annoying.
Is it me, or are the ads coming in superabundance?
Poor Max Papis - it would have been cool for him to at least finish the race.
Oh No! Poor Mad Max :( I hate to see him retire early
MAX PAPIS out.
bummer!!!!!!!!!!
There was once a time when that #5 wasn't cursed - 1996 I do believe.
The real curse is on the #25 (which is now Jr.'s #88)
Daly Planet Editor said...
100 laps left, need a big scene set!
still waiting, jd, still waiting.
Sophia,
Ask.com has saved that race team. be happy.
As for what they are doing, ask.com is so simple. just type in the question in the big white text box in the middle and there is your answer. And also, if the answer really bothering you that much, everyone has access to the internet, at a library for instance.
anon @7:15: agreed in re: the #25 as well: guess it really was meant to be ricky's car after all is said and done. in recent times, tho', that #5 car has just been the kiss of death for the driver, ya' know?
No interview with Max is going to be a mistake. He is a well-known driver and is great for NASCAR to have in the field.
"Why not give the answers later."
Why? to get you to the website. thats why. There are so many free places to access internet now a days too. its a standard, if you dont have it, you are probably not in Ask.com advertising demographic.
Digger Wallpaper for Mobil homes.
That FOX alert about Digger clearly states "mobile." I dont see how anyone would be confused with it being room sized wallpaper and this that and the other.
papis is back in the race
J.D.,
After all the hand-wringing, Jr. has made his way up to 8th.
Anon 5:45, you won't believe it, but I'm happy he's doing well.
West Coast Kenny
Alameda, California
Looks like maybe Max wasn't out of the car but they never interviewed Joe N or Aric either (Unless I missed something)
@ Charlie, I live in a mobilehome. I'm laughing anyway.
Sorry as internet savy that I am wallpaper is still what's on the walls in my dining room
JD-
I was just thinking about Max Papis. Hasn't done bad on these ovals, either.
Wow, the stories of this race continue to be amazing.
nice one gordon
@JD
AGREE about ignoring Max Papis...no bueno.
He deserves better and seems like a good guy.
As far as Ask.com I know people with GOOD jobs who choose not to have internet at home. Just NOT into it..and I don't see them making notes to look up things at work. :) After 14 hr work days, and talking to people in 3 languages, goes home to veg out.
Some people are just not into email except to check once a day from work..or few times at library.
just saying. Then again I know of folks that email/twitter from restaurants/golf courses.
Thats too attached to technology for me. :) To each their own.
p.s. as I edit I see Max is back in race! :)
WOW, Jeff serious problem with blown tire. wah.
man, i swear those hendrick boys need to practice pit road entrances!!
WOW. Yet another one. At this rate, Marcos can get a top 10 finish.
Sophia, if you or someone you know are not into internet, I just don't see how an Ask.com thing would get you all wound up.
What the heck happened with jg and jj?!!! :(
Are we about to face a "tail end of the lead lap" debacle?
I think a sleeper will win this one.
what an odd weekend of racing
reutimann will win!!
Red said :
ya' know, i have this image of mark going home and saying to his wife "maybe un-retiring wasn't such a great idea after all . . ."
i swear that #5 is cursed.
March 1, 2009 7:11 PM
I totally agree!! I think that they need to change the number, for it is surely snake bit!!
what is the count out for blown engines? I can't keep up.
It's like the race that ate engines or something.
Engine version of the blown tire night in Charlotte a few years back.
Wonder if SPEED will extend the SPEED Report or being Wind Tunnel early if the race runs long?
JJ on pit road when caution came out, lousey pit stop Chad didn't want to stay on tail end lead lap with 2 tires (they aborted the rest of the stop) and evidently the next stop not so good either. Chad is NOT a happy man
Anon at 7:30, I agree.
A lot has happened.... and we have a snow update. Red you have saved my sanity
JD, when this has happened in the past, SPEED just made an extended segment of the SPEED report or air an episode of "Back In The Day"
I'm grateful they haven't shown Kim Burton - unless I missed the obligatory shot.
Big crash with 20 to go...my prediction. BTW...the crash starts with a car blowing an engine.
nrf: my pleasure: whatever we can do to help each other thru all this today. to be honest? i am so confused as to who is where and why that it's all i can do to keep remembering to open that window when bolaris comes on. and to reiterate what someone said earlier: at least he apologizes each time the race is interrupted.
i have two differnt leaderboards up and they don't agree on too many positions. how hard is this anyway?
Red, many of the leader boards use different live GPS algorithms to form a leader board. If they all used the Official NASCAR leader board that is only updated once at the start/finish line, they would all be the same.
We really need a "through the field" from the TV crew right now.
Things are jumbled and I am confused as to why some teams are in the positions they are running.
My brilliant point no longer makes sense but anyway.
The last time a J. Burton/B. Labonte 1-2 finish happened was one of the strangest races in Nascar history.
Makes this one look quite normal by comparison (and that be saying something)
Marcos 20th!!!!!
Good runs today for the Odd Wads.
GO RUET!!! He could win this thing!!!
anon @7:39: thanks for the hard info in re: leaderboards. this is why i come to TDp each race weekend! i humbly retract my snarky comment.
they just did a mini through the field! im amazed at fox.
JD, they just did a quick "through the field" right now. Its on going as we speak now.
gilliland 12th, nice job
John, going by history I expect it'll be an extension of The SPEED Report, with the Wind Tunnel extension last week probably being a fluke of timing caused by the night race.
Max is only 27 laps down :)
Brad K is like 65?
Heck Milk Duna can end a race 20 laps down and NEVER have an engine problem.
Speaking of snarky comments.
or Milk and donuts as robin Miller likes to call her. :)
Man I hated escalators as a kid, this Old Spice commercial cracks me up!
JD, they usually extend which every show happens to have just been on. If its within the 8 PM hour, they will extend the SPEED Report. If its within the 10PM hour they will extend Wind Tunnel.
in re: carl edwards/subway/signature move commercial: actually, that flip was tyler walker's signature move, way before edwards "borrowed" it. i'm just sayin' . . .
figures this is going to be a fuel mileage race. a perfect ending to a wacky 2 days
Anon 7:39:
What leaderboard do you recommend?
J.D., regarding resets, I wish someone had a live website with pit information and race notes for each car.
West Coast Kenny
Alameda, California
We have snow!!!
The state will now shut down
Old Spice commercial very tame compared to most today.
I think it's a hoot when the girls come out smiling.
WOW!! Big gust of winds arriving here...glad the snow and ice is missing us this time...12 degrees soon with wind chill under zero..
looks nice in Vegas right now.
PLEASE let an underdog WIN this race.
I personally like the leader board at Foxsports.com. But they have changed it some, and it is not as good and actuate as it used to be.
Didn't Bobby Labonte used to win a bunch of fuel mileage races (like the Michigan 400)?
No worries about fuel. We'll have a caution.
Sophia the weather is great out west. In Socal, it was 80 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. I say you head out west.
phantom caution
TNT was talking about trying to use Racebuddy for the Fox and ESPN races but it just did not happen this season.
So much for fuel mileage race, should be interesting now and most likely ugly
New race record for cautions in a race.
ok they showed debris but it was way down on the racetrack
Look! a family of diggers!
Daly Planet Editor said...
TNT was talking about trying to use Racebuddy for the Fox and ESPN races but it just did not happen this season.
care to share info on why it didn't happen?
nrf: yeppers. this has "UGLY" written all over it.
Jimmie has had no luck in the pits today
re: GPS devices. If you could put TWO in the same car, say for citizens that have those in their car, could they be calibrated different to give different directions/mileage?
Reason i ask is a musician I know when he drives to a gig, another musician argues with his "GPS device" saying their often wrong, LOL.
Yes and sometime those On star things ARE..so just wondered if you put two in one car.
If this comes down to a fuel mileage race, I only have one person i would like to see not finish..i.e. run out of gas.
p.s. for THOSE with stereo tv, how loud is that DIGGER family screams...annoying or blends in with surround sound. Just curious .
ol' reutimann is going to find a way to win this race
Chad F this come back for tires and race for it, this may be fun to watch
Two tires . . . .four tires . . . no tires . . . no pitstop
Appears RCR decided to split the baby like they do in Formula One having Burton pit and Bowyer stay out.
prediction: big wreck on the restart
Chad go like hell and close your eyes theres a bunch of sh.. in front of you and there's no telling what's going to happen
well there was almost a big one on the restart
Sophia, normally GPS devices operate independently. So in theory, you can have 2 running at once.
As for them being wrong, the concern is that many of them have outdated road maps, as well as construction data. For example, a road could have closed a year ago, but the GPS device might send you down it anyway. Thats what you have to watch out for.
Sophia, the digger scream is enough for my ears to pickup on the left and it does bother me.
OH MY GOD SNOW UPDATE
block him clint
The script is back.
anyone notice we are now in simpsons time
Mike Joy is just awesome in PxP duties. He can call the action and yell when needed.
I am NOT a fan of Kyle b but that "say goodnight gracie" was funny!
He does not lack confidence.
nice plug there for gilliland's team: great shot of the sponsor logo onthe hood. thanks, fox guys!
Jimmie yelling for a red flag so there's a lot of racing left, granted that's to his advantage
OK abter Bolaris made me liss all that action (thankfully saw it on the Internet) Fox had a need to switch out of HD and tell me to check foxphilly.com for a weather update. Hey guys perhaps you should talk to each other or something
speaking of Digger merchandise, FOX executive David Hill was on a business channel the other day saying the demand for Digger stuff is HUGE. They can barely keep up with all the orders.
I wonder if Kyle even knows who Gracie is.
this is 2 weeks in a row johnson dominates the beginning but fades. just like jr last year
NewRaceFan, all of that is done by your local station, it has nothing to do with the National FOX broadcast.
Charlie
thanks for stereo feedback.
anon, yes i have heard that about GPS and also, say a road is cut in half by a nother road, and dead ends somewhere. But if you make a bunch of turns to get BACK to where that road continues, I know of my nephew in a strange city had the car bring him to a dead end street. But over a bank of grass out of site, WAS indeed the same road...so the GPS was wrong.
Had he been WALKING, he might have figured it out but it was dark..and well.
But I wondered how often they had problems in established areas..and the example I gave was what I had heard. But not that many people I talk to use those.
Thanks.
sorry for the digression JD but nobody mentioned recipes tonight. :)
The J said...
this is 2 weeks in a row johnson dominates the beginning but fades. just like jr last year
hmmm, good observation there, J. wonder if jimmie "lacks focus" and is "too diverted by other things going on in his life"? just sayin' . . .
Trust me, KyB is not a hometown favorite.
Charlie - none of those drivers have probably ever heard of Burns & Allen show.
Dot, he is. Did you not hear the cheers for him? that would NOT happen at any other track.
Just got home and haven't read all the posts on this thread but I thought I would post this if anyone is interested. Last week people wondered what the ratings would be for the race and the Academy Awards. According to USA Today, the Oscars had a rating of 36.4 and the race's rating was 10.3. I know someone said that the Oscars would triple the ratings of Fontana while someone else said no way that would happen. I guess we know the answer now.
JJ didn't fade he got caught on pit road (will admit to lousy stops) but has a great car, last caution was 15-17th now 10th and is livid that they didn't red flag for clean up since this is such a long caution
Whya re you talking about Digger? Watch the race.
vicky d: nor, apparently, the guys in the hollywood hotel.
You have to admit, had a car not crashed this would REEK of a phantom debri caution. :)
Should be interesting.
Any bets on IF we see more than one or two cross finish line?
DOT
I have heard Kyle is NOT a hometown fave.
In fairness I heard the same thing on his brother..but it's even worse for Shrub allegedly. ;-0
Well if your gona talk about ratings, forget about the Oscars. Last weeks NASCAR race was the highest rated sports event all week.
I'm with J, go Reut.
I'm wondering too how KyB even knew the phrase Say goodnight, Gracie.
Vicky D, I can still see George Burns with a cigar in his hand saying those words.
Ok this is WAY TOO LONG a caution.
When this is cleaned up what will we have 4 laps to go.
SHEESH.
this really is a long caution
OH COME ON!! ANOTHER PASS of the cleaning truck.
I understand JJ's pain :)
Dot-from what I've heard & seen, I believe ya, gal!! Sorry, but will this race NEVER end?? I HATE left coast races w/these starting times...:(
nascar proving how much of a joke they are ticking laps off becasue Kyle is leading
WHERE IS THE REDFLAG
ITS SO OBVIOUS WHO NASCAR AND DW ARE IN THE TANK FOR
bowyer will run out of fuel
Any snow updates on during the YF? Or, are they only on during the race?
I know perceptions are different but I have to chuckle when I see on the Weather Channel that places in North Carolina have winter storm warnings for 2 to 4 inches of snow. Where we come from, that's a dusting. But I guess that in the South, even a real dusting is something that freaks them out. I wonder if the race teams will be able to fly their private jets home?
This yellow is just BS they should have red flagged it, I feel like Nascar is handing this race to Kyle.
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