2024 NASCAR

[JEBar]

if the forecast is anywhere near accurate, its not looking good for racing at Daytona today ..... haven't checked yet but can only hope there are some good college basketball games scheduled for today

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Xfinity Series race .... postponed to tomorrow (Monday) to 11AM

Daytona 500 .... postponed to tomorrow (Monday) at 4PM

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Rain ---- Xfinity race postponed again .... now scheduled to start 9PM after the Daytona 500

[220]

Guess I wont be the only one silly enough to get out of bed in the early hours of the morning down under to find it has been postponed again.

Wonder how many drivers besides SVG would be happy to bolt on a set of wets and have at it. Just about every other series in the world runs in rain, Rain is considered the great equalizer in most motor sports, budget, horse power etc take a back seat to driver ability and some of the best races and drives have happened in the wet.
It wouldnt be your typical nascar race but the 24hr race runs the banking in the wet so the argument you cant run on the banking in the wet doesnt hold water. Personally I think it comes down to 2 reasons, nascar and fans are convinced you have to be running 200mph to put on a show and no one wants to sit in a grandstand wet and cold all day so they would be empty.


Daytona in the rain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLPz94TEYAw

[JEBar]

Personally I think it comes down to 2 reasons, nascar and fans are convinced you have to be running 200mph to put on a show and no one wants to sit in a grandstand wet and cold all day so they would be empty.

not long ago NASCAR started bolting on rain tires when needed on some road courses ..... don't think I'll ever see that being the case on oval super speedways .... the cars are already so expensive that they require major corporate sponsors .... the vast majority of the tracks weren't designed for running on a wet surface and NASCAR fans have a long history of being willing to hang around so the race can be run on a dry track

[220]

Mid 90's they bolted rain tires on and went racing nascars on a road course in the wet here in Aus.
Just a different attitude to it, most of the drivers had plenty of experience in other cars in the wet so when nascar started experimenting with wet tyres in the 90's first opportunity they bolted them on and went at it.
Took a long time before it happened in the main game.
Trucks did run on wets at Martinsville last year but even then if you look at what the teams and drivers were saying, nascar delayed the start to well after the teams and drivers were happy to start racing and thought it was safe to do so.

On days like the last few would love to see them give teams and drivers willing to give it a go the chance to run some demonstration laps or do some testing in the wet. Think it would speed up the development and adaptation and certainly offer a bit of entertainment for fans.

[JEBar]

heck of a way to handle the prerace .... National Anthem by the 82nd Airborne Chorus who sang it as written and nailed it ..... flyover by the Air Force Thunderbirds

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they just said over 100,000 in attendance .... when the camera shows the stands, the do appear to have great crowd .... GREEN FLAG

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7 car wreck on lap 5

[Sir Henry]

I’m watching it mainly because of you guys.