Daytona 378
What was up with ending the race after a bit of rain eh? Come on NASCAR I have waited longer than 30+ minutes for the restart of a race. The Daytona 500 is like the Superbowl of races. What you did was like stopping the football game at half time. I am disappointed that you seem to have become another organization that has turned into a politically correct namby pamby group.
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The last laps could have been run today if waiting did not work out. But to call it so early? Think about the SuperBowl if the game were called early with 4 minutes to go. The ? Arizona Cardinals would be the Champs, but no, with their SUPER BOWL they get to finish. I am left wondering if Harvick would have passed Matt or maybe one of the others? We will never know. I am no meteorologist but I even could tell looking at the reports that the rain might last an hour or so and clear up – which it did.
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I have an idea – lets finish the biggest race of the year instead of calling it because of a few raindrops. And could Fox please oh please get rid of the Digger cartoons? The idea is cute but talk about over kill. I think I saw more cutesy commentaries, vignettes, and cartoons than I did racing. Like many things NASCAR has gotten greedy. It used to be about racing to finish and now it is about the bling.
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The hype of three hour pre-race shows , the inconsistently of rules (who you apply them too) and the need to say and do everything politically correct have made this sort of a joke. I will be seen more at our local dirt tracks and less sitting on my couch hoping you decide to finish the race.
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Congratulations to Matt on the win you and your team managed to get yourself in the right spot at the right time and deserve the title of Champion regardless of all the above ranting.
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