The race is rain delayed. NASCAR intended to start an hour early to try to get the race in before the rain. Since we’ve tuned in, following the British Open golf tournament, they’ve been in rain delay coverage. Unfortunately they’re doing something goofy with the booth switching Rick to pit reporting and much to my chagrin they had Dale Jarrett in the booth – which resulted in the muting of the chatter – and I think Stevie Letarte will be in instead of Rick. Two people who talk entirely too much and Jr, who can go when he wants to. I’m going to give it a try with the volume up, but I’m virtually certain the volume will be muted in favor of the radio broadcast. It’s telling that often the guys on television – describing action we can see – talk a lot more than the guys on radio – describing action only they can see. It seems no one is sure what the weather will do, though it seems they’re anticipating racing to the end of stage two. Rick says in 16 years of covering NASCAR its the first time he’s been in the pits as a reporter. I’m bummed for him for getting sent down like that. That said I hope he gets rid of those awful glasses soon and asks the camera folks to raise the camera about 1-2 inches when he’s in the booth. Both will help his on-air appearance and possibly avoid his getting down-graded to pit reporter permanently.
The stages for today’s race are 75-75-151. It stopped raining and they’re motoring through driver introductions. According to Letarte NASCAR is anticipating a 16:15 green flag – 20 minutes from now. Continue reading “2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Race Nineteen Loudon”
