Happy Daytona Day! It’s a lovely day in Daytona, breezy, but mild with temperatures expected to be in the mid-70s. Rookie Chase Elliott will lead the field to the green flag. Congrats to Chase on winning yesterday’s Xfinity race, beating Joey Logano to the green flag. Continue reading “2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race One Daytona”
2016 NASCAR Can-Am Duel at Daytona
Congrats to Chase Elliott on winning the pole during qualifying. Great going rookie!
Congrats to Dale Earnhardt Jr on winning the first, relatively uneventful, Can-Am Duel race.
Once again, Larry McReynolds is ruining the call. For some unknown reason he’s babbling away during the second race. I’m a fan of out-of-sight-out-of-a-job in his case. Why won’t they improve the broadcasts by leaving him out of it?
Jeff Gordon is doing okay so far. He’s easily rattled, but I’m sure that will ease up as he gains experience. He also will learn to keep it shorter. He has a bit of a tendency to go on a bit. In the times I’ve listened to him though, he seems to get better each broadcast. Go Big Daddy! Continue reading “2016 NASCAR Can-Am Duel at Daytona”
2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Sprint Unlimited
So the Super Bowl is history – mundo congrats to Peyton Manning becoming the winningest quarterback in history and the oldest Super Bowl winning quarterback and the comeback kid. So, normally, my mind would immediately turn to NASCAR. Didn’t happen. I hadn’t really thought much about the restart of racing until I was checking the list of recordings on my DVR looking for things to cull when much to my surprise I saw Sprint Cup practice. Does NASCAR need more coverage or does it need more talent? Continue reading “2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Sprint Unlimited”
Good-bye Barney Hall
Barney Hall is gone before the season begins. He will be greatly missed. I came to love Barney over the years. When he retired from live broadcasts I began to experience the loss. His death completes the cycle of loss. He lived well as evidenced by how much he’s missed and loved. Job well done, Barney Hall. Rest in peace. Continue reading “Good-bye Barney Hall”
2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Thirty-Six Homestead
Congratulations to Kyle Busch 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion. He earned it. Kyle made the best of a really tough year. I have to say I’m totally bummed Jeff Gordon didn’t win the championship. It would’ve been great to see him go out on top. Congrats on finishing third for the 2015 season. The 78 Furniture Row team had the best season ever. After Jeff Gordon, Martin Truex Jr. was my next hope for this year’s championship. Congrats to the 78 team on an awesome season. Continue reading “2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Thirty-Six Homestead”