Category: Things

Congrats to Ryan Blaney on winning stage 1.

Congrats to Ryan Blaney on winning stage 2.

Erik ‘Da Brat’ Jones won the Xfinity race yesterday stinking up the show. I had to agree with the PRN guy when he said, “I’m glad NASCAR limited the number of Xfinity races Cup drivers competed in”. I’d like to see the number of races that include Cup guys further limited – unless the Cup drivers swap cars with an underfunded team for the race. Usually the Cup drivers vs Xfins are like shooting fish in a barrel – and extraordinarily boring to watch.

‘It’ joining Michael Waltrip and Adam Alexander in the booth guaranteed an unwatchable broadcast. I miss the old days of Race Buddy that simply provided several cameras with in-car sounds. When I’ve tried it recently I’ve given up between the commercials, the radio chatter, the interruptions in the feeds – just too little car sounds and race sounds. Fans need an option to view the race without being subjected to Michael Waltrip, Larry McReynolds and other aggravations.

I’m rather bummed that Atlanta won’t get a re-pave. I was hoping – very, very optimistically – that maybe, just maybe, a re-pave at Atlanta might bring back the exciting racing I experienced when I began attending races at AMS. On a given race weekend the racing would get better and better from the Trucks to the Nationwide cars to the Cup cars. Continue reading “2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Race Seven Texas”

‘It’ wins Martinsville.

BORING finish!!!!!

Next Race: Texas

GO 48!!!!

Another beautiful day in Avondale, Arizona. It’s expected to be 91 degrees when they take the green flag and the high temperature is expected to be 96 degrees. Wish I were there for the heat, though they always say it’s a dry heat so the static electricity might make me wish I were somewhere more moist. I love dampness since it keeps me from getting shocked as much. As a Georgia girl though I love the heat! Ryan Blaney has the outside pole. Congrats to the Wood Brothers 21 team!

The race will be 312 laps broken into 75-75-162 lap segments. Continue reading “2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Race Four Phoenix”

Sunny and warm in Phoenix as the Xfinity series kids take to the track. KHarv is in the booth for the tv broadcast. The stages are 60-60-80. Daniel Suarez hit the wall on lap 12 and is out of the race. He said he was hit from behind. He says he’s very disappointed in how some of those guys race in the back. Jeremy Clements who was also involved in the incident says Daniel was having a tire issue and went three wide. The Dash-for-Cash rules for 2017 have been announced on the tv broadcasts though I’m unfamiliar with them at this point. It’s a gimmick that holds little interest for me overall. Continue reading “2017 NASCAR Xfinity Cup Series Race Four Phoenix”

Night Ranger? Doing the National Anthem? Seriously? Who knew they were still around? New album? Okay. Why does SMI seem to consistently dig up acts you didn’t know still existed for the anthem? I don’t typically keep track of who owns which track, though I know they’re in charge of Atlanta. I was fortunate enough to see Dierks Bentley in concert at an Atlanta race, though he didn’t do the anthem. Otherwise the people doing the anthem were either acts from the past or that group of guys singing to recorded background music. Awful in general. While watching television I’ve seen Luke Bryan and Darius Rucker do the anthem. Atlanta never gets anything like them. The other races I’ve considered attending were the same and were SMI tracks. What’s up with that? Why can’t they get quality anthem performers? Just saying. Maybe the majority of people don’t care enough about it for SMI to put in the effort. Continue reading “2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Race Three Las Vegas”