The Way I See It!
Qualifying was rained out Friday so Kevin Harvick will lead the field, set by owner’s points, to the green flag.
Kyle Busch won the Xfinity series race last night. It was pretty sad to see the Chase standings and see only three Xfinity series winners at this point in the season. That, to me, makes the series’ drivers look really weak. Continue reading “2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Eighteen Kentucky”
The NBC portion of the season begins with this race. The Xfinity race last night was a bit chaotic. It came down to NASCAR checking video as to whom was leading when they finally threw the caution. It was strange – there was a big wreck during a green-white-checker and NASCAR delayed throwing the flag. Unfortunately at the moment the caution lights were finally enabled Aric Almirola was ahead of Justin Allgaier. It would’ve been great for an Xfinity series championship contender to get the win. Instead a Sprint Cup driver won an Xfinity series race – again.
Happy 79th Birthday Richard Petty! Continue reading “NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Seventeen Daytona”
Beautiful day in Sonoma. Carl Edwards will lead the field to the green flag.
Clint Bowyer brings out the first caution on lap 6 of 110. He lost power and when he tried to get the car restarted smoke began to pour into the cockpit. “Drunk Daddy” bailed out unharmed, though disgusted with the early end to his day. Continue reading “2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Sixteen Sonoma”
Looks like a nice night at Gateway. It rained earlier, so the Setup and the race broadcasts began with track drying. The command has been given and Ben Rhodes will lead the field to the green flag. Qualifying was cancelled due to rain. Vince Welch, Phil Parsons and Todd Bodine are doing the broadcast. It’s such a relief to not be tortured by Michael Waltrip. While this group may not be the A team, I like Vince and cheer for him to become the announcer/broadcaster he wants to be. The Onion is coming along nicely as he transitions to broadcaster. Philly is Philly. Other than when he makes that weird sound, like strangled yelling, and when he gets uber-competitive and tries to out-talk everyone, he’s fine on-air. So listening to the television broadcast should be enjoyable without Mikey. I’m looking forward to it. The starting line-up is based on practice speeds. Since the truck series uses the caution clock there won’t be a competition caution. Continue reading “2016 NASCAR Camping World Cup Series Race Nine Saint Louis”
The 2016 Presidential Election looms large in our future. November seems simultaneously soon and later. We’ve been inundated with election coverage for the past couple years, and yet the talking heads can’t figure out how we got to this place, where two of the most unpopular candidates are expected to be nominated by their generally unhappy parties. When potential votes are asked whether they will vote for Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump they begin to justify voting for a candidate they don’t want to be president, chalking it up to a lack of choice. Continue reading “How Did We Get Here”