Finally home and have a few to recap on the Daytona 500.
The race was postponed due to rain on Sunday. It was decided Monday morning to run the race at 7 PM EST. My guess was FOX wanted it in prime time. I was looking at the radar and thought NASCAR could've had a window to get a lot of it in in the afternoon. As it was the sun was out from 2-3:30 or so, then a short rain shower around 4. After that we were home free.
The race was kinda slow at times. It was obvious that the high line couldn't do anything all night. A lot of cars tried to pass but couldn't. Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth, and Greg Biffle had the best cars all night. They definitely were strong.
The incident involving Juan Pablo Montoya and the jet dryer was definitely one of the most bizzare incidents I have seen at a NASCAR race. Kudos to NASCAR and their safety personnel to one get the driver of the jet dryer out of there quickly, but also to get the fire put out, the track cleaned up, etc. It took a while, but they did a great job. Brad Keselowski did a great job keeping the fans entertained with his twitter updates.
The last 40 laps were somewhat uneventful. I was kinda disappointed in the finish, but was glad that we got to see all 500 miles.
Congrats to Matt Kenseth. He earned his win both on the track and in the pits.
The race was postponed due to rain on Sunday. It was decided Monday morning to run the race at 7 PM EST. My guess was FOX wanted it in prime time. I was looking at the radar and thought NASCAR could've had a window to get a lot of it in in the afternoon. As it was the sun was out from 2-3:30 or so, then a short rain shower around 4. After that we were home free.
The race was kinda slow at times. It was obvious that the high line couldn't do anything all night. A lot of cars tried to pass but couldn't. Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth, and Greg Biffle had the best cars all night. They definitely were strong.
The incident involving Juan Pablo Montoya and the jet dryer was definitely one of the most bizzare incidents I have seen at a NASCAR race. Kudos to NASCAR and their safety personnel to one get the driver of the jet dryer out of there quickly, but also to get the fire put out, the track cleaned up, etc. It took a while, but they did a great job. Brad Keselowski did a great job keeping the fans entertained with his twitter updates.
The last 40 laps were somewhat uneventful. I was kinda disappointed in the finish, but was glad that we got to see all 500 miles.
Congrats to Matt Kenseth. He earned his win both on the track and in the pits.
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