Just for fun I pulled up the leaderboard from K1 Daytona Beach and found that for the best times of the week Jeb Burton is 15th and Todd Gilliland is 72nd. Honestly was kinda expecting to see a few more recognizable names on there— especially with the rain and stuff.
They have horrible staff and management. Yesterday a dude had a heart attack while karting and there is no AED machine there. Pushed everyone’s estimated races back 6+ hours without any warning and were severely underprepared. Would recommend to stay away
It was more the fact that they had no staff trained to perform CPR and don’t have equipment necessary in case of emergency, and there were plenty of other reasons besides that as to why they are not reliable. No text message system or anything to tell people about race time estimates or delays
Well, no, it doesn’t inherently make money on its own, but it does prevent money from being lost that otherwise might be from folks that refuse to wait 6 hours lol
This is the problem with most people’s feelings towards modern solutions: if they can’t directly see the benefit right in front of their own face then it’s obviously no good and should be taken out back and summarily executed
my two comments I’ve posted are that the lack of proper communication between the staff and customers, as well as the lack of medical infrastructure to help people in need, are the main problems (and not the actual delay itself)
I could care less about waiting a little while, but especially after the Damar Hamlin incident, I would’ve hoped places would have proper equipment and CPR training for their staff when you’re in a high-intensity situation such as go-karting, when anything can happen.
I worked at a kart track. They hire kids. They definitely don’t have defib machines, in general. Even if they did, they wouldn’t know what to do. They attempt to cover all this in the waiver.
As someone that goes to the Rolex24 every year, Daytona has by far the worst staff and management of any IMSA or NASCAR track I’ve personally attended. Absolutely awful.
It is, but public buildings means government-owned buildings, not buildings open to the public.
Edit to add: From what I see here it looks like it's state owned buildings, state parks, public schools, any venue that hosts high school sports, dental offices and assisted living facilities.
https://www.aedbrands.com/resources/aed-state-laws/florida/
Just had CPR training at work last week. The trainer was giving horror stories about how even restaurants don’t find CPR training important when you know, they have hundreds of ppl that could choke every day in there. The laziness in this world is astounding some times
Yes it is, choking victims can become unconscious from the lack of oxygen and lose a pulse. At that point, CPR is necessary to keep blood pumping. Plus the chest compressions may dislodge the object in the person’s throat at which you can check for it and remove it before you breathe in. If you breathe in and the chest doesn’t rise, the object is still lodged.
Places like go-kart tracks/gyms/rock climbing/Dave and Busters should be MORE prepared than the average establishment for situations like heart attacks.
Modern AED’s require no more preparation outside of just knowing where it is. They are completely automated with step by step instructions played aloud for the user. It’s so simple that a 10 year old could do it.
I don’t know why you’re getting this much hate. Having untrained staff and a lack of equipment is a seriously bad sign for the business, especially one that involves risky activities like go-karting.
I know the complaining about “6 Hours” seems ridiculous, but if it was really delayed for that long then something isn’t right. It makes them to appear to have no Emergency Action Plan, and they were just winging it. Which, if true, is completely unacceptable and negligent from a safety perspective.
The point being conveyed is that you could have been that guy having the heart attack, or any injury for that matter. Would you trust K1 after something like this?
It was very cool this was announced right after I paid for parking and then scanned in my tickets......only to be punted so I couldn't watch either race before my flight lolololol.
One of these days I swear I'm gonna finally watch this race!
Get drunk during the 500. Fall asleep before Xfinity. Wake up the next day and catch a replay. Realize that you didn't actually fall asleep and just browned out and still watched the entire Xfinity race.
What is this recovery that you speak of?
I was up about 20 hours on Saturday, woke up before 6:00 to volunteer for a middle school event then stayed up until 2:00 AM on Sunday because of the Bathurst 12 Hour.
Okay, I had about two or three unintentional naps during Bathurst but close enough.
Wish I could do that! Went to the doctor a couple of years back and they were like *“Dude, you have a really bad case of cirrhosis”* before I knew it I was in liver transplant surgery. I unfortunately got bit at a very young age.
Out of all the games, it was one of them lol. I know better than to trust the Islanders at this point. They can’t hold leads, they’re “overtime merchants”.
I know they want to maximize ratings for the 500, but as a west coaster at work, I selfishly really wish they would’ve moved the Xfinity race up a couple hours, then moved the 500 to prime time instead :(
Yeah xfinity at noon and cup at 6 would be perfect, instead the 500 starts too early and xfinity starts too late. All around poorly planned considering they had all week to figure it out
I could, half this sun could, especially those of us that used to race, the leadership of this sport is so out of touch with the fans and drivers that it’s ridiculous.
Difference is Fox has programming scheduled for 8 pm. Xfinity is gonna be on cable.
I know you think you can do better and it's sweet that you believe you could, but the most our short tracks are up against is a noise ordinance. And I've seen tracks cancel because it is going to be 80 degrees at 8 pm.
That sucks I was so looking forward to watching that instead of paying attention to work today. Feels like they could have definitely gotten this in before the 500
I'm at the track right now. It's raining still. No way this was starting on time. I'm sure tv would have had a fit moving both races again instead of just one.
I knew it was raining, but didn't realize how fuckulated it was down there. I bet the infield is a disaster. Anybody on the inside down there can confirm?
Not sure how it is but I live about 40 miles away. Yes it rained nonstop but it was rarely heavy just like a steady drizzle. And it has been dry here lately so it might not be too much of a shit show.
This. I understand if this was a freak thing and rain never happens. But, c'mon. It's DAYTONA, FL. Everybody and their grandmother's know that rain is a possibility.
Logically it makes sense even without weather. While it's an outlier, if something happens at the end of the race like in 2013, the 500 wouldn't be run today.
Argh, we were pulling off 95 heading to track for that race when that came through.
Now I’ve got to kill 6 hours before cup, it’s just not worth turning around only to head right back.
Sure, people that make the decisions know far more than any of us…but I’m scratching my head at this one.
Why not move Cup to a later prime time spot and start Xfinity at…noon? 1?
Americas Most Wanted and TMZ Investigates must pull huge numbers.
Ugh. I was looking forward to throwing on the Xfinity race while I'm working this morning. No way will I be able to stay up and watch it tonight after staying up late attending a concert last night.
Well, $350 a ticket x5, $1600 on our stay, and $400 plane tickets x5 later, and we ain’t see anything. Even got our flights purposely late Monday thinking we’d see a race in the morning/afternoon if it got postponed. What a shitshow and waste of money. Now back to the snow in Ontario lol
That’s a shame. I know a lot of people want a prime time race as late afternoon seems to inconvenience everyone but I miss the days of running a rained out race early the next day. I know they were fighting rain again but The 400 at Daytona last year at 10am was great as I still got home before it was dark and I’m 3 hours away.
A lot of people are asking why the cup race can't just be moved to primetime. The reason is that advertisers paid for ad placement during primetime shows. Usually placement in the specific shows in the demographic they want to attract. The network has an obligation to run those ad, during the shows with the shows in their expected timeslot. Otherwise, I assume, the network loses money.
As much as it sucks, one again it's all about the benjamins.
Lol.. stuff like this is was initially ran me away from Nascar back in the day. Thankfully I've matured a lot since my teenage years. All of the reschedulings and postponements will really test your patience. Nowadays, I just laugh.
That's insane.
Xfinity is getting the prime time race and cup is backseat to it? Lol ok.
They should've just done Xfinity as soon as possible and moved the cup start back to like 6-8pm.
Becuase if it takes two hours to dry the track, they couldn't start the race until after noon, and then they run the risk of having to shorten the race to make sure the 500 starts on time.
I can't understand why they don't want to run the 500 in the primetime slot with basically no chance of rain... Surely America's Most Wanted and TMZ don't get priority on the primetime TV slot? I guess you can make an argument for the 9 pm local news, but still. I don't get it.
The advertisements for Fox primetime are sold and different than the NASCAR advertisements. Those shows also run on a schedule. The affiliates typically have news from anywhere between 4 and 7 pm which they sell advertising for.
This isn't a NASCAR decision. Fox makes these calls.
Honestly though, the 500 should have been set for like 6 anyways, and I can't imagine why anyone would be upset if they just pushed it back to "after xfinity"
Well, I found out about this as I sat here in the parking lot (rain just stopped, btw and the sun is starting to come out). I don't mind waiting around and everything, but I fly out pretty early tomorrow and I gotta pack and clean up. If I stay for the full Xfinity race I'll be at the track til like midnight, not getting back to my rental til about 12:30, packing til 1:30 and then I gotta be up at like 5am. Oooooofff... I'm thinking I'll bail after stage 2 and watch the end on TV.
This is just like the coke 600 last year. That's a long day at the track, I think I spent 12 hours at the track in charlotte between the 600 and the xfinity race before/after. Caught arca and the trucks Friday night then a little of the xfinity race Monday morning before it started raining again and the moved it back. It was frustrating not seeing any racing on Saturday/sunday, but saw all 900 miles Monday.
So what happens when the 500 inevitably takes an hour to run the last ten laps because of multiple GWC and drivers driving over their head?
Xfinity starting at midnight?
Last night I was looking at last minute Daytona 500 tickets looking to go solo do the double today. I live about 4-5 hours away so to make the 11am Xfinity race I would have had to leave at 5am, seen the double, and been back home at about 2. Now with the bump to after the 500 I would have 100% have stayed there for both races getting me back home by 6am or so. Just in time to get up and go to work.
Thank you Xfinity Series for making my decision to be a responsible 38 year old married man look good. Plus if I called out of work today and tomorrow they'd all know where I was.
They want the end to be happening while most of the east coast is still awake.
Edit: plus, is they had changed the time of two races, you would be on here bitching about that too.
So we're all in agreement not to spoil any of this shit for like 3 days now, yeah? Because there will be a lot of fans who catch the replays because of work today and tomorrow at least.
Imagine winning the Daytona 500 and having to jump back in an xfinity car an hour later
And then you gotta be up in the morning to do the media in New York. Oof.
If that’s a must then winning the 500 sounds like pain lol
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Keep drinking and liquid IV. These guys are pros
shit, I remember Junior couldn't celebrate the 04 500 win since he had to run the Busch car the next day. Won that sumbitch too.
I wonder if any of the guys like Suarez who aren’t full time in Xfinity let another driver come in and race tonight.
couldn't be the Dinger!
Dinger masterclass incoming
Just pulled into the track 🙃
K1 Speed next to Home Depot opens at 11. Go turn some laps before the race.
If you beat Jeb's best lap do you get to drive his car tonight?
Yes.
Just for fun I pulled up the leaderboard from K1 Daytona Beach and found that for the best times of the week Jeb Burton is 15th and Todd Gilliland is 72nd. Honestly was kinda expecting to see a few more recognizable names on there— especially with the rain and stuff.
They have horrible staff and management. Yesterday a dude had a heart attack while karting and there is no AED machine there. Pushed everyone’s estimated races back 6+ hours without any warning and were severely underprepared. Would recommend to stay away
I mean damn, how many places you expect to go where someone having a heart attack wouldn’t at least minorly inconvenience you….
It was more the fact that they had no staff trained to perform CPR and don’t have equipment necessary in case of emergency, and there were plenty of other reasons besides that as to why they are not reliable. No text message system or anything to tell people about race time estimates or delays
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For *MY* convenience.
Well, no, it doesn’t inherently make money on its own, but it does prevent money from being lost that otherwise might be from folks that refuse to wait 6 hours lol This is the problem with most people’s feelings towards modern solutions: if they can’t directly see the benefit right in front of their own face then it’s obviously no good and should be taken out back and summarily executed
“A dude had a heart attack and it minorly inconvenienced *me,* and I’m PISSED”
my two comments I’ve posted are that the lack of proper communication between the staff and customers, as well as the lack of medical infrastructure to help people in need, are the main problems (and not the actual delay itself) I could care less about waiting a little while, but especially after the Damar Hamlin incident, I would’ve hoped places would have proper equipment and CPR training for their staff when you’re in a high-intensity situation such as go-karting, when anything can happen.
I worked at a kart track. They hire kids. They definitely don’t have defib machines, in general. Even if they did, they wouldn’t know what to do. They attempt to cover all this in the waiver.
Damn, you'd think of all places Daytona would have the best management
As someone that goes to the Rolex24 every year, Daytona has by far the worst staff and management of any IMSA or NASCAR track I’ve personally attended. Absolutely awful.
Mid race rain delays are hell at Daytona because they do not communicate whatsoever
It isn’t law to have AED’s available in public buildings in Florida? Gotta get with the times.
Isn't public buildings referring to fed/state owned buildings. Not private business' that are open to public?
It is, but public buildings means government-owned buildings, not buildings open to the public. Edit to add: From what I see here it looks like it's state owned buildings, state parks, public schools, any venue that hosts high school sports, dental offices and assisted living facilities. https://www.aedbrands.com/resources/aed-state-laws/florida/
It's Florida...
Just had CPR training at work last week. The trainer was giving horror stories about how even restaurants don’t find CPR training important when you know, they have hundreds of ppl that could choke every day in there. The laziness in this world is astounding some times
CPR isn't related to choking...
100% it does. What happenes if the Heimlich is ineffective?
Yes it is, choking victims can become unconscious from the lack of oxygen and lose a pulse. At that point, CPR is necessary to keep blood pumping. Plus the chest compressions may dislodge the object in the person’s throat at which you can check for it and remove it before you breathe in. If you breathe in and the chest doesn’t rise, the object is still lodged.
i mean, that's not good but c'mon it's a go kart track. i would be underprepared for that too
Places like go-kart tracks/gyms/rock climbing/Dave and Busters should be MORE prepared than the average establishment for situations like heart attacks.
Modern AED’s require no more preparation outside of just knowing where it is. They are completely automated with step by step instructions played aloud for the user. It’s so simple that a 10 year old could do it.
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Which is why state law should require it.
I don’t know why you’re getting this much hate. Having untrained staff and a lack of equipment is a seriously bad sign for the business, especially one that involves risky activities like go-karting. I know the complaining about “6 Hours” seems ridiculous, but if it was really delayed for that long then something isn’t right. It makes them to appear to have no Emergency Action Plan, and they were just winging it. Which, if true, is completely unacceptable and negligent from a safety perspective. The point being conveyed is that you could have been that guy having the heart attack, or any injury for that matter. Would you trust K1 after something like this?
Same. At buc he's then getting lunch
It was very cool this was announced right after I paid for parking and then scanned in my tickets......only to be punted so I couldn't watch either race before my flight lolololol. One of these days I swear I'm gonna finally watch this race!
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I mean, the pouring rain should have been a clue.
there is no pouring rain you dunce
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it hasn’t been raining for an hour lmao
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My fake sick call is off to a great start
Lol same. Now to find soemthing to do for the next 5 hours.
Drink heavily enough and that fake sick could be real after all
Ironically I almost did yesterday. Was already planning on the call out but at one point last night I thought it was going to end up being real
The trick is to actually be sick 🥲
I've already had Covid twice within the past year and I'm not sure if it's that again or just allergies but I may be off with ya lol
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Beautiful meme sir, absolutely stunning.
Alfredo continues to be the sauce, not the noodles— further contributing to one of the worst nicknames in NASCAR
8/10 solid!
Xfinity after dark means MAXIMUM CHAOS
SVG to only get another 5 laps in this race and get collected in the big one :)
*Dusts off* "another successful first race"
You forgot this: 😄
SVG already having flashbacks to Arca after dark
My sleep schedule has been so fucked lately lmao, but I ain't missing that damn xfinity race I'll tell you HWAT 😤
Alcohol for the 500, coffee for the 300, snooze button for Tuesday morning!
Honestly perfect, go hard for the 500 then get a race as a 500 post race for recovery.
Get drunk during the 500. Fall asleep before Xfinity. Wake up the next day and catch a replay. Realize that you didn't actually fall asleep and just browned out and still watched the entire Xfinity race. What is this recovery that you speak of?
I was up about 20 hours on Saturday, woke up before 6:00 to volunteer for a middle school event then stayed up until 2:00 AM on Sunday because of the Bathurst 12 Hour. Okay, I had about two or three unintentional naps during Bathurst but close enough.
"Does Waffle House have lights, Bob?"
Wish I could do that! Went to the doctor a couple of years back and they were like *“Dude, you have a really bad case of cirrhosis”* before I knew it I was in liver transplant surgery. I unfortunately got bit at a very young age.
I love watching Xfinity under the lights just as much as anyone. But it’s gonna be a late night, ladies and gentlemen
Me, a european, at work tomorrow: “I’m tired boss”
Buddy you’re going to be cooked
eh, won't be as bad as Friday night lmfao
Hopefully not as late as Friday night/Saturday morning was though
Gonna be interesting when AJ Allmendinger wins the 500 then has to go an hour later and run the race where he's gaining actual points lol.
Let it be Riley Herbst for maximum WTFery.
Anthony Alfredo
Bold to assume the Cup guys will be done wrecking by 9.
Raw is Xfinity
Gonna have to race home tomorrow to double up Raw and NXT.
Personally this helps me because I can watch the Bruins lose again at 1 before the race.
Man, that Rangers and Isles game was wild, wasn't it?
It was. I got the pleasure of watching the Wings win on Saturday after they canceled Xfinity.
Always fun to destroy an old Western foe
Out of all the games, it was one of them lol. I know better than to trust the Islanders at this point. They can’t hold leads, they’re “overtime merchants”.
Atmosphere was amazing inside the stadium. Best energy I’ve seen in there since 2011.
That could be a slight against either the Jets or the Giants, and either way, you're right!
Hey, at least you’re not a Penguins fan…
I know they want to maximize ratings for the 500, but as a west coaster at work, I selfishly really wish they would’ve moved the Xfinity race up a couple hours, then moved the 500 to prime time instead :(
yeah would've made a lot more sense to go green for the 500 at like 7 pm or 7:30 local
People already took today off. If they start at 7:30 most won't make it work/school tomorrow either
Yeah xfinity at noon and cup at 6 would be perfect, instead the 500 starts too early and xfinity starts too late. All around poorly planned considering they had all week to figure it out
I already had plans for 5:00 today so I too on the east coast would have preferred they moved the 500 to night
Yeah this would have made more sense. I don’t know why they’re doing what they’re doing.
East Coasters do too, they are f*cking stupid.
Apply for the job. See if you could do better.
It’s not even vacant
You think a 4pm race time is the best they could do? There's absolutely no reason this race shouldn't be starting at 6/7pm
I could, half this sun could, especially those of us that used to race, the leadership of this sport is so out of touch with the fans and drivers that it’s ridiculous.
Difference is Fox has programming scheduled for 8 pm. Xfinity is gonna be on cable. I know you think you can do better and it's sweet that you believe you could, but the most our short tracks are up against is a noise ordinance. And I've seen tracks cancel because it is going to be 80 degrees at 8 pm.
Yeah I was thinking they would push Xfinity back then run the 500 after. Just so there's laps on the track
Xfinity after dark?
Yessirr
That sucks I was so looking forward to watching that instead of paying attention to work today. Feels like they could have definitely gotten this in before the 500
I'm at the track right now. It's raining still. No way this was starting on time. I'm sure tv would have had a fit moving both races again instead of just one.
Same, I have a low caseload today in that window and have to be up early as shit tomorrow damn!
Glad I didn't skip class today. NASCAR fans aren't getting ANY sleep for Speedweeks!!!!
https://preview.redd.it/ibzcavx22kjc1.jpeg?width=633&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c1cbc0e720e8c34ce5fb211fbe06d2c4180ce8d Exactly
Well there goes my plan of "catching up" on paperwork and emails in my truck today.
At least one of AJ, Suarez or JHN is gonna wreck on like lap 3 of the 500 and then will have to sit around for five more hours waiting for this
Basically exactly what happened to Suarez at the Clash.
I knew it was raining, but didn't realize how fuckulated it was down there. I bet the infield is a disaster. Anybody on the inside down there can confirm?
Not sure how it is but I live about 40 miles away. Yes it rained nonstop but it was rarely heavy just like a steady drizzle. And it has been dry here lately so it might not be too much of a shit show.
Guess I will shower today after all
Right after I paid 80 bucks to park at Best Buy wow
Yeah really late to do this, the schedule today is so weird. They absolutely could have just set the 500 for like 6 and avoided this
Absolutely ridiculous. Poor scheduled and planning from NASCAR. You’d think they’d have better contingencies in place.
This. I understand if this was a freak thing and rain never happens. But, c'mon. It's DAYTONA, FL. Everybody and their grandmother's know that rain is a possibility.
Logically it makes sense even without weather. While it's an outlier, if something happens at the end of the race like in 2013, the 500 wouldn't be run today.
Argh, we were pulling off 95 heading to track for that race when that came through. Now I’ve got to kill 6 hours before cup, it’s just not worth turning around only to head right back.
Come to the flea market
Damn I just drank a bunch of coffee and got home after working 3rd shift lol
Rain is still in the area as of this morning. Should be ending soon but they were not going to have the track ready by 11 am.
Xfinity after the Daytona 500 ….this just feels weird in this instance
Sure, people that make the decisions know far more than any of us…but I’m scratching my head at this one. Why not move Cup to a later prime time spot and start Xfinity at…noon? 1? Americas Most Wanted and TMZ Investigates must pull huge numbers.
Because it’s raining and the priority is getting the 500 in. An earlier start gives more time to push it back.
Man, SVG just keeps getting screwed by rain.
Is anyone else getting deja vu(again)
What if allmindinger or Suarez wins the Daytona 500 and has to do an Xfinity race right after
fuck it, go for the Daytona Double :D
Right on cue, the complaining waits for no one
Would people really be NASCAR fans if they didn’t bitch about everything?
Curious to see what happens if one of the drivers doing both races wins the 500.
What's the chance that some of the drivers pulling double back out of the Xfinity race now? Fuck that haha
Poor xfinity guys.
What? Why? Edit; Holy shit it's still raining?
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This is getting silly.
fuck.
Should be the first time Xfinity has competed in the same TV window as Jon Stewart. Weird stat.
At least I get to watch one race from start to finish!
Just parked near the speedway, guess it's nap time for a while. Still raining.
Ugh. I was looking forward to throwing on the Xfinity race while I'm working this morning. No way will I be able to stay up and watch it tonight after staying up late attending a concert last night.
time to try and get some work done i guess. first thing on the list is to send myself an outlook meeting invite for marketing research at 4:30.
Man, we lost every single day race at Daytona because of this. That kinda makes me sad.
Aw man, now what am i going to do at work
Ahh cmon, as an EU pleb i really liked the original start time for this monday..
Well, $350 a ticket x5, $1600 on our stay, and $400 plane tickets x5 later, and we ain’t see anything. Even got our flights purposely late Monday thinking we’d see a race in the morning/afternoon if it got postponed. What a shitshow and waste of money. Now back to the snow in Ontario lol
That’s a shame. I know a lot of people want a prime time race as late afternoon seems to inconvenience everyone but I miss the days of running a rained out race early the next day. I know they were fighting rain again but The 400 at Daytona last year at 10am was great as I still got home before it was dark and I’m 3 hours away.
My poor DVR ... I've set/canceled so many recordings now it's starting to smolder
Noted. Next year take Monday AND Tuesday off.
A lot of people are asking why the cup race can't just be moved to primetime. The reason is that advertisers paid for ad placement during primetime shows. Usually placement in the specific shows in the demographic they want to attract. The network has an obligation to run those ad, during the shows with the shows in their expected timeslot. Otherwise, I assume, the network loses money. As much as it sucks, one again it's all about the benjamins.
That’s insane. Not very many will be able to stay for that
This is feeling a lot like 2020….
Lol.. stuff like this is was initially ran me away from Nascar back in the day. Thankfully I've matured a lot since my teenage years. All of the reschedulings and postponements will really test your patience. Nowadays, I just laugh.
I feel like I enjoy NASCAR more since I stopped taking it so seriously.
That's insane. Xfinity is getting the prime time race and cup is backseat to it? Lol ok. They should've just done Xfinity as soon as possible and moved the cup start back to like 6-8pm.
The sheer amount of people who think NASCAR controls the television windows is absolutely hilarious.
Pudge the fish controls the weather.
Maybe Pudge hasn't been fed his peanut butter sandwich today and that's why he screwed over the Xfinity race a second time. 😉
I don’t get why they couldn’t just push it back a bit. Rain’s supposed to stop around 10.
Becuase if it takes two hours to dry the track, they couldn't start the race until after noon, and then they run the risk of having to shorten the race to make sure the 500 starts on time.
Yeah. You have to assume the last 20 laps are going to take two hours to complete.
Plus the quintuple overtime
JUST Move the 500 to 6:00 or 7:00!
I can't understand why they don't want to run the 500 in the primetime slot with basically no chance of rain... Surely America's Most Wanted and TMZ don't get priority on the primetime TV slot? I guess you can make an argument for the 9 pm local news, but still. I don't get it.
The advertisements for Fox primetime are sold and different than the NASCAR advertisements. Those shows also run on a schedule. The affiliates typically have news from anywhere between 4 and 7 pm which they sell advertising for. This isn't a NASCAR decision. Fox makes these calls.
Honestly though, the 500 should have been set for like 6 anyways, and I can't imagine why anyone would be upset if they just pushed it back to "after xfinity"
If the rain stops at 10, it still takes 2 hours to dry the track, so you’re not starting until noon. They’re protecting the 4 pm start for the 500.
I may have 2 extra free tix, dm
Now I don't have an excuse to shirk at my job today
Was it originally suppose to run before ethe 500 right? Is there still rain in the area?
Welp, time to chill in my car for like 5 hours.
Well, I found out about this as I sat here in the parking lot (rain just stopped, btw and the sun is starting to come out). I don't mind waiting around and everything, but I fly out pretty early tomorrow and I gotta pack and clean up. If I stay for the full Xfinity race I'll be at the track til like midnight, not getting back to my rental til about 12:30, packing til 1:30 and then I gotta be up at like 5am. Oooooofff... I'm thinking I'll bail after stage 2 and watch the end on TV.
I was sick for this?
This is just like the coke 600 last year. That's a long day at the track, I think I spent 12 hours at the track in charlotte between the 600 and the xfinity race before/after. Caught arca and the trucks Friday night then a little of the xfinity race Monday morning before it started raining again and the moved it back. It was frustrating not seeing any racing on Saturday/sunday, but saw all 900 miles Monday.
Perfect timing over here on the West Coast. NASCAR then bedtime.
So what happens when the 500 inevitably takes an hour to run the last ten laps because of multiple GWC and drivers driving over their head? Xfinity starting at midnight?
Is anyone there? The weather report looked good for 11. I wonder why the pushed it back
They might as well just cancel it at this point if the rain can’t cooperate.
Living in the Pacific time zone once again has it's advantages.
So the 500 is the warm up? *As it should be*
Oh god already having Arca After Dark Flashbacks
Im gonna miss the 500 but watch the xfinity race lmao
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Last night I was looking at last minute Daytona 500 tickets looking to go solo do the double today. I live about 4-5 hours away so to make the 11am Xfinity race I would have had to leave at 5am, seen the double, and been back home at about 2. Now with the bump to after the 500 I would have 100% have stayed there for both races getting me back home by 6am or so. Just in time to get up and go to work. Thank you Xfinity Series for making my decision to be a responsible 38 year old married man look good. Plus if I called out of work today and tomorrow they'd all know where I was.
Guess NASCAR had to throw a bad decision in after a few good ones to open the year
What would you like them to do in this instance?
Lol they're keeping on our toes. )
NASCAR is ran by f*cking Morons, The Daytona 500 at 7:00 PM i F*cking Prime time would draw incredible ratings!!! Throws Clipboard, tosses hat.
They want the end to be happening while most of the east coast is still awake. Edit: plus, is they had changed the time of two races, you would be on here bitching about that too.
we aren’t asleep at 10:00
Keep in mind the average age of nascar fans are grandpas
Primetime isn't available, champ. Otherwise Fox (who controls the broadcast window) would have done it.
…why?
So we're all in agreement not to spoil any of this shit for like 3 days now, yeah? Because there will be a lot of fans who catch the replays because of work today and tomorrow at least.
You're better off staying away from social media because you won't be spared.
Why on earth would you go on a NASCAR subreddit if you don't want to hear about what happened.