2021 NASCAR Discussion ThreadNASCAR

[MatskiMonk]

Early trouble for half the field..

 

[Nico_Ble99]

So many good cars involved there...

 

[Dotini]

...and now a lightning delay!

 

[Dylan]

Byrons team is gonna try to repair the car after it got punted so hard it went up on two wheels.

 

[Blitz24]

So it will either be 2 or 3 hours OR the race will run tomorrow morning (and it would make most sense for them to push a 10 AM start as rain is again in the forecast tomorrow afternoon).

 

[Liquid]

I saw the big pile up. That was one hell of a
push by Kyle Busch. Are drivers held accountable when stuff like this happens?

 

[Adamgp]

I'm feeling a lot better about not going down to Daytona this year. It's bad enough when they seem to start the race later and later every year, and is even more miserable when it rains.

 

[Blitz24]

I saw the big pile up. That was one hell of a
push by Kyle Busch. Are drivers held accountable when stuff like this happens?

Sometimes they are. It depends how the wreck starts and how pissed off the driver(s) involved are. Then you can see either vigilante justice or "go to the big hauler after the race".

I'm feeling a lot better about not going down to Daytona this year. It's bad enough when they seem to start the race later and later every year, and is even more miserable when it rains.

NASCAR is chasing the prime-time crowd and this is the new normal. As I mentioned a few pages ago, they explicitly set up the calendar for 3 or 4 PM starts so they can have twilight finishes. Of course, they also seem to not be able to adjust when anticipated weather looks foul and you typically get this kind of problem. I can't even find appropriate statistics for rain-delayed or rain-shortened races but if you told me that the last 3 years had the largest share of weather delays I'd be hard-pressed to argue.

 

[Dylan]

If the race is to be run tomorrow, Jim Utter reports that it will be at 4PM Eastern.

 

[ScottPuss20]

It's going to tomorrow now.

 

[Northstar]

Drivers were just told to return to their cars, guess I'll be buying some Monster tomorrow.

 

[Dylan]

Green flag at 9pm eastern. 15 minutes from now.

 

[Dolph Drago]

I miss when the races started at 12.

 

[Ether]

I feel like some of these post wreck resurrected zombie cars are going to be dropping mud and parts on the track once they go green

 

[Blitz24]

29 cars left. One of which was just black flagged due to loose parts flapping the back end of his car (Byron).

Caution for the Mane n' Tail 00 and the High Point 14. Looks like Houff is done.

 

[Dylan]

Wallace is either gonna win this race or get turned. Every time he get’s pushed he gets squirrelly. Every time he throws a block it seems last second.

 

[girabyt3]

Can we ever end a Daytona 500 without a big one??

Also, congrats Michael McDowell!!!

 

[Blitz24]

Michael McDowell takes the checkered flag in an upset victory.

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

A few minutes earlier and the Loves car would've won on Valentine's Day.

 

[Dylan]

Micheal McDowell wins the 2021 Daytona 500!

 

[bloodyboyblue]

Continues the tradition of upset winners every decade since 2001.

I’ve always hated that smug self-righteous prick but guess he deserves his moment in the sun after paying his dues for so long

 

[Adamgp]

One heck of a fire ball on that last lap, and one long race, but congrats to McDowell.

 

[Nico_Ble99]

Holy 🤬, he's actually gone and done it. What a victory for them!

 

[Blitz24]

The turning point of the race in my eyes was when the Fords came down to pass then immediately pitted. Because the Toyotas then failed to come to pit road with the Chevrolets, that pretty much doomed Hamlin and Busch. The last lap reminded me the most of the 2006 Fall Talladega race, when Brian Vickers turned Jimmie Johnson into Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the last lap en route to his first career victory.

 

[Dolph Drago]

I'm just glad they waited until the last lap to crash instead of making us sit through multiple red flags and overtimes like they usually do.

Congrats to McDowell. Always nice to see a new winner, especially when they've been around for some time.

 

[Dennisch]

If this is how the season will go, I'll be missing a lot of races. Anything after midnight is already getting difficult for me to watch but these starting times are just not worth it to try and stay awake.

 

[Northstar]

I'm happy for Front Row, putting all their eggs in the restrictor plate basket finally paid off for them.

I must also give credit to the Trackhaus team, I know it was only one race, but for it being their very first they looked impressive until they were knocked out. Hopefully they can continue impressing all year.

Continues the tradition of upset winners every decade since 2001.

You could go one decade further as Derrike Cope was an upset win in 1990 and you could also make an argument for Dale Jarrett's first win in '92.

 

[Blitz24]

I'm happy for Front Row, putting all their eggs in the restrictor plate basket finally paid off for them.

I must also give credit to the Trackhaus team, I know it was only one race, but for it being their very first they looked impressive until they were knocked out. Hopefully they can continue impressing all year.



You could go one decade further as Derrike Cope was an upset win in 1990 and you could also make an argument for Dale Jarrett's first win in '92.

And Marlin in 1994. Waltrip, McDowell and Marlin all broke triple digit race winless careers at Daytona.

 

[MustangRyan]

You could go one decade further as Derrike Cope was an upset win in 1990 and you could also make an argument for Dale Jarrett's first win in '92.

I thought he meant that it was literally ten years apart, ie 2001, 2011, 2021.

Look for the next huge upset winner in 2031.

 

[Northstar]

They’ve added rumble strips to the bus stop in the hopes it will reduce the amount of dirt getting brought onto the track.

https://www.jayski.com/2021/02/19/nascar-alters-bus-stop-chicane-at-daytona-road-course/

Still no sign of them coming to their senses about making drivers stop on a live track though.