Full disclosure, I'm a NASCAR fan. I know the people who read this blog aren't, so I stay away from talking about NASCAR. I have to talk about NASCAR today because yesterday was the Daytona 500, the Super Bowl of stock cars.
Trevor Bayne, who just turned 20 two days ago, won the Daytona 500 in just his second career NASCAR race. An incredible accomplishment for an incredible race that saw a record amount of caution flags and race leaders. At the end of the race though the moment was ruined for race play-by-play announcer Mike Joy.
Mike Joy is the Fox NASCAR play-by-play announcer. He's teamed up with former crew chief Larry McReynolds and former racer Darrell Waltrip. I enjoy Joy's work because he gives you insight into a race that a first time viewer might not know without sounding like he's doing you a favor. Joy though suffers from Jim Nantz disease. He likes coming up with corny one-liners at big races like the Daytona 500.
Joy's "Jim Nantz" moment though was ruined yesterday by partner Darrell Waltrip. Knowing that Bayne was such an huge underdog to win yesterday's race, Joy has a corny one-liner to celebrate Bayne's victory. The moment though was ruined by a screaming Waltrip and McReynolds.
Yes. Joy tried a Cinderella/Glass Slipper line about Bayne, but was talked over by Waltrip and McReynolds. Don't worry though, if you watch that video a little further, Joy got in his Cinderella/Glass Slipper line about Bayne's victory.
Despite the checker-flag mash up between the announcers, that will certainly be a Daytona 500 I'll remember for a long time. Congratulations to Trevor Bayne and Woods Brother Racing.
NASCAR needs to take the restrictor plates off & let the best driver over 200 laps win, not just the one who is the luckiest.
ReplyDelete@Kris: They have to have restrictor plates on the cars for the Super Speedways (Daytona, Talledega, Dover) because the cars are too fast on those tracks. Richard Petty almost died in the 70s at Daytona because his car was driving too fast. It's a safety issue for those large tracks.
ReplyDeleteThey don't use the restrictor plates at the smaller tracks.
I disagree that they have to leave the plates on, Keith. The cars have made tremendous safety advances since the 1970's and when combined with the fences that reach over the track, you wouldn't have the cars careening into the stands either. At some point these super speedway races have to be about the best driver & the best mechanics, and not just which guy is the luckiest. Ass good a story as Bane is, do you really think he was the best driver on the track Sunday? I don't.
ReplyDeleteAlso, Dover is a 1 mile oval track(I've seen races there). Are you thinking maybe of Poconos Raceway?
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