02-17-2024, 03:03 PM
A lot of carnage last night in the NASCAR Truck series race, as expected, from these younger drivers trying to make their way up the ladder. One truck even went airborne and did a complete 360 before landing back on its wheels in 'the big one" near the end.
Due to the rain expected today, they moved the ARCA race (4th tier series) from Saturday afternoon to late Friday night after the Truck series. I didn't stay up until after midnight to watch it, but will be watching the replay this afternoon. What makes this race of particular interest is that it will be the first "super speedway" race for Shane Van Gisbergen (the Australian Super Cars legend) who is transitioning to Nascar. Frankie Muniz (yes, that Frankie Muniz) also raced, in his second year as a fulltime ARCA driver. Both drivers will also be racing in today's Xfinity Series race (Nascar's 2nd tier) for the first time, although I'm not sure if the race will actually happen today because of the rain.
Tomorrow's Daytona 500 is also expected to be rained out... or at least delayed several hours. I'd be fine with a delay, as it would mean a night race.
Due to the rain expected today, they moved the ARCA race (4th tier series) from Saturday afternoon to late Friday night after the Truck series. I didn't stay up until after midnight to watch it, but will be watching the replay this afternoon. What makes this race of particular interest is that it will be the first "super speedway" race for Shane Van Gisbergen (the Australian Super Cars legend) who is transitioning to Nascar. Frankie Muniz (yes, that Frankie Muniz) also raced, in his second year as a fulltime ARCA driver. Both drivers will also be racing in today's Xfinity Series race (Nascar's 2nd tier) for the first time, although I'm not sure if the race will actually happen today because of the rain.
Tomorrow's Daytona 500 is also expected to be rained out... or at least delayed several hours. I'd be fine with a delay, as it would mean a night race.