Wild Daytona

It was definitely a typical wild Daytona race.  First off, I have to say NASCAR is starting off in their typical fashion when there is a chance of rain.  They knew the rain was going to be moving in, probably before the race ended, so I just don't understand why they didn't push up the start of the race, especially since the pre-race show was so long, lord knows they had time to push it up.

It's also not too good of a start of the season when you have tire problems for the first race of the season, enough where they called a competition caution on lap 25 to check tire wear, which quite a few teams were having issues with.  Hopefully, the rest of the season isn't like that with tires.

Logano took a wild ride and hit the inside wall head-on, with the safety of the cars, he was okay, but I guess that was his "Welcome" to big time racing and Daytona, one I bet he hopes not to repeat.

Earnhardt Jr. had lots of troubles in the race, mainly in the pits, which put him into position to be involved in the big wreck that took quite a few cars out.  Everyone has their own opinion on that wreck, whether it was okay for Vicker's to block or not, or whether Jr. should have backed down a bit before moving back up on the track after being forced down below the line.  I think Jr. should have backed down before moving back onto the track, that's MY opinion, your's may be different.  It got very loud around here with the "discussion", if you want to call it that, about that incident.

And last, congrats to Matt Kenseth for his win in the rain shortened race.  Not taking away from his win, he could have still won it, but I think NASCAR once again did a disservice to it's fans knowing the rain was going to show up before the end of the race.

Your thoughts?