Riggs, Mayfield, Smith and Allmendinger Live to Race Another sunDAY

by Steve Wronkowicz

I am co-host of the syndicated radio show: ON PIT ROW. Over ten years on the air and three on the net; see what can happen when I don't let the facts get in the way of my opinions.

5 Responses to “Riggs, Mayfield, Smith and Allmendinger Live to Race Another sunDAY”

1. Luke on February 12th, 2009 8:34 pm

   Um, yeah they covered it. They also showed the make/break positions on track and in the scoring ticker.

   Maybe not the entire length, I mean you know, there was a race going on in front and behind those battles, but they did receive attention.

   I saw lots of shots of Smith, A.J., Riggs and the rest of the ones trying to make it in. OK, maybe not the couple of guys who were dead last and going nowhere fast, but the ones who were being competitive were covered. (And discussed. And interviewed.)

2. Steve Wronkowicz on February 12th, 2009 11:23 pm

   Granted they did talk about the the guys who would make a quarter of a million dollars by making it into the 500 during the race. I got a little sick of hearing that too. But when push came to shove to see who was crossing the line first–who was in and who was out, they were focused on the race winner.

   Now normally I would certainly think that was important, but really 6 months from now, or 4 months or even 2, who will give a rats ass that Jeffy or The Brat won a Duel race? The fact that Riggs is in, or Nemechek out on the other hand, could have huge implications for those guys for the rest of the season.

3. Luke on February 12th, 2009 11:42 pm

   [As they're showing Mayfield pulling up to AJ] “This is a humdinger of a battle for the last position in the Daytona 500.”

   So it was the coverage at the line, and not the entire thing? Gee, make up your mind.

   I thought it was pretty well covered as a whole. It was a race after all.

4. Steve Wronkowicz on February 13th, 2009 8:13 am

   Sorry–I didn’t think I was confusing at all:

   Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip kept TV viewers abreast of who was doing what during the races until the last laps of each race.

   The coverage was way more than adequate during the meat of the race. It was at the end that they again came up short and forgot what this race was about–filling the field for the 500. I believe fans who were interested in the kumbaya, as Charlie would say, wanted to know if the “Davids” beat the “Goliaths” and which “Davids” they were.

   Maybe Jeff Gordon and Kyle Busch fans were elated to see their drivers win a “don’t matter” race. But lets face facts here, NASCAR held two races on a Thursday afternoon, televised on SPEED–not FOX, for no points. Ninty percent of the field was in the 500 and just jockeying for starting positions in a race where starting position means next to nothing. Who do you think was watching; real race fans or “I like the flames on Jeffy’s car” fans?

5. Charlie Turner on February 13th, 2009 7:17 pm

   “Who do you think was watching; real race fans or “I like the flames on Jeffy’s car” fans?”

   My vote would be for the fans that like the pretty colored cars. You could throw a picnic for ALL of the Scott Riggs, AJ Allmendinger, Front Row Joe and Regan - or is it Ragan - Smith fans that were watching and not run out of potato salad.

   I have to admit, I didn’t know who the second qualifier was in the first race.

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