NASCAR announced on Monday that it was changing the direction of the sport (behind the scenes mostly). Many of these changes I see being in a very positive direction, but I'm rather open minded, so I'm sure many others will disagree. . These are planned to be in place by the 2015 Daytona 500
Nationwide race tomorrow at Chicogoland at 3PM EST (-4 GMT) and Eldora is on Wednesday night starting at 7PM with Q races and the feature beginning at 9:35 PM EST. Predictions? I predict ugly but unforgettable (due to bad reasons rather than good)
TNT and ESPN out in 2015, NBC in. I see nothing wrong with this move except we have to wait almost 2 years before it kicks in. The sooner the better if you ask me.
I like the truck coverage, just wish they'd get rid of Michael Waltrip, can't stand him in the booth. For all the complaining I see about DW, Michael is 50x worse to me.
What's happening to Nationwide? I saw the end of the season will be done by NBC, I assume on NBC sports. Is ESPN still doing some Nationwide races or is FOX picking them up?
I also have mixed feelings about so many races being on NBC Sports. For me its fine since I have cable anyway, and it is kind of nice that now everyone is forced to watch races at my house haha. But for the good of the sport, more of those races, especially all of the Cup races in the chase, should be on NBC.
I'm glad to see it actually, but I am greatly disappointed that many of the races will be on NBC Sports Network. They are trying to promote that channel, I know, but it is still disapointing. I'm glad to see that the coverage will be cut down to 2 teams.
I'm excited to see how NBC covers it in 2015. I've seen nothing but good things in their F1 coverage
Anyone else watch truck practice last night from Eldora? I thought it was awful, they look like they're on ice out there and I can't see it being much better tonight with more racing being run on the track. Not sure how they plan on passing, once the fast guys get up front I see it going single file around the wall for the rest of the night, hopefully I'm wrong.
The beginning of the heats may be a little wet, but after all the heats, the main will be dry like in practice. I believe Tony said he would actually rather it be dry.
The dry track was when it looked bad, they couldn't get any power down without the wheels spinning. By the end of the night it will be much dryer than it was yesterday I imagine, and with the hard tires they have they say it won't rubber up much. The one thing I'm hoping is that with Late Models also running hopefully they'll lay down some rubber and give the track some grip.
. These are planned to be in place by the 2015 Daytona 500 
