February 27, 2012

NASCAR Week! Rain Delay

One of the worst things about watching racing is the threat of rain. If it rains, your plans after the race are shot. Rain parks the cars, slicks the track to un-drivable conditions, & the process to dry the asphalt surface takes hours. That's what happened Sunday at Daytona, Florida. I watched four hours of driver interviews (which all sound the same after the fifteenth one) & analysts discussing things like which driver has the best golf game. A friend asked me how the analysts could keep talking for so long & I couldn't answer her. Rain is racing is hell. It does teach you patience, but doesn't let you see a field of race cars thunder down the backstretch. I think I'd rather have the latter.   

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