@@IRN87 A debate for the ages. It was past midnight where he won but still valentine's day in the majority of the us states, including his home state of Arizona.
Although the race wasn’t the most exciting thing ever can we appreciate how far safety has come in the last 20 years. If this wreck happened in the early 2000s I’m confident we would’ve lost someone. Thank you nascar and RIP to those who had to pass away in order to advance the safety to where it is today.
@@marksalo2544 190 MPH head onto the wall with no hans open mask helmet with getting hit with a 185 MPH car to the side at the almost same time? I don’t think he would’ve survived it at the time
@@bluebird6327 Earnhardt's impact speeds were actually low, both hitting the wall and being hit by the car because Earnhardt did not drive straight into a wall but the car slide up into the wall while maintaining a forward motion down the track. The impact from the other car also was low speed because both cars where moving in the same direction and speed difference was not that big at impact. Earnhardt died because his brain moved inside his skull which severed his spinal cord at the base of the brain. A Hans device might have helped to avoid that type of injury. Open face helmet had nothing to do with Earnhardt's injury.
Actual History : Waltrip had a 462 straight losing streak, NASCAR all time record in Winston Cup before winning it big although be it the Earnhardt death. Trevor Bayne Daytona 500 race was the worst boring race ever that year I couldn't wait until the NBA came on with the Black Mamba v LeBron in South Beach, 2000 Daytona 500 was second boring. I will in the main comments get to this year.
2031: the nascar unlimited series with boosters and anti gravity loops. But Daytona will still be there the double yellow line is there and the big one will still happen.
I had never seen a wreck like that with so many cars catching one fire at one time. Then the car getting airborne and catching the pole for the catch fence, but not catching the fence or the post itself directly is lucky for Brad.
Does stupid fox realize that the four hours of their nonsense prerace crap had no rain!!! Nascar needs to step up and tell them enough is enough no matter how much money they pay them. Back in the day this race was at noon and did not have nearly the problems with rain it does now. It does not take a genius to understand Florida weather. Ratings suck the most when there is no race at all.
It's a sad reflection on the sport that when an underdog wins a race, rather than being completely focused on how great it is that Michael McDowell won the race, there's the thought that he took a spot in the Playoffs that would've otherwise gone to another driver. Hopefully McDowell builds off of this finish.
Yeah same because of the flawed format I can’t be happy because micheal might have took a spot to a more deserving driver like Matt dibennedetto or William Byron
@@Upracefan if you think that their is no skill involved in super speedway racing you are very mistaken! And yes that is essentially saying! Because if I’m not mistaken he ran up in the lead draft. He was running third when the crash happened! He didn’t come out of nowhere. He was running in front of Elliot, Larson, Harvic, Dillon, shall we go on? He is up driving in The Cup Series seriously no skill?
This race is ironic, Bayne's win and McDowell wins are both upsets, 10 years apart, and McDowell's sponsor is Loves, ironically on Valentines Day. Good finish though!
@@torak_34 Controversial, how so? McDowell and Bead K were bump drafting and got a huge run. Lagano ADMITTED that he went up to block, then pulled down in an attempt to block. Brad K hit Lagano, creating the big one. Michael McDowell did nothing controversial. I guess Lagano's move could be considered controversial.
I'm happy for McDowell, do not get me wrong but I think people are blinded by the finish and unexpected winner. But this race was not good and I blame that on the crash that C. Bell caused on lap 14. This was a train for 90% of the race and it was the worst 500 since 2013 in my opinion. The Great Traintona 500 of 2021.
I feel like all tracks need to switch to turf in the tri-ovals and corners so cars stop getting nuked when they get run into the grass after it’s been wet
Always loved McDowell, watching his career from running start and park, from that Texas Qualifying crash, to finally being competitive. Now a Daytona 500 winner, to wake up to that news was not surprising. Good for him
These are far more interesting and fact packed tapings than what we get on television. You've exceeded TV quality, Eric. In fact, you should be on the broadcasts. Well done. Keep'r going.
Mcdowell is always sneaky good here.glad he got the win!! It's good to see a good guy and an underdog win the 500. It's a plus i had him in fantasy lol
I think that a good way to at least limit the "freight train" racing would to go back to awarding 1 point for leading a lap and 5 points for leading the most laps.
All 3 front row wins has been with the 34.......who’s next to win in the 34? Also liked McDowell since he was in the 95 so so happy for him couldn’t be more excited for him tonight
I doubt Earnhardt would've screwed Cope cause Earnhardt did win the 500 8 years after Cope when the 500 If Earnhardt didn't win the race, I would argee It was bad luck on Cope cause he did make contact with a driver
Your 2031 underdog Daytona 500 winner is Lewis Hamilton, I know it’s shocking but my time machine did me well. U can screenshot this all u want I’m not lying
Yeah, totally agreed on the rating for the race, as that race was only entertaining on like 4 or 5 laps, when things would finally swell in intensity... Otherwise, a single file parade, and that my friends, is not gripping NASCAR TV.
Super happy for Bob Jenkins, happy with second this time around for chase...the big early pre 🌧 crash took out so many good cars it hurt the quality of racing rest of race!!!
The Groovy Gauge is back and NASCAR is on. Welcome back Eric. My only issue with the old 12PM EST start was when I was stationed in Hawaii for years you had to be up at 0530 (5:30 AM) to catch the races. But then Hawaii is not exactly a big TV market ssooooo...
You gave it a better score than I would’ve! That will place as the worst race of the year. I’m super excited for the rest of the year! We are going to see some of the best racing ever! Pull your belts tight because this is going to get good!!!
Kevin Harvick summed the race up best...it was just weird. All it takes is one bum to wreck the field on lap 15 and make very tame racing for the better part of 170 laps
Clint Bowyer is a great addition to the FOX booth, he works well with both Mike Joy and Jeff Gordon but the real highlight was the Xfinity race with him and Tony Stewart in the booth. Now that's some good TV.
The reason for the long periods of single file is the same as it has been ever since the teams started singling up on the high side about 10-12 years ago, right after they repaved Talladega. Teams discovered that if the leaders singled up on the high line the second line couldn't catch back up. They started experimenting with it at Daytona soon after, and it kinda worked there too, and then they repaved Daytona. Since then it has been a single file snooze fest at both tracks. Long time fans will remember that it used to be the opposite, the snake used to hug the low line. Back then, tires would start to wear off, and the whole pack would start to get tight, a few cars would jump to the outside, could keep it wide open where the inside cars couldn't, and the outside line would slowly but surely creep up. After about 5-6 laps or so it would be back to double file again. I was monitoring Harvick's radio all night and driver, spotter, and crew chief all declared early after the race resumed that getting stuck on the bottom was a quick ticket to the back. Harvick actually had an interesting problem that I never really thought about before. His car was almost too fast, no one could effectively push him because they couldn't keep up with him. He would jump out to pass, another Ford would go with him and he would separate from them by a car length or 2, then the pusher would jump back up in line and Harvick would lose several spots. Hamlin was in that same boat, several times over the last 20 laps he would duck inside to make moves, no one could or would go with him and he'd jump back in line.
@@covid19survivor93 I get that racing is dangerous and that you can’t do anything to change the inherent danger, but the bad blocks and the this package... it’s gonna kill someone eventually
I’ve lived on the west coast all my life and when I started watching the Daytona 500 back in the early 80s, it started at 9AM and it almost always completed without any issues with the weather. I wish it would go back to that, maybe even 10AM.
Yeah but you have to think of the crazy things that happened to dale Sr. He hit a seagull going down the back stretch lol that has never happened to anyone else
Just realized that Austin Dillon is the current points leader. 20 years removed from the death of Dale Sr. and the 3 car is once again atop the points standings. That’s pretty cool.
Jeff Gordon better be careful, he might make the golden boy mad..... At least now I know to call him Bubba Wallace Jr. Honestly Eric, how you feel about Bowyer being shoved down viewers throats is how most of us feel about Bubba being shoved down our throats....
I'm very glad Eric mentioned the NASCAR throwing the caution. Many think they should've kept em going, but imagine if something serious had happened to a driver, everyone would've wanted the caution thrown. Veey smart call by NASCAR. The point is to put the drivers first in that situation. Not the fans. NASCAR did exactly that.
Not the worst race I’ve seen, not the most boring race I’ve ever seen, but, possibly the only race (event as a whole really) I’ve seen with so few redeemable qualities. Pros: •NASCAR’s safety proves to be world-class once again, and all drivers were okay after that scary last lap crash. •Michael McDowell’s underdog victory was nice to see. • The combo of Joy/Gordon/Bowyer was pretty good. A lot to work on but it’s their first week together. •Jamie Mac with a top 10! •Chris Myers. That’s all. •We got the race in on the day it started. Cons: •The FOX broadcast in terms of commercial breaks was DREADFUL. Missed most of the action (which there wasn’t much of) while commercials were playing. •The pre-race activities took FOREVER and unnecessarily extended the start time, which... •Meant the start time was even further back from its already ill-advised advertised start of 2:30. •We had a rain delay, of course. •The Big One of lap 14 pretty much zapped any chance of excitement from the rest of the race. •80%+ of the race was a train. I get the strategy and I’m not knocking that, but it’s just not fun to watch. • McDowell winning takes a playoff spot away from someone who will (most likely) finish higher in the standings than he will. (Not a shot at McDowell as he may do very well this year with so many road courses, just the playoff system and it’s many flaws). •With the next-Gen car on its way, and two straight Daytona 500s with legitimately scary crashes, this Superspeedway package may be on its way out. So, a great superspeedway race was effectively wasted on what we saw tonight. 20% rating for me. Harsh rating, but the racing was awful for 95% of the race, so it gets a 20%.
First of all congrats to Michael McDowell for winning the race and to the Front Row Motorsports Team. I was worried about Kyle Busch when the track worker went over to his window and he did not get out of the car right away but fortunately, he did finally get out of the car under his own power. As I said before I lived on the west coast the majority of my life and I have no problem with early start times. Who would love to be a fly on the wall at the Penske team meeting this week? I agree with you Eric on the score, if you would have given it anything more than a 50% I would have been disappointed.
I'd probably rate it a 38% I can't stand that single file racing, it's extremely boring. Happy for McDowell though! That last wreck was insane. The amount of fire and how they piled up reminded me of that wreck at Kansas with Almirola, Patrick and Logano.
Cold/warm fronts can happen at any time in Florida during February. Its the summer races where earlier start times are a must to beat the sea breeze storms.
I think they should start at a consistent time. They have to choose one and stick with it. If you want to include west coast viewers then do that, if u want to do it earlier to maybe avoid weather then do that. JUST CHOOSE ONE AND DO IT!
I actually don’t get how people find the leader always getting crashed on the last lap exciting. I’ve tried watching Daytona the last few years and it’s happened every year
Do you expect the guy behind him to not try and pass him? Normally if the leader doesn’t throw a big block they won’t get wrecked. What they need to do is not let them back up and get a big run. Even Joey said he didn’t do a good enough job letting off and letting the 2 back up and get a huge run
@@byronwins1034 100% agree mate it just looks like a bit of a farce when a crash decides a win rather than a fair pass every year. I don’t know whether it’s the package or the drivers that cause situations like this
@@davidhooks8204 like I said a lot of it is the blocking. It doesn’t happen every year. When it doesn’t it’s a margin of less then a blink of an eye. There’s just no room for any error at all. I hate it much worse that they wrecked on lap 15. Kind of ruins the rest of the race.
Heck yes, Michael Mcdowell wins!!! Decent race, exciting finish. "Dixie" darrell wallace finished a little better than his average finishes, still on the hook. I'm glad that everyone was ok. I was worried about Brad K. that was nuts. I guess bump drafting and blocking are the name of the game now, but it sure can get a lot of cars torn up.
Great win for McDowell I loved it as far as the rest of the race just sit there and watch and follow each other until one lap to go oh boy that's really exciting NASCAR you're off to a real good start hahaha.
Awesome last lap, looong race. I've personally seen Buscher win at a rain shortened Pocono, but does front row have any technical alliances with any other Ford teams?
I grew up a '90s kid, with races that usually started around noon or 1:00. I know daytime races have been much later for several years, but I sort of quietly root for any day race that starts later than 1:00 to be affected by weather, so NASCAR reaps what they sow. In the words of your fellow UA-camr David Land: "NOON!"
Every one knows that between 4 and 6 o’clock every day is rains in Florida in the spring and a 3:30 start is stupid as someone who sat in the stands for 2 hole days lest year noon start times in the spring they can run under the lights in the summer
I didn’t care for Clint but made the broadcast more interesting. But what u found funny was that towards the end there Jeff was talking about Chastain while Clint thought the driver of the 42 was Larson. Fox broadcast moved to show Larson as to not make Clint look like a fool. Did anyone else catch that?
@@mikejoerger3333 BlockyLagoono should have let his "teammate" go and tried to get back by. The # 2 could have been the winner. Penske win ? Joey.. Nope !
I know it's just one race and Austin Dillon always manages to find his way to the front at the superspeedways of Daytona and Talladega but that 3 team seamed to turn the corner near the end of last season and I expect them to continue to improve upon that this season. I wouldn't be surprised if Austin has a career year this season in the 3 car winning multiple races and contending in the playoffs. I'm hesitant to say that they will be one of the championship 4 in Phoenix but he could have a deep playoff run this year
Wow! 45%.... I thought it was just me. Something wasn't right about this year's 500. 🤔 I just can't put my finger on it. Bring back practice and qualifying. Let the fans back in. This nation wide panic is ruining our past times. Not just Nascar but all of our favorite sports events. It's depressing. Sorry yall, I had to vent
Imo Larson should've finished in the top 5 or at least 6th. When they threw the caution he was literally right behind chase so I just don't understand how Larson finished 10th.
At the time they scored Larson in 10th , the $9 & #3 were ahead of the #34 ??? Not surprised at all Show us the footage ?? Wait that would make Nascar look bad 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️😜😄
@@adamUDavies why would it make Nascar look bad to have Chase Elliot win when he is the most popular driver and nascar's defending champion? Or Austin Dillon? Why would it make Nascar look bad to have the 3 car in victory lane at the Daytona 500 exactly 20 years after the 3 car was tragically taken out in a fatal wreck?
Sam, Yes I agree it doesn’t make sense how he ended up 10th. My son said the same thing too and sent me a snap shot of that Fox “blue wall” at the time the caution was thrown and supposedly froze the field.....it clearly shows McDowell-1st, Elliott-2nd, Dillon-3rd, and Larson-4th (and true Larson is behind Elliott at that point to the outside, Dillon is a front fender ahead Larson to the inside). So if that’s the case how did Larson end up 10th?
Here is percentage of this race 45% train/conga line, 25% wrecks, 20% rain 🌧 9% of pitting and 1% of milk 🥛. Other than it was a bizzare event from start to finish it’s neither good or bad just plain bizzare. Gonna need some blue emu and aqua seltzer after yesterday.
I really think that we would’ve had an awesome race if half the field wasn’t decimated on lap 14...
I completely agree
Yes, 14 laps in and 17 cars are already out of the race half the field already basically
Agree
Yeah I was rooting for Suarez. I was so bummed. He didn’t even take much damage. Just got caught in the grass.
They should have let them go to their backup car's , they had time.
The Love’s car won on Valentines Day...
*Its a conspiracy!...*
I mentioned that in my reactions video
Technically if you think about it he won it on the 15
For some people he won on Monday lol
@@IRN87 A debate for the ages. It was past midnight where he won but still valentine's day in the majority of the us states, including his home state of Arizona.
@@ericb790 I know i was just joking
FOX: _“This might just the the best NASCAR season ever...”_
Christopher Bell on lap 14: *Imma end everyone’s enjoyment right here*
Basically turned it into duel race
O jesus i had that thought in my head too
I believe if that wreck didn't happen early we would've had a good Daytona 500
Dont blame Bell for Almirolas lack of car control.
@@Upracefan dude bell made a bad push, there was no controlling that
Well of course the Love's car had to win on Valentine's day
Actually it was after midnight in daytona or anywhere eastern time zone so wasn't valentine's day anymore
He won on president's day lol
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Most of it was on Valentine’s Day so it still counts
Haha 😂 didn’t think of that! Awesome 👏🏻
I called it back in November
Although the race wasn’t the most exciting thing ever can we appreciate how far safety has come in the last 20 years. If this wreck happened in the early 2000s I’m confident we would’ve lost someone. Thank you nascar and RIP to those who had to pass away in order to advance the safety to where it is today.
They definitely showed how much dale Earnhardt’s death helped the focus on safety nearly exactly 20 years ago
Earnhardt would have survived. I am going with a theory that HRC had a plan on it. Arkincide? YOU BETCHA YEAH! LIKE ON Fargo.
@@marksalo2544
190 MPH head onto the wall with no hans open mask helmet with getting hit with a 185 MPH car to the side at the almost same time? I don’t think he would’ve survived it at the time
@@bluebird6327 Earnhardt's impact speeds were actually low, both hitting the wall and being hit by the car because Earnhardt did not drive straight into a wall but the car slide up into the wall while maintaining a forward motion down the track. The impact from the other car also was low speed because both cars where moving in the same direction and speed difference was not that big at impact. Earnhardt died because his brain moved inside his skull which severed his spinal cord at the base of the brain. A Hans device might have helped to avoid that type of injury. Open face helmet had nothing to do with Earnhardt's injury.
@@bluebird6327 We are talking about Earnhardt in 2001 with Restrictor plate. Not this race.
Three underdog winners in 2001,2011,2021 crazy how things work
And 1991
I expected him to get his first win at a super speedway but not the 500
Actual History : Waltrip had a 462 straight losing streak, NASCAR all time record in Winston Cup before winning it big although be it the Earnhardt death. Trevor Bayne Daytona 500 race was the worst boring race ever that year I couldn't wait until the NBA came on with the Black Mamba v LeBron in South Beach, 2000 Daytona 500 was second boring. I will in the main comments get to this year.
Get ready for 2031 lol
And we’ve had a pandemic every 100 years since 1820 1920 2020
If that Lap 14 Big One didn't happen I think we'd have a much better race
Most definitely
True
@@mandude03VideosYT indeed
Certaianly
I agree. When Alex Bowman was leading the inside lane, we had more of a race:
Can't believe McDowell won it! Bittersweet after the shocker of a start where my driver was gone after 15 laps, but what a race.
I want chase elliott to win but I'm satisfied him 2nd I like first time winner
Same
@@JeffWeselyan First one he’s finished I’m pretty sure
@@Hazard0101 well I dont mind first time winner
@@JeffWeselyan me too
Biggest fireball in turn 3 since Montoya hit the jet dryer...
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Michael Waltrip wins in 2001
Trevor Bayne wins in 2011
Michael Mcdowell wins in 2021
Coincidence: I think not
Next underdog win: 2031
Plus all 3 were part of Michael Waltrip Racing too
And Ernie ervan in ‘91
@@luke_the_baptist4015 The Daytona 500s was also Waltrips, Baynes, and McDowells first win but Ernie got his first win the year before at Bristol.
Cope n 90
2031: the nascar unlimited series with boosters and anti gravity loops. But Daytona will still be there the double yellow line is there and the big one will still happen.
Btw it seems like every year the drivers find a way to create a wreck at Daytona that we’ve never seen before lol
So true😂
I had never seen a wreck like that with so many cars catching one fire at one time. Then the car getting airborne and catching the pole for the catch fence, but not catching the fence or the post itself directly is lucky for Brad.
Teacher: Eric has 3 bottles of pain relief---
Me: Wait... why dies Eric have so much pain relief?
Eric: MIND YO BUSINESS DAVID!
LeBron: Watch us Knell Before Zod and Say their Names of Diversity.
What does this even mean
@@diychad7268 NBA: Watch us on ESPN or else.
Starting The Daytona 500 at noon is fine. West coast fan will be ok. Especially when the Indy 500 starts at 11am. Save the night race for the 400.
1PM EST/EDT start would be best for me, I do live in California. That way I can eat breakfast beforehand. I get up just before 9AM.
Does stupid fox realize that the four hours of their nonsense prerace crap had no rain!!! Nascar needs to step up and tell them enough is enough no matter how much money they pay them. Back in the day this race was at noon and did not have nearly the problems with rain it does now. It does not take a genius to understand Florida weather. Ratings suck the most when there is no race at all.
It's a sad reflection on the sport that when an underdog wins a race, rather than being completely focused on how great it is that Michael McDowell won the race, there's the thought that he took a spot in the Playoffs that would've otherwise gone to another driver.
Hopefully McDowell builds off of this finish.
Yeah same because of the flawed format I can’t be happy because micheal might have took a spot to a more deserving driver like Matt dibennedetto or William Byron
Agreed I sometimes find myself rooting against the underdogs to get the best playoff racing possible and that just doesn’t seem right
I think they should save the win and your in thing for the actual rounds in the playoffs.
The problem is all of the cookie cutter tracks have to have a good car and be a good qualifier. The other tracks are good for the teams.
He’s not an auto in. He still has to have enough points. If he wins one and goes to barely cracking the top 30 all season the win won’t matter
Michael McDowell has more Daytona 500 wins than Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart, Mark Martin, Martin truex jr, Brad Keselowski and Chase Elliott *COMBINED*
Yet all of them will go to the Hall of Fame and he won't. Shows how much of a crapshoot Daytona is
Winning Daytona or Talladega is more luck than skill. Just look at the list of winners that never won on other type tracks.
@@Upracefan not really
@@Upracefan if you think that their is no skill involved in super speedway racing you are very mistaken! And yes that is essentially saying! Because if I’m not mistaken he ran up in the lead draft. He was running third when the crash happened! He didn’t come out of nowhere. He was running in front of Elliot, Larson, Harvic, Dillon, shall we go on? He is up driving in The Cup Series seriously no skill?
@@Konformation07 Michael McDowell is in far worse equipment than all of them.
Nice upload man, I’ve been watching ur channel for a while and I love it! Keep it going man.😁
This race is ironic, Bayne's win and McDowell wins are both upsets, 10 years apart, and McDowell's sponsor is Loves, ironically on Valentines Day. Good finish though!
Technically the finish happened on the 15th🤷♀️😂 so did the love's car really win on Valentine's Day?
And Michael Waltrip's was in 2001. So 3 first time winners ten years apart
I’ve seen more people in defence of McDowell so not really an upset but certainly controversial
@@isaiahhiserman4732 I live in Phoenix Arizona and the race ended on Valentine's day, ohhhhh by the way our hometown race car driver won the race 😀😀😀😀
@@torak_34 Controversial, how so? McDowell and Bead K were bump drafting and got a huge run. Lagano ADMITTED that he went up to block, then pulled down in an attempt to block. Brad K hit Lagano, creating the big one. Michael McDowell did nothing controversial. I guess Lagano's move could be considered controversial.
Front Row Motorsports are legit the best underdog team in NASCAR history
MB2, Spire, RedBull And others would like to know your location
@@tgs2141 mb2 and Red Bull had decent backing
What about furniture row?
@@Pdizz78 that true too
But front row is like legit there
Won’t get better or worse
@@JackCallSports true
I fell asleep at the beginning of the last stage, i woke up with five to go. Congrats to the underdogs.
You didn't miss much lol
I remember a time when rain wasn't the main issue every single year
Wish I could remember that time haha
When it was sunny and the only thing we were worried about was who the Daytona 500 winner was gonna be
NASCAR: Damn Jackie. I can’t control the weather.
Every single race
If nascar started races at reasonable times we wouldn't have that problem
What a finish! Congratulations Michael McDowell! Very nice to see him thank God in his post race interview, that is really cool of him.
It gives a whole new meaning to "jesus take the wheel"
How can anyone hate such a sweet man
@@torak_34 butthurt Penske fans and chase fanboys are hating on McDowell for this win lol
I agree to that! I love to see that not other things.
That’s one of the reasons I’m a McDowell fan
I'm happy for McDowell, do not get me wrong but I think people are blinded by the finish and unexpected winner. But this race was not good and I blame that on the crash that C. Bell caused on lap 14. This was a train for 90% of the race and it was the worst 500 since 2013 in my opinion. The Great Traintona 500 of 2021.
You mean when aric almirola turned right and wrecked half the field
@@Bestoftheworstfishing he was bumped in the back by a bad bump from Christopher Bell. Aric did nothing wrong.
@@StephenGibson829 bell didn't wreck him on purpose. you know that right?
@@connortremmel he could have lined up a lot better behind Aric. Was a rookie move
The 37 isn’t “technically a non-charter team”... they’re a non-charter team.
Nascar could have avoided one crash if they threw a caution when sheet metal was flying off the william byron car
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Earlier race starts worked for decades. Why all of a sudden is this now not a good idea because of the west coast?
NASCAR is still convinced major markets care about NASCAR, once they focus on their base first they’ll be back.
Because FOX and NBC apparently think it's a good idea, and NASCAR doesn't have anywhere near as much clout as they used to to to resist this nonsense.
That rain delay was pain( also glad every one is good after wreck)
I feel like all tracks need to switch to turf in the tri-ovals and corners so cars stop getting nuked when they get run into the grass after it’s been wet
My father and I were talking about exactly this after watching the xfinity race and the 500 came along and solidified this idea
Too dangerous
@@killerstream23 they should just pave everything and paint it green
Well grass wasn’t meant to drive on at 200mph so yeah...
@@killerstream23 no it's not a few tracks have tarf instead of grass
Although we didn't want rain today, next week I will be cheering for rain so we can see that rain tire in action!
Always loved McDowell, watching his career from running start and park, from that Texas Qualifying crash, to finally being competitive. Now a Daytona 500 winner, to wake up to that news was not surprising. Good for him
I think a cool addition to OOTG would be a groovy gauge ranking after each week to show where each race places against others
He does that after the halfway point in the season, but yeah that would be cool after every race
Yea
Just a thought. Earlier starts in Florida - instead of rain delays we would have races ended by rain.
That’s a good point, I’d much rather have a late start rather than an early finish
A late start rather than an early finish any day of the week!
These are far more interesting and fact packed tapings than what we get on television. You've exceeded TV quality, Eric. In fact, you should be on the broadcasts. Well done. Keep'r going.
Rain+Train=Pain
It was like watching a 200 mph motorcade. Congrats to McDowell.
I'm just glad we didn't have to deal with the double yellow line rule to determine the winner. Congratulations Micheal McDowell
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Mcdowell is always sneaky good here.glad he got the win!! It's good to see a good guy and an underdog win the 500. It's a plus i had him in fantasy lol
I think that a good way to at least limit the "freight train" racing would to go back to awarding 1 point for leading a lap and 5 points for leading the most laps.
All 3 front row wins has been with the 34.......who’s next to win in the 34? Also liked McDowell since he was in the 95 so so happy for him couldn’t be more excited for him tonight
Lol i felt the same way about Derrick Cope and how he ended in the wall on lap 3. Like Earnhardt had the last laugh!!
That's what I was thinking lol. I was like coincidence? Or the Earnhardt ghost having a little fun lol
I doubt Earnhardt would've screwed Cope cause Earnhardt did win the 500 8 years after Cope when the 500
If Earnhardt didn't win the race, I would argee
It was bad luck on Cope cause he did make contact with a driver
Stayed up just for this, thanks Eric!
2001: Michael Waltrip
2011: Bayne
2021: McDowell
Who will be the underdog who wins his first race in the 500 in ten years?
Your 2031 underdog Daytona 500 winner is Lewis Hamilton, I know it’s shocking but my time machine did me well. U can screenshot this all u want I’m not lying
Timmy Hill, Quinn Houff, Cody Ware or Joey Gase.
@@ClosingSoon5 Please no. I'm also a F1 Fan and I have enough of Hamiltons dominance.
Honestly, 45 is a generous score. I was giving it a 25 until the winner was announced; that make it better.
Yeah, totally agreed on the rating for the race, as that race was only entertaining on like 4 or 5 laps, when things would finally swell in intensity... Otherwise, a single file parade, and that my friends, is not gripping NASCAR TV.
Eric: Ive not saw that much fire...maybe ever
One Pabluo Montoyota: JET MAN, TAKE MY BY THE HAND
Super happy for Bob Jenkins, happy with second this time around for chase...the big early pre 🌧 crash took out so many good cars it hurt the quality of racing rest of race!!!
The Groovy Gauge is back and NASCAR is on. Welcome back Eric.
My only issue with the old 12PM EST start was when I was stationed in Hawaii for years you had to be up at 0530 (5:30 AM) to catch the races. But then Hawaii is not exactly a big TV market ssooooo...
It was almost like watching two dozen Danica Patrick's driving on the track.
I'm still reeling in shock. That was incredible. Congrats to Michael McDowell on his win in a Daytona 500 we'll never forget!
Been waiting for this! LETS GO MICHAEL MCDOWELL 🏁
You gave it a better score than I would’ve! That will place as the worst race of the year. I’m super excited for the rest of the year! We are going to see some of the best racing ever! Pull your belts tight because this is going to get good!!!
Kevin Harvick summed the race up best...it was just weird. All it takes is one bum to wreck the field on lap 15 and make very tame racing for the better part of 170 laps
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Clint Bowyer is a great addition to the FOX booth, he works well with both Mike Joy and Jeff Gordon but the real highlight was the Xfinity race with him and Tony Stewart in the booth. Now that's some good TV.
Was that a one-off for Stewart?
I was disappointed because Truex was laps down, but when Michael McDowell won, that made it better.🙂
The reason for the long periods of single file is the same as it has been ever since the teams started singling up on the high side about 10-12 years ago, right after they repaved Talladega. Teams discovered that if the leaders singled up on the high line the second line couldn't catch back up. They started experimenting with it at Daytona soon after, and it kinda worked there too, and then they repaved Daytona. Since then it has been a single file snooze fest at both tracks. Long time fans will remember that it used to be the opposite, the snake used to hug the low line. Back then, tires would start to wear off, and the whole pack would start to get tight, a few cars would jump to the outside, could keep it wide open where the inside cars couldn't, and the outside line would slowly but surely creep up. After about 5-6 laps or so it would be back to double file again.
I was monitoring Harvick's radio all night and driver, spotter, and crew chief all declared early after the race resumed that getting stuck on the bottom was a quick ticket to the back. Harvick actually had an interesting problem that I never really thought about before. His car was almost too fast, no one could effectively push him because they couldn't keep up with him. He would jump out to pass, another Ford would go with him and he would separate from them by a car length or 2, then the pusher would jump back up in line and Harvick would lose several spots. Hamlin was in that same boat, several times over the last 20 laps he would duck inside to make moves, no one could or would go with him and he'd jump back in line.
Happy for Micheal, but that accident could have killed someone
It's called racing
But it didn’t
@@covid19survivor93 I get that racing is dangerous and that you can’t do anything to change the inherent danger, but the bad blocks and the this package... it’s gonna kill someone eventually
@@Rowdy_D70 no talent crybaby overrated Busch still has 0 500 wins cryle is so overrated 😂😂😂
I’ve lived on the west coast all my life and when I started watching the Daytona 500 back in the early 80s, it started at 9AM and it almost always completed without any issues with the weather. I wish it would go back to that, maybe even 10AM.
I can’t believe that McDowell has the same amount of Daytona 500 wins than Dale Earnhardt senior
Edit: can’t believe
Yeah but you have to think of the crazy things that happened to dale Sr. He hit a seagull going down the back stretch lol that has never happened to anyone else
@@chadjustice8560 that bird exploded on impact
Just realized that Austin Dillon is the current points leader.
20 years removed from the death of Dale Sr. and the 3 car is once again atop the points standings. That’s pretty cool.
It’s because of stage points and duel points
Jeff Gordon better be careful, he might make the golden boy mad..... At least now I know to call him Bubba Wallace Jr. Honestly Eric, how you feel about Bowyer being shoved down viewers throats is how most of us feel about Bubba being shoved down our throats....
Indeed in a lot of ways Gordon and Bowyer with all due respect ought to know that.
No one's making you like bubba lol. Same as with Clint. Kinda sad you spend your time trying to get under someone's skin honestly.
I'm very glad Eric mentioned the NASCAR throwing the caution. Many think they should've kept em going, but imagine if something serious had happened to a driver, everyone would've wanted the caution thrown. Veey smart call by NASCAR. The point is to put the drivers first in that situation. Not the fans. NASCAR did exactly that.
FOUR YEARS IN A ROW NASCAR blew this race!
FOUR
YEARS
*IN A ROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
Michael McDowell finally won a race after all these years, and it was the Daytona 500 no less! This feels like vindication!
I got scared for Kyle Busch
Ya
I was terrified when I saw the ambulance roll next to his car. I was so thankful when I saw him climbing out.
Yes! The Mike Waltrip segment stuck out to me and it shouldn't have. It was definitely the timing. I couldn't quite put it into words. Thanks, man!
The truck race was so good , xfinity decent, cup 🥴
Not the worst race I’ve seen, not the most boring race I’ve ever seen, but, possibly the only race (event as a whole really) I’ve seen with so few redeemable qualities.
Pros: •NASCAR’s safety proves to be world-class once again, and all drivers were okay after that scary last lap crash.
•Michael McDowell’s underdog victory was nice to see.
• The combo of Joy/Gordon/Bowyer was pretty good. A lot to work on but it’s their first week together.
•Jamie Mac with a top 10!
•Chris Myers. That’s all.
•We got the race in on the day it started.
Cons:
•The FOX broadcast in terms of commercial breaks was DREADFUL. Missed most of the action (which there wasn’t much of) while commercials were playing.
•The pre-race activities took FOREVER and unnecessarily extended the start time, which...
•Meant the start time was even further back from its already ill-advised advertised start of 2:30.
•We had a rain delay, of course.
•The Big One of lap 14 pretty much zapped any chance of excitement from the rest of the race.
•80%+ of the race was a train. I get the strategy and I’m not knocking that, but it’s just not fun to watch.
• McDowell winning takes a playoff spot away from someone who will (most likely) finish higher in the standings than he will. (Not a shot at McDowell as he may do very well this year with so many road courses, just the playoff system and it’s many flaws).
•With the next-Gen car on its way, and two straight Daytona 500s with legitimately scary crashes, this Superspeedway package may be on its way out. So, a great superspeedway race was effectively wasted on what we saw tonight.
20% rating for me. Harsh rating, but the racing was awful for 95% of the race, so it gets a 20%.
Nice 👍👍
They should have called it
"The Commercial 500 "
Presented by FOX !! 😜😄
That was pretty cool to see McDowell win because I live in Glendale AZ
First of all congrats to Michael McDowell for winning the race and to the Front Row Motorsports Team.
I was worried about Kyle Busch when the track worker went over to his window and he did not get out of the car right away but fortunately, he did finally get out of the car under his own power.
As I said before I lived on the west coast the majority of my life and I have no problem with early start times.
Who would love to be a fly on the wall at the Penske team meeting this week?
I agree with you Eric on the score, if you would have given it anything more than a 50% I would have been disappointed.
horrible race amazing last lap
Not horrible, but wacky
@@mandude03VideosYT kinda poopy, pretty wacky, relatively boring, positivily bonkers on the last lap
Abysmal race
I'd probably rate it a 38%
I can't stand that single file racing, it's extremely boring.
Happy for McDowell though!
That last wreck was insane. The amount of fire and how they piled up reminded me of that wreck at Kansas with Almirola, Patrick and Logano.
That was was the first Daytona 500 race i watched live...
I was expecting better
Don't worry, it's usually great. Stick around for the other races.
Cold/warm fronts can happen at any time in Florida during February. Its the summer races where earlier start times are a must to beat the sea breeze storms.
It’s official michael McDowell is the Daytona 500 winner
I think they should start at a consistent time. They have to choose one and stick with it. If you want to include west coast viewers then do that, if u want to do it earlier to maybe avoid weather then do that. JUST CHOOSE ONE AND DO IT!
McDowell is locked in the playoffs if he stays in the top30 in point
But he’s also eligible for the All Star Race
Shouldn’t be too difficult for him. Front Row Motorsports is always a Top 25-30 team.
@@MegaMr46 I hope so\
@@shaytrueblueaussie True he did finnish 23rd in points last year so his he is slightly getting better
Were just going to let Eric get away with "Peak Moisture Time"?😭😂😂
Idk how brad didn't get of how hard he hit the wall amd that fire
Austin Cindric's brief grab for the lead, wow!
I actually don’t get how people find the leader always getting crashed on the last lap exciting. I’ve tried watching Daytona the last few years and it’s happened every year
Do you expect the guy behind him to not try and pass him? Normally if the leader doesn’t throw a big block they won’t get wrecked. What they need to do is not let them back up and get a big run. Even Joey said he didn’t do a good enough job letting off and letting the 2 back up and get a huge run
@@byronwins1034 100% agree mate it just looks like a bit of a farce when a crash decides a win rather than a fair pass every year. I don’t know whether it’s the package or the drivers that cause situations like this
@@davidhooks8204 like I said a lot of it is the blocking. It doesn’t happen every year. When it doesn’t it’s a margin of less then a blink of an eye. There’s just no room for any error at all. I hate it much worse that they wrecked on lap 15. Kind of ruins the rest of the race.
@@byronwins1034 I’ve only been watching since 2018 so you can see why it feel like it always ends in a crash lol
@@davidhooks8204 oh for sure lol. Look around on here for other finishes.
Heck yes, Michael Mcdowell wins!!! Decent race, exciting finish. "Dixie" darrell wallace finished a little better than his average finishes, still on the hook. I'm glad that everyone was ok. I was worried about Brad K. that was nuts. I guess bump drafting and blocking are the name of the game now, but it sure can get a lot of cars torn up.
I'm happy for Michael McDowell
Great win for McDowell I loved it as far as the rest of the race just sit there and watch and follow each other until one lap to go oh boy that's really exciting NASCAR you're off to a real good start hahaha.
Did Wrecky Spin-house not cause a caution this time?!?
nope
Awesome last lap, looong race. I've personally seen Buscher win at a rain shortened Pocono, but does front row have any technical alliances with any other Ford teams?
Other than Yates engines
Also, why did we get away from the 1, 3, and 730 start times that they had back in the early 10's?
I'm concerned about tech inspection as I comment this there hasn't been confirmation yet.
I grew up a '90s kid, with races that usually started around noon or 1:00. I know daytime races have been much later for several years, but I sort of quietly root for any day race that starts later than 1:00 to be affected by weather, so NASCAR reaps what they sow. In the words of your fellow UA-camr David Land: "NOON!"
He hasn't gotten through inspection yet... I'm getting kinda nervous...
@@NASCARFAN93100 Good to hear
More Daytona 500 wins than Kyle Busch lmao
You moving up in the big world. Good job keep it up Eric
Every one knows that between 4 and 6 o’clock every day is rains in Florida in the spring and a 3:30 start is stupid as someone who sat in the stands for 2 hole days lest year noon start times in the spring they can run under the lights in the summer
I didn’t care for Clint but made the broadcast more interesting. But what u found funny was that towards the end there Jeff was talking about Chastain while Clint thought the driver of the 42 was Larson. Fox broadcast moved to show Larson as to not make Clint look like a fool. Did anyone else catch that?
Thank you for saying Michael didnt start the reck, people accusing him of starting it are annoying me and just proving they dont pay attention
Joey's usual blocking at speedways always causes a big crash just runs out of talent
Ok just let brad by on the last lap
@@mikejoerger3333 BlockyLagoono should have let his "teammate" go and tried to get back by. The # 2 could have been the winner.
Penske win ? Joey.. Nope !
I know it's just one race and Austin Dillon always manages to find his way to the front at the superspeedways of Daytona and Talladega but that 3 team seamed to turn the corner near the end of last season and I expect them to continue to improve upon that this season. I wouldn't be surprised if Austin has a career year this season in the 3 car winning multiple races and contending in the playoffs. I'm hesitant to say that they will be one of the championship 4 in Phoenix but he could have a deep playoff run this year
At least ham and cheese sandwich didn’t win
Who would that be?
@@ethanhenrichs5677 hamlin
@@Cooper61319
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Wow! 45%.... I thought it was just me. Something wasn't right about this year's 500. 🤔 I just can't put my finger on it.
Bring back practice and qualifying. Let the fans back in. This nation wide panic is ruining our past times. Not just Nascar but all of our favorite sports events. It's depressing.
Sorry yall, I had to vent
Imo Larson should've finished in the top 5 or at least 6th. When they threw the caution he was literally right behind chase so I just don't understand how Larson finished 10th.
At the time they scored Larson in 10th , the $9 & #3 were ahead of the #34 ???
Not surprised at all
Show us the footage ??
Wait that would make Nascar look bad 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️😜😄
@@adamUDavies tv coverage showed a blue graphic wall at the scoring marker at time of caution, to show where the cars were.
@@adamUDavies why would it make Nascar look bad to have Chase Elliot win when he is the most popular driver and nascar's defending champion?
Or Austin Dillon? Why would it make Nascar look bad to have the 3 car in victory lane at the Daytona 500 exactly 20 years after the 3 car was tragically taken out in a fatal wreck?
Sam, Yes I agree it doesn’t make sense how he ended up 10th. My son said the same thing too and sent me a snap shot of that Fox “blue wall” at the time the caution was thrown and supposedly froze the field.....it clearly shows McDowell-1st, Elliott-2nd, Dillon-3rd, and Larson-4th (and true Larson is behind Elliott at that point to the outside, Dillon is a front fender ahead Larson to the inside). So if that’s the case how did Larson end up 10th?
they said He part of the wreck O well get over it move on Larson fan are more salter then Elliot fans
Here is percentage of this race 45% train/conga line, 25% wrecks, 20% rain 🌧 9% of pitting and 1% of milk 🥛. Other than it was a bizzare event from start to finish it’s neither good or bad just plain bizzare. Gonna need some blue emu and aqua seltzer after yesterday.
So glad McDowell won other than that the race was fairly forgettable
Keselowski's fuel cell got busted open by the fence. That's where all the fire came from.
Joey lagono is going to kill someone with his horrible blocking
Really ???
Joey BlockyLagoono ,
Joey I'm not anyone's teammate ,
Joey ?? That Joey ??
3:05 Aric Almirola's Crash at Kansas that involved Danica Patrick was fiery as well, just a race to put in here regarding that
They weren’t fiery like this tho