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Late Start Time Could Really Ruin The Daytona 500
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The friggin' Super Bowl had a four hour pre-game show. The dang pre-game show was longer than the game!
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The Super Bowl pre game started really at 6:00am with Mike & Mike In The Morning. The Daytona 500 pre game show start with beganing of Speed Weeks.
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The friggin' Super Bowl had a four hour pre-game show. The dang pre-game show was longer than the game!
lol.. I think there's been about 15 hours of Daytona pre-race show so far.. not counting all the radio, both terestrial and satelite.
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The Super Bowl pre game started really at 6:00am with Mike & Mike In The Morning. The Daytona 500 pre game show start with beganing of Speed Weeks.
I thought the pre-race show started with the 24 Hours of Daytona race ... LOL
I like the later start times ... I missed Nationwide Happy Hour yesterday ... because I didn't want to get up at 6:30am to watch it ...
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If they started earlier, it just gives more time before too late at night should there be a rain delay. I live on the West Coast and wouldn't mind a 8 AM start if that's what they need to do to make sure they can finish on Sunday rather than shorten due to curfew or race on Monday. The later the start, the greater the chance of postponement or reduced distance.
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Well even though Daytona might start a bit late, I'm glad most of the other races are being moved to an earlier start time. Gets annoying when the races stretch from day to night.
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If they started earlier, it just gives more time before too late at night should there be a rain delay. I live on the West Coast and wouldn't mind a 8 AM start if that's what they need to do to make sure they can finish on Sunday rather than shorten due to curfew or race on Monday. The later the start, the greater the chance of postponement or reduced distance.
Does Daytona have a noise curfew? If not then the 500 could go all night if necessary, thanks to Musco.
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If they started earlier, it just gives more time before too late at night should there be a rain delay. I live on the West Coast and wouldn't mind a 8 AM start if that's what they need to do to make sure they can finish on Sunday rather than shorten due to curfew or race on Monday. The later the start, the greater the chance of postponement or reduced distance.
Does Daytona have a noise curfew? If not then the 500 could go all night if necessary, thanks to Musco.
Considering the 2005 Pepsi 400 didn't end til almost 2am eastern time ... because of multiple rain delays ... I don't remember seeing the cops shut the track down prior to Smoke climbing the fence to the flagstand to celebrate his win ... LOL
Plus, the Daytona International Airport is right next door to the track ... Noise, what noise?? LOL
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I just looked on the Daytona 500 web page and listed driver intros at 2:30 and race at 3:30.Lets just go back to the noon starting time and forget about racing day into night.yeah and while were at it lets get rid of the 1 or 2 hour intros and go back to 30 minute previews
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I live on the West Coast and work graveyard shift I was worried that I would sleep through the race, however due to the late start, it looks like I will be able to catch some zzzzzzzzz's watch the race sleep some more and go to work unless Nascar and the weather really muck things up regardless I am just hoping for a great action packed race!
