Posted on 04/30/2020 1:32:27 PM PDT by McGruff
NASCAR announced Thursday that it will resume its season without fans starting May 17 at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina with the premier Cup Series racing three more times in a 10-day span.
NASCAR joins the UFC as the first major sports organizations to announce specific return to play plans since the coronavirus pandemic shut down U.S. sports in mid-March.
“NASCAR and its teams are eager and excited to return to racing, and have great respect for the responsibility that comes with a return to competition,” said Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR executive vice president and chief racing development officer. “NASCAR will return in an environment that will ensure the safety of our competitors, officials and all those in the local community.
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“NASCAR announced Thursday that it will resume its season without fans starting May 17.”
If those race cars do not have fans, they are going to overheat on the first lap.
7 races in 10 days? Is such a thing even possible?????
“If those race cars do not have fans, they are going to overheat on the first lap.”
That’s more of a concern during pace laps and sitting on grid idling. :)
Back before the Winston Cup NASCAR’s top division typically ran over 50 races over the course of a season, and sometimes visited multiple tracks over the course of a weekend.
Are the fans being paid to stay home?
Thanks, I never knew that.
While sitting in a crowded stadium isn’t a good idea right now I doubt the drivers are in any danger sitting in their racecars.
Let me know when the AMA gets back in business, finish the Tomac, Roczen battle.
Precisely.
If Fauci thinks piling 40,000 people into Yankee Stadium is a bad idea right now I would not disagree with him on that.
It’s not what he said.
I can’t remember the last time I watched a NASCAR race where the stands were full...
There’s no reason they couldn’t do virtual crowds
So the drivers and teams make money, but all the ancillary people who make the racing experience possible get screwed. Sounds like a plan, I won’t be watching.
Is Fauci the governor of South Carolina or any of the red states?
I thought sunlight was recommended and healthy.
This point was raised on my goovenair’s twitter but I doubt it meant anything to Henry McMaster.
There are other ways to get your vitamin D besides cramming in with thousands of other people in a stadium.
Well Bye.
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