What did you like and loathe about the 2024 Coke 600? Go off!

@TheUncancelable1

2 ай бұрын

I hated that they waited for the track to be almost dry to call it

@Bitterman5868

2 ай бұрын

They Did this out of spite against Larson and Hendrick Motorsports because Rick prioritized the 500 and Larson since Ricky could never drive when he was alive. And Jeff for a little didn't went to CART. Jim France and Steve Phelps yesterday managed to make Brian France look better. As for the race, there is nothing to like it, the car is still terrible.

@ContentBoatLake-mw1dx

2 ай бұрын

They didn't give Kyle Larson a shot number two they should have ran the race today

@Notcleverenough

2 ай бұрын

I hate it wasnt delayed to give Larson a chance at the 1100 just cause a special someone showed up to watch, i hate it was cancelled due to humidity instead of postponed for the morning and instead was just tossed away like its just some meaningless race, and i hate that alot of long time NASCAR "fans" seemingly dont care one bit.

@aaronspringborn34

2 ай бұрын

Exactly here’s another thing you did not say but both IndyCar and NASCAR should’ve done knowing that Kyle Larson was not going to make it in time. They should’ve started both races earlier, especially indyCar. Also, if the Indy 500 was able to finish the Daytona 500 earlier this year on Presidents’ Day, we did the Coca-Cola 600 on this Memorial Day last year in 2023. Not to mention, we moved the clash one whole day early, which is never done before and it’s a holiday today this is embarrassing. FOX Sports says we would go back racing until Mike Joy called the race at 11:30 last night not his fault personally but I felt deceit by Shannon spake Larry McReynolds and Jamie McMurray. I love them as people but they made an assumption out of themselves and they became fools. I understand that humidity did not help and we were past the halfway. I understand there has to be consistency and nothing last forever, but there was no other rain behind it and this is a crown jewel. We deserve better than this. This was one of the worst public relations moves NASCAR has ever made.

Kyle Larson deserves a refund

@jordankirby3075

2 ай бұрын

We all need a refund

@chandlerwhite8302

2 ай бұрын

Little Kylie is SO overrated it makes me want to puke.

@94nolo

2 ай бұрын

I deserve one. I was there.

@chloe-stephlis6281

2 ай бұрын

@@94noloSTOP WHINING!!!!

@donlittle5655

2 ай бұрын

Refund for what? He didn’t have to pay to get in.

Mother Nature, Kevin Magnussen, and whoever made the call to end the race last night really ruined a legendary weekend of racing.

@sqweeps.03

2 ай бұрын

I swear. I was wondering why I was in such a funk yesterday and I couldn’t really put my finger on it. In hindsight, I think I was a little annoyed with all of the stuff from the races yesterday. And also not even seeing Kyle finish the double

@chrisguardiano6143

2 ай бұрын

Totally agree with you about Magnussen, there was no need for him to make that move. Those are the kinds of things that get drivers fired. Speaking of firings, it is highly likely that Estban Ocon will be fired/replaced by Alpine this week due to the incident he had with his teammate Pierre Gasly later on in that race. The team principal at Alpine was absolutely pissed after this & cursed out Ocon on the French broadcast of the Monaco GP & I don't blame him one bit for doing so as Monaco is considered to be a home race for them.

@Dreded100

2 ай бұрын

@@chrisguardiano6143 Yea, one mistake isn't going to cost Ocon his seat mid-season. Don't think he's getting re-signed next year though.

@metricccccc

2 ай бұрын

Honestly, I would blame Perez for the incident because he knew he had Magnussen on his outside because they showed him looking in his mirrors, and even with that he left no room on his right side and then left 2 carwidths on the left.

@sh_rek

2 ай бұрын

​@@metricccccci say it's a 50/50, perez didn't give enough room but kmag could of backed out. But it's racing just gonna have to deal with it

Mother Nature for Larson's double was more of a letdown. I hated that the 500 and 600 were running at the same time. The worst Greatest Day in Racing in quite some time.

@jbucktheman

2 ай бұрын

The Monaco Grand Prix wasn’t even good, but the Indy 500 was good it usually is

What pisses me off more than anything, is NASCAR has had cup series races finish at like 2am before. The track was fine. This is all because someone was ready to go to bed. And FOX sucks so goddamn bad now it makes me wanna kick a puppy. The production is beyond awful.

The only good thing that came out of the larson double was knowing that he can come back and try again next year

@sqweeps.03

2 ай бұрын

But that’s a lot of logistics and money they have to spend again. Not saying money is a problem for them, but it’s a lot of work and people working together to make things work

@Notcleverenough

2 ай бұрын

After all that nonsense? I dont blame him or anyone else if nobody ever attempts it ever again

@kyleraymer5581

2 ай бұрын

From the way Hendrick reacted to the rain, they made it seem like he may not get another chance to do this again.

Never seen a race called due to the humidity. Just don't waste our time NASCAR.

@Whogrl16

2 ай бұрын

The humidity hampered track drying efforts though

@diegor7040

2 ай бұрын

I was at the race and it was VERY humid to me but I’m from Michigan so maybe that’s normal for NC but I don’t think it should have hindered the cars ability to drive

@jacobevenson8702

2 ай бұрын

@@Whogrl16 that's great and all, but the track was visibly mostly dry already. I would bet if they actually tried to get the track dry (I've heard people in the stands only saw a couple air titans do like one or two passes total around the track before stopping entirely) they could have gotten the race restarted before 12:30, hell, maybe even before 12:00.

@Whogrl16

2 ай бұрын

@.jacobevenson8702. It was drying slowly

@runrafarunthebestintheworld

2 ай бұрын

​@@jacobevenson8702expect the track wasn't actually dry. It didn't look dry either.

The fact Kyle larson fly all that way to Charlotte afterthe indy 500 is over just to get canceled is insane feel bad for him Justin allgaier did a solid job racing for him last night

@smunger69

2 ай бұрын

Allgaier did a really good job all else considering last night. Having as little experience in the Next Gen as he does, to hop in at the last minute to be fitted in, and then starting 36th and finishing 13th, he did a lot more than was expected of him. I’m sure Larson could’ve contended for the win had it got going again, but a great job from Allgaier!

@jrracingteam1732

2 ай бұрын

The rain followed him

@TheAdidasKnifer

2 ай бұрын

@@jrracingteam1732 oof

Indy 500 was the only race that delivered

@shawa666

2 ай бұрын

Monaco never really delivers. Saturday is awesome, but sunday sucks even more now that the cars are super reliable.

@Evarakeus

2 ай бұрын

@@shawa666 While true, Monaco was especially dreary thanks to Magnussen's Red Flag removing the pit stop requirement. Not to mention the last few years at Monaco have actually had some halfway decent (by F1 standards) races thanks to poor weather

@perfectman3077

2 ай бұрын

Lerclerc winning his home race was epic.

I was at the race, the track was dry, even nascar officials said the track is dry, nascar has no excuse for what happened, what i disappointment, if larson does the double next year ill go but if not i aint going

@dracoarton94

2 ай бұрын

Fox pulled the plug

@Weezy10580

2 ай бұрын

It’s just embarrassing

@jermaineboyd6594

2 ай бұрын

Terrible call by fox or NASCAR no excuse to why they couldn't get all 600 miles in even if it went to overtime smh.

I know it was the most disappointing day of Motorsports, but I love the maturity that Larson shows. Truly one of the greatest drivers in the world

@paulkribbs1701

2 ай бұрын

Monaco sucked. Started with the 10 and ended the same way. Follow the leader,wait 4 hrs at Indy to start n wait some more for the end of the 600...for nothing

The racing overall was really good. They only called it because FOX had to go off air. They could’ve waited and ran the rest of the race. It was a real bummer for Kyle Larson.

@chandlerwhite8302

2 ай бұрын

Kylie didn’t start the car, so even if he came in first he would not have won it. And Fox could have switched the race to FS1 or FS2, so that was no issue.

@cartergarrison4952

2 ай бұрын

Called it off for what? Friends reruns?

@chloe-stephlis6281

2 ай бұрын

The network has nothing to do with it

@dracoarton94

2 ай бұрын

Fox pulled the plug

@cohengamertv6548

2 ай бұрын

@@chandlerwhite8302your forgetting that it leaves Canadian fans in the dust

How can a broadcast network have a say on whether the event should be ended? How does FOX have the right to do that over NASCAR itself?

@lex4433

2 ай бұрын

Probably because FOX wasn’t going to air the race if NASCAR didn’t call it before a certain time. It’s stupid but if thats the case, NASCAR didn’t have a choice

@AngeloRametta

2 ай бұрын

@lex4433 that's freaking stupid. And the fact that the broadcast has a say over NASCAR, the one IN CHARGE of the product is insane. Thanks for that input

@americanbadass88

2 ай бұрын

Because NASCAR aint the drawing powerhouse it was 20 years ago. If this was early 00s they would have stayed till 3 am to finish

@BDC_BRZY

2 ай бұрын

Idk if Fox made the decision but were prolly the little voice in their ear saying they should call it. Plus fox isn’t really a partner of NASCAR, they are more just in it for a one sided relationship

@jermaineboyd6594

2 ай бұрын

They would have switch to FS1 if that's the case no excuse.

Yeah I went to the actual race, was good while it ran and it rained hard I mean hard! But it stopped and they were drying the track and half way down the front stretch they shut off and a voice said it was canceled 😭 like cmon for humidity?? I’m from Michigan so It felt humid but maybe that’s normal humidity for NC but I don’t think it would affect the cars driving

@jamesgentry13

2 ай бұрын

The humidity means the track would take longer to dry and Charlotte has a 1 am curfew the rsce wasn't going to be finished

@hacksawjimthuggin7411

2 ай бұрын

​@jamesgentry13 the race isn't in charlotte it's in concord. And we've raced past 1 there before. Stop the BS

@dracoarton94

2 ай бұрын

Fox pulled the plug

@mpf1947

2 ай бұрын

After dark, the air titans simply can't dry the track as well as jet dryers did.

@TrevorPhipps-vw6kr

2 ай бұрын

@@hacksawjimthuggin7411what race and what year?

I have a feeling that NASCAR wanted to continue but FOX said no on that

@S.K.R.E.Inc.

2 ай бұрын

That's basically it

@DepravedCoTApologist

2 ай бұрын

That's pretty much what happened

@chandlerwhite8302

2 ай бұрын

Wrong. They could have easily switched it to FS1 or FS2. Those channels intentionally broadcast reruns during live Fox events so they can switch with no problem.

@AndrewJordan-ub6wz

2 ай бұрын

@@chandlerwhite8302people just say dumb shit and create false narratives.

@americanbadass88

2 ай бұрын

which is odd because whats on at Fox at 1 am besides reruns of like The Big Bang theory and infomercials.

The speeding penalty was the undoing of Kyle. He should have been in the top ten.

@joegonzalez1941

2 ай бұрын

Probably a second or third, for sure

I was at the race. The track was not dry. The front stretch and pit road would not dry. There was glaring wet spots all over. Don’t believe people who are in their feelings.

@Marko137-em8nx

2 ай бұрын

This

Whoever Runs Fox Sports… I have Something to say to you… 🎵 SACKED IN THE MORNING! DA-DA-DA, YOU’RE GETTING SACKED IN THE MORNING! DA-DA DAAA, SACKED IN THE MORNING… YOU’RE GETTING SACKED IN THE MORNING! 🎵

@Alex-dc5mx

2 ай бұрын

Wow imagine being such a terrible person u take pleasure in someone losing their job

@SonicJohnz924

2 ай бұрын

@@Alex-dc5mx cmon man The Sacked in the Morning chant is fun for fans

@StanTheManExtra

2 ай бұрын

SACKED IN THE MORNING! SACKED IN THE MORNING!

@JJA1987

2 ай бұрын

SACKED IN THE MORNING

What a way for Fox to end their run of Coke 600 races - with a gigantic whimper. I hope and pray Amazon has a FAR better production set for 2025 and that they don’t use the Fox production facilities because WOW did NBC run laps around them on Sunday with their Indy 500 presentation and production.

I think Fox is butt hurt about losing the 600 to Amazon next year and decided that this was the best way to get back at NASCAR by refusing to broadcast the race after so many hours on air. Just ridiculous how bad they are now as a company.

NBC's coverage really needs to be highlighted. The absolute dichotomy between The Indy 500 coverage and the Coke 600 coverage was night and day. NBC kept things engaging and exciting, even in the slow moments. FOX, meanwhile, took one of the biggest races of the year and just made it boring and borderline unwatchable. I can not understand how FOX has continued to fumble coverage after coverage. I can only suspect that they saw the 7-year exclusivity deal for the truck series and simply lost any ounce of care. They get their paycheck, and that's all they care about. NASCAR on NBC, TNT, and Amazon can not come sooner.

I’m just so happy that Amazon gets this race next year. Honestly fuck FOX at this point.

I was at the race and just want to say how disappointed I am. I got to Charlotte on Wednesday and had an awesome week meeting drivers and getting tours and shop anticipating one of the best races of the year just to get that shit. I was in the garage area and saw Tyler reddick walk past saying then go f*** dry the track. Saw hundreds and thousands of fans boo and leave mad. Funniest part of the deal is I saw Ross who is my favorite driver and he is the one who told me it was over 😂😂😂

@zacharysampiere7362

2 ай бұрын

I’m totally on Tyler Reddick’s side, a lot of drivers should be rightfully mad that they got screwed by a terrible call by Fox.

@dracoarton94

2 ай бұрын

Fox pulled the plug

@zacharysampiere7362

2 ай бұрын

@@dracoarton94 exactly, that whole deal with the race being called was very poorly handled.

@jermaineboyd6594

2 ай бұрын

Im definitely with Tyler Reddick on this one each driver should be P O,some were making moves up to the front even Willie b's version of pass in the grass was incredible with that unfortunately kyle larson didint even get a chance to get in his car to turn a lap and to see if he can march to the front, it suck for the fans and drivers they fans deserve there refund.

The 2021 Daytona 500 was so humid that the drivers windows kept fogging up causing vision issues, and they still finished the race. The obvious lie is what pisses me off the most, you could even see in Mike, Kevin, and Clint’s body language and Mike’s voice that calling the race was a load of shit. I agree that this was Fox or SMI’s doing, NASCAR has always done everything in their power to get full races in at their tracks.

What piss me off, is not they calling the winner due to rain, it’s calling the winner after they put the air titans and drying the track, all that for nothing. Just for that bs call by NASCAR, i put Monaco GP over Coke 600

@CameronStearns-gz4xz

2 ай бұрын

I hate f1 but I agree with u unfortunately

@jamesgentry13

2 ай бұрын

The track wasn't drying fast enought because the humidity makes it harder to dry. Also there's a curfew for the track at 1am Educate yourself.

@tiggygz8016

2 ай бұрын

​@jamesgentry13 nascar races have gone past 2 am before stop defending that bs they pulled the track was dry

@CameronStearns-gz4xz

2 ай бұрын

@@jamesgentry13 then why did they say it would be a couple hours until racing at 11pm as if they were going to go back at 1am. I was at the racetrack and that’s what they said. Btw I left the garage area at around 12:30 and the track was near completely dry

They baited and switched us simple as that! Fox and NASCAR do not care about the product as much anymore just gaslight us, Fox needs to go or be completely rebuilt from the ground up. I miss the old Fox so bad,the graphics, and presentation, the commentary we need it more than ever, but it won’t happen. Money over the product kills!

The race was good before the delay ruined it

I don't like how people complained about not resuming the race on Monday. They were already past halfway. And lets be real, if they DID decide to do that, we all know what the response would be. "Oh, they'll do it for this race, but not the others? I knew it! They're doing this for Larson, because he's their new golden boy. I guarantee big daddy Rick paid NASCAR to do this. I knew they were in cahoots. It's all a conspiracy!"

@cehamlet89

2 ай бұрын

Besides, the forecast for today was supposed to be just as bad as it was last night, at least in the southern part of North Carolina. I live in northern North Carolina and it rained after sunrise but it's been sunny almost all day

@CJODell12

2 ай бұрын

Then those who wanted it to continue will say “Gibbs paid off the officials to end the race then and there”

Was there. They had 4 jet dryers not doing anything for over an hour after the rain stopped. They could’ve got it back going. Typical nascar

A sellout???? Man that looked like 80% attendance. What I dislike, is how nascar claims these sellouts, when they’ve literally ripped out half the seats there used to be, and cover 10-20% of the existing seats with banners. The only selling out nascar has down is literally anything to do with what it once was. All it’s about is money for execs screw the fans screw the drivers screw the teams, just big business deals and that’s all that matters anymore

I really hope it wasn't Fox that "called" the race, but if it was, I'd be upset that Nascar didn't run the finish off-air. The drivers, teams, and fans in the grandstands, and above all Kyle Larson, deserved as much.

this was the first coke 600 i actually sit down to watch. Normally would just watch monaco and indy, but this time finally pushed myself to complete the trio, and was quickly let down. Hoping atleast the end would make up for the first half. But it only got worse..

@S.K.R.E.Inc.

2 ай бұрын

For me, I can't do Monaco. Not only is it a snoozefest, it happens in the middle of the night in my time zone. So Indy for breakfast, and Coke for lunch. 2022 had a better 600 than this

The 2024 Coca-Cola 600 was more Devastating than Pato O'Ward's Indianapolis 500 Defeat

@S.K.R.E.Inc.

2 ай бұрын

1 thing is devastating, another thing is getting duped, backstabbed, amd quite possibly bamboozled like what Fox did

NASCAR needs to grow some balls and tell the networks we don’t care what you say, with all these fans still waiting we’re running rest of the race

Wow didn't know fox is the one who called it. Yikes 😮

Kyle Larson has everything to be proud of. He ran upfront all weekend at indy. Was bad fast and kept it clean. Yes he got a penalty but none the less he did amazing. On the cup side he drove amazing qualified well and feel like he could've been a serious contender in the cup race well last part of it. I think Nascar seriously needs to get their stuff together and get their calls right. Fox needs to have reprecutions for calling it, giving a false sense of rain, and being horrible in general all season long and in reality for years now. I highly doubt ticket sales will be good next year for the Coke 600. And honeslty I wouldn't blame people if no one showed up to Charlotte. This is such a joke and is so frustrating as a Nascar fan and a motorsports fan in general. But credit for Larson. I am so proud of him for the amazing runs he had.

My thoughts on NASCAR calling the race are this. First, yes it sucks. Yes, the fact that they waited so long and it seemed like we might finish the race makes it suck worse. With that said though, I think NASCAR made the correct call. The race was called at about 11:40ish pm. Looking at the pictures I've seen posted all over X, twitter, whatever you want to call it. Yes, the track appeared to be drying, but it was still a good way from being raceable, and there also appeared to be a number of weepers which can be a nuisance, hence we have the Texas track we have now. At best, the race may have restarted at 12:30 with about 140 laps to go and one stage break. If the stage break was the only caution the rest of the race, which, let's be honest, is highly unlikely, we're looking at about an hour and a half to finish which puts us at 2am, but given the history of how NASCAR races end lately, it was likely to be closer to 3. One likely factor in the decision that nobody seems to be talking about, is just safety for drivers and pit crews. The later into the night a race runs, the more likely a driver or crew member gets fatigued and/or loses focus and could make a serious, life threatening mistake which causes a whole new set of problems. As far as finishing the race this morning/afternoon, NASCAR has never postponed an official race to the next day and I don't think that's a precedent they want to set, knowing fans will then demand they postpone any race, regardless of the number of laps left and point to this race going, "well you did it for that race, why not this one?"

@mandalorianrailfan8458

2 ай бұрын

Finally someone in this comments thread that said something smart!

@jermaineboyd6594

2 ай бұрын

I'm not mad at fox or NASCAR calling it official since the it's already halfway it's the way handled it,if they knew the rain is coming and they can't get track dry enough to race again then there is no reason or excuse to wait 30 minutes+ to hour to say it's official might well say they lost the track right then an there everybody goes home.

That's just it. They didn't try to dry the track for 2 hours. The delay was mostly the rain. The only did like two passes with the jet dryers

The guys on Jr channel say the track wasn’t drying and that it would take too long. They were there

@polycube868

2 ай бұрын

I'd trust them over a bunch of DARFs crying they didn't get their way like a bunch of children.

Fox just continues to affect Nascar in a negative way . Week after week . I don't know why Fox even wants the next TV deal . It's like Nascar is the dog they don't want but are stuck with

First off I don't see why Fox would call the race over. Even if they were broadcasting it late into the night it's not like they had other programming to get to. The only thing I would think they'd be concerned about is the people doing the broadcast, but that would mean Fox is concerned about their laborers. I suppose the execs at the track might have just said, "F it, we're going to bed." Second would NASCAR really let Fox call off the race? I'd be surprised if NASCAR let the TV people make the call. It's more likely that NASCAR made the call and the Fox people were just the first to hear about it, and they wanted to get out so they told the booth before NASCAR could relay to anyone else. Either way I can't say the call was wrong since it was like 1AM- honestly since they were past halfway I'm shocked they didn't make the call right away.

People the race was a lost cause. The humidity was preventing it from drying on time; there is a local 1 am curfew; and more rain came today.

Any other race I could see calling it. But the Coke 600 is up there with the Daytona 500 to the point that you only call it when you are out of options. Definitely feels like NASCAR and Fox just gave up and didn’t want to have the checkered flag wave at 1am

I went to bed as soon as the rain delay started because I wasn’t feeling well, but I didn’t understand until I watched this what happened. I somewhat understand that it would finish very late, but the race probably could’ve finished all 600 miles with Kyle Larson driving.

Few of my relatives were at the race and they left very shortly after the half way point and they were so mad about the decision. Ngl these last few 600 races have been a letdown.

The only part of the weekend that wasn’t a let down was the ending of the 500. Monaco was sleep aid and the 600 was mediocre. Really lame they kept us waiting around for 2 hours just to cancel

I'm just glad prime is going to take over coverage of the Coke 600 hopefully they have better coverage better cameras and better direction, I mean Fox is just an embarrassment and a joke for the sport right now

As someone who was there, it's extremely disappointing to hear that drivers had been advised to stay close to their cars, see the dryers on the track, see the track actually drying, just for them to call it.

Why did Mother Nature have to unleash her fury yesterday??? Like, what did we do to her??

@IsaacV24

2 ай бұрын

It was not Mother Nature as you think. It was I who caused the rains as Jaret’s punishment for failing to finish the NASCAR romance novel hahahaha

@S.K.R.E.Inc.

2 ай бұрын

It's punishment, yes. But to me, it feels like it's punishing NASCAR for getting rid of Auto Club Speedway (it was only until Sunday night that it didn't rain)

@JustaPizza1

2 ай бұрын

Everything

I missed Stage 1 because tornadoes were past me but in my area so FOX was preoccupied with that. So I saw stage 2 and half of the 3rd. I was very disappointed

I totally agree with you, the racing action was really good and I was at the track and it wasn’t raining when they called it

People forget too that back in 1997 after weather delays Jeff Gordon won because of a city ordinance they couldn't race past 1am and that coca cola 600 ended after only 333 laps run.

Funny thing for me, I lost electricity at my place for the whole day ... I missed all of the Indy 500 and Coke 600. I was disappointed already but then I get told that not only did Larson make a mistake with speeding at Indy but DIDNT EVEN GET TO DRIVE ONE LAP OF THE 600 ... Hype - ruined Race - ruined FOX - sucks Disappointment - Immeasurable Day - ... Ruined

@hunnerd4566

2 ай бұрын

there wasn’t a sports bar open?

@redhitman5311

2 ай бұрын

@hunnerd4566 I'm sure there was but due to personal reasons, going to a sports bar ain't really an option for me anyways. (Luckily I have the races recorded so it wasn't so bad for me ... still sucks the actual Coke 600 had to end with such a sour note)

@Naoj2024

2 ай бұрын

I get it the day was disappointing for you …but your being alive , living in the great USA and being at least 1/2 of the freedom we used to have is worth a thanks to GOD almighty… Life can get ya sometimes but remember 20 + people died yesterday because of bad weather …GIVE THANKS YOU ARE ALIVE..! JOHN 3:16 ❤🙏

What I take from this is not 1 single person not one single nascar fan or employee is going to miss fox

@CameronStearns-gz4xz

2 ай бұрын

C Bell will he got a free win 😂😂😂

@S.K.R.E.Inc.

2 ай бұрын

I'm already buying tickets for Triple Duty if possible (North Wilkesboro, Indianapolis, Charlotte) just to avoid any coverage that CRINGE is gonna put

@BornIn1500

2 ай бұрын

They didn't do anything wrong with this race. Literally nothing. "NoT oNe PeRsOn".... yea.... you're 12. Move along.

@timechanger9162

2 ай бұрын

@@BornIn1500 so 1 race makes up for 100 bad ones? No it doesn’t. They also did ruin this race by ending it. The track was drying. They could’ve easily continued the race but didn’t. They have continued to show that they do not care about the fans at all.

Sitting at the track, I think everyone thought the drying was almost finished. They went around pit road and the front stretch 3 times, it was dry. They’d went around the rest of the track one time with the titans and then called the race. Didn’t even try the jet dryer (singular) that sat at the end of pit road the whole time

The track might have been dry... My tent was not Disappointed about how it played out, but knowing the 2am noise curfew in Concord, I understand why it happened, still planning on going back next year though

I quit going to Charlotte when they put the "Roval in. It obscures all the sightlines in the infield and even some of the lower grandstands. The prices became outrageous. I've turned my attention to dirt tracks and FLO racing.

I was at the 500 for the first time yesterday and had a great time. I was even more excited when I got back to my place and saw they were going to restart the race, only to randomly go on X as the power went out in Indy and see the race was official, not too enthused

I was so hyped for the coke 600 and I don’t even live in America. This is my favourite race but this race this year is probably the worst race of the year

im on the west coast on canada and TSN coverage suck and i wasnt going to sit infront of the TV like i had all day and i ws listing to the PRN radio and they had the charlotte track presedent say why the canceled the rest of the race and he was saying that they werent going to get the track back till mid night a half hour away at the time 8:30PST 11:30 EST and that it would take the drivers a half hour to get to the car and they called it because they didnt was people to be watching racing till 1:30 in the morning EST and if im correct the states dont have anything goin on on that monday because its a holiday weekend

I'm glad amazon has this race next year I do not like fox they probably would of done something with the indy 500 if it was on fox im on the west coast it was still early when saw the the track was dry and then they it called I was mad as 🤬

Watching the Indy 500 then watching NASCAR was so contrasting. NASCAR on Fox was full of commercials and bad commentary. All 3 in the booth need to go. Then, to not show all the celebrities at the nascar race and show the interest. We had trump literally in Austin Dillon’s pit box roof and Fox never showed it. They showed 1 NFL player leaving after Blaney crashed. This was a huge miss.

@robertparker6654

2 ай бұрын

Big media hates DJT for no good reason, just wrong on so many levels.

Why did nobody postpone for the second half of the race to restart tomorrow since on a technicality the race was NOT halfway

I was up all night, I was just so disappointed I couldn’t even sleep.

It sounds really ridiculous to blame FOX considering they stayed on the air throughout the whole delay. (As for those affiliates that stopped airing it, they might have wanted to get to either their very late local news or had weather alerts to report.) Also, the race was official since they reached the halfway point, and NASCAR has never restarted a race after both such a lengthy delay and the halfway point. Yeah, it stinks the race ended early, but you also have to consider the idea that it would take that long to finish something that would have been seen only by insomniacs and the west coast. Also fatigue. As for Prime being a potential improvement, I eagerly anticipate complaints about buffering, the app crashing, and commercials (because even TNF still had ads).

@hw919_

2 ай бұрын

Nascar has finished out races way later before. You can say what you want about the broadcast and who would watch it, but it is a LIVE sporting event. A sell out crowd (most of whom waited out the rain) stuck around for the end because we kept being told the intention is to go again. They deserve better.

@robertparker6654

2 ай бұрын

As soon as it started raining it should have been postponed till the next day instead of having everyone wait for an hour and a half and calling it anyway.

I don't know why everybody's being such Debbie Downers. Guess I'm just a half cup full guy. The Indy 500 was awesome. A couple of mistakes from Kyle yeah. But man he was there. He had a shot. That was wild watching him compete for the win. I honestly didn't even really care about Charlotte

@ryanfraley7113

2 ай бұрын

Probably because this is a NASCAR focused channel and NASCAR dropped the ball the most of any of the big three sanctioning bodies. Monaco is always a parade because no one can pass there and Indy was a great race.

@robertparker6654

2 ай бұрын

I care for Charlotte, don't usually watch the Indy snoozefest.

@CouchCommander5000

2 ай бұрын

@@robertparker6654 well that's too bad because I think it was the other way around this year 👍🏻

It’s clear they tried to dry it so Larson could race. Otherwise it’s weird they’d even try when they already hit the halfway mark.

being there in person jost got me so angry cause it was looking dry from the stands and I would have been perfectly fine staying till 3am.

Honestly with the number of cracks in that surface I wonder how long it would have taken for weepers to really cause havoc had they decided to go racing again. I do think they could have explained it better but they made the right call in calling the race. As for the weather, everyone knew Sunday morning that weather was going to play a factor into the race. Frankly if it wasn't for a UFL game prior to the 600 on Fox I think the start gets moved up and everyone's complaining about that. Frankly the only two compelling storylines to me were the Hamlin/Buescher nonsense on pit road and Allgaier learning the car as the night went on. Now I really want to see what he can do with a competent full time ride.

i dont know what indy race you were watching, but even without the penalty, larson wasn't going to come anywhere close to the win, he was up front because he was on an off-sequence strategy, but he was always going to be around 10-15, he just killed the race by compounding it with a speeding penalty

NASCAR on FOX gotta go man

@VanillaSpooks

2 ай бұрын

NASCAR off FOX

@S.K.R.E.Inc.

2 ай бұрын

We could have had it too come next year, yet we have 7 more years of torture

@BornIn1500

2 ай бұрын

They didn't do anything badly here. Stop your whining and crying.

@VanillaSpooks

2 ай бұрын

@@BornIn1500 the fact you liked your own comment tells us enough.

@stephenholloway6893

2 ай бұрын

At least they won't be back at Charlotte other then ARCA and the Trucks Series anytime soon.

I feel like time was a factor to calling it. The race would have probably ended around 2-3 a.m. which is a little excessive imo

Im tired of nascar being treated as an afterthought by the media in general how often do i hear about a nascar race while other programs are on except the big ones. We had a great set up to a GREAT finish and it got blown to bits

As a uk fan I stopped up til 4:30am waiting for it to go again in just the hope I’ll see history be made live (yes previous double duties have happened) to be told not it’s not happening was a complete bummer the broadcast kept making it sound like drying was going well and it was likely.

I'm from Louisiana and I know humidity and I can say it was windy and cold, didn't feel any humidity

I will admit tv wise there probably was gonna be fans that weren’t gonna stay up past midnight to watch the race in full length, people can go back and watch the last 150 laps to see how it all played out or just see the last highlights of the race the next day if need be, i was gonna do the same, so I kinda understand that part, but if there was a way to get the race back under green then why not do so? Again, people can watch the last 150 laps or highlights if needed instead of calling drivers back to their cars then find out last second “oh hey, race is over. Thanks for comin everyone.” Just sucks for Larson that he didn’t get to do the double. Hopefully he can get it 100% next year. And at least u can say he did lead some laps at the Indy 500 even if it was cause he was off strategy. But honestly I don’t blame Larson and Rick for sticking it out with the 500 instead of going to run the 600. Lots of money went into the project, might as well stick it out while u can and really just do something to have fun. He talked about running Le Mans when he was done with NASCAR, I say take shot at it while you’re still in your prime and not wait til later when you’re running like 2010s Jeff Gordon for example. If him and/or Hendrick can get something together for him to run either a Corvette in LMGT3 or something in Hypercar with a Cadillac team or kind of a Hendrick co-owned one off car for Le Mans, I’m sure NASCAR will still give him a wavier for missing 1 or 2 Cup races. Kinda why I wanna see him try the Rolex 24 again at some point. He ran back in 2014 and 2015 as well and showed pace with Ganassi back when they ran the Ford Rileys and even got a win for the Daytona Prototype at the Rolex, I’m kinda curious how he’d in modern prototypes of even if just in any of the GT categories.

Unforgivable and inexcusable. No reason they couldn’t postpone the rest of the race to today.

I was there, right before they called it, I told my dad, I think the air titans are going to do one more lap then they will restart it

I do not understand why they couldn't restart. They said humidity made it difficult to dry but were showing a track that looked dry and called the race.

I read it was the 1am noise curfew that pushed the decision to call the race 🤷🏼‍♀️

The same fans complaining that nascar is not consistent are complaining that nascar was consistent. Crazy right. Just childish 😂

Nascar should have broken tradition and finished on Monday if not late. So what if the race distance was “official” and it would have broken precedent. The 2020 season taught us we don’t have to blindly follow the logic of “that’s the way we’ve always done it before.”

NASCAR never once fired up the jet dryers. Only had the titans out there which is for pulling up standing water. They could have got it going if they wanted to.

The 2024 season has been a year of extremes. The high points are instant classics (Atlanta, Kansas etc). The lows have been gut wrenching though (failed double, short tracks being unwatchable, Coke 375 Controversy)

If did get race going by 1:00 wouldn't race go until 3:00 and is there any local laws that would prevent that or nah

Are we headed for a future where the conversation will be: "Dad, do you remember when there used to be NASCAR races?" I'm totally fed up of NASCAR races where it rains and they elongate the coverage with past races, puff pieces, various DEI content etc. knowing full-well, all-along, that they're going to cut to the Air Titans, pull the coverage and that'll be it. I knew 2024 would suck with having no Kevin Harvick to root for but this sucks.

Your commentary is excellent, gets me into NASCAR

shocked they didn't blame local noise ordinances at this point

My best guess is NASCAR wanted to keep the race going but FOX didn't want the fans sitting around til 1 to 3 am so they forced NASCAR to call it. I mean I understand in some ways. Not everyone wants to be up at 1 to 3 in the morning. But I think the sport should make the call not the channel.

If a race is going to be called due to weather, I would much rather see a decision be made early rather than wait to give a definitive answer. Obviously, some things are out of our control and you have scenarios like these whether to wait it out or call the race.

I get it, no more money on the table at 1:30 AM😢

Anyone remember last year when the Xfinity Race ended at like 1:30 in the morning on a Tuesday after at 2 day delay?

@TheUncancelable1

2 ай бұрын

Which Xfinity race

@angelwings3093

2 ай бұрын

​@@TheUncancelable1🤣🤣👍

@TheUncancelable1

2 ай бұрын

@@angelwings3093 what are you laughing about. All I asked was a question

@angelwings3093

2 ай бұрын

@@TheUncancelable1 because I'm agreeing

@angelwings3093

2 ай бұрын

There was more than one race

I'm getting blasted on Facebook for this but I think the Daytona 500, Coke 600, and Southern 500 should screw the 50% laps completed rule and finish the race the next day. Being Crown Jewel events that matter more What was supposed to be the longest race of the season may be one of the shortest.

@angelwings3093

2 ай бұрын

👍👍

@S.K.R.E.Inc.

2 ай бұрын

Daytona and Darlington, yes. NASCAR owns them both and have had a history of completing races inder any clear possibility. SMI is a different story Edit: Also, what do you mean by one of the shortest? It IS the shortest race this season after that fiasco

I was so hyped…. This is why they say don’t get your hopes up. It just sucked watching them dry the track for an hour and when it finally looks race able they just call it. And yes the videos of it raining had me and my dad to believe it was pouring

The way fox called it, it got me raging again, im counting down til we go to Nbc NOW!

Weather didn't look good though

I, too, believe FOX was instrumental in calling this race. We’ve all heard the theory about the inundation of commercials on their broadcasts, namely that they overbid for the current media rights deal and they have to try to recoup their losses by drowning us with commercials. Obviously, the viewership at 1 or 2 am wasn’t worth it for them, so they probably threw in the towel. It’s interesting to speculate on what would have happened had Larson finished in the top five (or even won) at Indy.

Such a bummer cause of the rain

I’m absolutely disgusted. I paid good money to fly out and see 600 miles of racing and at least an attempt to finish those said miles. Don’t know if I’ll fly out to see the 600 next year, but I’ll still probably go to the southern 500 since they treat their fans with dignity there.

Good thing I didn’t Live Stream my Live Reactions to the 600 on TikTok. Decided to find better stuff to do this weekend and it sounds like I made the right call. I feel bad for Larson and his fans. But hey, you live and you learn!