Comments on: All Wet: Matt Kenseth Claims The Daytona 450 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/they-stopped-the-daytona-500-because-of-rain-22362 Celebrity sports gossip since 2001 Sat, 26 May 2012 07:17:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: vitaminJ http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/they-stopped-the-daytona-500-because-of-rain-22362#comment-61470 vitaminJ Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:06:51 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/they-stopped-the-daytona-500-because-of-rain-22362#comment-61470 The crappy thing about it ending early is that the race didn't even start until after 3:30pm because of 2+hours of unneccesary pre-race coaverage - if they had started it at 1:30 or 2 would have gotten the entire race in.  Missing the days when races started just after 1pm a few years ago.. The crappy thing about it ending early is that the race didn't even start until after 3:30pm because of 2+hours of unneccesary pre-race coaverage - if they had started it at 1:30 or 2 would have gotten the entire race in.  Missing the days when races started just after 1pm a few years ago..

]]> By: GoSox http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/they-stopped-the-daytona-500-because-of-rain-22362#comment-61406 GoSox Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:35:35 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/they-stopped-the-daytona-500-because-of-rain-22362#comment-61406 Maybe he won the Daytona 380....Math is cool, use it Maybe he won the Daytona 380….Math is cool, use it

]]> By: nuthinhere http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/they-stopped-the-daytona-500-because-of-rain-22362#comment-61275 nuthinhere Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:39:17 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/they-stopped-the-daytona-500-because-of-rain-22362#comment-61275 The Indianapolis 500 has ended early because of rain before, so this isn't unprecedented. The Indianapolis 500 has ended early because of rain before, so this isn't unprecedented.

]]> By: Craig http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/they-stopped-the-daytona-500-because-of-rain-22362#comment-61222 Craig Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:57:29 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/they-stopped-the-daytona-500-because-of-rain-22362#comment-61222 Dag nabit, you fellers from So Cal aint worth the powder to blow youse to 'ell.  Who cares if'n you all want the race to end at when'ever, it's the same dang rednecks winning like always..... Yeeee dawgie...... Dag nabit, you fellers from So Cal aint worth the powder to blow youse to 'ell.  Who cares if'n you all want the race to end at when'ever, it's the same dang rednecks winning like always…..
Yeeee dawgie……

]]> By: reddog http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/they-stopped-the-daytona-500-because-of-rain-22362#comment-61221 reddog Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:56:07 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/they-stopped-the-daytona-500-because-of-rain-22362#comment-61221 Not sure you turds are getting the point, THIS is the biggest race of the year for NASCAR.  Why give an already declining fanbase reason to turn off?  Cheap traffic?  Sounds like your site is getting pounded by SBB Not sure you turds are getting the point, THIS is the biggest race of the year for NASCAR.  Why give an already declining fanbase reason to turn off? 
Cheap traffic?  Sounds like your site is getting pounded by SBB

]]> By: Sportfan1 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/they-stopped-the-daytona-500-because-of-rain-22362#comment-61210 Sportfan1 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:18:47 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/they-stopped-the-daytona-500-because-of-rain-22362#comment-61210 I like what your saying! A fan of Kasey Kahne here and he was on the move before he was spun out by Almirola. He was never given a chance to get back to the front. They easily could have waited for the rain to stop. I like what your saying! A fan of Kasey Kahne here and he was on the move before he was spun out by Almirola. He was never given a chance to get back to the front. They easily could have waited for the rain to stop.

]]> By: Matt Sussman http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/they-stopped-the-daytona-500-because-of-rain-22362#comment-61189 Matt Sussman Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:08:37 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/they-stopped-the-daytona-500-because-of-rain-22362#comment-61189 <em>"the concept of calling off a seminal event because of rain completely invalidates the idea that auto racing is a sport" </em> They end baseball games prematurely due to rain, too. Like MLB, NASCAR has a point at which the race is called official (halfway) Guess baseball isn't a sport either. You don't seem to care that much about NASCAR anyway, so why get your britches in a bind over it? "the concept of calling off a seminal event because of rain completely invalidates the idea that auto racing is a sport"

They end baseball games prematurely due to rain, too. Like MLB, NASCAR has a point at which the race is called official (halfway) Guess baseball isn't a sport either.

You don't seem to care that much about NASCAR anyway, so why get your britches in a bind over it?

]]> By: Beretta http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/they-stopped-the-daytona-500-because-of-rain-22362#comment-61181 Beretta Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:38:34 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/they-stopped-the-daytona-500-because-of-rain-22362#comment-61181 Ummm...you guys do realize that it's part of the sport and that this is the 4th time it's happened to the Daytona 500, right?  And that Kenseth is the last driver to be the Winston Cup champion? Ummm…you guys do realize that it's part of the sport and that this is the 4th time it's happened to the Daytona 500, right?  And that Kenseth is the last driver to be the Winston Cup champion?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/they-stopped-the-daytona-500-because-of-rain-22362#comment-61173 Anonymous Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:05:39 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/they-stopped-the-daytona-500-because-of-rain-22362#comment-61173 It was Matt Kenseth's first Daytona 500 win, he had never finished better than 9th in his previous 9 tries. It was Matt Kenseth's first Daytona 500 win, he had never finished better than 9th in his previous 9 tries.

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