Ferrari Mailing List: Fw: Nascar: balloons above track = safety car

[Michel Savard (mysavard]

 

After watching an excellent F1 race from Hungary and watching Ferrari win. I was up for another good race. Brickyard 400 is on tv. So why not ?

I haven't watched a Nascar race all year this year. Too many yellow flags for all kinds of reasons. Mostly for tv commercials.

May as always try the Brickyard.

 

Very early in the race, I actually said to myself "Mmmmm 20-25 minutes, no yellow flags, no commercials, great". Then, suddenly it happened. Yellow flags, safety car in, tv commentators are trying to figure out what went wrong. A camera picks up 2 yellow (yes they were yellow) balloons stuck together floating above the track. They never landed on the track because the cars were pushing air up and making them float above the track.

Nascar commentators MUST BE actual employees of Nascar because instead of making fun of Nascar officials, they agree that this was dangerous and the balloons had to be taken care of. More tv commercials.

Been there, seen this, done that! No more. I turned the tv off and went for a bike ride instead. I promised myself there and then I won't be trying to watch another Nascar safety car show.

 

Michael Savard (1981 308 GTSi)