Sunday, March 7, 2021

NASCAR AND FANS RETURN TO LAS VEGAS

 KYLE LARSON WINS TODAY

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ONE OF THE GREAT DAYS...FOR LOTS OF REASONS..

NASCAR IN ALL ITS GLORY AND MANAGEMENT
GENIUS   RETURNED TO LAS VEGAS TODAY...
WITH ITS USUAL SUPER ENTERTAINMENT...

FOLLOWING.... THE USUAL TANGENT RELATED
RESPONSES TO MY VISIT.

MANY TIMES I HAVE REPORTED THAT NASCAR
AND THE LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY ARE
THE GREATEST IN SPORTS....AFTER  A YEAR OF
ATTENDING NOTHING....THIS PREMISE REMAINS
IN PLACE....I DO LOVE THE KNIGHTS...THIS IS
BETTER.

THE LVMS SOLD OUT THREE DAYS OF TRUCK
RACES....INFINITY RACES AND NASCAR TO THE
TUNE OF 12,500.....IT LOOKED BUSIER THAN THAT.

FIRST THING I NOTICED WAS THE FANS ARE BUYERS
......FOOD....SOUVENIRS...MEMORABILIA ....
EVERYBODY WINS HERE...THE ENTIRE STAFF
AT LVMS....MANAGED TO FINE FINISH....EVERYONE
COURTEOUS...HELPFUL AND INFORMED...MADE
ME FEEL GOOD...THANK YOU.

I HAVE COVERED EVERY ONE OF THESE RACES
(EXCEPT LAST FALL WHEN NOBODY COVERED
ANYTHING) AND ITS SO SPECIAL FOR AN OLD
SOLDIER TO SEE THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
 THUNDERBIRDS...FLYOVER....6 TODAY .A REPLAY
AND THEN YOU CAN WATCH THEM LAND BEHIND
THE TRACK AT NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE...WOW AND
AND ALWAYS WOW ! THE FLYOVER ALWAYS HITS THE
LAST WORD OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM....THEY
WERE A SECOND AND A HALF EARLY TODAY...
THIS TIMING NEVER FAILS TO AMAZE.
RAIDERS QUARTERBACK DERRICK CARR
GAVE THE "START YOUR ENGINES"  CUE WITH HIS
TWO SONS

AT THE NATIONAL ANTHEM EVERYONE STOOD AND
PIT CREWS FORMED LINES ON THE TRACK THAT 
A MARINE BOOT CAMP WOULD BE PROUD OF...
SOME KIND OF MANAGEMENT AND TEAM WORK


FIRST TIME I REALLY COVERED THIS FROM THE
GRANDSTAND SIDE AND SAW INTERESTING STUFF...
LIKE THE SPACING IN THE PITS WHERE  STOPPING
 IN ADJACENT STALLS IS PARAMONT....WITH THIS
13ish SECOND WINDOW... TIME IS SO IMPORTANT....CHASE
ELLIOT HAD TO BACK OUT OF HIS SPOT ON THE
FIRST PIT STOP...THIS NOT CONDUCIVE TO SAVING
TIME......HERE'S ONE...THERE IS A PORTA POTTY IN
EACH PIT....NEVER NOTICED BEFORE....NASCAR
DOES NOT MISS ANYTHING....THEY NOW EMAIL
UPDATES FROM THE TRACK HOSPITAL AS SOON AS
AVAILABLE...INSTANT INFO..

THE LAS VEGAS TRACK AT THE TOP OF THE LIST OF
SPEEDWAYS NASCAR RACES 0N ....CARS RAN SO SMOTH
AND SO FAST ...15 TO 20 SECONDS  FOR A LAP....AT THE END OF
EACH STAGE....TRACK CREWS RUN LAPS  CLEANING
UP ANY DEBRI.....

REALLY NO MAJOR COLLISIONS TODAY....A SUPER
PLUS.....GOOD DRIVING ON A GREAT TRACK AND
LARSON HAD THE BEST CAR AND WON....THE BEST CAR
DOES NOT ALWAYS WIN.   6 SHORT CAUSTIONS...
OVERPOWERING TO ME TO SEE THE START WITH 38
CORPORTIONS LINED UP PERFECTLY TO ROAR...WHAT
A COMMITMENT OF FINANCES ...MANAGEMENT...
TEAMWORK....MACHINERY.....AND DRIVER TALENT

ALL IN ONE WHOOOOSH


I SEEM TO BE A TINY BIT PARTIAL TO FOX TV WHICH
DOES THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON....GREAT
PRODUCTION AND ANNOUNCING AND BEING AN OLD
TV GUY I CAN REPORT.....THAT THIS REPORTING
WAS HALL OF FAME STUFF...

INTERESTING TO COVER THIS FROM PRESS ROW
ON THE GRANDSTAND SIDE WITH 3 TVS DUPLICATING
EVERYTHING WE SAW IN REAL TIME....

THE IN PERSON PERSPECTIVE A TREAT FOR ALL...
THE DRIVERS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS AND WE PRAY
FOR A 50.000 CROWD FOR THE FALL RACE..

THANKS TO NASCAR....THE LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
AND ITS TOTAL MANAGEMENT FOR ENRICHING MY LIFE.

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