Not How NASCAR Wants The Season To Start

((HT: NASCAR on FOX))

It was the Sprint Unlimited last night at Daytona- where past pole sitters, winners, and such all get together for another payday... and it was an interesting look...

It had almost everything...
Including their pace car catching on fire...


Not quite the JP Montoya-running into a jet dryer-thing, but interesting nonetheless...
And whaddya want to bet that Chevy will be looking into that car...

Then, in the ARCA race... you had a 15-car crash with Buster Graham started that looks like it knocked out half the field...


Denny Hamlin would survive the actual race, but Matt Kenseth took out half of the field here...


Wreckin' is more than rubbin', so we'll see how the 4 Stewart-Haas squads go from here...

Talladega Weekend Starts Early With A Big One...

((HT: Speed/NASCAR/youtube))

Usually, the "Big One" happens on Sunday race day at Talladega, on the back stretch, when people get absolutely silly trying to get track position.

The ARCA race was the Friday appetizer and made sure people remembered what's going on during the rest of the weekend...

The carnage (excuse the HQ's unintentional pun) started on Lap 11...


Mike Affarano had his hands full with 20 to go...
The HQ thinks it's 6-and-a-half turns...


Oh, it was really cool to see 77-year-old James Hylton work his way through the field and Brandon McReynolds, son of Larry Mac, got a big push from Chad Hackenbracht for the win...

Dad was pleased...