Daytona is the birthplace of NASCAR, and the high banks of the track are the sport’s equivalent of The Green Monster at Fenway. This Sunday will be the 62nd running of the race. 4-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon takes about the 2020 season.
Share to linkedin... [+]“Daytona is always exciting. It’s a super-speedway, huge packs, bump drafting. I’m fascinated by drivers who can separate themselves in that environment and be so calm in the closing laps. Denny Hamlin, a two-time Daytona 500 champion, last year’s winner, says it’s like a chess match and you have to think several steps ahead to make those moves,” says 4-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon. The Daytona 500 runs this Sunday at 2:30 eastern, kicking off NASCAR’s 72nd season....
The 2021 cars will appear little different, but will feature carbon-fiber architecture just like Formula One, Indycar and Le Mans prototype.
“I wish we had an organic rivalry right now, but I guess you can say we do between Joey Logano and Kyle Bush, or just Kyle Busch and everyone else because he’s been so dominant and he has a personality that can sometimes…clash with fan bases or other competitors. It’s going to take someone who can battle Kyle, take him on. Not someone who is a teammate—it’s hard to have a rivalry on the same team.
“There’s a fine line between fan engagement and getting gimmicky,” says Gordon. “I love the idea of being able to ‘ghost race’ in an actual live race [by the fan using a simulator at home]. I think that would be very cool. We’ve seen iRacing and the eNASCAR racing league taking off.
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