The hole is back. The patch is gone.
Patch-tastrophe: Another Hole Delay At Daytona
Daytona’s broken track fix only lasted 39 laps, but there are still 39 to go in NASCAR’s Super Bowl and all the work from the previous repair has come undone.
No matter what happens at the finish, the broken track will overshadow the race. It will go down as one of the great debacles of all time, a huge embarrassment to the sport that was trying to have a bounce-back season after a year of declining ratings and attendance.
Two lengthy delays to fix pavement has instead spoiled a race that has already seen the all-time most lead changes of any Daytona 500.
Kevin Harvick is leading Juan Pablo Montoya and Clint Bowyer as of the second “break.”
“I want to finish racing,” Harvick said. “I’d love to finish it.”
Drivers understood this was a setback for the sport.
“Man, this is a bad predicament to be in,” Kyle Busch said. “It’s unfortunate for us, for NASCAR, for everybody.”
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