In recent years, the now-Dover International Speedway has not put on the best races in NASCAR. The events have been rather uncompetitive. For the most part, they’ve also been rather spread out and lacking incidents since the track was converted from asphalt to concrete for the 1995 season.
The DuraMAX Drydene 400, run over two days due to rain, is the third slowest Cup race run at Dover since the track was converted to concrete. The only slower ones were the infamous 2004 MBNA America 400 and the 2001 MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400. The lead change total was really not that different than the past few events, but there was more passing throughout the field. According to NASCAR’s Loop Data, there were more than double the number of passes than in last year’s race at Dover.
For Sunday and Monday, Larry McReynolds returned to the broadcast booth for a NASCAR Cup Series points race for the first time since 2015. Honestly, watching this race on Monday afternoon while trying to work, it was like he never left.
Anyone that has read this column during the time I’ve been writing it, or watched FOX’s Cup broadcasts over the past 20 years knows that McReynolds is a stickler for preparation. All of the on-air personalities for NASCAR races receive packets full of information that they can use on the broadcasts. NBC Sports’ Jeff Burton explained to Frontstretch in 2018 that he will cherrypick some of that information to use on broadcasts.
McReynolds strikes me as the kind of person who goes through as much information as he can possibly get in order to prepare for the broadcasts. It shows. He can bring in as much outside information as he possibly can.
In the past, McReynolds did get some criticism for butchering of the English language with slang terms. That isn’t really a thing anymore. If anything, he’s become even more educated over the past few years.
Having McReynolds in the broadcast booth resulted in a much more regimented broadcast. There wasn’t as…
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