Memorial Day weekend means a lot of things to people. Generally speaking, it’s observed as a way to give thanks to those who died fighting for the United States. The vast majority of NASCAR RaceDay on both FOX and FOX Sports 1 catered to this aspect of the holiday.
To others, it’s an excuse to have a barbecue. For the racing community, it’s one of the biggest weekends of the year. Sunday was a ridiculous day with the Grand Prix of Monaco, the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600. Collectively, these broadcasts (race broadcasts, pre-race and post-race) were on for more than 16 hours straight from 7:30 a.m. Sunday morning to after midnight.
Sunday night’s 413-lap race ended up being substantially more competitive than last year’s race, run with the high-downforce package. There were 725 more passes under green this year as compared to last year. Lead changes were up to 31 from 23 and the whole race was much more fun to watch. It was also 75 minutes longer.
For Sunday night’s race, Jamie McMurray was back in the booth alongside Mike Joy and Clint Bowyer. As compared to his last booth appearance in Kansas two weeks ago, I felt this time went better for him.
Back then, I wrote that McMurray seemed to have a little trouble fitting in. In the two weeks since, it appears that the two of them bounced things off of each other so that they could work together a little better. The result was lively commentary. Based on Sunday’s broadcast, if FOX were to add McMurray to the booth full-time in 2023 (Note: I’ve heard nothing along these lines), I think that it could actually work well.
FOX’s broadcast brought viewers quite a bit of side-by-side racing. This was great to watch and I enjoyed myself. However, the wrecking (especially early on) meant that it took so long to reach a conclusion that I fear some fans may have tuned out.
I did have some issues with the broadcast. The whole Ones to Watch segment doesn’t really do much for me. My main issue is…
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