I’ll fully admit that I am in a lot of pain right now after a fall at St. Louis Lambert International Airport Monday after covering the NASCAR race weekend at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.
Additionally, I unfortunately cannot give you all that much in regards to behind-the-scenes TV content from Gateway. Didn’t really see much of the TV personalities from FOX Sports, with the exception of Michael Waltrip, who I saw running down pit road after his Grid Walk before running up the stairs to the booth.
Having since watched Sunday’s broadcast of the Enjoy Illinois 300 presented by TicketSmarter in the NASCAR Cup Series, two specific things stand out.
One was the inclusion of Kenny Wallace into the broadcast booth for the entirety of stage two.
The other was the complete lunacy that was the Denny Hamlin–Ross Chastain–Chase Elliott spat(s).
In Wallace’s case, he was already at the track hosting a one-time revival of SPEED’s old Trackside show with John Roberts. He lives nearby and likely would have been there anyway, of course.
As we all know, Wallace is an excitable fellow. That’s always been the case, even before he ever did television. That’s probably why everyone likes him so much. He can be off the wall at times, but you can tell with him that everything comes from a good place.
On paper, Wallace was supposed to be a guest in the booth, but in practice, he was more like the guest analyst for the time he was there instead of Waltrip. I honestly couldn’t tell you why Waltrip was the guy in the booth for this week. It’s as if they drew straws for last weekend and he was up. On the other hand, perhaps it was just because he would have already been there for Saturday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event.
With Wallace in the booth, there was no reason for Waltrip to be there. He can do anything that Waltrip can do — and better. Wallace also likely works better with Clint Bowyer than Waltrip does. They’re both off the…
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