Show notes:

News items

• NASCAR puts the season on hold
  • During last week’s podcast the NBA suspended its season
  • NBA was followed by the NHL
  • MLB announced it was putting spring training on hold
  • Last Thursday NASCAR announced that the races at Atlanta and Homestead would be run without fans. 
  • Friday word started circulating that we were going to run the truck race Friday night and the Xfinity and Cup races Saturday
  • Friday afternoon NASCAR announced the postponement of Atlanta and Homestead
  • Monday, NASCAR announced that it would postpone all the races until Martinsville May 3rd.
    • Officials say they plan to run the full 36-race season.
    • Could use mid-week races, doubleheaders to finish the season quicker
    • Could run without fans in order to come back quicker
    • Plans to keep playoffs intact and end season at Phoenix
• Discussion: Did NASCAR handle this correctly? 
• Last Sunday we had The Replacements 100, an iRacing race at Atlanta featuring several Cup drivers and others in the NASCAR industry. 
  • Josh Williams, who is Ryan Blaney’s sponsor, beat iRacing king William Byron to win the race. 
• NASCAR announced yesterday during it’s Coca-Cola eNASCAR iRacing Series the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series. 
  • Multi-week series kicks off Sunday, March 22 at 1:30 p.m.
  • Includes competitors from the Cup Series, Xfinity Series, Truck Series, ARCA and other NASCAR dignitaries. 
    • Confirmed competitors announced include: 
      • Dale Earnhardt Jr. 
      • Kyle Busch
      • Denny Hamlin
      • Clint Bowyer
      • Kyle Larson
      • Christopher Bell
• Dale Jr. and Amy Earnhardt are having another child
• NASCAR announces deal to repurpose surplus land
  • Says deal is not about selling tracks, but better utilize parts of the properties.
  • An example is the casino at Kansas Speedway
  • https://www.jayski.com/2020/03/18/nascar-partnering-with-developer-to-repurpose-surplus-land/

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