Q&A Your Road Course review?

Timely cautions bunching the field helped the show, but you can say that nearly every week. Following last August’s NASCAR debut on the Daytona Road Course, there was concern about its excitement level. That began disappearing during the Busch Clash, and by the end of Sunday’s race, you had to be enjoying it. There wasn’t the wholesale sheetmetal carnage you see during a Daytona tri-oval race, but nearly every car had damage indicating the bare-knuckle racin’ NASCAR was built upon.

What about its future? Let’s assume it remains on the schedule for the Busch Clash, and remains a viable alternative if further scheduling adjustments are needed. Also, this little corner of the NASCAR world has suggested in recent years that the Road Course might be a good home for Daytona’s summertime race, and after seeing it twice this February, that suggestion still holds.