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There's been a lot of racing on TV over the past week to 10 days. I was looking forward to it and tuned in for most of the races even if I didn't end up watching most of any specific event.
Yes, I watched about a 3rd of the Daytona 500 despite the long weather delay. Nothing NASCAR can do about that, but I'm bored by the yearly crash fest. The Demolition Derby is the biggest attraction at our yearly local state fair but not what I want to see as one of the biggest racing events of the year.
But, this post isn't about beating up on NASCAR. I'd rather share the racing events I got the most pleasure from watching even though I stumbled upon them late at night on NBCSN.
The Prada Cup is a series of yacht races leading up to the America's Cup finals. I've never sailed, don't know anything about sailing, and don't even know how to swim. But racing is racing and despite the fact the Italian team (on the left) swept the English team in the first 4 races, it was fun to watch without a single pile up. The first team to win 7 races advances and the English team is in a boat load (pardon the pun) of trouble because they need to win 7 of the next 9 races to come back. Each race has 6 legs (sort of like laps) and the Italians have won every leg and never trailed. I watched every minute of these roughly 2 hour broadcasts, each featuring back-to-back races.
Racing was set to resume Wednesday (New Zealand) but has been postponed due to a covid-19 lockdown that went into effect shortly after this past weekend's race.
Yes, I watched about a 3rd of the Daytona 500 despite the long weather delay. Nothing NASCAR can do about that, but I'm bored by the yearly crash fest. The Demolition Derby is the biggest attraction at our yearly local state fair but not what I want to see as one of the biggest racing events of the year.
But, this post isn't about beating up on NASCAR. I'd rather share the racing events I got the most pleasure from watching even though I stumbled upon them late at night on NBCSN.
The Prada Cup is a series of yacht races leading up to the America's Cup finals. I've never sailed, don't know anything about sailing, and don't even know how to swim. But racing is racing and despite the fact the Italian team (on the left) swept the English team in the first 4 races, it was fun to watch without a single pile up. The first team to win 7 races advances and the English team is in a boat load (pardon the pun) of trouble because they need to win 7 of the next 9 races to come back. Each race has 6 legs (sort of like laps) and the Italians have won every leg and never trailed. I watched every minute of these roughly 2 hour broadcasts, each featuring back-to-back races.
Racing was set to resume Wednesday (New Zealand) but has been postponed due to a covid-19 lockdown that went into effect shortly after this past weekend's race.
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