As we prepare to wrap up the Fox portion of the schedule (I don’t pick non-points races), I have to wonder how their coverage of Nascar has gotten so bad. Then I realize that I don’t have to wonder at all—it’s the booth.
Mike Joy is ok, but the telecast could benefit from a fresh voice on play-by-play. Kevin Harvick could be a decent analyst, but he always sounds like he’s just downed a fist full of sleeping pills. Someone tell Happy that if you want to impress as a broadcaster, you probably don’t want to emulate Steven Wright.
And then there’s Clint.
Look, I get how they want The Next DW, but it’s just so forced. He always comes off like that one popular kid who’s being forced to be nice in order to avoid punishment. And there’s the whole, you know, manipulating a race outcome thing he was a part of years ago. So why is he still there? I guess to keep Kenny Wallace from bugging the producers about an open slot.
TRUCK SERIES (2 wins) Heart of Health Care 200 (Saturday 7:30 ET on FS1) COREY HEIM—Heim Time under the lights, two weeks in a row
XFINITY SERIES off
CUP SERIES AdventHealth 400 (Sunday 3pm ET on FS1) Points Leader picks WILLIAM BYRON. Favorite (2 wins): DENNY HAMLIN—the Toyotas are strong on the cookie-cutter tracks this year. Next Favorite (1 win): TYLER REDDICK—thus continuing the weird North Carolina to Kansas connection outside of basketball. Dark Horse: RYAN PREECE—pretty wild how far ahead Preece & Buescher are of BKes, huh?
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