NASCAR insider claims Daytona 500 win “is not a legacy-maker at all”
Senior NASCAR Journalist Jeff Gluck has asserted that being Daytona 500 champion doesn’t have the same legacy as it once used to.
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The Daytona 500 is one of the biggest races in the history of motorsports. It is often considered as the fourth crown jewel event in the world, behind 24 Hours of Daytona, Monaco GP and Indy 500. Ex-NASCAR champions, who has never won the 500-mile race, has even claimed that they would sacrifice a title for the Superspeedway race win.
But the race seems to have lost the charm it once hard in the playoff era, according to senior NASCAR journalist Jeff Gluck, the 500 miles race doesn’t guarantee drivers legendary status as it once used to. He also highlighted that how the race victory is more about circumstances and chance, than luck as many deem to be.
I don’t think you have to win a 500 in this day and age to be considered a sort of legend…The 500 is so much circumstances and chance. It’s not necessarily random, in a lot of senses, it’s being at the right place, right time and out of your control.
Jeff Gluck said via The Teardown podcast.
He asserted that being the Daytona 500 champion is not legacy-maker as it used to be in the past and it doesn’t have upper hand on being a Cup champion. Gluck highlighted that the playoff format caused these situations.
You want to win the 500 to have that notch in your belt and everybody call you Daytona 500 champion, but that’s not a legacy-maker at all in my opinion anymore. But whereas being called a NASCAR champion seems to carry a lot more weight even with the current playoff system.
Jeff Gluck added.
Jeff Gluck named the best track for fans in the NASCAR Cup schedule
In the same podcast, Jeff Gluck named the best track for fans in the Cup series. He pointed out that for a NASCAR fans the Bristol night race is the best experience anyone could have and added that Daytona also offers great experience.
It’s really tough for me to overlook the Bristol night race…If you’re a NASCAR fan and you’ve never walked into Bristol Motor Speedway just to see the place, that’s just an experience just like anything else in all of sports in my opinion. You could say Daytona, you could say some of these other tracks.
Jeff Gluck said.
The points made by Gluck seems fair as the tunnels of Bristol Motor Speedway makes the whole race a great experience for everyone involved. The race experience at Bristol is something other tracks could learn from.
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