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I know, it’s now O’Reilly Raceway Park.

First, I don’t like Michael Waltrip in the announce booth. With him no driver can do no wrong. It always seems to be a ‘racing incident’, unless it’s a blatantly obvious. The frequent mention of his sponsors and future car make is enough to make me sick. I know they pay the bills, but give it a rest once in a while. OK, we get it, they sponsor the free pass rule when a caution comes out, mention the name and move on.

Second, for some reason they were not showing the running order on the screen until the last 20 laps of the race. I assume there was some kind of technical problem. They may have said the why and I missed it. A mention of more then just the top 10 would have nice every once in a while. I know it’s a short track with lots of action and positions changing all of the time. The fans interest maybe with drivers not in the top 10.

For example Marcos Ambrose. I have watched him in the past in the Australian V8 Supercar series and I would like to see him succeed here in America. I didn’t find out what position he was in until he got the free pass and then when he was involved in a crash. The announcers should listen to a MRN/PRN radio broadcast of a race to see how it’s done. I realize on radio a greater description is needed, but you usually don’t have to wait until 20 to go to find out a drivers position.

Let’s hope the technical issues are fixed for the Busch race and Michael is on the track and not in the booth.