Daytona 500

FASCAR Wendal · Wendal Ebach

Daytona 500

President Lou Demian · Lou Demian - President

LOL I know, during the pre-show I wanted to see the cars on the track, not the music!

Commercials are always a pain, but at least I get some exercie running to my computer to watch trackpass during the commercials!

It seems so long ago when the Daytona 500 ended when it was still daylight. I wish they would move the time up.... I'd rather see the entire Daytona 500 run in the daytime. Leave the night racing for the Pepsi 400.

Congrats to Newman though, he was a surprise, thats for sure.

Tooz · Matt Sealey Former Member

I'll echo everything you said Wendal........but most importantly, if you are going to have the 31 previous winners give the command to start your engines, then why couldn't we see or hear them?

All I saw was the crowd.

All I heard was Jaw's big ol' mouth.

Give the Winners the respect they deserve!

President Lou Demian · Lou Demian - President

Plus they said all the crew members were supposed to honor Dale Earnhardt on lap three by standing on the wall and holding three fingers in the air. Think Fox could have showed just a little of that? of course not!

JG4TMR · John Magee

Commercial breakdown, driver focus, and links related to the 2008 Daytona 500:
Total number of commercials: 122
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 65
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 37
Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 4 min. 35
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:20 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:58 PM
Total minutes: 218
Minutes of race broadcast: 166
Minutes of commercials: 52

FASCAR Wendal · Wendal Ebach

Wow, where did you get those stats at. I new there was alot but damn.

Tooz · Matt Sealey Former Member

Jayski's

Lefflerfan · Stephen DiCaprio - Vice-President

Yeah the pre race show sucked, it could have been so much better. It's cool they wanted to have songs for each decade, but they should have at least had the winners from that decade come out during the song.

And Lou, they did honor Dale Sr. ESPN of all places showed Mark Martin's team doing it in their highlights of the race.

scrbowler · Steve Willard P10 Select Owner Former Member

I agree with everything I've read about.� It's a shame we have to endure Superbowl type crapola even though it is the Superbowl of Nascar.� The commercialism is getting worse every year and I see no end in site.�

Let's get to California and see what happens there.

Tooz · Matt Sealey Former Member

I will say this though........the Daytona 500 commercials are generally funnier than the Super Bowl commercials!

FORD tuff · Feb 19 10:50 PM, 2008

my biggest problem with prerace was if fox is supposed to be cutting edge and at the forefront of live sports why not show something fresh. they could have done a moving split screen that indeed showed the tribute to the cars and drivers of the great american race. how great would it have been to see the cars rounding the track as well as the bands playing at same time . just my two cents worth...brooks and dunn hardly made mention of the special tenth anniversary car made for this race. rolling that out from under stage should have erupted that place !

Newmans crew · Feb 20 11:39 AM, 2008

I agree, I can't stand FOX's coverage of the races, and DW works my nerves. Thank God there was� a Red Wings game on another network to go to during commercials, even though they lost. And need I say, DANG it was good to see Ryan Newman win! The Rocket Man in victory lane at the Daytona 500, I'm a happy camper. smile

FASCAR Wendal · Wendal Ebach

Talking about DW -- I like the guy but dang it anywayz -- Do we need to hear about Michael all day long -- I was thinking to myself at the start of the race -- it's going to be a long day -- if michael is up in the front all day.

Tooz · Matt Sealey Former Member

Newmans crew wrote:

�And need I say, DANG it was good to see Ryan Newman win! The Rocket Man in victory lane at the Daytona 500, I'm a happy camper.

yeh, it seems everyone forgets that his winless streak (86) was longer than Dale's currently is.� by two thirds of a season almost!

FASCAR Wendal · Wendal Ebach

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR fans have chosen Toyota's new television commercial, in which kids wielding giant remote control devices wreak havoc on the Toyota drivers, as the best new ad of the season, according to votes cast on NASCAR.COM.

UPS's heartwarming spot featuring Dale Jarrett racing the big brown truck and then hanging up the keys was voted the second-best spot. Gillette's new Young Guns commercial, in which drivers Kurt Busch, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Clint Bowyer, Kasey Kahne and Ryan Newman body slam and generally abuse wrestling star John Cena, was ranked third-best.

Fans were given the chance to view and vote for their favorite spots on NASCAR.COM during the third annual Daytona 500 Ad Showcase during the FOX broadcast of the Great American Race on Feb. 17. While the FOX broadcast drew 33.5 million viewers, fans also went online and generated hundreds of thousands of video views of the 2008 sponsor spots on NASCAR.COM.

Toyota's hilarious new spot showcases the manufacturer's newest drivers from Joe Gibbs Racing -- Tony Stewart, Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin -- as well as Tony's crew chief, Greg Zipadelli, and veteran Toyota driver Michael Waltrip. After kids in the stands wielding large remote controls propel the Camry's all over the track, Tony Stewart jumps from his car, is chased onto pit road, and guns his helmet at the kid-controlled car.

The winning commercial, part of the "Toyota Department of Fan Operations" campaign that puts fans closer to the racing action, was created by Saatchi & Saatchi, Los Angeles.

"NASCAR sponsors again demonstrated why the Daytona 500 is one of the most creative and impactful ad showcases of any broadcast event," said Steve Phelps, chief marketing officer for NASCAR. "For fans, the spots are fun to watch as their favorite drivers show their many talents outside the racecar."

Research shows NASCAR fans enjoy watching their favorite drivers appear in new commercials. During the 2007 Daytona 500, Fox Sports retained 95 percent of its audience during commercial breaks on average, which is better retention than even the ads appearing during the Super Bowl, according to Nielsen Media Research.

NASCAR official partners airing new campaigns on the Daytona 500 telecast included: Chevrolet, Gillette, Goodyear, Ritz, Sunoco, Sprint, The Home Depot, Toyota and UPS. Information on these campaigns is available upon request. Additionally, many team sponsors debuted new spots, featuring high-profile drivers such as Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr. and Waltrip.

FASCAR Wendal · Wendal Ebach

Personally, if they are going to go to commercial every few laps they need to have this one on everytime. Man, after seening this commercial on Sunday my sides where hurting.

Lefflerfan · Stephen DiCaprio - Vice-President

The Toyota commercial was by far the funniest Nascar commercial I have seen in quite some time. I agree, my sides were hurting too. Especially seeing Tony run from the car and throw his helmet at it!

President Lou Demian · Lou Demian - President

I must have missed that commerical when I was watching Trackpass, bummer. I'll have to see if they run it this weekend.

President Lou Demian · Lou Demian - President

lol never mind, I just wached it on YouTube.... that was very funny! Reminds me of a Stephen King movie, haha.

FASCAR Wendal · Wendal Ebach

If you missed the great Toyota Commercial Here it is.

Bump and Go Racing · John Sherman

I'm with you all on commercials fox and DW! Lou do you like that trackpass? I had it for free on Direct TV. I did not like it at all.

GO NEWMAN! JUST WISH I PICKED HIM!

Newmans crew · Mar 6 11:20 AM, 2008

FASCAR Wendal wrote:

Personally, if they are going to go to commercial every few laps they need to have this one on everytime. Man, after seening this commercial on Sunday my sides where hurting.

Now there's a great idea! biggrin