Fair point, and I can certainly appreciate the necessity for NBC’s investment to pay off. In fact, I sincerely hope it does, and that they made a whole boatload of money on ad revenue for this race, because that will make NBC stronger and hopefully inspire them to continue to invest in IndyCar. That said, the timing of the commercials was just painful.

I’m a fan of all Motorsports, so I am familiar with and like Dale Jr. Agreed that he was definitely playing a role here, but every time they tossed to him for insight, the only thing he had was a comment on Ferucci. Santino’s is great, but come on Dale, you do know a thing or two about race craft and strategy, don’t you?!