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Where was the post-race coverage?

April 26, 2017coverage NASCAR post-race rumors silly season winston cup

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Where was the post-race coverage?

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[from a NASCAR.com column] Less than five minutes after Tony Stewart took the checkered flag, NBC’s broadcast was over. There was no victory lane interview, no comments from the top finishers, just a quick talk with Joe Gibbs, a run through the results and the standings with a Stewart victory doughnut as background and a hearty farewell. So what gives? “We know how passionate NASCAR fans are and we understand their frustration,” said a spokesman for the network. “In a perfect world we would have loved to provide our usual, comprehensive post-race coverage which we know is important to fans. We attempted to schedule the race so we could provide complete post-race coverage similar to the nearly 40 minutes of post-race coverage that followed the Pepsi 400 from Daytona, but the race took longer than anticipated. Before signing off the air, we interviewed Joe Gibbs, showed Tony Stewart’s on-track celebration, showed the complete final order of finish and the updated NASCAR Winston Cup point