5 Lessons Learned at the Daytona 500
By Jared Turner The Verdict Is Out NASCAR’s New Stage Format Sunday’s Daytona 500 was the first full premier race broken down by segment, on the basis of NASCAR’s new enhanced race format introduced for the sport’s top three series prior to the 2017 season. While some observers suggest that dividing races into stages — all of which pay points at their respective conclusion — makes wrecks more likely to occur, there is no empirical evidence to support this kind of cause and effect. In fact, many drivers completely refuted this theory at Daytona, saying that the presence of segments was not…