Memo to Darrell Waltrip

I'm watching the end of the Daytona 500. Darrell Waltrip has been going on and on about what an amazing race it is because so many cars are within a second or two of the leader - running in the big packs they form at Daytona and Talledega. Hey, Darrell, it's not amazing - it's the result of a ruleset that includes yellow flags tossed out like candy, "lucky dog" passes, and restrictor plates that keep any one car from being meaningfully faster than any other.

Yutz.