Whats with those orange 65 balls?

In the NASCAR Racing manual (talladega tutorial section) it says that (paraphrasing) "those orange balls at the beginning and end of each corner have nascar officials in them". I have studied my tapes of nascar races and do not believe nascar officials have anything to do with them. Anyone know anything on this matter?

>In the NASCAR Racing manual (talladega tutorial section) it says that (paraphrasing) >"those orange balls at the beginning and end of each corner have nascar officials in >them". I have studied my tapes of nascar races and do not believe nascar officials have >anything to do with them. Anyone know anything on this matter? Well, those "Orange Balls" if you didn't know this, is the Logo for "Unocal" the Fuel Sponsor of NASCAR the proper # that is on the ball is "76" I guess there was a copyright conflict there to. I do know that on a a few real tracks these would be big enuff to hold a man or two. But I can't personally atest to ever seeing this during a actual NASCAR race whether it be Live or Televised. Andy A

> In the NASCAR Racing manual (talladega tutorial section) it says that (paraphrasing) > "those orange balls at the beginning and end of each corner have nascar officials in > them". I have studied my tapes of nascar races and do not believe nascar officials have > anything to do with them. Anyone know anything on this matter? It is true. I know one of the guys that works as a NASCAR spotter at the 'Dega race in the ball.

>>In the NASCAR Racing manual (talladega tutorial section) it says that (paraphrasing) >>"those orange balls at the beginning and end of each corner have nascar officials in >>them". I have studied my tapes of nascar races and do not believe nascar officials have

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>>anything to do with them. Anyone know anything on this matter? >Well, those "Orange Balls" if you didn't know this, >is the Logo for "Unocal" the Fuel Sponsor of NASCAR >the proper # that is on the ball is "76" I guess there >was a copyright conflict there to. I do know that on a >a few real tracks these would be big enuff to hold a man >or two. But I can't personally atest to ever seeing this during >a actual NASCAR race whether it be Live or Televised.

I think what the manual should have said (it is unclear) is that a NASCAR official is usually standing on a platform on the sign. -- Dean Robb (WB: Raz1) PC-Easy On-site computer services and consulting

>I think what the manual should have said (it is unclear) is that a NASCAR >official is usually standing on a platform on the sign. Nope, the manual was right. If you look real close this weekend at Talladega, you'll notice that the Unocal 76 ball at the exit of turn 4 (right at the end of the main grandstand) has 3 or 4 windows in it. NASCAR spotters sit in those balls to spot debris on the track and other trouble. They are located in other positions as well. Pat ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pat Campbell The Chevy Monte Carlo 6,94,88,16,4,25 Lexington, AL NASCAR's Wide Load War Eagle!!! Home Page: http://fly.hiwaay.net/~pscampbe/pscindex.html NASCAR Stats: http://fly.hiwaay.net/~pscampbe/nascstat.html -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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> > In the NASCAR Racing manual (talladega tutorial section) it says that (paraphrasing) > > "those orange balls at the beginning and end of each corner have nascar officials in > > them". I have studied my tapes of nascar races and do not believe nascar officials have > > anything to do with them. Anyone know anything on this matter? > It is true. I know one of the guys that works as a NASCAR > spotter at the 'Dega race in the ball.

At the beginning of turn 1 (and I think turns 3 and 4) at Daytona, there are the big orange 76 balls. The one at turn 1 has an ESPN camera-man in it along with a NASCAR official.