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Problem with covering a 24-hour race is that there is 24 hours worth of stuff going on. Another problem is coming up with a headline which readers will find attractive.
"No Surprise at Daytona as Porsche Cruises to Easy Victory" is likely to get lost in the waste-pool of modern screaming media. "Race to the Wire," "Mad Dash to Victory" are more likely to cut through.
This Really hurts the sport, because it feeds NASCAR's insistence that fans only car about he final five minutes (or less) but it is actually an attempt top int3erest non-fans---and of course NASCAR wants those non-fans.
Also, all reporters are fighting two phenomena: One, the shrinking news hole, and two, the trend for people to read only short articles or the beginning of long articles.
Editors might prefer 200-350 words to 650 or 1350---and how much can a reporter say about a 24-hour race, 3ven a 2:45 race, in 200 words? Basically, who won, not how.
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