The rainy weather in Daytona last weekend made a complete mess of the schedule. What was originally supposed to be a 5 p.m. ET race on Saturday afternoon ended up being 9 p.m. ET on Monday after three start time changes.

The shifting realistically changed everything about the broadcast. The only person in the booth Monday night that was originally supposed to be there was Adam Alexander. He was originally supposed to be flanked by Austin Dillon and Brad Keselowski. Both drivers competed in the Daytona 500 and chose to opt out. In their place was Andy Petree and Michael Waltrip.

With Waltrip, you more or less know what you're getting. He was already in Daytona for his work with the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series broadcast Friday night and didn't really get a chance to do his Grid Walk due to the race.

Petree is an experienced booth analyst from his eight years with ESPN, plus additional work with FOX Sports as a technical analyst. These days, Petree holds an executive role at Richard Childress Racing.

I knew going in that the race broadcast was going to start at 9 p.m. ET. What I didn't expect was that they were darn near going to start the broadcast at the green flag. The command to start engines occurred nearly 10 minutes before the broadcast started. FOX Sports 1 was airing a poker tournament from 2018 at the time. I thought they were going to miss the start due to the poker obligations. Luckily, that was not the case.

Watching the broadcast, it's almost like a number of people left their posts after the Daytona 500 to get some rest before early morning flights home on Tuesday. It seemed like we were missing a lot.

For instance, Justin Allgaier spun out exiting turn 2 on lap 45 to bring out the fourth yellow of the race. I could see it happening when the cars were coming past the speed shot camera, but it's like the production couldn't pick up on it. Just terrible.

With the big wreck on lap 37, it was rather difficult to figure out who all was involved in the wreck. Josh Williams and Frankie Muniz were eliminated in the crash. I honestly don't know how they got involved. I never saw either of them on the replays.

Another multi-car crash on lap 103 was originally called as a debris caution.Then, the broadcast brought up the actual crash. It's as if the booth was simply watching off of monitors all night and not bothering to look out the window. Literally, the opposite of what Mike Joy was doing on Sunday.

Petree is generally a pretty solid analyst. On Monday, he let his RCR allegiances show too readily. You could tell that he was in the tank for RCR all night. It's understandable since he works for the team and helps run things, but you just can't do that on a broadcast.

Yes, you got some interesting information there (Ex: The heavy contact on the final lap at Martinsville last fall caused damage inside of the fender wells that viewers couldn't see that made Sheldon Creed's car ultra tight after Austin Hill hit him, allowing Allgaier to win). However, Petree seemed quite partial and hurt the broadcast.

Post-race coverage was very brief. The race went long slightly, meaning less than 15 minutes. However, viewers only got a tri-oval grass interview with winner Austin Hill before leaving for a repeat airing of the Daytona 500 from earlier in the day.

I technically don't know who got caught up in the last-lap crash exiting turn 2 other than Ryan Sieg and a couple of others. No replays were ever shown of the crash. There was no reason for this move. It's not like they needed to get to a live college basketball game or something like that. They had the time.

I came away from the broadcast frustrated. Rarely do Xfinity races get me this angry, especially at 11:30 p.m. ET on a Monday night. Saturday afternoon in Atlanta will be quite different as things will be back to something resembling normal. I don't want a repeat of Daytona since what we saw there was just unacceptable.

It is basically a disservice to the series and to fans. Normally, like the NASCAR Cup Series, the season opener in Daytona is the highest-rated race of the year for the Xfinity Series as well. You need to put your best foot forward, your "A-Game," so to speak, and not the energy drink. FOX Sports brought out their D-Game Monday night.

Phil Allaway is the Newsletter Manager for Frontstretch. He can be reached via e-mail at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com. Photo is courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography.