Okay, so lemme tell you ’bout this thing I did – figuring out the NASCAR 2018 season schedule. It was a bit of a dive, but kinda fun, you know?
First off, I was just looking for when my favorite drivers were gonna be racing. I started by hitting up Google, right? Just typed in “NASCAR 2018 season schedule.” Plenty of sites popped up, official NASCAR, ESPN, all that jazz.
I clicked on the official NASCAR site first. It looked pretty slick, had a calendar view, which was cool. I could see the dates, locations, and even the race names for each event. But, like, it was kinda overwhelming, all the details.
Then I went to the ESPN site. They had a list format, which I actually preferred. Easier to just scan down and find the dates I needed. They also had TV info, which channel was gonna broadcast the race, that was handy.
Here’s where it got a little tricky. I wanted to, like, put it all in my own calendar, you know? So I could get reminders and stuff. I tried copy-pasting the info, but it ended up all jumbled and messy.
So I decided to go old-school. I opened up a spreadsheet – Google Sheets, since it’s free and easy. Then, I just went through the ESPN schedule and manually typed in each race: date, location, race name, channel. It took a while, I ain’t gonna lie.
After I had all the races in the spreadsheet, I downloaded it as a CSV file. Then, I imported that CSV into my Google Calendar. Boom! All the NASCAR races were showing up on my phone, with reminders and everything.
Couple of snags I ran into: Some races had weird start times, like super early in the morning for me, cause of time zones. I had to double-check and adjust those. And some races got rescheduled ’cause of weather, so I had to keep an eye on the news and update my calendar when that happened.
Overall, it was a pretty simple project, but it made watching NASCAR a lot easier. No more missing races! Plus, I learned a bit about using spreadsheets and calendars more effectively. Not bad for a weekend project, eh?
