Daytona Cup Race Thread

[Jonesi]

45 cars on Entry List, 2 will DNQ (Jeremy Mayfield still has a couple of hours to show up)
Top 35:
14 TONY STEWART
24 JEFF GORDON
48 JIMMIE JOHNSON
2 KURT BUSCH
99 CARL EDWARDS
11 DENNY HAMLIN
39 RYAN NEWMAN
18 KYLE BUSCH
16 GREG BIFFLE
17 MATT KENSETH
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5 MARK MARTIN
42 JUAN P MONTOYA
9 KASEY KAHNE
00 DAVID REUTIMANN
33 CLINT BOWYER
31 JEFF BURTON
83 BRIAN VICKERS
47 MARCOS AMBROSE
88 DALE EARNHARDT JR
07 CASEY MEARS
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20 JOEY L0GANO
26 JAMIE McMURRAY
19 ELLIOTT SADLER
1 MARTIN TRUEX JR
77 SAM HORNISH JR
43 REED SORENSON
29 KEVIN HARVICK
96 BOBBY LABONTE
44 AJ ALLMENDINGER
6 DAVID RAGAN
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12 DAVID STREMME
55 MICHAEL WALTRIP
98 PAUL MENARD
7 ROBBY GORDON
34 JOHN ANDRETTI

GOGH:
82 SCOTT SPEED
71 DAVID GILLILAND
78 REGAN SMITH
87 JOE NEMECHEK
09 BRAD KESELOWSKI
66 DAVE BLANEY
37 TONY RAINES
36 PATRICK CARPENTIER
13 MAX PAPIS
64 MIKE WALLACE

[call_me_andrew]

That's a lot of empty seats on the backstretch.

[BobbyC]

The track closed the backstretch except for the suites. The only people allowed were the suite holders and some NASCAR officials and TNT people.

[e2mtt]

Somebody needs to sit down and give Nascar's new golden boys some lessons on superspeedway racing. Edwards at Talladega, and now Kyle Busch at Daytona... you can't block once the fender is alongside! Side-by-side drag race to the finish the way Mark Martin might do it, thats good. Last second chop block... you crash into the wall and don't finish the race.

[call_me_andrew]

I think that message can be given with the following memo: "Car high isn't a suggestion"

[The instant classic]

damn i need to stop going to the plate races i went to dega this year, and almost had carl edwards in my lap and im at daytona now and again almost had kyle busch in my lap
but for the kyle wreck i know many many many fans hate him but being one in the stands and hearing cheers from the fans after kyle took a bad bad wreck was in bad taste, i said to one guy next to me, its a big laugh huh? what if he got airborn like edwards and you had metal flying at you?
i can understand fans hating kyle but laughing at a bad wreck bad taste,
i could understand his tire goes down he goes down laps or DNF and fans cheer, makes me wonder do most fans come to see a great race? or just to see bad wrecks?

[UltimateDanGTR]

Well, Kyle Busch is now officially a plonker-the stupidest block I think Ive ever seen in motor racing. Thnkfully Tony Stewart wasnt effected, which is good as he did nothing wrong. shame Carl Edwards didnt win though.

it was a good race though, even if it was a crash fest at points, and it was an awesome finish, shame it wasnt more awesome and we didnt have a side by side finish. thats what should of happened, but then Busch must have drunk too much Busch and ruined it.

so myabe he got his just deserts, although Im very glad hes alright obviously.

[wedge]

Dumb move by Kyle but since it was the last lap that's racing

[Lee Roy]

I didn't watch. I refuse to watch restrictor plate races. NASCAR should tear down those high banks at Daytona and Tally.

As "The instant classic" stated above, RP racing has attracted a group of people who love the wrecks. I'd love for that group to be sorely disappointed and leave.

[harvick#1]

I didn't watch. I refuse to watch restrictor plate races. NASCAR should tear down those high banks at Daytona and Tally.

As "The instant classic" stated above, RP racing has attracted a group of people who love the wrecks. I'd love for that group to be sorely disappointed and leave.

agreed, but nascar wont change it until someone dies (and now its become either fan or driver first).

Nascar has to start enforcing blocking rules and drafting rules, its crazy why they let it go