Gatorade Duels Lineup & Race

[DanicaFan]

Well, now its time for the Gatorade Duels to determine the rest of the Daytona 500 starting grid. Below are the starting line-ups for the duels. The Duels start at 1pm Eastern on Speed.

Gatorade Duel 1

1. #99 Carl Edwards
2. #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
3. #9 Marcos Ambrose
4. #6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
5. #21 Trevor Bayne
6. #14 Tony Stewart
7. #43 Aric Almirola
8. #27 Paul Menard
9. #34 David Ragan
10. #22 AJ Allmendinger
11. #2 Brad Keselowski
12. #29 Kevin Harvick
13. #31 Jeff Burton
14. #42 Juan Montoya
15. #30 David Stremme
16. #1 Jamie McMurray
17. #10 Danica Patrick
18. #32 Terry Labonte
19. #40 Michael Waltrip
20 #11 Denny Hamlin
21. #98 Michael McDowell
22. #83 Landon Cassill
23. #38 David Gilliland
24. #37 Mike Wallace
25. #7 Robby Gordon

Gatorade Duel 2

1. #16 Greg Biffle
2. #13 Casey Mears
3. #24 Jeff Gordon
4. #56 Martin Truex Jr.
5. #55 Mark Martin
6. #48 Jimmie Johnson
7. #17 Matt Kenseth
8. #39 Ryan Newman
9. #20 Joey Logano
10. #5 Kasey Kahne
11. #26 Tony Raines
12. #18 Kyle Busch
13. #09 Kenny Wallace
14. #36 Dave Blaney
15. #51 Kurt Busch
16. #33 Elliott Sadler
17. #87 Joe Nemechek
18. #78 Regan Smith
19. #47 Bobby Labonte
20. #97 Bill Elliott
21. #93 David Reutimann
22. #23 Robert Richardson Jr.
23. #49 JJ Yeley
24. #15 Clint Bowyer

[call_me_andrew]

Wouldn't it be awesome if the qualifying rules at Daytona made sense again?

[00steven]

Wouldn't it be awesome if the qualifying rules at Daytona made sense again?

Yes

[DanicaFan]

Wouldn't it be awesome if the qualifying rules at Daytona made sense again?

Yes, I dont like the qualifying procedure at Daytona.

[DanicaFan]

That ending sucked. My girl took a hard hit, glad she is ok.

[Jonesi]

R Gordon & McDowell raced in and Bayne & Stremme will get in on their qualifing speeds.

[DanicaFan]

Duel 1 Race Results

1. #14 Tony Stewart
2. #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
3. #9 Marcos Ambrose
4. #98 Michael McDowell
5. #7 Robby Gordon
6. #31 Jeff Burton
7. #99 Carl Edwards
8. #22 AJ Allmendinger
9. #29 Kevin Harvick
10. #1 Jamie McMurray
11. #6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
12. #21 Trevor Bayne
13. #2 Brad Keselowski
14. #34 David Ragan
15. #43 Aric Almirola
16. #10 Danica Patrick
17. #11 Denny Hamlin
18. #40 Michael Waltrip
19. #30 David Stremme
20. #37 Mike Wallace
21. #32 Terry Labonte
22. #38 David Gilliland
23. #42 Juan Montoya
24. #27 Paul Menard
25. #83 Landon Cassill

[heliocastroneves#3]

Juan Montoya. :(

[DanicaFan]

Duel 2 Results..

1. #17 Matt Kenseth
2. #78 Regan Smith
3. #48 Jimmie Johnson
4. #33 Elliott Sadler
5. #16 Greg Biffle
6. #20 Joey Logano
7. #18 Kyle Busch
8. #24 Jeff Gordon
9. #39 Ryan Newman
10. #5 Kasey Kahne
11. #55 Mark Martin
12. #36 Dave Blaney
13. #56 Martin Truex Jr.
14. #51 Kurt Busch
15. #15 Clint Bowyer
16. #47 Bobby labonte
17. #87 Joe Nemechek
18. #13 Casey Mears
19. #23 Robert Richardson Jr.
20. #97 Bill Elliott
21. #09 Kenny Wallace
22. #26 Tony Raines
23. #93 David Reutimann
24. #49 JJ Yeley

[Jonesi]

In race 2 Blaney & Nemechek raced in, and Raines gets in on his speed.

[call_me_andrew]

At least it wasn't a crash fest like the shootout.

[Alexamateo]

That ending sucked. My girl took a hard hit, glad she is ok.

I watched the first race live, and must admit I was a little worried when I saw how hard she hit. The safety barriers and other advances really do make a difference. If that had happened even as recently as 10 years ago she'd be in for some sheet time for a while.

[slorydn1]

I watched the first race live, and must admit I was a little worried when I saw how hard she hit. The safety barriers and other advances really do make a difference. If that had happened even as recently as 10 years ago she'd be in for some sheet time for a while.

Definitely. The approach to the wall was all grass there back then and the wall was concrete. I shudder to think what would have happened if she hit that concrete wall roof first after getting snagged by the grass that had been there.......

[call_me_andrew]

The skidpad has been there since the mid-90's, it was expanded when the track was repaved a few years back.

And in the early 90's, she might not have hit the concrete wall at all. She would have gone over the earth embankment and into Lake Lloyd.

[Alexamateo]

The skidpad has been there since the mid-90's, it was expanded when the track was repaved a few years back.

And in the early 90's, she might not have hit the concrete wall at all. She would have gone over the earth embankment and into Lake Lloyd.

I remember when I first started watching racing as a kid, a car in the IROC race did exactly that. I think it was Al Unser. He didn't make it into the lake although he was right at the edge.

[Alexamateo]

Memory is a funny thing,Andrew mentioning the embankment made me think of a wreck I hadn't thought of in years. SO I went looking on youtube and found it. Isn't modern technology wonderful!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3ibTylNUkWI

[call_me_andrew]

Unser's crash was impressive, but he didn't get wet.

_ikgWHor4Ng

I think this was 1994.