Daytona 500 Race Thread

[dj_bytedisaster]

You go girl. Congrats to Danica

[Alexamateo]

There's no fix, Stewart-Haas cars have been at the top of the charts all week and they were ranked 1-4-5, Hendrick was 2-6-11-21, Gibbs was 7-8-10.

In the plate era, Daytona poles have been won by multi-time champs (Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson), and guys for which it will be the highlight of their Cup careers(Loy Allen, David Gilliland). That she won it is no real surprise. I have always said that if she were a man, she would be rated as a good, journeyman driver, and several journeymen drivers have won pole, especially in the plate era.

[call_me_andrew]

It doesn't hurt that she's probably 30 pounds lighter than any other driver.

The cars weigh 3350 pounds without the driver and 3550 with the driver. If a driver weighs less than 200 pounds, ballast is added to make weight.

[Jonesi]

The cars weigh 3350 pounds without the driver and 3550 with the driver. If a driver weighs less than 200 pounds, ballast is added to make weight.

Speed's Nascar show today discussed the changes for this year. They changed to index weight to 180 from 200, and they don't adjust below 150lbs (didn't say why). So if Danica is 100lbs her car could be 50 lighter then others.

[call_me_andrew]

We have a starting grid.

1 10 Danica Patrick # GoDaddy.com Chevy
2 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevy
3 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevy
4 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota
5 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 194.729
6 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevy
7 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevy
8 33 Austin Dillon(i) Honey Nut Cheerios Chevy
9 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevy
10 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota
11 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row Chevy
12 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota
13 14 Tony Stewart Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevy
14 55 Mark Martin Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota
15 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford
16 27 Paul Menard Menards/Peak Chevy
17 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford
18 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevy
19 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. National Guard Chevy
20 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's Chevy
21 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford
22 34 David Ragan Detail Doctor Ford
23 47 Bobby Labonte Kroger Toyota
24 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford
25 38 David Gilliland Love's Travel Stops Ford
26 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 194.742
27 87 Joe Nemechek(i) Maddie's Place Rocks
28 17 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. # Best Buy Ford
29 26 Michael Waltrip Sandy Hook School Support Fund Toyota
30 7 Dave Blaney Florida Lottery Chevy
31 95 Scott Speed Leavine Family Racing Ford
32 35 Josh Wise Blockbuster.com Ford
33 21 Trevor Bayne(i) Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford
34 39 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Chevy
35 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota
36 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford
37 56 Martin Truex, Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota
38 98 Michael McDowell K-Love/Curb Records Ford
39 32 Terry Labonte C&J Energy Services Ford
40 51 Regan Smith(i) Guy Roofing Chevy
41 36 JJ Yeley Golden Corral Chevy
42 83 David Reutimann Burger King/Dr.Pepper Toyota
43 93 Travis Kvapil Burger King/Dr.Pepper Toyota

DNQ 19 Mike Bliss(i) G-Oil/Plinker Tactical Toyota 189.438 DNQ
DNQ 52 Brian Keselowski TruckerFan.com Toyota 183.876 DNQ

#Rookie
(i) Not running for Sprint Cup points

[Alexamateo]

Harvick's lookin' strong this speedweeks,I bet Slo's really looking forward to Sunday!

[Tazio]

Wow, just wow. Horrible crash.
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[call_me_andrew]

10 years ago NASCAR wanted to break up packs for safety. Are we just assuming the cars are death proof now?

[Tazio]

Just the opposite I think NASCAR is in trim engineering wise, but they go too fast for their **********

[ShiftingGears]

Could've easily been fatal for several spectators. Let's hope the spectator in critical condition pulls though. Something I didn't see from the TV coverage was a wheel ending up in the stands.

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