Posted on 02/17/2006 8:19:46 AM PST by WestCoastGal
Watch that bump drafting boys!!
Coverage of the 2006 Daytona 500 airs live on NBC on Sunday, February 19 starting at 12:00 p.m. ET.
Jay Leno will be in the pace car
Bon Jovi’s “Have A Nice Day” tour, the legendary rock band will headline the Sprint Tribute to America prior to the Daytona 500 Feb. 19, which kicks off the 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series™ season.
The pre-race show will air live on NBC from Daytona International Speedway The Black Eyed Peas’ Fergie, who has recorded such hits as “Let’s Get it Started,” “Don’t Lie,” “Don’t Phunk With My Heart” and “Hey Mama” will sing the National Anthem prior to the Daytona 500, the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series’ biggest, richest and most prestigious race, on Sunday, Feb. 19 (NBC 12 p.m.). In addition to Fergie,
J Records platinum recording artist Gavin DeGraw will sing the National Anthem to start the Busch Series Hershey's Kissables 300 on February 18th.
The Hershey’s Kissables 300 is the kickoff event to the NASCAR Busch Series and is the circuit’s biggest, richest and most prestigious race of the year. One of the most watched Busch Series races of the season, the 120-lap, 300-mile race features both the stars of the Busch Series as well as moonlighting NEXTEL Cup Series drivers. Coverage of the 2006 Hershey’s Kissables 300 airs live on TNT Saturday, February 18 at 1:30 pm ET.
Craftsman Truck Series 02|17|06 - 8pm ET - GM Flex Fuel 250
IROC - 02-17-06 6pm ET
Boogity, boogity, boogity! I'm ready!
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Just remember drivers. If you have to go below the yellow line to avoid a crash, you may as well just crash.
I wonder why NASCAR.com doesn't have all the qual times up.
I knew I should have gone with Schelmerdine over Wimmer for the FFRL! Darnit!
Daytona is the only race where you can still change your 8 picks after qualifying because of the odd qualifying races.
I'm sneaking outta work early this afternoon to get ready for the best weekend of the year. Craftsman Trucks tonight under the lights... I can't wait.
Go DEI & RCR
5 years-RIP
WOOO HOOO!
Daytona 500!
Thanks for the ping, WCG. Do you know if NASCAR is planning a Dale Earnhardt tribute at this year's 500 to mark the 5th anniversary?
Got it, thanks!
I can't find anything on the Speedway website. Odd
I had read several weeks ago that something was planned for tomorrow.
Some drivers remember Dale...
JEFF GORDON, Nextel Cup driver and former rival ...
On Earnhardt's legacy:
"I would say a Babe Ruth figure. That's the way I look at him. He was probably the best driver I raced against, and certainly the way he left the sport is something that is only going to leave his persona at a higher level. He still had things to accomplish, he still had things he wanted to do. The fact that we didn't get to see that happen is going to continue to make him larger than life."
JEFF BURTON, Nextel Cup driver ...
On the way Dale Earnhardt Sr. separated racing and relating to his peers:
"A lot of our younger drivers fail to realize that you can - on the racetrack - be intense, be selfish, be self-centered, only care about what's going on with your team right then and there, but when the race is over that needs to stop. A lot of our younger drivers don't get that. You can't live your life the way you drive a racecar. If you live your life the way you drive your car you're an a------. That's just the way it is. A lot of drivers don't understand it's okay to be somebody different out of the racecar. As of matter of fact, it's not only okay, it's mandatory if you want to be a productive person in society. "Dale understood that. You go back and watch all the things that Dale's involved in, how many times did he lose it on TV? How many times did he have something bad to say about somebody. He'd say, "Ah, that's just racing" and walk off. Now three weeks later, the guy that was racing with him, got spun out."
KURT BUSCH, Nextel Cup driver ...
On why he was "The Intimidator's" whipping boy:
"I did seven races with him in 2000 and the Daytona 500 in 2001. He was mad as hell at me. At my first race in Dover, I got done qualifying he asked me, "Son, were you ever going to lift going into that corner?' And I said, "I thought that was the way you had to drive it in there. I didn't know.' He said, "All right, well, keep 'er off the wall.' So that was my first dialogue with him. The next was, I accidentally ran into Dale Jr. at Rockingham and spun him and Junior was running for the Rookie of the Year that year and he was p----d as hell after the race. I think Miami was the next race and there wasn't a straight side on my car afterwards, just from him roughing me up. There's a picture in the Winston Cup Scene of him jacking me up sideways and all the fans were writing in, asking "Has Earnhardt gone too far?' So it was a great article of me just plum sideways with Earnhardt beating the crap out of me."
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/02/17/Sports/Remembering_3.shtml
Thanks, great pic!!
Friday February 17th 2006
* Toyota Trucks 2005: Craftsman 12:00 pm SpeedTV
* NASCAR Live: Daytona 1:00 pm SpeedTV
* Nextel Cup Daytona 500 Practice 1 1:30 pm SpeedTV
* Busch Series Qualifying 3:00 pm SpeedTV
* NASCAR Live: Daytona 5:30 pm SpeedTV
* Crown Royal IROFC Racing 6:00 pm SpeedTV
* Trackside at Daytona 500 7:00 pm SpeedTV
* Craftsman Truck Race: Daytona 8:00 pm SpeedTV
* Past Champions: Tony Stewart 10:30 pm SpeedTV
* Trackside at Daytona 500 11:00 pm SpeedTV
Guests on Trackside:
Dale Earnhardt Jr
Kevin Harvick
Saturday February 18th 2006
* NASCAR Live: Daytona 9:00 am SpeedTV
* Nextel Cup Final Practice 10:30 am SpeedTV
* NASCAR Live: Daytona 12:00 pm SpeedTV
* Busch Series Race: Daytona 1:00 pm TNT
* Nextel Cup Practice 1:30 pm SpeedTV
* NASCAR Live: Daytona 5:00 pm SpeedTV
* Speed News 7:00 pm SpeedTV
* NASCAR Performance 7:30 pm SpeedTV
* Inside Nextel Cup: Special Editon 8:00 pm SpeedTV
* NASCAR Five Years Later 9:00 pm SpeedTV
Sunday February 19th 2006
* NASCAR Live: Daytona 8:00 am SpeedTV
* Dave Despain: Daytona 10:00 am SpeedTV
* NASCAR RaceDay 11:00 am SpeedTV
* Nextel Cup Race: Daytona 500 2:00 pm NBC
* Speed News 7:00 pm SpeedTV
* NASCAR Victory Lane: Daytona 500 8:00 pm SpeedTV
* Wind Tunnel: Live 9:00 pm SpeedTV
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