Nascar SCS Daytona 500 at Daytona Intl Speedway Sunday February 23 on FOX at 1:00 PM ET

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[mabarker1]

Busch wins at Daytona: #51-Kyle Busch edged out #17-Timothy Peters at the finish line to win the season-opening NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway. #98-Johnny Sauter was third. #32-Ryan Truex, #30-Ron Hornaday, Jr., #29-Ryan Blaney, #13-Jeb Burton, #8-Joe Nemecheck, #08-Jimmy Weller, and #77-German Quiroga close out the top-10 finishers. There were 4 cautions for 19 laps and 8 lead changes among 4 drivers. Complete results are on the Daytona race results page (pdf).(2-21-2014)

Daytona Race Fast Facts:
Kyle Busch(i) won the 15th Annual NextEra Energy Resources 250, his 36th victory in 116 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.
This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in six races at Daytona International Speedway.
Timothy Peters (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in seven races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2014.
Johnny Sauter (third) posted his second top-10 finish in six races at Daytona International Speedway. Tyler Reddick (12th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Timothy Peters leads the point standings by 2 points over Johnny Sauter.
The margin of victory (0.017) in tonight’s race is the eighth closest finish all-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the closet in series history at Daytona International Speedway
(NASCAR Statistics)(2-21-2014)

[happydogx2]

Watched the finish video at the NASCAR site. That was close.

Traeger race food for the 'dog family tomorrow:

[mabarker1]

TEASE!!!

[mabarker1]

Smith wins at Daytona: #7-Regan Smith won the DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway, beating #22-Brad Keselowski to the finish line by .013 seconds. It was the 7th closest finish in Nationwide Series history. They were followed by #6-Trevor Bayne, #54-Kyle Busch, #11-Elliott Sadler, #62-Brendan Gaughan, #3-Ty Dillon, #31-Dylan Kwasniewski, #39-Ryan Sieg, and #42-Kyle Larson. There were 5 cautions for 20 laps and 9 lead changes among 6 leaders. Complete results are on the Daytona race results page (pdf). (2-22-2014)

[mabarker1]

I’M IN LUV!!!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3125996/posts

Might kill Me but what a way to go....

Just Please Somebody take Me to the Infield at Texas and have a Pyre.

[Chode]

sounds like a a handheld heart attack...

[mabarker1]

If it had eggs/cheese/taters & pico it would just be a normal (for Me) Breakfast Taco minus the tortilla.

[Chode]

breakfast of champions...

[tubebender]

Sorry I missed the race today but I had to visit with some old friends and today was the day to do it…

[happydogx2]

We only saw the last three laps ourselves. Very happy for Regan Smith.
Put the ribs on the Traeger mid afternoon and then went snowshoeing. Came home to a hot hot-tub, cold shower, cooked ribs and vanilla ice-cream with a chocolate / raspberry balsamic vinegar topping. Life is very, very good. As per our usual M.O. we will record the race (church and lunch w/son) then watch it later in the afternoon. Good luck this year -

[mabarker1]

No problem, I saw the race had to hang pictures and other Honey Do List stuff.

[mabarker1]

Happy Hour practice for the Daytona 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway is over after a 55 minute wet track delay, after 65 scheduled minutes, the top-five, slowest, notes: #41-Busch 197.625 #5-Kahne 197.490 #1-McMurray 197.472 (backup car) #99-Edwards 197.070 #78-Truex Jr 197.057 (backup car) slowest: #30-Kligerman 187.025 & #55-Vickers 188.913 not practicing: #'s 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 14, 18, 22, 23, 26, 27, 31, 33, 38, 40, 88 27 of 43 drivers have made practice runs. Notes: #66-Waltrip had the optional roof hatch fly open during a run and had to head to the garage to get it closed. Practice was scheduled to run 90 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30am/et but a damp track delayed the cars getting on track until around 10:55am/et; NASCAR extended the practice session until 12:00pm/et. See fastest speeds, laps run, Ten-lap averages on the Daytona 500 Happy Hour Practice Speeds page (pdf).(2-22-2014)

[mabarker1]

How are pit stall's chosen? by qualifying results, the 1st choose their stall and so on. If a car/driver has to go to the rear of the field before the start of the race due to driver change, backup car, engine/transmission change, etc they do NOT lose their pit stall selection

[tubebender]

Keep that up and I’ll unfriend you!!!

[McGruff]

I was happy to see Regan Smith win. He's a local track racer who made it to the big leagues. He has the #78 car in Sprint Cup racing but lost the ride to Kurt Bush who left the the next year for Stewart Haas racing. I didn't know he was driving for Juniors team. And he beat Keselowski at he line who stole the win from him last year at Daytona.

Hope today's Daytona 500 will be as much fun to watch.

[mabarker1]

Yeah, that made Mama happy because it was JRM, She would have rather it be Jr. But one for the Team no less. Jr also has Chase Elliot running the Season, and Bill is pretty much a consultant.

Yes, ready to get a Green Flag dropped. It’s 02:11 here in NC and I’m still up.

NHRA is on ESPN2 right now.

[McGruff]

Ruh Roh,

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Daytona 500 will likely start on time despite an iffy forecast, according to a nationally recognized meteorologist. But whether it finishes without a rain delay is another story.

Brian Neudorff, known as the unofficial NASCAR weatherman, told USA TODAY Sports he’s 80% sure rain won’t affect the start of Sunday’s race (1 p.m. ET, Fox; green flag is scheduled for 1:30). But scattered showers could pop up in the area during the late afternoon, which could cause several stoppages for weather.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2014/02/23/daytona-500-weather-2014-forecast/5731291/

[4kids dad]

Good luck everyone!!! I do not like to pick these crap shoots though. I sometimes think I would have better luck pulling names out of a hat.

[prisoner6]

It’s race day, YEE-HAW!

Have to make a beer and food run, then mrs p6 and I are settling in for the race.