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To: NormsRevenge

Hmmmmm from that article.......

"According to the source, an instrument was placed inside the car that raised the rear window after it went through pre-qualifying inspection to provide an aerodynamic advantage."

Since this isn't Knaus' first foray into the gray area of cheating he just may get suspended again. I wonder if the team will start the season minus 25 points?

821 posted on 02/13/2006 4:25:23 AM PST by WestCoastGal (Jr -"This race is like a bar fight on four wheels" ~You know, I drive right off the hood.)

To: WestCoastGal

That shakes up the Duels field some. All of the field-fillers that had a worse time than Texas Terry on Sunday get shifted to the other Duel.

Corrected and official 1st Duel lineup -
- This was set using the times of the fastest qualifier from Sunday, the remaining teams that finished in the "odd" positions of the top 35 in 2005 owners' points (1st, 3rd, and so on - note; Jeff Gordon, who would have been in this Duel, was the 2nd-fastest qualifier and is on the pole of the 2nd Duel), and the "odd"-fastest-qualifying (fastest, 3rd-fastest, so on) "field-fillers" (teams not in the top 35 in 2005 owners' points).
- This race will set the "inside" positions 3-39 (odd) for the Daytona 500 behind Jeff Burton with the finishing order of the remaining "top-35" teams and the 2 top-finishing field-fillers. Positions 40-42 will be filled by the 3 fastest-qualifying field-fillers that don't finish among the top 2 field-fillers in either Duel, and position 43 will be filled by either Terry Labonte (if he isn't already in the field) or the 4th-fastest-qualifying field-filler that didn't finish among the top 2 field-fillers in either Duel.

Pos.	Car	Driver	Make	Sponsor	Speed	Time	Behind
1	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Cingular Wireless	189.151	47.581	Leader
2	88	Dale Jarrett	Ford	UPS	188.849	47.657	-0.076
3	38	Elliott Sadler	Ford	M&M's	188.810	47.667	-0.086
4	07	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	Jack Daniel's	187.786	47.927	-0.346
5	136	Bill Elliott+	Chevrolet	Ginn Clubs & Resorts	187.715	47.945	-0.364
6	2	Kurt Busch	Dodge	Miller Lite	187.539	47.990	-0.409
7	11	Denny Hamlin	Chevrolet	FedEx Express	187.488	48.003	-0.422
8	14	Sterling Marlin	Chevrolet	Waste Management	187.274	48.058	-0.477
9	25	Brian Vickers	Chevrolet	GMAC	187.239	48.067	-0.486
10	20	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	The Home Depot	187.196	48.078	-0.497
11	00	Hermie Sadler+	Ford	Aaron's	187.025	48.122	-0.541
12	66	Jeff Green	Chevrolet	Best Buy	186.990	48.131	-0.550
13	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	Dodge Dealers/UAW	186.691	48.208	-0.627
14	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Office Depot	186.614	48.228	-0.647
15	61	Kevin Lepage*	Ford	Amp Energy Drink	186.097	48.362	-0.781
16	21	Ken Schrader	Ford	Little Debbie	186.043	48.376	-0.795
17	15	Paul Menard*	Chevrolet	Menards/Pittsburgh Paints	185.334	48.561	-0.980
18	1	Martin Truex Jr.	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	185.242	48.585	-1.004
19	50	Larry Foyt*	Dodge	Arnold Development Companies	185.128	48.615	-1.034
20	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Budweiser	185.124	48.616	-1.035
21	34	Randy LaJoie*	Chevrolet	Front Row Motorsports	184.540	48.770	-1.189
22	74	Derrike Cope*	Dodge	MyGuardian911/Sundance Vacations	183.333	49.091	-1.510
23	23	Mike Skinner*	Dodge	Bad Boy Mowers	182.771	49.242	-1.661
24	49	Brent Sherman	Dodge	Serta	182.142	49.412	-1.831
25	92	Chad Chaffin*	Chevrolet	Oak Glove Co.	181.763	49.515	-1.934
26	152	Larry Gunselman*	Dodge	Pro30.com/Race2WA.com	181.214	49.665	-2.084
27	159	Andy Belmont*	Chevrolet	YearOne.com	179.960	50.011	-2.430
28	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	DeWalt Power Tools	DNF	-	-
29	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	DQ	-	-
30	96	Terry Labonte+	Chevrolet	DLP HDTV/Tweeter	DQ	-	-

+ Denotes driver/team not in the top 35 in owners' points at the end of last year but locked into the Daytona 500. Bill Elliott (fastest field-filler in qualifying) and Hermie Sadler (3rd-fastest field-filler in qualifying) are locked in by qualifying speed, while Terry Labonte is locked in by virtue of being the most-recent Cup champ who is on a field-filler team. They can improve their starting positions by finishing among the top 2 field-fillers in this Duel.
* Denotes driver/team not in the top 35 in owners' points at the end of last year and not locked into the Daytona 500.
Kevin Lepage (5th-fastest field-filler in qualifying) can use his speed to make the Daytona 500 if one of the "guaranteed" drivers (Elliott, Sadler and Labonte in the 1st Duel, Travis Kvapil in the 2nd Duel) finishes among the top 2 field-fillers in his respective Duel.
Paul Menard (7th-fastest field-filler in qualifying) can use his speed to make the Daytona 500 if 3 of the "guaranteed" drivers finish among the top 2 field-fillers in their respective Duels.
Otherwise, the only way for these drivers to make the Daytona 500 is to finish among the top 2 field-fillers in this Duel.

822 posted on 02/13/2006 4:25:32 AM PST by steveegg (Take two - throw those long knives at the DemonRATs and lieberals - and include the RINOs)

I think Tony just may have stepped into the role of speaking for the drivers. There was an article the other day wondering who would finally step into Earnhardt's shoes since it seems to be needed these days.

From what I saw the offenders were the younger drivers Kyle Busch and Vickers who were driving wildly. Edwards should not have passed below the yellow the first time, but he was wrongly penalized for the second run below the yellow to avoid the pitting cars. Penalties almost as bad as the NFL lately.

I hope Jr is right about them calming down when points racing starts next week. However, based on last years restrictor plate races I'm not sure. The bump draft is exciting to watch when the guys who know how and when to do it are racing. But the last few years seem to have changed in the way some of them will do anything to pass or block.

823 posted on 02/13/2006 4:31:59 AM PST by WestCoastGal (Jr -"This race is like a bar fight on four wheels" ~You know, I drive right off the hood.)

Corrected and official 2nd Duel lineup -
- This was set using the times of the 2nd-fastest qualifier from Sunday, the remaining teams that finished in the "even" positions of the top 35 in 2005 owners' points (2nd, 4th, and so on - note; Jeff Burton, who would have been in this Duel, was the fastest qualifier and is on the pole of the 1st Duel), and the "even"-fastest-qualifying (2nd-fastest, 4th-fastest, so on) "field-fillers" (teams not in the top 35 in 2005 owners' points).
- This race will set the "outside" positions 4-38 (even) for the Daytona 500 behind Jeff Gordon with the finishing order of the remaining "top-35" teams and the 2 top-finishing field-fillers. Positions 40-42 will be filled by the 3 fastest-qualifying field-fillers that don't finish among the top 2 field-fillers in either Duel, and position 43 will be filled by either Terry Labonte (if he isn't already in the field) or the 4th-fastest-qualifying field-filler that didn't finish among the top 2 field-fillers in either Duel.

Pos.	Car	Driver	Make	Sponsor	Speed	Time	Behind
1	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	188.877	47.650	Leader
2	43	Bobby Labonte	Dodge	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	187.935	47.889	-0.239
3	26	Jamie McMurray	Ford	Crown Royal	187.743	47.938	-0.288
4	5	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	Kellogg's	187.570	47.982	-0.332
5	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench	187.406	48.024	-0.374
6	01	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	187.402	48.025	-0.375
7	18	J.J. Yeley	Chevrolet	Interstate Batteries	187.207	48.075	-0.425
8	32	Travis Kvapil+	Chevrolet	Tide	187.106	48.101	-0.451
9	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge	Dodge Dealers/UAW	186.908	48.152	-0.502
10	7	Robby Gordon*	Chevrolet	Jim Beam	186.850	48.167	-0.517
11	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	National Guard	186.672	48.213	-0.563
12	6	Mark Martin	Ford	AAA	186.436	48.274	-0.624
13	41	Reed Sorenson	Dodge	Target	186.289	48.312	-0.662
14	42	Casey Mears	Dodge	Texaco/Havoline	186.127	48.354	-0.704
15	12	Ryan Newman	Dodge	ALLTEL	185.774	48.446	-0.796
16	27	Kirk Shelmerdine*	Chevrolet	Apex Electric	185.361	48.554	-0.904
17	195	Stanton Barrett*	Chevrolet	Yippeenet.com	185.322	48.564	-0.914
18	4	Scott Wimmer*	Chevrolet	AERO Exhaust	184.854	48.687	-1.037
19	45	Kyle Petty	Dodge	Wells Fargo Financial	184.794	48.703	-1.053
20	22	Dave Blaney	Dodge	Caterpillar	184.566	48.763	-1.113
21	40	David Stremme	Dodge	Lone Star Steakhouse/Saloon	184.543	48.769	-1.119
22	89	Morgan Shepherd*	Dodge	Victory in Jesus/Dutch Quality Stone	186.576	49.026	-1.376
23	55	Michael Waltrip	Dodge	NAPA Auto Parts	183.411	49.070	-1.420
24	109	Mike Wallace*	Dodge	Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts	182.953	49.193	-1.543
25	37	Chad Blount*	Dodge	R&J Racing	181.906	49.476	-1.826
26	178	Kenny Wallace	Chevrolet	Furniture Row Racing	181.594	49.561	-1.911
27	10	Scott Riggs*	Dodge	Valvoline/Stanley Tools	180.890	49.754	-2.104
28	180	Carl Long*	Ford	RoadLoans.com	176.935	50.866	-3.216

+ Denotes driver/team not in the top 35 in owners' points at the end of last year but locked into the Daytona 500. Travis Kvapil (2nd-fastest field-filler in qualifying) is locked in by qualifying speed. He can improve his position by finishing among the top 2 field-fillers in this Duel
* Denotes driver/team not in the top 35 in owners' points at the end of last year and not locked into the Daytona 500.
Robby Gordon (4th-fastest field-filler in qualifying) can use his speed to make the Daytona 500 if one of the "guaranteed" drivers (Bill Elliott, Hermie Sadler and Terry Labonte in the 1st Duel, Kvapil in the 2nd Duel) finishes among the top 2 field-fillers in his respective Duel.
Kirk Shelmerdine (6th-fastest field-filler in qualifying) can use his speed to make the Daytona 500 if 2 of the "guaranteed" drivers finish among the top 2 field-fillers in their respective Duels.
Stanton Barrett (8th-fastest field-filler in qualifying) can use his speed to make the Daytona 500 if all 4 of the "guaranteed" drivers finish among the top 2 field-fillers in their respective Duels.
Otherwise, the only way for these drivers to make the Daytona 500 is to finish among the top 2 field-fillers in this Duel.

824 posted on 02/13/2006 4:46:20 AM PST by steveegg (Take two - throw those long knives at the DemonRATs and lieberals - and include the RINOs)

I don't thank you enough for all the facts and charts you post on these threads.

825 posted on 02/13/2006 5:21:32 AM PST by tubebender (Everything I know about computers I learned on Free Republic...)

826 posted on 02/13/2006 5:41:37 AM PST by WestCoastGal (Jr -"This race is like a bar fight on four wheels" ~You know, I drive right off the hood.)

Not a prob.

Upon further review (with some help from Jayski), I slightly fouled up the field-fillers that could still get in with their qualifying times. It's way too complicated to post, but I'll keep up with things Thursday.

827 posted on 02/13/2006 6:01:35 AM PST by steveegg (Take two - throw those long knives at the DemonRATs and lieberals - and include the RINOs)

David Hoots & Mike Helton should outlaw Bump-Drafting at all times, with appropriate repeat-offender penalties, up to and including, yanking the miscreant's hard-card.

I'd go along with that if they got rid of the restrictor plates. It's all a game of momentum management with the plates.

828 posted on 02/13/2006 6:42:26 AM PST by Toby06 (Hindsight alone is not wisdom, and second-guessing is not a strategy)

To: WestCoastGal

Something tells me the #5 is going to have a very difficult season if he doesn't calm down bigtime. Someone will Spencer him in short order like they did his big sister.

829 posted on 02/13/2006 6:47:14 AM PST by Toby06 (Hindsight alone is not wisdom, and second-guessing is not a strategy)

Pool on the track Shrub gets Spencered at?

I'll take the spring Bristol.

830 posted on 02/13/2006 7:02:02 AM PST by steveegg (Take two - throw those long knives at the DemonRATs and lieberals - and include the RINOs)

I'll say Daytona. LOl, I have little faith in the boy, family traits & all.

Your choice is probably right. things will reach the boiling point by Atlanta, and explode at bristol. If not, definitely by Martinsville.

831 posted on 02/13/2006 7:12:58 AM PST by Toby06 (Hindsight alone is not wisdom, and second-guessing is not a strategy)

Would Hamill have won if Tony hadn't bumped him to the lead?

832 posted on 02/13/2006 9:54:56 AM PST by tubebender (Everything I know about computers I learned on Free Republic...)

Hamlin sure seemed to get a lot of help from tony, but he did have a damn strong car, and is a heck of a decent driver, especially for a rookie. He's been proving himself in the few Winston Cup races he's run, IMO.

833 posted on 02/13/2006 10:12:57 AM PST by Toby06 (Hindsight alone is not wisdom, and second-guessing is not a strategy)

They are team mates and Tony should have helped him as he will do for Tony some day. I agree about his driving skills. Now we will watch to see if it was a fluke.

834 posted on 02/13/2006 10:59:09 AM PST by tubebender (Everything I know about computers I learned on Free Republic...)

Betcha a 6-pack he ends up in the top 10 for the Chase.

835 posted on 02/13/2006 11:05:43 AM PST by Toby06 (Hindsight alone is not wisdom, and second-guessing is not a strategy)

NASCAR.com - Chad Knaus has been ejected from Daytona International Speedway for the duration of Speedweeks. Further penalties against the #48 for the illegal rear window and the #96 for the illegal carburetor modification will be announced after the Daytona 500.

836 posted on 02/13/2006 2:38:48 PM PST by steveegg (Take two - throw those long knives at the DemonRATs and lieberals - and include the RINOs)

To: WestCoastGal

The Grissom/Buschwhacker Past Champ rule in Busch is apparently now official - NASCAR Scene Daily is now reporting it as fact. A past Busch Series champ will be able to use the provisional only once every 8 races (H/T - Jayski). Unknown (mainly because NASCAR.com isn't carrying it) is whether it's 8 races on the schedule or 8 races that driver entered.

837 posted on 02/13/2006 2:55:08 PM PST by steveegg (Take two - throw those long knives at the DemonRATs and lieberals - and include the RINOs)

To: steveegg; glock rocks; NormsRevenge

Ping to Dave De-Pain and the Mikey show on Speed...

838 posted on 02/13/2006 4:02:55 PM PST by tubebender (Everything I know about computers I learned on Free Republic...)

Thanks, would have missed it.

839 posted on 02/13/2006 4:37:07 PM PST by SouthTexas (2006 will be a very good year.)

I missed 30 minutes of it as we had to pickup my wifes Rivera from the Detail shop...

840 posted on 02/13/2006 5:02:43 PM PST by tubebender (Everything I know about computers I learned on Free Republic...)

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