2005 NASCAR DAYTONA 500: JEFF GORDON WINS! (LIVE THREAD)

NASCAR/Self ^ | 02/18/2005 | ChefKeith

[ChefKeith]

Welcome to:

2005 NASCAR DAYTONA 500
(and the Hershey's TAKE 5 300 BUSCH Race)

Daytona 500, Sunday 02/20/05 @ 1PM EST on FOX, TAKE 5 300, Saturday 02/19/05 @ 1PM EST on FOX

This Thread is Dedicated to:

Our Military all around the World

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The Members of the Hendrick Racing Team that we lost in the plane crash

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O.K. Race Fans I think most of us survived the Off Season Withdrawl (Thanks WCG for hosting that)

Now it's time to:

BOOGITTY, BOOGITTY, BOOGITTY!!!!!

for the 2005 NASCAR Season.

Track Facts:
Banking/Turns: 31
Distance: 2.5 miles
Shape: Tri-oval

Since 1959, Daytona International Speedway has hosted the Daytona 500, now the culmination of a two-week festival of speed known as Speedweeks. In early July, the track hosts the night-time running of the Pepsi 400. In addition to Busch Series and Craftsman Truck events, the track also hosts the sports-car Rolex 24 at Daytona, and motorcycle and karting events.

NASCAR Cup 500-Mile Race Record Buddy Baker 177.602MPH 02|17|80

NASCAR Cup 400-Mile Race Record Bobby Allison 173.473MPH 07|04|80

Busch Race Record Geoffrey Bodine 157.137MPH 02|16|85

Truck Race Record Robert Pressley 140.121MPH 02|15|02

NASCAR Cup Qualifying Record Bill Elliott 210.364MPH 1987
Shortly after this NASCAR introduces the Restrictor Plate to slow the speeds

Busch Qualifying Record Tommy Houston 194.389MPH 1987

Truck Qualifying Record Joe Ruttman 187.563MPH 2000

2004 Race Results:

NASCAR CUP Series:

2004 Daytona 500 02|15|04 Dale Earnhardt Jr.

2004 Pepsi 400 07|03|04 Jeff Gordon

Busch Series:

2004 Hershey's Kisses 300 02|16|04 Dale Earnhardt Jr.

2004 Winn-Dixie 250 presented by PepsiCo 07|02|04 Mike Wallace

Craftsman Truck Series:

2004 Florida Dodge Dealers 250 02|13|04 Carl Edwards

Trivia Time: Anybody know what this pic below is from?

NASCAR Daytona Shootout/Timed Qualifying/Twin 150's & Truck Race! The Season is close thread!!! (and IROC RACE)

Ashton Kutcher, the popular star of FOX's "That '70's Show" and the star of the upcoming feature film "Guess Who" will serve as Honorary Starter for the 47th annual Daytona 500, NASCAR's biggest, richest and most prestigious race. As Honorary Starter, Kutcher will wave the green flag to start the 43 NASCAR Cup Series drivers in the 200-lap, 500-mile race.

Thanks WCG for the help with info for the thread. I Love You!

[ChefKeith]

O.K., Y'all I've posted this a little early because I'm gonna be running around like a nutcase (more than usual) on Friday paying bills, picking up computers ('cause WCG needs more than one to cover the ScreenCaps, Radio and post to the thread plus I need one for me to use. I'm gonna see if She can type with both hands at the same time), shopping for the party and then working the nightshift.

Please use the link above for the Truck and IROC Races and let's start using this thread on Saturday AM.

Thanks, and Welcome to all the new Ping list members.

If anybody wants on the Ping List please notify: ChefKeith, WestCoastGal, NormsRevenge, steveegg or glockrocks via any NASCAR thread or FReepMail.

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[ConservativeLawStudent]

I would like to subscribe to the NASCAR ping list.

I cannot wait for the race on Sunday. Although I can't quite figure the new qualifying rules this year w/ the twin 125s, it was a nice sneak preview.

And my home track finally gets a 2nd Cup date this year, so - here's to my favorite weekend of the year one out of every 26 weeks from now on as opposed to 52

[Coldwater Creek]

Please put this NASCAR Wife, Mom and Grandmother on your ping list. Thanks

[leadpenny]

BOOGITTY, BOOGITTY, BOOGITTY!!!!! Darrell Waltrip is coming up now with Don Imus on MSNBC.

[leadpenny]

Imus just plugged Roger Ailes, again, at the end of the Waltrip interview.

Darrell said tempers were flaring after yesterday's races.

[Pete'sWife]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

A bunch of us dirt track guys (and gals) will be partying at the Monroe (NY) Knights of Columbus hall. Three TV's, one of 'em a big screen, plenty of food, drink, and race fan friends.

Some of our group will be at Daytona to watch this greatest of sporting spectacles (on pavement).

Does it get any better than this?

Yes. Orange County Fair Speedway will begin its 86th season of dirt track racing on April 16. (http://www.ocfsmotorsports.com)

I'll enjoy some NASCAR racing 'til the big day.

[Pete'sWife]

http://www.ocfsmotorsports.com

[harpu]

I love passionately 'hard core' threads...

"Come on Jeff..."

[KateatRFM]

"Does it get any better than this?" you ask.

You bet it does! This is the series I work for, and believe me it has nothing at all in common with NA$CAR.

[b]From the NY Times

European-Style Auto Racing Is Taking Hold in United States
By DAVE CALDWELL [/b]

Published: February 16, 2005


Ron Fellows remembers the early days of the American Le Mans Series, when he and other drivers were told to block out an hour to sign autographs on Saturday afternoons at the racetrack.

"You were kind of twiddling your thumbs after 20 minutes," Fellows said yesterday.

Now an hour is not nearly enough time, he said. Even though it seems to be the antithesis of Nascar, the yardstick of American auto racing, the American Le Mans Series has taken off during its six-year run, like one of Fellows's Chevrolet Corvettes.

Scott Atherton, the president of the series, said television ratings, though modest when compared with Nascar's, were 24 percent higher in 2004 than in 2003, and attendance was up 15 percent to 20 percent.

Atherton said that this year's 10-race series, which opens with a 12-hour race next month in Sebring, Fla., has found an audience among more affluent race fans. That appeals to sponsors.

"The message we want to get across is not how many eyeballs watch us, but whose," Atherton said in an interview after speaking to the Madison Avenue Sports Car Driving and Chowder Society in Manhattan.

The twist is that the series, whose cars include foreign makes like Audi, Porsche and Ferrari, might not have become as popular as it is without Nascar, which features American stock cars.

Fellows has given the road-racing series some cachet by driving brilliantly in Nascar Nextel Cup events. He started last in a race last August at Watkins Glen, N.Y., but maneuvered his way to a second-place finish behind Tony Stewart.

Fellows, a 45-year-old Canadian, said road racing received substantially more exposure in January 2001 when Dale Earnhardt, the seven-time stock-car champion, and his son, Dale Jr., raced a Corvette in a 24-hour road race at Daytona Beach, Fla.

"I just give him full marks for making the attempt to do something that brings absolutely nothing to you," Fellows said of the senior Earnhardt, who died in a crash a month later at the Daytona 500.

While practicing for an A.L.M.S. event last year in Sonoma, Calif., Dale Earnhardt Jr. crashed his car and was burned, dealing a setback to his hopes for his first Nextel Cup championship.

But Earnhardt made it clear before he was injured that he was eager to drive in the A.L.M.S. event.

Like the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France, the race the series takes its name from, A.L.M.S. events are timed, not run by distance. The car that covers the most laps in a designated time wins.

There are also four classes of cars racing at one time, and the difference in the speeds among the classes can be 15 to 20 seconds a lap, said J. J. Lehto, who has driven in the A.L.M.S. since its inception.

"You need to play your tactics well, because you need to overtake many, many cars in a lap," said Lehto, who drives an Audi in the fastest class. "You want to be smooth and stay out of trouble."

Atherton said events had drawn up to 100,000 fans in a weekend. The series has come a long way since 1999, when its founder, Don Panoz, staged a Le Mans-style race in Brazelton, Ga., that was popular enough to inspire a full racing series.

But the series is not that big. A ticket holder at an A.L.M.S. race gets to roam the paddock during a race weekend and is allowed on the starting grid up to 15 minutes before the race.

"What you get is this," Atherton said, pulling out his cellphone and pretending to make a call. Then, imitating an awestruck fan, he said, " 'Dude, you wouldn't believe where I am.' "

[Pete'sWife]

But the series is not that big. A ticket holder at an A.L.M.S. race gets to roam the paddock during a race weekend and is allowed on the starting grid up to 15 minutes before the race. "What you get is this," Atherton said, pulling out his cellphone and pretending to make a call. Then, imitating an awestruck fan, he said, " 'Dude, you wouldn't believe where I am.' "

I hear ya!

After the Saturday night races, the pits are open to all. You have to see the little kids lining up to get autographs of their LOCAL heroes!

Our competitors are local businessmen and tradesmen (and a few women)who race because THEY LOVE TO RACE! When they get home from work, they go back to work in the barn or garage out back, or down to somebody's race shop, to repair any damage, or just to tweak and tune for the next race. Their crews are friends and family who work just as hard for a small purse and a big trophy.

We have a few "professional" drivers, but the overwhelming majority of our guys work all week for the thrill of speed (you can go pretty fast on a 5/8-mile oval!), and throwing it sideways through the turns.

There is no greater sport in the world than local, grassroots dirt track auto racing.

[NormsRevenge]

Excellent! Thanks!

[Amalie]

ping

[fideist]

Is there an article anywhere that summarizes all the team changes this year from last? Who are the new sponsors? What drivers changed teams and/or sponsors? Who is no longer sponsoring? Etc.

PLEASE HELP!

Thanks.

[steveegg]

Is there an article anywhere that summarizes all the team changes this year from last? Who are the new sponsors? What drivers changed teams and/or sponsors? Who is no longer sponsoring? Etc.

Jayski has a 2005 Team Chart, where stuff that changed from 2004 is listed in red. His 2004 Team Chart is also still around so you can figure out who is no longer sponsoring.

Hope that helps.

[ChefKeith]

See link above for Off Season Withdrawl Thread.

[steveegg]

Well, it's Saturday AM (sorry I missed the Truck race; Fish Fry Friday is a religion of its own up here :-)

[tubebender]

Thanks for the long awaited thread although I must say I have already overdosed with all the Nascar coverage this week. I'm off to "work" till this afternoon...

[WestCoastGal]

Race Lineup
Hershey's TAKE 5 300
Daytona International Speedway

Pos.	Car	Driver	Make	Sponsor	Speed	Time	Behind
1	87	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	Cellular One	182.452	49.328	Leader
2	5	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	Lowe's/Shop-Vac	182.216	49.392	-0.064
3	6	Paul Wolfe*	Dodge	Hellmann's Mayonnaise	181.840	49.494	-0.166
4	11	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	Menards/Pittsburgh Paints	181.807	49.503	-0.175
5	41	Reed Sorenson*	Dodge	Discount Tire	181.730	49.524	-0.196
6	2	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	ACDelco	181.400	49.614	-0.286
7	21	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Hershey's TAKE 5	181.386	49.618	-0.290
8	44	Justin Labonte	Chevrolet	U.S. Coast Guard	181.225	49.662	-0.334
9	18	J.J. Yeley	Chevrolet	Vigoro/The Home Depot	181.141	49.685	-0.357
10	1	Johnny Sauter	Dodge	Yellow Transportation	181.046	49.711	-0.383
11	20	Denny Hamlin*	Chevrolet	Rockwell Automation	180.904	49.750	-0.422
12	66	Greg Biffle	Ford	Duraflame	180.890	49.754	-0.426
13	32	Shane Hmiel	Chevrolet	Win Fuel	180.886	49.755	-0.427
14	33	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Mr. Clean AutoDry Carwash	180.676	49.813	-0.485
15	99	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	Aaron's	180.643	49.822	-0.494
16	143	A J Fike	Dodge	Channellock	180.592	49.836	-0.508
17	12	Tim Fedewa	Dodge	Supercuts	180.581	49.839	-0.511
18	38	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	Great Clips	180.574	49.841	-0.513
19	40	Sterling Marlin	Dodge	Jani-King	180.270	49.925	-0.597
20	36	Stanton Barrett	Chevrolet	Master Spas / First Trust Portfolios	180.173	49.952	-0.624
21	55	Robby Gordon	Chevrolet	Fruit of the Loom	179.975	50.007	-0.679
22	195	Bobby Hamilton	Dodge	Sadler & Son Racing	179.669	50.092	-0.764
23	8	Martin Truex Jr.	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	179.533	50.130	-0.802
24	14	David Stremme	Dodge	U.S. Navy	179.376	50.174	-0.846
25	27	David Green	Ford	Kleenex/Walgreen's	179.276	50.202	-0.874
26	81	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Oreo/Ritz	179.261	50.206	-0.878
27	10	Michel Jourdain*	Ford	ppc Racing	179.040	50.268	-0.940
28	34	Randy LaJoie	Chevrolet	Dollar General	178.937	50.297	-0.969
29	60	Carl Edwards	Ford	Charter Communications	178.845	50.323	-0.995
30	22	Kenny Wallace	Ford	Stacker 2	178.720	50.358	-1.030
31	261	Mike Wallace	Pontiac	Francis Engineering	178.706	50.362	-1.034
32	4	Ryan Hemphill*	Dodge	GEICO/Pet Brands	178.529	50.412	-1.084
33	35	Jason Keller	Ford	McDonald's	178.176	50.512	-1.184
34	25	Ashton Lewis	Ford	U.S. Marines	178.045	50.549	-1.221
35	59	Stacy Compton	Ford	Kingsford/Bush's Beans	178.035	50.552	-1.224
36	0	Kertus Davis*	Chevrolet	Davis Motorsports	177.862	50.601	-1.273
37	72	Donnie Neuenberger	Chevrolet	P4OT.com	177.855	50.603	-1.275
38	47	Jon Wood*	Ford	Clorox/Wisk	177.760	50.630	-1.302
39	23	Shawna Robinson	Chevrolet	Vassarette	177.246	50.777	-1.449
40	7	Jeff Fuller	Chevrolet	NEMCO Motorsports	175.435	51.301	-1.973
41	49	Steve Grissom	Ford	Advil Liqui-Gels	174.196	51.666	-2.338
42	28	Derrike Cope	Ford	Jay Robinson Inc.	172.708	52.111	-2.783
43	64	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge	Miller High Life Lite/Top Flite	178.447	50.435	-1.107
Did not Qualify
44	167	C W Smith	Chevrolet	Panasonic	177.831	50.610	-1.282
45	58	Brent Sherman*	Dodge	Hickory Farms/Serta	178.405	50.447	-1.119
46	162	Larry Hollenbeck	Chevrolet	SWAT Fitness Club	178.218	50.500	-1.172
47	56	Tim Sauter	Chevrolet	Lester Building Systems	178.207	50.503	-1.175
48	26	Mark Green	Chevrolet	Keith Coleman Racing	177.968	50.571	-1.243
49	103	Kevin Conway*	Chevrolet	Supra Wakeboard Boats	177.964	50.572	-1.244
50	16	Justin Ashburn	Pontiac	31-W Insulation	177.281	50.767	-1.439
51	279	Keith Murt	Chevrolet	Murtco	176.887	50.880	-1.552
52	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	Waste Management	176.838	50.894	-1.566
53	170	Jeff Kendall	Chevrolet	Assembly Products	176.741	50.922	-1.594
54	52	Shane Hall	Ford	Means Racing	175.991	51.139	-1.811
55	24	Kim Crosby*	Chevrolet	Boudreaux's Butt Paste	174.044	51.711	-2.383

* Denotes Rookie

[ChefKeith]

Ping for the Busch race today at 1 pm ET on FOX.

Cup practice is on Speed and Trackpass now.

[musical_airman]

Please put me on the NASCAR ping list!

I don't know if y'all know this, and maybe this would be good for a ping, but NASCAR in-car is going to be running a FREE preview during the daytona 500! (at least on digital cable, they are)