LIVE THREAD ~ DAYTONA 500 - NASCAR NEXTEL CUP, SUNDAY 02-18-07 3:15 pm ET on FOX

Jayski ^ | 02-15-07 | Me Jack & Junior

[WestCoastGal]

WELCOME TO THE DAYTONA 500
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DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY

HERE'S THE FRONT ROW!

FEBRUARY 18, 2007 ~ 3:15PM ET ON FOX

PLEASE REMEMBER OUR TROOPS IN HARMS WAY. PRAY FOR THEIR SAFETY & GIVE STRENGTH TO THE COMBAT MEDICS WHO TREAT THEM.

EXTRA PRAYERS ARE ALWAYS NEEDED FOR THOSE AT WALTER REED, BETHESDA, BAMC AND THE NEW INTREPID PHYSICAL REHABILITATION CENTER WHICH IS PART OF BAMC.

WELCOME TO THE DAYTONA 500
********
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY

HERE'S THE FRONT ROW!

FEBRUARY 18, 2007 ~ 3:15PM ET ON FOX

PLEASE REMEMBER OUR TROOPS IN HARMS WAY. PRAY FOR THEIR SAFETY & GIVE STRENGTH TO THE COMBAT MEDICS WHO TREAT THEM.

EXTRA PRAYERS ARE ALWAYS NEEDED FOR THOSE AT WALTER REED, BETHESDA, BAMC AND THE NEW INTREPID PHYSICAL REHABILITATION CENTER WHICH IS PART OF BAMC.

[HEY4QDEMS]

Both shocks inadvertant?

No just the right side.

Jeff Burton asked to view the shock and bolt which Gordon's team and NASCAR allowed and he is convinced, based on the condtion of the bolt, that it was 100% unintentional.

[SouthTexas]

Hammond showed what "possibly" happened when I was home for lunch. There is an adjustable bracket between the frame and the shock for fine tuning. If it's anchor bolt loosened, there is enough adjustment to cause the drop.

Of course, they could have left the bolt loose intentionally, but I don't think it's a good idea to drop a shock at 190. You can't prove intent on equipment failure, but that does not stop some from trying.

[fideist]

RE: the infraction by the #24

You all seem to be missing the point. The problem was that it used to be "the rules are the rules." Intent never played into their interpretation. If you accidentally broke a rule, you still got punished.

Now NASCAR is saying they can read the minds of the #24 team and read intent. And how do they result in doing this? -- by sending mixed signals. "Yeah, he keeps the win, and is not fined, but he must start at the back."

What?!?! Either it is an infraction or it is not?! Either the #24 won fairly, or the #2 is the winner (God forbid)?!

See, it is not about intent. It is about the rules and their fair application.

At least it used to be. :-/

[NYTexan]

Go NAVY!

[GRRRRR]

If this one is too big, let me know, I can resize it.

Amazing pic from GoogleEarth...

[WestCoastGal]

That wasn't such a great qualifying attempt by the 88. But hopefully they will be good in the race tomorrow. Truck race is on tonight........I will be busy doing screen caps Jr's on QVC. :)

Jr's #8 and Truex's #11 looked good.

I put some rolling pics over at IP. I wish we could put those here.

[WestCoastGal]

It makes me nauseous. LOL

[WestCoastGal]

DJ has a parking space on IP

http://www.infieldparking.com/DaleJarrett

[LasVegasMac]

WCG, thanks! Will have to do some reading.

Are you watching TrackSide?

John force is an absolute nut!!!!

I've never heard the man say more than 10 words, usually in a post race interview.....

Wow - when he was talking about his "baby" being in the funny car...riding around in DW's car, cat in the back seat....great stuff!

[GRRRRR]

Force IS funny...when Elliott Sadler was talking about being on the show, Force said..."If I looked like him, I sure wouldn't be here!"

Elliott Rocks, he's got a good chance to win on Sunday.

[WestCoastGal]

And Jr's page is

http://www.infieldparking.com/dale_jr

Shane Huffman

http://www.infieldparking.com/ShaneHuffman

There should be about 9 drivers joining Infield Parking sometime this weekend.

[WestCoastGal]

I missed him there, but saw him earlier during Busch qualifying. He can talk like Herm, he went for about 6 minutes straight. Ended up saying if he and his daughter had to race each other he would kick her butt or something to that effect. LOL

[LasVegasMac]

I think that was one of the best TS's I've seen, really enjoyed it!

ES on the hunting clip, "we do the Dukes of Hazard thing..."

And he's already said, "Nope...no more jumping off the stage!" lol

I would not mind seeing the ex Candyman in Victory Lane, either.

....just a good ol boy... lol

[WestCoastGal]

STARTING GRID FOR TONIGHTS TRUCK RACE....STARTING AT 8PM ET

Race 1 - Daytona International Speedway - February 16, 2007    Printer Version    Send Story

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	Pos	Trk	Driver	Team	Time	Speed
Row 1:	1	60	Jack Sprague	Con-way Freight Toyota	50.137	179.508
	2	50	Carl Edwards	Roush Racing Ford	50.352	178.742
Row 2:	3	30	Todd Bodine	Lumber Liquidators Toyota	50.457	178.370
	4	6	Travis Kvapil	Roush Racing Ford	50.539	178.080
Row 3:	5	99	Erik Darnell	Northern Tool & Equipment Ford	50.683	177.574
	6	36	Tyler Walker #	360 OTC Toyota	50.806	177.144
Row 4:	7	59	Terry Cook	Melling Engine Parts/Harris Trucking Toyota	50.830	177.061
	8	9	Ted Musgrave	Team ASE/Germain Toyota Toyota	50.977	176.550
Row 5:	9	5	Mike Skinner	Toyota Tundra Toyota	50.978	176.547
	10	23	Johnny Benson	Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota	51.019	176.405
Row 6:	11	00	A.J. Allmendinger	Red Bull Toyota	51.020	176.401
	12	1	Aaron Fike #	RFMS/Red Horse Racing Toyota	51.065	176.246
Row 7:	13	14	Rick Crawford	Power Stroke Diesel by International Ford	51.247	175.620
	14	2	Cale Gale	Camping World Chevrolet	51.271	175.538
Row 8:	15	4	Chase Miller	Open Joist Dodge	51.334	175.322
	16	33	Ron Hornaday Jr.	AES HR Solutions Chevrolet	51.385	175.148
Row 9:	17	47	Kraig Kinser	Ginn Resorts Chevrolet	51.422	175.022
	18	09	Joey Clanton #	Zaxby's Ford	51.422	175.022
Row 10:	19	10	David Starr	Maxx Force Diesel Ford	51.429	174.999
	20	16	Stacy Compton	Melling Engine Parts Ford	51.462	174.886
Row 11:	21	18	Ken Schrader	Fastenal Dodge	51.557	174.564
	22	46	Mike Wallace	DirecTV Hot Pass Chevrolet	51.574	174.507
Row 12:	23	07	Tim Sauter #	Lester Buildings Chevrolet	51.647	174.260
	24	13	Willie Allen #	National Pork Board/Silver Floss Chevrolet	51.712	174.041
Row 13:	25	21	Kelly Bires #	Air Force Ford	51.736	173.960
	26	88	Matt Crafton	Menards Chevrolet	51.742	173.940
Row 14:	27	77	Brendan Gaughan	South Point Chevrolet	51.766	173.859
	28	8	Blake Bjorklund #	Blue Ox Chevrolet	51.835	173.628
Row 15:	29	7	Derrike Cope	Hooters Energy Drink Chevrolet	51.864	173.531
	30	08	Chad McCumbee	GPS Store/Garmin Chevrolet	51.906	173.390
Row 16:	31	75	Dennis Setzer	Spears Mfg. Co. Chevrolet	52.145	172.596
	32	40	Mike Bliss	Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet	52.208	172.387
Row 17:	33	15	Bill Lester	Manheim Central Florida Auto Auction	52.223	172.338
	34	28	Brandon Knupp	Chevrolet	52.348	171.926
Row 18:	35	63	Jason White #	Gunbroker.com Ford	52.418	171.697
	36	44	Larry Foyt	Sile Stone USA Chevrolet	52.823	170.380

Did Not Qualify: 95 Wayne Edwards

[LasVegasMac]

Too funny, talking about when he made his qualifying run, that run knocked his girl out.....

"My wife loves me...she doesn't like me much though. But when I did that to her girl...talk about not being liked!"

And from back in the day....DW gives Force a model of the #11 car....the story: Force was just getting started, to make it short, DW called and asked if they could store DW's #11 car in Force's garage...sure. Then Force, his kids, crew memembers, etc, took turns pushing each other around in DW's car in front of Force's garage, "Look at me, I'm DW. Had my cat, too...in the back seat!"

You should have seen DW laughing!

Good show. and they need to have him back on!

"I'd hit the wall in every turn....I'm so used to going straight!"

ROTF

almost race time!

[SouthTexas]

No, I was not addressing the penalties at all, nor the fact that the car was lower, but the charges of cheating and favoritism. Are you saying they intentionally left the bolt loose?

[SouthTexas]

Glad to see I'm not the only on that has problems taking pictures at speed!

[LukeL]

I lost any respect I had for him after I heard him say his heroes are Oprah and JFK.

[SouthTexas]

You need to watch the NHRA a little more. He says more in a 30 second interview and most in 30 minutes. And this is after he gets out of a car that just ran the quarter mile at over 300 mph.

[SouthTexas]

GREEN!