Daytona 500 LIVE THREAD ~ Sunday 2-15-09 Coverage begins on FOX at 2:00pm/et

Various | 2-14-09 | Me, Jack, Junior & Rocky

[WestCoastGal]

DAYTONA 500 LIVE THREAD

Actor Tom Cruise will drive the Chevrolet Camaro pace car at the start of Sunday’s Daytona 500.

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Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has been named grand marshal for the 51st running of the Daytona 500. Keith Urban is set to perform a pre-race concert.

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Julianne Hough will perform the National Anthem

Daytona International Speedway - Daytona Beach, FL. START YOUR ENGINES AT @3:40 pm

On FOX Pre-race - 2 PM (ET)

[vox_freedom]

Good 3/4 of a race, and thanks much for leading a great thread!!!

Off we go into a positive NASCAR season.

[glock rocks]

If your first wife knew you spent that much on a lens, I know for a fact I’d have received death threats from her directly. So, no, you don’t have that lens.

[WSGilcrest]

Is that a tripod mount on the bottom of that lens?

[LdSentinal]

Instead of 90 minutes of pre-race festivities, they could have finished the race.

[Pete-R-Bilt]

I had a feeling that you were a very wise person...

[BurbankKarl]

I dont think it is FOX’s call....I seem to remember Daytona being delayed so much awhile back that it interfered with the California race.

[VRWC For Truth]

They used to start at noon. Every year NASCAR becomes more anti-fan. At least we won't have to hear Roush complaining about tires on ice.

[steveegg]

Matt would’ve still won, but I’ll take it.

[Amelia]

Sometimes I take a nap in the middle. :-)

[Partisan Gunslinger]

You’re welcome. I knew there would come a time when WVK would have to eat his words in a big way and that time has come. LOL

[Floratina]

exactly. yawn. One of them drivers that is personality-free.

[GRRRRR]

I won the CARTION POOOL!!

8-10-13-22

[Amelia]

Why DID they start it so late?

[don-o]

Dude.

[steveegg]

Thanks for the thread and the company.

I've got some celebrating to do.

See you next week.

[fideist]

“I got penalized for [fill in the blank], maybe it is time we re-evaluated that rule.” — Dale, Jr.

[tubebender]

My Pentax 400 does but now I can’t afford film...

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

I do that frequently.

I think it’s rather funny that NASCAR races get shown in their entirety, but they’ll tape-delay an American Le Mans race and cut an hour out of the middle when even without the cutting it would still be shorter than most NASCAR races (ALMS races are timed, btw).

[SouthTexas]

STR 8, 13, 22, 27

[GRRRRR]

Gee...raining so hard that nobody needs an UmberElla??