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)

[steveegg]

I think a cat was being mutilated.

For those of you with Twitter, Bobby Labonte is on it - http://twitter.com/Bobby_Labonte/

[Recovering_Democrat]

Trust me, he will try...either that, or he’ll require a pledge of allegiance to him or his photo to be plastered before a race.

[Pete-R-Bilt]

CAUTION POOL...Tightened up!!

GRRRRR - 8
steveegg - 13 plus a red
WCG 10 - one red for rain
Abigail Adams—11
wneighbor - 12 including a red for rain
ZirconEncrustedTweezers - 13
CG-—7, 1 red for rain, race is not finished till Monday......
umgud - 12
afnamvet - 14
southTexas - 9 yellers
PRB - 6 and hope its done today

[SouthTexas]

Don’t know, don’t care to either.

[steveegg]

Fire ‘em up, boys.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Charlie Crist, that sleazeball RINO, gives the command to start the engines.

[steveegg]

Don’t give them any bright ideas (though the Milwaukee Truck/Nationwide races have a Harley drive-by instead of a flyover).

[Wneighbor]

When we are not at the beginning of the first race of the season someone is going to have to tell me what twitter is.

[Recovering_Democrat]

What is the pool??

[GBA]

I thought he was one of the global warming governors.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

I’m not a professional singer, and I can hold that high E where his voice cracked. He could have at least tried singing it in a lower key.

[steveegg]

That reminds me of when Wisconsin governor Jim "Craps" Doyle (WEAC/HoChunk-For Sale) gave the command a couple years ago in Milwaukee. He got the biggest boos of the day.

Need I mention he's a 'Rat?

[SouthTexas]

STR is running:

Flash
Jr
Smoke
Bobby

[Pete-R-Bilt]

# of cartions and red flags

[steveegg]

The red flags are only applicable at Daytona, Talladega, and in case of rain.

[Recovering_Democrat]

If there is time, Recovering_Democrat would like to get in:
14 cautions, 1 red

[Pete-R-Bilt]

Big-E’s got

Burton
Jr.
Smoke
BBBBobby L

[steveegg]

It’s open until the green flag drops.

CAUTION POOL...Tightened up!!

GRRRRR - 8
steveegg - 13 plus a red
WCG 10 - one red for rain
Abigail Adams—11
wneighbor - 12 including a red for rain
ZirconEncrustedTweezers - 13
CG-—7, 1 red for rain, race is not finished till Monday......
umgud - 12
afnamvet - 14
southTexas - 9 yellers
PRB - 6 and hope its done today
Recovering_Democrat 14 plus a red

[umgud]

So many drivers going to the back, it’s be pretty crowded back there.

[WestCoastGal]

Thanks, he’s new! Robby Gordon is on there too.