NASCAR IS BACK ~ DAYTONA Budweiser Shootout/Duels ~ (Begins) Saturday Feb 12, 2011 FOX 8PM

Various | 02/2/11 | Me, Jack, Jr and Rocky

[WestCoastGal]

WELCOME BACK RACE FANS ~ WE'RE BACK ~ DAYTONA SPEEDWEEKS WHICH BEGINS THE 2011 NASCAR SEASON

The 33rd annual BUDWEISER SHOOTOUT
Saturday, February 12th - 8pm on Fox begins our race season with this non-points event.




The field will include:
• The 12 drivers that qualified for the 2010 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup

• Past NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions
• Past Budweiser Shootout champions
• Past Daytona 500 and Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola champions
• NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year drivers from 2001-2010 (New this year)

The race distance will continue to be 75 laps (187.5 miles) on the 2.5-mile tri-oval. The race will have two segments, of 25 and 50 laps. Both green- and yellow-flag laps will count.

Between segments, there will be a 10-minute pit stop at which time teams will pit and may elect to change tires, add fuel and make normal chassis adjustments.

Starting positions will be determined by a draw at the annual Budweiser Shootout Draw Party on Thursday night, Feb. 10, on the SPEED stage in the Midway, outside Turn 4. Televised on SPEED.
The Budweiser Shootout is scheduled for 8:00PM ET. Last years winner was Kevin Harvick.


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Qualifying for the Daytona 500 is scheduled for Sunday Feb. 13th on Fox 1PM ET which determines the front row starting positions for the 500. Last year front row ~ Martin #5 and Earnhardt Jr. #88






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The Gatorade Duels (60 laps each) will be held on Thursday February 17, 2011 2PM ET on SPEED - lineup is based on qualifying speeds -- odd number qualifiers will race in Duel #1 for the inside line in the 500 and even # Duel #2 for the outside line in the 500. (confused yet?) Last years winners Johnson, Duel #1 and Kahne, Duel #2.
Those not in the top 35 are qualified in as follows:
This leaves eight spots open to other drivers which are assigned like this: The top two drivers in each Gatorade Duel that are not already guaranteed a starting spot get into the Daytona 500.

The next three spots go to the fastest three qualifiers based on the single-car time trials from Sunday.

The final spot is guaranteed for a previous Sprint Cup Champion who was unable to qualify any other way. If there is no unqualified past champion then the 43rd spot goes to the next fastest qualifier based on speed from the single-car session.

The Duels are two 150-mile qualifying races that determine the starting lineup for the Daytona 500 from positions 5 through 43.

[tubebender]

Just Damn...

[SouthTexas]

Good shot!

Round 2 fired up, here we go again.

[nascarnation]

Keselowski’s brother looks like he weighs 100# more than Brad.

[SouthTexas]

Just about.

Here we go,second round coming up.

[nascarnation]

green

[MtnClimber]

Green flag

[tubebender]

Yep...

[SouthTexas]

Casey Mears done blowed up.

yeller

[tubebender]

Mears done blowed up real good... agaim

[nascarnation]

Casey Mears, engine blowup
that one looked like the whole bottom came out

[tubebender]

I heard they couldn’t afford oil after buying another motor...

[Wneighbor]

Ya’ll reckon this is what Casey gets for drivin the 13?

[MtnClimber]

What’s this with grown men dancing with each other????

[SouthTexas]

Odds are! LOL

[SouthTexas]

Green

[nascarnation]

the pushers are learning to sniff all the fresh air they can

[tubebender]

Would you want a rookie as your 200mph drafting partner?

[SouthTexas]

That’ll work on the straights, probably not so good on the turns.

[nascarnation]

the kid is showing a lot of talent isn’t he?

[SouthTexas]

Flash got a lap!