Sprint Cup - Nascar ~ Daytona 500 Sunday Feb 20 on FOX, 1:00pm/et LIVE THREAD

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[WestCoastGal]

3 Welcome to the Daytona 500 Free Republic Race Thread - NASCAR Pre-race: FOX - 12:00pm/et ~ Television Race Coverage: FOX, 1:00pm/et The 2011 Mustang will be the pace car Grand Marshal: Transformers stars Josh Duhamel, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley & director Michael Bay National Anthem: Martina McBride Military Flyover: U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Command to start engines: Josh Duhamel, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Michael Bay The Nationwide race is on Saturday - Race: 1:15pm/et, Saturday, February 19, 2011 in Daytona Beach, FL # Length: 120 Laps, 300 miles # TV: ESPN2 - 12:00pm/et NASCAR News, Info and Stats from

[SouthTexas]

GREEN

[GRRRRR]

Congrats on grabbing the first “Century” post on the first OFFICIAL Thread of the year...don’t tell GLOCK!

[SouthTexas]

Another one

Yeller

[SouthTexas]

Well thank you.

Not a big one, just looked like it was going to be.
Not enough trucks left on the track for another “big one”.

[GRRRRR]

Dang, he ran over the cone...penalty lap? Nice driving on that gurls part...way to go Spotter!

[Libloather]

House votes down ban on military sponsorship of NASCAR teams
By Christina Wilkie - 02/18/11 02:49 PM ET

The House on Friday voted down a proposed budget amendment by Democratic Rep. Betty McCollum (Minn.) that would have ended the U.S. Army's sponsorship of an official NASCAR racecar.

The amendment sought to bar the use of Pentagon funds to sponsor NASCAR vehicles. In 2010, the U.S. Army spent some $7 million to sponsor the No. 39 Chevy Impala stockracing car.

The final vote was 148 in favor of the amendment, 281 opposed.

Republicans provided 209 of the 281 nay votes, while 72 were cast by Democrats; 118 Democrats supported the ban, along with 30 Republicans.

McCollum is traveling to the Middle East; she did not vote and was not available to comment immediately on the outcome.

Debate surrounding the proposal took a menacing turn Thursday, when McCollum's staff alerted U.S. Capitol Police to a threatening fax sent to her office relating to her NASCAR amendment. First reported by Talking Points Memo, the obscenity-laden message concluded with the words, "Death To All Marxists, Foreign And Domestic!" Capitol Police said Thursday that they are investigating the incident.

McCollum's amendment was among many being debated this week as part of a continuing resolution to fund the remainder of fiscal 2011.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/145153-house-votes-down-ban-on-military-sponsorship-of-nascar-teams

[SouthTexas]

Yeah, not too shabby for a girl(and her spotter).

[tubebender]

To South Texas from South Texas???

Rank amateur = FAIL

[SouthTexas]

I gave you over a minute, don’t get cantankerous now.:)

Coming to the green. will be 12 to go.

[AGreatPer]

Hershey Motors........??????????????

Reporting to the winners circle here Roccus.

Thanks for the list.

[GRRRRR]

Where you been?
Ready for Baseball?
Friday night Trucks have been entertaining.

[GRRRRR]

KyBu is StEAMING on the high side and making time to the front!

[SouthTexas]

Shrub pushing for the lead, about to blow her up.

[SouthTexas]

THere went the rest of the trucks.

Another big one

yeller

[GRRRRR]

WOWOWOWO 31 just wrecked the entire pack...yeow!

[SouthTexas]

A GWC drag race coming up for the finale for the two trucks left.

[NYTexan]

LOL...crash fest there tonight!

[SouthTexas]

Shrub won’t turn his truck off because it may not start.
If it sits there much longer, all of the oil will be on the ground.

[tubebender]

LOL... You were saying about not having enough trucks for another big one. I just had a call on my landline about the destruction derby and at the same time my daughter calls me on my cell phone with the same comment...

[SouthTexas]

They sure proved me wrong. LOL