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

[vox_freedom]

Quick check in, then check out for church and family visit.

Wish I could join you all, and hope and pray for a safe race for all the drivers and fans.

RIP Dale Earnhardt

[vox_freedom]

CAUTION POOL

alan carp = 9 yellers... and I’ll further go out on a limb and say “NO Green/White/Checkered” finish (for a change).
WCG = 6 (2 big ones - 1 red flag)
AGP - 10
Tork = 8 yellar - 1 red
afnamvet - 7
GRRRRR - 5+1 red & 2 x GWC
SouthTexas - 11 yellers and 1 red, ya know, for the big one.
vox — 12

[WestCoastGal]

I hope he doesn’t get car sick :)

Dale Jr coming up next - a few pics pretty please :)

[FlingWingFlyer]

Beck and Helton

I guess Beck wasn't kidding.

[NormsRevenge]

Loveless , not Lovelace. :-|

Burgundy Burgundy Burgundy!!!

Is it really the 500? pinch me.

[NYTexan]

Happy in a BUD suit is just too weird!

[WestCoastGal]

Most definitely looks weird - but, I love the black 29 car. Didyou see his roast last night on SPEED? It was hilarious.

[WestCoastGal]

We will see history today, like it or not “It is what it is” My take on it, the drivers who master this way of driving are true athletes, they have taken a curve and mastered it, in only a few week’s. Everything they ever learned about Daytona 500 is no longer valid.

[NormsRevenge]

Happy in a BUD suit is just too weird!

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Bud and peanut butter just don’t mix..

Brad Paisley pluckin’ away..

[nascarnation]

So have Jeff Gordon and Brad Paisley ever been seen in one place together?

[SouthTexas]

The black car...a reason to pick Happy for the win???

[WVKayaker]

CARTION POOL

alan carp = 9 yellers... and I’ll further go out on a limb and say “NO Green/White/Checkered” finish (for a change).
WCG = 6 (2 big ones - 1 red flag)
AGP - 10
Tork = 8 yellar - 1 red
afnamvet - 7
GRRRRR - 5+1 red & 2 x GWC
SouthTexas - 11 yellers and 1 red, ya know, for the big one.
vox — 12
WVK -4 yaller + 3 REDS

[NormsRevenge]

We’ll see how many mid-air collisions we have today.. as 2 teamin’ drivers make swaps in the turns.. them COTanks are heavy but they still get squirrley in a pack.

[cleveland gop]

I`m here!!!
So since everything between 5-12 is taken already, my cartion pool pick today is.......

3.....Remembering THE INTIMINATOR

[NYTexan]

LOL...

[NYTexan]

I missed it...dagnabit!

[NormsRevenge]

Reminder: FRFLer’s -— Deadline to select your drivers is Feb 20 10:25am PST

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No HaPPY here today! or Senior Busch.. dang it.

Go Smoke!!

[NormsRevenge]

Lap-by-Lap: Daytona

http://www.nascar.com/lap-by-lap/110220/lbldaytona/index.html

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Noon — Pre-race coverage of the Daytona 500 is under way on FOX.

10:45 a.m. ET — It is a beautiful day in Daytona Beach, Fla., for the Great American Race. It’s currently 71 degrees under mostly sunny skies and should remain sunny throughout the afternoon. Green for the Daytona 500 is scheduled for 1:29 p.m.

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FRee RaceView over at Nascar.com

[SouthTexas]

I’m flipping between Happy and Smoke.

Don’t know if the odds are with Smoke doubling up.

[cleveland gop]

Green flag 1:29EST
National Anthem sung by Martina McBride......

good by me!!!