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

[tubebender]

Just Damn

[al_c]

Green, White, Checker comin’ up!

[NormsRevenge]

the gap was too big,, Ouch.. wreck..

[AGreatPer]

15 cautions, amazing.

[NYTexan]

[McGruff]

White Knuckle racin. And watchin.

[al_c]

KuBu was too worried about Smoke and Jr coming up behind ... left Regan out there all alone. Bad move.

[mainepatsfan]

This was inevitable with that many cars that close together this late in the race.

[yield 2 the right]

Is going to come to a “green-white-checker” finish ?

[NormsRevenge]

Is it the track? the cars? t’ars look good..

[glock rocks]

True that. Jr gave Smoke too much push. KuBu was the lucky dawg in that one... bumped by the trio, Smith takes the brunt.

[al_c]

21’s in a great position right now.

[NormsRevenge]

Lap 197 — YELLOW FLAG NO. 15: Regan Smith gets turned by Kurt Busch. Denny Hamlin will head to pit road for new tires. Clint Bowyer sustains heavy damage. Dale Jr. escapes on the low side.

Lap 196 — David Ragan and Trevor Bayne join the party and lay down the fastest lap of the race. They’re running 3-4.

Lap 195 — Regan Smith moves to the front with a push from Kurt Busch.

Lap 194 — It’s a 10-car party up front as drivers settle into their final pairings.

Lap 193 — Eight cars are packed together up front. Clint Bowyer gets help from Kyle Busch and moves toward the front as Denny Hamlin loses touch with Ryan Newman.

Lap 192 — Ryan Newman and Denny Hamlin are fast up front. Clint Bowyer — in third — can’t catch the pair. Jamie McMurray is lapped.

Lap 190 — Dale Earnhardt Jr. slides to the side of Tony Stewart for some clean air. Soon, all drivers will be ignoring their temperature gauges as they race to the checkers.

Lap 188 — Tony Stewart and Dale Jr. are making a move toward the front. Ryan Newman and Denny Hamlin aren’t in a hurry to give up the lead.

[NYTexan]

[NormsRevenge]

UP to three attempts worth of GWC.. :-}

[Wneighbor]

left rear flat may have ruined my day

[WVKayaker]

GWC - who wants to push when you get instant second?

[yield 2 the right]

Should be a fun end of the race.....

[waterhill]

Its the track...

[NormsRevenge]

Lap 199 — David Ragan and Trevor Bayne are out front and both cars have proved to be nothing short of lightning fast today. Behind them, Kurt Busch and Kyle Busch agree to work with each other on the restart. Dale Eanrhardt Jr. thinks his tire is going down on the No. 88 and he heads to pit road.