[WestCoastGal]

This race is dedicated to the memory of Dale Earnhardt - It has been 10 years since his tragic death in turn 4 of the last lap at the Daytona 500 Feb 18, 2001.

Lap 3 will be a silent lap with three fingers held high for Big E.

It hasn't been the same since you left.

[WestCoastGal]

PING to 500 thread

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[Mr. Mojo]

It hasn't been the same since you left.

For me, it hasn't been the same since R. Petty, C. Yarborough, D. Pearson, and B. Allison left.

[WestCoastGal]

STARTING LINEUP

Starting
Position Car# Driver Manufactuer Qualifying
Speed
(mph) Reason in the race
1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (A) Chevy 186.089 pole sitter
2 24 Jeff Gordon Chevy 185.966 outside pole
3 22 Kurt Busch Dodge 184.896 won Duel 1
4 31 Jeff Burton Chevy 185.071 won Duel 2
5 78 Regan Smith Chevy 183.681 2nd in Duel 1
6 33 Clint Bowyer Chevy 185.223 2nd in Duel 2
7 29 Kevin Harvick Chevy 184.740 3rd in Duel 1
8 15 Michael Waltrip Toyota 183.966 3rd in Duel 2
9 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 184.102 4th in Duel 1
10 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 183.595 4th in Duel 2
11 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota 183.602 5th in Duel 1
12 92 Brian Keselowski # Dodge 177.581 5th in Duel 2
13 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevy 184.763 6th in Duel 1
14 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy 183.685 6th in Duel 2
15 43 A J Allmendinger Ford 184.290 7th in Duel 1
16 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 184.008 7th in Duel 2
17 5 Mark Martin Chevy 184.991 8th in Duel 1
18 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 181.316 8th in Duel 2
19 27 Paul Menard Chevy 185.422 9th in Duel 1
20 56 Martin Truex Jr. Chevy 183.456 9th in Duel 2
21 39 Ryan Newman Chevy 185.002 10th in Duel 1
22 99 Carl Edwards Ford 184.475 10th in Duel 2
23 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevy 184.687 11th in Duel 1
24 00 David Reutimann Toyota 184.019 11th in Duel 2
25 14 Tony Stewart Chevy 184.911 12th in Duel 1
26 16 Greg Biffle Ford 184.911 15th in Duel 2
27 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 183.557 14th in Duel 1
28 37 Robert Richardson Jr. Ford 181.466 16th in Duel 2
29 09 Bill Elliott [PC2] Chevy 184.532 15th in Duel 1
30 7 Robby Gordon Dodge 182.120 17th in Duel 2
31 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 183.576 16th in Duel 1
32 21 Trevor Bayne Ford 185.445 19th in Duel 2
33 46 J J Yeley Chevy 180.977 17th in Duel 1
34 6 David Ragan Ford 184.612 20th in Duel 2
35 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 184.748 21st in Duel 1
36 77 Steve Wallace Toyota 182.574 22nd in Duel 2
37 71 Andy Lally # Chevy 180.828 22nd in Duel 1
38 20 Joey Logano Toyota 183.206 23rd in Duel 2
39 34 David Gilliland Ford 182.697 24th in Duel 1
40-SPD 38 Travis Kvapil Ford 184.271 in by speed
41-SPD 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 184.222 in by speed
42-SPD 36 Dave Blaney Chevy 183.793 in by speed
43-PC 32 Terry Labonte [PC1] Ford 181.492 past champ
DNQ 60 Todd Bodine Toyota 183.057 21st in Duel 2
DNQ 97 Kevin Conway Toyota 182.949 18th in Duel 1
DNQ 13 Casey Mears Toyota 182.867 24th in Duel 2
DNQ 66 Michael McDowell Toyota 182.434 23rd in Duel 1
DNQ 64 Derrike Cope Toyota 177.894 15th in Duel 2

# Rookie of the Year Contender
a driver/car# in RED is a go-or-go-homer and had to qualify by speed to make the race
a driver/car# in BLUE is a go-or-go-homer and is a past series champion, eligible to use a past champ provisional

(A) = wrecked in practice and will fall to the rear of the field before the start of the race
PC = Past Champion Provisional used
DNQ = Did not qualify
SPD = made race by qualifying speed

[NYTexan]

Excellent!

[GRRRRR]

Woot! Let’s DO THIS RACE!!

[Libloather]

Is everyone jazzed with the 2x2 racing? I saw a bunch of it today and I’m not on board yet. The strategy - follow a fast car until yours overheats, switch spots and lose track position. Did I pretty much sum it up?

[TexasCajun]

Thanks for hosting.

Gonna be a another wild and crazy season.

How will the new youngins do? ...these two qualifying races won't be nothing like raceday.

[tubebender]

Another great thread design Gal. I have forgotten which C drivers I have...

[ml/nj]

Why don't you start a thread for the 2012 race now too?

ML/NJ

[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

[Zionist Conspirator]

All right folks . . . is the race really going to start at 1pm Eastern, 12pm Central? Or are they going to have a rock and roll show for two hours and finally get started about 3pm Eastern?

I remember when the Daytona 500 started so early its first hour was pre-empted by a church service (no lights). Then they added lights and started scheduling for the West Coast and since then it's been a night race.

Honestly . . . I can't believe they're going to wave the green flag anywhere near 1pm Eastern.

What do y'all think?

[prisoner6]

Checking in!

[FlingWingFlyer]

Beck and Helton

I guess Beck wasn't kidding.

[relee]

Go

[InvisibleChurch]

It’s “sniffin’ butts” racin’!

[Chi-townChief]

So is it my imagination or is this the first time we will see a race run from green to checkered with entirely push-pull piggyback drafting ??

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks for the great threads, WCG and pics too, NYT!!

On to Phoenix and AZamericonnie with posting honors.

See ya next week!!

[07Jack]

Can’t complain about seeing Bobby Labonte have a great run and seeing a Cinderella type of victory for the Wood Bros & Trevor Bayne. But I do smell a rat in that Bowyer’s 33 was again chosen as the “random inspection” car.
NASCAR picking up right where it left off.
Obsessive Self Destruction.

[zzeeman]

Thank you very much for this thread and all of the contributions.

Hats off for the Wood Brothers and Trevor!!!