Posted on 02/17/2012 5:07:12 PM PST by NormsRevenge
Welcome to the 2012 Nascar racing season and our 11th year of posting&hosting race threads.
We've come a long way since 2001. We've seen wars and battles and friends and adversaries come and go but if there has been any one thing that has driven us here, it is a desire to 'Support Our Troops' in any way we can or to at least Thank Them for their service and to keep the flame of freedom and liberty burning for all of those who have and will serve our country.
Daytona is just the start of 9 months worth of racing.. Stand By to GiDDYuP!
(Excerpt) Read more at nascar.com ...
Enough snow shovelling, time to go racing!
Enough snow shovelling, time to go racing:
AJ Allmendinger on team that won 24 hours of Daytona Race in a Ford prototype. Winning lead was only 5 seconds after 24 hours! Dinger drove a great race!
Bad Dog? Who you be calling a bad dog? Maybe Chas modified the 48 car a wee bit but trying to stop Chas is like telling a dog to quit chasing cats...
Saying a Prayer for the National Guard Troops who shipped out of Eureka bound for Afghanistan today...
Please don’t encourage such behavior Norm...
Fantasy League anyone? There’s still lots of garage stalls left..
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The 2012 FRFL Yahoo League sign up is open.. the vital info to get there is below. Good luck!
http://racing.fantasysports.yahoo.com/auto
Group ID# - 2450
Group Name - FR Fantasy League
Group Password - jimrob
Bumpin’ that prayer for our troops. Is it too late for my wifey to join up with them. She has the reserve background for it.. but they’ll have to play Bingo every day.
Budweiser Shootout
Race Capsule
Daytona International Speedway
What: Sprint Cup circuit
Where: Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
When: February 18, 2012 8:29 pm EST
Laps: 75
Track Length: 2.5 miles
Race Length: 188.00 miles
The draw for the Pole.
Juan Poblar only has 24 guys to wreck to win.. Back of the pack, Maaaa!
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Martin Truex, Jr. draws pole for Budweiser Shootout
Kyle Busch starts alongside Truex for the 75 lap, 150 mile race. The rest of the starting lineup is below. Race coverage starts at 8 PM ET on Fox.
1. Martin Truex Jr., Toyota
2. Kyle Busch, Toyota
3. Brad Keselowski, Dodge
4. Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet
5. David Ragan, Ford
6. Kurt Busch, Chevrolet
7. Greg Biffle, Ford
8. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet
9. AJ Allmendinger, Dodge
10. Joey Logano, Toyota
11. Carl Edwards, Ford
12. Jeff Burton, Chevrolet
13. Ryan Newman, Chevrolet
14. Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet
15. Tony Stewart, Chevrolet
16. Denny Hamlin, Toyota
17. Clint Bowyer, Toyota
18. Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet
19. Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet
20. Michael Waltrip, Toyota
21. Marcos Ambrose, Ford
22. Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet
23. Matt Kenseth, Ford
24. Paul Menard, Chevrolet
25. Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet
Pack racing’s back at Daytona as is ‘The Big One’
http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news;_ylt=As358NMjFiOTx6udElZ0gu7ov7YF?slug=jh-hart-daytona-bud-shootout-wreck-021712
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – It appears that pack racing is back at Daytona International Speedway and with it, “The Big One.”
At least seven cars were involved in a wreck during practice for Saturday night’s Bud Shootout. Those involved were Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, AJ Allmendinger, Brad Keselowski and Martin Truex Jr. Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Keselowski and Allmendinger were forced to go to backup cars.
Let the games begin!!!! Woohoo!!!!!!
But if this one is going to be another tandem parade, I ain’t watching.
Lap-by-Lap: Budweiser Shootout
NASCAR.COM
12:20 ET—The stage is set for Saturday night’s 34th annual Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway. The starting lineup for the 25-car event was set via a draw held Friday night. The race will consist of 75 laps. The green flag is scheduled to drop at 8:10 p.m. ET.
On the front row will be Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch, followed by Brad Keselowski and Jamie McMurray in the second. David Ragan, who won last July’s Sprint Cup event here at Daytona, starts fifth, followed by Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle, Dale Earnhardt Jr., A.J. Allmendinger and Joey Logano in the top 10.
Shootout practice could be ominous warning
Five-car wreck sends several to Shootout backups as drivers try to make plans
http://www.nascar.com/news/120217/tstewart-kbusch-wreck-ominous-warning-speedweeks/index.html
fwiw
Budweiser Shootout
Practice 1
Pos. Driver Make Speed Time
1. Matt Kenseth Ford 201.762 44.607
2. Jeff Burton Chevrolet 201.739 44.6123
3. David Ragan Ford 200.151 44.966
4. Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 199.858 45.032
5. Ryan Newman Chevrolet 199.592 45.092
6. Denny Hamlin Toyota 199.442 45.126
7. Brad Keselowski Dodge 198.658 45.304
8. Carl Edwards Ford 198.645 45.307
9. Tony Stewart Chevrolet 198.557 45.327
10. Clint Bowyer Toyota 198.527 45.334
11. Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 198.518 45.336
12. Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 198.089 45.434
13. Paul Menard Chevrolet 198.089 45.434
14. A.J. Allmendinger Dodge 197.946 45.467
15. Kurt Busch Chevrolet 197.754 45.511
16. Marcos Ambrose Ford 197.672 45.530
17. Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 197.559 45.556
18. Kyle Busch Toyota 197.542 45.560
19. Joey Logano Toyota 197.407 45.591
20. Michael Waltrip Toyota 197.364 45.601
21. Jef f Gordon Chevrolet 197.329 45.609
22. Greg Biffle Ford 196.850 45.720
23. Juan Montoya Chevrolet 196.468 45.809
24. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 196.417 45.821
25. Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 190.706 47.193
Practice 2
Pos. Driver Make Speed Time
1. Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 197.698 45.524
2. Juan Montoya Chevrolet 197.694 45.525
3. Greg Biffle Ford 196.331 45.841
4. Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 195.529 46.029
5. Marcos Ambrose Ford 195.495 46.037
6. Denny Hamlin Toyota 195.410 46.057
7. Michael Waltrip Toyota 194.966 46.162
8. Joey Logano Toyota 194.150 46.356
9. Matt Kenseth Ford 193.824 46.434
10. Carl Edwards Ford 192.205 46.825
11. Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 189.821 47.413
12. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 189.729 47.436
Tony just wanted the boys to know he hasn’t mellowed any by winning the championship.
;-)
Those cars aren’t cheap tho.. ouch.. looks like a crash fest looms.. but then again, this is a no points race, I believe. good a time as any to mix it up a little. ;-)
I hope you're right, Norm. I did not enjoy the super speedways last year.
Good program on SPEED channel now.
I have Speed on but I have ripped the sound card out of the TV and burned it! I guess you could now classify me as a senior Grumpy Old Man but at least one of those guys belongs in a mental institution.
6:19 p.m. ET — This is a race that has evolved quite a bit over the years. Buddy Baker won the inaugural event back in 1979, leading all but two of the 20-lap sprint. Baker won $50,000 for his efforts that afternoon.
The race was 20 laps through 1997, and it was bumped up to 25 laps in 1998 through 2000. Seventy laps were run until 2008, and it’s been 75 circuits ever since. There was also a qualifying race for the Shootout in 1998, 1999 and 2000.
6:07 p.m. ET — Four drivers — all with positions in the top 10 — will have to drop to the rear of the starting lineup on the pace laps for Saturday night’s Budweiser Shootout due to going to backup cars, NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp said. None of the backups cars were able to make it onto the track for practice. Kyle Busch (second), Brad Keselowski (third), Kurt Busch (sixth) and A.J. Allmendin,ger (ninth) will pull out of line on the pace laps and drop to the rear of their respective lines on the grid before taking the green flag. The drivers were involved in a multicar accident during practice.
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