It’s Daytona 500 Race day! Live thread.........

twitter.com ^ | 2/16/2020 | CAWW

[caww]

NASCAR named Trump the grand marshal of the Daytona500, marking the first time a sitting president has held the honor. Trump AND THe FIRST LADY is planning to take a lap around the track prior to the NASCAR event in the presidential limousine known as The Beast

The U.S. Secret Service will have more than 500 agents on site at the Daytona500 according to people briefed on the security plan, one of the largest presences by the Secret Service in all of American history.

➖ Air Force One may fly over the track before it lands.

[xp38]

Formula 1also races in the rain unless it becomes too heavy.

[heavy metal]

on nascar race cars they have what’s referred to as “tear offs” which is multiple layers of a saran wrap like material that is peeled off during pit stops to maintain a clean windshield...

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Formula 1also races in the rain

I was going to mention that, but I thought they discontinued it. I remember seeing those massive rooster tails and the flashing red tail lights.

Poor bastards must have been soaked.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

DEMO DERBY in the pits!

[heavy metal]

you’re welcome and glad to be of help... i do some occasional drag racing on the street when cruising and challenged...
currently building a twin turbo charged mid 80’s camaro for just such purposes...

[NormsRevenge]

It’s a rain out. Monday 4 pm et. New time.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

“tear offs”

Yeah, the dirt-track guys use it on their helmet visors.

What?

Rain?

4 o'clock tommorow?

[hoagy62]

Well....AAARRRGGGHHH!!! Can’t watch it, gotta work tomorrow.

#dejected

[Fledermaus]

How many laps did they get in before it was postponed?

[heavy metal]

saw the rain delay coming... it’s been pouring on my side of the state and was headed that way according to weather radar...

[Overtaxed]

20 or 21, I think.

[Political Junkie Too]

There is supposed to be a Trump commercial...…

Check out this hilarious parody of the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show!

Ladies and gentlemen... The Candidates!

Click the picture below

-PJ

[nicollo]

My wife proudly informed me that it is a 6 Liter turbo diesel.

Go wife! That would be the GM Duramax.

From the wiki entry:

L5P The L5P duramax is the latest version of the Duramax V8 diesel engine.(engine code Y) Introduced in the 2017 model year it is the most powerful diesel engine GM has produced with 445 hp (332 kW) at 2,800 rpm and 910 lb⋅ft (1,234 N⋅m) at 1,600 rpm. Design spec performance can exceed 550 bhp (410 kW) at 3050 rpm and 1,050 lb⋅ft (1,424 N⋅m) at 1975 rpm.

I'm guessing a few more tweaks for the Beast...

[2CAVTrooper]

“How fast will “The Beast” go?”

It’s classified.

[Liz]

Cute.........

[fproy2222]

:::“How fast will “The Beast” go?”::;

It goes backwards real fast.

Reverse Car Drift | Driving Trumps Car on the Top Speed

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6elLDemrDls

[2CAVTrooper]

“Armor plating and bullet-proof glass.... And it must have about a six-liter V-8 to drive that extra weight too.”

Diesel engine more than likely. IIRC it’s based on a Chevy 5500 series medium duty truck.

[TheConservativeParty]

Free stuff for all!

[caww]

oh that’s really a great video....loved how the race announcers could hardly contain themselves when he went on the track.

[caww]

Great story and post! A good read! Nice reading Freepers experiences!