I watched that special and it was really good.

Thanks, truebigdog

Unfortunately I missed it!!!!



NASCRAP Shootout Practice at Daytona 9pm ET

Logano - Best speed so far 203.087 mph


http://www.nascar.com/races/leaderboard/cup/practice/

Daytona International Speedway
Budweiser Shootout
February 12, 2011
Sat 8 p.m. FOX

Sprint Cup Series at Daytona - Practice #2

Pos Car Driver Laps Best Speed Last Speed Avg. Speed Best Time Last Time Avg. Time
1 Joey Logano 23 203.087 197.559 194.759 44.32 45.56 46.21
2 Kyle Busch 32 203.082 181.170 194.039 44.32 49.68 46.38
3 Michael Waltrip 9 202.152 192.633 192.164 44.52 46.72 46.84
4 Bobby Labonte 19 201.839 192.711 193.522 44.59 46.70 46.51
5 Greg Biffle 12 200.951 197.824 195.174 44.79 45.50 46.11
6 Denny Hamlin 30 200.947 179.186 193.977 44.79 50.23 46.40
7 Kevin Harvick 10 200.835 195.682 195.514 44.81 45.99 46.03
8 Jeff Gordon 34 200.835 196.524 194.829 44.81 45.80 46.19
9 Carl Edwards 38 200.209 196.412 195.653 44.95 45.82 46.00
10 Matt Kenseth 34 200.000 196.416 195.746 45.00 45.82 45.98
11 Mark Martin 15 199.641 189.729 193.282 45.08 47.44 46.56
12 Kasey Kahne 24 199.641 191.168 193.889 45.08 47.08 46.42
13 Regan Smith 40 199.159 195.878 193.372 45.19 45.95 46.54
14 Kurt Busch 29 199.155 192.485 193.070 45.19 46.76 46.62
15 Jimmie Johnson 18 195.712 190.408 193.906 45.99 47.27 46.41
16 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 18 195.707 190.074 193.879 45.99 47.35 46.42
17 Kevin Conway 5 193.220 189.565 189.310 46.58 47.48 47.54
18 Derrike Cope 3 180.719 180.187 179.477 49.80 49.95 50.15

you could see Mark Martin second in that video.

I'm liking 203+. :)

But it's pretty hard to judge one lap practice speeds at a plate track, what with the draft and all. That said, if you look down that list a little, you'll find Kenseth with the highest average speed. I think that indicates some strength.

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar...e=RPMHeadlines

I hope they work things out without killing each other. http://vgevo.com/site/images/smilies/shy/forshame.gif

Coming to a Cup race near you in 2013? Maybe...

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...7iqVwWBWFT9-jg

Ford asks NASCAR to approve Mustang for 2013

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...#ixzz1DiJJ7wU6http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...ml?eref=sircrc

"The push remains, though, for manufacturers to have a race car with a strong resemblance to vehicles sold to consumers. Allison said the response was overwhelming last season when the Mustang ran in four second-tier Nationwide Series events as a precursor to its full-time use in that series this year."

"It certainly exceeded all expectations," Allison said. "We knew Mustang's affinity from fans, but we did not anticipate the fans who don't follow NASCAR getting so excited. There is a whole cottage industry of Mustang enthusiasts, a group that typically does not follow NASCAR. But when the car was introduced in NASCAR, it started garnering attention.



chefsos, the Mustang looks good!

I think that would be frickin' awesome.

They are airing it again tonight in less than an hour. 11:30 CSt.

How the **** did Bobby Labonte have the 4th fastest lap? He's my boy has been for over 10 years, but he's just been a shell of his former self the last handful of years.

Hopefully his new team has the equipment to be competitive.

In the draft, all things are possible.

Thanks!!



For years, the question has been about whether racing is safe at Daytona and Talladega. No one enjoys watching the car go airborne. Honestly, I don't know how Brian France the drunk, could live with himself if the car ends up in the grandstands and kills 20 people.

We have had wrecks like this ever since the plate -- Drivers run so close together that one mistake can cause a chain reaction and take out half the field. We're lucky to be able to see drivers and cars crossing the finish line intact.


It's a blast to watch. ... #Brian France, the drunk

It's one thing to practice laps -- and it's another thing to actually move the car in a real race. :D

Sooo...anyone have any idea what time the race really starts tonight?

Practice in on!! #5's up!

RACE LINEUP
Shootout | Daytona International Speedway
Saturday | February 12, 2011 | Exhibition
FOX 8 p.m.

1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Amp Energy
2 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Mobil 1 / Office Depot
3 99 Carl Edwards Ford Scotts EZ Seed
4 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express
5 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota Red Bull
6 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Reese Towpower / Highland
7 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper
8 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Wix Filters
9 64 Derrike Cope Toyota Sta-Bil
10 115 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA Auto Parts
11 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M
12 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger
13 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target
14 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker
15 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar
16 97 Kevin Conway Toyota Extenze
17 22 Kurt Busch Dodge Shell / Pennzoil
18 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser
19 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal Black
20 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet GoDaddy.com
21 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's
22 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot
23 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Kobalt Tools
24 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies

One of the motors on a "jet dryer truck" blew. Hadn't seen that before.
Jamie Mac hit the wall after cutting down a tire. Not a good thing for your primary car. It just scuffed the right side, but they are going to have to go to a backup car.

Odds to win 2011 Sprint Cup Championship
Jimmie Johnson 5/2
Denny Hamlin 6/1
Carl Edwards 6/1
Kevin Harvick 8/1
Kyle Busch 8/1
Jeff Gordon 10/1
Greg Biffle 10/1
Tony Stewart 12/1
Matt Kenseth 12/1
Clint Bowyer 18/1
Kurt Busch 18/1
Mark Martin 20/1
Joey Logano 30/1
Jeff Burton 30/1
Juan Pablo Montoya 30/1
Kasey Kahne 40/1
Jamie McMurray 40/1
Ryan Newman 50/1
Brian Vickers 50/1
David Reutimann 50/1
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 50/1
A.J. Allmendinger 100/1
Martin Truex Jr. 100/1
Paul Menard 100/1
David Ragan 100/1
Brad Keselowski 300/1
Marcos Ambrose 500/1
Field (All Others) 100/1

Awesome Bill was 12th in practice today in the #09. If he can't be in the #9 then #09 is the next best thing. First time in his career Elliott starts the season in a Chevy.

Didnt matter before, if he was in a race, draft, practice, qualifying his ass was never up in the front. NEVER.

Who is going to win the Shootout?

My picks:
Jr
Kyle


Danny Hamlin maybe /nascrap fan LMAO

TONY MOTHER****ING STEWART!!!!




(since he usually wins the races at Daytona that don't matter)

I wouldn't pick a Toyota. Getting hot sooner than others when 2 cars get lined up.

I think the championship will obviously be between the 48, 29, 11, 99 but I think (as much as it pains me to say) the 24 team will be back as a serious contender. Obviously the entire field is much more competitive than it was when Petty, Earnhardt, Yarborough, Pearson, DW, and Jeff Gordon were racking up wins. Back then 8-10 drivers could realistically win every weekend. Now it's at least 18-22. The only guy that continues to win at the historic pace as the previous HOF (or will be) drivers is Jimmie Johnson. JFC 5 championships and in that span I think he has won a minimum of 6 races each year......just ridiculous. The best Gordon has done in his career was when he had Ray Evernham. Who do people most compare Evernham to? Alan Gustafson. I don't think anyone disputes that Chad Knaus is the best crew chief in the garage. Just saying the way they think and run a team people say they are almost clones. That 5/25/88 shop has always seemed like the step child at Hendrick, but Gutafson has won with every driver he's crew chiefed for. Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, and even Casey Mears. Gordon is in very good hands.

I think Junior finally gets his shit together as well. Don't think he'll be a championship contender, but think he'll win a race or two and make The Chase. Being in the 48 shop sure as hell won't hurt. Actually I think he or Harvick will win tonight or one of it not both the duels.

Kenseth

Hey, bugeater!!!! :D

Hey guys!!!

Check out all the new paint schemes for the Bud Shootout

http://jayski.com/schemes/2011budshootout.htm

I'm taking the #33 of course, but the #88 wouldn't be a bad guess either. The Hendrick cars have been really strong so far.

http://www.underlinfamily.com/guestb...leys/happy.gif

hey truebigdog!!!!


Turn on FOX!!! Woo Hoo!

My F'in Fox station just went blank on both HD and Standard....grrrrrrrr

She needs less clothes to be entertaining enough to watch.

found a link to watch it via stream but THIS SUCKS

I am going with the guy driving the bow tie chevy with the bow tie beer logo~

we lost sports live streaming!

ONE TO GO!!!!!

Only have to hear that shit 12 more times this year.

RedNeckRaider: Yesterday when Jeff G was drafting with Harvick, the 29 said, he had to run 1/2 throttle instead of wide open or he would leave Jeff in the dust.

Montoya already trying to wreck people...

If you are talking about Dancia, she has shown she is a soulless whore and cannot go back to that over sized gocart shit she came from. The only talent she has show is she is willing to sell skin and has the ability to take top five cars several laps down~

Junebug!!

These two car breakaways are kinda freaking me out.

no we didn't....I'm watching a stream now

quality isn't great, but it's better than a black ******* screen with "Sorry for the interuption of service. We are aware that this station is unavailable and we will have this channel back as quickly as possible"

grrrrrrr

no doubt. The speeds are insane

Maryeve Default made her ARCA debut today at Daytona -- I think she finished 28th.

http://pressdog.typepad.com/.a/6a00d...3e53970b-200wi


Milko Dano passed a bunch of cars before being wrecked.

:shake:

great -- link?

What the **** is Derrike Cope doing out there?

Cashing a check. There's 6 others that qualified that for some reason didn't run. Surprised some of the smaller teams didn't get them to do it.

Gonna take a little bit to get used to all the new paint schemes. I like that #29 Budweiser car.

I don't know -- but this is not racing -- it's horrible -- it's the two by two train

get ready for Stevie Wallace in Cup next week -- Lord have mercy

I'm wondering how well these speeds are going to work with some of the inexperienced folks and/or when they start to get impatient.

I suspect we'll see a smaller plate come Thursday.

I'll be really shocked if they get through the rest of tonight without a hell of a wreck

Did I hear Meyers right?

"Our Dickhead err Dick Bergren."

I hope it's not like this next weekend when I'm down there. All those cars running in pairs like makes it look like there's half as many cars out there.

i think Kyle is doing really good moving up from the back to 8th

Woohoo....they got the channel fixed :)

I'm not sure what they can do on new pavement -- it's takes up to five years for a track to get really good after repaving it -- so they say.

i got a feeling Childress cars are going to be the cars to beat



the drivers will get racy

Gawd damnit!!!

MaFa MaFa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

freakin' Gymnist takes out my Junior!! Ma Fa!!

there goes Juan Pablo Escabar! son of a B

This is what happens when Cousin Carl tries to mix it up with the real racers.



let the beatings begin..... LMAO

Yeah it is cocky looking. I like it much better the the red version~

Damn Regan Smith caused that one big time.

OH! it was no talent wheelholder Regan Smith that caused the carnage and took out two of my drivers http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com...lies/crazy.gif

now my Jr is standing around in familiar territory... the damn garage!

i hope everybody crashes, now

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Mark Martin takes out Kyle!


Jesus K. You would think Martin could draft by now -- he's been racing almost a 100 years Ma Fa!



where'd ya'll go? lol

Your 18 did........sorry

Martin gone.

I like the red version better too, but that black paint scheme on Harvick's car is much better than that ugly Shell car he's had the past few years.

wow... look at kyle go

Kidding aside: I think Kyle went too high and Mark did his best to follow him

Sheesh, I hope JimiJo is not going to win this!

Toni tries to kill Mikey LMAO

That's what I thought as well

Cope could end up with a top 10 by doing nothing but riding around

Ha, Ha! we called it -- DW said, Kyle went too high and Martin clipped him!

Where's my star? http://www.underlinfamily.com/guestb...leys/happy.gif

http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/dam/a...omepage-t1.jpg

newman can mess up

denny is a damn good racer...

For any of you that might have missed it, I also set up a fantasy league on ESPN. The info is in the OP