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Daytona 500 race thread. (Nationwide SPOILERS)
Practice underway now, qualifying tomorrow, duels on Thursday and the big day a week tomorrow!
The season is upon us folks!
Practice timing: http://racecast.nascar.com/races/lea.../cup/practice/
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9 Feb 2008, 17:14
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To Get Video
1) Go here.
http://www.tvunetworks.com/
2) Click of 'Sports' on the bottom left of the screen.
3) Get the ActiveX control.
4) Click on 'Wheels' (53060); this is Speed Channel. 'Fox 9' (65204) will have the Bud Shootout and most likely the other Nascar races that are going to be on Fox.
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10 Feb 2008, 03:34
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Wow, after watching the Bud Shootout I can hardly wait for the 500 race. It should be a wingdinger.
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10 Feb 2008, 06:33
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Woohoo, the 500 has officially started... I am just about to head on over to the airport now 
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10 Feb 2008, 10:09
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After years of wanting to im going to be there this year!
I can not wait.
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Everything else is just waiting. Well except now I have a Son who I love to bits!!
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10 Feb 2008, 12:39
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I hope the tyres live long enough in the daylight racing next week - if they do we're in for another cracking evening entertainment.
Don't forget there are those qualifying races to watch on Thursday as well folks!
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10 Feb 2008, 13:39
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This is all working out well. The new season of NASCAR has just coincided with Sky getting the deal and myself upgrading to SkyHD+. Watched the Shootout over breakfast.
Well done Jr!
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10 Feb 2008, 13:53
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Was it broadcast on Sky HD Adam? Us SD morons had a nice crisp HD benefit to our pictures.
I'm waiting to upgrade myself, this could just speed it along.
They also said all the races were live in the pre-race.
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10 Feb 2008, 20:49
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Ganassi have been hideous in qualifying
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10 Feb 2008, 20:58
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10 Feb 2008, 21:14
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It doesn't really matter of course.
They were saying on the radio the wind changed direction at the end. Where Waltrip was getting a push down the straight, the wind was battering against the last few cars, Jeff Burton suffered the same.
Grid isn't set fully until Thursday of course.
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10 Feb 2008, 21:16
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Ganassi have been hideous in qualifying
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It's Dodge. They were generally at the back of Daytona, Calif & Las Vegas testing too.
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10 Feb 2008, 21:26
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The encouraging thing from the Dodge perspective is they ran pretty decent in race trim the Shootout. Reed was a strong top five and Kurt sporadically ran up front and quick.
Long way to go yet.
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10 Feb 2008, 21:26
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JPM said in the radio interview they were focusing more on race setup in practice so not too surprised - after all they're guaranteed a start and really anything can happen in the Duels. Last year of course JPM qualified very well but DNF'd in the Duel so it's no great deal.
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11 Feb 2008, 00:52
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Qualifying:
1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 187.075 48.109 Leader
2 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA AUTO PARTS 186.734 48.197 -0.088
3 78 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing 186.498 48.258 -0.149
4 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 186.463 48.267 -0.158
5 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar 186.120 48.356 -0.247
6 5 Casey Mears Chevrolet Kellogg's / CARQUEST 186.054 48.373 -0.264
7 28 Travis Kvapil Ford K&N Filters 185.958 48.398 -0.289
8 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express 185.947 48.401 -0.292
9 160 Boris Said Ford 7-Eleven Slurpee / No Fear 185.893 48.415 -0.306
10 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 185.858 48.424 -0.315
11 10 Patrick Carpentier Dodge Valvoline 185.766 48.448 -0.339
12 20 Tony Stewart Toyota The Home Depot 185.651 48.478 -0.369
13 6 David Ragan Ford AAA 185.594 48.493 -0.384
14 17 Matt Kenseth Ford DEWALT 185.517 48.513 -0.404
15 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet AMP Energy / National Guard 185.479 48.523 -0.414
16 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 185.475 48.524 -0.415
17 27 Jacques Villeneuve Toyota Bill Davis Racing 185.452 48.530 -0.421
18 8 Mark Martin Chevrolet U.S. Army 185.429 48.536 -0.427
19 84 A.J. Allmendinger Toyota Red Bull 185.422 48.538 -0.429
20 38 David Gilliland Ford FreeCreditRep
ort.com 185.410 48.541 -0.432
21 44 Dale Jarrett Toyota UPS 185.345 48.558 -0.449
22 66 Scott Riggs Chevrolet State Water Heaters 185.193 48.598 -0.489
23 12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL 185.143 48.611 -0.502
24 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 185.071 48.630 -0.521
25 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal Cask No. 16 185.010 48.646 -0.537
26 01 Regan Smith Chevrolet Principal Financial Group 184.964 48.658 -0.549
27 187 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet Furniture Row
/ DenverMattress.com 184.953 48.661 -0.552
28 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Jim Beam 184.850 48.688 -0.579
29 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 184.828 48.694 -0.585
30 137 Eric McClure Chevrolet Hefty 184.828 48.694 -0.585
31 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 184.809 48.699 -0.590
32 70 Jeremy Mayfield Chevrolet Junior Johnson's Midnight Moon 184.612 48.751 -0.642
33 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 184.589 48.757 -0.648
34 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 184.540 48.770 -0.661
35 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Best Buy 184.521 48.775 -0.666
36 99 Carl Edwards Ford Office Depot 184.487 48.784 -0.675
37 49 Ken Schrader Dodge HealthLife.com 184.483 48.785 -0.676
38 15 Paul Menard Chevrolet PEAK / Menards 184.415 48.803 -0.694
39 40 Dario Franchitti Dodge Dodge Journey 184.351 48.820 -0.711
40 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 184.290 48.836 -0.727
41 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Target 184.264 48.843 -0.734
42 42 Juan Montoya Dodge Texaco / Havoline 184.241 48.849 -0.740
43 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 184.226 48.853 -0.744
44 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Jack Daniel's 184.106 48.885 -0.776
45 21 Bill Elliott Ford Little Debbie 184.090 48.889 -0.780
46 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet AT&T Mobility 183.884 48.944 -0.835
47 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Cheerios / Betty Crocker 183.857 48.951 -0.842
48 34 John Andretti Chevrolet Makoto 183.673 49.000 -0.891
49 45 Kyle Petty Dodge Wells Fargo 183.374 49.080 -0.971
50 109 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 183.326 49.093 -0.984
51 96 J.J. Yeley Toyota DLP HDTV 182.994 49.182 -1.073
52 150 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet NOS Energy Drink / SKI / SBM 182.823 49.228 -1.119
53 08 Carl Long Dodge MILLSTAR Tools / Rhino's Energy Drink 180.796 49.780 -1.671
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