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Originally Posted by AU N EGL
Normally the two winners from the twin 125 Bud Shoost out are the first two qualifers for the 500.
Then qualifing for the remaining 42 or so places two days prior to the 500.
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Actually, unless I missed a major rule change (besides making the 125's into 150's), it's actually the complete opposite:
First, a regular-style Qualifying session takes place with all the cars attempting to make the race. The drivers that qualify P1 and P2 will keep their spot
NO MATTER WHAT PLACE THEY FINISH IN THEIR RESPECTIVE 150 DUEL.*
*this goes without saying that in this case, they can opt out of racing in their Duel race, but if anything, the drivers and teams want as much track time as possible.
So the front row is locked in, and then the two 150 races are gridded up by the qualifying session:
The cars that have qualified on the inside/left (odd numbered Qual. positions) will race in one race and their finishing order will determine the inside positions from Row 2 and back. Cars qualified on the outside/right (even numbered Qual. positions) will do another race and their finishing order will determine the outside positions from Row 2 and back.
Also need to mention this, because the regular Qualifying is only mostly setting up the grid for the 150, the Top 35 rule does not come into effect for qualifying. The Top 35 rule DOES, however, apply to the finishing orders of each of the duels: In each race, the highest finishing 4 cars that are outside of the Top 35 in car/owner points will make the race (of course, without this goes without saying how many drivers take Champions provisionals, then I think you take one Below-35 car out in the duel for every previous champion in the same duel.)
As for the Bud Shootout, the Shootout
DOES NOT affect the Daytona 500 starting grid nor the 150 Duels starting grids
AT ALL. All it does is make for great non-points racing in a, well, shootout. That and drivers can make some extra $$$ while they're at it!
And if I'm completely wrong, someone PLEASE scorn me so I will never do it ag-AH, WHO AM I KIDDING.
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Originally Posted by Hazza
Does Dale still run the Oreo's car @ Daytona? I liked the look of that thing...
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At Daytona, he might. But as far as I know, in other Busch races he runs, he just decided to run the same Bud livery as his Cup car. Unoriginality for the lose....I actually liked that one #81 Taco Bell car he had (white w/dark purple trim) at Talladega a couple years ago when it was him and Truex Jr. finishing 1-2 in the Busch race when they figured out that they could actually use the 2nd groove when drafting each other to get faster lap times. The only thing I didn't like about the car was the "81" design, which was just Jr.'s 8 and Truex's 1 side by side.
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I a mate at work offered his one to me till we get a new one (new one being DVD recorder or something.....but not for a while) problem is, is doesn't have long play and it goes for 3 hrs, which is the length of my tape....except it's almost garenteed to go over that time... Pondering weather I should buy a brand spanking one (and VCRs these days are dirt cheap) then keep it myself for when I move out hopefully later in the year.
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