Official Daytona 500 Thread!!!

Boogity, boogity, boogity!!

Go #24 Jeff Gordon!

I'm a Ryan Newman fan

Hope this year starts out better than last year! :dunce:

Heyo

:-)

... but at least last year's "finish" (ahem) wasn't short on excitement...:evilgrin:

:dunce:

Remember the year before (2003) he won the most races that season and make rookie of the year. I am hoping for a repeat of that season, only with a better showing in the points race.

Heyo

He did like Fahrenheit 9/11 said "I think everyone should see it"

Pissed a lot of rednecks off!

At least he said he would on 60 Minutes. He said his daddy was a Republican and that's why he was a Republican. I see that a lot in my friends and family from back home in my red states. It's just like picking a favorite NASCAR driver. They'll cheer for the Republican team no matter how inept they are - because their daddy did.

cuz he'd get a butt-kicking

am not a race fan but I do have a cousin who won this race once but I don't know when.

but its a young race yet

... sorry Bobby.

Heyo

He's my fav driver, and I have him on my picks sheet today as well. That car sure seems to qualify well, but can't seem to run in traffic.

What "sponser" should we have now?

...that just thinned out the pack a bit.

:dunce:

Heyo

but at least all the contenders escaped it

they're dropping like flies

Try during a commercial to check the pay-per-view high end channels.

They are offering a "free" preview of "NASCAR IN-CAR" where you can select about seven drivers, and view the in-car cameras without commercial interruptions.

When Anti-American scumbag FOX goes to commercial, which they do about every 30 seconds, switch to this channel for all racing all the time!

n/t

Heyo

to be fair, i do love it being that Gordon is leading and the three guys behind him won't dare try and pass him for fear of losing their lead.

:nuke:

Nice job, jerkoff!

:mad:

Heyo

did i miss something? or are you ranting from him letting gordon go first out of the pits?

Not hard, but still...

...it cost him big... because now they just (apparently) had to dick around with his right front fender on pit road...

Although to his credit it wasn't on purpose...

:dunce:

Heyo

he just blew up.

33rd to 8th in 13 laps.

Guess the incident with Mikey didn't damage his car too bad...

Heyo

i'm kinda ticked at these cautions. the last one erased a huge lead Gordon's pack had and this one wiped out a move Gordon was putting on waltrip.

i don't know, i think sometimes NASCAR creates "debris" so there can be a caution to bunch up the field when the racing gets boring.

"i don't know, i think sometimes NASCAR creates "debris" so there can be a caution to bunch up the field when the racing gets boring."

I have though that before too.

Sometimes I could swear that it has happened too many times in Dale Jr's favor for it to be a coincidence.

They never happen when you want 'em, always when ya don't. :shrug:

Heyo

i know they showed the debris this time, but when it was the 24, 20, 15, and 12 out by themselves and running away from everyone else and that debris caution came out, they NEVER showed it....

COM'ON! give us the big one!

DAMN! 400 miles? and nothin' big yet? oh, there's the green.

22,10,2,16,42,ETC.

accordian effect caused by dale jr.

.... I didn't check the thread, but Wimmer went for quite a ride that time, huh..

It was the 12 going for the ride last year.

Heyo

in victory lane

...I am just glad Jr. didn't win it.

Thank God for Kurt Busch.

Heyo

Pisses me off.

i am sooooo over DEI and RCR and their "dominance"...how many championships does Jr. have????<sounds of crickets chirping>

i was there, and i can tell you i thoroughly enjoyed holding up my #24 hat to all the ass-hat Jr drones with the sad faces....i must've had 1000 middle fingers shot my way...i was loving it......

THE DRIVE FOR #5 IS VERY MUCH ALIVE!!!!!!!

i was there, and i can tell you i thoroughly enjoyed holding up my #24 hat to all the ass-hat Jr drones with the sad faces....i must've had 1000 middle fingers shot my way...i was loving it......

Dude! You ROCK!!! You're my idol for today...

"ass-hat Jr. drones with sad faces"... BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!

:evilgrin:

Heyo

...in a sea of Jr fans....easily 100/1...when Gordon was leading i was all mouth too...a few "fans" behind me started to bust my balls on the last 10 laps, but when Gordon passed before the caution, you could have heard a pin drop...grumbling about a yellow flag finish again(like Talladega last year)...and the finish...i stood up, pointed at my hat, then their hat, and just kept saying "champion...contender....champion...contender..."i talked waaaaay to much smack today for Gordon to lose.

god almighty....and someone mentioned this earlier too....those f'n debris cautions were bullshit...nascar gives the DEI and RCR cars everything they need to win....look at harvick...no fine, no warning, no nothing...stewart would've been fined for that stunt harvick pulled, but RCR/DEI racers can do no wrong in the eyes of NASCAR. and don't even bring up the fine Jr got for cussing...nascar had no choice as they had fined another driver the week before(and all the Jr apologists were still in a huff about that).

i have no beef with Jr other than the fact his fans have bought into the hype that he's as good as his father, and just won't accept the fact that he's still batting .1000 when it comes to NOT winning championships...he'll get his day soon, but people are expecting waaaay to much from him to fast.

they should be lucky he is as good a driver as he is...the other alternative is Kerry Earnhardt<chuckle chuckle>....

... about Jr.

And it is just so cliche to me, the whole Jr. thing...

And I really do think the NASCAR establishment favors him him. You probably didn't hear the TV broadcast since you were there, but you should have heard the voices of BP and the other guys announcing the race when Jr. got up front. And even before he got up to the front, they were already talking about him like it was a sure thing he'd be up front.

Who else do they talk about like that when they are in 6th or 7th place? What did they know that we didn't?

Then you could hear the dismay in their voices when Gordon took the lead. Needless to say there was a huge smug grin on my face.

All those dejected Jr. fans. Tsk Tsk. Have a nice ride home from the race! Bwaahaha!

As for the debris cautions... yeah I wonder how many times that "debris" will benefit somebody who is a favorite before it stops seeming like a coincidence.

Jr is money to them. But how fair is it when the governing body for the sport favors one particular driver?

I don't think they go so far as to actually *fake* a caution or fake a call for him. But, I 100% believe that this fact is true: When any particular call that NASCAR has to make, be it a caution or some other official call they have to decide on, if they are on the fence about it and it's debatable, they will always go with what benefits Dale Jr... Always!

Heyo

you're going on my buddy list for that. :yourock:

:evilgrin:

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Way to go 24!!!!