LGP NASCAR Thread

[JS©]

Fifty.....denied.

[relantel]

it's 2000. Single file train.

[relantel]

Kyle Busch starts the big one, turning Kahne after he first restart. Montoya, Harvick, Stewart, Keselowski also involved. Mears, McMurray as well.

[Ad@m]

Fifty.....denied.

After that, the creep continues to follow her down pit road, while she is looking for Danica.

[JS©]

I didn't know he was still relevant. Has he done a movie or released a song in the last 5-6 years?

[mac5155]

Fifty.....denied.

After that, the creep continues to follow her down pit road, while she is looking for Danica.

Did he limp?

[CERV96]

My money is on Waltrip causing "the big one".

[shafnutz05]

What an exciting finish... Single file until the last lap, half hearted move to the front, checked flag. Lame

[CERV96]

Although my driver won. Something just wasn't right about this years 500.

[relantel]

What an exciting finish... Single file until the last lap, half hearted move to the front, checked flag. Lame

Kind of like the bonzai charge to the finish in 2010 for the 88... fast enough to be the bridesmaid, but not enough for the win. The 88-55 move might have worked at Talladega, where the start/finish line is closer to turn 1.

[DMcGrew]

I had a great spot for driver intros today. Right next to the stage.

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[TheHammer24]

The caution with 8 to go ruined the ending. BK's car on the better top lane vs Johnson'a better car leading the inferior inside lane finally made things interesting.

Danica did lead a lap, Shaf. I wish she won. That would have been cool. I just wish DW would stop pointing super mundane things that he says make her good.

[shafnutz05]

Danica did lead a lap, Shaf. I wish she won. That would have been cool. I just wish DW would stop pointing super mundane things that he says make her good.

I was very impressed with the way she handled herself yesterday. Also agree that it was an insult to her to CONSTANTLY talk about all of the minor things she was doing right.

[tifosi77]

Don't follow NASCAR, don't even like NASCAR.

But since the topic is Danica, I feel oddly compelled to step in and remind everyone that since she switched from karts to cars around age 10 or so she has won exactly ONE motor race.

One. In her entire life. (And there were questions about a manipulated finish.)

One win.

That's only one more than I've won...... except I don't have 21 years of trying on my record.

[CERV96]

Danica did lead a lap, Shaf. I wish she won. That would have been cool. I just wish DW would stop pointing super mundane things that he says make her good.

I was very impressed with the way she handled herself yesterday. Also agree that it was an insult to her to CONSTANTLY talk about all of the minor things she was doing right.

She was right not to pull in front of Jr on that last lap he would have booted her for sure.

[TheHammer24]

Danica wants to race cars and make money. No one can blame her for that. The fact that she has sex appeal, and has become a very marketable figure is not her fault. Fox, ESPN, GoDaddy, etc want to make her a compelling figure. DW yesterday shoved her down our throat.

I just feel like hating Danica because the networks are leveraging her for $$ is misplaced.

[TheHammer24]

Actual race commentary,

I didn't think the race was that boring. If it's too easy to pass, then no one races until the end. If it's too tough to pass, then no one races until the end. What can NASCAR do? Track position was super important all day, and the finish was decent. Again, had the caution not come out or had BK been in the lead at that point (he was behind by a few inches) we would talk differently today.

JGR heartbreak. They were looking very likely to produce the winner until two engine failures. KyBu has to be thinking, "not again." Hamlin had a top 5 finish going until the final caution and BK came to lead the inside and Johnson went to the outside. Had the caution not fallen, he would have pushed Jimmie to the point. As it stood, he ended up by himself low and shuffled all the way back to 15th.

And where did Jr. come from?!

[thepittman]

I liked the race and Danica did a great job.

[shafnutz05]

Earnhardt Jr now has four second-place finishes at Daytona, one behind his daddy

[TheHammer24]

WHOA!

@keselowski sorry I couldn't get close to you cuz your genius teammate was too busy messing up the inside line 1 move at a time

@dennyhamlin I Remember when you were MY genius teammate. #LoveYouMeanIt

[relantel]

don't agree with NASCAR on fining Denny for words. It's a bad fight to pick.

[relantel]

Phoenix - most important races were off pit road. Don't suspect many 88 fans are fans of Casey Mears right now, as that cost Jr the lead, and was the final lead change. As it were, out front Earnhardt was able to stay in front of Johnson the entire run. Might have been his longest stretch of laps led since the first Michigan last year.

(Moral for the 88 - qualify better to get a better pit selection, to be able to avoid such incidents)

[shafnutz05]

Phoenix - most important races were off pit road. Don't suspect many 88 fans are fans of Casey Mears right now, as that cost Jr the lead, and was the final lead change. As it were, out front Earnhardt was able to stay in front of Johnson the entire run. Might have been his longest stretch of laps led since the first Michigan last year.

(Moral for the 88 - qualify better to get a better pit selection, to be able to avoid such incidents)

This is an excellent point. Earnhardt has performed well going back to last year, but the qualifying has been a major issue. Nearly always mired somewhere between 15 and 25. As a matter of fact, it's amazing how consistent he is within that bracket of starters.

[Kaizer]

was the anthem singer drunk? because nothing could be more american.