Daytona 500

[COramprat]

Go Army

 

[kmterrill]

Here's the starting grid for Sundays race...

1 38 David Gilliland Ford M&M's 186.320 48.304 Leader
2 88 Ricky Rudd Ford Snickers 185.609 48.489 -0.185
3 20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet The Home Depot - - -
4 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite - - -
5 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Budweiser - - -
6 40 David Stremme Dodge Coors Light - - -
7 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Cingular Wireless - - -
8 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Kellogg's / CARQUEST - - -
9 11 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet FedEx Express - - -
10 17 Matt Kenseth Ford DEWALT - - -
11 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Jack Daniel's - - -
12 18 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Interstate Batteries - - -
13 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker - - -
14 99 Carl Edwards Ford Office Depot - - -
15 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA Auto Parts - - -
16 12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL - - -
17 25 Casey Mears Chevrolet National Guard / GMAC - - -
18 13 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet CertainTeed - - -
19 21 Ken Schrader Ford Little Debbie - - -
20 96 Tony Raines Chevrolet DLP HDTV - - -
21 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's - - -
22 109 Mike Wallace Chevrolet Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts - - -
23 160 Boris Said Ford SOBE - No Fear - - -
24 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal - - -
25 16 Greg Biffle Ford Ameriquest - - -
26 01 Mark Martin Chevrolet U.S. Army - - -
27 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Cheerios / Betty Crocker - - -
28 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dodge Dealers / UAW - - -
29 45 Kyle Petty Dodge Wells Fargo - - -
30 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Dodge Dealers / UAW - - -
31 66 Jeff Green Chevrolet Best Buy - - -
32 10 Scott Riggs Dodge Valvoline / Stanley Tools - - -
33 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Target - - -
34 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil - - -
35 6 David Ragan* Ford AAA - - -
36 42 Juan Montoya* Dodge Texaco / Havoline - - -
37 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar - - -
38 14 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet Waste Management - - -
39 7 Robby Gordon Ford Jim Beam - - -
40 00 David Reutimann* Toyota Domino's Pizza - - -
41 70 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet Yellow Trans. - - -
42 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont - - -
43 44 Dale Jarrett Toyota UPS Champion's Provisional

 

[srothfuss]

GO ARMY!

 

[kmterrill]

Ha, Jeff Gordon got owned by the template...

 

[Busted07]

Mark Martin is racing in the #01 Army Chevrolet this year...

He's currently in 8th place in the second duel race with 32 laps complete...

WTF??? i thought last year was it for him... i havent watched anything nascar related since then!!! son of a bitch!!!!

 

[COramprat]

WTF??? i thought last year was it for him... i havent watched anything nascar related since then!!! son of a bitch!!!!

He is running a limited schedule this season then it's up in the air for next.

 

[90mustangGT]

I wonder if the Toyota's will have fart pipes on them? I am sure we will see one flim over with a big ole Weapon R muffler on it.

 

[Kraw]

I hate the 500.. why the hell is the biggest race the first race????

I'll still be watching it though Go 48

 

[COramprat]

I hate the 500.. why the hell is the biggest race the first race????

I'll still be watching it though Go 48

Noobs

 

[Venom351R]

Im going w/ Tony Stewart.

 

[Venom351R]

Who else is hoping that kelly is going to fall out of that top?

 

[COramprat]

Wow...what a finish

Damn I thought Martin had it...

 

[Venom351R]

What friggin awesome ending!! I thought stewart had it up until his incident. I cant believe the amount of top drivers that crashed out.

 

[WillDuhhBeast]

Definitely going to be on our minds for years to come, what a finish.

The 29 owes it all to Matt Kenseth.. what a push, almost all by himself. He come from like 10 cars back for the win and Kenseth get's bottled up in the crash. What a push. First words from Harvick should have been thank you for the victory Matt Kenseth.

Oops, forgot to add.. Kyle busch has an amazing car all day, I though he was going to pull it off too.. too bad.

 

[4point6]

How about thanking NASCAR for holding off on throwing another caution, even though half the field wrecked again and there was a car on its roof?

 

[Venom351R]

If Nascar had thrown the yellow no one would have slowed down that close to the finish and they knew it.

 

[foghorn67]

I thought Kenseth had a strong car for the last laps. He had a good position until the final caution. I noticed how much he could pull away before that.
Ah, poor Martin. I was going for the old bastard.

 

[Venom351R]

Getting the lead at the end of the 500, keeping it is totally different. In most cases you have at least 10 cars behind you that have a shot at a top 3 or a win and much of the time its almost impossible to keep that lead in the last few laps.

 

[Busted07]

Getting the lead at the end of the 500, keeping it is totally different. In most cases you have at least 10 cars behind you that have a shot at a top 3 or a win and much of the time its almost impossible to keep that lead in the last few laps.

I think leading the last 24 laps and only getting beat because someone ran into you is pretty admirable.

Thanks NASCAR for not calling a caution when the cars behind the leaders were getting smashed to bits.

 

[blackened88lx]

Didn't find this thread till just now.

Oops, forgot to add.. Kyle busch has an amazing car all day, I though he was going to pull it off too.. too bad.

Not too bad at all. Kyle Busch is a young punk that needs his ass beat really bad. Stewart had the winning car either way.

Awesome ending, I was going for Martin too. I was never a fan of his, but I feel bad for the guy never winning the 500 in 23 tries.