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Daytona 500
| Johnny Dickshot Feb 15 2006 11:27 AM |
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Great American Race is this Sunday at 1 pm. So far, we know Jeff Burton (#31) has qualified for the pole, and Jeff Gordon (#24) will start on the outside front row.
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| metirish Feb 15 2006 11:31 AM |
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I pick Kurt Busch.......it's been five years since Dale Earnhardt was killed.
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| Edgy DC Feb 15 2006 11:33 AM |
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If you're going to drive the Victory in Jesus car and end up starting way back at 54, might as well go for the miracle and start at 60.
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| Johnny Dickshot Feb 15 2006 11:44 AM |
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Morgan Shepard I think is the oldest guy in the field -- was racing the Daytona before much of the field was born. I doubt he qualifies, but have faith in Jesus' victory everyone.
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| metirish Feb 15 2006 12:02 PM |
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I wonder why NASCAR has it's biggest day at the start of it's season, any reasons that anyone knows of?For my second pick I'm taking Mike Wallace, surely he's older than Mr. Shepard.
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| Edgy DC Feb 15 2006 12:10 PM |
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I'm mistaken. I thought those were the starting positon numbers. How many start? Thirty?
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| Johnny Dickshot Feb 15 2006 12:15 PM |
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43
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| Frayed Knot Feb 15 2006 12:19 PM |
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I predict that anyone who insists on making right-hand turns is going to have trouble winning.
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| Johnny Dickshot Feb 18 2006 10:37 AM |
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Kurt Busch might have an advantage: He revealed yesterday he'd had offseason cosmetic surgery to pin his gigantic ears back and make him more aerodynamic, and prolly a better Mobil/Goodyear/Gatorade/Goody's Headache Powder spokesman.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 18 2006 01:17 PM |
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I'm suprised to find out that it's NBC airing this thing because the way ESPN has been absolutely humping the hell out of it for about 2 weeks now I just assumed that it was being shown by their ABC partners.
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| KC Feb 18 2006 01:39 PM |
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I'm going for Kasey Kahne @ 50-1 ... cool name.
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| Johnny Dickshot Feb 19 2006 10:42 AM |
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Bill France Sr. was one of those visionaries who in mid-century saw Florida for what it would become (Walt Disney, George Jenkins, founder of the Publix supermarket chain are others). All three acquired massive amounts of uninhabited land on the cheap to do what they'd do. France wanted to build a "superspeedway" to take the North Carolina sport of dirt-track racing to a new level. He knew that in Daytona Beach proper, people would drive their cars onto the beach, and so envisioned it could become an area where automobile culture would be celebrated. There was thousands of acres of cheap uninhabited land inland which he acquired to build the speedway. People thought he was crazy. That it became the biggest race is mostly tradition from there, also because of the warmer weather, its where the season starts. I think it's the race with the largest winners' purse, but the race itself doesn't mean any more in the yearly standings than any other. Gentlemen... start your engines (at 1:30 today).
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| Frayed Knot Feb 19 2006 11:54 AM |
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Or, as LA columnist Jim Murray once put it (albeit about the Indy 500 at a time when safety prcedures weren't as good as today); 'Gentlemen, start your coffins'
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| Johnny Dickshot Feb 19 2006 01:11 PM |
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Starting grid:
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| KC Feb 19 2006 01:22 PM |
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Kasey 27 - my birth date and lucky number.
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| Farmer Ted Feb 19 2006 01:38 PM |
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If Jimmy Spencer ain't racin', I ain't watchin'.
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| Johnny Dickshot Feb 19 2006 02:27 PM |
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I saw Jimmy Spencer on the pre-race, pre-race show. "Mr. Excitement" remains a fat guy.
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| KC Feb 19 2006 02:45 PM |
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Holy 75 minutes of cluster-funk, Batman.
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| Nymr83 Feb 19 2006 02:58 PM |
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nascar is a fuckin joke.
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| KC Feb 19 2006 03:06 PM |
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Oh lighten up, have a can of Busch (provided you're twenty-one).
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| KC Feb 19 2006 04:10 PM |
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88 laps and Kasey Kahne (9) has worked himself up to 14 from 27 - not too shabby.
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| KC Feb 19 2006 04:23 PM |
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Green flag on 96 and Kasey Kahne (9) emerges at 10!!
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| Nymr83 Feb 19 2006 04:23 PM |
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I think you have that completely backwards, i can think of no reason to drink Busch/Coors/Bud/etc unless you are too young to legally purchase the better beers and liquors that are only sold at places that strictly card, as of where an 18 year old looking for beer will have to settle for the cheap junk at the gas station.
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| KC Feb 19 2006 04:32 PM |
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Whatever, I had no idea you were so worldly.
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| KC Feb 19 2006 05:52 PM |
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I can see how people get addicted to Nascar. If you have a rooting interest
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| metirish Feb 19 2006 05:58 PM |
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My guy Kurt Busch just got his car ripped apart, his day looks done.
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| KC Feb 19 2006 06:23 PM |
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Jimmie Johnson wins on a caution flag in the last lap ... lotta fun.
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| Johnny Dickshot Feb 19 2006 06:39 PM |
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It was an interesting race if not a really exciting one (and too bad for the fog -- Daytona looks better in bright sunlight).
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| silverdsl Feb 20 2006 01:33 PM |
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My guy, Michael Waltrip, finished 18th - he probably would have finished a little better had he not gotten a penalty for speeding off of pit road when he was running in the top ten. He got sent to the back and had to rally from 33rd place which was no easy feat considering that the BDR engines that he had now are a lot weaker than what he used to get with DEI. I'm not a big fan of Jimmie Johnson but I'm not upset like a lot of other fans are that he won. It says something about that team that they were able to overcome all the controversy plus their crew chief being sent home to win.
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| Johnny Dickshot Feb 20 2006 11:22 PM |
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Seems to me that Stewart's out to prove he's a better driver than anyone else by showing how easily others can wreck while he saves his own would-be spinouts: Maybe he feels that's necessary when they've essentially rigged every car to behave the same.
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| metirish Feb 20 2006 11:26 PM |
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Seems to me that Stewart is really the best driver of them all, to finish fifth after getting two penalties is kinda amazing.
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| silverdsl Feb 21 2006 09:35 AM |
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That's what's so frustrating about Stewart is that there's no doubt he's among the best on the track. But some of the stuff that he does makes it hard for me to be a fan of his despite his incredible talent.
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