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[fyre]

Sorry this will be the winner!!!!!!!!!! ;D

[Hoosier Hillbilly]

**! it ain't gona be that "WAY!"
he had his stay
here's what 'i' say
too much competition today
do 'U' here me? HEY!
some say yes, but 'i' say nae
this year he'll pay
for all the victory's of the past
no-way NASCAR would let that last!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hoosier Hillbilly]

Annett admits driving while impaired, apologizes

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Michael Annett admits he drank too much and got behind the wheel. Now he's apologizing for his "horrible" judgment and hopes to prove he can turn around his life. Speaking to reporters at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, Annett says he is "definitely owning up" to his mistake.

[Hoosier Hillbilly]

Earnhardt to start from the 500 pole for first time
Hendrick teammate Gordon to start outside
The pressure's off Dale Earnhardt Jr.
-- until next Sunday, that is.


In Sunday's qualifying session at Daytona International Speedway, Earnhardt edged Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon for the top starting spot in next Sunday's season-opening Daytona 500.


Duel 1
Lineup

Pos. Driver Make
1. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet
2. Paul Menard Chevrolet
3. Ryan Newman Chevrolet
4. Mark Martin Chevrolet
5. Tony Stewart Chevrolet

Lineup: Duel 1
Duel 2
Lineup

Pos. Driver Make
1. Jeff Gordon Chevrolet
2. Trevor Bayne Ford
3. Clint Bowyer Chevrolet
4. Jeff Burton Chevrolet
5. Greg Biffle Ford

Lineup: Duel 2
Turning a lap in 48.364 seconds (186.089 mph), Earnhardt claimed the 10th Coors Light pole award of his career and his first at a restrictor-plate superspeedway. He'll try to win NASCAR's most prestigious race for the second time in the 400th start of his Cup career.


What Earnhardt -- and Gordon, for that matter -- won't have to worry about is racing for position in Thursday's Gatorade Duel 150 qualifying races at the 2.5-mile superspeedway. Under the unique qualify procedure for the Daytona 500, the two fastest drivers in time trials are locked into the front row.


The rest of the field for the 53rd running of the Great American Race won't be set until the Duels are completed.


"The main thing [the pole] does for me is take the pressure off Thursday's race," said Earnhardt, who will start from the top spot in the first qualifying race. "I can go out and have fun and not worry about where I finish or getting a good starting spot for the Daytona 500."

[Hoosier Hillbilly]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Dale Earnhardt Jr. will not start first in the Daytona 500.

Eighteen minutes into the first practice for Thursday’s Gatorade Duels, Earnhardt got tapped from behind by Martin Truex Jr., sending him into the wall, destroying the No. 88 Chevrolet. With steam shooting from under his hood and his rear bumper dragging on the ground, Earnhardt wheeled his car to the garage where his crew was already unloading his backup car.

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Earnhardt, who won the pole on Sunday, will now start at the rear of the field in both the Gatorade Duel and Sunday’s Daytona 500.)))

“We were coming around [Turns] 3 and 4 and some guys on the inside moved up toward the top lane and me and Jimmie [Johnson] checked up cause we didn’t know if they were coming into our lane and we got run over from behind,” explained Earnhardt. “Same old stuff that always happens here.”
[[ His Dad would have had alittle more to say than that! ]]

Johnson was unscathed. Truex will also go to a backup car.

When asked what his emotions are after knowing he’ll have to start at the rear of the field, Earnhardt responded, “Get the next [car] ready.”
[[ His Dad would have had alittle more to say than that! ]]


Rain delayed practice for several hours. When it finally got started, it was the first time on the track for a number of drivers, including Robby Gordon[[He's always been a wreck waiting to happen - check his stats]], Michael Waltrip and David Gilliland. Those three were locked in a three-car train, with Gordon leading the way. As they entered Turn 4, Gordon veered up the track and directly in the way of Johnson and Earnhardt, who were traveling some 20 mph faster.

Pinched against the wall with nowhere to go, Johnson had to check up, sparking a pile up behind him.

“It’s a new game,” Johnson said of Daytona, where the two-car draft has emerged as the fastest way to get around the track. “A spotter’s job is far more important and covers a lot more areas than it ever has. Spotting the front, spotting behind, letting you know when a two-car pack is coming.

“I think it was an innocent thing, but you can’t start on the bottom of the race track and then find your way all the way to the top in the corner,” he continued. “That was so avoidable. That didn’t need to happen.”
[[ Like Gordon hasn't raced that much and didn't know that!!!]]

Said Earnhardt: “We’re all kind of getting the hang of it, but the guys that aren’t … need to be aware that those guys [in a two-car pack] are going to come flying up on them faster than they think. And you’ve just got to keep that in mind and hold your line.”
[[ His Dad would have had a-whole-lot more to say than that! ]]



Earnhardt will roll off pit road first in Sunday’s Daytona 500, but will peal off and make his way to the rear of the field before the drop of the green flag. When he does, the winner of the first Gatorade Duel (or the second-place finisher if Junior wins) will slide into his spot.

[Hoosier Hillbilly]

[shadow=red,left,300]B00GITY! BoogITy B00GITy[/shadow]

[Hoosier Hillbilly]

...don't care if anyone reads this or not...just gotta get it out of my system: >>> off my chest!!!
The Daytona 500 is the biggest farce in racecar history!
They should all be racing limos like Darrell took the gold fish for in a ride around the track.
Call me old fashioned, but back in my day, racing was dependent on one guy - yourself. You didn't care what anybody else did
or was doing, you took care of you. Now that's racing.

I'm gona watch ( and there's plenty of them locally ) the old round track dirt racing, where there's heat races,
preliminaries, and a final feature of 30, 40, maybe 50 laps.
What racing is all about!!!

If there was anything 'i' couldn't stand in racing it was
being behind the guy in front of 'me'! And now they're
pushing each other around like the guy in front is in a
wheel chair. Which is where 'i' could end up, cause 'i'm
gona break a leg to get in front of'hm.
YES! 'i'm and old redneck dirter can 'U' tell?
Yes 'i' did run 'moon' before 'i' got into racing -
but that's another story!
Even back then they wouldn't let 'U' race on local tracks
til 'U' were 18 -that was so 'U'r parents didn't have a say!
'U' got messed, 'U' signed the paper, 'U'r on your own!
Never a greater feeling! Course 'U' still wanted to make
the big impression on ole'Dad which is the guy that
taught 'U' how to drive and did some pretty
"wild" $@*% doing it.

[LuLu]

Is the race today!! Did I miss it??

[Hoosier Hillbilly]

Please dear lady 'R' little devil, (( which ever ))
Get your man off here, he's tak'n up more room than he should;
the screen is stretched as far-as-it-will-go
'i' like 'normal' would sure want'a show
the driver 'i' liked, but don't 'U' know
this picture of Jimmie has gotta GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Hoosier Hillbilly]

Well, it doesn't look like I'm by myself when I read the Yahoo comments. All the older guys that commented said it was a farce, same as I did.

And 2 very special guys had something to say about it;
Jr was asked about what he thought of the racing here in Daytona, " Nascar has made it so you can't drive by yourself and plan your own strategy, you have to depend on someone else now, it's not even racing" Richard Petty was asked virtually the same question, he said and I quote, " watching the shootout and duels, I'm almost embarrassed to be a part of this now". This will go down as the worst race since last years pothole 500, when you had 5 people from the track staring down into a hole, having no clue what to do. Cost Robin Braig his job

It's a good felling to be right about some things, not bragging just stating a fact. NASCAR is gona go out like they came in, yew theys the big turd @ one time now all that's left is the stink!

When they lost the attention of "The Good Ole'boys" catering to the younger crowd they made a big mistake. New rules, new tracks, having to be a billionaire to run a few races, stopping all the little disagreements, gett'n in the middle of what racing is all about and not knowing #$%* about it, those are just a few things France done wrong. Trying to gouge people on ticket prices, having $8 beers and a slice of pizza for $5 which vendors had to charge to make it because of the space prices ( well maybe they got a little greedy to ).
I was around for the beginning and if I live an average age I'll be around to see the end.

Like I always say; What goes around comes around-tell me sometn that don't!!

[Wetboy]

I keep waiting for a "Drivers' Strike"
Maybe the fans should boycott.

We could start the DUI 500
The drivers must consume a 24 pack before starting their engines and entering the race.

[LuLu]

Wow you must be a good ole country boy!

[Hoosier Hillbilly]

It's official: the Subway sandwich chain has surpassed McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD - News) as the world's largest restaurant chain, in terms of units.

Thanks to Carl !

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[Hoosier Hillbilly]

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Jeff Gordon announced today that he was firing his entire pit crew.
This announcement followed Gordon's decision to take advantage of
President Obama's scheme to employ Harlem youngsters. The decision to
hire them was brought about by a recent documentary on how unemployed
youths from Harlem were able to remove a set of wheels in less than 6
seconds without proper equipment, whereas Gordon's existing crew
could only do it in 8 seconds with thousands of dollars worth of high tech
equipment.
It was thought to be an excellent and bold move by Gordon's
management team, as most races are won or lost in the pits.
However, Gordon got more than he bargained for.
At the crew's first practice session, not only was the inexperienced
crew able to change all 4 wheels in under 6 seconds, but within 12
seconds they had changed the paint scheme, altered the VIN number,
and sold the car to Dale Earnhardt Jr. for 10 cases of Bud, a bag of
weed, and some photos of Jeff Gordon's wife in the shower.

[Hoosier Hillbilly]

Give 'me' a break, a [shadow=red,left,300]((( bunch of "REDNECKS")))[/shadow] on here and[glow=red,2,300]"[NO]"[/glow] NASCAR FANS!

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3 Brad Keselowski Dodge -6
4 Kasey Kahne Toyota -5
5 Ryan Newman Chevrolet -7
6 Denny Hamlin Toyota -9
7 Tony Stewart Chevrolet -9
8 Greg Biffle Ford -11
9 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet -11
10 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota -12