Posted on 02/23/2012 3:46:04 PM PST by NormsRevenge
The field is set.
Tony Stewart won the first Duel under caution and Matt Kenseth took the checkered in a caution-free second event to set the lineup for Sunday's Daytona 500.
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Who will ride a lucky airstream to Victory Lane on Sunday?
Will the field get Smoke'd again?
(Excerpt) Read more at nascar.com ...
Probably not. She’ll drive conservatively in the last 3rd of the pack and be fodder for someone else’s wreck.
Drivers seem to like smacking her rear end.....
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FRFLrs - Deadline to swap Starters and Bench drivers is Feb 27 3:55pm PST
Who’s driving the Rick Santorum car?
Nitt Rummney?
This Afternoon: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 73. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Tonight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then a chance of showers between 7pm and 1am. Areas of fog after 1am. Low around 60. North northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Tuesday: Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 77. Northeast wind between 5 and 10 mph
LOL, never got around to getting it done the first time.
Been busy with suspension/control/drive train issues that have kept me otherwise occupied.
Here’s another. Looks iffy.
http://image.weather.com/looper/archive/southeast_sat_720x486/4L.jpg?1330374351840
Tony Raines
Why?
MONEY!
NASCAR has been hit on two fronts by the economic down turn. Attendance at the tracks and a shortage of sponsors for NASCAR and the car owners.
NASCAR made the American Ethanol partnership announcement just weeks after announcing a switch in its major national series to Sunoco Green E15, a new 15% ethanol blend fuel made with corn grown in the United States. (The 2010 February Daytona Race was the first race to use E-15 as fuel)
Financial terms of the six-year agreement were not disclosed.
The ethanol industry was pushing for the federal mandate that was 10% ethanol to be increased to 15% ethanol in the "gasoline" you and I buy. The deal with NASCAR was advertising to promote E15.
In December of 2011 The US House of Representatives voted against increasing the mandate from E10 to E15. At the same time they stopped the 45 cents per gallon federal subsidy for ethanol.
NASCAR and E15, it was one of those follow the money trail things. NASCAR needed money, the ethanol industry had the money and needed positive advertising to get their mandate.
It didn't happen.
Yuck... I won’t post another intellicast shot, but storms are building over the west side of the state and heading toward Daytona. It also appears they may have had a quick shower pass over within the past hour. But if the stuff between Ocala and Gainsville heads in (and so far it is coming toward Daytona)... then it could be Tuesday Noon.
2-1/2 hours to go. My optimism is waning.
Does anyone know the exact start time of the telecast? If NASCAR has said that the green flag drops at 7:02p, and the actual coverage starts at 7:00p, then we won’t even get to hear the command to start engines (one of the things I live for).
Anyone?
Update from NASCAR.com: Green flag drops at 7:13 EST. That would give just enough time to do the invocation, the Anthem, the Command, and roll off with a 7pm broadcast start time.
Answered my own question.
Tuesday
Partly cloudy. Fog early. High of 77F. Winds from the NE at 5-15 mph.
Tuesday
Partly cloudy. Fog early. High of 77F. Winds from the NE at 5-15 mph.
With your extensive background in whore-de-culture, what is your prediction for rain?
Optimism level increasing.
If they are very lucky. The surface analysis maps tell me that the best bet is Wednesday before it begins to dry out enough to get the race in. Race in Daytona on Wednesday and practice in Phoenix on Thursday.
Latest Update : 7:13 pm
Does anybody know where I can listen to this online?
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