Nascar Sprint Cup Daytona 500 Monday Feb. 27 on FoX 7PM ET (Rain Delayed)

NASCAR.com ^ | 2/23/12

[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?

[MtnClimber]

Only one person in our group had JJ, but LOTS had either Treavor Bayne or Danica in C-hroup.

[Wneighbor]

So I should be able to get the dishes done. :)

Evil huh?

[NormsRevenge]

I went with

Flipper
Ambrose
Biffle
Stenhouse

fingers crossed

[NormsRevenge]

Lap 33 — It’s now the first six cars in single file — Denny Hamlin, Paul Menard, Regan Smith, Joey Logano, Jeff Burton and Marcos Ambrose.

Lap 32 — According to Fox’s broadcast, the last 10 Daytona 500s have had 10 different winners.

Lap 28 — Trevor Bayne is about to return from the garage. He’s currently shown in 39th place, 25 laps down.

Lap 26 — It appears that the frontrunners are content to log some laps for the time being.

Lap 25 — The top seven are Denny Hamlin, Paul Menard, Regan Smith, Joey Logano, Jeff Burton, Marcos Ambrose and Martin Truex Jr.

Lap 23 — Greg Biffle and Martin Truex Jr. are back running neck and neck in their battle for seventh place.

Lap 21 — Martin Truex Jr. and Greg Biffle were the first cars side by side, but Truex clears going into Turn 1.

[NormsRevenge]

Mikey ‘splainin’ how the drivers are learning how to race these cars as configured at this track.. they’re now giving each other room and biding time and not pushing.. but that time will come

[NormsRevenge]

Lap 38 — There’s a pack up front, split single- and double-file. Kevin Harvick leads another pack further back. Harvick is shown in 29th place, nearly six seconds behind the leader.

Lap 37 — Here comes Trevor Bayne down pit road.

[tcrlaf]

Lovin’ this Monday Night Football themage.

You can tell FOX put this thing together on the fly.

I wonder if this will be a ratings blowout?

[Overtaxed]

Hmmm.....I wonder if I can do RaceView on my Android...

[tubebender]

Our ISP crashed county wide. Is it too late to change drivers?

[tubebender]

Is a Android a double Hemroid?

[Overtaxed]

Sometimes!

[o_zarkman44]

I took flipper, Martin, Smith, and......Ragan, thud.

[TexasCajun]

Thanks for the ping.

Looking forward to another fun season.

Not a good start for the 48.

Does DW have a crush on Danica or what?

[tubebender]

I took Bayne, how’s he doing?

[TexasCajun]

I hope little Ricky and Trevor both have a good season.

[NormsRevenge]

Lap 66 — Denny Hamlin, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart and several others pit, mostly for fuel only. Danica Patrick is back on the track.

Lap 65 — Remember folks, there’s a $200,000 bonus up for grabs at the halfway point. How will that impact strategy now, if at all?

Lap 64 — YELLOW FLAG NO. 3: There’s debris being reported in Turn 2.

Lap 63 — Jeff Gordon wrestles the advantage away from Jeff Burton.

Lap 62 — Jeff Gordon is now the leader.

Lap 61 — Tony Stewart is on pit road, basically by himself. He had tried to stop earlier, but was blocked from entering pit lane.

[Abigail Adams]

I forgot about the mid-way payday thing. Hope they don’t get too squirrely!

[NormsRevenge]

Bayne is running 38th,, 37 laps down

[NYTexan]

[NormsRevenge]

I know.. fingers crossed..

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Lap 76 — Martin Truex Jr. is leading the charge to the outside, and he takes the lead from Greg Biffle.

Lap 74 — Jeff Burton is back to sixth place, and he has Martin Truex Jr. to his outside.

Lap 72 — Greg Biffle, Marcos Ambrose, Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer and Joey Logano are single file up front.

Lap 69 — Matt Kenseth had a big problem on the stop, his car spouting a huge geyser of water.

Lap 68 — GREEN FLAG: Jeff Burton, Greg Biffle, Marcos Ambrose, Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch are the leaders on the restart. The rest of the top 10 are Mark Martin, Clint Bowyer, Jeff Gordon, Jamie McMurray and Joey Logano.