Re: 2014 Daytona 500

by Pyrozooka0 Sun Feb 23, 2014 6:40 pm

so, when will they finish it?

by f1fan12 Sun Feb 23, 2014 6:58 pm

I am looking at a radar. There is another storm to the west. We may get some racing, but not nearly the full length unless they post pone it tomorrow!

by Cardinals5 Sun Feb 23, 2014 7:08 pm

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Kyle Busch: "RAWR IMMA DINOSAWR"

by gone-sovereign Sun Feb 23, 2014 8:17 pm

Supposed to be going green by 8:30 ET. 2014 Daytona 500 - Page 2 215644238

by Rykia Sun Feb 23, 2014 9:54 pm

Am I mistaken or isn't the rule that you can speed entering if you're avoiding a wreck, as long as you slow back to pit speed?

by conrail1990 Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:03 pm

Rykia_RKXK wrote:Am I mistaken or isn't the rule that you can speed entering if you're avoiding a wreck, as long as you slow back to pit speed?

I believe because Kasey was making a scheduled stop. And that the spinning car wasn't in the racing line and did not bring out a caution. Were why he got the penalty. Needless to say it really sucks for Kasey.

by RealRacer4 Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:13 pm

I said to myself out loud that Mike Joy was jinxing it when he said that they've been caution-free since the delay ended. And guess what? It happened.

by Michael29Shell Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:21 pm

I looked at the radar, there is potential that this race will finish the entire distance due to storm decimating.

Proof: http://www.weather.com/weather/map/interactive/Daytona+Beach+FL+USFL0106

by Rykia Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:21 pm

Spoiler:

by navycook75 Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:23 pm

Kes P4! I was rooting for him in the final laps.

Good Win Junior, had the car to beat.

by Mystrsyko Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:26 pm

I watched every minute at the bowling alley and they closed with 15 to go and I missed everything from there on Fail

by PackerMan71 Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:27 pm

DALE JRRRRRRRR! Very Happy

by Lucstar88 Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:28 pm

OMG!!! He did it!!!
DALE JUNIOR WINS THE DAYTONA 500!!!!
I almost cried!

by Electric Wolf Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:30 pm

JUNIOR WINS THE 500!

Also, CASSILL P12!

by RealRacer4 Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:31 pm

I was really hoping that Jeff Gordon was going to win that one, but I'll definitely okay with a P3 finish. I thought that him, Kez, and Hamlin would blow by Dale. Jr.

Considering how close Dale Jr. has been in the last few years, I think it was a matter of time before he would get another Daytona 500 win.

by **antknee** Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:31 pm

God win for Junior!

by RyanB06 Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:33 pm

I'm cool with this.

Memo to NASCAR: DO NOT TINKER WITH THE SS PACKAGE. IT'S PERFECT.

by BBoy Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:36 pm

Fantastic 500 from start to finish, albeit it got a bit smashy in the final 30 laps. With all the times that Junior has finished 2nd and 3rd the past few years, there was no way to think that he wouldn't win the 500 again at some point, and sure enough he did it tonight!

by f1fan12 Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:40 pm

Best Daytona 500 in quite some time! I really enjoyed that race.

9.5/10

by Kornography Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:41 pm

YES! JR DID IT! Very Happy

by Alta Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:49 pm

That was an awesome 500! Rain kept the race wild from start to finish.

Good win Junior! Nice to see him get back in victory lane...It's kind of nuts to think he now has more wins than his dad at Daytona.

by bigdc48 Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:01 am

A great race overall. And JUNIOR WINNING IT!!!! Very Happy

. 9.0/10.

by RACECAR Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:04 am

Heard (and read) the 500 was actually good. Guess I'll have to tune to the re-air Monday on FS1 and see for myself.

by gone-sovereign Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:19 am

That was the best 500 I've seen in years. This race goes right up there with the 2007 Daytona 500 in my book.

For the longest time the 500 has had all sorts of hitches to it. This year we got all that rain, and when they rolled out the cars again there was some great racing. I hate it for guys like Paul Menard that got caught up in those wrecks, but I'd take a Junior win any day.

It's ironic that all day NASCAR.com was advertising the 2004 race while the rain delay was going on. And now, I can say that's the happiest I've ever seen Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in all the years I've been a race fan.

Hell of a race, hell of a finish. Great way to cap off Speedweeks 2014. Wink

by JMac525 Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:37 am

One of the best Daytona 500's in years. NASCAR has found a great Superspeedway package this year. Awesome to see Dale Earnhardt Jr. win this one. This is the most excited I've seen him in some time.

by BWard Mon Feb 24, 2014 3:05 am

OH MA GOD JUNIOR NATION GONNA GO WILD! YEEEEEAAAAAHHHHH DAYLE JRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!

by Alta Mon Feb 24, 2014 3:07 am

BWardboy88 wrote:OH MA GOD JUNIOR NATION GONNA GO WILD! YEEEEEAAAAAHHHHH DAYLE JRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!

r u ok Bward lol?

by BWard Mon Feb 24, 2014 3:20 am

Alta wrote:
BWardboy88 wrote:OH MA GOD JUNIOR NATION GONNA GO WILD! YEEEEEAAAAAHHHHH DAYLE JRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!
r u ok Bward lol?

Well since he won the biggest race of the year and that he's my favourite driver, nope. I'm just all hyped up. Laughing

by PYLrulz Mon Feb 24, 2014 5:56 am

RyanB06 wrote:I'm cool with this.

Memo to NASCAR: DO NOT TINKER WITH THE SS PACKAGE. IT'S PERFECT.

Tough shit, this is NASCAR we are talking about...

by Spannerhead29 (Nelson) Mon Feb 24, 2014 7:48 am

>Ambrose: Wrecked
>Stewart: Electrical issues
>Almirola: Wrecked
>Harvick: Wrecked
>Menard: Wrecked
>Annett: Wrecked
>Kligerman: Wrecked
>Bayne: Wrecked

I shouldn't of been happy after that race, but I was. DAYLE

by Pyrozooka0 Mon Feb 24, 2014 4:23 pm

Awards for 2014 Daytona 500:

Bad Driving Award: everyone who wrecked in the pits
I Got Screwed Award: Everyone who was taken out by the first big wreck
Special Awards: (these awards will very from week to week)
Piñata Award (driver involved in the most incidents in a receiving role): Kyle Larson
"Get Through That!" Award (Driver who causes the most wrecks they are not involved in): Austin Dillon

by vbooy57 Mon Feb 24, 2014 5:18 pm

Spannerhead29 (Nelson) wrote:>Ambrose: Wrecked
>Stewart: Electrical issues
>Almirola: Wrecked
>Harvick: Wrecked
>Menard: Wrecked
>Annett: Wrecked
>Kligerman: Wrecked
>Bayne: Wrecked

I shouldn't of been happy after that race, but I was. DAYLE

I finally caught up...literally every driver I like was involved in a wreck of some sort. Good race but that's just morale deflating Sad

by **Cynon** Tue Feb 25, 2014 5:38 pm

antknee wrote:God win for Junior!

Well... nobody else but Hamlin seemed to be trying during the last restart... so he did have it fairly easy. Having two teammates willing to block for him helps, but that's how superspedways are won, as Jack Roush can attest to.

Did anyone else catch, during the post-race, Darrell Waltrip suggest that Dale Senior put the tape on front of Junior's car to help him win? Is Dale Earnhardt, Sr. the god of tumbling tape or something all of a sudden?

I thought I was hearing things because I wasn't really paying much attention, but when my mother and someone else both mentioned it to me, I was sure I wasn't...

I mean... a story like that is harmless if it's between two people, but this is national television. Granted, Fox News also was unaware that their own station was airing last year's running of the race during the rain delay.

Not to forget Michael Waltrip's post-race acting was good enough for an Oscar. I was wondering when he would bring his acting to the coverage, especially after the Newport-exploitation-mobile he ran last year...

It was probably the most entertaining Daytona 500 I've seen since 2002, until the final restart. I knew how it was going to end once I saw how everyone lined up. Would have been nice to see more people try and win, but as I said before, the Hendrick drivers weren't going to race. Had they done so, Hamlin probably would have won the race.

You can, however, legitimately say that Junior only won because the 3 car was in the field. Because the 3 car was busy wrecking everyone else -- and so was the 4 car.

by PYLrulz Tue Feb 25, 2014 5:53 pm

Cynon wrote:
antknee wrote:God win for Junior!

Well... nobody else but Hamlin seemed to be trying during the last restart... so he did have it fairly easy. Having two teammates willing to block for him helps, but that's how superspedways are won, as Jack Roush can attest to.

Did anyone else catch, during the post-race, Darrell Waltrip suggest that Dale Senior put the tape on front of Junior's car to help him win? Is Dale Earnhardt, Sr. the god of tumbling tape or something all of a sudden?

I thought I was hearing things because I wasn't really paying much attention, but when my mother and someone else both mentioned it to me, I was sure I wasn't...

I mean... a story like that is harmless if it's between two people, but this is national television. Granted, Fox News also was unaware that their own station was airing last year's running of the race during the rain delay.

Not to forget Michael Waltrip's post-race acting was good enough for an Oscar. I was wondering when he would bring his acting to the coverage, especially after the Newport-exploitation-mobile he ran last year...

It was probably the most entertaining Daytona 500 I've seen since 2002, until the final restart. I knew how it was going to end once I saw how everyone lined up. Would have been nice to see more people try and win, but as I said before, the Hendrick drivers weren't going to race. Had they done so, Hamlin probably would have won the race.

You can, however, legitimately say that Junior only won because the 3 car was in the field. Because the 3 car was busy wrecking everyone else -- and so was the 4 car.

Sad that there used to be a time that FOX actually had good coverage of NASCAR races... hell, you know they can do good coverage of sports (see NFL), but they reduced themselves to parodies of themselves (from the times I watched up until last year, and what it sounds like was the case this year)

by RACECAR Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:40 pm

PYLrulz wrote:
Sad that there used to be a time that FOX actually had good coverage of NASCAR races... hell, you know they can do good coverage of sports (see NFL), but they reduced themselves to parodies of themselves (from the times I watched up until last year, and what it sounds like was the case this year)

Might just be me, but I think Fox is trying to be ESPN, which is not what anyone wants.

by **crl** Tue Feb 25, 2014 11:39 pm

Cynon wrote:
antknee wrote:God win for Junior!

Well... nobody else but Hamlin seemed to be trying during the last restart... so he did have it fairly easy. Having two teammates willing to block for him helps, but that's how superspedways are won, as Jack Roush can attest to.

Did anyone else catch, during the post-race, Darrell Waltrip suggest that Dale Senior put the tape on front of Junior's car to help him win? Is Dale Earnhardt, Sr. the god of tumbling tape or something all of a sudden?

I thought I was hearing things because I wasn't really paying much attention, but when my mother and someone else both mentioned it to me, I was sure I wasn't...

I mean... a story like that is harmless if it's between two people, but this is national television. Granted, Fox News also was unaware that their own station was airing last year's running of the race during the rain delay.

Not to forget Michael Waltrip's post-race acting was good enough for an Oscar. I was wondering when he would bring his acting to the coverage, especially after the Newport-exploitation-mobile he ran last year...

It was probably the most entertaining Daytona 500 I've seen since 2002, until the final restart. I knew how it was going to end once I saw how everyone lined up. Would have been nice to see more people try and win, but as I said before, the Hendrick drivers weren't going to race. Had they done so, Hamlin probably would have won the race.

You can, however, legitimately say that Junior only won because the 3 car was in the field. Because the 3 car was busy wrecking everyone else -- and so was the 4 car.

"He's the greatest NASCAR commentator ever!" say people who never heard Benny, Ned, or Buddy speak.

by PYLrulz Wed Feb 26, 2014 7:07 pm

RACECAR wrote:
PYLrulz wrote:
Sad that there used to be a time that FOX actually had good coverage of NASCAR races... hell, you know they can do good coverage of sports (see NFL), but they reduced themselves to parodies of themselves (from the times I watched up until last year, and what it sounds like was the case this year)

Might just be me, but I think Fox is trying to be ESPN, which is not what anyone wants.

It's the case with Fox Sports 1. When it comes to NFL coverage on Sundays, Fox is top notch, but most everything else, they are becoming more and more like ESPN

by flyingturns89 Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:29 pm

RACECAR wrote:
PYLrulz wrote:
Sad that there used to be a time that FOX actually had good coverage of NASCAR races... hell, you know they can do good coverage of sports (see NFL), but they reduced themselves to parodies of themselves (from the times I watched up until last year, and what it sounds like was the case this year)

Might just be me, but I think Fox is trying to be ESPN, which is not what anyone wants.

I don't think they're ESPN, but I do feel they have taken on an attitude of basically telling NASCAR fans that if you don't like FOX's coverage, then go watch the other channel that's showing today's race.

by PackerMan71 Sun Mar 02, 2014 6:26 pm

I know I'm a little late for this, but whatever.

The most entertaining Speedweeks I've seen in a long time, and a pretty damn good 500 despite the 6 1/2 hour rain delay. and of course, DAYLE JUNIOR.

At first, I thought it was looking like the 2013 500 when they went single-file during that first run, but that went away pretty quickly, and thank God for that.

4 big wrecks in the last 50 laps made this more of a wreckfest than it really should've, but that's superspeedway racing for you.

Overall, this was the best 500 I've seen in quite some time. Hopefully, this is a sign of things to come, even with the stupid Chase format this year.

The 2014 Daytona 500 gets an 8.0/10.

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