|| *Comments on the 2011 NextEra Energy Resources 250:* View the most recent comment <#91> | Post a comment <#post> 1. rw posted: 02.18.2011 - 11:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Hey props to Mikey Waltrip, for winning. 2. Anonymous posted: 02.18.2011 - 11:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Oh lawd, here we go! 3. Anonymous posted: 02.18.2011 - 11:15 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Before all the (untrue) conspiracy BS starts, I just wanna say that this is probably the coolest top 3 in points ever. 4. RaceFanX posted: 02.18.2011 - 11:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Michael Waltrip scores a dramatic victory with a last lap pass on Elliott Sadler. The victory came on the 10 anniversary of his memorable but tragic 2001 Daytona 500 win, the race in which Dale Earnhardt was killed. Waltrip becomes the 22nd NASCAR "Triple Threat" driver with this victory, his first in the Truck series. This was his first start in the pickups since 2001. 5. RaceFanX posted: 02.18.2011 - 11:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Correction, since 2006. 6. Unser1 posted: 02.18.2011 - 11:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truck series favorites Mike Skinner and Rick Crawford shockingly failed to qualify for this race. Skinner's #45 truck was a late entry and he was ineligible to use the past champion's provisional because of it. 7. Pacer posted: 02.18.2011 - 11:18 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Jennifer Jo Cobb scores the best finish to date for a woman in the Truck series, 6th. Cobb had one of the only two Fords in the field. 8. RaceFanX posted: 02.18.2011 - 11:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) First race with NASCAR's new 43 points-and-down point system in any series. Also the first race after NASCAR reformatted their points system so drivers can only score points in one series. 9. potatosalad48 posted: 02.18.2011 - 11:24 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) congrats to mikey, such an emotional win on the day 10 years after dale died. also great runs for clay rogers, miguel paludo, jennifer jo cobb with the best finish by a woman in the trucks, jeffrey earnhardt, dale's grandson and james buescher after the wreck he was involved in. 10. 18fan posted: 02.18.2011 - 11:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) How bout the points leader, Clay Rogers! I don't know what Brad Sweet was doing. It looked like he just broke loose all of a sudden and took out about every contender that wasn't in the Travis Kvapil wreck. The first half of this race was so crappy. Some people will probably look at Jame Buescher leading 55 laps and say that he did a great job. All he did was dive in front of Austin Dillon and nobody tried to pass him. It was proven that he truly wasn't that impressive as he never sniffed the lead once he lost it. 11. New 14&88 Fan posted: 02.18.2011 - 11:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Was rooting for Austin Dillon to pull off the victory but oh well, props to Mikey on pulling off the winning move and as has been noted, winning on the 10th anniversary of Dale Sr.'s death(and Mikey's first cup win/500 win). Great finish by Jennifer Jo Cobb in 6th, the highest finish by a woman in the truck series to date, great runs by Clay Rogers, Miguel Paludo, Jeffrey Earnhardt, and James Buescher despite being involved in the second big one. 12. Bronco posted: 02.18.2011 - 11:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Congrats to Michael, he pushed the hell out of the #2 and timed his pass just perfect to win it. I was cheering him on once the second big one struck and it pretty much came down to him and Elliott. This was by far the best race out of Speedweeks so far, none of this two car breakaway and swap, this was a real pack race the way it should be. I'll take less lead changes over more drama any time. Its going to take some time to get used to seeing the winner of some races not awarded any points due to selecting a different box at the start of the season. Fifth straight win for a Toyota at Daytona, which breaks their previous tie with Ford at 4 wins each. A cool Speedweeks so far, with Dale Jr starting 3rd in the Nationwide race, and the #3 truck getting the pole in this one and Waltrip winning in the #15. Let all those who think this was fixed begin their rants. Michael and Elliott will be in the Nationwide race tomorrow, and Michael will start the 500 from the 8th spot and looks like a darkhorse contender for that. 13. Android posted: 02.19.2011 - 12:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Clay Rogers finishing 3rd?! Good stuff. A little OT but Shrub seems way more mature so far; he even congratulated other drivers in his interviews. 14. Jarrett88fan posted: 02.19.2011 - 12:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh no here it comes... Certain sports writers and ESPN commentators will allege a fix with furious zeal, without understanding the manner in which Mikey put himself in position to win. I can image a brigade of tin foil hat fans marching in formation now. I think they are recruiting more tin foil hat believers at your local Chuck E. Cheese's. What must we call them? Earnhardt truthers? Waltrip (spoiler) riggers? 15. Ryan Anthony posted: 02.19.2011 - 12:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) No Start and Parks. may be few in truck series this year with so many funded teams 16. OldSchoolNascarDude1 posted: 02.19.2011 - 12:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was a solid race, nothing special, nothing less. I honestly didn't think Mikey dropping to the 2nd position would allow him to make a pass. He did a great job of "hooking" himself to Sadler's bumper. Props to Rogers, Cobb, Earnhardt, and Chris Fontaine. It won't be long before Fontaine gets some equipment to work with. I never envisioned the top lane working at all. Busch was doing all he could towards the end and for the first time all Speedweeks was able to show the top groove still has some ability. I'm not a Waltrip fan, but he showed a great piece of driving over the final lap. He timed his move out well. Thanks Nascar for showing TruckBuddy all season. Selfishly, I hope a scoreboard is also added. 17. Ryan posted: 02.19.2011 - 12:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Donnie Neunberger got a bad case of the ARCA brakes in one of the big wrecks, and took out Johanna Long and a couple other trucks running behind the first big one 18. Ryan posted: 02.19.2011 - 12:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) actually Norm Benning might have S&P, not sure if engine issues were legit. Chad McCumbee did actually have a clutch issue though 19. Logic posted: 02.19.2011 - 1:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jennifer jo cobb made an idiot out of her self messing with kyle lol 20. 00andJoe posted: 02.19.2011 - 2:06 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Bronco sez: "A cool Speedweeks so far, with Dale Jr starting 3rd in the Nationwide race, and the #3 truck getting the pole in this one and Waltrip winning in the #15. Let all those who think this was fixed begin their rants." And Jeffery Earnhardt being 3rd in Truck Series points! This was a good race. The first half was a snoozer, but the second half, even without the Big One and Big One Deux had a series of intriguing sub-plots. Props to Jennifer Jo for 6th (and boo! hiss! at Kyle for depriving her of a top 5! ;) ), Jeffrey E. for plugging along to get 7th, and my man Ricky Carmichael for starting off in the top 10 (and 4th in points). My girl Johanna Long though "done got run over", it seems Donnie Neuenburger forgot his truck came with a brake pedal as standard equipment. Although, to be fair to Donnie, that sure did look like a brake rotor the #22 hit earlier to cut down its tire - maybe it came off the #07? Goodyear's kudos take a bit of a hit as a few "mystery tire problems" surface, most notably with Travis Kvapil having one go down and taking out half the field with it. In the spirit of Classic NASCAR I'll be handing out Goody's Headache Awards this season in each of the top-3 series to the hardest-luck driver in each race. (And a Golden Pepto-Bismol Bottle to the one who wins the most over the year!) Putting aside post-facto awards to Hamlin, Conway and Logano in the non-points event, our inaugural Goody's Headache Award of the year is given to Chris Fontaine, who "missed it by that much" leading a lap and was in line for a top-5 at best before Brian Sweet took out the half of the field Kvapil and Neuenburger hadn't already wadded up. 21. 00andJoe posted: 02.19.2011 - 2:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) correction: Fontaine would get a top-5 at worst. Sleepy mind-fingers strike again! 22. 18fan posted: 02.19.2011 - 2:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Had no clue what Donnie thought he was doing. 23. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 02.19.2011 - 3:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 18fan, I agree. The only reason Buescher kept the lead for as long as he did is because it seemed nobody wanted to make a pass. It's pretty ironic that the two drivers I've bagged on a lot for their lack of performance in Cup finish 1-2. Jennifer Jo Cobb and Jeffrey Earnhardt both score their first top 10 finishes in the Truck Series. Speaking of Cobb, why did she pull alongside Kyle Busch the way she did during the red flag? Did she think that big wreck was Kyle's fault? It looked to me like Brad Sweet just lost control of his truck. 24. 00andJoe posted: 02.19.2011 - 3:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @RCRandPenskeGuy - It looked like that to me, too. Kyle has the "Swervin' Irvan" rep now, it appears... 25. Watto posted: 02.19.2011 - 4:08 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Speaking of Cobb, why did she pull alongside Kyle Busch the way she did during the red flag" On twitter, Cobb wrote "As 4 Kyle-he blew around me on a caution, swerved real close 2 me and revved his eng. He cut me off n prac the other day & I am just fed up" Kyle blatantly took her out at Bristol in the summer, apparently he's not a Jennifer Jo fan. 26. HereWeGoAgain posted: 02.19.2011 - 5:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) First off, the race wasn't rigged, Waltrip was just lucky. Every other contender got wrecked, and all he had to do was pull the most basic move in stock car racing at this type of track, to get around a driver who has very little experience in trucks or at the front of any race, to win. Nothing special, the day just happened to be a coincidence, which everyone in the media is going to overhype. Pretty crappy race overall in my opinion. "On twitter, Cobb wrote "As 4 Kyle-he blew around me on a caution, swerved real close 2 me and revved his eng. He cut me off n prac the other day & I am just fed up" That sounds like BS to me. I think she's seeing things only the way she wants to see them, because she has a grudge from some petty incident a long time ago. I doubt Kyle Busch could care less about Cobb, seeing as how he doesn't spend much time around her on the track except to lap her truck half a dozen times every race. She's making more of it than there really is. Does anyone else follow her on Twitter? She doesn't exactly come off as the most mature driver in the world herself, and she's almost 40. But whatever, she can keep up this "rivalry" as long as she wants, but she's going to have to start actually running up front to even be on Kyle's radar. 27. Mike posted: 02.19.2011 - 6:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Damn, Mikey pulls it off 10 years to the day of Dale's death. Unreal! It would only be appropriate if he and Dale Jr battle it out for the win on Sunday. 28. DaleSrFanForever posted: 02.19.2011 - 9:27 am Rate this comment: (1) (2) Michael Waltrip ve Elliott Sadler for the win!!!! Yeah, the Truck Series is in trouble. 29. Anonymous posted: 02.19.2011 - 9:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Norm Benning was the only S&P in this race. His engine failure wasn't legit. I'm surprised no one has brought up Parker Kligerman. He could've been a contender for the win if it weren't for Big One #2. 30. Cooper posted: 02.19.2011 - 9:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was interesting to say the least. I've got a lot of points to cover: Point One--The inside lane seems to be two times better than the outer lanes. I thought the race was going to be like this all the way through but the outside lane did get something going about 3/4th's through the race. Point Two--Travis Kvapil was smart enough to wave that he had a tire problem, but he wasn't smart enough to pull off the racetrack to the left? Point Three--Donnie Neuenberger=Human Bulldozer. The first wreck would've only been 8 trucks but Donnie forgot that most vehicles are equipped with a gas and a brake pedal Hmm. Too bad he wasn't driving a Toyota the jokes would be endless. Point Four--Michael Waltrip becomes the first ever driver in NASCAR history to win with half a spoiler. For those that don't know having a low spoiler or in this case a flat spoiler...the truck would become very loose and hard to handle. In addition it would lower the drag and increase the speed. So yes it did contribute to Mikey blowing the field away and looking like a rocket. Also if the truck were to spin out, the truck would be under immense lift and would likely get airbourne. If the spoiler fell off under any lap other than the last he would get black flagged. Fortunately for Mikey it was the last lap so NASCAR really didn't have time to black flag him. 31. CBASS posted: 02.19.2011 - 10:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Awesome win for Waltrip. Seeing his spoiler break reminded me of the 1994 Goody's 300, although he wasn't so lucky then. I was really pulling for Buescher & Carmichael there, but their trucks got a little beat up in that last big one. After the first big one, Bodine was making a furious charge to the front despite his Tundra being shortened on both ends. His night was finally ended on the 2nd big one. Austin Dillon had a massive hit in the 2nd big one. Was nice to see him walk away, but he did seem sore in his interview. 32. DaleSrFanForever posted: 02.19.2011 - 10:25 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) The first race of the season for the NASCAR Craftsman, er Nationwide Truck Series! In other news, DW would like to congratulate Jimmie Johnson on winning the Winston, er, Busch Cup Series titleship for the fifth consecutive year in a row consecutively. Seriously, he was either drunk, heavily medicated, or both in the booth. Hell, in the 2nd big one, it took him 15 minutes (and blaming everyone in the field before finally getting it right) to realize the Great Clips car just got loose coming out of the trioval triggering the deal. Somebody get this guy to the Betty Ford Center. "If the spoiler fell off under any lap other than the last he would get black flagged. Fortunately for Mikey it was the last lap so NASCAR really didn't have time to black flag him." I was wondering when somebody would mention this. At the end of the race, you have to pass a spoiler test, including a weight test to make sure it won't just fold back providing great straightaway speed. It just happened to come loose on the front straight on the last lap. I'll let you draw your own conclusions on this one. "First off, the race wasn't rigged, Waltrip was just lucky. Every other contender got wrecked, and all he had to do was pull the most basic move in stock car racing at this type of track, to get around a driver who has very little experience in trucks or at the front of any race, to win. Nothing special, the day just happened to be a coincidence, which everyone in the media is going to overhype. Pretty crappy race overall in my opinion." I agree with pretty much everything here. He did a good job, but so did everyone else (except Newenberger). He was one of 5 trucks to miss the two big ones, one of only two good trucks to miss it, and had to battle fellow sad sack Elliott Sadler for the win. And NASCAR certainly didn't rig the race. But the spoiler? Eh. 33. jp posted: 02.19.2011 - 10:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dale was lookin' over Mikey. 34. awesomegordonfan posted: 02.19.2011 - 10:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (3) What a coincidence. The 3 wrecks, the 15 wins, 10 years to the day of Earnhardt's death. Probably the best Truck finish since...since...never. Biggest wrecks since 2001 Daytona. 35. Dion posted: 02.19.2011 - 11:13 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I just gotta say that it is pretty awesome saying your new points leader, Clay Rogers! haha AWESOME! 36. Android posted: 02.19.2011 - 11:42 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) I don't think many respect Jennifer Jo Cobb in the garage. She doesn't have much talent or potential.(vastly different from Johanna Long who at least has proven herself in the lower divisions). She's basically the Danica of the truck series. 37. Pacer posted: 02.19.2011 - 11:59 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Something is seriously wrong when Norm Benning can start and park but Mike Skinner would have run the full race and ends up on the trailer after qualifying. 38. Corn off the Cobb posted: 02.19.2011 - 12:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cobb finishing 6th only furthers the myth that she's a decent driver. Someone mentioned that no one respect her in the garage area and it's true. The funniest thing is that she could have been shown 3rd in the NCWTS points. However, she's decided to unwisely compete for the NNS Rookie of the Year title. So far all she has to show is a big, fat DNQ. Cobb doesn't have a clue is usually just taking up space on the race track and writing checks to repair her equipment. At least she's wasting her own money. 39. JP88 posted: 02.19.2011 - 1:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The race was a yawner for the first half but it picked up at the end...Great finish and pass by Waltrip, it was good to see him win, I nearly teared up when he gave his emotional victory lane interview. Todd Bodine is just a jerk to me...Kvpail obviously had a problem and Bodine goes "For some reason he just jumps to the top of the track." all sarcastic...he also said that the 2-car tango isn't racing...probably cause he didn't make the 500. Anyway great runs by some due to attrition but never the less it was a fun race to see new names up front. How about the points standings...Clay Rogers is your championship leader with Miguel Pauldo 2nd and Jefferey Earnhardt 3rd...this is pretty cool to see 40. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 02.19.2011 - 2:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I have to agree about Jennifer Jo Cobb. This was her 30th start in the Truck Series, but only her second lead lap finish. Seems to me like we see more of her because of media appearances than we do because of a good finish. As for the finish, I don't read too much into the spoiler thing. It could very easily come loose like that no matter what lap it is. 41. Schwab posted: 02.19.2011 - 3:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Matt Crafton extends his streak of consecutive top 10 finishes to 17 races. Cole Whitt raced Shane Sieg's truck after DNQ'ing in the #60. Clay Rogers led laps in a Truck Series race for the first time. James Buescher led more laps in this race than he previously had in his first 48 Truck Series starts combined. Joey Coulter's Truck Series debut. 42. Schwab posted: 02.19.2011 - 3:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Austin Dillon won the pole for the third NCWTS race in a row. 43. HereWeGoAgain posted: 02.19.2011 - 4:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch was giving lessons on how to properly do the push-drafting in this race, and multiple drivers, even Waltrip, credited him with teaching them a few things in their post-race interviews. For all that's made of Cup drivers ruining these lower series, sometimes not enough credit is given to them for the lessons they impart on new drivers just by being in those races. As long as they don't overdo it and run every single race, I think they're an integral part of the identity of the Nationwide and Truck series. You get ready for Cup by beating a few Cup guys in the ladder series. You learn the the fastest lines, when and how to brake, how to pass the fastest, by watching the best. 44. AlmirolaFan88 posted: 02.19.2011 - 6:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 1st ever win for the new Vision Aviation Racing team. 45. 00andJoe posted: 02.19.2011 - 7:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) On Jennifer Jo, I wouldn't judge her BGN season (I refuse to call it NNS when abbreviating!) based on one DNQ. But I do have to agree that her jumping straight to Busch after just one, mediocre season in the Truck Series is questionable judgement. (Although if she does try a jump to Cup, maybe people will lay off the Kevin Conway jokes and jibes! :P) I agree with HWGA with regards to Cup guys running the lower series. A few running occasional races in BGN and CTWS helps the kids who are learning tremendously. The new rules (although they make it suck to be Trevor Bayne) do help - only nine "Buschwhackers" in the 300 strikes me as a rathe low number. The real problem, though, I think, is not the drivers running multiple series, taking spots and points, but rather that both the BGN and Truck series schedules have been altered so much, "mirroring" so much of the Cup schedule. If they still raced at places like Hickory, South Boston and Myrtle Beach for the one, and Flemington, Evergreen and Tuscon for the other, it wouldn't have been nearly as much of an issue. 46. DaleSrFanForever posted: 02.19.2011 - 9:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I agree with posts #43 and #45 about those dipping in lower Series. I have griped about it a lot, but it does have its advantages when done in proper doses. Those are good points. Now NASCAR just needs to find a real way to prevent excessive double dipping. "both the BGN and Truck series schedules have been altered so much, "mirroring" so much of the Cup schedule. If they still raced at places like Hickory, South Boston and Myrtle Beach for the one, and Flemington, Evergreen and Tuscon for the other, it wouldn't have been nearly as much of an issue." Exactly. Plus, it was more fun watching them race at different tracks half the time on saturdays, not the same thing we'd be seeing on Sundays. 47. Anonymous posted: 02.19.2011 - 10:15 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Michael Waltrip ve Elliott Sadler for the win!!!! Yeah, the Truck Series is in trouble." -DSFF Michael Waltrip and Sadler are two drivers who are good enough to run up front in the truck series in any year in the series history. The talent level has never been as great as it is in Cup. It's not that the truck series is in trouble, it's just that you think Elliott Sadler and Waltrip should be running at the back in any race they enter. The truck series is looking better this year than last. "Point Two--Travis Kvapil was smart enough to wave that he had a tire problem, but he wasn't smart enough to pull off the racetrack to the left?" -Cooper If he had pulled left, he would've been going too fast to be able to keep it on the apron in turn 1 even if all four tires are up. He didn't have much of a choice. The tire blew out milliseconds after he put his hand out the window and the truck basically darted right under his own volition. Normally when a driver waves like that, they're telling people they have a problem so that they can stay low and get low as soon as possible. His truck darted right and came around simply because the tire had reached the point of no return. 48. Anonymous posted: 02.19.2011 - 10:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) the truck darted right under its own volition* rather what I'm trying to say is that Travis obviously wanted to get off the track to the left, but if he just turned onto the apron in t1, it would've been a much bigger wreck. he didn't have a chance anyway because the reason the truck darted to the right was because of the tire blowing out 49. Bronco posted: 02.19.2011 - 10:42 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) "Michael Waltrip ve Elliott Sadler for the win!!!! Yeah, the Truck Series is in trouble." Yeah, the series is totally in trouble because two of the best drafters in NASCAR put themselves in position by running up front and letting everyone else take each other out. OMG lulz, the series is totally doomed because of that. This year has the potential to be one of the best years the Truck series has ever seen, thanks to a ROTY battle with several contenders, and almost all the major teams adding another truck. 50. Vision Airlines Racing posted: 02.19.2011 - 11:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This will most likely be the only time that one of those trucks finishes up front. Getting ready to see a bunch of rich kids wadding up good equipment. At least they are spending their own money. 51. dUDE gUY posted: 02.20.2011 - 1:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Odd stat of the day: This is the third time Elliott Sadler has led 31 laps in his 12 Truck starts. 52. 18fan posted: 02.20.2011 - 1:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was the first time that Nelson Piquet Jr. did not finish a stock car race of any kind and only the second truck race that he did not finish on the lead lap. 53. DaleSrFanForever posted: 02.20.2011 - 10:25 am Rate this comment: (1) (2) Lol. Some people still think Mikey and SADler are good. If Mikey is such a good drafter, then why did June abandon him in the NWide race despite their history of hooking up and doing well from '01 through '04? Why has he only won a Truck race at a plate race since 2003 when it was still called the WINSTON CUP SERIES? Between Mikey's last plate win in '03 and this fluke win, the following people have won NASCAR plate races (Cup and NWide) Mikey was in: June (4) Jeff Gordon (5) Martin Truex (3) Mike Wallace Tony Stewart (7) Dale Jarrett Jimmie Johnson (2) Brian Vickers Kevin Harvick (2) Ryan Newman Regan Smith Kyle Busch (2) Matt Kenseth Brad Keselowski Jamie McMurray (2) David Ragan Clint Bowyer (2) 54. 00andJoe posted: 02.20.2011 - 12:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Not sure about Mikey (who's been hit-or-miss throughout his career, true), but as for Sadler, let's not write him off just yet. His Cup career was with the Wood Brothers (sentimental favourite, but...), Yates' #38 (on the decided downswing by the time he joined them), and Evernham/Gillette/RPM ('nuff said). I'm sure Jamie MacMurray would have been put in the same boat at the end of 2009 - and we've seen what actually getting with a decent, hungry team did for his career in 2010. Now, he likely won't ever be a championship contender in Cup, but if he can reboot himself to "Sadler 2.0" in BGN this year, he might yet have a future at the top level. And, if not, well, Skinner, Hornaday and others have demonstrated you can make a nice career at the lower level, too. 55. DaleSrFanForever posted: 02.20.2011 - 6:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "His Cup career was with the Wood Brothers (sentimental favourite, but...)" Whoops! Actually I liked your post. You made some good points about Elliott. I just don't think his confidence is where it needs to be. You are right, it looks somewhat similar to Jamie's situation towards the end of '09. But Jamie had regained his confidence by the time he got to Ganassi. 56. 00andJoe posted: 02.20.2011 - 11:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Heh, yeah, that does look like a "Whoops" now, doesn't it! And I'd forgotten that he'd scored the Woods' last win before today. (I actually slipped out of the sport a bit after the new TV deal took place, only continuing to follow it casually up until Spring Martinsville last year, I must admit...) You can't ask for better BGN equipment than KHI has, though, so we'll see what ESad can do. 57. Watto posted: 02.21.2011 - 1:39 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) "Lol. Some people still think Mikey and SADler are good." It's all relative. I mean, Sadler's won in Cup at Bristol, Texas, and California. He's got a lot of real ability. Waltrip's also had some real great runs at non restricter plate tracks. Neither of those drivers have been or likely ever will be the top gun in Cup, but on the realm of race car driving as a whole, they're pretty decent and earned their place in Cup when they did. They're not the most talented individuals in Cup, but they're still solid drivers. I mean, Elliott Sadler hopped in the KHI Nationwide car at Bristol and was racing for the win. That's GOTTA mean something! No one's saying they're Tony Stewart or Jeff Gordon, but rather that they're not bad race drivers. Saying that they are would be pretty naive. 58. dUDE gUY posted: 02.21.2011 - 11:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I agree with you Watto. Sadler, Mikey, and others at similar levels or competitiveness didn't just materialize into the Cup series. They raced their asses off in lower series to have a chance to race their ass off in Cup. I like to think of them as the rest of the best - good enough to get into Cup, but not quite good enough to make a lot of noise when there. 59. Talon64 posted: 02.21.2011 - 5:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 3 time USAR Hooters Pro Cup champion Clay Rogers is your Truck Series points leader after finishing a career-best 3rd, his 2nd top five and 3rd top ten in 21 career Truck starts since 2005. Miguel Paludo was the highest finishing rookie, finishing a career-best 4th and picking up his 1st top five and 3rd top ten in 5 Truck starts. Rookie Jeffrey Earnhardt gets his 1st career top 10 in 6 Truck starts. Rookie Cole Whitt drove the #93, replacing car owner Shane Sieg after Whitt failed to qualify for the race with the #60 Turn One Racing team he's driving for full time. Whitt finished 14th in just his 2nd career Truck start. Austin Dillon won his 8th career Truck Series pole, tying him with Terry Cook for 11th all time. It's the 2nd time in just 28 Truck starts he's won 3 consecutive poles. 60. Bronco posted: 02.21.2011 - 9:01 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) "It's all relative. I mean, Sadler's won in Cup at Bristol, Texas, and California. He's got a lot of real ability." Tell me about it. It's hilarious how this clown bashes Sadler and Waltrip, guys with seven real Cup wins among them, while at the same time rooting on Brad K, a guy who got a lucky Talladega win two years ago, after after which he hasn't done shit in the Cup series. Sadler's strong performances in Truck and Nationwide last year pretty much told me what I already knew - that he's a talented driver being held back by what was a very mediocre Cup team. The fact that it took 10 years for another driver to win in the #21 Ford also supports that. As for Waltrip, all his RP wins weren't just all about DEI, because then the #1 team should also have won at Daytona/Talladega. 61. 00andJoe posted: 02.23.2011 - 5:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And the #15 gets socked for that spoiler. 25 owner points, and $25,000+year-end probation for the crew chief. 62. Cooper posted: 02.23.2011 - 6:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well thay had to, they had an ILLEGAL truck. Still pretty shocked that the spoiler just fell down. 63. 00andJoe posted: 02.24.2011 - 12:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #62 - Watching the replay you could actually see one of the braces fly off the truck, bouncing off the track and back between the trucks racing behind them (!!). Somebody back at the shop needs to get fired for using cheap parts... 64. DaleSrFanForever posted: 02.24.2011 - 9:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) I think it was rigged by the team to fall off. I know I have talked bad a whole lot about Mikey, so my opinion on him doesn't hold much merit to some people, but what are the chances? It happens to fall off right as he pulls out to make the pass, when he needs to make the most straight line speed. "while at the same time rooting on Brad K" Here is the difference: I don't try to make him out to be anything other than what he is. I just like the guy. I'm not saying he is a great. He is what he is. A really good NWide driver with a LOT to prove on the Cup side. I disagree about his one Cup win, it was impressive in my opinion. It wasn't rain shortened or a fuel mileage battle, he had to race 3 really good drivers at the end. But it was just one win. I'm not comparing him to anyone that has had a lot of success on the Cup level. I think he's going to do great in the future, but until he proves it, he is what he is. 65. Bronco posted: 02.24.2011 - 12:22 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "I think it was rigged by the team to fall off." Lol, yeah. I'm sure the #15 truck's crew chief applied his NAPA know how skillz to create a spoiler drop mechanism that Waltrip could activate when he needed to pass Sadler. Someone get that guy to replace Chad Knaus. "I know I have talked bad a whole lot about Mikey, so my opinion on him doesn't hold much merit to some people," Ha, finally you're right about something. You're damn right that your opinion on anything Waltrip related holds no merit around here. "It happens to fall off right as he pulls out to make the pass, when he needs to make the most straight line speed." Like I said earlier, either the crew chief was a mechanical genius that installed a modification to the spoiler that Waltrip could change from inside the truck, or he had it set up to drop on the final lap (factoring the GWC which he couldn't have known about). Or, maybe, just maybe it's pure circumstance that the spoiler dropped when it did, and that there's nothing more to it than that? I'll let you figure it all out. 66. DaleSrFanForever posted: 02.24.2011 - 5:55 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "You're damn right that your opinion on anything Waltrip related holds no merit around here." It must hold some merit, you respond to everything I say about him. If it held no merit, you'd ignore me. 67. Watto posted: 02.25.2011 - 3:41 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) yeah, it'd be public very quick if it was blatant cheating and fell down like that due to Mikey flipping a switch or something like that. NASCAR had to penalize em on the basis that the truck didn't pass inspection because half the spoiler was gone, and they penalized them about what you'd expect. What has to be remembered is that as that truck goes through tech after the race and such, any given crew chief can walk up to that truck and take a good look at why the spoiler was sitting the way it was. Maybe I'm naive, but I have to think that it would be known if it was blatant cheating and not a part failure. I saw in a number of places that it was definitely part failure. 68. Eric posted: 07.05.2011 - 9:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I Hate that Nascar did't let Mike Skinner use a pass champion provisional. 4 of the 10 Driver who failed qualifying were suprising Skinner, Crawford, Malsam, and Whitt 69. No Name posted: 07.23.2011 - 9:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Justin Lofton did not lead a lap 70. No name posted: 09.01.2011 - 7:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Justin Lofton got 26 points not 27 71. RaceFanX posted: 01.25.2012 - 1:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This ended up being Waltrip's only Truck series start of 2011. 72. Anonymous posted: 03.11.2012 - 7:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) There were 6 lead changes, not 8. 73. 1995z71 posted: 05.17.2012 - 3:01 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Trivia: Who out of this field has the most wins at Daytona? Ricky Carmichael (all on two wheels) 74. Daniel posted: 05.20.2012 - 10:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In using the fastest 36: #25 Tayler Malsam, #27 Chris Eggleston, #60 Cole Whitt, #73 Rick Crawford Out using the fastest 36: #8 Nelson Piquet Jr., #51 Aric Almirola, #57 Norm Benning, #93 Shane Sieg 75. 44andJoe posted: 12.29.2012 - 1:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #93 owner: Rod Sieg. 76. DW17 posted: 05.18.2013 - 3:14 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Congradulations Mikey! RIP Dale Sr. 77. 23andJoe posted: 04.14.2014 - 1:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #20 owner: Donald Long (same for all races this year) 78. b4il3y posted: 08.03.2014 - 3:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (4) To hell with the Waltrips... making money off of Dale's death. Still to this day. 79. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 05.24.2016 - 8:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Owner Update #07 Rick Ware http://www.dgnracing.com/2011/PressReleaseDaytona2011.pdf 80. TeamDCR fan posted: 10.19.2016 - 10:03 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Donnie Neuenberger ARCA braked major in this race. He plowed through about 5 guys 81. JSPorts posted: 10.19.2016 - 10:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I remember that. This was an interesting race, with a near-storybook ending. I was so happy for Michael when he won. 82. Jack Johnson posted: 08.26.2017 - 6:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Jennifer Jo Cobb,In Truck Number 10,Did Not Get A Piece Of The First Of Those 2 Big Pile Ups. 83. Luke posted: 03.09.2018 - 9:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) No. 50 was a Chevy as we can see here: http://www.zimbio.com/photos/T.J.+Bell/2011+NASCAR+Daytona+Speedweek+Day+5/iCPvJO_dUhb 84. rm posted: 01.21.2019 - 11:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Quick updates: The 2 of Elliott Sadler also dropped to the rear by driver choice to join his KHI teammates; the 66 of Justin Marks dropped to the rear for failure to keep pace in what was the start of a very bad night for him. 93 sponsor - Wyler.com 50 was for sure a Chevy, on lap 60 when the trucks go down the backstretch you can clearly see the Silverado grille as Bell leads the outside line. Also, the 9 is listed in the final caution twice, pretty sure one of the 9s should be a 93 85. E-Rick95 posted: 03.23.2020 - 12:26 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) This qualifying session still blows my mind when you look at the drivers who did not make the race. You have Grant Enfinger who is now a top tier driver currently Up and comer Cole Whitt for Stay Compton's team. Had solid funding from Red Bull. Tayler Malsam, competed full time 2 years prior and ran for KBM in 2010 Rick Crawford who had been full time in this series for 10+ years and former champion Mike Skinner who nearly won the title 4 years prior in 2007 86. GGDC posted: 03.23.2020 - 1:02 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I still can't believe a race this notoriously smashy went nearly 100 miles before a yellow flag. 87. JSPorts posted: 03.23.2020 - 2:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Most of these races have way more cautions in the second half than the first half. 88. Jimmie4life posted: 05.17.2020 - 1:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) On lap 13, Norm Benning hit a historically high 250.98MPH, which was seen when he was in 36th on the scoring monitor. It's not only the fastest truck speed of all time, it's the fastest NASCAR speed of all time, and quite possibly the fastest any race car has ever gone on a closed course. it was quite funny to see this when I rewatched the race, so that was something I found. Nothing important, just something funny to note that glitched on screen. 89. Danish_Pie posted: 06.06.2020 - 3:19 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Clay Rogers, along with leaving Daytona with the points lead, also gave the #92 it's best finish in series history with his career 3rd place run. Parker Kligerman would tie the mark in this race five years later. It would prove to be his only Top 10 of the year, and his final one in NASCAR. 90. Rich posted: 08.31.2020 - 6:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rick Allen, Phil Parsons and Darrell Waltrip were the commentators. Ray Dunlap and Hermie Sadler were the pit road reporters. Krista Voda was the host of the thirty minute pre-race show. 91. Bodyblower posted: 09.03.2020 - 8:54 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Shane Sieg was going to drive the 93 but was replaced by Cole Whitt after the 60 team failed to qualify. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: