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  1.   Steve posted:
  03.29.2006 - 6:54 pm
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Dave Blaney was on the apron on the last lap! NA$CAR, please bring this
rules package back to the Cup cars!


  2.   Brock posted:
  01.26.2007 - 3:42 am
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Yeah, what Blaney did was amazing. More than anything, NASCAR needs to
get rid of the "out-of-bounds line" rule.

In the 2001 Daytona 500, neither Earnhardt's fatal accident (middle
groove) nor The Big One triggered by Robby Gordon (outside groove)
happened because of cars going below the present-day "out-of-bounds line."


  3.   Brock posted:
  01.26.2007 - 3:43 am
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Also, an awesome photo finish between Skinner and Earnhardt, Jr., giving
Skinner's new crew chief his first win.


  4.   stricklinfan82 posted:
  12.26.2007 - 4:53 am
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Kyle Petty passes 3 cars on the final lap to sneak into the Daytona 500.
Blaney's daring last lap move roughs up Todd Bodine and drops him out of
the top 14 and causes him to miss the 500.

I was actually hoping Blaney's move would trigger "The Big One" on that
last lap so Hut could move up into the top 14 but it wasn't meant to be :(


  5.   1995z71 posted:
  12.14.2011 - 12:24 pm
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anyone have video of blaneys move?


  6.   Unser1 posted:
  01.02.2012 - 9:31 pm
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#5, Here's both 125s on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJyyPlzeT48

Blaney's move happens at 1 hour, 55 minutes in (the cameras miss much of
it at first but show replays after the amazing finish)


  7.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.02.2012 - 10:02 pm
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Owners
#31 Mike Skinner- Richard Childress
#8 Dale Earnhardt, Jr.- Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
#99 Jeff Burton- Jack Roush
#22 Ward Burton- Bill Davis
#2 Rusty Wallace- Roger Penske
#36 Ken Schrader- Nelson Bowers
#17 Matt Kenseth- Jack Roush
#32 Ricky Craven- Cal Wells
#93 Dave Blaney- Bill Davis
#6 Mark Martin- Jack Roush
#20 Tony Stewart- Joe Gibbs
#97 Kurt Busch- Jack Roush
#45 Kyle Petty- Petty Enterprises
#28 Ricky Rudd- Yates Racing
#5 Terry Labonte- Rick Hendrick
#12 Jeremy Mayfield- Roger Penske
#66 Todd Bodine- Travis Carter
#43 John Andretti- Petty Enterprises
#77 Robert Pressley- Doug Bawel
#80 Morgan Shepherd- Stan Hover
#71 Dave Marcis- Dave Marcis
#90 Hut Stricklin- Junie Donlavey
#92 Stacy Compton- Mark Melling
#84 Norm Benning- Norm Benning
#21 Elliott Sadler- Wood Brothers
#72 Dwayne Leik- Dave Marcis

Lap Leaders:
#31 Skinner- 5
#8 Earnhardt Jr.- 19
#22 Burton- 1
#2 Wallace- 12
#36 Schrader- 2
#32 Craven- 2
#93 Blaney- 2
#20 Stewart- 4
#92 Compton- 3
All others- 0

After qualifying for 32-straight Daytona 500s Dave Marcis DNQs for the
second year in a row. ARCA driver Dwayne Leik also DNQed in Marcis'
backup car.

Todd Bodine replaces the retired Darrell Waltrip in the Travis Carter
#66 and DNQs for his first race with the team, just missing a transfer
spot. He was in position to make the race before Blaney's bonzai move on
the last lap.

After Hut Stricklin DNQed here in Junie Donlavey's #90 the car's Hills
Bros. Coffee sponsorship moved over to the unsponsored but qualified #27
Eel River Racing Pontiac of Kenny Wallace for the 500.


  8.   1995z71 posted:
  01.09.2012 - 10:16 pm
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thanks just watched the youtube video & saw blaneys move. i missthis era
of nascar too.


  9.   BradKeselowski2Fan posted:
  01.21.2012 - 9:35 pm
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Photo finish after photo finish after photo finish, etc., etc., etc.


  10.   Jarrett88fan posted:
  02.22.2012 - 12:44 pm
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"Photo finish after photo finish after photo finish, etc., etc., etc."

Ain't it BradKeselowski2Fan? It seems a vast majority of Gatorade
qualifying races since 2010 have been photo finishes or very close to it
at the end. I loved watching the entire 2001 Twin 125's for their sheer
excitement and seeing the "gentleman's agreement" on going below the
yellow line. This is something I hope Nascar can scale back very soon
with the current RP rules package.


  11.   Steve posted:
  01.27.2013 - 3:55 pm
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Dwayne Leik's car was also sponsored by Wenger. That is a Swiss company
that makes Swiss Army knives; I bought one recently at Cabela's. I later
noticed their logo on Leik's car in this race.


  12.   RaceFanX posted:
  06.04.2013 - 8:46 pm
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Lap leaders: S.Compton 1-3, W.Burton 4, T.Stewart 5-8, K.Schrader 9,
R.Craven 10-11, D.Blaney 12-13, D.Earnhardt Jr. 14-31, K.Schrader 32,
M.Skinner 33, R.Wallace 34-45, D.Earnhardt Jr. 46, M.Skinner 47-50


  13.   kidracer posted:
  01.06.2014 - 6:43 pm
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Chad Knaus cheated for Compton in 2001.


  14.   myself posted:
  02.23.2016 - 11:45 am
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Post #2, 100% agree with you about the stupid out of bounds line.


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