|| *Comments on the 2021 Bluegreen Vacations Duel #1:* View the most recent comment <#111> | Post a comment <#post> 1. Corey posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And so we begin Open cars for this duel are 37-Ryan Preece 33-Austin Cindric 96-Ty Dillon 66-Timmy Hill Preece is currently locked in with his speed, however he can still advance and improve his starting spot through the duel. If he does, Austin Cindric will be next in on speed. 2. QFH posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hoping TIMMEH races in 3. Altracing posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) First duel race is green 4. Altracing posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almirola to the lead 5. QFH posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almirola leads the first lap of the first duel 6. Altracing posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Suarez to the lead 7. QFH posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Suarez three wide up the outside to the lead 8. QFH posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin drops to the back 9. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think Denny is sensing something ugly is going to happen 10. Altracing posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bell to the lead 11. Jimmie4life posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Too early to be 3/3. 12. QFH posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bell to the lead thanks to the push from Matt D to the inside 13. QFH posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almirola back to the lead barely at the line but Bell and him stay side by side, Bell back to the lead a lap later 14. Altracing posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bell has some debris on his grill 15. DI9_ForLife posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Great racing so far! 16. QFH posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And Almirola leads lap 9 barely. 17. Altracing posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almirola clear to the lead 18. QFH posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ty Dillon now fighting Cindric side by side for the transfer 19. Corey posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I see an open car getting in a wreck soon. 20. Jimmie4life posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowman lost the front pack, he needs a big run to get back up. 21. Corey posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @20 He's playing the preservation game. Wreck the car, lose the pole. 22. Jimmie4life posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Took a while, but we finally got single file. Now, maybe we'll calm down. 23. Ryan12Blaneyfan21 posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Here comes Joey 24. Ryan12Blaneyfan21 posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cindric loose 25. Corey posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pit stops coming up. 26. QFH posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We got a train UGHHH 27. Corey posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:42 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @26 We always get trains. It shouldn't be a surprise that at some point these guys are going to settle down and get in line. 28. Altracing posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowman on pit road with the hood up 29. Jimmie4life posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowman with engine problems. 30. Altracing posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Engine may have let go on Bowman 31. QFH posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Uh Oh 48 blew up! 32. QFH posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Winner of this race may start 1st in the Daytona 500. 33. Jimmie4life posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) First round of stops for the Fords. 34. Altracing posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag pit stops starting now 35. Corey posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) All gas and go's for Ford. 36. QFH posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Fords in the pits this time 37. Jimmie4life posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Toyota's come in. 38. Jimmie4life posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) All the Chevrolet's are the last to come in. Cindric Speeding. 39. Corey posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Best thing for Hill is that it was gas and go. 40. Altracing posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cindric caught for speeding exiting pit road 41. QFH posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Now Toyotas in the pits 42. QFH posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cindric speeding, Chevys are in 43. Jimmie4life posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chevy's slowest off pit road, but they have the biggest numbers, so they can catch the Toytoa's and Fords. 44. Altracing posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pit stops have cycled through, Almirola is the leader again 45. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cindrics speeding penalty has kinda cost him his chance 46. QFH posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almirola to the lead after Hamlin got hung out 47. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cmon Timmeh 48. Jimmie4life posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) First batch of 200 MPH laps, as the Chevy's catch the front pack. 49. QFH posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Who's in the #00??? 50. Jimmie4life posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @49 Quin Houff. 51. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Timmeh has lost the draft. Uh oh 52. Corey posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @49 The side by side is wrong. Reaume is not racing. 53. QFH posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ty Dillon now quite safely in the transfer spot unless a caution comes out 54. Corey posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @51 I'm curious as to how, he came out right behind the 96 and 20. 55. Jimmie4life posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowman back on track. This might be an issue in the 500, but for now, he stays our polesitter. 56. Altracing posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cindric goes a lap down 57. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cindric gets lapped. 54. Probably during speeding up. The 66 is just so slow on acceleration that it bit him in the butt 58. QFH posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowman's back out on track so what I said is most likely wrong and the winner will most likely start 3rd. Cindric is now a lap down 59. Jimmie4life posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Single File as we wind down towards 10 to go in duel 1. Look for drivers to get racey. 60. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Welp. There pretty much goes Timmehs chances 61. Altracing posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hill has gone a lap down 62. QFH posted: 02.11.2021 - 7:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) TIMMEH a lap down 63. Jimmie4life posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ty Dillon is so close to making it. Unless a caution or a crash happens and takes Ty out, it looks like Gaunt Brother's will make the 500. 64. Jimmie4life posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Big move by McMurray, 3 wide! 65. Jimmie4life posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Side by side, 7 to go! 66. Corey posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @63 He still has to beat the 37. If Preece is the top Open car, Dillon is out of the 500. 67. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I just noticed this: Ryan Newmans car looks like the old Viagra car Mark Martin drove 68. Jimmie4life posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Inside line needs someone to jump out or get a big push. 69. Jimmie4life posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Lapped cars coming up, 2 to go! 70. Jimmie4life posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) White flag this time for Almirola. 71. Jimmie4life posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin losing it, and here comes Almirola to the win! 72. Altracing posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almirola wins the first duel, Preece finishes ahead of Ty Dillon meaning Cindric will race in the Daytona 500 73. Corey posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ryan Preece takes the transfer spot Austin Cindric makes the 500 on speed Ty Dillon and Timmy Hill are going home. 74. Jimmie4life posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ty Dillon makes the 500... congratulations to Gaunt Brothers. 75. QFH posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin squeezed into the wall by Bell, now Bell on the bumper of Logano as he's side by side for the lead with Almirola Bell ditches him goes with Almirola, Bell to the outside but Almirola wins the duel 76. Jimmie4life posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Nevermind, Cindric made it... don't listen to the last comment. 77. Jimmie4life posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like Custer wrecked behind and Hamlin ran out of fuel down the back. 78. QFH posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Preece beat Ty Dillon to the line by inches Custer crashes on the last lap 79. WhereAreTheBeers posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dammit Preece, Ty Dillon deserved to make the show far more than Cindric 80. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Shame for ty, maybe he buys out a ware ride. 81. DI9_ForLife posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'd say that was about a 7/10 race. Amazing racing for the first 30 laps, kinda boring until 5 to go. Congrats to Almirola and Cindric, Dillon gave a valiant effort along with Hill, but it wasn't meant to be. 82. Jimmie4life posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If Duel 1 showed what we should expect for the races, Duel 2 should be just as good. 83. WhereAreTheBeers posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cindric calling himself the bonehead of the race for speeding on pit exit actually makes me respect him slightly more. He knows he got lucky with that one 84. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The one guy I didnt really want in the 500 made it in. Im pretty bummed for Ty and Timmeh. 85. ThatGuy posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Can someone explain to me why Ty Dillon finishes 6th and does NOT get in, but Cindric finishes 16th and does? Thought only the front row was decided by qualifying. I don't get why Ty gets outrun by 1 of the guys who's in on speed, but doesn't make the race. That is stupid 86. MBenoit posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Damn, Dillon was close. Gaunt Bros DNQ for the 500 for the second year in a row. 87. Mile501 posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @85 - Because the top open car in each duel makes it in, THEN the 2 fastest speeds from open cars in qualifying that aren't already in the race get the last 2 spots. It's always been that same type of format for Daytona, but before we had things like charters and the top 35 rule, it was simpler. The top 14-15 from each duel made it in, then there were 6-8 spots on speed (the top qualifying speeds that weren't already in) and 5-7 provisionals. 88. MBenoit posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Exactly. If Dillon beat Preece to the line, he would transferred. 89. MBenoit posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ty qualified behind Preece, Ragan, Cindric and Grala, putting him in that bottom four remaining cars on speed. Four guys miss the race. So, in other words, the slowest four guys HAVE to finish in their race's top spot to race. 90. possum posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @77 - just like you saw it. Have to laugh at the Fox crew, they missed Hamlin running out completely. 5 minutes later they're like "looks like Hamlin's out of fuel on pit road". 91. MBenoit posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In this second race, Smithley and Gragson have to finish ahead of each other AND Grala to make the field, plus finish ahead of Ragan. That's my understanding, anyway. 92. MBenoit posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Actually, nevermind. They don't have to finish ahead of Grala, but need to finish ahead of Ragan and each other. Complex, I know haha 93. Mile501 posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @91-92 No, you were right the first time. The only chance Smithley or Gragson have is to be the top-finishing open car in the second duel. 94. MBenoit posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's easy to confuse yourself with this haha 95. Racinglife97 posted: 02.11.2021 - 8:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor updates #11 - FedEx "Where Now Meets Next" #34 - Love's Travel Stops / Speedco #77 - Advent Health / Bass Pro Shops 96. MBenoit posted: 02.11.2021 - 9:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Like Cindric, the only way Grala misses the 500 is if both the other open teams (Smithley and Gragson) finish ahead of him. If Timmy Hill had finished ahead of Cindric, putting both Dillon and Hill ahead of him, then Cindric would have gone home. 97. Corey posted: 02.11.2021 - 9:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @96 No, Smithley and Gragson can both beat Grala, but if neither beat Ragan, Grala is still in the 500. Just like the first race. Dillon and Hill could have both beat Cindric, but since Preece took the transfer spot, Cindric made the 500 as the next best car on speed. 98. MBenoit posted: 02.11.2021 - 10:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @97, Thanks for clarifying! Appreciate it haha. Makes me think the process should be simpler. I've been a fan for 20 yrs and I didn't have it straight 99. MotorsportsFan5 posted: 02.11.2021 - 10:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Might as well call it for tonight and have the 2nd duel called off. 100. TTaylor944 posted: 02.11.2021 - 10:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's fascinating that people get confused about this every year. Here is an easy way to think of it, and one that actually lines up with the rulebook: Not a single open driver is locked in after qualifying. Not one. Zero. Well, if an open driver qualified on the front row that would throw things off and I honestly can't remember if the rulebook addresses this. Two qualifying races are run. The top finishing open driver in each race makes the Daytona 500. After this, the next two fastest drivers drivers qualify. None of this is complicated, or confusing, the networks have just made it confusing by constantly referring to the top two cars in qualifying as being "locked in". They're not. They will absolutely have a good enough qualifying speed to fall back, but they are not locked in as the qualifying race result takes precedence over qualifying speed. 101. Corey posted: 02.11.2021 - 10:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @100 You're right the network is part of the problem, although they aren't wrong when saying locked in. It just give the illusion that the those cars aren't part of the transfer battle even though they are. I've seen Bob Pockrass have to try and explain it on his Twitter feed. 102. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.11.2021 - 11:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 80 Nah. All the Ware cars have full funding and have their full season drivers. If there were blank cars then it would be a possibility, but youre not going to have a team bump a full season driver and sponsor for a guy whos only running a partial schedule 103. KentuckyOffroadRider posted: 02.11.2021 - 11:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I've watching this since 1993, I still can not follow the qualifying system far as these open teams go. It's ridiculous. Can we just go back to the top 15 finishers make it, then the next 10 spots (31 to 40t) are determined by qualifying speeds of those who didn't finish in the Top 15 on their qualifying races. Then, 41-43 be highest in owner points who still aren't in & let's go racing! The rest go home regardless of who didn't make it 104. Corey posted: 02.11.2021 - 11:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @103 That's what they do now. Top open car makes it in each duel, next two open cars on speed. 105. RaceFanX posted: 02.12.2021 - 10:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Austin Cindric had a fast black #33 Verizon 5G Ford in this race and was running as high as second early on. Ty Dillon got up and challenged him for the transfer spot but it sure looked like Cindric was the one to beat before the speeding penalty doomed his chances and caused him to lose the draft. He would have failed to qualify for the 500 if Preece didn't edge Dillon at the line for the last spot. 106. Nascar#1Fan posted: 02.12.2021 - 11:22 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This qualifying system is so stupid. Ty Dillon and his crew worked there butts off and finished 6th, but just because Ryan Preece beat him by a foot at the line, the transfer spot went to 16th place Austin Cindric. Yet also, RWR and Josh Bilicki can start-and-park, but because they have a charter there in. 107. Corey posted: 02.12.2021 - 11:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @105 No, if we use your scenario in duel 1 and take duel 2 results exactly as it was. Austin Cindric would still be in the 500. Kaz Grala would be the odd man out. 108. Tigerman posted: 02.12.2021 - 12:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @107 Cindric would be out. 109. Corey posted: 02.12.2021 - 12:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @106 That's been the rules ever since the charters came in. Take the top open car in each duel and then the top 2 in speed not already in. It's only been this year where there's been more competitive open cars then spots available that people have had an issue with it. And frankly, as another poster pointed out, FOX doesn't do a good job explaining it clearly. Ty Dillon was not the top open car in his duel, Ryan Preece was. Dillon was also it one of the top in qualifying speed of those left, Cindric and Grala were. I pointed out in the very first comment that if Preece transferred through the duel that Cindric was in. 110. Corey posted: 02.12.2021 - 12:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @108 Cindric out qualified Grala. Either Preece or Ragan transferring through the duel would put Cindric in on speed. If Dillon and Ragan transferred through the duel, Preece and Cindric would have gotten in on time. Grala would have been going home. 111. Rich posted: 02.13.2021 - 3:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The commentators consisted of Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Clint Bowyer. The pit road reporters were Jamie Little and Regan Smith. The in-race analyst was Larry McReynolds. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: