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  1.   JJ Lehto posted:
  02.21.2005 - 2:46 pm
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If only Jr could've held the lead for another 500 feet.


  2.   Anonymous posted:
  02.21.2005 - 3:01 pm
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When Michael Waltrip's engine expired, it became apparent that Gordon
had the best car left.


  3.   Mike D posted:
  02.21.2005 - 3:12 pm
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Wrong, Tony Stewart hadt he best car of them all, all day long.


  4.   Anonymous posted:
  02.21.2005 - 3:21 pm
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Doubtful. There was no passing. Anyone who was in front was going to
stay there. Stewart finished seventh and there's a reason why.


  5.   Mike D posted:
  02.21.2005 - 4:58 pm
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Very True, but then in that case Stewart put himself in the lead the
most and still should've won.


  6.   Anonymous posted:
  02.22.2005 - 12:47 am
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Bobby Hamilton only led one lap and won the truck race -- are you going
to say that he shouldn't have won because the person who leads the most
laps should always win? Naahhh.. doesn't always mean you have the best
car (or truck).

All things aside, Gordon, Stewart and Waltrip were definitely the class
of the field yesterday. In a perfect world, they would've all been on
the podium and would've settled the win among themselves.


  7.   Mike D posted:
  02.22.2005 - 1:36 am
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Very true, ok point taken.


  8.   Jeff L posted:
  02.22.2005 - 2:17 am
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Jeff Gordon's 3rd Daytona 500 win. And the first ever extented distance
Daytona 500 race - Daytona 507.5


  9.   JG24 posted:
  02.22.2005 - 3:19 am
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The drive for 5 has begun!!


  10.   Mike posted:
  02.22.2005 - 5:53 pm
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Great racing action for the entire weekend. I think everyone here
thought Stewart had it bagged until that last 13 lap dash. Goes to show
you that the best car(or truck) doesn't always win.

Hat's off to Jeff and the 24 team on a well earned, and hard fought win.
Time to get that 5th championship.


  11.   abcdefghijkl posted:
  02.25.2005 - 2:47 am
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Tony was holding guys behind him too much, thats why when those guys
decided to go, he ended up 7th, cause they saved the best for the end


  12.   HomeDepotKid posted:
  02.25.2005 - 4:31 am
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I attended this race. And it was a very interesting race from start to
finish.

However, tens of millions of dollars on renovations and they overlook
adding bathrooms in the grandstands! How convenient. I lost about 30 to
50 laps on being in line for the bathroom.

Well done Gordon on that win, but the big story is in 9th place. Kevin
LePage. A field filler? He starts the season 9th in points. Not bad!

The end was hellacious, tho. Anyone could have won.


  13.   abcdefghijkl posted:
  02.26.2005 - 1:25 am
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"However, tens of millions of dollars on renovations and they overlook
adding bathrooms in the grandstands! How convenient. I lost about 30 to
50 laps on being in line for the bathroom."

wow, you paid all those money just to stand in line waiting to use the
bathroom, that stinks


  14.   Biffle16fan posted:
  02.27.2005 - 3:52 am
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The race had yet another car in speedweeks get really airborne, with
Scott Wimmer flipping.
Others include 2 in the truck race, Rusty's near flip in the duel, the
two in the Arca big one and the driver that took out the fence in Arca,
anyone know why the great amount?


  15.   Anonymous posted:
  02.28.2005 - 12:52 am
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Bathrooms at Daytona that are nothing more than latrine's with a single
urinal and several stalls.


  16.   Brian posted:
  03.14.2005 - 9:13 pm
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Not a big Gordon fan, but what a finish. Stewart dominates the race, Jr
who has lagged back all race, shoots foward at the end and takes the
lead with 5 to go, just to have the lead taken with 3 to go.


  17.   Anonymous posted:
  03.16.2005 - 9:19 pm
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MICHAEL WALTRIP, NO. 15 NAPA CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO: "It just blew up. I
broke something pretty big under the hood. Fortunately we were able to
get out of the way and not cause a wreck. We can take the other car to
Talladega. Man I just really wanted to run these last 25 laps. We have a
very fast car. We just kept it toward the front. We did everything we
needed to do to win the race, except finish it.

"It was all about conditioning throughout the middle of the race. I just
followed Tony. You know you just try to make a comrade, because he was
going to be a buddy of mine. I just couldn't wait, couldn't wait for
those last 25 laps. It was going to be a riot. The people in the stands
are going to see a heck of a show. You can make major runs out there. We
had a car that was going to make some. Man! The NAPA Auto Parts,
Domino's Pizza, you know all that stuff...Oh! I just...I'm trying to
mask the pain. I'm just upset but understanding. A lot of people put a
lot into this effort. There are a lot of parts spinning around and
sometimes they break.ö

(DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT BROKE?) "I'm not sure. I think it was a rod.
It might have been a crankshaft. Possibly a piston."

(JEFF GORDON AND TONY STEWART SEEM TO BE THE OTHER FAST CARS OUT THERE.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO CHALLENGE STEWART?) "Yeah, Jeff's faster.
Jeff's fast than Tony, so we'll see."

damn that stewart guy was slow


  18.   KK38 posted:
  03.27.2005 - 9:18 pm
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One of the best races I ever saw


  19.   Jake Kane posted:
  04.12.2005 - 4:55 am
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talking about back stabbing, jr screwed stewart.

hahaha, hahaha, hahaha


  20.   Jake posted:
  04.25.2005 - 9:05 pm
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After all the controversy on this site in the past few months, I have
decided to come back, and I promise that all of the comments will be
appropriate. Man, what a race Daytona was. It would've been cool if
Junior would've done 2 in a row. I'm not a big fan of Jeff Gordon, but
it was great to see him take Hendrick to Victory Lane after what
happened last October. Although I don't like them, congrats to them.


  21.   je24go posted:
  05.07.2005 - 11:41 pm
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Good to see you again, Jake.


  22.   Charles DuBois posted:
  06.27.2005 - 3:41 pm
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go kahne


  23.   Greg posted:
  09.08.2005 - 3:16 pm
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Another typical plate race. Not much happing until two to go and then
watch out. The restromms at this track must not have been updated since
the place opened in 1959.
The lines were way too long and the smell too bad.
We waited two and a half hours to get on one of the busses to get back
to the parking lot only to find that when we got there the gates were
lock and we had to drive thru a ditch to get our car out. Next time park
in one of the pay lots, It's better than the Daytona free parking.


  24.   SPENCER posted:
  11.13.2005 - 3:00 am
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The worst week of my life my first trip to Daytona it started off with
Jimmy qualfing in the middle for the trucks. Then on Friday Nemocheck
starts on pole for the Busch ok I can live with that. Then in the IROC
race Steve Kinser crashed which sucked then Martin ends up winning. I
was ok with that BUT IN THE TRUCK RACE IT WAS THE WORST CALL IN THE
HISTORY OF NASCAR!!! Jimmy easly on that race when the other guys
started crashing.I traveled all the way from Pennsylvania just for the
damn truck race and to see it end like that I would of rather seen Jimmy
wreck than get screwed like he did. Jim not running the 500 was bad
enough but to have my 4th, 2nd and 3rd least favorite drivers finish how
they did that weekend SUCKED.


  25.   Anonymous posted:
  11.17.2005 - 6:23 pm
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"The worst week of my like my first trip to Daytona it started off with
Jimmy qualfing in the middle for the trucks. Then on Friday Nemocheck
starts on pole for the Busch ok I can live with that. Then in the IROC
race Steve Kinser crashed wich sucked then Martin ends up winning.I was
ok with that BUT IN THE TRUCK RACE IT WAS THE WORST CALL IN THE HISTORY
OF NASCAR!!!Jimmy easly on that race when the other guys started
crashing.I traveled all the way from Pennsylvania just for the damn
truck race and to see it end like that Iwould of rather seen Jimmy wreck
than get screwed like he did.Jim not running the 500 was bad enough but
to have my 4th,2nd,and 3rd least favorite drivers finish how they did
that Weekend SUCKED"

Well, at least you aren't biased...


  26.   chad richardson posted:
  02.11.2006 - 8:12 pm
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i sorry for scott wimmer got wreck but he walk safe


  27.   CanucksAndNASCAR Fan posted:
  06.05.2006 - 4:05 am
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I hate Jeff Gordon...pissed me off that he won this race. Stewart had
the car to beat.


  28.   Anonymous posted:
  04.09.2007 - 4:42 pm
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Just because I think it's interesting, the "go or go-homers" who made
the race.

00: Kenny Wallace
1: Martin Truex, Jr.
4: Mike Wallace
11: Jason Leffler
14: John Andretti
23: Mike Skinner
36: Boris Said
37: Kevin Lepage


  29.   BurtonRuddFan posted:
  12.13.2007 - 11:12 pm
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What a good battle at the end of the race. Good jobs by RIGGS AND
LEPAGE. Solid, decent runs for the Petty runs.


  30.   SmokeFan20 posted:
  01.20.2008 - 3:40 am
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This race ticked me off for two reasons.
1. Dale Jr didn't repay Tony for all the other times that he pushed Jr
to wins at Talladega & Daytona, and left Tony out to dry (which is why
he got shuffled back to 7th place in the first place)
2. That little punk Jimmie Johnson blocked Tony from getting to the
front during the GWC so his buddy Jeff could win the race with ease.


  31.   ChazzyJoe posted:
  01.05.2009 - 4:52 pm
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I believe this is the first 500 to finish in the evening or at night.


  32.   Ryan posted:
  01.29.2009 - 7:41 pm
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It's the Daytona 500 people. Dale owed it to his team, his fans, and
ultimately to himself to go for the win. Unfortunately he picked the
wrong line to go around and Gordon came by him over the top.

And Kurt Busch, he had a chance to go by Gordon during the GWC, but he
elected to stay behind him. And he even said that, saying "There will be
plenty of more 500s for me to get that elusive win."

That's a loser attitude. He has three 2nd place finishes in this race.
2003, 2005, and 2008.


  33.   18fan posted:
  01.30.2010 - 8:15 pm
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Ryan, Kurt has taken over Dale Sr.'s role as the bridesmaid in the 500.
He hasn't had all the heartbreaks that Dale had though.


  34.   Art D posted:
  02.28.2010 - 3:18 am
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70th career win for J. Gordon.


  35.   Ryan posted:
  08.01.2011 - 5:30 am
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"Ryan, Kurt has taken over Dale Sr.'s role as the bridesmaid in the 500.
He hasn't had all the heartbreaks that Dale had though."

Him and Tony Stewart... Tony has had more heartbreak than Kurt even
though Kurt has finished 2nd more... And you're right their combined
heart aches still doesn't match Dale's.


  36.   1995z71 posted:
  03.09.2012 - 3:12 pm
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4 Nascar legends started in the top 10 & finished in the top 10.

Dale Earnhardt jr.
Jimmie Johnson
Tony Stewart
Kevin Lepage

ok well 3 out of 4 are.


  37.   10andJoe posted:
  04.27.2012 - 2:47 am
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Greg Pollex's first race as a car owner since Watkins Glen in 1997.


  38.   Daniel posted:
  05.23.2012 - 1:26 am
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In using top 20/21 from duels: #7 Robby Gordon, #33 Kerry Earnhardt, #52
Larry Gunselman, #55 Derrike Cope, #73 Eric McClure, #92 Stanton Barrett


Out using top 20/21 from Duels: #0 Mike Bliss, #07 Dave Blaney, #2 Rusty
Wallace, #6 Mark Martin, #9 Kasey Kahne, #38 Elliott Sadler


  39.   Daniel posted:
  05.23.2012 - 1:26 am
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Starting 43rd based on speed: #01 Joe Nemechek


  40.   CBASS posted:
  01.19.2013 - 7:36 am
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  41.   TTF24 posted:
  08.07.2013 - 12:55 pm
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He did it Hey Yall :D!


  42.   SHR4101441 posted:
  01.12.2014 - 1:31 pm
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This was a great race and a great dash to the finish. One of 4 Daytona
500's that Stewart shoulda coulda woulda won


  43.   Rob McKeever posted:
  01.23.2014 - 5:03 pm
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Under normal Daytona rules (1-2 qual day, 3-30 qual races, 31-36 speed,
37-42 provisional, 43 PC provisional), Schrader, Green and M. Wallace
are DNQ, and R. Gordon, Cope and K. Earnhardt would have been in.

here is what the 2005 Daytona 500 should have started:

1. Jarrett 88 (Pole)
2. Johnson 48 (outside pole)
3. Waltrip 15 (won duel 1)
4. Stewart 20 (won duel 2)
5. Earnhardt Jr 8 (2nd duel 1)
6. J. Burton 31 (2nd duel 2)
7. Skinner 23 (3rd duel 1)
8. Lepage 37 (3rd duel 2)
9. Newman 12 (4th duel 1)
10. Truex Jr 1 (4th duel 2)
11. Rudd 21 (5th duel 1)
12. Riggs (5th duel 2)
13. Ku. Busch 97 (6th duel 1)
14. Kenseth 17 (6th duel 2)
15. J. Gordon 24 (7th duel 1)
16. R. Gordon 7 (7th duel 2)
17. McMurray 42 (8th duel 1)
18. Wimmer 22 (8th duel 2)
19. Ky Busch 5 (9th duel 2)
20. Marlin 40 (9th duel 2)
21. K. Wallace 00 (10th duel 1)
22. Said 36 (10th duel 2)
23. K. Earnhardt (11th duel 1)
24. Andretti 14 (11th duel 2)
25. Leffler 11 (12th duel 1)
26. B. Labonte 18 (12th duel 2)
27. Biffle 16 (13th duel 1)
28. Hamilton Jr (13th duel 2)
29. Kvapil 77 (14th duel 1)
30. Cope 55 (14th duel 2)
31. Harvick 29 (47.894)
32. Nemechek 01 (47.914)
33. E. Sadler 38 (48.026)
34. K. Petty 45 (48.135)
35. Kahne 9 (48.261)
36. Bliss 0 (48.319)
37. Martin 6 (Provisional - 4th Owners points)
38. Mayfield 19 (Provisional - 10th op)
39. R. Wallace 2 (Provisional - 16th op)
40. Edwards 99 (Provisional - 21st op)
41. Blaney 07 (Provisional - 22nd op)
42. Mears 41 (Provisional - 23rd op)
43. Vickers 25 (Provisional - 26th op)

DNQ: Schrader 49, Green 43, M. Wallace 4, McClure 73, Barrett 92,
Gunselman 52, Jo. Sauter 09, H. Sadler 66, Belmont 80, LaJoie 34,
Shelmerdine 27, Shepherd 89, Sacks 13, G. Bodine 93

Field no different if a 1-2, 3-30, 31-38, 39-42, 43PC format from 2004
is used, as R. Wallace and Mayfield would have been the next two fastest
on speed.


  44.   PCRaceFan0006 posted:
  02.16.2014 - 7:34 pm
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Kirk Shelmerdine's make was Ford for this race.


  45.   Iceberg posted:
  06.30.2015 - 12:16 am
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This was the first race I'd ever watched. I just remember the thrill of
being a seven year old watching it all for the first time. Junior,
Gordon, Stewart, Busch, Johnson. All the superstars gutting it out for
the best prize in racing. Being a Junior fan and not liking Gordon kind
of stung to watch but the show that they put in made up for it. 2005
afterwards definitely made me a loyal Junior fan though and I'll never
quit being a fan of his for as long as I watch NASCAR. Best damn sport
in the world.


  46.   RaceFanX posted:
  07.01.2015 - 8:48 pm
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  47.   Nu3clear Wa4le posted:
  07.05.2015 - 9:14 am
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  49.   88&4Fan posted:
  08.18.2015 - 7:41 am
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This is the first time that Boris Said ran back-to-back races in his cup
career (albeit, they weren't in the same season). He made a rare
intermediate track appearance in the 2004 season finale, and ran the
Daytona 500 the next year (Boris used to run the plate races back in the
mid-2000s, and he actually wasn't bad, nearly won the Coke Zero 400 in
2006).


  50.   Nascar Lead Lap Points posted:
  01.19.2016 - 10:58 am
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Owner Update
#7 Robby Gordon (Same for all races in 2005)

Jim team shut down in 2004 and Robby brought the team/owner points


  51.   Nascar Lead Lap Points posted:
  01.19.2016 - 11:17 am
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Owner Update
#77 Roger Penske (Same for all races in 2005)

Jasper team folded after the 2003 season and this was the last time till
2008 that Penske ran the #77 in cup


  52.   SuperG posted:
  02.03.2016 - 8:42 pm
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Jeff Gordon's 3rd and final Daytona 500 victory. And just like the 1999
race he holds off an Earnhardt (among others) in an exciting finish for
the ages. They went to work on this car months prior to the season for
the specific purpose of winning this race, and boy did he win. "Three baby!"

I also noticed for some reason the decklid on this car is all red as
opposed to the blue that was normally on his flame scheme. It just
looked weird to me, as I think the blue is better. But he won the race,
so I guess it doesn't matter.

Darrell Waltrip when Earnhardt makes the pass for the lead: "What a
pass! Way to go Junebug!"

Darrell Waltrip when Gordon makes the WINNING pass 10 seconds after it
happened: "Gordon has made a pass."

Yeah, absolutely no bias there at all.


  53.   88&4Fan posted:
  02.03.2016 - 8:54 pm
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^Hi Gordon7TimeChamp. We know its you.


  54.   Gordon7timeWinstonCupchampion posted:
  02.08.2016 - 3:32 pm
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I knew it was you.


  55.   Nathan8848 posted:
  03.27.2016 - 12:30 pm
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  56.   Braindead Zombie posted:
  04.09.2016 - 4:38 pm
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First race with loop data.


  57.   M posted:
  11.22.2016 - 7:14 am
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Jeff Gordon's final win in the Daytona 500, and it's his only 500 win in
the flame paint scheme. He also gave Robbie Loomis his first and only
Daytona 500 win as a crew chief in this race.

This car was a brand new car that they had been working on in the
offseason to win this race. After the spring Talladega race the year
prior, Gordon was a force on the restrictor plate tracks, using this car
and his Pepsi cars to win at Daytona and Talladega.

After the win, Jeff dedicated it to the family and team members of
Hendrick Motorsports who perished in the Martinsville plane crash the
year before.

This race ran late because of a green-white-checker finish, and because
of that it ended at dusk just as the sun was going down. It was such a
cool sight to see Gordon bring it home as the day started to transition
into night. Pretty memorable.


  58.   The Hat Man posted:
  12.09.2016 - 7:54 am
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Re-watched this race again. What a terrible call made with 3 to go when
Gordon overtakes Junior down the backstretch. They were so preoccupied
with Kahne being in the wall, they missed Gordon making the pass after
cheering wildly for Junior the lap before. Watching this made me miss
the days of Bob Jenkins, Ken Squier, Benny Parsons, Buddy Baker, Ned
Jarrett, Allen Bestwick and Wally Dallenbach when things were a bit more
professional.

Let the racing tell the story, with commentary thrown in to help
broadcast the race/educate viewers. You don't need to constantly talk
and talk and talk over each other and show favoritism/bias to certain
drivers during the broadcast.


  59.   David posted:
  12.29.2016 - 12:25 pm
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I agree that the commentators....well DW were/are biased towards Jr but
to follow that point up with missing someone like Ned Jarrett? Have you
not watched the 1993 500? Lol


  60.   chevyfan98 posted:
  12.29.2016 - 2:33 pm
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^Glad I'm not the only one here who sees it that way.


  61.   18fan posted:
  12.29.2016 - 3:32 pm
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There is definitely a double standard, but CBS basically telling Ned to
be a dad is different than what Darrell did in this race and 2010, which
was way worse, with Junior.


  62.   The Hat Man posted:
  02.19.2017 - 8:38 am
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Ned Jarrett's call was totally different than Darrell Waltrip. Ned
Jarrett basically cheered his son for the last lap only after CBS told
him to because they thought it would be memorable.

After Dale Earnhardt's death in 2001, everybody went into Earnhardt
fanboy mode, the most obvious of which being Darrell Waltrip. Almost
every race broadcast by Fox for the better part of 2001-2006 featured
Darrell Waltrip cheering/pulling for both Dale Jr. AND Michael Waltrip,
ESPECIALLY at Daytona and Talladega

I can count about 5-6 times when either Jeff Gordon or anybody else for
that matter was having a better race than Jr and Michael Waltrip, Mike
Joy would ask if anybody could beat/win the race against the DEI cars
and every time Darrell would say: "Nope." "No they can't." "Dale
Earnhardt, Jr. is just so good here." Nearly every time, Darrel was
proven wrong. He had no idea whatsoever what he was talking about.

And in this case here, it ruined a great finish, whereas I feel that
somebody like Ken Squier would have described the pass Jr. made and then
made the final call on Gordon's pass with much more professionalism and
respect.

The early 00s, at least on the Fox end, was the Michael Waltrip and Dale
Jr. show, and boy did it get old really quick. Even today, in 2017 and
for the past 10 years we get to hear how this is Jr's year and he's
going to win the championship, and it never happens.


  63.   RaceFanX posted:
  05.24.2017 - 6:35 pm
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This triumph turned out to be Jeff Gordon's third and final Daytona 500
victory. His winning #24 DuPont Chevrolet Monte Carlo from this race was
later displayed on "Glory Road" at the NASCAR Hall of Fame.


  64.   Greg24Fan posted:
  08.19.2017 - 8:24 am
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Was a Rusty Wallace fan. His last Daytona 500. I was hoping for a
miracle, good run just not enough. Wasn't meant to be for him.


  65.   Tide1732 posted:
  11.15.2017 - 1:03 pm
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First NASCAR cup race ever for the longtime Denny Hamilin sponsor FedEx.


  66.   Tide1732 posted:
  04.16.2018 - 9:54 am
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The last cup top 10 for Kevin Lepage in a points race.


  67.   Jolly Mean Giant posted:
  06.03.2018 - 12:08 am
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First Daytona 500 starts for Carl Edwards, Travis Kvapil, Boris Said,
Martin Truex, Jr., and Kyle Busch.

Only Daytona 500 start for Bobby Hamilton, Jr.

Last Daytona 500 starts for Kevin Lepage, Rusty Wallace, Mike Skinner,
and Jason Leffler.


  68.   TeamDCR fan posted:
  06.03.2018 - 12:26 am
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Lepage ran in 06


  69.   Joshua posted:
  08.23.2018 - 11:02 am
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Kevin Lepage gave that team, in this case the #37 car, its best run
ever. He shoved that thing to third I believe in the Duals and then
backed it up with a 9th place finish in the 500. Unfortunately it turned
out to be a glaring outlier, as the team struggled through the rest of
the mid 2000s to even qualify for races. At least they had these
Speedweeks, though.

That comment by Kurt Busch about having more opportunities almost came
back to bite him. He ended up winning the 2017 Daytona 500, albeit
assisted by a bit of fuel mileage luck, twelve years after this one,
ending the long drought for both himself and CC at the time Tony Gibson.

IIRC, and correct me if I'm wrong, but around this time I believe was
when NASCAR started experimenting with later start times, and this one
started closer to 2pm if not right at it, which led to the dusk-lit finish.


  70.   GGDC posted:
  08.23.2018 - 1:54 pm
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@69 I think the 37 got a top 12 at Charlotte too, but yeah they
struggled elsewhere.

Also IIRC that team actually was split off of Morgan Shepard


  71.   RaceFanX posted:
  09.21.2018 - 4:01 pm
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Scott Riggs's fourth-place finish was the first of just two top-5s for
him this season.


  72.   Foyt14 posted:
  01.30.2019 - 1:37 pm
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Caution #8: Should be involved with the 11, 14, and 77.


  73.   Jay posted:
  10.08.2019 - 7:25 pm
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Larry Gunselman didn't make the race but his crew chief was some guy
named Beau Tiffany who was fined $1,000 along with a bunch of other crew
chiefs.


  74.   Anthony2 posted:
  01.02.2020 - 8:36 pm
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2005 marked the first full season that NASCAR would broadcast every race
in high definition. NASCAR on Fox was produced in 720p, while NASCAR on
NBC/TNT was produced in 1080i. All of the races in 2005 & 2006 were
televised in 16:9 HD. Unfortunately as of today, there is not a single
NASCAR race from 2005 in widescreen mode on YouTube. The only existing
2005 NASCAR HD race on YouTube is the Fontana race that Kyle Busch won.
Except that race is in 4:3. There are, however, three 2006 NASCAR Cup
races on YouTube that you can watch in 16:9 HD (Sonoma, Kansas, & the
October Talladega race). There's also a NASCAR Busch Series race on
YouTube that's from 2006 & there is a 16:9 version of the Michigan race
that Dale, Jr. won. Problem is: It's not in good quality.


  75.   Anthony2 posted:
  02.11.2020 - 11:30 am
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There is now a 16:9 HD version of this race currently live streaming on
NASCAR's YouTube channel. I'd say my life is now complete!


  76.   SweetRich posted:
  06.25.2020 - 9:28 am
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The commentators for the race were Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and
Darrell Waltrip. The pit road reporters were Dr. Dick Berggren, Steve
Byrnes, Matt Yocum and Jeanne Zelasko. And in The Hollywood Hotel were
Chris Myers and Jeff Hammond.


  77.   Rich posted:
  01.12.2021 - 11:48 am
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Chris Myers was the host of the pre-race show. Jeff Hammond and Darrell
Waltrip were the pre-race show analysts.


  78.   Steve posted:
  02.02.2021 - 5:30 pm
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First Daytona 500 in many years without Junie Donlavey's familiar #90
Ford on the entry list.


  79.   Spen posted:
  02.03.2021 - 7:36 am
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First time since 1970, to be exact. Although they did run it as a
Mercury several times during that span. Donlavey's best 500 finishes
were three fifths from Dick Brooks, and Brooks also led 15 laps in the
1983 running.


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