|| *Comments on the 2015 Coke Zero 400:* First Page | Previous Page | Next Page | Last Page | View All On One Page View the most recent comment | Post a comment <#post> 1. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.04.2015 - 6:42 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Sad to see Blaney and McDowell miss the race with qualifying rained out, but it is what it is. Nice starting spot for guys like Menard, Gilliland, and Moffitt. 2. luigistarted06 posted: 07.04.2015 - 6:44 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) How lucky does Jeb Burton and Brendan Gaughn feel right about now 3. Chives5150 posted: 07.04.2015 - 6:46 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I honestly never thought I would see the #62 in a Cup race again this season... 4. Schroeder51 posted: 07.04.2015 - 6:59 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Shame Blaney had to miss this race due to qualifying getting washed away, he could have a great run. But oh well... 5. We need more Onion posted: 07.04.2015 - 7:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Honestly, I don't really care for Blaney, as he'll have plenty of opportunities to win this race when he gets to Penske and he certainly has the talent to do so. I'm sad to see McDowell and his low-budget team, which did well here on occasion, go home instead of the #62 which is hopeless even in Daytona. Well, at least the #62 has a good hand behind the wheel in Gaughan. Truex, Hamlin, Gordon, Kurt, Harvick and the Penskes will all have to start in the region where things tend to happen. 6. Schroeder51 posted: 07.04.2015 - 7:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bold prediction: This is the last race this season that the #62 team actually makes, barring another rain out. 7. Schroeder51 posted: 07.04.2015 - 7:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ...Or maybe not, there will probably be a few races with just 43 cars entered, so they probably WILL start a few more races. They are definitely going to end the year with more DNQs than starts, though. 8. BMan0213 posted: 07.04.2015 - 7:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wouldn't shock me if Penske just paid off the 62 team to get Ryan into the field. Idk how much money is used in those transactions but if Roger came up to them with the pay equal to say 25th they'd be dumb not to take it. 9. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.04.2015 - 7:25 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Not a bold prediction: the #62 loses the draft by lap 2 and gets lapped by lap 10. 10. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 07.04.2015 - 7:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #6. When the #30,#25,#21, and #95 don't atttempt a race. That when the #62 makes the race like Pocono 11. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 07.04.2015 - 7:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #9 He has a RCR Engine for the Plate tracks 12. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.04.2015 - 7:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Speaking of the #30, weren't they supposed to attempt this race and Talladega with Smokey Herbal Mountain Snuff on the car, or was that only because Hornaday started the season in the car? 13. We need more Onion posted: 07.04.2015 - 7:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Wouldn't shock me if Penske just paid off the 62 team to get Ryan into the field. Idk how much money is used in those transactions but if Roger came up to them with the pay equal to say 25th they'd be dumb not to take it." Would be strange to see Roger care enough about Blaney at the moment. It seems more important to have Joeeey in the Xfinity car than Ryan on the track this weekend. 14. BMan0213 posted: 07.04.2015 - 7:40 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Would be strange to see Roger care enough about Blaney at the moment. It seems more important to have Joeeey in the Xfinity car than Ryan on the track this weekend." I think roger does care about him. Ryan's problem is the people at Discount Tires don't. I mean at Atlanta this year they had him go over an do interviews at the supercross race while Joey ran the Xfinity race. They're the ones who'd rather have an established cup driver in their car. If they didn't I'm sure Ryan would be driving the 22 every week. 15. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.04.2015 - 8:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Would be strange to see Roger care enough about Blaney at the moment. It seems more important to have Joeeey in the Xfinity car than Ryan on the track this weekend." "I think roger does care about him. Ryan's problem is the people at Discount Tires don't. I mean at Atlanta this year they had him go over an do interviews at the supercross race while Joey ran the Xfinity race. They're the ones who'd rather have an established cup driver in their car. If they didn't I'm sure Ryan would be driving the 22 every week." I wonder how much effort was put into getting funding to bring back the 12 car for Xfinity. 16. BMan0213 posted: 07.04.2015 - 8:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I wonder how much effort was put into getting funding to bring back the 12 car for Xfinity." While I think they did try, there's no way they put in the effort they did for Hornish back in 2012 to get him full time. That being said Sponsors are probably gonna be more willing to jump on a former Indy 500 winner (even if he isn't that good in stock cars) rather than a talented kid who doesn't have the name value outside of the sport. 17. MAR posted: 07.04.2015 - 8:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The #62 wasnt horrible at Talladega i doubt he gets lapped in 10 laps. 18. 1995z71 posted: 07.04.2015 - 9:28 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Not happy to see the Wood Bros. & Blaney going home. Glad I decided to not attend this race. First Daytona race I've skipped since 2008. 19. Johnny R. posted: 07.04.2015 - 9:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What happened with Jeff Gordon with the twenty third spot and more good drivers behind him 20. Johnny R. posted: 07.04.2015 - 9:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) But I do like them drivers 21. epzik8 posted: 07.04.2015 - 11:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I don't think Dale Jr. lucked out in getting the pole. I think he still had a pole-winning car if qualifying had gone on. 22. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 12:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Thanks to the rainout, Jeb Burton gets to make his first points-paying plate race in Cup. He probably would have been a DNQ if they actually had held qualifying... I wouldn't say Junior lucked out by qualifying getting rained out; I don't know if he would have won the pole, but I'm certain he would have got a good starting spot, and there's no doubt he's going to be a major factor in the race. If there's one thing Junior picked up from his Dad, it's gotta be the plate racing ability... 23. The Long Shot posted: 07.05.2015 - 12:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sorry I missed the Xfinity race earlier. To those who saw it: how would you rate NBC's coverage? From what I've gathered, the majority opinion seems to be in the 8/10-9/10 range. 24. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 12:37 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) "To those who saw it: how would you rate NBC's coverage? From what I've gathered, the majority opinion seems to be in the 8/10-9/10 range." A little hard to judge, but based on their Xfinity debut, I would say...around 8.5/10. Rick Allen is good as the lead announcer, and Burton and Letarte seem to work pretty well on commentary; neither of them came off as obnoxious and they were both quite informative. Among the things they did that I liked... -They actually mentioned every driver during the starting lineup and THEN interviewed one of the driver as opposed to just giving the front runners and then spending the rest of that time on an interview -Their graphics package is pretty good; I think their scoring ticker looks a lot better than FOX's -They actually spent more time talking about some of the backmarkers (for instance, Bobby Gerhart spun in the opening laps, and they actually did spend a bit of time talking about him) -They had CONSIDERABLY more side-by-side coverage during commercials then FOX has over the past few years' If this is a preview of what we can expect to see from their coverage for the rest of the year, it seems pretty promising! 25. racefangurl posted: 07.05.2015 - 1:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) TLS, I missed the July 4th NASCAR action, myself. Too busy celebrating the 4th. That top-5 looks cool to me. Maybe some plate ace will make the Chase tonight. That's my picks to win, any of the plate aces. 26. RWR posted: 07.05.2015 - 3:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I thought the Cup race attempts is not important... 27. The Great Dave posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:44 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Yeah I think NBC will be way better, but I also think they'll have growing pains. I'm not really a fan of Steve LeTarte's voice either. overall 7/10 28. Nu3clear Wa4le posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) ^ I thought his voice was fine. Average, and that's alright. 9/10. 29. The Great Dave posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I just find it way to monotone and even worse....nasaly 30. MarkMartinFan posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I enjoyed Letarte much more than I've ever enjoyed any former crew chief that has commentated. Jeff Burton has always seemed to be one of the most intelligent drivers in NASCAR. Rick Allen can make anything exciting. I'm a big fan of that group of guys. I give their coverage a 9.5/10. 31. Chives5150 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hopefully Brian Scott will put last night behind him soon. I'm sure he's learned by now that blocking will eventually bite you in the ass. 32. Colm posted: 07.05.2015 - 2:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What happened to cjs, did he say he was leaving the boards. 33. MAR posted: 07.05.2015 - 2:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Since silly season has been boring so far i have a fantasy prediction that might actually be reality. 1. JGR and MWR form an alliance to combine information as toyota wanted JGR ships Denny Hamlin to the #55 and then puts Erik Jones in the #11 in addition to that Toyota signs Furniture Row racing which allows them to be apart of the alliance and add a second car which would be driven by Brian Scott who would take Shore Lodge and Albertsons with him as sponsors. So who thinks that is a possibility. 34. John Royal posted: 07.05.2015 - 3:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hows to weather? So to know whether I stay up long or not... 35. numbah10hatah posted: 07.05.2015 - 3:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #33: Furniture Row Racing has already said that they are not having a second car until at least 2017. 36. Cumulonimbus posted: 07.05.2015 - 3:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As far as the weather is concerned, it's gonna rain in the afternoon for sure. But the storms should move out of the area 1-2 hours before the race starts if everything goes as the models predict, so a dry track should await the drivers at the starting time. But then again, nothing can be said for sure. 37. Raheem posted: 07.05.2015 - 3:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) GO BIFF! 38. dennyfan11 posted: 07.05.2015 - 4:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Weather update. Rain moved in an hour ago, and it has been steadily raining since. 39. luigistarted06 posted: 07.05.2015 - 4:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's suppose to rain until 8 and then not again until 11. Who knows though, the forecast has changed around 50 times the last three days 40. Eric posted: 07.05.2015 - 4:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) colm, What happened to CJS3872 is multiple things. CJS3872 still does twitter. The catch is I don't think his interest in racing is as as strong as it was based on his twitters are mostly outside of NASCAR. I think a combinations of things happened to CJS3872. The first thing is I don't think he liked the fact he was corrected by claiming Jeff Gordon's team was on the only team near front of the field pitted, when his statement was proved to be false. The 2nd thing is I wouldn't be shocked if it got over his skin that people called him out for his theories. 41. John Royal posted: 07.05.2015 - 4:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 8 to 11 gives only 3 hour window, in which time they have to also dry the track. Either it will be postponed or we will see rain shortened race. 42. Mike posted: 07.05.2015 - 5:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm confused. When qualifying is rained out, the top 36 starting spots are supposed to go to the top 36 teams in owners' points, in order of their practice speed. So why is Annett starting 18th? That team is 38th in owners points, so they shouldn't be up there with the top-36 cars. 43. RaceFanX posted: 07.05.2015 - 5:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jeff Gordon's final race at Daytona 44. luigistarted06 posted: 07.05.2015 - 5:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @41, well it's a 30% chance at 11 and 12 and it disappears after that. It's possible the race will still get in tonight, it seems slightly more likely than not to be honest 45. luigistarted06 posted: 07.05.2015 - 5:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sure enough, the chances of Any rain after 9 just went down to less than 20. I'm Expecting this whole thing to get in tonight 46. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.05.2015 - 5:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I'm confused. When qualifying is rained out, the top 36 starting spots are supposed to go to the top 36 teams in owners' points, in order of their practice speed. So why is Annett starting 18th? That team is 38th in owners points, so they shouldn't be up there with the top-36 cars." From what I read about qualifying on the Jayski site, they determine the 43 positions(Top 36, Past Champs, Race Attempts), then place them based on their practice speed if a practice occurred. 47. dennyfan11 posted: 07.05.2015 - 5:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And sure enough, the rain has stopped. 48. dennyfan11 posted: 07.05.2015 - 6:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bad news, it has started raining again... 49. Anonymous posted: 07.05.2015 - 6:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) " 37. Raheem posted: 07.05.2015 - 3:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) GO BIFF! " Why biffle16, long time no see! 50. Anonymous posted: 07.05.2015 - 6:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) For those wondering, this race is tonight because NBC gave the July 4th primetime slot to their annual fireworks show (which begs the question: why not let THIS be the last FOX race? Have NASCAR on Saturday and WWC tonight) 51. dennyfan11 posted: 07.05.2015 - 6:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's still raining, but worse is that the showers are stationary. 52. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 7:01 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) They brought back the Countdown to Green! 53. Anonymous posted: 07.05.2015 - 7:01 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I wonder if we can get Discover Card to comeback and sponsor NBC's Countdown to Green. NBC Sports is sponsoring it tonight. 54. Driver X posted: 07.05.2015 - 7:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I can see this race probably finishing at around 1-2am because the weather is supposed to be clearer past 11pm. But I looked the weather up on Google, so make of that what you will. But if the race has to be run Monday for any reason, will NBC air it or NBCSN? 55. 02Justin10 posted: 07.05.2015 - 7:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I never made my opinion about NBC's coverage last night, so since this race is delayed, I might as well throw in my two hoots. With how well NBCSN's team has covered IndyCar the last few years, I set the bar pretty modestly. And I can honestly say I enjoy NBC/NBCSN's NASCAR coverage over the overly-overactive people at FOX. Although, we'll see how Danica hyped they are tonight. I'm hoping they don't throw her on a shiny pedestal every week like FOX does. And I'm sure this group will do fine. But of course they aren't Benny Parsons, and even Weber and Bestwick. Anyhoo...whenever this race gets started, I'm sure it'll be a decent show. Maybe the idea of rain around will put the drivers in a racier mode or something. As for who I'm rooting for tonight (as somebody with no particular favorite cup driver.) Larson, Allmendinger or even Allgaier to win so they can insert themselves in the chase. 56. joey2448 posted: 07.05.2015 - 7:22 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) While is race is still in prerace and with a wet track on top of that... USA IS KICKING JAPAN'S ASS IN THE WOMEN'S WORLD CUP FINAL!!! WHOOOO!!! *ahem* carry on with race talk... 57. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.05.2015 - 7:27 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) NASCAR...Excellent!!! Burton's World! Burton's World! Burton's World! 58. BluesTravelerFan posted: 07.05.2015 - 7:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I love these prerace pieces, way more personal than anything I have seen in these things before. 59. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 7:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The Daytona Rising project looks like the stands are empty. Granted, they may, but it stands out even more. 60. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 7:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Any word on the weather? I've been gone all day so I really don't know. 61. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 7:54 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Any word on the weather? I've been gone all day so I really don't know. 62. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 7:54 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Looks like the rain will stop around 9:30 or so. 63. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 7:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sorry with the double post. 64. BluesTravelerFan posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Great to see Ken Squire back. 65. fanofracefangurl posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:04 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) this wont start until 930 66. Sean posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:07 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Not liking the booth so far. So many cringeworthy quotes. Krista Voda goes on about the "best drivers in the world" when it's clearly not the best drivers in the world unless Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso, Dixon, Power, and Lotterer are there. In other words, NO SERIES can claim this. Why can't she just say "the best stock car drivers in the world", which I'd agree with? Steve Letarte - "When you think of anybody that's been inducted into the Hall of Fame, their Daytona stats are included." Shouldn't the stats at EVERY TRACK be included? And shortly after that, Rick Allen just referred to Burton and Letarte as "legends". They were both just pretty good, not legendary. But it seems like their production is better. The Ken Squier piece was great and the booth is somewhat less annoying, but they're still annoying me. 67. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ^racefangurl has fans? Should be good racing once this rain finally stops... 68. luigistarted06 posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The level of professionism NBC is handling this is epic. It almost reminds me of the 2001 Daytona 500 and how Fox handled that at the time�??? 69. Sean posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:10 pm Rate this comment: (3) (1) I was pleased to see Kyle Petty and Dale Jarrett there. I think I'd rather see them over Burton and Letarte in the booth eventually. I wish Wally was still there too. 70. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) MRN leaving the air until 9pm. 71. dennyfan11 posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Still raining, but track drying has begun. 72. RaceFanX posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Will they air the Busch race in the interim? 73. luigistarted06 posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Its now suppose to rain through 1 AM. This is getting worse and worse 74. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Weather channel webpage radar says about 10:45. 75. Sean posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Did I just read 'Bobbie Allison' on their bottom scroll in their list of season sweeps? Sigh. Their producers at least should know how to spell the legends' names... And I do agree that they're still better than Fox or ESPN Mark II, but I think this is only slightly better than ESPN Mark II. 76. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Starting to get the feeling this race is going to be a clone of last year's. Possibly getting postponed until tomorrow, and I wouldn't be surprised if the race ended up getting rain-shortened if that's the case... 77. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) *11:45 78. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rain coming down harder, I don't think tonight is the night. 79. Ivan Balakhonov posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The scheduling for this race screamed disaster from the very beginning and though I'm a bit disappointed that we have a delay, I'm also glad that NASCAR and NBC just got a lesson to learn. Next time they'll be smarter. 80. Anonymous posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:42 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Whenever we get started, I expect a great race. 81. dennyfan11 posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Welp, we're not getting this in. See y'all tomorrow. 82. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brian Neudorff '@NASCAR_WXMAN 34 seconds ago Can we race tonight? Yes - if #NASCAR is patient. Talked w/ @RaceWeather giving odds of racing 55/65% trying to stay optimistic #CouldBeLate 83. luigistarted06 posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If Nascar is willing to run this race at 1 AM it will Run tonight. To be honest, considering it's pretty much going to rain non stop till Wednesday that may not be a terrible idea... 84. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Please race tonight... I have to go to the beach tomorrow! 85. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 8:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Delay has only been 1 hour long, it's not like we have been waiting all day. That may be a huge factor in the decision. 86. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Still pouring right now. I honestly doubt we'll see any racing tonight (racing at 1 A. M.? I can't really imagine it)...but I suppose we'll have to see. 87. Pucci Man posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rain rain, go away. Let the Coke Zero 400 run today! 88. MAR posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Florida weather you gotta love it. 89. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Back edge of storm 15-20 minutes away. 90. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 90 minutes to dry. 91. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Racing tonight??? 92. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 10:45 is the earliest according to most. 93. racefangurl posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I may have to sleep before the race and set my alarm for race time. I can't stay up until 2 ( I'd get too sleepy), but I want to catch the race. 94. dennyfan11 posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Apparently, the race will start at 11 at earliest, with the rain stopping at 9:30. 95. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Air Titans are moving! 96. luigistarted06 posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kentucky testing is on Wednesday and there's pretty much a 0% chance they'd be able to get it in tomorrow. Even if it Takes until Midnight to get this thing running it will happen tonight. I think the race started at like 11 in 2004 so it's not that strange 97. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Too bad we don't have Montoya to cause an even longer late in the race. 98. dennyfan11 posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Still raining, but jet dryers are on the track. Race start pushed to 11:30. 99. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like it's going to be quite a long night, then! Oh well, I would honestly rather see them run the race tonight than have to get up early tomorrow and watch a likely repeat of last year's race... 100. RaceFanX posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I think the race started at like 11 in 2004 so it's not that strange." Yeah that was a late one. I remember back then this race was the Pepsi 400 but that year Coca-Cola sponsored about a fourth of the field to promote Coke C2, a new half-diet drink that Coke Zero pretty much supplemented later. 101. dennyfan11 posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just call this race already. Rain will stop in 10 minutes, but it will get started at 11:30 and end at 2:30-3 AM. Come on. No one wants to stay up until 3 AM to watch NASCAR. Brainless France indeed. 102. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wasn't the '05 race run at a pretty late hour too? 103. dennyfan11 posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) But this will go later. 104. MAR posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As long as they have lights they should make sure it gets in tonight 105. luigistarted06 posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:48 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @100 yeah and ironically enough the Pepsi billion car ended up in victory lane. I remember I came back from a firework show and it was like 1 in the morning and they were still racing. I was pleasantly surprised to say the least, I was expecting it to be over or delayed. 05 was delayed too I believe but not as late. Also, the Winston in 01 didn't get started until like midnight either. I remember I fell asleep for that one 106. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) NBC and Daytona.... Brian Neudorff '@NASCAR_WXMAN 6 minutes ago Funny 2005 was the last Pepsi 400 NBC broadcasted & it was delayed due to rain now 10 years later the first Coke Zero 400 and rain delay 107. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wasn't the '05 race run at a pretty late hour too? It was '05 or '06 that started around midnight and Boris Said had half a chance of winning the race too. 108. MarkMartinFan posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:49 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) I don't care what time this race starts tonight. I will watch it until the end. I'd much rather see this race run the distance tonight than try to dodge rain tomorrow. 109. luigistarted06 posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:52 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Boris Said had a chance at winning in 06 but that race actually started on time. In 07 though he was on pole about 2/3rds of the way through qualifying before it started pouring. He ended up missing the race. He's had some hard luck in these July races... 110. MAR posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:55 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Top 5 upset picks if we race tonight. 1. Mr. Danica Patrick aka Stenhouse 2. Landon Cassil 3. Trevor Bayne 4. Tony Stewart 5. David Ragan Even 3 drivers on my list have won here. 111. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Boris was actually leading with 3 to go, but was passed by Stewart. He ended 4th in that race. 112. oldschoolracing519 posted: 07.05.2015 - 9:57 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) this is stupid, for anybody that has attended a race at Daytona they can tell you after a race it takes you 60-90 minutes to drive 1 mile down the road, to send fans home at 3am is just nuts, you want people that have been there for 10-12 hours at the track to watch the race drive to their hotels, that are out on the beach, i would say 80% of the hotel rooms are out there as there is only a couple that are actually located near the track. so its going to be 4-5am if they are lucky before they get back to their room and then fall asleep, which most of them will have to be checked out a few hours later, YEAH we are thinking about the fans here. If you think about the fans then you send them home and have them come back in the morning. 113. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) On the flip side, do you really want to say that the race has been delayed for tomorrow, knowing that the fans have been waiting all afternoon? Or the fact most have to leave due to having to work tomorrow? 114. dennyfan11 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:02 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) Who wants to stay up until 3 AM to watch a race. 115. MarkMartinFan posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:02 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) If you buy a ticket to this race, in my opinion, you assume the risk of the race being delayed by rain. It happens almost every year. I'm sure if they decide to go home instead of stick it out, they will be compensated either with a refund or a ticket to a future Daytona race. 116. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Then don't watch, no one is forcing you to be here. 117. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pretty sure it was the '05 race as I remember the '06 race starting on time. (Also remember one of the cautions in that race coming in for an ever-so-dangerous BEACH BALL...) I know the '05 race was the one where Tony Stewart led nearly 100% of the laps, and several cars got stuck in the soggy grass after being involved in accidents... 118. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @110 Trevor Bayne will probably find a way to wreck half the field, same for Stenhouse. 119. Seymour butts posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think that Ryan Blaney could have a shot at winning if it weren't for qualifying 120. racefangurl posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 118, Stenhouse might, but MAR and me are resident Bayne fans here, so probably neither of us agrees with you on Bayne. I know I don't. Anything is possible for him, I say. 121. Robert posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I still prefer Kyle and Wally, but the NBC booth isn't awful. Not a fan of Letarte, but I like Burton and the pre-race team of Kyle Petty and Dale Jarrett beats the hell out of Fox. 122. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:07 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) dennyfan11...if you really don't like the idea of staying up until 3 A. M. to watch the race...then just don't. No one is FORCING you to watch. NASCAR doesn't have a gun pointed at your head demanding that you can watch. You can easily just go to sleep and skip it if you want. Nobody will complain if you do. Like I said, it's not exactly CONVENIENT that they might be racing that late, but as I said, I'd rather see them get the full race in tonight and have it over and done with rather than see it moved to tomorrow morning and see the race get plagued by numerous rain delays throughout (like this very race last year, or the Michigan race a few weeks back) and just BARELY make it past halfway... 123. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:07 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Predicted top 5 (No particular order) Joey Logano Kevin Harvick David Ragan Jeff Gordon Casey Mears 124. MarkMartinFan posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:09 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) Gotta agree with Schroeder. Definitely won't complain if dennyfan skips this race. 125. dennyfan11 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Anyway, i'm goin' to bed. See y'all after watching the DVR. 126. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:11 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) No dennyfan? Amen! My prayers have been coming true! 127. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:11 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) While I suppose Bayne winning would be nice, I kind of DON'T want that happen because that means he is most likely going to be in the Chase (unless he drops out the top 30 or more than 16 drivers win a race come Chase time), and let's be honest, has he REALLY run well enough this season to be deserving of a shot at the title? Don't get me wrong, I DO like the fact that at tracks like Daytona or Talladega, anybody has a shot to win, but the downside is you can have somebody win and punch their ticket to the Chase who will just take up space and quickly be eliminated in the first round when another driver might have done more... 128. Seymour butts posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Dennyfan yeah I don't care if you go to SLEEP no one is pointing is pointing a gun to your head just don't WATCH 129. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:14 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) A thing I've noticed about NASCAR fans is that they have no patience. That is one reason why the sport is decline. The problem is, that they can't do anything about that. Just let them walk away. 130. DB1995 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:15 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) My predicted top 5 (no particular order) Ragan Moffit Bayne Jeb Burton Jamie Mcmurray 39-43 (no particular order) Tony Stewart Jimmie Johnson Jr Jeff Gordon Kasey Kahne 131. luigistarted06 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Larsons crew dries their stall first! 132. MAR posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:16 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) I strongly doubt Bayne will wreck the field i could see Stenhouse doin that he did it last year. But for some strange reason i feel RFR might be the team to beat tonight i mean it is a wild card race why not put all your focus on Daytona. 133. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) These Titans are amazing, just look at the spots dried and not. 134. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:18 pm Rate this comment: (4) (0) "A thing I've noticed about NASCAR fans is that they have no patience. That is one reason why the sport is decline. The problem is, that they can't do anything about that. Just let them walk away." It's a common trait among people these days...the attention span of a goldfish. If there isn't non-stop action every second, they will quickly lose interest. I can easily imagine a lot of modern day fans would be absolutely bored to TEARS watching '80s/'90s NASCAR in which races would often go green for a long time without hokey cautions to bunch the field back up and you would see the winner lap most of the rest of the field. It's no wonder that NASCAR has gimmicked everything up as of late...unfortunately, THAT is what it takes to get their interest...A rain delay is about the worst thing you can have with those kinds of fans because they don't want to sit through that. 135. racefangurl posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 118, DB1995 is like MAR and me. That makes three Bayneiacs (word for Bayne fans) here. Just preparing you. 136. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @130 Man, Jeb Burton would be a DREAM COME TRUE. Hopefully a good race for guys like Menard, Almirola, McMurray, and even Danica, cause I would love to see at least any of these drivers sneak into the chase whether it would be by a win, or by points. Unfortunately, the big ones beg to differ... 137. Peter posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 110: As good a restrictor plate driver he has been over the last few years I wouldn't say Ragan winning would be that much of a surprise anymore 138. MAR posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:23 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Racefangurl, im with you on that 139. that e-guy posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They need to prepare for these rain delays. Their showing the same Kyle Busch segment again. 140. Seymour butts posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'M NOT GOING TO SLEEP 141. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @139 Don't we always need some more Kyle Busch in our lives????? 142. MAR posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I could also see DiBenedetto and Burton getting top 15's. 143. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Any more rain in the forecast for the rest of the night? 144. MAR posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As a Kyle Busch fan am i the only one who thinks he has no shot at getting in the top 30 145. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 30 minutes away!!! 146. Seymour Butts Fan posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) DiBenedetto is going to win this race by at least 5 seconds. 147. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I wanted to stay up all night during the summer this year, but I had no plans of it like this. 148. luigistarted06 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I would love to see Cassill pull an upset tonight 149. Seymour butts posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'M NOT GOING TO SLEEP 150. DB1995 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I just don't think Kyle has a chance either, Gibbs isn't the best and one more wreck could end it. 151. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "As a Kyle Busch fan am i the only one who thinks he has no shot at getting in the top 30" Speaking as a non-fan of Kyle's, I think he CAN, but he has to REALLY run well these next ten races and not have anything bad happen to him. If he gets even 1 more DNF, that will all BUT write off any shot he has at getting to 30th. Knowing Kyle's track record, I'm sorry to say I can easily say that happening. Projected starting time is 11 P. M. EST, according to NBC. 152. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "DiBenedetto is going to win this race by at least 5 seconds." Only in your dreams...there's no way ANYBODY is going to win this race by five seconds! "I'M NOT GOING TO SLEEP" We get it, you don't need to keep reminding us of that. 153. Tommy Arizona posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Green flag race underway By the way it must be tough for jeff burton to race and commentate 154. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I guess NBC must be doing their "Countdown to Green" again, seeing as the race is getting ready to start and they are re-airing the segments from the first Countdown... 155. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Loved Tony's Jurassic Park 3 scheme. 156. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Green flag race underway By the way it must be tough for jeff burton to race and commentate" A. No, the race hasn't started yet and B. JEB Burton, not Jeff Burton. They're not the same person. Gotta be a troll post. 157. MAR posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wasn't Ward Burton Suppose to run some races this year with Jeb. 158. Anonymous posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:34 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Good lord...has the average age of this board gone down to 12 or something? 159. The Long Shot posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:37 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "By the way it must be tough for jeff burton to race and commentate" That's okay: Michael Waltrip has trouble handling one of those tasks at a time, let alone both at once. 160. Seymour Butts Fan posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) That's what she said. 161. fanofracefangurl posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 11pm.. So will they do the entire 400? 162. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 20 minutes till green. 163. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tarps should be off soon, since green flag is at 11. 164. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) A lot of top names are starting in the back. 165. Seymour Butts Fan posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:42 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @fanofracefangurl No... They will race 399 miles. 166. MAR posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ok........ @165 167. RaceFanX posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I've watched the entirety of Jackie Stewart's "Weekend of a Champion" movie during the rain delay. Spoiler: Jackie Stewart wins the 1971 Monaco Grand Prix in it. 168. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #158...The average age on this board might not be 12, but you may have accurately guessed the maturity level of some people around here... 169. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) And the IQ level, Lol. 170. Anonymous posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:47 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) probably not im pretty drunk though 171. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Drivers are getting ready to go to their cars. 172. BMan0213 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "I strongly doubt Bayne will wreck the field i could see Stenhouse doin that he did it last year." I don't see how you dont think Bayne could do that I mean that's exactly what he did at Dega this year... 173. luigistarted06 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) NBC just said it was 132 AM that the 05 race ended. I'm curious if it was that time or later it ended In 04 174. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Why is AJ not in his firesuit yet..?? 175. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If A. J. isn't in his firesuit, then that 11 P. M. projected green flag time was a little too optimistic... 176. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ah, it looks like drivers have not been called to their cars just yet. 177. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) How many drivers has NBC interviewed in this delay? I think Fox got something like 35 during all the delays at Bristol. 178. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 5 minutes to green flag, yep, not happening. 179. An Aussie Commentator posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Krista Voda goes on about the "best drivers in the world" when it's clearly not the best drivers in the world unless Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso, Dixon, Power, and Lotterer are there" What about Rossi, Whincup, Lowndes, Loeb (just to name a few, I can't think of any more off the top of my head) 180. Driver X posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm glad that NBC is still staying with this race. I thought by now it would have moved to NBCSN. What time are drivers supposed to be called to their cars? And do they still do the green/yellow start like they did for the 2005 race? 181. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like we're not going green until 11:30, unfortunately. 182. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 10:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Some Pop-Tarts, meat, cheese, a Klondike Bar, and a Sierra Mist. Let's do it!! 183. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Top of the hour, boys and girls. 184. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The covers are coming off the cars. 185. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cars being uncovered and drivers being called to their cars. Time for some Daytona racing!!! 186. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The cars are being uncovered and that means the start of this race isn't far away. Are you ready for some after-midnight racing at Daytona, folks? 187. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) NBC wasn't going to let rain ruin there premier. 188. MAR posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:04 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Wrecking the field in terms is what kevin lepage did in that Xfinity race years ago at Talladega. Bayne got loose and a couple cars got wrecked so what happens to everyone. 189. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I need a late night snack, probably going to get some Smartfood and a Mountain Dew LiveWire and get ready for some restrictor plate racing! 190. Emma posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) My predicted top 5 1 Austin Dillon 2 Aric Almirola 3 A.J. Allmendinger 4 Justin Allgaier 5 Michael Annett 191. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:06 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) My predicted top 5 1. Guaghan 2. Gordon 3. Jeb Burton 4. Ky. Busch 5. Logano 192. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "1 Austin Dillon" If FOX were covering this race, I can just bet they would be hyping up whether or not Austin could sweep the weekend... 193. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Gaughan? 194. JRacingFast posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) ....tonights the night someone's gonna shock the NASCAR world... I just hope to god its not Danica 195. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) You betcha, the team who sucks at qualifying wins with help from Gordon. 196. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:10 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "I just hope to god its not Danica" ...But you don't realize that would be a HUGE thing for NASCAR? They would hype it up to no end about how groundbreaking a win it was... 197. joey2448 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's times like these that I appreciate living in Alaska. We are four time zones behind the East Coast. So right now it's 7:12 p.m. Perfect time to have a race. :) 198. BMan0213 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Wrecking the field in terms is what kevin lepage did in that Xfinity race years ago at Talladega. Bayne got loose and a couple cars got wrecked so what happens to everyone." And that's exactly what Stenhouse did in this race last year yet you said "i could see Stenhouse doin that he did it last year". Using that logic if Stenhouse wreck the field here last year Bayne did at Dega as well. Also Bayne's wreck at Dega collected 15 cars. That not a couple of cars, thats over a quarter of the field. 199. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Only 50,000? ONLY? Geez, what a terrible idea by NASCAR to take a way so many seats for a renovation. 200. Emma posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I put Drivers that have A "a" in the name 201. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 11:30 start i seems. 202. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gilliland's paint scheme is very cool. 203. Destroyahirismix666 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (4) I'm back... Um... It's weird watching an event of a sport I no longer consider myself a fan of. I still like the drivers, and I have a good feeling about the race's style...but I dread the officiating. Go Johnson! 204. MAR posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:17 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) People always find a way to hate on Trevor Bayne every week i see. 205. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) NBC is getting desperate for pop-up screens. 206. Smiff_2 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:19 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Yeehaw, it's gonna be a late one, folks! I just tucked my wife into bed for the night. Now, it's time to run outside, have a smoke, grab a snack, and hunker down for 3 hours of racing. Hopefully the finish will be a little more competitive than last night's. 207. Anonymous posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I figure I'll cheat a bit and just make my top 5 my fantasy team. 1. Jeff Gordon 2. Kevin Harvick 3. Martin Truex Jr. 4. David Ragan 5. Bobby Labonte 208. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Drivers have been told to get in their cars. It's not too long now... 209. Driver X posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like they're gonna skip the invocation and the national anthem. Only a matter of time before the command. 210. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:20 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) "3 Burtons on air; 2 drivers poke fun at Steve Letarte" LOL, reminds me of some of the funny things NBC would keep track of back in the day. I remember when they were keeping track of all the driver mayhem and tantrums back in the '02 Sharpie 500... 211. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Looks like they're gonna skip the invocation and the national anthem. Only a matter of time before the command." They had the anthem and invocation hours ago. No need to do it a second time! 212. RaceFanX posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 23 of the race's 43 drivers were interviewed during the delay. Good News: The work I needed to write during the race is done. Bad News: The race is starting too late for me to really enjoy because I have to turn this stuff in during the morning. 213. epzik8 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's almost go time. 214. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) National Anthem and invocation already happened, at about 8pm. 215. Emma posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) TEXAS HERO BOBBY LABONTE MAKE TEXAS HAPPY 216. luigistarted06 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Man...did my news really cut in just as the race is about to start 217. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Four minutes from firing the engines. I might as well ask it: is there any more threat of rain tonight? Would hate to see this race get pushed back so late only for it to get cut short by more bad weather... 218. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 3 Burtons on air? Does that mean I missed Ward? Damn! "Looks like they're gonna skip the invocation and the national anthem. Only a matter of time before the command." They did that at 7:45 or so between the showers. They had a local chapter of the US Navy Band, it was pretty good. I was just happy it wasn't some disaster from the Voice, America's Got Talent or whatever. 219. Destroyahirismix666 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Huh...the overall quality of these boards have fallen far from where it was in 2012-2013. Shame, but I kinda saw it coming. Thus far, I'd give a thumbs up to NBC's broadcasting. It's keeping me entertained, but that also might be because I'm so familiar to all the things that Fox has done, this seems new. 220. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brian Neudorff '@NASCAR_WXMAN 35 minutes ago Radar looks good... What most of you are seeing on your Radar app is what we call ground clutter. We look dry from here on out. #NASCA Brian Neudorff '@NASCAR_WXMAN 2 minutes ago Ground Clutter = radar beam goes out and instead of hitting rain/drizzle it hits buildings hills. Sometimes the beam can bend to hit ground 221. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Commercial free, hell yeah! 222. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Engines are being fired! 223. BMan0213 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:27 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) "People always find a way to hate on Trevor Bayne every week i see." Sorry man but i'm not hating, I just call it like I see it. Go look on his page, haters don't try to defend someone like I have in the past. Am I tough on Trevor yes, yes I am, but it's not because I hate him. IMO he's been preforming well below his talent level this year. I get RFR is down but there's no reason why he should be getting outraced by Front Row Motorsports like he has at times this season. Biffle has been nowhere near that slow and even Stenhouse has normally been running better than Bayne in most races until he puts the car in the wall. What i'm trying to say is the criticism I give him is well deserved. That's all. 224. Sean posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:28 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) "Commercial Free Presented by Smithfield" - isn't that an oxymoron? 225. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:28 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) If broadcasters are ever elected in the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Ken Squire deserves the #1 spot. 226. RaceFanX posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:28 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Smithfield is sponsoring NBC's broadcast of this race so the first 43 miles of this race, matching their #43 Ford driven by defending race winner Aric Almirola, will be broadcast commercial free. 227. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Grand Marshal decided to stick around, The King doesn't get to add to his command record. I like Ken Squier in the 'Sam Posey' role for NASCAR. Hopefully this is a weekly occurrence. 228. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Judging by the cheers from the crowd, I would say they probably don't care right now that they may end up getting back to their hotels at a very early hour of the morning! 229. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Competition caution will be thrown on lap 25. 230. Sean posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:30 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "If broadcasters are ever elected in the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Ken Squire deserves the #1 spot." They sort of are. The Squier-Hall Award for NASCAR Media Excellence is named after him. Winners: 2013 - Ken Squier & Barney Hall; 2014 - Chris Economaki; 2015 - Tom Higgins; 2016 - Steve Byrnes At this point Bob Jenkins is overdue. 231. luigistarted06 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The cars are rolling! 232. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We haven't even started this race yet, and I'm already tired as hell. Dos Jotas also has a sweet paint scheme. 233. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The cars are moving! Keselowski is having radio issues and hasn't started yet. 234. Sean posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They're listing crew chiefs. That is nice and useful... I am liking their graphics package in general also. 235. RaceFanX posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:33 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) A real starting lineup describing all the drivers! I love you NBC! #LongLivethePeacock 236. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keselowski darts to pit road. 237. Destroyahirismix666 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Interesting. Do I hear respect toward Burton from Carl? 238. 88&4Fan posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) FINALLY this race is going to start! They should've just postponed it until tomorrow. 239. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Now Keselowski is saying it's a problem with his steering wheel. 240. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Now Keselowski is stopped on the track with a steering issue. 241. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:37 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Brad's wheel was crooked. Some would say that's always the case. 242. MAR posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:37 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Trevor does deserve criticism for a below average season but i still don't see Stenhouse doing much better and biffle isn't as slow maybe cause he been around for a dozen years and knows how to get the most out of his equipment. Imo its like everyone expected Bayne to be a championship contender or something. 243. 88&4Fan posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:37 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Keselowski having problems. Love it! 244. 1995z71 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I know it's still his first week but Jeff Burton is already becoming my favorite commentator since Benny Parsons 245. BMan0213 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "At this point Bob Jenkins is overdue." While I agree with this i wouldn't be suprised if he didn't get it for a long time. I remember him on a few occasions while doing Indy Car races on NBCSN where he would make negative comments towards NASCAR. Now I have no problems with what he said, but it wouldn't shock me if NASCAR felt differently than I do. 246. 88&4Fan posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Lets go racing! 247. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Imo its like everyone expected Bayne to be a championship contender or something." I didn't think he'd be a championship threat, but I DID think he'd be solidly in the top 20 in points and have at least 4-5 top 10s by now rather than hovering around 30th and having just one strategy related top 10. That's why I can't help but feel this season has been underwhelming for him. 248. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) At this point, I don't care who wins, I just want to watch an awesome race! 249. Driver X posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:38 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The cars have finally gotten rolling. I may whine and complain about the state of the Sprint Cup Series, and I may not be happy about the "debris" cautions and the domination of Jimmie Johnson, but I'll be damned if I'm gonna missone of my favorite sports. If they have to finish at 3am, I'll be right there watching. To quote one of the best players to put on a Cavaliers uniform: "It's about damn time." I'm ready for some racing. 250. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They'll be racing in one more lap. 251. 88&4Fan posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (6) I'm really wondering whose idiot decision it was to hire Rick Allen as the lead announcer. Obviously they never listened to him in the truck series. He is godawful. 252. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The 2nd pace car left the track on the back stretch. First time I've ever noticed that. 253. The Long Shot posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:42 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Imo its like everyone expected Bayne to be a championship contender or something." As we have no doubt said again and again, nobody expects truly great things out of Bayne. But for having as much experience as he has, he is performing very poorly. It's undeniable. 254. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag!!! 255. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Boggity! Boggity! Boggity! Let's go night racing at Daytona!! 256. Destroyahirismix666 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) BOOGITY BOOGITY BOOGITY LET'S GO RACING NBC! 257. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag and we are FINALLY racing! Junior gets the jump at the start. 258. 88&4Fan posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag! Go Jr! 259. The Long Shot posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:43 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "I'm really wondering whose idiot decision it was to hire Rick Allen as the lead announcer. Obviously they never listened to him in the truck series. He is godawful." Agree to disagree. The guy is more energetic than anyone we've had announcing Cup races in a long time. 260. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dillon to the lead. 261. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cowboy Hat takes the lead on the outside as they are already three-wide back in the pack. 262. BMan0213 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:43 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Imo its like everyone expected Bayne to be a championship contender or something." I hate to say it but when you win a Daytona 500 in just your second start you're gonna have those expectations put on you. Now I don't think that about Trevor, but I bet there's a lot of people out there that do. 263. Emma posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) YES Austin leds a lap 264. 88&4Fan posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Agree to disagree. The guy is more energetic than anyone we've had announcing Cup races in a long time." Uh... Darrell Waltrip? Even though he is sort of annoying. 265. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Big One 266. 88&4Fan posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Trouble already. 267. Destroyahirismix666 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) WELL...that was early... 268. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) David Gilliland spins and there's a big crash back in the pack! Logano, Labonte, Burton, Patrick, and others are gobbled up! 269. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The pack is all over the place, as Gilliland spins and Jeb has major damage. 270. 88&4Fan posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) And its our weekly Danicrash. 271. An Aussie Commentator posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ouch, caution already. Logano, Jeb Burton, Labonte, Annett and Danica crunched. 272. The Long Shot posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Uh... Darrell Waltrip? Even though he is sort of annoying." I mean play-by-play guys. The Waltrips definitely take the cake in terms of overall enthusiasm, yes. 273. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Very tight racing early in the race. 274. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gilliland cut in front of Bowyer and got spun, then some in the back slowed down...some didn't. 275. 88&4Fan posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (4) Gilliland just ran out of talent by the looks of it. I'm glad he took Logano out though, he was driving like a maniac last night. 276. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gilliland tried to get to the bottom too late and got himself turned off Bowyer's front bumper. He got away unscatched, but not everyone back in the pack was so lucky... 277. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:47 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Crash avoidance successful: Tony Stewart. 278. 88&4Fan posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:47 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "I mean play-by-play guys. The Waltrips definitely take the cake in terms of overall enthusiasm, yes." Mike Joy. Allen Bestwick. 279. Lucstar88 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Somebody arca braked the field. Jesus. 280. MAR posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:48 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Kenny wallace should of been apart of the broadcast booth 281. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The small one #1... 282. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That last shot showed JoLo just wrecked himself into the back of Almirola. 283. 88&4Fan posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:48 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I thought Annett was Jimmie Johnson for a moment there. 284. Robert posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Noooooo Bobby Labonte... Sigh 285. 88&4Fan posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Agreed MAR, Kenny is great. 286. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I'm really wondering whose idiot decision it was to hire Rick Allen as the lead announcer. Obviously they never listened to him in the truck series. He is godawful." To each his own, but personally, I like him even if he has a tendency to say "PRAWBLEMS" when a crash happens. In my book, he has the right level of enthusiasm without OVERDOING it. 287. 88&4Fan posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Reminds me of the 2012 Daytona 500. Wait all day to go racing and they smash them up right away. So whose gonna hit the jet dryer this time? 288. luigistarted06 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Biffle, Annet, and Patrick also have a lot of damage. Jeb was far enough back To where he should have missed that...he just didn't slow down 289. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I thought the first 43 miles were commercial free? *sigh* 290. Sean posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:51 pm Rate this comment: (3) (1) "Kenny wallace should of been apart of the broadcast booth" No thank you. I find him almost as annoying as Michael Waltrip for the same reasons. Quirkiness without winning is seriously annoying. Even though I do like quirkiness, it seems kind of pathetic from a driver who doesn't win. Now in a driver who does win (like Jordan Taylor, Josef Newgarden, and James Hinchcliffe) I find it endearing but I find it hard to support a driver who seems to coast on personality without results. Isn't that what everybody criticizes MW for? 291. joey2448 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:51 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Shame that Gilliland was involved (even though he seems to be the catalyst of it all). And, just like every other wreck, I notice it start before the TV booth does. I mean, I'm not even at the track, and often I see the wreck begin two or three seconds before the TV guys notice. Does this happen to anyone else? 292. The Long Shot posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Mike Joy. Allen Bestwick." if we're still talking in terms of enthusiasm here, I would take Rick Allen over Bestwick for sure. And it's pretty close, but I feel Allen's more youthful nature gives him the edge over Joy (even though Joy is fantastic at what he does). 293. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I thought the first 43 miles were commercial free? *sigh*" I guess that was only if it went caution-free that long... 294. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It looks like Sam Hornish T-Boned Logano who spun into the wall. 295. The Long Shot posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Kenny wallace should of been apart of the broadcast booth" Good lord, I don't know about that. I think he'd get as grating as the Waltrips pretty damn quickly. I'd almost rather have Jimmy Spencer in the booth. 296. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I thought the first 43 miles were commercial free? *sigh* If it means more green flag racing on TV, then its fine. 297. 88&4Fan posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow these comments fill up quick. Sorry I'm kinda new here. 298. Destroyahirismix666 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I just realized...this is the first July Daytona race I'm going to watch in full since 2006. That was a fun race. So 43 miles of GREEN flag racing. I'm happier with that then just '43 miles period'. 299. MAR posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:53 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Trevor vs Ricky One top 10 each Both Avg finish 26.2 One top 5 for Ricky One lap led between them Both have 7 lead lap finishes But nobody seems to criticize Mr. Danica Patrick as much as Bayne. 300. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "And, just like every other wreck, I notice it start before the TV booth does. I mean, I'm not even at the track, and often I see the wreck begin two or three seconds before the TV guys notice. Does this happen to anyone else?" It's not a new phenomenon. I remember seeing footage of (I think) the 1990 Phoenix Cup race, and the broadcasters didn't even notice a spin that happened plainly on camera until about 10 seconds afterwards when other cars were piling up into it. 301. 88&4Fan posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Back underway. 302. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gurreen Flag back in the air! 303. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:56 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "But nobody seems to criticize Mr. Danica Patrick as much as Bayne." He's already had more than his fair share of criticism over the past few years, where have you been? He's been mediocre EVERYWHERE but Bristol so far in his career, I would be amazed if he was still with Roush next year. 304. 88&4Fan posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) JR to the lead! 305. 88&4Fan posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dale Yeah! 306. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:57 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Hendrick cars 1-2-3-4 on the outside line. I'm sure a few people here find that nauseating... 307. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) High side 2-2 on restarts so far. 308. BMan0213 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well 2 restarts in and it would appear the outside is the lane you want for them. 309. NASCARLover22 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano black flagged. 310. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano gets a black flag as his car hasn't been repaired properly from the crash. 311. The Long Shot posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) "But nobody seems to criticize Mr. Danica Patrick as much as Bayne." Who's run better this season, Patrick or Bayne? (And can we quit with this "Mr. Danica Patrick" crap? I'm not a fan of hers, but the hatred of her from some people is borderline psychotic.) 312. Sean posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "He's already had more than his fair share of criticism over the past few years, where have you been? He's been mediocre EVERYWHERE but Bristol so far in his career, I would be amazed if he was still with Roush next year." Who are they going to get? Chris Buescher? He's more likely to replace Bayne I would guess, and considering Stenhouse was much more dominant in Nationwide than Buescher is in Xfinity, I'm not sure they'll be able to get *anyone* who will bring them back to prominence. 313. Nathan8848 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jr's car almost seems better then his 500 car last year. If that's true, this will be tough for the field. 314. Schroeder51 posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Larson going three-wide on the bottom. That inside line is disappearing... 315. The Long Shot posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:58 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Oh f*ck. Never mind, I'm stupid. Should have known "Mr. Danica Patrick" meant Stenhouse. *facepalm* 316. 88&4Fan posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @Schroeder51 because they are jealous haters. Damn that sucks for Bobby Labonte. I was hoping for him to have a good run. 317. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The top 3 graphic for Sprint Cup not only has car numbers but driver pics too. 318. Sean posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Who's run better this season, Patrick or Bayne?" Hard to say actually since Stewart-Haas has had the dominant equipment most weeks. I'd give it to her since she's usually outperforming Stewart and Bayne usually isn't outperforming Stenhouse. 319. I have never posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That splitter cam is badass. 320. Sean posted: 07.05.2015 - 11:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rick Allen is talking about how 'unpredictable' it is when there's a four-car Hendrick near-breakaway? Huh? 321. The Long Shot posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Who are they going to get? Chris Buescher? He's more likely to replace Bayne I would guess, and considering Stenhouse was much more dominant in Nationwide than Buescher is in Xfinity, I'm not sure they'll be able to get *anyone* who will bring them back to prominence." Yeah, but as I recall, Stenhouse dominated on a pretty damn weak pool of drivers. Buescher's competition has been far more stiff this year. 322. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 4 cars in the garage; Annett, Gilliland, Burton, and Labonte. Why is Gilliland in the garage? I thought he didn't hit anything... 323. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:00 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Are you people kidding? Smashouse gets much more criticism than Bayne, and rightly so. 324. MAR posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Who was the worst broadcasting member you guys ever heard call a race to me its between Andy peetre and rusty Wallace 325. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:01 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Keselowski already in the top 10. 326. BMan0213 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Seriously HMS 1-2-3-4 already. I know they didn't win the 500 but the speed they've shown these tracks this year reminds me of DEI. 327. Matthew posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 322: He got T boned by Labonte at the end 328. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:01 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Keselowski breaks up the Hendrick parade. 329. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:02 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) KY Busch in the wall. 330. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:02 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Busch in the wall, this may be end for his chances to make the top 30. Still no caution. 331. Destroyahirismix666 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Dang it! Not Kyle! No caution please... 332. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch just hit the wall. Flat tire, maybe? Terrible break for him; that is REALLY going to hurt his odds of making the top 30. 333. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) No caution 334. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:03 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) No caution(shock) and Kyle at the least will probably be 2 laps down. 335. Sean posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Even if Kyle Busch finishes 40th, he'd STILL only need an average finish of 11th or better to (probably) make the chase. It takes a lot more than one DNF to eliminate himself in this context. 336. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) No, Kyle just got too high, got loose, and smacked the wall. Car has some pretty significant damage, he is probably going to be off the pace the rest of the night. 337. MAR posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) History shows majority or Xfinity series champions struggle in cup so im not suprised Stenhouse has had a mediocre cup career. 338. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:03 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) He hit it all by himself. I really don't think he is making the chase. He has been so inconsistent this year. Johnson going for the lead. 339. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:04 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) What lap is the competition caution on? 340. joey2448 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:04 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keselowski started 32nd. Now top-3 in first 20 laps. That's not good for Kyle Busch... ...That's not good for anybody. #Seinfeld 341. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:04 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Shut up about Kyle Busch. Landon Cassill is 3rd! 342. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:04 am Rate this comment: (4) (0) Is that Landon Cassill up there with the leaders? Great to see him up front at a plate track again. 343. Matthew posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 339: I think it's at the end of lap 25. 344. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:05 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Cassill doing a great job right now leading the inside line. 345. Anonymous posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) lol @ Lelgano and Busch 346. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Outside seems to be the preferred line. 347. MAR posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:06 am Rate this comment: (3) (0) The most underrated driver in the cup series cassil 348. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) McMurray just went to the inside all by himself to pass Gordon for 4th. 349. luigistarted06 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:07 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) Landon Cassill in the top 5! 350. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:07 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 324: its hard between Marty Reid, Kyle Petty, and, well, Rick Allen. 351. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:07 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Long Line of Cars 400. 352. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tony seems to be hanging out t the back. 353. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:08 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Who was the worst broadcasting member you guys ever heard call a race to me its between Andy peetre and rusty Wallace" Probably Marty Reid. Honorable mentions go to Rusty Wallace (sorry, Rusty), and (of course) Michael Waltrip. 354. I have never posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:08 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) It won't be NBC Sports unless someone calls him Mac-Murry... 355. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Competition caution flies. 356. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:09 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) Marty Reid was awful. 357. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:09 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Matt Kinsis breaks up the Hendrick 1-2-3-4. 358. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 324: its hard between Marty Reid, Kyle Petty, and, well, Rick Allen. Booth: Bill Weber, Mikey Pit road: Jeannie Zelasko(sp?) 359. Sean posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:09 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Who was the worst broadcasting member you guys ever heard call a race to me its between Andy peetre and rusty Wallace" Eli Gold was my least favorite. I know that won't be popular. He was good on radio, but TERRIBLE on television. 360. Matthew posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Competition Yellow 361. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch gets a lap back. Although since his car is damaged, I have a hard time seeing him being a factor before the end of the night... 362. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:10 am Rate this comment: (3) (0) "Bill Weber" Wow, almost forgot about him. Good pit reporter, BAD choice for a commentator. 363. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cool addition on the back of the pace car. 364. BMan0213 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) someone has to take gas only here. Looks like the only way you're gonna get in front of the HMS cars is if you beat them in the pits. 365. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jimmie just gas. 366. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Sandman wins the race out of the pits with gas only on his stop. 367. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) There seems to be a pattern with former drivers turned announcers not being very good. Rusty, Mikey, Kyle Petty, and now Jeff Gordon. The only exceptions are Jarrett and DW (I like DW I know some other people don't). Burton is too early to judge. 368. I have never posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I need a green light in my back window...so I can get rear ended of course. 369. MAR posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:13 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Marty reid i didnt think he was that bad in his early days at least. 370. Sean posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "There seems to be a pattern with former drivers turned announcers not being very good. Rusty, Mikey, Kyle Petty, and now Jeff Gordon. The only exceptions are Jarrett and DW (I like DW I know some other people don't). Burton is too early to judge." Kyle was good, not bad. DW is iconic (which the others you named aren't), but bad. (Something can be iconic without being actually good.) Wally was good, and better than he was as a stock car driver. Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett were great. Most people liked Buddy Baker but I didn't (mentioning Gold earlier, I really thought TNN's coverage was quite bad and I was actually as excited they lost it as I was disappointed ESPN lost it.) 371. Matthew posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Denny Hamlin has gained 30 spots. Impressive 372. Chives5150 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:15 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) "I wonder if we can get Discover Card to comeback and sponsor NBC's Countdown to Green. NBC Sports is sponsoring it tonight." This has been the Discover Card Countdown to Green. Let's go racing! *engine rev* 373. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle has not haf good luck with the new Interstate paint scheme. 374. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "There seems to be a pattern with former drivers turned announcers not being very good. Rusty, Mikey, Kyle Petty, and now Jeff Gordon." I actually liked Petty, but I could see why some people didn't like him. He did tend to say "That's incredible!" a little too much. Some people actually hated TNT's coverage just BECAUSE they had him as a commentator. I know this might be controversial, but I also don't think the King himself was a good commentator. Petty was a broadcaster for several races in the '90s (on TBS, I think?), and from what I've heard of him, I honestly don't think he was that great. Can never disrespect him for his on-track accomplishments, though. 375. Buckyrox33 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) My very early sponsor updates #3 - Bass Pro Shops / NRA Museum #5 - Great Clips / Shark Week #14 - Bass Pro Shops / Ducks Unlimited #20 - DeWalt Made in the USA #40 - Snap Fitness / #Snapnation #42 - Coca Cola / Share a Coke with Kyle #46 - Pilot / Flying J Camo #48 - Lowe's Patriotic #51 - Brandt Trademark Nitrogen #88 - Nationwide Stars & Stripes 376. Matthew posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Back underway 377. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Of course how could I forget BP. He was great. Honestly I never thought much about Ned, and I never heard Buddy Baker announce. And I didn't like Wally either. 378. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jr. single handily takes the lead. This will be a repeat of the 500 last year. 379. Matthew posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tony Stewart hanging in the back 380. Sean posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Petty was a broadcaster for several races in the '90s (on TBS, I think?)" I believe he was on CBS in 1993 the year after his retirement. They replaced David Hobbs with him before they eventually chose to have Buddy Baker fill the other color commentator slot. I know Richard Petty and Ned Jarrett had a nice interview in the pre-race about their sons sharing the front row with both of them commentating for that race... 381. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin shuffles Gordon to the very back of the pack. 382. Jim Henderson posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) It seems like in the old days, pit reporters turned booth analysts (Squire, Ned Jarrett, Jackie Stewart) were almost always good. But recently we've gotten Bill Webber and Jerry Punch and the like, people who I thought were great on pit road but bad in the booth. 383. BMan0213 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin just screwed Jeff messing with him in turn one. All that cost Jimmie his pusher and put Jr back in the lead. 384. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jimmie for the lead. 385. Sean posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:20 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Petty was on CBS, but it was 1995, not 1993. They rotated through a lot of people in that third spot apparently. Hobbs from '85-'87, Economaki from '88-'90, Hobbs again in '91, Bonnett in '92-'93 (somehow I didn't actually know this), then Economaki again in '94, then Petty in '95, THEN Baker in '96. 386. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:20 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) No one will want to work with Dale, because he is so fast. 387. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:20 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Johnson just shuffled Junior out of the lead. That's not gonna be a popular move... 388. Matthew posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:20 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Jr. Shuffled back 389. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) And there goes Jr to the back, but its okay he will be back up front. He's driving like he was at DEI on the plate tracks. 390. 1995z71 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Benny Parsons & Ned Jarrett were the best. Like I said earlier so far Ive been very impressed with Jeff Burton. 391. Sean posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "It seems like in the old days, pit reporters turned booth analysts (Squire, Ned Jarrett, Jackie Stewart) were almost always good. But recently we've gotten Bill Webber and Jerry Punch and the like, people who I thought were great on pit road but bad in the booth." I think ESPN's strength was its booth and its overall production and its actual weakness was its pit reporters. I don't think Weber, Punch, Kernan, and Yocum were as good at what they did as Jenkins, Jarrett, and Parsons were good at what they did, but it's the people in the booth most people care about anyway. 392. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:22 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I like Larson's paint ob. 393. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:22 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Brian Scott is up in the top 5 looking for redemption from last night's race. 394. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:22 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Paint job. 395. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:22 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) First green flag commercialsl of the race. 396. Sean posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Brian Scott is up in the top 5 looking for redemption from last night's race." And he has restrictor plate setup master Todd Parrott as his crew chief. Worth noting. 397. BMan0213 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) If you guys are talking about Richard Petty I'm pretty sure he was in the booth for Jeff's first win in 94. I'd have to go back and watch that race to make sure tho. 398. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Petty was on CBS, but it was 1995, not 1993. They rotated through a lot of people in that third spot apparently. Hobbs from '85-'87, Economaki from '88-'90, Hobbs again in '91, Bonnett in '92-'93 (somehow I didn't actually know this), then Economaki again in '94, then Petty in '95, THEN Baker in '96." I think Petty also served on the TBS commentary team (they did a few races a year, primarily the two Charlotte races). I remember hearing him on a few mid '90s Coke 600s... 399. Chives5150 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:25 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Please don't count Mears out in this one! 400. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tony and Harvick hanging out in the mid-20s. I have a feeling they will be up front at the end. This along with the Glen are probably Tony's only chances to make the chase. 401. Sean posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I will be surprised if Tony Stewart ever wins a race again. 402. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:26 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Johnson is blocking both lanes right now. Truex leads the outside lane. 403. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) We've made it past the one-quarter distance. 404. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yeah Mears is always a great sleeper pick on the plate tracks. Same with Cassill. 405. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I will be surprised if Tony Stewart ever wins a race again." Same; after breaking his leg two years ago and after the unfortunate Kevin Ward incident last year, I don't think he's quite the same as he was before. 406. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Khane now gets freight-trained. 407. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) See ya Kasey. 408. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kahne gets shuffled out. 409. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Lots of unnecessary aggressive racing for this early in the race. I have a feeling they are about to wreck again soon. 410. BMan0213 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:29 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) To Bad Brian Scott isn't second right now. Jimmie could teach him a lesson on how to block the field. 411. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) LarSON to third in the cool looking Share a Coke car. 412. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 28 cars in the lead pack right now. A pack of about 10 or so is hanging about a second back. Jeb Burton has rejoined the race. 413. Matthew posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Larson is running really well 414. Sean posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like Kyle Busch is staying in the draft. He'll be fine. Once I saw that he ONLY lost two laps, I knew he'd likely get them back (we don't have caution-free plate races anymore) and he's ahead of the other cars one lap down. Considering he WON the Bud Shootout (whatever it was called that year) with a car that was quite damaged, I think he can hang. 415. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Lots of potential winners hanging out at the back. Harvick, Kurt Busch, Newman, Stewart, Ragan. 416. racefangurl posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:32 am Rate this comment: (1) (2) Should Jimmie Johnson go to F1? One of my friends said he should, because NASCAR's too easy for him. 417. Matthew posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Johnson and Truex were the only drivers to not take right side tires only. 418. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Scott gets shuffled out in the middle. 419. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:33 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Shut up Colonel Sanders. I'd rather listen to the Narwhal song... 420. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Should Jimmie Johnson go to F1? One of my friends said he should, because NASCAR's too easy for him." No way he'd succeed in F1. It wouldn't be a good move for him at ALL. 421. Sean posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:34 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) "Should Jimmie Johnson go to F1? One of my friends said he should, because NASCAR's too easy for him." He won a single road course race when Marcos Ambrose made his Darwin Award winning move to shut his car off uphill under caution allowing Johnson to inherit the lead. He also failed to win the 24 Hours of Daytona when several Cup drivers considered inferior to him have actually won it (even Casey Mears). He would get creamed in F1. I think most F1 drivers would get creamed in NASCAR too, mind you. 422. luigistarted06 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:34 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Cassill back in the top 5! Let's see him pull off the upset 423. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's weird, I haven't seen the narwhal commercial since the disaster at Daytona. 424. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Should Jimmie Johnson go to F1? One of my friends said he should, because NASCAR's too easy for him. 1. He's 40. 2. Chad Knaus probably ain't going with him. Though I'd love to see him race in a Marussia for a couple years. 425. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Edwards spinning in the grass. 426. Matthew posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Carl Edwards wrecks 427. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Carl Edwards has spun in the tri-oval and the yellow flies. Kyle gets back on the lead lap and may not be out of this thing yet. 428. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Not really a "wild ride", Rick. In fact, it was pretty far from it. 429. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:37 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Damn, how did Edwards not hit the full-blown hell out of that inside wall? Great job keeping it from making serious contact. 430. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) There must have been some shuffling. Truex and Scott are near the back and Jr, is 3rd. 431. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cool banner on the top of the screen. 432. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow, Landon Cassill in one of the pit road iso cams. 433. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:39 am Rate this comment: (3) (0) Landon Cassill is running so well he's getting spotlighted during the pit stops. 434. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) What a cluster**** for the battle off. 435. Flywheel89 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:39 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) There's no way in hell ESPN or FOX would have made Landon Cassill part of the split screen. 436. Peter posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:41 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) How does Landon Cassill not have a ride with a 'name' team? Another impressive run for him. 437. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Does NASCAR.com no longer do RaceBuddy on board cams? 438. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I really like the music that they play when they get back from commercial. Anyone else? 439. Matthew posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Back underway 440. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:42 am Rate this comment: (5) (0) "There's no way in hell ESPN or FOX would have made Landon Cassill part of the split screen." and TNT would have used the 40 graphic from Sterling Marlin's car in '99. 441. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Junior goes back out front after pit stops. 442. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Junior and the 3 car up front at Daytona. All is right in the world. 443. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Casey Mears got a pit penalty for passing through too many pit stalls. 444. Matthew posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Every Hendrick car back to back to back to back. Gilliland Cut a tire. 445. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution for Gilliland stopped on the track. 446. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) David Gilliland loops it around a second time and the caution is back out. 447. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brendan Gaughan also got sideways as Gilliland spun out. 448. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) KYBusch still having problems even though he is back on the lead lap. 449. Sean posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "How does Landon Cassill not have a ride with a 'name' team? Another impressive run for him." Because the premier teams aren't interested in hiring anyone who isn't already an established Cup star or wasn't a development driver for one of the powerhouse Cup teams. It's sad, but there is zero upward mobility in Cup anymore. Look how hard it was for even Kurt Busch to make it back to a premier team after he lost it. Now for somebody who didn't have Busch's star power to begin with, that's about it... If you aren't aligned with the powerhouse teams when you're already in Xfinity/trucks, you'll never get there. I wish it wasn't this way, but it seems like it is. 450. Matthew posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Carl Edwards gets the lucky dog. Happy July 6th everyone! 451. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Thanks NBC, there was no link on the NASCAR main page. 452. luigistarted06 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's amazing how NBC is actually covering things that are happening in the race 453. luigistarted06 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:48 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Example, showing replays of Gillilands spin and how close others came to hitting him 454. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sean, Landon Cassill was a Hendrick development driver a while ago and drove for Dale Jr. in the Nationwide series back when it was the Nationwide series. 455. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hate to say it, but at this point I'll all but convinced Cassill is going to be making a career out of driving mediocre equipment. He isn't a big name driver and didn't establish himself with a big name team in the lower series, which means he's probably not even CLOSE to being a blip on any significant team's radar. Sad to say, I have a feeling future NASCAR fans will look back at his career and think he was one of the WORST Cup drivers of all time when he COULD have been good if a decent team wanted to hire him... 456. luigistarted06 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:50 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) I think if Cassill can win tonight he'll get the ride he deserves. That's why I so desperately want him to win. He's way too talented 457. Matthew posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:50 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jesus Christ, not the Minions!!! 458. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin is going to end up causing a wreck... driving way too aggressively for this early in the race. Not even halfway. 459. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Sean, Landon Cassill was a Hendrick development driver a while ago and drove for Dale Jr. in the Nationwide series back when it was the Nationwide series." Didn't he also do a lot of test driving for Hendrick when the COT was being developed/built? 460. Sean posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:52 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) "I think if Cassill can win tonight he'll get the ride he deserves." Almirola won last year and I don't think it meant anything for his future. Bayne won the Daytona 500 and it took 4 years to get a full-time ride out of it... I don't think the teams take plate race wins seriously anymore. I do understand why because so many of the races can be random and flukish. But while Derrike Cope, Bobby Hillin, and Michael Waltrip were able to coast on their Daytona/Talladega wins for a LONG time afterward, I don't think anybody would get that chance now. 461. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Those grandstand seats are steep. 462. Chives5150 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Because the premier teams aren't interested in hiring anyone who isn't already an established Cup star or wasn't a development driver for one of the powerhouse Cup teams. It's sad, but there is zero upward mobility in Cup anymore. Look how hard it was for even Kurt Busch to make it back to a premier team after he lost it. Now for somebody who didn't have Busch's star power to begin with, that's about it... If you aren't aligned with the powerhouse teams when you're already in Xfinity/trucks, you'll never get there. I wish it wasn't this way, but it seems like it is." Cassill did about 20 races combined with Hendrick and JR Motorsports from 2007 to 2008 in the Busch Series. I specifically remember his first career Busch Series start back at Gateway in 2007. He had some okay results, but he was incredibly young back then, which was too be expected. I am somewhat surprised that that early ride hasn't led to anything incredibly big for him. 463. Matthew posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green Again 464. Sean posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Didn't he also do a lot of test driving for Hendrick when the COT was being developed/built?" I did know that, but I also don't think they gave him a serious chance. It's not like he was full-time there or anything? Most of the full-time teams have been opting for ride-buyers or ex-Cup drivers lately for their full-time rides, which is disappointing. 465. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:53 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) So far I like Steve Letarte as an announcer even though I'm still a little bit mad at him for leaving Junior. But I guess thats just the biased Junior fan in me and Ives has done a good job. Its the crew that sucks. 466. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The caution light came on for a moment in turn 2. 467. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:54 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Only took them a quarter of a lap to get single file. 468. Peter posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:54 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Regardless Cassill has solidified my fandom. Go Landon! 469. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I guess the caution was only for the back half of the field. 470. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Most of the full-time teams have been opting for ride-buyers or ex-Cup drivers lately for their full-time rides, which is disappointing." Yeah, that's more than a bit of a bummer. Instead of giving new guys a shot, teams seem more content to hire wealthy drivers who will line their pockets with money or Cup re-treads who have already been given chances and not particularly impressed at the Cup level. 471. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The ghost of Bristol attack Daytona. 472. 1995z71 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:55 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) facepalm @ nascar. they should have redone this restart after that yellow light fail. 473. joey2448 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I saw the caution lights too...that was confusing for the drivers. 474. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) They need to put the caution back out, completely screwed up. The caution light operator must've fallen asleep. 475. Chives5150 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I wouldn't be surprised if there was some sort of glitch with the caution flags related to the rain from earlier. Maybe we should start a weekly NASCAR light malfunction game? 476. Matthew posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hendrick back to back to back to back 477. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yay, single-file racing. Hope they don't do this from here on until the last half of the last lap... 478. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:57 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Maybe we should start a weekly NASCAR light malfunction game? Next week the green light on the back of the pace car will go aflame. 479. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) LarSON currently the best of the non-Hendrick drivers. 480. Sean posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'd have at least mentioned that Kyle Larson won the 24 Hours of Daytona this year. I think that makes up for a paltry Cup record here. He was the 2nd fastest of all the drivers in the Prototype class too. 481. BMan0213 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:59 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This might sound crazy but Jr going tho HMS really hurt Landon's Career. Think about it, if he doesn't go there JRM doesn't become the HMS Xfinity team. If that doesn't happen Rick doesn't get a hold of Keselowski who at that time became their number one development driver. Basically no Dale means no Brad which could have lead to more track time and a legit shot at a good cup ride for Landon. 482. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:59 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Inside is moving 483. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) A line of cars led by Harvick is starting to make gains on the inside. Truex and Cowboy Hat move down in front of them to pick up their draft. And Junior and Johnson come down to block them. 484. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) All right, back to double file. Woohoo! 485. Matthew posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) David Gilliland back on track 486. Chives5150 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brian Scott, please stop being a weapon. 487. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brian still hasn't gotten the memo on how to block. 488. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:01 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Okay to be fair that was totally Harvick's fault there was no room under there and he tried to make room anyway. 489. MAR posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well my satellite went out no more race for me all that heavy rain in Daytona made it south to my area. 490. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Closing in on halfway. 491. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) And here's another commercial starring a guy whose been dead for 25 years... 492. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) New leader Jimmie Johnson. 493. Matthew posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Why am I even åwãkë right now? 494. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:04 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Is it crazy that when Cassill first appeared in the Busch/Nationwide/Xfinity series as a Hendrick development driver, I thought he would eventually get Jeff Gordon's ride? That didn't pan out at ALL... 495. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:04 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dale has fallen to 8th. 496. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) As Cheat Knaus would say "New leader... 48". Now here comes Matt Kinziz. 497. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kenseth goes for the lead on the outside. 498. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick and KuBusch are in the top five all of a sudden. 499. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Halfway! 500. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:07 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is some great racing. Side by side for the lead three laps and counting. 501. Matthew posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:08 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Wow. Good racing 502. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kenseth and Johnson have been side by side for the lead for the past several laps as they are two wide more than ten rows deep. And now we have a third line forming. 503. joey2448 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Edwards back up to 12th after spinning early and brushing the inside wall. Matt DiBenedetto running 19th in the crappy BK Racing car! 504. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stewart just got shuffled to the middle. 505. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) CRASH! Brian Scott is on fire. 506. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:10 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) Let me guess, Brian tried to block. 507. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Big wreck back in the pack; Brian Scott is on fire! 508. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Apparently Edwards was involved. 509. Matthew posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Crash. Scott on fire 510. Smiff_2 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:11 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Man, I'm really disappointed with NBC's commercial timing tonight. The whole field's packed up 2 x 2, and they go to commercial. Couldn't they just wait another 3 laps? We'll surely miss something.... 511. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Carl Edwards is caught up again, and this time it's not pretty. 512. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Larson just lost it. Mr. Danica as involved too. 513. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Edwards was on top of Brian Scott. Looked like Allgaier and Kenny a few years ago in the Nationwide race. 514. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Larson got loose and clipped Edwards as he tried to get it saved. Scott went COMPLETELY under Edwards' car, wow. Stenhouse, Keselowski, and Cowboy Hat are also involved. 515. Chives5150 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) There's everyone's obligatory Stenhouse wreck. Problem is, he didn't cause it. Neither did Scott. 516. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Wait, Jeff, what where you going to say!? 517. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:13 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Wait, Jeff, what where you going to say!? 518. Sean posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:13 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kahne and Gordon will be starting on the outside? Gee, I wonder which lane will have the advantage on the restart... 519. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:13 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) *Double post 520. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:13 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin wins the race out of the pits. Junior is the first driver to take four and drops to 9th. 521. Mamorese posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:13 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) Brian Scott is dreadfully bad 522. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Unlike last night, that wasn't Scott's fault. He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and couldn't avoid Edwards. 523. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Odd decision to take 4. Maybe he wants to see how good his car is deep in traffic. 524. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:15 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'll watch anything but this commercial. 525. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Mr. Danica as involved too." "Mr. Danica" is already starting to get old...I don't know, nicknames tend to get worn out if you use them too much. There's a reason nobody calls Danica Patrick "BoB" anymore... 526. Matthew posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Edwards got really airborne! 527. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:17 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Brian Scott is dreadfully bad" He's no all-star driver for sure (and granted, what he did last night was a classic example of a brain-fade move), but he is FAR from the worst driver to ever set foot in a Cup car. 528. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:18 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) What about "Danica's b*tch"? Does that work? 529. Sean posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) One of the longest running sponsorships in racing history... AXALTA (I know DuPont Auto Refinishes was renamed that but it's still funny since the company has only existed for 2 years...) 530. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:18 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Josh Wise in 4th. 531. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) EDIT: He now comes in to pits. 532. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:20 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wonder how many sponsors Carl will mention? Over-under at 10. 533. I have never posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Smooth move for Carl to shill the Subway breakfast at 1:20 in the morning. 534. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "We can get it fixed if you want to wreck again" YES! 535. Sean posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:21 am Rate this comment: (1) (2) "You can go out and wreck again if you'd like to"? Wow, that's tasteless. That was supposed to be funny? 536. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yeah, lets do an onboard replay with Larson just as they are going back to the green. 537. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:22 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh never mind it was 1 to go. 538. Chives5150 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) ""You can go out and wreck again if you'd like to"? Wow, that's tasteless. That was supposed to be funny?" Aww, come one, that was funny. That's Days of Thunder stuff right there. 539. Chives5150 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) No, not Mears! 540. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) PRAWBLEMS for Mears. Thats a shame, he always runs well here. 541. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Edwards is probably in a good mood because he knows he's already got a win and SHOULD be safe fro the Chase. I bet he'd be a bit less happy if he hadn't won the 600... Mears is off the pace. Bummer, I was hoping he could get another restrictor plate top 10. 542. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:25 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Hamlin leads a lap, and quickly ducks to the inside. Mears has electrical issues. FOX probably never would have bothered to tell us what was wrong with his car. 543. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (2) Come on HARVICK! 544. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex gets shuffled out. 545. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Three cars out of the race: Edwards, Scott, and Labonte. 546. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 3 wide behind the top 5 or so 547. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) What happened to the outside? They disappeared. 548. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Three wide throughout the pack now. 150 miles to go. 549. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The leaders are beginning to get single file. 550. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Really, this is Gordon's last race at Daytona? 551. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jr. just tricked Menard for 3rd. What a move, up 2nd and now to 1st!! 552. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Really, this is Gordon's last race at Daytona?" Haven't you heard? This is his last full Cup season. Considering he is going to be a broadcaster next year, I doubt he'll run another Cup race. 553. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Johnson to 2nd. 554. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:33 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Anybody else find the two Sonic guys who are always in the car together annoying? 555. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I should have added *sarcasm* to my post. 556. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Everytime NBC comes back, a caution happens. 557. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) PRAWBLEMS 558. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:33 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Really, this is Gordon's last race at Daytona? It'd be great after all this hoopla, he decides to race the 24 hours. Another wreck off turn 4. 559. racefangurl posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:33 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) Landon Cassill has terrible cars. He's a throwback, in a way. Young drivers used to be stuck with the terrible cars and then got better cars when older. He should get Kasey Kahne's ride, if Kahne continues like he has or else replace one of the Hendrick old guys that has no successor yet, like Jimmie Johnson. Remember when he drove the 51, a Hendrick satellite at the time? 560. Ak47 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:33 am Rate this comment: (4) (0) Edwards' lack of disappointment after crashing out of a race is my biggest problem with the current Chase system. The guy won a flukey race and has run like crap the rest of the year, is barely in the top 20 in points after tonight, yet is already locked into the Chase. Only in Brian France's NASCAR... 561. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) And THERE's the big one. Larson, Truex, Almirola, and many other involved. Larson hit the inside wall hard. Kahne was also collected. 562. I have never posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) That splitter cam is going to be ugly. 563. Chives5150 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Look how far Kahne's right front tire was hanging out! 564. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Did Brad K run out of talent again and hit Aric I wonder? 565. luigistarted06 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:34 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Man Cassill drove through the smoke on that one days of Thunder style. Literally everyone around him wrecked 566. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:34 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Jr. has now led 8,000 laps in his career. 567. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kahne got into the back of Kenseth and turned him. Keselowski was also collected. 568. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Never mind, it was Kandy Kahne into Matt Kinziz. 569. Jim Henderson posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tony Stewart drives right through another big crash. 570. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Add Hornish and Ragan to the list of cars involved. Kenseth actually went around on his own, Kahne didn't hit him. 571. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like Truex, Larson, Menard, Almirola, Keselowski, several others involved. 572. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Larson overcorrected his car and tumbles into the inside wall. 573. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:37 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Second straight crash for Truex. 574. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:37 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) I think Logano was also caught up. 575. racefangurl posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Landon Cassill and Trevor Bayne it the top-10. Now we don't this often. 576. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:38 am Rate this comment: (3) (0) Bayne is going to get a top 10 due to him avoiding wrecks. 577. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) DiBenedetto is having a good run, he's just outside the top 10 in 14th. 578. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tony still has a chance to get possibly his final career win! Drove through another one! 579. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:39 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) I work at Subway and never get the subs to look that good. 580. luigistarted06 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:40 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Also Cassill is in 9th. I think Josh Wise may have spun into the inside wall on that one too 581. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:41 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Going to be 50 laps to go when they cross the line this time. Guarantee you this WON'T be the last crash of the...well, the morning, technically! 582. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:41 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sucks for Truex, two weeks in a row he gets involved in someone else's mess. But he's been having a great season this year. 583. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hornish was the car that spun at the back, not Menard. Scratch that. And Junior is back in the lead? 584. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) They are changing the battery on Mears' car. 585. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Give a shout out to Justin Allgaier in 13th. He's due for some good luck, hoping he can get maybe a solid top ten tonight. 586. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pit stops. 587. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Junior, Johnson, and Cassill take gas only. 588. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Radar is good to go to the end. No rain in sight. 589. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Matt DiBenedetto is having a great run. 590. BMan0213 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:48 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Edwards' lack of disappointment after crashing out of a race is my biggest problem with the current Chase system. The guy won a flukey race and has run like crap the rest of the year, is barely in the top 20 in points after tonight, yet is already locked into the Chase. Only in Brian France's NASCAR... Agreed 100%. It's funny, France Seems to want NASCAR to be like the NFL. Only Problem is in the NFL you won't see the Jaguars clinch a playoff spot for beating the Raiders in their 6th game of the year. 591. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:49 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) I will give Darrell Hammond credit for being a good impressionist (that's him who play Col. Sanders in the commercials)...but honestly, the zombie Col. Sanders commercials are just getting REALLY annoying. 592. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:50 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Matt DiBenedetto gets featured on the Toyota top preformers. 593. Sean posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) People wrote off Kyle Busch too soon. But I'm starting to wish lucky dog went away due to situations like this. Logano will probably be back on the lead lap before the race is over too. 594. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Did they show Moffitt as leading a lap under caution? This is his first Daytona start, BTW. 595. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Edwards' lack of disappointment after crashing out of a race is my biggest problem with the current Chase system... It was even worse last year when Hamlin missed a race, was docked 75 pts for a major penalty; then not only made the Chase without breathing heavy but could've won the damn thing. 596. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brendan Gaughan is 20th also doing a nice job. Could help him in owners points to make some more races. 597. Jim Henderson posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Holy Hell Brendan Gaughan is 20th. 598. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh man, three wide racing just a lap after the restart. 599. BMan0213 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Tony still has a chance to get possibly his final career win! Drove through another one!" You act like he's gonna retire if he ever wins another race lol. Sorry but after watching Dale come back from the hole he was in 09 and 10 it wouldn't shock me if Tony won multiple races before he calls it quits. 600. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Junebug to the lead! 601. Buckyrox33 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:54 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Corrected sponsors #40 - Snap Fitness 24-7 / #Snapnation #42 - Share a Coke with Kyle 602. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:54 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hendrick could still make it 1-2-3 603. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:56 am Rate this comment: (3) (0) "It was even worse last year when Hamlin missed a race, was docked 75 pts for a major penalty; then not only made the Chase without breathing heavy but could've won the damn thing." Kyle Busch making the Chase and proceeding to make the final four at Homestead would be the PERFECT illustration of the problems of this Chase system. (Of course, if Kyle doesn't make it, I wouldn't be surprised if NASCAR changed the system to "win and you're in, no matter what") Really, if they're going to use a system like this, I think the cut-off to get in with a win should be 20th, not 30th. Unless you're injured or you drive for a low-budget team, there's almost NO way you're going to be lower than 30th. 604. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "You act like he's gonna retire if he ever wins another race lol. Sorry but after watching Dale come back from the hole he was in 09 and 10 it wouldn't shock me if Tony won multiple races before he calls it quits." Yeah but Junior never broke his leg and never was involved in an accident that took another man's life. He was also in his mid 30s during his slump and Tony is 43. If he ever wins again its at a plate track or Watkins Glen. 605. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:56 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Trevor Bayne in 3rd. Hold on! 606. Chives5150 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Crazy cat and mouse between Dale and Jimmie! 607. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:57 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Johnson gets shuffled out. Bayne is running third, and Bowyer and Ragan are moving towards the front. 608. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jimmie just tried to go for the lead but had no help. Top seven single file. 609. BMan0213 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow Jr is acting like there's 4 to go he just hosed Jimmie lol. 610. Anonymous posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's time to wait til the last lap, boys! 611. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:58 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) What a comeback for Mears! 612. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:58 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Are you ready for some SINGLE-FILE racing? Because that's what's beginning to happen. Be still, my beating heart1 613. racefangurl posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is soo good. I had to pinch myself. It's real. 614. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) And of course now everyone is single file right when its getting down to crunch time. I swear these plate races are so anti-climatic nowadays. 615. Chives5150 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hell of a job by that #13 team! 616. BMan0213 posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:59 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) "It was even worse last year when Hamlin missed a race, was docked 75 pts for a major penalty; then not only made the Chase without breathing heavy but could've won the damn thing." Wow someone who sees it like i do. Everyone was so upset about Newman being there when he was pretty consistent all year. I think he would have been like 6th in points if there was no chase. Hamlin on the other hand... 617. luigistarted06 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gaungh is actually in the top 15 618. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This race can't go green the rest of the way. Cann't it? 619. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "It's time to wait til the last lap, boys!" I seriously don't understand why this has become the preferred strategy in plate races. Yeah, it means you probably avoid the big one, but it means you have no shot if you're not RIGHT at the front of the line. More than likely it will just hand the win to whoever's leading the line of cars when somebody wrecks trying to actually make a move and not finish 15th... 620. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) And here's a Danicrash! 621. Sean posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch might finish 16th in points at this point... 622. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Danica hit the wall hard in turn 2 and the caution will fly again. 623. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution, 10 in the wall. 624. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sounds like she blew a tire. That is probably going to end whatever (miniscule) chance she had of making the Chase... 625. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:04 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) So who is she going to blame this one on? Stenhouse? 626. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:04 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Leaders stay out, but some cars back in the field (led by Stewart) come in. 627. Sean posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:04 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "So who is she going to blame this one on? Stenhouse?" Not every crash is a driver's fault, you know. Most of them tonight haven't seemed to be anyone's fault honestly... 628. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 30 to go. 629. luigistarted06 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like we're gonna have a shootout 630. BMan0213 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Yeah but Junior never broke his leg and never was involved in an accident that took another man's life. He was also in his mid 30s during his slump and Tony is 43. If he ever wins again its at a plate track or Watkins Glen." You're really over doing it on tony. Not on the accident parts, but hes not running last every week. Just by looking at his result the only time he finished worse than 30th when he wasn't involved in a wreck was at Las Vegas and he finished 33rd there. outside of that his worst finish is 28th. He's not doing good, but he's not as bad as you make him out to be. 631. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The #10 crew said Danica's car suffered a suspension failure. She was already roughed up in a couple of incidents, so it's probably not all THAT surprising. 632. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:07 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sorry Colonel Sanders (who died 35 years ago) but Bojangles is better. 633. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:07 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cars should be good on fuel now. 634. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Junior has clinched the most laps led. 635. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) How late does this race go on do you think? 3:00? 3:30? 636. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) If they made that music a little louder, it would be sick. 637. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Another driver who has made a good comeback is Hornish. He's running 8th after spinning twice in this race. 638. Chives5150 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The last time we saw the #88 being able to run wherever he wants on the track and actually pulling away from the pack, he won the 2014 Daytona 500. 639. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Let's go green the rest of the way. 640. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag with 28 to go. Junior is gonna win this race. I predicted it before the green flag and I feel confident he's gonna hang on. 641. mister83 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Three wide, Ragan going to the back. 642. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ragan tries to pass on the inside and gets shuffledo ut. 643. mister83 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Holy crap I just realized MEARS IS UP TO FOURTH! Great comeback for him AND Hornish! 644. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) My heart is starting to pound a little harder. It's way too soon for that, I'll never make it to the end. 645. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:13 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gordon leap-frogs Johnson on the inside line. 646. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Six cars out of the race: Patrick, Truex, Larson, Edwards, Scott, and Labonte. 647. mister83 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:14 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) LOL Letarte just said Trevor Brain. 648. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:15 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) DiBenedetto is up in the top 10! 649. racefangurl posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:15 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) That top-6 is pretty good looking to me. 650. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The bottom line is making some progress. 651. mister83 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:16 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) At least they aren't single file *knock on wood*. 652. racefangurl posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sounds to like Letarte needs to use his brain. 653. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:18 am Rate this comment: (3) (0) Bayne is coming on the inside line. Man, I have some mixed feelings about him being in the hunt for the win. It would be nice to see him get another win, but he would just be taking up space in the Chase... 654. mister83 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sam Hornish just might be one of the more underrated plate racers in NASCAR. I seem to remember him doing a great job in the 2008 Daytona 500 which I believe was his career debut or at least his first race going full time. 655. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Junior blocks Bayne to keep the lead. 656. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I feel like Jimmie is Jr's toughest competition. 657. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm back, what'd I miss? 658. racefangurl posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:20 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) to me. Ugh too tired to type right. 659. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:20 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jimmie and Bayne make contact and we nearly have a big crash. 660. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:20 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Hendrick 1-2-3 661. mister83 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:20 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Junior still in the lead, nothing much else though. 662. Sean posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:20 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Sam Hornish just might be one of the more underrated plate racers in NASCAR. I seem to remember him doing a great job in the 2008 Daytona 500 which I believe was his career debut or at least his first race going full time." Well, he was the best pack racer/duelist in the IRL in the early 2000s. That was the vast majority of what he was good at, but that was heavily rewarded in that period of IndyCar racing. Nice comebacks for McMurray and Mears. 663. BMan0213 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:20 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Man, I have some mixed feelings about him being in the hunt for the win. It would be nice to see him get another win, but he would just be taking up space in the Chase..." I think there's a lot of people that feel that way. It's the same reason why I can't seem to root for the small budget teams at the plate tracks anymore. Also nice save by Bayne I thought he was done when Jimmie got him there. 664. mister83 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bayne almost got turned by JJ 665. racefangurl posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Must be loud at Daytona now. 666. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:21 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Johnson and Bayne almost wrecked. Nice save by Bayne 667. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Hendrick brigade are 1-2-3, but Hamlin makes a move on the outside. 668. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:22 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ragan around 669. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:22 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) At least they're not trying to single-file it to the finish! And David Ragan gets turned back in the pack. 670. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 55 would have flipped in an older gen car. 671. mister83 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) There goes Ragan. Now things are going to get intense! 672. mister83 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kurt never touched him. Looks like it was AJ Dinger maybe. 673. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) He would've flipped in the pre-COT car... 674. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Restart with about 7 to go. 675. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I thought for a moment Ragan was going to fly into the back of Kahne's crippled car. That would've been ugly... This is gonna get interesting... 676. I have never posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) These Toyotas are so unstable...Busch, Kenseth, Edwards, Ragan... 677. luigistarted06 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) David "Pinball Wizard" Ragan cuts Cassill off 678. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:26 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) "David "Pinball Wizard" Ragan cuts Cassill off" "How d'ya think he does it?" "I don't know!" "What makes him spin so much?" 679. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Johnson, Hamlin, Gordon. If you want to be one of the best, you have to beat the best. This is where Jr. earns his money. 680. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) What happened to our underdog Landon? He's been in the T10 all race and now all of a sudden he's a non-factor? Whats up with that? 681. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Johnson, Hamlin, Gordon. If you want to be one of the best, you have to beat the best. This is where Jr. earns his money." No, no, no. Haven't you heard Ric Flair before? If you want to BE the man, you gotta BEAT the man. "The Man" is Junior, and I don't think they're gonna get him. 682. luigistarted06 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cassills still 15th 683. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) We get i. Gordon is retiring. 684. HouseOfPenske posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) There goes Jr with his usual "we have a vibration" BS at the end of a race. He does it every time. 685. HouseOfPenske posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:29 am Rate this comment: (1) (6) A few more laps until the no talent hack #88 wins this no talent race. Nice put on show NASCAR. Hopefully next week will be better with the new package instead of Johnson, Harvick, and Kurt Busch stinking up the show again. 686. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Junior gets another good restart and he jumps out front again. 687. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 2014 Daytona 500 2.0. They ain't passing Jr. 688. mister83 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:30 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) Here comes Bayne! 689. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "A few more laps until the no talent hack #88 wins this no talent race. Nice put on show NASCAR." Junior is a no talent hack...? Did you actually JUST say that...? Three wide many rows deep. This is getting intense! 690. typo posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) STORMING IN WISCONSIN! Tv went out. Gotta watch on racebuddy! :( 691. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) They're going to wreck. No way to they make it the rest of the race. 692. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) You have to kidding! 693. mister83 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hornish 694. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hornish gets shoved out of the pack and makes it through the dangerous grass. 695. Chives5150 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) That was a ballsy move by Stewart on the backstretch right before Hornish went around. 696. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hornish goes around back in the pack and nearly flips in the grass. This is gonna put us in GWC territory... 697. luigistarted06 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:33 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) @687, exactly what I was thinking 698. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:33 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Tough for Hornish, thought he was going to get a good finish. Victory for SAM!! 699. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:33 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) Sam performs his only donut of the year... 700. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "A few more laps until the no talent hack #88 wins this no talent race. Nice put on show NASCAR. Hopefully next week will be better with the new package instead of Johnson, Harvick, and Kurt Busch stinking up the show again." Spoken like a true Penske fanboy. Give me a break. 701. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Man, the worst thing you can do with these cars is slide through the grass at high speed. That splitter will dig in and it will tear up your car just ABOUT as bad as hitting the wall would. 702. BMan0213 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Holy Crap Hornish was like almost on his side there. 703. mister83 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow, Hornish almost flipped 704. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sam Hornish pulled off his first burnout in a Cup race! Too bad it was after a wreck... 705. typo posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) You guys are lucky its not storming for you.. NBC's coverage is the shet compared to race buddy which took 25 seconds to find Sam Hornish Jr.s parked car on track. 706. Smiff_2 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Man, Hornish went for a RIDE lol 707. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) If Jr, is clear after the restart, I think he wins. 708. Driver X posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I don't think anyone has anything for the 88. The field got three wide from fourth on back and still couldn't get any momentum. 709. joey2448 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hornish almost pulled a DW 1991 flip there. 710. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:37 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) Only way Jr loses is if he runs out of gas. That car (and the driver obviously) is too good. 711. Raheem posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:37 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) If possible: GO BIFF! 712. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The question is...will this be the last restart? 713. Anonymous posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:38 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) another plate win for hendrick 88 or 48 i should have went to sleep 714. mister83 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) IDK, you never want to count out Harvick in these plate races. 715. racefangurl posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:40 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) Can we just have a non-Chevy win this one? It's a plate race and half the top-4 are non-bowties. 716. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Here we go! 717. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) I quoted Papa Klump back in the 500, and you know what? I'm going to do it again. A restart with two to go...THIS IS SOME SCARY SHIT! 718. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:41 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Junior leads at the white. He's got it, I think... 719. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:41 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Its over, Junior's got it 720. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:41 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) Holy ShIT! 721. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin got turned crossing the line and the 3 looks bad. 722. Chives5150 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Look at the crew members! 723. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (2) DALE YEAH! 724. Racing Outcast1985 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Can someone tell the drivers to use their damn heads and stop racing like idiotic clowns 725. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Junior wins...and the HORRIBLE one at the checkered. I think EVERYONE was involved. Cowboy Hat went into the catch fence... But he's okay1 726. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The catchfence got completely ripped off. 727. mister83 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh my god 728. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh my gosh...Dillon's car looks JUST as totalled as Larson's car here a couple of years ago. Wow, what a terrifying way to end a race... 729. luigistarted06 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:43 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) Thank God Dollons alright 730. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:43 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) If this wreck doesn't show how strong these cars are, I don't know what does. 731. racefangurl posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:43 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) I guess not. The rednecks at Daytona, if any are left must be noisy now. 732. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) ...Did any debris get into the crowd? The motor has been completed ripped out of Dillon's car. Thank GOODNESS he is alright... 733. Jim Henderson posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:44 am Rate this comment: (3) (1) In honor of Kyle Petty... That's incredible. 734. Howard Salwasser posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) My god, that was horrifying. The crash, I mean. 735. mister83 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Holy shit is he okay 736. Chives5150 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dillon's car looke dworse than Larson's. He flipped over 2 rows of cars! 737. mister83 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) HE'S OKAY! 738. Lucstar88 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:45 am Rate this comment: (1) (2) THAT 3 CAR IS DESTROYED THAT'S SOMETHING FROM NR2003! 739. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) That 2nd hit by Brad and Dillon was scary. 740. Taylor posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:45 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Wow what a terrifying crash! Thank the good Lord that Dillon is okay 741. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Holy crap I thought he died 742. Racing Outcast1985 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) This almost always seems to happen every time NASCAR comes to Daytona or Talladega 743. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) HOLY SHIT! Dillon flipped over TWO whole rows of cars and hit the catch fence with the bottom of the car, coming to a stop INSTANTLY. And to make things worse, Keselowski spun into him and hit him HARD afterwards. Dillon is lucky he's not DEAD after that... 744. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) ...Did any debris get into the crowd? Looks like a few pieces off the body work ripped off the car and came up towards the stands. 745. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) That last angle from turn 1 left me speechless. 746. Chives5150 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Absolutely horrendous. I can't believe I just witnessed that. 747. I have never posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:47 am Rate this comment: (1) (3) Is the 3 car destined to take another life? 748. mister83 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Congrats to Junior, THANK GOODNESS Austin is okay. I've got to go to bed, bye guys 749. Buckyrox33 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh my god. That was unreal. Thank god Dillon is alright.Dale was looking over him on that wreck 750. JP88 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:48 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Omg im shaking...when the crews started running towards the #3 i thought he was dead. My dear god. Hope the crowd is okay 751. racefangurl posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:48 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Night everyone 752. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:48 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) On board on Stewart was a nightmare. 753. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I... I just don't know what to say. 754. I have never posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 3 car's engine is on the tri oval grass...someone almost hit. 755. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:49 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) They said three fans are being treated for injuries. Sad, but luckily this doesn't seem to be as serious as the Larson crash... I can't help but wonder, though, if one of these days one of the cars is going to go all the way THROUGH the fence and into the crowd. Last thing NASCAR needs is its' own version of Le Mans '55... 756. Cloak posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:50 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) The Stewart onboard reminds me of Jeff Burton's onboard during the big one at Dega in 2005. 757. Scott B posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:50 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Junior holds off the pack. Wild wreck at the checkers, Austin Dillon tests the catch fence and walks away. 758. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:50 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) racefangurl wins the award for the most underwhelming reaction to the crash... Holy cow, Dillon's car LITERALLY stopped when he hit the fence. That interview is gonna be something... 759. Racing Outcast1985 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) In the words of good old Jim Ross As God as my witness he (Austin Dillon)is broken in half 760. HouseOfPenske posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:52 am Rate this comment: (2) (8) I hope Nascar is proud of this put on race where 1 car is strong enough to hold off the their field singlehandedly, that isn't fishy or nothing. Good job putting plates on and almost killing people again. 761. Smiff_2 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) That was F***ING TERRIFYING! 762. Matt posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @755 It's gotten to the point where they need to move the stands back at least 50 feet away from the fence. I just don't understand why cars keep hitting the fence like that. That's like 6 times in the last few years. 763. Howard Salwasser posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) "I can't help but wonder, though, if one of these days one of the cars is going to go all the way THROUGH the fence and into the crowd. Last thing NASCAR needs is its' own version of Le Mans '55..." Don't give anyone ideas. 764. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:53 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) Looks like a dinosaur escaped. 765. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:54 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) Classy of Junior to show more concern about the accident and the fans. Pretty reminiscent of Stewart's interview after he won the 2013 Xfinity race... Seriously, though, I am THANKFUL Dillon is okay, and it is MIRACULOUS that only three fans were hurt. Had the #3 gone into the crowd, there would have been DOZENS of fatalities. 766. fanofracefangurl posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) HOLY SHIT 767. Chives5150 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just wait until this shows up on every single news show tomorrow morning... 768. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dillon's car actually EXPLODED when it hit the fence. Yeeee-ikesss. If Stewart's onboard camera angle isn't some SERIOUS nightmare fuel, I don't know what is. I have never seen a car do THAT in all my life... 769. Nathan8848 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I hate to say it, but this is the product of Daytona. We enjoy the closeness of the race, but the danger of it is to real. 770. luigistarted06 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I've been watching Nascar for a long time but that is the scariest accident I've ever seen in the modern era. I mean, the way the car came to a sudden stop and almost went through the fence. I thought he was dead, I'm so happy he's okay 771. Lucstar88 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) That was the nastiest wreck I've EVEN seen in my life. 772. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Just wait until this shows up on every single news show tomorrow morning..." Oh yes, you better believe the "NASCAR is too dangerous! Time to petition the government to ban it before innocent people die!" crowd is going to come out of the woodworks again. They've been dormant since Larson's terrible crash, and this gives them fuel to make a comeback... 773. joey2448 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:59 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Geoff Bodine 2000 774. joey2448 posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) That 3 car looks a lot like Dale's car at Talladega 1996. 775. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:00 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Landon Cassill actually gets an interview! 776. Howard Salwasser posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (2) Just saw what happened with the #3 and the #2. The term OH MY GOD! does not do that impact justice. If it were even an earlier version of the COT, Austin Dillon would be good as dead. And I'm very serious about this. 777. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "That 3 car looks a lot like Dale's car at Talladega 1996." I would actually say it looks TWICE as destroyed as Dale's Talladega car... After that crash, I wouldn't blame all the drivers for needing a change of underwear. I sure as hell would! 778. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Just saw what happened with the #3 and the #2. The term OH MY GOD! does not do that impact justice. If it were even an earlier version of the COT, Austin Dillon would be good as dead. And I'm very serious about this." Not only that, but in the past I almost GUARANTEE you he would have ended up in the crowd 20-30 years ago. Despite that, Dillon still got a top 10 in 7th. 779. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:04 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Only three out of the 27 lead lap cars were not involved in the crash... So basically, Junior was the only driver to not be involved in an accident tonight? 780. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:05 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Kyle Busch only gains 8 pts on 30th, 128 to go. I can't believe the sun is gonna rise in 2 hours. 781. Howard Salwasser posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) @779. I counted 4: 88, 48, 41, 31. As an aside, I want to thank NBC for staying on longer than it normally would for a race. Would Fox do this? Possibly, but they rather would throw it to Fox Sports Live. 782. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:07 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) I honestly have no idea if I'm going to be able to sleep tonight. After...THAT, I have a feeling I might have been having some awful nightmares tonight. Nightmares in which I'm in the grandstand and a car goes flying into the crowd right at me...It wouldn't surprise me at all, because I have honestly had some REALLY horrible nightmares over the years... 783. luigistarted06 posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:08 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) I would say this accident was worse than Geoffs, Carl's or even Larsons. The way the car came to a sudden Stop was just terrifying, I can't believe just how worst case scenario that was. It's just amazing that everyone is okay and that the fence held 784. joey2448 posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think I've watched enough racing in my life that I can tell the difference between a wreck that looks bad but isn't, and a wreck that really is bad. I thought that was one of the bad ones. I'm still shaking. I really thought we had all just witnessed a driver death at the finish there, since Dillon went from 150+ mph to a dead stop. Makes you wonder if a GWC is really worth it. But I don't wanna make this too dramatic. I mean, we all made a big deal out of this year's Indy 500, and that race turned out alright. We just need to remember these kinds of wrecks are apart of the sport. Otherwise, thrilling race, and glad I stayed up for it! 785. Anoynous posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:10 am Rate this comment: (1) (3) The horse hit Austin Dillon way after the craah 786. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:13 am Rate this comment: (2) (1) Yeah, come next week, I'm sure it'll be back to business as usual. But that WILL stick with me for a while... I'm NOT a religious person, but tonight I am almost tempted to say we witnessed a miracle. This COULD have been the absolute worst case scenario for the sport and to see that nobody's lives have been taken and everyone will live to see another day is just...Words can't really describe it! I'm scared, and yet I'm VERY thankful at the same time everything turned out for the best. 787. Anonymous posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) That was beyond a miracle. He walked away from the car. I...don't know how. I hate to say this, but between this and Kyle Busch, the days are numbered until we see a death on a plate track. 788. BMan0213 posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) That was crazy. Like that's all I got... 789. Corey Adkison posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:21 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Glad everyone is alright. They've actually already moved the grandstands back from where they were in Larson's wreck. The catch fence did its job and this is truly a testament to NASCAR having the safest cars in auto racing. It will never be "safe" but it sure as hell is so much better than fifteen years ago. And Hell yeah Dale JR! 790. Anthony posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:23 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) That was a crazy wreck - testament to the HANS device, the unsung hero of racing. 791. Walter White posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:23 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) I was working and then partying during the race so I didn't see what happened. But Dillon's wreck was insane. I'm happy I didn't tune in for this one, that wreck was awful. It's one thing to fly into a fence at 150 MPH. It's a quite another to do that, and get crashed into after the wreck. I bet the corporate suits are happy. Sooner or later, NASCAR is going to run out of luck. Someone is going to get killed be it a fan, driver, official, or crew member. And with the PC crowd in full force to exterminate free thought, NASCAR will suffer. 792. BMan0213 posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "That was beyond a miracle. He walked away from the car. I...don't know how. I hate to say this, but between this and Kyle Busch, the days are numbered until we see a death on a plate track." Or you can look at it like if they can walk away from those then they can walk away from anything. Honestly Id be more worried about a fan getting killed than a driver. Lets be honest no drivers were hurt in Larson or Austin's wrecks here, the fans on the other hand were, and some were really bad. 793. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Reading now that Dillon apparently bruised his tailbone and forearm in the crash. The fact that that's ALL he injured is miraculous. 794. Mike posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @781: The 31 had damage on the left rear, but the 62 was so far behind it he got through clean. 795. Howard Salwasser posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) @794 Thanks for that correction. 796. BMan0213 posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) While this won't count as a win from the pole since quilifying was rained out this is the first time Jr has won a race from the first starting spot in his cup career. I believe this is also the 50th win for an Earnhardt here at Daytona. 797. Anonymous posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:36 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Or you can look at it like if they can walk away from those then they can walk away from anything. Honestly Id be more worried about a fan getting killed than a driver. Lets be honest no drivers were hurt in Larson or Austin's wrecks here, the fans on the other hand were, and some were really bad." Did you here the driver's talk about the impact? Did you look at all of the drivers eyes? It's pretty obvious they were holding back tears. Listen to the Denny interview "it's only a matter of time until....." and then he stopped himself. That does not sound like the drivers feel they can walk away from anything. Fans who sit in the front of these plate races are crazy or adrenaline seekers. It's common sense their life is a concern. 798. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Fans who sit in the front of these plate races are crazy or adrenaline seekers. It's common sense their life is a concern." I'm tempted to think NASCAR needs to move the seats at the plate tracks even further back than they already are. But then, you know those fans will then whine when they can't sit up close to the cars... 799. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:48 am Rate this comment: (0) (5) Still not sure how Horseface ended up hitting Austin. Must've gone full ARCA brakes mode. I don't think anyone hit him since he was all the way at the back by himself with a damaged car. 800. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 4:01 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Well bye everyone, I'm going to bed or at least I'm going to try to go to bed. Some crazy finish. Glad everyone seems to be okay, congrats to Junior, and now we get to go to the most boring track on the schedule next week in Kentucky. By the way I think Geoff Bodine's wreck was worse, but not by much. 801. BMan0213 posted: 07.06.2015 - 4:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well when Austin got out of the care center it sounds like one of the first things he said was that the cars are too fast and we need to slow him down. I'm not gonna get on him for saying that because after you go through something like that you can say whatever the hell you want! However, this wasn't the typical Plate track blowover/flip. It look to me Austin basically ramped off one of Denny's tires. very similar to what happen to Bowyer at Dover a few years ago in the Xfinity cars. It doesn't matter how fast you're going, if you driver over another cars tire you're gonna end up going in the air. I really don't think there's a way to fix that. 802. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 4:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) My last comment of the night...Austin Dillon's car from this race should have a future as a motorsports museum exhibit. Fun race to watch, it's just a shame it had to end on such a sour note. I honestly THOUGHT for a moment they were going to make it back without having a big crash...and then, this. But mercifully, everyone is going to live. Now, hopefully we don't have another crash like this when we come to Talladega come Chase time... 803. Howard Salwasser posted: 07.06.2015 - 4:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Just watched a YouTube version of the crash, and I counted 24 cars involved in that crash. 804. Mike posted: 07.06.2015 - 4:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #799: Brad said on Twitter that the moment he hit the brakes, the car spun. I'm guessing he hit oil or something like that. 805. Mike posted: 07.06.2015 - 4:32 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) There was somebody who hit the inside wall a ton in that crash, right about where Kyle hit, and I cannot figure out who it was. 806. joey2448 posted: 07.06.2015 - 5:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wanna hear something crazy? I was just watching a Periscope session that Jeff Gluck was hosting, and he was walking around the crash scene. It appears that someone (a fan, I'm assuming) wrote "Good job on your win, Austin Dillon #3/33" on the yellow line on the track, in very close proximity to the wrecked fence and where his mangled car ended up coming to a rest. The person was likely referring to Dillon's Saturday night Xfinity series win, but eerie, eh? 807. BMan0213 posted: 07.06.2015 - 5:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I saw that too. NASCAR's just a weird sport like eerie stuff like that seems to happen way to much in it. 808. Destroyahirismix666 posted: 07.06.2015 - 8:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) That was easily the worst NASCAR crash I've ever seen. Worse then Bodine's simply because Dillons went from 160+ to almost Zero in a heartbeat, while Bodine's (2000, trucks at Daytona) at least bounced off the fence and was able to roll about to throw off the excess energy. 809. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 07.06.2015 - 8:28 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Sponsor Updates #4 Jimmy John's #40 Snap Fitness Patriotic #47 Kroger/Better Than Bouillon/Kingsford/Scott Products #35 Speed Stick Gear #98 Heat Treating Inc./Royal Teak Collection #26 Maxim Fantasy Sports 810. JP88 posted: 07.06.2015 - 8:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow...still can't believe how scary that was. I think what Daytona and Talladega need to do is add another fence behind the first one that's a little higher because I can't take watching these accidents anymore. Just so worried we are gonna see a car flip into the stands one day. Just thank god no one was seriously hurt. I have never see a car just stop like that in my life and also thanks god Brad didn't hit Dillon near the windshield because after the wreck I don't think the 3 had any protection there. And jeez it was the 3 and Daytona...and Jr. won the race. Just eerie. 811. Leviticus posted: 07.06.2015 - 9:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (2) In 2015, NASCAR racing at plate tracks is akin to the Roman gladiators in the Colosseum: most of the interest comes from seeing someone get mauled, nearly to point the death. Most of the drivers dislike this style of racing. NASCAR keeps pushing the package to incite more pack racing, and, consequently, more huge wrecks. I understand it's been around since the sport's inception -- I'm not saying Daytona and Talladega need to be scrapped all together. I'm saying give me one race at Daytona and one race at Talladega per year. That's it. This plate racing stuff is getting ridiculous to the point where it's infuriating. If you want to keep tempting fate and statistics with these huge accidents that drivers (luckily enough thus far) keep walking away from until one day it finally catches up with you, don't do it under the guise of entertainment. Respect your fanbase's intelligence more than that, NASCAR. 812. racefangurl posted: 07.06.2015 - 9:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) If we had a roof antenna, I could watch NBC. Besides, I was sleepy. These two things made it hard for me to react too much to what happened, but now that's over. Austin Dillon was a NASCAR miracle to be so little hurt in that nasty crash. 813. 52 posted: 07.06.2015 - 9:36 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) Simple solutions. Allow more freedom with the spoilers and do not restrict the engines as much. Both will allow for some pack separation. Do away with the yellow line rule. It's also sad that they ran the race last night. Just another big middle finger that NASCAR keeps giving its fans. 814. Peter posted: 07.06.2015 - 10:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almirola must feel like the luckiest driver out there. He was virtually a lock to lose the final chase spot after he crashed, but because of drivers wrecking his points lead actually grew. 815. Canadianfan posted: 07.06.2015 - 10:07 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I shudder to think what would have happened had it been the non-reinforced fence that Larson hit. 816. Cornys posted: 07.06.2015 - 10:36 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Catch fences are fine so long as a second car doesn't strike the same place in the fence as a first one. That hit was about as bad a hit as a catch fence could have experienced. This race was about half the race that the MAVTV 500 was. although both officiating bodies screwed the fans that tried to attend at the track. This was on a Sunday night? Good for TV, bad for attendance. Auto Club Speedway on a Summer Saturday at 1PM for IndyCar's Fontana race? Too hot, not good for TV. Apparently neither officiating body thinks much about the fans at the track. 817. Cornys posted: 07.06.2015 - 10:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Also, Dario Franchitti's career ending crash was worse than this one, IMO. Although, the crashes are very similar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHLc7f6lmno 818. The Long Shot posted: 07.06.2015 - 11:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just watched the replay of Dillon's crash. That was horrifying. Just goes to show that this sport has never been safer than it is now. But at the same time, I feel like NASCAR is really pressing their luck. Someone is going to die one of these days at a restrictor plate track, whether it be a driver or a spectator, unless NASCAR takes another look at their plate packages and changes something. 819. An Aussie Commentator posted: 07.06.2015 - 11:14 am Rate this comment: (1) (2) "Had the #3 gone into the crowd, there would have been DOZENS of fatalities. " If the #3 had gone into the crowd, the fatality list probably would have included Austin. 820. Brad R. posted: 07.06.2015 - 11:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) the race will be replayed today 7/6 from 2:30 to 5PM on NBCSports Channel 821. Herman Jones posted: 07.06.2015 - 11:40 am Rate this comment: (3) (0) They need to do like Pocono and put the seats back and one story high, then they can be at ease with this type of situation. Now would be the perfect time since they have all the equipment there to do it. Herman T. Jones 822. Matt posted: 07.06.2015 - 11:49 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) #821: That would probably be the best thing to do. Hell, that would probably improve the views of the track from the lower rows. 823. John Royal posted: 07.06.2015 - 11:59 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dillon's impact was considerable soft as the fence took so much of the energy. All the cars safety systems worked as designed, front and rear clips crumbled or destroyed completely thus helped to ease the impact forces. But: Only because of pure good luck any of the parts of the catch fence didn't penetrate #3 drivers compartment and do all sorts of vicious things to a driver. Russell Phillips lost his head when his car struck catch fencing at Charlotte in 1995. I feel that the catch fence is still the most dangerous part to crash into, to drivers and fans. And NASCAR needs to reconsider tracks and races that are bound to generate situations where vehicles might travel into a catch fence. It baffles me why NASCAR keeps going at these tracks as short tracks produce both safe and interesting racing to both drivers and fans. 824. someone posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 560: I know I'm late, but how has Carl Edwards "run like crap" all season? Every race he has a top 10 car, but something happens. I wouldn't consider running inside the top 10 as "running like crap". 825. Neal posted: 07.06.2015 - 12:38 pm Rate this comment: (2) (2) I hate hearing "the fence did its job" with a passion. The sole purpose of the catch fence _should_ be to keep pieces of debris like crush panels, sheet metal, and the occasional tire from entering the stands. It _should NOT_ have to repel a 3000+ lb. chassis - a situation that's occurring with more and more regularity. That wreck was exacerbated by all the damn front-end aero the cars have. Once the nose got off the ground the car took off. Take the splitter, the front air dam, and the side skirts off the cars. Yeah they'll be a lot harder to drive, but I bet you they won't fly nearly as often. If this keeps happening eventually we'll be talking about dozens of spectators getting killed by a car in the stands. 826. We need more Onion posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Seriously talking, it was FAR from getting into the crowd. I admit that one of the scariest crashes I've seen in a long time, but the fence stopped the car and made it bounce back to the track, just like it should. So, don't be all out on how dangerous is this, LeMans'55 hurr durr... NO! The catchfencing worked great. DiBenedetto managed to slow down enough to make it back to the pits undamaged. Vital for BK after the damage to their other 2 cars. 827. We need more Onion posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I hate hearing "the fence did its job" with a passion. The sole purpose of the catch fence _should_ be to keep pieces of debris like crush panels, sheet metal, and the occasional tire from entering the stands. It _should NOT_ have to repel a 3000+ lb. chassis - a situation that's occurring with more and more regularity." So do what? Stop racing or erect 3m tall concre... Sorry Safer Barrier walls? "That wreck was exacerbated by all the damn front-end aero the cars have. Once the nose got off the ground the car took off. Take the splitter, the front air dam, and the side skirts off the cars. Yeah they'll be a lot harder to drive, but I bet you they won't fly nearly as often." Yes, this is the 1st aero package cars fly with... Although you are right on the front-end aero, I believe if one car goes under your right front and makes the front jump over the car on the left, it WILL fly. 828. Watto posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:39 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) For the 2 guys who criticized Brad pretty harshly, I think it's really this simple: there was an incredible amount of fluid on the track. After all, Austin's engine and transmission *weren't even in the car*. Brad had already slowed a bunch and lost it under the brakes. We saw people self spin under braking during pretty much every wreck last night, but in this situation, I'd have to think that the fluid on the track played a major role. As far as the race for the win is considered, I do have to say that Dale Jr's ability to control his own destiny up front in these races is pretty incredible. He has a phenomenal understanding of the air and what he has to do to give him his best chance to win. He really, really knows what he's doing and is completely aware and it shows. Very thankful that all are okay after a crash which was simply horrifying to see live. I hope everyone's okay. I read that four fans were treated on site and one was brought to the hospital in stable condition. I don't know the extent of his/her injuries but hopefully it's a very brief hospital stay. One thing that I'm debating in my mind is if it would have been more dangerous had Austin hid a fence that gave less. The fence actually giving absorbs impact, but hitting one of the supports after he was far into the fence is what made his car come to a stop, which probably made the crash far more dangerous. I honestly think that if there was less give overall, there would have been less Gs being absorbed by the driver, less debris potentially hurting fans, but is that even realistic to build out of something as narrow as a fence? I really don't know, but this is an issue that continues to be a problem at Daytona and Talladega, and I'm not a huge fan of the type of racing we have at those two tracks. 829. John Royal posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From replay it looks like that #3 car got airborne because it was suddenly turned sideways and the underside was lifted up from rushing turbulent higher pressure air generated by 4-5 wide row of cars. Without that front group of cars I doubt that the Dillons car would have lifted. One cause for the high top/rear pressure of the cars is high front downforce, as it forces the air to rush over and around the cars and not let some of it go under the car. #825: I think your suggestion is the best, ideally cars should be designed so that air passes under the car with similar pressure from all the possible angles, front, side and rear. In comparison, I think that the pre-COT cars were the worst in this regard as they had quite a lot front downforce, but huge opening at the rear. Whenever those cars turned around quickly, they went up as the rear clip collected huge pocket of air. 830. Anonymous posted: 07.06.2015 - 1:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What a race. Thank god that Austin is ok after that wreck. The last time I saw that kind of a wreck was the 2012 fall race at Talladega or the 2013 xfinity race when kyle Larson hit the catchfence at daytona. Thank god that next is kentucky with the new rules package and that hopefully we don't see this for a long time. 831. Evan posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I never watched the race because I went to sleep, these late-nighters are not my cup of tea. That was a nasty accident with Austin Dillon and I hope that he is all right, but even as bad as it looked, he at least is alive and talking to us and I hope everybody who got hit by that debris is okay. Again, congrats to Dale Jr. who is re-kindling his early 2000's magic on the plate tracks. First Cup race on NBC since 2006, welcome back and Dale Earnhardt wins it, just like he did in 2001 when NBC and FOX split the schedule like this year. I thought the NBC guys did ok, this was their first race together and it will take some time for Allen, Burton, and Letarte to gell and be more comfortable calling races together. 832. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) On hindsight I may have overreacted a little in thinking this was almost a Le Mans '55 crash, but to be fair, it WAS a very horrific crash. Literally all that WASN'T destroyed of Dillon's car was the driver's compartment. I would say this crash was worse than Bodine's in the first Daytona Truck race because at least that car kept flipping and dissipating energy after hitting the fence. Pretty much every other time one of these cars has gotten into the fence, they've kept on going-I've never seen a car just come to an abrupt and immediate stop like that! One thing that pisses me off about this is (as I've already mentioned) is that in a situation like this, you'll have "armchair experts" popping up saying what NASCAR needs to do when many of them have probably never even watched a NASCAR race in their life and know next to nothing about the sport. Saw quite a few of these people make their presence known on the Internet and TV after Larson's crash... 833. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "For the 2 guys who criticized Brad pretty harshly, I think it's really this simple: there was an incredible amount of fluid on the track. After all, Austin's engine and transmission *weren't even in the car*. Brad had already slowed a bunch and lost it under the brakes. We saw people self spin under braking during pretty much every wreck last night, but in this situation, I'd have to think that the fluid on the track played a major role." This is almost certainly what happened. Considering the huge amount of debris left behind the crash (aside from Austin's car, almost EVERY single other car in the lead pack was caught up) and the amount of fluid, it wouldn't surprise me if he just lost grip on the fluid or he blew out his tires. I was just watching a replay, and when they were first showing the remains of the #3, you can clearly see some of the crippled cars already damaged in wrecks (Kahne, Almirola, Annett, Gilliland) puttering across the line at a slow pace so they WOULDN'T risk wrecking again in all that mess. 834. BMan0213 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:26 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "From replay it looks like that #3 car got airborne because it was suddenly turned sideways and the underside was lifted up from rushing turbulent higher pressure air generated by 4-5 wide row of cars. Without that front group of cars I doubt that the Dillons car would have lifted." Watch it again. The shot from the top of the stands clearly shows he got in the air when he ran into the front of Hamlin's car. The front of the 11 was pretty much a ramp and after Austin hit it he started to get air. Then he got hit again by the 15 and the 55. That's what turned the car sideways and put it higher in the air allowing it to go into the fence. Honestly if he doesn't get hit by the 15 and the 55 all he probably does is a long wheelie down the track before he comes back down on all four wheels. 835. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:43 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Currently watching the replay on NBCSN. I think I might actually end up liking NBC more than I thought I would. 836. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "There was somebody who hit the inside wall a ton in that crash, right about where Kyle hit, and I cannot figure out who it was." After watching the accident a few times and doing my own roll call, I think it was Ragan that went there. Suprisingly enough, he put the car back in gear and was able to bring the car back to pit road with the other cars that crashed by the road course entry/exit. 837. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:53 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) So I was looking at NASCAR's own video of the crash on their Youtube channel and among many surprisingly civil comments (along with a few of the expected "LMAO rednecks!" comments)...I see a few people saying they think Keselowski INTENTIONALLY spun into Dillon's car after it hit the fence. I'm not going to hold back in saying this...Anyone who actually THINKS he intentionally spun into Dillon to try to hurt or kill him is a ****ing idiot and needs to have their head examined ASAP. 838. racefangurl posted: 07.06.2015 - 2:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In 2001, that could've been fatal. HANS wasn't mandatory back then and IMO Austin would perhaps be dead if he hadn't had that on. 839. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yeah, I think it was Ragan who went head on into the inside wall (I thought it might have been Cassill at first, but then I realized he was in the pile further up the track). I can't think of who else it might be. Whatever the case, he definitely didn't hit anywhere nearly as hard as Kyle did back in February as his car had already scrubbed off a good amount of speed. 840. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Also watching more replay I feel dumb for wondering why Gilliland went to the garage after triggering the first incident of the race. Somehow I completely failed to notice that Bobby Labonte drilled him heavily in the side when his car had almost come to a stop! 841. We need more Onion posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Yeah, I think it was Ragan who went head on into the inside wall (I thought it might have been Cassill at first, but then I realized he was in the pile further up the track). I can't think of who else it might be. Whatever the case, he definitely didn't hit anywhere nearly as hard as Kyle did back in February as his car had already scrubbed off a good amount of speed. " It was Ragan for sure, but I don't think he hit head-on. It looked like he hit the wall with the right side. 842. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 3:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It was a white car that hit the wall, but you're right it wasn't very hard. Looked like either Mears or Ragan, but since Mears' crew was concerned with Dillon (and rightly so) I'm going to guess Ragan too. 843. Schroeder51 posted: 07.06.2015 - 4:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Looked like either Mears or Ragan, but since Mears' crew was concerned with Dillon (and rightly so) I'm going to guess Ragan too." Gotta be Ragan; I can clearly see in the camera angle from turn 1 Mears pulling away from the accident scene on the apron. 844. WinstonCupStandings posted: 07.06.2015 - 4:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (4) Top 26 (that are on the big teams) 1) Kevin Harvick (2677) -Leader 2) Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (2422) -255 3) Jimmie Johnson (2415) -262 4) Joey Logano (2370) -307 5) Brad Keselowski (2159) -518 6) Jamie McMurray (2151) -526 7) Matt Kenseth (2104) -573 8) Ryan Newman (2101) -576 9) Jeff Gordon (2079) -598 10) Kasey Kahne (2058) -619 11) Kurt Busch (2043) -634 12) Denny Hamlin (2022) -655 13) Paul Menard (1995) -682 14) Clint Bowyer (1951) -726 15) Aric Almirola (1857) -820 16) Carl Edwards (1778) -899 17) Greg Biffle (1721) -956 18) Kyle Larson (1709) -968 19) Danica Patrick (1693) -984 20) Austin Dillon (1673) -1004 21) Tony Stewart (1529) -1148 22) Sam Hornish, Jr. (1496) -1181 23) Trevor Bayne (1488) -1189 24) Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (1471) -1206 25) Kyle Busch (654) -2023 26) Brian Vickers (158) -2519 845. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 5:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brendan Gaughan also nearly hit the engine and did hit a bunch of the debris, just noticed that as I'm watching the rerun. 846. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looking back at this race, I think this may have been Junior's most dominant performance ever, and yet it is the least satisfied I have probably ever been with a Junior win. Just so glad everyone is okay. 847. The Great Dave posted: 07.06.2015 - 5:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So I guess Josh Wise lost his eight laps because he had to go to the infield care center all because his car stopped on track and couldn't get to the garage (Which means mandatory care center trip) (All this was due to a loose battery plug) 848. WinstonCupStandings posted: 07.06.2015 - 7:16 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) @846 Dale Earnhardt, Jr's wins, and percent led 2000 DirecTV 500 Led 31% 2000 Pontiac Excitement 400 Led 7% 2001 Pepsi 400 Led 72% 2001 MBNA Cal Ripken, Jr. 400 Led 48% 2001 EA Sports 500 Led 35% 2002 Aaron's 499 Led 70% 2002 EA Sports 500 Led 29% 2003 Aaron's 499 Led 18% 2003 Checker Auto Parts 500 Led 27% 2004 Daytona 500 Led 29% 2004 Golden Corral 500 Led 16% 2004 Chevy American Revolution 400 Led 28% 2004 Sharpie 500 Led 59% 2004 EA Sports 500 Led 41% 2004 Checker Auto Parts 500 Led 37% 2005 USG Sheetrock 400 Led 4% 2006 Crown Royal 400 Led 11% 2008 LifeLock 400 Led 6% 2012 Quicken Loans 400 Led 47% 2014 Daytona 500 Led 27% 2014 Pocono 400 Led 6% 2014 GoBowling.com 400 Led 8% 2014 Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 Led 15% 2015 GEICO 500 Led 35% 2015 Coke Zero 400 Led 59% 849. Anonymous posted: 07.06.2015 - 7:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Very nasty wreck I am glad to see Austin is okay. I think the drivers are driving way to aggressive on the restrictor plate tracks. IMO it is only a matter of time until somebody is killed in one of these accidents. This is not enjoyable to watch all the aggressiveness and the horrible accidents. 850. The Long Shot posted: 07.06.2015 - 7:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Will Kimmel will be making his Sprint Cup debut this weekend, driving the #32 for Go FAS Racing. 851. 88&4Fan posted: 07.06.2015 - 7:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If that had been Talladega with the finish line towards turn one, the top five would've been: 1. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 2. Jimmie Johnson 3. Kurt Busch 4. Ryan Newman 5. Clint Bowyer Pretty much every other car besides them was involved in the wreck and even Bowyer I think got some minor damage. 852. Mike posted: 07.06.2015 - 8:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @851: Bowyer had quite a bit of damage to the nose of his car, but he kept it pointing straight. Newman actually caught it a little on the left-rear corner as well. If there hadn't been a caution, though, I think Bayne and whoever was in between Bayne and the wall (I think Menard) would have been 5th and 6th - they crossed the "line" before Bowyer. 853. Mike posted: 07.06.2015 - 9:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Also, @826 (We need more Onion): From the picture I've seen, there was pretty significant damage to the roof of Matt DiBenedetto's car. Apparently he caught a piece of Austin's engine. https://i.imgur.com/dN4PYvP.jpg 854. ch posted: 07.06.2015 - 10:45 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Sponsor Changes: 20 - Dewalt "Made in the USA" 40 - Snap Fitness (Can we please get some consistency with this one; Should be the same for Charlotte of this year, as well as Kentucky, Chicago, Loudon, and Kansas of last year) 42 - Coca-Cola "Share a Coke with Kyle" 46 - Pilot / Flying J / Fisher House Foundation (Paint scheme was run for this charity) 855. Spen posted: 07.07.2015 - 12:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I highly enjoyed hearing the second movement of Beethovan's seventh symphony during Ken Squire's segment. One of his best, and most underrated pieces. That's about the most positive thing I can say about this race. 856. Jared DiCarlo posted: 07.07.2015 - 7:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Does somebody have a list of all the cars in that wreck? 857. luigistarted06 posted: 07.07.2015 - 9:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm really glad that engine didn't pierce Dibenedettos car any worse. Very happy he's okay 858. We need more Onion posted: 07.07.2015 - 10:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @853: Whoa! It sure wasn't noticeable in the broadcast or during the replays. Pretty significant damage there is. So outside of the 3 who were in front of it, only Gaughan and maybe Whitt missed it from the lead lap cars. 859. Schroeder51 posted: 07.07.2015 - 12:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Does somebody have a list of all the cars in that wreck?" As best I can tell... #1 Jamie McMurray, #2 Brad Keselowski, #3 Austin Dillon, #4 Kevin Harvick, #6 Trevor Bayne, #7 Alex Bowman, #11 Denny Hamlin, #13 Casey Mears, #14 Tony Stewart, #15 Clint Bowyer, #16 Greg Biffle, #17 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., #18 Kyle Busch, #20 Matt Kenseth, #22 Joey Logano, #24 Jeff Gordon, #27 Paul Menard, #31 Ryan Newman, #34 Brett Moffitt, #40 Landon Cassill, #47 A. J. Allmendinger, #51 Justin Allgaier, #55 David Ragan, #83 Matt DiBenedetto. 860. The Great Dave posted: 07.07.2015 - 2:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cars not involved in wreck #88, #48, #31, #35, #34 (?), #38, #46, #26. 861. We need more Onion posted: 07.07.2015 - 2:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The #31 and the #34 were included, but the #41, #62, #23, #98, #5 and #43 weren't. 862. racefangurl posted: 07.07.2015 - 4:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 858, speaking of Cole Whitt, he reminds me of Landon Cassill. He's better than his car. Good driver, terrible car. 863. MAR posted: 07.07.2015 - 4:54 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Ok i know im late but i think its time to stop doing GWC on plate tracks for safety. Secondly i see lot people complaining about pack racing well another solution for that is set the rules back to the two car tandem days the pack would be separated and the racing would be just as entertaining but yea you guys would complain about that two. Unrestricting the cars would be dumb 225mph around Daytona and Talladega would be suicidal for everyone. So there is no way to fix it in my opinion. 864. BMan0213 posted: 07.07.2015 - 5:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Ok i know im late but i think its time to stop doing GWC on plate tracks for safety" Won't matter, I agree there is a difference between the big one in the middle of the race and the big one at the end. The ones at the end now are always worse, but taking away the GWC wont change that. They only went one lap over the limit in this race. No GWC and it would have been a one lap shootout it still could of happened. Also knowing NASCAR, they would just start using the red flag at the end of these races again. Heck if there was no GWC they probably would have used it in this race after Hornish's crash. Yeah maybe taking away the GWC will prevent one or two of these finishes from happening, but NASCAR will still find a way to end these races in short stints which ups the drivers aggression which is the real cause for these wrecks. 865. 88&4Fan posted: 07.07.2015 - 5:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Well I was certainly right with my comments early in the race about Hamlin driving too aggressively, since he ended up causing the big one at the end. 866. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2015 - 5:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) My best suggestion to help quell some of the last-lap crashes on GWC finishes at plate track is to go back to single-file restarts, just on the two plate tracks. Double-file restarts work well at most places, but when you pack the field into 2-by-2 and on down the line, it's just begging for a horrible crash. Go back and watch some late-race restarts back in the day, and I think you'll find there's still a level of excitement there, since the lead car can't break away. Also, NASCAR announced today that a higher downforce aero package will be implemented at Indianapolis and Michigan. The package includes a 9-inch spoiler (up from the usual 6 inches) and a 1-inch wicker bill. I think that sounds like a good idea, as it will lead to more passing as the effect of the draft picks up. What do you guys think? 867. MarkMartinFan posted: 07.07.2015 - 7:15 pm Rate this comment: (2) (2) @865, you're a moron if you think the wreck was Hamlin's fault. 868. Anonymous posted: 07.07.2015 - 8:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chase Standings: Top 30 In Points 1 #48 Jimmie Johnson 4 Wins 2 #4 Kevin Harvick 2 Wins 3 #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2 Wins 4 #41 Kurt Busch 2 Wins 5 #22 Joey Logano 1 Win 6 #78 Martin Truex Jr. 1 Win 7 #2 Brad Keselowski 1 Win 8 #20 Matt Kenseth 1 Win 9 #11 Denny Hamlin 1 Win 10 #19 Carl Edwards 1 Win 11 #1 Jamie McMurray 0 Wins +85 12 #24 Ieff Gordon 0 Wins +59 13 #5 Kasey Kahne 0 Wins +55 14 #27 Paul Menard 0 Wins +39 15 #31 Ryan Newman 0 Wins +31 16 #15 Clint Bowyer 0 Wins +25 17 #43 Aric Armirola 0 Wins -25 18 #42 Kyle Larson 0 Wins -71 19 #16 Greg Biffle 0 Wins -74 20 #10 Danica Patrick 0 Wins -80 21 #3 Austin Dillon 0 Wins -87 22 #13 Casey Mears 0 Wins -88 23 #47 AJ Allmendinger 0 Wins -112 24 #55 David Ragan 0 Wins -128 25 #14 Tony Stewart 0 Wins -133 They will not get rid of the double file restarts. They are too entertaining, even though they are insanely unfair. And honestly, I would probably do the same thing. 869. Cooper posted: 07.07.2015 - 9:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @866 That's a really good idea! So no NASCAR will not do that. 870. RACE34 posted: 07.07.2015 - 9:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @866 Your idea is the best suggestion I have heard!!! 871. Alex posted: 07.07.2015 - 10:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I hate to have to share this, but... Buddy Baker is seriously ill. He has a large inoperable tumor in his lungs. Tonight was his last radio show on Sirius. Buddy Baker, whose storytelling and friendly demeanor made him a fan favorite, announced Tuesday night that a "huge tumor" in his lung is cancerous and inoperable and he is leaving his role as a co-host of SirusXM NASCAR Radio, effective immediately. "For those who feel sorry, hey I'm 74 years old, have great friends, had a career," he said on "The Late Shift" on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. "The toughest part for me is not being able to talk to some of our regulars that are almost like family. "There comes a time when you talk to the doctor and say what are my chances and there's a dead silence. I went how long. "Well, we don't own the hotel, we don't know when we check out. It's something that we cannot fix." Baker then added: "Do not shed a tear. Give a smile when you say my name. I'm not saying goodbye. Just talk to you later." Baker was on the air for about 40 minutes Tuesday and took calls from fans and some in the sport. "I just want to say goodbye to everyone," Baker said before signing off. "Thanks for being a friend." The 74-year-old Baker won 19 races in what is now the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, including the 1980 Daytona 500. He made his series debut in 1959 and ran his final Cup race in 1992. Along with his Daytona 500, Baker won the 1970 Southern 500, what is now the Coca-Cola 600 in 1968, '72 and '73. He was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers in 1998. He also became the first driver to exceed 200 mph on a closed course when he did it in 1970 at Talladega Superspeedway. The son of NASCAR Hall of Famer Buck Baker, the 6-foot-6 Baker was known as the "Gentle Giant" during his racing days. That same friendly style endeared him to fans when he worked on television after retiring. He served as a broadcaster for TNN and CBS. He started with SiriusXM NASCAR Radio in 2007. 872. WinstonCupStandings posted: 07.07.2015 - 11:23 pm Rate this comment: (2) (2) @866 I'd love to see NASCAR go back to single file restarts, but for every track, not just Dega, and Daytona. Also, get rid of the splitters, and side skirts, get rid of the lucky dog. Go back to the days of lead lap cars start on the outside, and lapped cars start on the bottom. 873. The Long Shot posted: 07.07.2015 - 11:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Terrible news. First Steve Byrnes, now Buddy. All you can do is hope for a miracle, I guess #F*ckCancer 874. Driver X posted: 07.08.2015 - 9:44 am Rate this comment: (3) (0) @872 That is a GREAT idea. And they also should abolish that silly wave-around rule while they're at it. On another note, sending prayers for Buddy Baker. #CancerSucks 875. Anonymous posted: 07.08.2015 - 9:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) f**k cancer 876. DB1995 posted: 07.08.2015 - 9:48 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) Its weird that Joey Logano, who wrecked on lap 3 and severely wounded his car, had the most fastest laps. 877. BON GORDON posted: 07.08.2015 - 10:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Does anyone know the name of that four part NASCAR special that was filmed in the late 90s? It had a bunch of NASCAR legends sitting down together at a NASCAR Cafe, reminiscing about the past. It was on youtube like a year ago and now I can't find it. It's just awesome to watch. 878. Anonymous posted: 07.08.2015 - 11:22 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) ^Stock Car Legends Reunion It's on Youtube. The last major appearance for Dick Beaty. 879. BON GORDON posted: 07.08.2015 - 11:37 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Thank you. There are some great stories the drivers share. I personally love the Buddy Baker story where he's put on a stretcher after a wreck, once the ambulance drives away with him in the back, the stretcher rolls out of the ambulance and onto the racetrack while cars are zooming by. He frantically begins waving his hands in the air so nobody hits him. I believe that's how the story was told. Funny none the less. 880. Scott B posted: 07.08.2015 - 12:58 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Its weird that Joey Logano, who wrecked on lap 3 and severely wounded his car, had the most fastest laps." The current cars can take a licking and still be fast at plate tracks. Kyle Busch stayed with the pack after damaging his car, and Danica Patrick did too until she got more damage and took it to the garage. A bit counter-intuitive, since you'd think the biggest, fastest tracks would be the hardest places to stay on pace with a wounded racecar. As long as you don't lose that draft, though, you're OK. 881. Evan posted: 07.08.2015 - 1:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looking at some of the images of Austin Dillon's crash, it looks very reminiscent to Ricky Craven's Talladega flyer where he caught the catch fence, and also Kyle Larson's XFINITY impact to the wall. What's interesting is I found a tape of the 1993 Diehard 500 where Neil Bonnett walked away from a scary crash that ripped a hole in Talladega's catch fence. As bad as Austin's crash looked with the car flipping everywhere, you have to give credit to the safety of these cars, and the way they protect the driver. The way the car is assembled as far as safety is for crashes like this. People want to go so far as to eliminate plate racing or change it. Racing has a lot of risks and that is part of it, but wrecks like these are somewhat inevitable and when you strap into one of these cars, you own the risk of crashing because of those high speeds. I think it takes a special breed to race at high speeds, that is what these guys live for. 882. Chives5150 posted: 07.08.2015 - 2:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Anyone else feel like we jinxed Austin with our sarcastic comments regarding his Xfinity race? This just now occurred to me. 883. racefangurl posted: 07.08.2015 - 3:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) DB, Scott,I remember a time when Joey had a damaged car at a plate track and was pushing another driver with that car. The pushee was on the lead lap, it seems. 884. ch posted: 07.08.2015 - 10:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just wanted to give a quick nod to Matt DiBenedetto for leading his first Sprint Cup lap this past weekend. When he was announced as the driver of the #83, I have to admit that I thought it would end with a similar situation as Ryan Truex last year. BUT, almost half way through the season, he has proven me wrong, and is putting up better numbers than Alex Bowman did in BK equipment last year. His stats aren't quite as impressive as Cole Whitt's from a year ago, but if he can continue this for the rest of the year, he definitely deserves a better ride in 2016 like Bowman and Whitt were able to land this year. 885. RACE34 posted: 07.08.2015 - 10:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I can't believe that some of the drivers are complaining to NASCAR about safety like they are. I am obviously speaking from a fans perspective, I would never be brave enough to race like that. However I don't know what else NASCAR can do. They already made the catch fence higher than it was, and if the drivers think there is anything NASCAR can do to completely rule out the possibility of a car coming off the ground there isn't. If that was the case then the drivers would complain that they have tied the cars down too much. There are many things you can do to race cars, but there is always going to be a risk of them lifting of the ground. The only things I can think of are going back to single file restarts like some fans have already recommended or removing enough seats to the point that every fan is above the fence. I know that is a bad idea because some fans like to be real close to the action, but I don't know what else the drivers want NASCAR to do. Also thoughts and prayers go out to Buddy Baker and his family!!! 886. Sean posted: 07.08.2015 - 11:04 pm Rate this comment: (5) (1) "My best suggestion to help quell some of the last-lap crashes on GWC finishes at plate track is to go back to single-file restarts, just on the two plate tracks." Absolutely. I thought NASCAR had learned from the 1993 spring Talladega race that side-by-side restarts at the end of plate races are are lunacy (and there weren't even many cars on the inside for that race), and that restarts with one or two laps to go on plate tracks are lunacy. As a result of that race, they restarted single-file in the last ten laps no matter the track until shootout style restarts were introduced. I miss that. Honestly I don't even like shootout style on the cookie cutters and short tracks, where it has also induced stupid crashes that wouldn't have happened otherwise... But I'm pretty alone on this. Honestly, I even miss races finishing under caution, but I guess I'm alone on that. It was definitely fairer than the more crapshoot mentality you have now. 887. 23andJoe posted: 07.08.2015 - 11:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Meanwhile, on another note of stock car racing, I toss myself to the knowledge of the board where my (self-admittted) encyclopedic knowledge of car models has managed to come up a blank. To wit: what make and model of car is this Late Model supposed to be? http://rememberwhenphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/Star-/Star-62615/i-Kp7VgsT/A http://rememberwhenphotography.smugmug.com/Cars/Star-/Star-62615/i-MmvKLMR/A (This is Larry Gelinas' Granite State Pro Stock Series car, but I've seen similar grille-and-headlight decals on some dirt late models.) 888. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.09.2015 - 7:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) " Honestly I don't even like shootout style on the cookie cutters and short tracks, where it has also induced stupid crashes that wouldn't have happened otherwise... But I'm pretty alone on this." You are not alone. The reason that I don't like it is that you see drivers intentionally stopping on pit road to avoid being in an odd or even position depending on the track. At the faster tracks, its an advantage to start 8th rather than 3rd and at short tracks/tracks with low banking its better to start 7th or 9th rather than 4th. 889. Cornys posted: 07.09.2015 - 8:04 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @886 I agree. I dislike GWC, and I also dislike double file restarts (period actually). That just goes along with a lot of other things I dislike recently to be honest, so I've quit watching and have taken interest in the IndyCar Series. Single file restarts now. No GWC. Finishes under yellow. Single car qualifying on ovals. ect. It really reminds me of NASCAR back when I loved NASCAR (more so than today's NASCAR by far). They are just aren't in stock cars. :) 890. kevin20fan posted: 07.09.2015 - 12:22 pm Rate this comment: (4) (0) I also dislike double-file restarts. Not only do they cause stupid crashes, they are incredibly unfair to drivers that happen to be in the "wrong" lane. When it's better to be 4th than 2nd on a restart, you've got a problem. I would be okay with GWC only if we have single-file restarts and it becomes illegal to pit under a GWC unless you are out of gas, have a flat tire, crash damage, etc. The free pass has also outlived it's usefulness since the advent of the wave-around. Being given a lap back without taking a strategy risk (as in the wave-around) is asinine. The only thing I don't like about the wave-around is that it is regularly abused with the frequency that NASCAR throws questionable cautions. As has been said in the past, all of these things are great for entertainment but ridiculous from a competition standpoint. 891. John (formerly anonymous for a few races posted: 07.09.2015 - 6:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) "Who are they going to get? Chris Buescher? He's more likely to replace Bayne I would guess, and considering Stenhouse was much more dominant in Nationwide than Buescher is in Xfinity, I'm not sure they'll be able to get *anyone* who will bring them back to prominence." Wrong. They have the best driver developmental program in NASCAR. By FAR. The only time that Roush has ever spent money was when they signed Jamie McMurray to a huge free agent deal in 2005. Drivers that have come out of developmental program: Greg Biffle Matt Kenseth Carl Edwards Jeff Burton Instead of spending money on free agents they focus on their developmental program. And they are excellent at it. It is known throughout the industry that Kyle Weatherman and Kyle Benjamin are the two best drivers that aren't in one of NASCAR top 3 series. They are both part of the Roush developmental program. Also, they have Chris Buescher and Darrell Wallace Jr. You say Stenhouse looked better than Buescher, but he looked better than anyone in trucks or xfinity currently except Erik Jones and Chase Elliott. And also, don't count out Ricky Stenhouse Jr yet. Lest we forget, Joey Logano. It's not like he is Casey Mears who we already KNOW what his skill set is. NASCAR is a TEAM SPORT just as much as any "stick and ball sport" (the biggest secret in NASCAR and I think in all of sports, but I'll get on this topic (rant) that drivers and crew chiefs get all the credit when there are thousands of members on a team and the driver and crew chief make up around 0.001% (that's with 2000 members) !!!!! of the team and people think they are the only members of the team). Anyways like I was saying NASCAR is a team sport so instead of comparing all of the Front Row driver stats I'll compare David Ragan in the #34 for the last 2 years and Chris Buescher in his few starts. It's the fairest comparison I can make. David Ragan 28.15 average finish (plate tracks inflate that number) Chris Buescher 24.6 average finish That's pretty impressive as those were Chris Buescher's first 5 starts of his entire cup career and Ragan has 307 starts. Now yes I know David Ragan doesn't deserve a cup ride and is another reject driver that a lot of lower teams love instead of getting new guys a chance. But still, that's impressive. 892. BMan0213 posted: 07.09.2015 - 7:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yeah I don't think Jeff Burton was a Roush development driver. I mean his first two season in cup he was driving for the Stavola Brother. It also doesn't look like he drove an xfinity race for Roush until 1997. Even Kenseth I wouldn't full consider him a development driver for Roush. He was racing for Robbie Reiser for a while before Roush got involved with that team. Did they help him advance his career? Yes, but I don't know if i would say they developed him. 893. racefangurl posted: 07.09.2015 - 10:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) David Ragan was rushed up and is at this time, thought to be unable to handle the pressure of being with a big team. When he's with a smaller team, he can win plate races. With a big team, he makes mistakes, like at the end of the 2011 Daytona 500 and earlier this year, when he filled in for Kyle Busch. 894. Matthew posted: 07.11.2015 - 10:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Danica wrecks again. Need I say more? 895. Matthew posted: 07.11.2015 - 10:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Meant to put that on the next race. My bad 896. Anonymous posted: 10.27.2015 - 9:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Dale Jr's last win 897. RaceFanX posted: 12.29.2015 - 11:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) At the end of the year 2015 the American television show "Inside Edition" named Austin Dillon's big flip and the resulting big one that occurred alongside it as one of the most dramatic videos of 2015. It was the only sports-related clip featured in the montage. 898. Maverick11 posted: 02.15.2016 - 9:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The final lap crash ended up getting 5,570,000 views on NASCAR's YouTube channel, the 2nd most on any of their videos. 899. Braindead Zombie posted: 03.06.2016 - 7:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Reading this page now I never realized how many immature, cringeworthy comments I posted in my early days here. And this was only eight months ago. 900. Tide1732 posted: 07.05.2017 - 8:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dale Jr. last Daytona triumph 901. 95McDowellFan posted: 10.22.2017 - 8:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s final career plate win 902. Turn4 posted: 10.24.2017 - 11:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) That's strange, nobody on here mentioned the crash at the checkered flag in which one of the cars flew up into the catchfence and tumbling down the race track. 903. RaceFanX posted: 10.24.2017 - 12:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @902 Did you check the second page of comments? There's a lot of posts about Dillon's flip. And boy was 558 correct that Gordon would do the 24 Hours again...of course he did win it too. 904. Altracing posted: 01.18.2018 - 4:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Although Dale Jr never officially won a race after winning the pole in the same weekend this is the only time in his career where he officially starts first and wins the race in his cup career. 905. Wil posted: 05.03.2018 - 6:58 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Will never forget the crash. Was watching live, the camera switched angles after Jr. crossed the line and you saw a massive crash. Out of the corner of my eye I thought I had seen a car hit the fence and explode, but when I looked for the car on screen I couldn't find it. I remember seeing Denny Hamlin's car on fire and thinking "oh, that's the car that caught fire, nothing hit the fence." Then the camera panned to Austin Dillon's car, the most destroyed racecar I'd ever seen. I don't like Dillon whatsoever but when the camera panned I wanted to vomit. I was sure I had witnessed a fatal crash but amazingly he got out quickly and walked away. Thank the Lord 906. Timothy Eklund posted: 07.19.2018 - 8:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Something that made the cot cars flip so much was the rear wing,when wind hit the underside of it, instead of keeping the car on the ground, it lifted it OFF the ground. 907. Maverick19 posted: 03.25.2019 - 2:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is the last time (as of now) that Johnson finished 2nd in a Cup race. 908. Jimmie4life posted: 07.14.2019 - 6:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Y'know that rule that NASCAR once had that races should finish before 1 AM? Well, that didn't apply. Race finished at about 2:40 AM. 909. rm posted: 07.14.2019 - 6:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The top brass has since come out and said that starting this race so late was not something that they would do again. 3 AM victory lane celebrations really aren't ideal for anyone. 910. Corey posted: 07.14.2019 - 6:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @908 the 1am thing was used at place with local noise ordinances like Richmond. It wasn't a hard and fast rule that applied everywhere. 911. Rich posted: 12.09.2020 - 8:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte were the commentators. Kelli Stavast, Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Mike Massaro were the pit road reporters. 912. Anthony2 posted: 02.07.2021 - 7:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Now it's officially Jimmie Johnson's last 2nd place finish ever in his Cup career. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: