|| *Comments on the 2019 Coke Zero Sugar 400:* First Page | Previous Page | Next Page | Last Page | View All On One Page View the most recent comment | Post a comment <#post> 1. Eric posted: 07.02.2019 - 8:18 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) #66 was entered, but withdrew. I have no idea if a driver was listed 2. Sandy posted: 07.02.2019 - 9:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (2) Joey Gase's First Cup Not Driving for Carl Long/MBM Since Texas Last November Which Ironically Came Driving For Rick Ware Racing When He Was In Rick Ware's Chartered 51 This Time He's Back For Rick Ware At Daytona But in The Non-Chartered 53 3. Sandy posted: 07.02.2019 - 10:53 am Rate this comment: (1) (2) This Is The Last Daytona Race In July For The First Time in It's History Daytona Won't Be Having a July 4th Weekend Event Starting Next Year As Daytona Will Be Run As The First And The Last Race of The Regular Season,Deciding the Playoff Field in 2020 As Part Of The Schedule Change for Nascar Next Year July 4th Weekend Will Now Have Racing In Indianapolis 4. Sandy posted: 07.02.2019 - 11:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) @3 Not Quite True Because While scheduled for the July Fourth Weekend,1998 Running Was Postponed Until October due To The Wildfires In Florida 5. Custer00Fan posted: 07.02.2019 - 11:23 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) I'm going to miss Daytona in July, It won't feel the same for me. To me, when you mix 4th of July with Daytona, it's the best week ever. Sucks that we won't have that next year. 6. Timothy_Eklund posted: 07.02.2019 - 12:11 pm Rate this comment: (5) (0) @4 can you please stop capitalizing the first letter in every word it makes it really hard to read what you post. 7. 34McDowellFan posted: 07.02.2019 - 1:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Garrett Smithley was originally entered in the #15 but now it says Houff I'm surprised Houff has been approved to run the Super Speedway races but he did run 2 ARCA races at Daytona and led laps in one, so I guess it makes sense Full-field for the 4th time this year (Daytona, Talladega, and Charlotte were the other ones) Halfway through the year and Obaika's full team season has consisted of 0 races so far. Justin Haley's 3rd career cup start, he ran decent at Talladega so hopefully he can repeat that, he did almost win his first Xfinity race at Daytona last year (and arguably should have...) Rick Ware enters 3 cars for the 3rd time, with the #53 once again coming out with a different number font. Last time the July Daytona race will be held on 4th of July weekend... which is pretty sad because we're going to Indy on this weekend next year so Daytona can be moved to the last race before the Chase for EnTeRtAiNmEnT. I'm still upset about that move :( 8. TeamDCRfan posted: 07.02.2019 - 1:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 60 years of scheduled tradition comes to an end after this weekend. Idiots in the higher ups really crapped the bed on this one. On a positive, I've got a really good feeling about this race. 9. Sandy posted: 07.02.2019 - 2:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @8 i do not think Obaika's team is running a race at all this year 10. TeamDCRfan posted: 07.02.2019 - 2:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Weather is not looking good beyond Friday. And 9, what in gods name are you referring too? Obaika has not been mentioned until your random bringing them up. My comment in spot 8 literally says NOTHING ABOUT THEM. 11. UnderdogFan89 posted: 07.02.2019 - 2:59 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) I'm sure he meant to reference 34McDowellFan's post, which does mention Obaika. 12. Danish_Pie posted: 07.02.2019 - 3:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Post 7 mentioned Obaika, they @?d a post to high. 13. TeamDCRfan posted: 07.02.2019 - 3:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oops. I didn't even see the Obaika part. I jumped from the Full race sentence right down to Justin Haley. My apologies. 14. cba2442 posted: 07.02.2019 - 3:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Post 7, It would be the fifth full field this year. Daytona 500, Talladega, Kansas, Coke 600, and Daytona(night) 15. Sandy posted: 07.02.2019 - 3:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @9 i actually meant comment 7 16. Sandy posted: 07.02.2019 - 3:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @7 Once again you forget Kansas 17. 34McDowellFan posted: 07.02.2019 - 4:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yes sorry I forogt Kansas, so this is the 5th full field of the year In other news, Ross Chastain is in the #27 18. Yeet posted: 07.02.2019 - 8:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Every single car in the field appears to have sponsorship, that's awesome to see 19. GoPM21 posted: 07.02.2019 - 8:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) @18 The 62 has no listed sponsor. McDowell's LJS sponsorship likely isn't genuine either. 20. Danish_Pie posted: 07.02.2019 - 9:11 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The 62 will have the half black, half white South Point scheme they've had the last couple years. Although the 6, 41, and 96 can be chalked up as being basically unsponsored. 21. Mile501 posted: 07.02.2019 - 9:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) According to Jayski, the stage lengths for this race have been changed. Instead of stages ending on laps 40/80/160, they will now end on laps 50/100/160, supposedly to keep fuel mileage from being a factor. Link: https://www.jayski.com/2019/07/02/nascar-changes-daytona-stage-lengths/ 22. Corey posted: 07.02.2019 - 9:54 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The 62 is usually self funded by both Mark Beard's Beard Oil and Brendan Gaughan family's South Point casino. 23. Hi posted: 07.02.2019 - 10:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wait so Jacob Companies is sponsoring two unrelated teams, the 00 of Cassill and 51 of McLeod 24. TeamDCRfan posted: 07.03.2019 - 12:15 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I doubt they are. I think Jacob being on StarComs 00 is an error that carried over from the Busch series entry list, since Custers 00 also has them as a sponsor 25. TeamDCRfan posted: 07.03.2019 - 12:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Correction: Jacob will be sponsoring the 51 and 00 in Cup, as well as the 00 and 99 in the Xfinity, per Jayski 26. Ultimate_Warrior_#18 posted: 07.03.2019 - 7:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jacob Companies is headquartered in West Palm Beach Fl i believe so this weekend is sort of a home game for them and a good way to expand business in the state. 27. Chase9Fan posted: 07.03.2019 - 9:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Unfortunately last time July 4th weekend, but will be interesting to see this race be the season finale final. 28. Nathang posted: 07.03.2019 - 11:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jeffrey Earnhardt will no longer be racing this weekend in either cup or xfinity per his Twitter. Unfortunate for him wondering if it was a sponsorship issue with ik9. 29. TeamDCRfan posted: 07.03.2019 - 12:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jeffrey wasn't supposed to run Cup anyway 30. Scott25 posted: 07.03.2019 - 3:36 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) I imagine this race being moved from around July 4th will last about as long as when the Southern 500 was moved away from Labour Day in the mid 00's 31. Corey posted: 07.03.2019 - 4:11 pm Rate this comment: (4) (0) @8 you could make the argument that they ruined the tradition back in 1988. Up until 1987 the race was always on July 4th, regardless of the day of the week. 1988 was the first time they stopped doing that. 32. zuel660 posted: 07.03.2019 - 4:27 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @31, yes, & it started at about 10am....it was an awesome way to kick off a 4th of July! 33. possum posted: 07.03.2019 - 6:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @31, #32 - I agree. The race doesn't really have any sense of tradition to me; it makes a lot more sense to run it in November when the weather is good. And Daytona is more appropriate than Homestead to finish the season. It was a lot better when it was a day race on the 4th. You could watch the race, grab some lunch, hit the beach for a few hours, fire up the grill for dinner, and finish with fireworks - a real good holiday. As a night race, it never worked - it was either beach & BBQ, or race, but not both. 34. Mile501 posted: 07.03.2019 - 6:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @33 "And Daytona is more appropriate than Homestead to finish the season." Seriously? I can't imagine the championship being decided at Daytona. 35. AJ73 posted: 07.03.2019 - 7:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I'd say it might be a more appropriate way to end the season if they take the restrictor plates off the engines... 36. Corey posted: 07.03.2019 - 7:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @35 What restrictor plates? @33 While I agree with the sense of tradition, I disagree with ending the playoffs there. All we need is for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. to cause a big one and take out three of the four championship contenders. 37. KentuckyWildcat42 posted: 07.03.2019 - 8:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) ?I'd say it might be a more appropriate way to end the season if they take the restrictor plates off the engines...? Yeah whatever! You know dumb NASCAR would throw the caution on the final restart even if a back marker spins out and the champion for the whole season being determined by whoever was ahead by a loop (an imaginary line on the backstretch) we can't even see at the moment of caution. Thats the reason I don't attend Talladega anymore and if that took place, that's the day I'd quit watching for good 38. Sandy posted: 07.04.2019 - 2:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Practice 1 is Red Flagged due to Lightning in the area 39. Anomynous posted: 07.04.2019 - 5:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Preece ran into Buescher in the William Byron incident. Any update on if either of them got damage in that? 40. Timothy_Eklund posted: 07.04.2019 - 6:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Can't believe I'm the first one to say something about this but how about 6 drivers with 205 mph laps? Also 22 drivers with at least 200 mph laps in practice 2. 41. Wil posted: 07.04.2019 - 6:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In final practice, Keselowski got a huge run in the draft and closed up on William Byron. Rather than go around him or back out of the gas--after all, it's just practice--Brad decided to drive into Byron's left rear and spin him out, sending him to a backup car. Brad says he's "trying to make a statement", but intentionally turning competitors in practice just isn't cool. 42. rm posted: 07.04.2019 - 6:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Oh come on, it wasn't an intentional spin. Byron threw a late block - in practice! - and wasn't completely in front of Brad at the time and Brad said afterwards he's not going to lift if anyone else throws a bad block like that in front of him. 43. Brandon posted: 07.04.2019 - 6:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 52 is a ford this week 44. Wil posted: 07.04.2019 - 7:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @42 Byron was running his own racing line--in practice-- on the bottom and taking his natural arc into the corner. Kes had a run to go by him up high, but decided to go low because he knew it was a chance to make it look like Byron blocked him and spin the #24--in practice--whose block last year on Kes triggered a massive crash. It's a good thing Byron saved it, if he spun out he would've collected at least Brad and Logano, if not more cars. 45. Anonymous posted: 07.04.2019 - 8:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brad Keselowski is an ass. 46. Mbenoit posted: 07.04.2019 - 11:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I do have to wonder if NASCAR will implement anything to slow the cars down just a tick. They did it at Talladega and the cars were about 3 mph slower there in practice. Nearly 206 mph in the draft is fast enough for some airborne action on Saturday night. 47. UnderdogDriversFan posted: 07.04.2019 - 11:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) The people bashing Keselowski are the same idiots who defended Johnny Sauter. Just thought I'd point that out. 48. Wil posted: 07.04.2019 - 11:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Doesn't it feel like Kyle Busch is due on a plate track? He's my pick to win, although I hope I'm wrong. I am very excited for this race. 49. Wil posted: 07.05.2019 - 12:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Lots of pretty paint schemes for Independence weekend. Bubba Wallace has the most eye catching one. His #43 U.S. Air Force Chevy has a massive shark teeth design in the front of the car that will make him impossible to miss. Bubba is always at the top when it comes to coolest schemes. 50. Jason24 posted: 07.05.2019 - 12:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Can't be surprised by the stuff that Keselowski does. He's a much more tame version of early 2000's Tony Stewart. Every once in a while he's gotta show everyone that he's a tool. I bet Brad would never do that to Harvick or Hamlin though.... 51. ACM88 posted: 07.05.2019 - 1:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 48 he won this very race 11 years ago, along with talladega 52. Hi posted: 07.05.2019 - 10:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jacob Companies is sponsoring the 00 of Landon Cassill and the 51 of B.J. McLeod 53. Mannoroth posted: 07.05.2019 - 11:37 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 48. He won't win. He doesn't like this pack racing and it's hard for him to win a race, when his elite equipment can't help him out at superspeedway. I know that he already did win a race at Daytona and Talladega back in 2008, but that was 11 years ago - it's normal that some drivers are good at some tracks early in their careers, but they can be mediocre there 10 years later. Plus, he won his two and only superspeedway races thanks to the caution in the final lap, when he was leading. He never had to take the checkered flag first during the green flag madness in the last lap. And that's why winning the Daytona 500 is very hard for him and most probably will be in the future years... 54. Sebastian posted: 07.05.2019 - 12:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 53 you're right, the odds aren't in Kyles favor. I'm never looking forward to these superspeedways as a Kyle fan 55. Scott25 posted: 07.05.2019 - 12:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keselowski was simply making a statement based on what happened last year, and good for him. Blocking should have zero tolerance, then maybe people will stop being so eager to do it. I can understand blocking on the white flag lap, but any other time it's not racing. Especially in practice. 56. Wil posted: 07.05.2019 - 1:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 55 When Kes stated in the interview after the crash last year that he would wreck someone the next time that happened, he was simply making a statement. What he did yesterday was spin out another driver in practice at 205+ mph. If Byron was actually blocking that's one thing, but it looked like (and he said) that he was just taking his normal racing line. Whatever, this is just stuff to talk about before the real story which is the race tomorrow. 57. David posted: 07.05.2019 - 2:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Apparently Cup qualifying has been cancelled though it wasn't scheduled to start for at least 2 hours, yet Xfinity qualifying (scheduled for about 15 minutes from now) will take place once weather is no longer causing a delay. 58. Yeet posted: 07.05.2019 - 3:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) With no Cup time trials, Joey Logano and Kyle Busch will lead the field to green tomorrow. Note that Joey's teammate Brad Keselowski will start right behind him as well as another Ford of Kevin Harvick, so look for Ford to run up front early and dictate the race. 59. KentuckyWildcat42 posted: 07.05.2019 - 5:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (3) NASCAR truly does suck! It seems qualifying gets canceled at these plate tracks way too often. They should put a premium on getting qualifying in, qualifying was scheduled for 5pm. It's 5 o'clock right now, not raining & the track is completely dry. Please FIRE whoever is in charge of making these calls. They're idiots 60. Mile501 posted: 07.05.2019 - 5:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @57 - I wonder if they gave priority to Xfinity qualifying since a few teams will have to go home. Cup qualifying doesn't really matter since everyone will make the race anyway. 61. Yeet posted: 07.05.2019 - 5:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @59 I've only noticed you on this website for two hours and I already don't like you. 62. Yeet posted: 07.05.2019 - 5:20 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @60 I believe that was the case and I'm glad they did that. If they didn't do XFINITY Qualifying to very popular drivers of Ross Chastain and Austin Hill would miss the show. Also like you said on the Cup side everyone is making it, so everyone still has a chance to compete like Daytona always provides. That wasn't the case for XFINITY, so NASCAR let the drivers earn their spot so that was a good call. 63. Timothy_Eklund posted: 07.05.2019 - 5:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @59 seriously do you ever stop complaining? 64. Anonymous posted: 07.05.2019 - 6:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 63 - Exactly, he obviously hates this sport. Yet he continues to watch and whine. 65. possum posted: 07.05.2019 - 7:46 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @34, 35, 36 - Daytona is more appropriate than Homestead because Daytona has the history of being the "center of NASCAR", and there's a nice symmetry to starting and ending the season there, whereas Homestead is just blah. That doesn't mean Daytona is the best place to end the season, just that it's better than Homestead. I continue to be astounded by the people who think the "tapered spacer" isn't a restrictor plate. This isn't a complicated concept, folks. 66. possum posted: 07.05.2019 - 7:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @56 - it "may have looked like it to you", but that was not taking his normal line. You have to understand (and I know you're kinda new to racing) that at Daytona there isn't "normal line", instead you run whatever line gives you the best push from the guys behind. The lesson that Byron has hopefully learned, is not to try a pansy-ass block. If you drift down (or up) and get your quarter panel in front of someone at the last minute, you deserve to get turned. If you're going to block, pull right down and get fully in front of the guy you're blocking. If he hits you square, so much the better - you'll go faster and he'll go slower. 67. Wil posted: 07.05.2019 - 8:50 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @66 I understand brother- I said something, so you're inclined to disagree. But given Keselowski thought it was wrong (apologized for the incident) and Jimmie Johnson thought it was wrong, I'm going to keep the opinion that it was wrong. Do you know more about racing than them? I'm eager to hear your response. 68. Wil posted: 07.05.2019 - 9:18 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I love the 4th of July race at Daytona but the only downside is the rain that comes with it almost every year. Hope the weather doesn't factor into tomorrow's race. 69. TeamDCRfan posted: 07.05.2019 - 9:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I looked at the forecast. It's probably going to be the same situation as tonight. 70. JollyMeanGiant posted: 07.05.2019 - 10:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #68 As if moving it to September next year is gonna help. Putting it that late in the year opens up the possibility that the race weekend could coincide with a major hurricane making landfall as that's the time of the year when they're most likely to do so. 71. Corey posted: 07.05.2019 - 10:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rain at Daytona in July go hand in hand. Like I wil said, it happens practically every year here. Sonoma however, I don't recall that race ever being affected by rain. 72. Corey posted: 07.05.2019 - 10:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @70 The possibility is there, but how often does that actually happen. 73. UnderdogDriversFan posted: 07.06.2019 - 2:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Any number of guys could end winning, but I'm gonna go wild card here and say Chris Buescher steals it. He runs super well on plate tracks, and big wrecks almost always leave some underdogs with a chance at winning. 74. Wil posted: 07.06.2019 - 9:13 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Buescher would have maybe won this race last year if his teammate Allmendinger didn't bail on him on the last lap. He's a good plate racer but his luck this year on the plates has been terrible with a couple destroyed race cars. A win would be great but a clean race would be good too. 75. German500 posted: 07.06.2019 - 10:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @ #71 This problem is solved in 2020, when Indy and Daytona switched their places on schedule. On other hand: Maybe it will rain in Indy. ;-) 76. Underdogfan posted: 07.06.2019 - 11:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (3) Really hope this race isn't crap with all the same guys every week starting up front. 77. Corey posted: 07.06.2019 - 11:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well it was set by the points standings. Doubt it stays that way. 78. TKRacing posted: 07.06.2019 - 11:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I hope everyone commenting that Daytona is the final race of the season realizes it is the REGULAR season finale, not the season finale in 2020. ISM Raceway (Phoenix) will be the championship deciding race in 2020 with Homestead moving to the 6th race of the season on March 22nd...and Daytona will be August 29th...not quite September. 79. David posted: 07.06.2019 - 11:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @76 If there's any race where the old same-same old drivers & teams are NOT guaranteed to win despite all of them starting at the front, it's this one. So relax. 80. Altracing posted: 07.06.2019 - 4:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Larson will start from the rear of the race after the team had to replace a fuel probe 81. Sandy posted: 07.06.2019 - 6:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Weather is not looking good for this race hopefully we can get in tonight but it could be doubtful 82. Sandy posted: 07.06.2019 - 7:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It would be nice if they interview all 40 drivers in the field in this race while waiting because of rain delay it would Awesome if that happened 83. Rider77 posted: 07.06.2019 - 7:23 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) NBC has run this Kes/Byron thing into the ground since Thursday. We know how both sides feel, I thinks it's ok to move on........ 84. TheHendrickFan9244888 posted: 07.06.2019 - 7:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Weather not good 85. JoeyLoganoFan22 posted: 07.06.2019 - 8:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) My first time winner pick: Daniel Suarez 86. joey2448 posted: 07.06.2019 - 8:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Race has been postponed to tomorrow afternoon. It will run Sunday at 1 p.m. ET still on NBC (the big network). See y'all then! 87. Corey posted: 07.06.2019 - 8:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Glad they called it. I can do something else now. 88. TeamDCRfan posted: 07.06.2019 - 8:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's going to be raining, at least according to the weather thing I checked, at the time that they have rescheduled for. 89. Sandy posted: 07.06.2019 - 8:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Race Will be Postponed to 1:00 PM Eastern Tomorrow on NBC 90. Jimmie4life posted: 07.06.2019 - 8:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tomorrow: Mid 70's and Scattered Thunderstorms. I hope we can get all 160 laps in. 91. Anonymous posted: 07.06.2019 - 8:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Glad to see IMSA gets the shaft again... 92. Corey posted: 07.06.2019 - 8:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @88 Atleast by putting it at the time, they have a larger window to get it in. 93. OangeWaffle43 posted: 07.06.2019 - 9:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @92 yeah and they also f**k over imsa (as they alwyas get f**ked) I'm really not happy. If it rains during the nascar broadast they better simulcast the imsa race 94. Anonymous posted: 07.06.2019 - 9:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #93 What sucks the most is that IMSA is a guaranteed start at 1 pm EST tomorrow because there is a slim chance of rain and regardless they would actually race in rainy conditions. Meanwhile this Nascar race looks like it will just be a waste of rain delay coverage while actually good racing will be pushed aside. 95. Wil posted: 07.07.2019 - 12:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Recorded the race before spending the night at Oakshade Raceway in Ohio. Not surprised to come home and see it get postponed. Handling will be the determining factor. May not even get the whole race in. What a sad way for the 4th of July Daytona race to go out. No silver linings. 96. UnderdogDriversFan posted: 07.07.2019 - 12:04 am Rate this comment: (2) (1) Let's just be real:the average fan ain't missing Daytona for some sports car race. 97. KyleBrown posted: 07.07.2019 - 12:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (2) This thread is the epitome of NASCAR fans. Beginning of thread: "I hate NASCAR for moving the 400 date" Now: "This sucks why does it keep raining" Oh boy maybe because we're trying to race in Florida in the freaking rainy season? 98. TeamDCRfan posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just by looking at the forecast, it looks like the rain is pretty much going to be done at 8 EST. 99. Wil posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @97 I know dude. Why would Nascar fans possibly be disappointed that one of the coolest races of the year gets rained out? They should be singing kumbaya right? Phenomenal comment. The "freaking" at the end really added some zip. 100. George_Costanza posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:12 am Rate this comment: (1) (2) @97 NASCAR is moving the date from rain season, to hurricane season. At least keeping the race in July, they wouldn't have to deal with a hurricane coming straight for them. Remember, the Pacific Ocean is like, two miles away from the race track. 101. GoPM21 posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:45 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) @100 That is some very impressive geography. Furthermore, I can't take anyone seriously when they use the word "like" in written communication. 102. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @100 You mean the Atlantic Ocean? 103. Chase9Fan posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) It's outdoor event, rain outs happen, stop crying over it. 104. Alex posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Breaking news: Florida rainy season ends in October Signed: clima-meteorologist 105. RandomFacts posted: 07.07.2019 - 7:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Anyone know why Nascar.com does not have pictures of all the cars for the starting line up in their gallery section like they usually do? 106. Ultimate_Warrior_#18 posted: 07.07.2019 - 8:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I live in Florida I'm never surprised to see this race get rained delayed I'm actually surprised that it doesn't get rained out more often actually. Moving the date to hurricane season is worst that's the peak of the rainy season. The best time to run this race as a fall event would be moving it to a morning race before the high humidity hits like they use to do it back in the day. For perfect weather visit Florida anytime from Nov-April anyone can remember the last rainout at Homestead? And the 500 hasn't dealt with rain in over a decade i think. 107. ShinyMew151 posted: 07.07.2019 - 8:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) With qualifying rained out and this being Daytona, they probably weren't able to get a pic of every car alone in practice 108. ShinyMew151 posted: 07.07.2019 - 8:44 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Last time the 500 dealt with rain was 2014 109. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 8:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I get the feeling the race will start on time but there will probably be at least one delay. I saw on a couple of different weather websites that there might not be any rain during the night so we'll see. 110. TeamDCRfan posted: 07.07.2019 - 10:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I want it to be an evening race, because I've got plans during when it's supposed to start. 111. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 12:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Scheduled green flag time is 1:04 p.m. ET, so they're not messing around. We'll be going green almost as soon as the broadcast starts. 112. BradR posted: 07.07.2019 - 12:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @ posts 91,93, & 94. The IMSA race will be on CNBC from 1 to 4 PM. 113. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 12:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Engines fired. 114. Jimmie4life posted: 07.07.2019 - 12:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rain might come into play, so, it's a race to lap 100/end of stage 2 at this point. 115. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) This race began shortly after the United States women's soccer team captured it's second straight and fourth overall World Cup title with a 2-0 win over the Netherlands. Congrats to the American ladies! 116. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag! 117. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We're finally green at Daytona 118. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch and Logano side by side for the lead 119. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Menard's car has a loose hood flap. Lap 14. 120. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Speaking of loose, the rear bumper of Chris Buescher's car has a sponsor wrap flapping around. 121. UnderdogDriversFan posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The manufacturers telling the drivers to work only with their manufacturer is total BS. If I'm a driver, I'm working with whoever I feel is going to give me the best shot at winning. I wouldn't let the factories overstep their bounds by telling me who to work with. 122. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The leaders have caught a group of lapped cars. Already? Only like lap 20. Also, another commercial break. Boy they're committed to getting them in. 123. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:22 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) @121 I know it's annoying watching the manufactures work together like that, but it's just the name of the game. Once one manufacture decided to gang up, the others had to respond in order to keep up. It's competition. 124. Anomynous posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As annoying as the frequent commercials are I think what's worse are these terrible lead in's. The last one was literally "I saw 205" silence then comercials 125. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano has some trash on the grill 126. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag pit stops starting now 127. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The top eight are all Fords. Green flag stops beginning lap 36. Most of the lead pack of Fords pit. 128. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin nearly spun entering pit road 129. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin nearly spins coming onto pit road. His teammate Kyle Busch likely saved him from going around completely as the #11 nosed into the side of #18. 130. UnderdogDriversFan posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @123 Like I said, they are in my opinion overstepping their bounds by doing so. NASCAR needs to make them stop for the sake of better racing. 131. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pit stops have cycled through, Harvick is the new leader 132. George posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @129 How unfortunate. 133. Timothy_Eklund posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) These side by side camera angles are horrible 134. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Chevy's are making a run on the inside with under eight laps to go in stage 1. 135. Wil posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @130 I actually agree with you here, but there's no way to really enforce it. Even if they still work with their manufacturer they would just lie and say they're working with a car they think will help them win. 136. Anomynous posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Didn't expect to see this big of a pack after pit stops, pack still seems to be at least 25 137. Sandy posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is more of a manufacture battle 138. Anonymous posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 130 - Oh, Yeah. Like Formula 1. They have rules like that. 139. MBenoit posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This manufacturer crap won't last. Come the final stage, they'll forget about the emblems on their hoods. At least, I hope so. 140. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano wins stage 1 after a last lap pass on Harvick 141. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano passes Harvick on the last lap of stage 1 to get the bonus points. That was a rather wild final lap (lap 50) as everyone began shuffling behind them. Looks like a few guys almost wrecked off turn 4 but they saved it. 142. Anomynous posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Not completely sure but given how many spots the 18 lost out of 4 I think he could have been involved in whatever happened. 143. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) McDowell takes fuel only I think and will be the new leader 144. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Actually it looks like McDowell may have missed his pit stall, Elliott is the new leader 145. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They'll work together up until the last lap. At that point they'll have such a lock on the top spots that one of them is going to win, even when they do start racing each other. 146. Anomynous posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Per NASCAR.com Ryan Preece led lap 52, his first career lap led 147. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse to the lead 148. Anomynous posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:54 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Keselowski almost wrecked the 4. I guess he felt like Harvick was blocking but Harvick clearly held his line 149. 1995z71 posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) So far, so boring 150. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse gets spun by Kurt Busch caution is out 151. Jimmie4life posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:55 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Teams have gotten smarter at plate tracks, and that turns into more boring races for fans. So... don't get mad that might not be a good race, these teams aren't going to race for entertainment, they race because they want to win championships. 152. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse gets spun off turn 4! Lap 59, single-car spin and he doesn't hit the wall. 153. 13JacksonFan posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Snoozefest? 154. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like Austin Dillon is the new leader 155. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @153 Only if you hate Fords. 156. UnderdogDriversFan posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @151 We are fans, not drivers.We want good racing. 157. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:56 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Stenhouse being "sent to the rear" for blocking 158. Jimmie4life posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wrecky Stenhouse is crashed, caution. 159. Timothy_Eklund posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:57 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @153 no Sandy, it isn't a total snooze fest 160. Clint posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wont be the last caution wrecky is involved in today 161. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 1:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Most if not all the leaders pit for fuel, Bowyer wins the race off pit road and will be the new leader 162. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse was leading when Kurt Busch got into him. The #17 Ford spun through the grass backward so the damage was minimal. 163. UnderdogDriversFan posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Damn you Kurt Busch. Hopefully Stenhouse gets payback. 164. AJ73 posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Is it just me, or do they keep mentioning this whole "manufacturer teamwork" an awful lot? I know Joey Logano cried about it after the 500, but really? Whatever happened to just plain ol' racing and trying to lead laps and win? 165. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Austin Dillon to the lead 166. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Blaney and Austin side by side for the lead 167. AJ73 posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @65 Thank you. At least you know what I was talking about. Tapered spacer, restrictor plate, whatever. My point is this: let them run wide open with no restriction. That would be interesting. 168. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dillon leads with the Chevys on the inside and the Fords on the outside. 169. Iamthedebris posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:05 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Coverage sucks. 1 minute of coverage, 3 minutes of commercials. Also, camera work on par with MTV. 170. Riccer posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Car number 27 is having issues, he's too many laps down 171. Riccer posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse spinner, but he's still battling back to the top 10 172. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kurt Busch has spun caution is out 173. Iamthedebris posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Thou who spins one shall receive the same. 174. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kurt Busch wrecks on lap 76. Caution. Busch scrubbed the wall in turn 1, and that appeared to lead to a flat tire in turn 3, where he spun and nosed it into the outside wall. Some damage but doesn't look race-ending. 175. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:13 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) To paraphrase the late Steve Evans "the track at Daytona equalized things." 176. Ultimate_Warrior_#18 posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @167 Am i the only who hates seeing or hearing people say they should run wide open at Daytona and Talladega? Cause i would hate the day we see that 225 mph stock car spins and turns into an airplane flying in the grandstands......... cause that's very likely. 177. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rain is apparently 30 to 40 minutes away from the track 178. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gaughan got more damage than Kurt did. 179. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We've reached halfway, with Dillon leading Bowman and the pack, but under NASCAR's Stage rules we don't have an official race until the end of Stage 2. We've got to make it 20 more laps. 180. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ragan losing his cowl flaps 181. Riccer posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) green flag is back out 182. Sandy posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Damage from the left front of the 1 came from when he hit the right rear of the 62 car 183. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Crash on lap 83. Keselowski gets turned through the tri-oval and several others spin. 184. Iamthedebris posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Súarez, Kez, Ragan, and more crash. 185. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keselowski crashes and collects Ragan, Hemric, Suarez and Harvick 186. Riccer posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) big wreck tri oval 187. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keselowski gets knocked into the wall in the trioval and we've got a multi-car wreck. Harvick bump drafted Keselowski and the #2 Ford got turned in the outside wall. 188. George posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Damn, if Kes had to wreck today I hoped it would be from William Byron delivering some well-deserved payback. There's still time. 189. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brad got a bump from behind by Harvick and got turned into the wall. Brad gets the worst damage but Harvick also scrubbed the wall. Suarez and Hemric spun together but had minimal damage, while the #38 of Ragan got big damage. 190. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:24 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Keselowski is done for the day 191. Iamthedebris posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:24 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) We'll probably get to lap 100 before rain, so, all bets are off. 192. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) David Ragan got collected and hit the wall hard. Daniel Suarez and Daniel Hemric spun coming out of the trioval. Harvick got some damage. Keselowski is parking the Miller Lite #2, there's too much damage to fix. Ford just had four of its fastest cars collected. 193. Anomynous posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) First crash that's going to take cars out, Keselowski and Ragan are likely done 194. Scott25 posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:25 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Don't get to compliment NASCAR very often, but this package is absolutely perfect for Daytona and Talladega. Now they'll go and mess it up as always. 195. Anomynous posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Suarez cut a left rear, interesting to see how much that damaged his car 196. MBenoit posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Significant rain shower headed towards the track. Should get to the end of stage 2, but not sure how far we'll get beyond that. 197. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Restart with 14 laps to go in stage 2, and rain appears to be on the way. Look out for crazy racing. 198. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ty Dillon running sixth late in stage 2. The Chevy's are running 1-7. 199. Anonymous posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Keselowski blocked Harvick - Harvick said he wasn't gonna take that anymore. 200. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) the top line of Ford's have caught the leaders! Four to go in stage 2. 201. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowyer to the lead 202. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowyer and Austin side by side 203. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowyer getting a push from Stenhouse on the outside. 204. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Austin Dillon back to the lead 205. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:38 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Ford vs. Chevrolet! I love it! 206. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Austin Dillon wins stage 2 race is now official 207. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Austin Dillon wins a frantic stage 2. Wow that was wild! 208. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dillon wins Stage 2. The race is offical. Now will we get it all in? 209. Ultimate_Warrior_#18 posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowman and Byron should of pulled out and tried to pass Dillon with the rain being close a move should of been done. 210. Anomynous posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Can't believe that with lighting threatening to end this race at any second no Chevy made a move. Really hope that isn't going to be the finish 211. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think its far enough out, that they probably figured they would be racing again. 212. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano takes two tires and will be the leader again 213. MBenoit posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oooh, rain showers north of the track but might miss. Fingers crossed we go the distance! 214. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kurt Busch got the free pass under this caution 215. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Austin Dillon back to the lead 216. Iamthedebris posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dark clouds moving in, it could start to pour at any moment. 217. Riccer posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) how about Landon Cassill running into the top 5? 218. Anonymous posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Why did Suarez call it quits? His damage didn't like very bad. 219. Iamthedebris posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ok... that just happened. 220. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Big save by Newman 221. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano and Austin side by side 222. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano clear to the lead 223. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano to the lead with a push from Stenhouse on the outside. Still have Austin Dillon leading a line of Chevy's on the inside. Three-wide 224. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Menard to the lead 225. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Holy S this is wild freaking wild 226. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin to the lead 227. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Somehow Hamlin got to the lead after that lap of insanity. He's got Dillon behind him, with Erik Jones in third. The manufacturers are all mixed up now. Lap 114. 228. GGDC posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:57 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) This Package is fun for the fans but probably living hell for the drivers 229. Riccer posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) wow, Blaney saved the spin 230. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Things settle in for a moment with Hamlin and Jones sandwiching Dillon up front. 231. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Austin Dillon back to the lead as Harvick slow and the big one 232. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) HUGE WRECK 233. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dillon spins and the Big One strikes! 234. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 2:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Austin Dillon got turned by Bowyer to start that going into turn 1. What a mess. Most of the field wiped out. 235. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kurt Busch made it through and is now the leader 236. Taylor posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) RIP Field 237. Tide1732 posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Great One 238. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dillon wrecked right at the front while leading and set it off. Kurt Busch got through to take the lead and its chaos behind him. 239. Iamthedebris posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Either the rain hits, and Byron wins, or the rain goes away, and more chaos. 240. Anonymous posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Austin Dillon just showed everyone how NOT to block. 241. Tim posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And here's the big one. Oh and why was there no competition caution? 242. Ultimate_Warrior_#18 posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So how many cars are left lol 243. Riccer posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) big one, kyle busch involved and the others 244. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like only 10 cars made it through 245. Riccer posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think Hamlin is done for the day 246. RandomFacts posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:05 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Gonna be some unusual names in the top ten at the finish yet again because of this. 247. Sandy posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Landon Cassill Justin Haley Corey Lajoie and JJ Yeley in the top 10 248. GGDC posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well at least the Chevy Team Order crap is mostly done with. 249. Riccer posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch: AAAAHHHH! AAAAHHHH DAMN IT! (expletive) you guys deserve better (expletive) 250. Ultimate_Warrior_#18 posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kurt Busch is sitting pretty right now hearing rain is 4 miles away 251. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Most of the leaders behind Kurt Busch pit 252. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hemric will get the free pass, right now there are 18 cars on the lead lap 253. George posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (4) "Well at least the Chevy Team Order crap is mostly done with." You misspelled Toyota, ha ha. Hard to execute those orders when all 4 of your top of the line cars are in the garage (hopefully). 254. Riccer posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Kyle Busch's car is fixed the damage 255. RandomFacts posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is Johnsons best chance for a win since the Roval last season. 256. Chase9Fan posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Austin Dillon ran out of talent again. 257. Mile501 posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Top 5 as of lap 125: 1. #1-Kurt Busch 2. #00-Landon Cassill 3. #77-Justin Haley 4. #52-J.J. Yeley 5. #34-Michael McDowell Obviously the big crash and pit stops impacted this, but still...that's a crazy top 5. 258. 52 posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hate to see everyone wreck. It's going to be a shame to see another underdog win but I guess thats what Daytona has become. 259. RandomFacts posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Austin Dillon has seen lightening, race may be called any moment. 260. Eric posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They're dragging the caution out it seems 261. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kurt Busch just pitted, Justin Hayley is the leader 262. Chase9Fan posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 258. Yup, and it's why they are running it race 26 next year. Gonna be chaos. Chase bad luck at Daytona continues. 263. Iamthedebris posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It might miss, but wow... this front lineup is messed up. 264. Riccer posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) new leader: justin haley 265. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Justin Haley is leading and weather is threatning. There is lightning in the area. 266. RandomFacts posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:19 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Haley might pull a Chris Buescher Pocono scenerio here. 267. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Red is coming out. 268. Ultimate_Warrior_#18 posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow Justin Hayley 269. Riccer posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) uh-oh! Rain is coming and red flag is out 270. UnderdogDriversFan posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @258 Please tell me that was sarcasm. 271. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:20 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The Florida State Troopers may want to talk with Justin Haley after this race. He may soon be wanted for stealing this win. 272. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The slowest car on the circuit might get a victory. 273. Riccer posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think the race will be declared official and Haley credited as a winner, I believe... 274. RandomFacts posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If Haley wins its gonna be the biggest upset of all time in Cup....a super small part time new team. 275. Danish_Pie posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) NASCAR said one to go, everyone in the Top 5 - except for Haley - came down pit road, and then NASCAR put out the red flag. That's goddamn ridiculous. If I'm Kurt Busch, Landon Cassill, Michael McDowell, J.J. Yeley, Michael McDowell, or anyone else who pitted, I'm pissed. 276. 34McDowellFan posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Justin Haley has a shot to win this race right now 277. Danish_Pie posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ^ Said McDowell Twice, but the point still stands. And yeah, it would be cool for Haley to get this win. But not like that. 278. ACM88 posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:23 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) #JusticeForHaley must be so happy right now 279. RandomFacts posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I love seeing unexpected crazy winners so I have no problem if they call it now, Haley also deserves this after the BS last season when Nascar took his Xfinity win away. 280. Chase9Fan posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:24 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) why would they call this race? It's 3:30pm and they have lights. Finish the dang thing! 281. Yeet posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @274 Spire is full time but all 6 people that probably work at Spire are rain dancing so hard right now 282. RandomFacts posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:25 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @275 They had a choice to do what Haley did, Nascar did not force them to pit. 283. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:25 pm Rate this comment: (3) (1) @275 They said there was a lightning strike within their parameters after the one to go was given. You don't want a situation like you had at Pocono a few years ago. I know it sucks for those guys, but the safety of the fans and anyone outside should take priority. 284. Timothy_Eklund posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Had Landon Cassio stayed out starcom might have won, but if Hayley wins its an upset for sure? 285. Sloracr71 posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hayley's team may have just pulled a Dave Marcis. (1982 Richmond 400) 286. Br9sc8e posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Honestly this might not be the biggest upset, but it's definitely going to be up there if Haley wins this. 287. Sandy posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @280 the race is already gotten two stages in the books 288. Mile501 posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The NASCAR.com live leaderboard still shows McDowell 2nd, Cassill 3rd, and Yeley 5th. Is that incorrect? 289. Sandy posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @288 i'm Seeing the same thing on Google too 290. Clint posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:28 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Wow nascar race control is fn clueless and idk why cassill and some of the other slow cars disnt try to do what haley did, kudos to that team for having the guts. I feel like 10 years ago 10 teams wouldve rolled the dice as well. Im no Busch fan but that call by nascar was ridiculous 291. Eric posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:28 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) If the race is called, it doesn't matter, Haley gets to keep a win at the track that took it from him last year. 292. RandomFacts posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is also only the 3rd career start for Haley. 293. Yeet posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @284 yeah I'd consider a restrictor-plate only driver running for a team that runs 37th every week an upset 294. Sam292929 posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:29 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) If Justin Haley wins he will not get points as the only 77 driver competing for points in cup is Quinn Houff 295. Danish_Pie posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The race isn't gonna be called. No rain and the sky looks to be clearing up. 296. JoeyLoganoFan22 posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:30 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) If haley wins, it will be NASCAR's biggest upset 297. Chase9Fan posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looking at radar, no way they call this. Looks like rain is heading the other way. Unless it rains hard enough to lose the track, this race is going green again. 298. MBenoit posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It'd be cool to see a huge upset, but I wanna see this race end under a flag that's not red. 299. Mile501 posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Unlike what Chris Buescher did at Pocono in 2016, a win by Haley wouldn't change the playoff picture. Not only is he not running Cup full-time, but the #77 is so far behind 30th in owner points that it is highly unlikely they would even be able to qualify for the owner's playoffs. 300. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:32 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) @290 You're right, its ridiculous that NASCAR would think of safety over racing. It just stinks that the lightning struck after the one to go signal was given. 301. Yeet posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If anyone has the official Top 10 right now comment it here please 302. Alex posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:34 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I can't believe Mother Nature screwed Kurt. Would be great to see her call things a little more consistently. 303. Tide1732 posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (3) What the last Cup driver to won a Race with non-points car? Justin Haley win could be a first Cup win for a start-and-park car. 304. Tide1732 posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good weekend for Matthew Kaulig 305. Chase9Fan posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Unless it rains, this race is going green again. And the skies are looking better. Would be nice to see the big upset, but won't happen. 306. Clint posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:37 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) @283 but nascar has access to the best radar and minutes before that dillon mentioned in his interview lightning. So there was lightning within view and you have radar, what made them think it wouldnt get within the ?parameters?? Just unbelievably stupid 307. 1995z71 posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Justin Haley out in front during a red flag?! Its NASCAR, we'd go back to green even if its 4 days later. 308. 52 posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:42 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) To be honest, Justin Haley winning would be bad for NASCAR. If I were a sponsor I wouldn't want to put big money into a sport where tiny teams win races. FOE probably gives Haley pennies compared to what Monster gives Kurt. 309. Sandy posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @307 we've already gotten through two stages 310. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looking at the radar I don't think NASCAR would need any excuse restart the race. The track isn't wet and it looks like the storm is missing the track so we should be able to go racing again here soon. 311. RealisticFishHead posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @303 Last non-points driver to win in Cup was Trevor Bayne in the 2011 Daytona 500. 312. Maverick19 posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @301 Haley Byron Johnson Ty Dillon Newman LaJoie Almirola DiBenedetto Can't remember 9th Kurt Busch 313. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @306 Dillon doesn't know who far that lightning is. It's flat down there and so the lightning he sees could be 12 miles out and moving away. That had nothing before calling one to go and then strike came. I don't blame NASCAR for this. They have a procedure in place and followed it. 314. Scott25 posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @303 Brad Keselowski winning at Talladega for James Finch was a win for a team that occasionally start and parked. The 77 has never start and parked. 315. Sector posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @311 Brian Vickers won at Loudon in 2013, so he was the most recent non-points driver to win in Cup. Justin Haley being bad for NASCAR? This would be awesome to see a first time winner, regardless of how it was won. I say it would be GREAT for the fans, deserving or not! 316. Br9sc8e posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If Spire wins, what position are they in owners points? 317. UnderdogDriversFan posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:51 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) @308 You kidding? An underdog winning would be great for NASCAR, it always is. 318. Anomynous posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rain in 4 319. Chase9Fan posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Skies look a bit worse on that shot. 320. Scott25 posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:52 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) I'd stop short of calling it the biggest upset ever because a rain shortened race is inherently more of a crapshoot than a race that goes full distance. Pretty much any video compilation of the greatest upsets doesn't include rain outs. 321. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It is now raining in Turn 4 so there will have to be some track drying done once it stops. 322. Sandy posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @312 36 Matt Tifft is in 9th place 323. Brock posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:56 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) @52 - I don't know what reality you're living in if you think a small team winning would be bad for the sport. A strong run by a small team makes sponsors take notice. That team picks up more sponsorship, and in time, they're no longer one of the little guys anymore. We really need to end this myth that an underdog's success - or mere presence - somehow wounds the big teams, or the sport itself. That's ridiculous. 324. Sandy posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Nascar.com and Google need to update the leaderboard because that's incorrect 325. Ultimate_Warrior_#18 posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:56 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) @308 i don't get how that's a bad thing but every body has an opinion. 326. Anomynous posted: 07.07.2019 - 3:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Barring that nobody gets disqualified Chase Elliott's average finish in the second Daytona race is a 30.75 with a best finish of 22nd in 2017 327. Chase9Fan posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 326, his luck is pathetic at this track. 328. Wil posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Interesting race. Really bad move by Austin Dillon, we're in The Blocking Era at superspeedways but that was a particularly atrocious move. I like Haley and would like to see him win, but not like this, hope we get to see a race to the checkered. 329. 52 posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'd like to not that that is the fake 52, no me who has used it since 2010. Lot of name pirates on here. 330. Anomynous posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:01 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Jet dryers on track, only for the precipitation in four earlier 331. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm going to assume that the leaderboards work just off the start/finish line. I don't think they've crossed it after the pit stops, hence why the leaderboards are of of whack. 332. Eric posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:02 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @308 What a buffoon 333. Sandy posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 6 minutes left in the 30 minute lightings clock 334. TinFoil posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:09 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @308 Kauffman, is that you? 335. Wil posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Sandy is begging for them to call it. I'm more than a little confused at why Kevin Harvick thought it would be a good idea to wreck Keselowski, other than because he doesn't like him. 336. Sandy posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:12 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 30 minute lightning clock has ended 337. Sandy posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @335 I wasn't 338. MBenoit posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:13 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) So, apparently Kevin Harvick's tire blew out during the red flag. Not sure I've ever seen anything like that before. 339. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The fans are coming back in the stands and Bubba Wallace has come out there with some footballs to play catch with them like he did at M.I.S. earlier this season. 340. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:13 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @335 Because he didn't, atleast not intentionally. He even Keselowski said as much. 341. Sandy posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:14 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Bubba Wallace playing football with the fans 342. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Daniel Hemric joins Bubba Wallace for the frontstretch fun. 343. Sandy posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Daniel hemric and Bubba Wallace playing Football with the fans 344. Yeet posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cars are uncovered, we'll have a race with 33 to go! 345. Jimmie4life posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:19 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Wallace and Hemric... Who doesn't love watching them interact with fans? 346. Sandy posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Drivers climbing back into their race cars 347. Sandy posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cars are being uncovered 348. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) and another 30 min wait begins. 349. Sandy posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) lightning Clock Has started again as Lightning struck again so we will wait another 30 minutes 350. Yeet posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Nvm, lightning clock resets for a strike 6.8 miles away 351. Sandy posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cars are being uncovered drivers climbing back into the cars we will go back racing denying Justin Haley from his first cup win 352. Jimmie4life posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Lightning, GAH! Have to wait another 30 minutes. 353. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Everyone is getting in the cars, the track is dry and ready to go, and just before we go back to the yellow there is a lightning strike 6.8 miles from the track. We'll stay red for at least another half hour. 354. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Lightning has been reported within six miles of the track, so once again we will wait 30 minutes before going back to racing. 355. Anomynous posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just when it looked like the underdog story wasn't going to happen. Haley as 30 more minutes to hope for rain 356. Wil posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) @340 I don't think it was intentional, but something tells me Harvick lifts if it's anyone other than Kes/Kyle Busch is in that car. He's too good a driver to slam draft in the middle of the race and think it's a good idea, and he likes to mess around on the track with guys he doesn't like. 357. Wil posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Why is Jones two laps down. It looked like he (somehow) got through that crash with minimal damage. 358. Jimmie4life posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I remember a race at Darlington in '99, when it was getting dark, and rain was pouring on the track, and they kept racing. You could even see lightning in the background. BACK THEN, they'd race with lightning 3 miles away from the track. 359. Sandy posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Under 20 minutes left in lightning clock #2 360. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:39 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @356 Then I think you're reading too much into it. I just see it as a bump that went wrong. 361. Maverick19 posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:40 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Just because it happened ?back then? doesn't mean that it wasn't dangerous or idiotic. 362. Mannoroth posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:41 pm Rate this comment: (2) (5) This would be a horrible day for our sport if Haley wins. Haley wouldn't even deserve his win, he only would win cause Dillon caused the big one and Kurt made a pit stop. 363. Jimmie4life posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:41 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @362 You are the type of person who hates seeing make a wish kids getting what they want... Why? 364. Sector posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @362 It would be deserving, because someone has to win one way or another. 365. Timothy_Eklund posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:43 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @363 he's been one of the most toxic posters on this site for the past 5 years, what do you expect? 366. Sandy posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Lightning clock was reset because another lightning hit we now have 18 minutes left 367. Jimmie4life posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @365 He has. It's just stupid how fans think NASCAR must be policed so strictly, and any unusual winner sucks. 368. MBenoit posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rain filling in to the South and headed towards the track. I think we're minutes from this thing being called, and the 77 team winning a race. Unreal. Feel so bad for Kurt Busch, though. 369. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Here comes the rain. 370. Yeet posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) There's rain on the way and it has bad intentions, we're about to see Justin Haley and Spire Motorsports bag their first wins I believe 371. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:58 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) What is it about the Fraternal Order of Eagles and Daytona? James Buescher came from 11th to 1st on the last lap to win a Busch race here in 2012, everyone wrecked in front of him and he got through, and now Justin Haley dodges the wreck and at the very least sure makes this one interesting. 372. Mile501 posted: 07.07.2019 - 4:59 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The exciting thing is, it is extremely unlikely that a driver who has already won this season will win today. Assuming we get back racing, drivers like Matt DiBenedetto, William Byron, Michael McDowell, Ty Dillon, Bubba Wallace, and Daniel Hemric will have a realistic shot at scoring their first career win. If we don't end up with a first-time winner, veteran drivers like Jimmie Johnson, Ryan Newman, and Paul Menard will have a realistic shot at scoring their first win in a long time. Of the 18 drivers currently on the lead lap, 11 have never won a Cup race and 14 have no more than 2 career wins. Even more shockingly, excluding Kyle Busch, no driver currently on the lead lap has won more than once in the last 2 years (dating back to mid-2017). 373. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The rain has now soaked the track so it will be at least 7-7:30 p.m. before we get going again. 374. RandomFacts posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @362 please just go away, you seem to only stick around to be an annoying troll at this point, go out and find a friend to fill that empty void in your life instead of wasting time here. 375. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:02 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Richard Petty once said "I'd rather be lucky than good." Justin Haley may be about to get real lucky. 376. David posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:04 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) I'm pretty sure that's just a Mannoroth impersonator at 362, and the moderator will likely ban whoever that is if that's the case. 377. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @376 and how would the moderator be able to ban someone on this site? None of us are registered under any sort of profile. 378. Alex posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Upset" in racing first requires that speed be a factor in the win. Staying on the lead lap and staying out under yellow and getting lucky doesn't fit that. 379. Mile501 posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:06 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Coming into today, Justin Haley's career best finish (in 3 starts) was a 32nd-place DNF at Talladega. Spire Motorsports' best-ever finish (excluding McMurray's 22nd in the Daytona 500) was 28th by Quin Houff at Charlotte. The team has not yet finished a race on the lead lap. 380. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If Spire Motorsports picks up the victory, they would not effect the owner playoff picture. The team sits 34th and about 100 points out of 30th place Go Fas Racing. 381. Wil posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:07 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 376- I agree. The comment didn't mention Kyle Busch. 382. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:08 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @378 This would probably fall under the fluke win category. 383. David posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:08 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 377, there are ways. Trust me. 384. Mile501 posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I wonder how hard Kurt Busch and his team are kicking themselves right about now. 385. James posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'll be happy if Haley wins. He might, if the rain and lightning don't stop or if the Air Titans can't dry the track quick enough. 386. RandomFacts posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:09 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) This would be an upset win, trying to get technical about what makes something an upset is silly. 387. Hi posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Current top 10 77 Justin Haley 24 William Byron 48 Jimmie Johnson 13 Ty Dillon 6 Ryan Newman 32 Corey LaJoie 10 Aric Almirola 95 Matt DiBenedetto 36 Matt Tifft 1 Kurt Busch This is according to NASCAR Alerts and NASCAR mobile hasn't updated 388. Timothy_Eklund posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Makes sense since mannoroth has dedicated his entire life to the worship of Kyle Busch 389. RandomFacts posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If they call the race this will only be the 2nd time the #77 won in cup and the first time since 1959. 390. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As much as I'd like to be happy if Hayley does win I'll be honest and say he and his team don't deserve this win, they're only in this position because of the lightning which was the right call after what happened at Pocono in 2012 when a fan was killed but this is a team that runs in last place almost every week and the way they got the lead wasn't good in my eyes. I'm not trying to hate on Hayley but in my opinion he doesn't deserve this win. 391. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) NASCAR coverage will be moving from NBC to the cable channel NBCSN. If this race resumes, that's the place to be. 392. Mile501 posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We can all say that the #77 doesn't deserve a win--and there is certainly a fair argument to be made in that regard--but on the other hand, there are 17 other teams on the lead lap. All of them knew storms were in the area and any of them could have chosen to do the same thing the #77 did instead of coming to pit road. 393. Wil posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Of course the 77 doesn't deserve to win, but Haley deserved to win the Xfinity race here last year. It would come full circle. That said I obviously hope we go back green. 394. Mile501 posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If comment #387 were to end up being the finishing order... - Justin Haley (1st) would get his first win. - William Byron (2nd) would get his first career top 5. - Jimmie Johnson (3rd) would get his best finish of the season. - Ty Dillon (4th) would get his first career top 5. - Ryan Newman (5th) would get his first top 5 since 2017. - Corey LaJoie (6th) would get his first career top 10. - Matt Tifft (9th) would get his first career top 10 (and his first finish better than 20th). 395. UnderdogDriversFan posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Who cares if they "deserve" to win? Someone winning other than the usual suspects is always a welcome surprise. 396. UnderdogDriversFan posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) NBC sucks. They really moved a race at DAYTONA so they could air a stupid track and field event?! 397. Kahne94595 posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Come on nascar, call it already. 398. Kahne94595 posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #396 Although it is under rain delay, why did they have to switch? This is why I miss Fox. 399. RandomFacts posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:30 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) #396 I dont blame them...cant expect the entire days broadcast to be just rain delay coverage. 400. joey2448 posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:30 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) OFFICIAL: Justin Haley has won the race! 401. Jensenators posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) He deserves to win because every driver and crew chief had the same chance to use the sane strategy. If Kurt Busch crew chief had left him out, he would be the winner. 402. Busch18 posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hey underdog shows how much you know even Fox what's it there with it on the main Network just to sit here and watch rain 403. 34McDowellFan posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:31 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) JUSTIN HALEY WINS DAYTONA 404. Danish_Pie posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:31 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) For the first time since 2007, two drivers end up getting their first career wins in back-to-back weeks, with Bowman winning last week. Casey Mears and Martin Truex Jr. we're the last two to do it. However he got it, congrats to Justin. In just his third start. 405. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I felt bad Haley came up just short of his first Xfinity win Friday night with that runner-up run. But now, eh, not so much now he has a Cup win to balance that out. 406. Yeet posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) HALEY WINS 407. George posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:32 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Congrats to Justin Haley on Cup win #1! 408. JoeyLoganoFan22 posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:32 pm Rate this comment: (2) (2) Biggest upset since brian vickers in 2013 409. RandomFacts posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:32 pm Rate this comment: (3) (1) Pretty crazy result, will be remembered as one of the biggest upset results in auto racing history, congrats to Justin Haley. 410. Timothy_Eklund posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's official: Haley and spire sports are now cup series winners! I sure hope he passes inspection. 411. Yeet posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:33 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) How about that Justin Haley and Spire Motorsports win the Coke Zero Sugar 400 !! 412. 52 posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Watch out for Haley to "suspiciously get disqualified" from this race. 413. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:34 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Again as much as I want to be happy for Hayley I'm just not 414. zc posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:34 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Only the SECOND win for car number 77 in the Cup Series. First since 1959 415. Yeet posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:36 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) This race will be remembered for a very long time, but I personally can't wait for this race to be moved next year with the high stakes of the final regular season race, not saying Haley didn't deserve it, but those last 33 laps would have likely been something special 416. Coach posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) The winner gets no points for the win, so technically nobody won this race. Good move NASCAR! 417. Woodbridge posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:38 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) This is the most restrictor plate thing ever 418. RandomFacts posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:38 pm Rate this comment: (4) (0) @416 That logic is a bit flawed.... 419. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:38 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) They had to interrupt a rerun of the Monster Jam World Finals to air some of NASCAR's rain delay coverage. Just about 20 minute later Haley's getting the trophy and NBCSN is back to the monster trucks like nothing happened. 420. Mile501 posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:39 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) @416 - By that logic, nobody wins a lot of the Xfinity races... 421. Jimmie4life posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @416 What would you do?: Wait for hours to get a race restarted that will only last 30 more minutes. Or declare a winner and let the teams get a chance to pack for Kentucky? 422. 1995z71 posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) @413/Altracing no one really cares what you think tbh 423. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 422 I could say the same thing about you 424. ShinyMew151 posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:41 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) By that logic no one won the Xfinity race either 425. Nathan8848 posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I can't think of another sporting event to compare it to. You could search online "biggest upsets in sports". I don't believe any of those even come close. Haley has shown in the other series that he can compete and looks to be a solid racer. It will help Spire Motorsports in so many ways. Maybe not now, but sometime down the road in a few years, if they are willing to compete. 426. Sector posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I was reading the chat on a live streaming site and people were trying so hard to explain that Justin Haley has a shot at a Cup championship now because he is "34th in the standings only about a 100 points out" (LOL). All this would be is almost another Ross Chastain 2.0 situation with Ross' Xfinity to Truck Series switch, if Haley does switch to Cup. The only issues are the fact that Haley hasn't attempted to run 15 Cup races already this season, he'd have ZERO points to start out the second half of the season (with 8 races to go before the Playoff begin), and he drives for a team that is literally running in the 30th's every week. He would also have to win again since this Daytona win would NOT count since he was a non-points driver at the time, just like Ross Chastain's Kansas win in Truck earlier this year. Stick to Xfinity Series for the rest of 2019 for points. 427. Sandy posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 2014 all over again 428. Mile501 posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:43 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) If you think about it like this, this race was won on pure strategy. The team that survived the big wreck and then made the best strategy call won the race. I would argue that this is preferable to races that have unnecessary late-race cautions that screw up the finishing order. At least this was completely in the team's hands. The #77 simply made the best call. 429. Coach posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @420 technically yes, for a while, Xfinity drivers weren't winning races. But we're talking about a Cup race today, not an Xfinity race. 430. MajorImplications posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:45 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) First Top 5 for Newman in the #6 and his first since Talladega late in 2017. Once again he stayed out of trouble and finished better than expected. 431. Sandy posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 2014 all over again because the race was supposed to run on Saturday but rain forced them to run on Sunday But it's a Rain Shortened race and then we get a driver getting the first cup win in their racing career 432. sloom posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:46 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Haley's win wasn't strategy. It was just pure chance. 433. Sector posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:46 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) Justin Haley won the race! Congratulations man! On another note, everyone is complaining because a PART TIMER ended up winning a Cup race in 2019. However, every other weeks we get those complaining about the same 'ole drivers winning (Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski, Martin Truex, Jr, Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick...) every week with no one else competing. This race is indeed a refresher, rain or checkered. Justin Haley is now a Cup winner. Can't take that away from him. Of course, hopefully he passes inspection which would be a real disappointed if they don't despite being an noncompetitive, super small team... 434. Yeet posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Before Daytona, Spire Motorsports is 34th in owner standings, exactly 100 points behind the 32 of Go Fas Racing in 30th, which just scored 6th today 435. RandomFacts posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It would be silly for Haley to switch to cup points, that team has no chance for a lead lap finish outside of a Daytona or Talledega race. 436. Sector posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #434 Maybe they were talking about in Owner's standings as to what I said in #426. However they were mentioned Justin Haley so they weren't clear as to what they were saying. This is the second straight week we've had a first time winner in Cup. Alex Bowman won last week at Chicago for his first career win. Justin Haley continued the streak for back to back first time winners. 437. Wil posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Congrats Haley! Great young racer with more Cup wins in his future. I'm disappointed in the rainout but it happens. 438. Wil posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:54 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The playoff picture is fascinating with Suarez, Bowyer, Jones and Newman fighting for 2 spots. My vote is Bowyer and Suarez but all it takes is one flat tire or blown engine to take someone out. 439. RandomFacts posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:54 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) 2nd year in a row the 2nd Daytona race produced a first time winner. 440. Danish_Pie posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:55 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Halfway through 2019, Spite Motorsports has more race wins than Stewart-Haas. Yes, this is real life. 441. Sandy posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) First Win for Peter Sozpenzo as Crew Chief since the 2003 Pontiac Excitement 400 with Joe Nemechek which was also rain shortened when that race went 393 when the scheduled distance was supposed to be 400 in that race 442. UnderdogDriversFan posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:58 pm Rate this comment: (1) (5) Justin Haley is now a winner in all three main series, and yes, he won that Xfinity race and nobody can convince me otherwise. Anyway,congrats Justin!!! 443. 1995z71 posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:58 pm Rate this comment: (2) (4) lol so many salty people on here downvote all you want, JUSTIN HALEY JUST WON AT DAYTONA....AGAIN 444. LarsonDixonLine posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @432 It was most definitely a strategic call. There was a lot of luck that played out in their favor but strategy got them into that position. They made the decision when pit stops were made, then they chose to stay out. You could see the storm looming and I'm sure they figured worst case it goes green for a bit and the delay happens regardless and they'd still likely be towards the front. Kurt Busch chose a different strategy where they weren't quite as willing to risk it all and rightfully so since they have the playoffs to think about. 445. Timothy_Eklund posted: 07.07.2019 - 5:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) This just shows once again that you can't please nascar fans at all, congrats to Justin though what an upset! 446. Sector posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:03 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "Justin Haley is now a winner in all three main series, and yes, he won that Xfinity race and nobody can convince me otherwise. Anyway,congrats Justin!!!" The record book is what matters. So that is enough to prove you are delusional. It sucks as much as it did with Brennon Poole losing his Talladega win, but it's reality. 447. Maverick19 posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:05 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Haley may have won the race, but it's still going to go down as one of the most undeserving wins of all time. An underdog win isn't fun if they don't actually earn it, all he did was be so far behind the wreck to miss it and then stay out. And sure I may be complaining, but I'm not the one that has been bitching about the same winners all year. 448. Danish_Pie posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:06 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) All the salty downvoters I'd be willing to bet have no problem when a Cup driver goes down to the Xfinity and wins races, but when an Xfinity guy goes up to Cup and steals one... xD Christopher Bell pointed this out on his Twitter, and it's amazing how it works out, just thinking about the odds of this happening: A driver running for truck points won the Xfinity race. And a driver running for Xfinity points won the Cup race. 449. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:07 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) It put more to luck the strategy. If that lightning strike didn't happen, they would have been back to green in half a lap and he would have been dropkicked backwards. @436 I wonder if someone caught at my comment at #380. Right now they are so far back in the standings, that they won't be in the owners championship. The teams they are fighting for all scored well today, so Spire's gains were minimal. 450. LarsonDixonLine posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:07 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) I just can't believe how many people are getting upset about this. Much like others have pointed out everyone complains that the same drivers win week in and week out but now we have a new winner in Justin Haley and people are saying he's undeserving and complaining again that he won. I would much rather see Haley win his first cup race and to call it undeserving is a bit of a stretch. He stayed on the lead lap, dodged the big one, put himself in a position to win, and luck played in his favor. How is that much different than a regular Daytona/Talladega race? It was just a bit more wet. 451. James posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Congrats to Justin Haley! 452. RandomFacts posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:08 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) I just cant understand how anyone cant feel good for Haley, this may open doors in his future Nascar career, at least give the kid an atta' boy. 453. LarsonDixonLine posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Congrats to Justin Haley though!! It's refreshing to see someone new win rain or not. He kept his nose clean, dodged the big one, and set himself up to take home a win at Daytona. 454. ThatsRacin posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Would it surprise anybody if NASCAR finds some obscure, not-typically-enforced, horseshit reason to disqualify Haley during post-race inspection? 455. UnderdogDriversFan posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) So many people complaining that he "didn't earn it." Oh please, I'd take this over Logano or Kyle winning any day. 456. UnderdogDriversFan posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (3) @446 The record book happens to be wrong. Haley wasn't even below the line, and even if he was, he had already made the pass before he went below. He was the true winner but because he wasn't a Cup guy NASCAR screwed him. Today he gets justice and good karma by winning. 457. NotSure posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) 30 minute waits for a single bolt of lightning? Even half that time seems excessive. 458. RandomFacts posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @457 they had a fan get struck by lightening and killed at Pocono in the past...better safe than sorry. 459. George_Costanza posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:22 pm Rate this comment: (4) (0) I totally forgot why I almost stopped watching NASCAR all together last season, and if it weren't for Ross Chastain, there's no way I'd be watching. But the majority of the people who call themselves race fans are the most toxic group of people I've ever seen. Most of you complain when the same drivers win, but when we finally get a good story of a young driver and a start up team win a Cup race at Daytona, most of you would rather find little ways to knit-pick this to death, calling it undeserved and a joke. There's no bigger joke to the sport of NASCAR, than the majority of these NASCAR fans. Rather than be happy, you guys just want to be upset over EVERYTHING. It's a sporting event, and Justin Haley won the race with the rules given. Would it make you guys feel better if it were Kyle Busch or Logano winning? 460. 52 posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @457 That's a national rule of thumb usually. When I raced track in high school the delay was the same for lightning. They do the same thing in the MLB as well. 461. Chase9Fan posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:32 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Man, i was driving to work when they officially called it. I think it's cool, congrats Justin and that entire team. It's cool because it's different, and a struggling team gets a big pay day. It's cool because it reminds you anything can happen in auto racing. It does nothing to change the playoff picture or anything like that, so this win really is just a mid-summer fun/surprise. I like it. 462. TinFoil posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:33 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) NASCAR might have the worst fan base. I can't believe all these jerk-offs calling for Hayley to be DQ'd. 463. Mile501 posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:36 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @459 - Excellent post. Regardless of the circumstances, it is refreshing to see someone different in victory lane. Congrats to Haley on his unexpected win! You don't have to be the fastest car to win, you just have to figure out how to cross the finish line first. I made this comment earlier but it bears repeating. Today, the #77 had the winning strategy. There were 17 other lead lap cars that could have done the same thing, but chose not to. 464. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:38 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) I say congratulations to Justin Haley and Spire Motorsports. They were in the winning position when the race was called. They nor NASCAR can't control the weather but can only make decisions off that. I do not blame NASCAR for giving the one to go signal, they are trying to get a race in and as long as the lightning is over 8 miles away, they can make every attempt. The track was clear so their was no use in waiting any longer. The timing of that lightning strike just came down to luck. Good luck for Justin Haley and bad luck for Kurt Busch. I did mention that it could be called a fluke victory, however, I don't believe that to be undeserving. The circumstances fell in a way that allowed the 77 team to steal a victory. 465. Chase9Fan posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So Justin Haley has more wins than Mike Skinner, Todd Bodine, Chad Little, Dick Trickle, Ty Dillon, William Byron, Kenny Wallace, Jeff Green, etc... Pretty cool! 466. ScottB posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So, prior to this, who was the last driver to win a Cup race as a part timer? 467. Maverick19 posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:45 pm Rate this comment: (2) (2) ?So many people complaining that he "didn't earn it." Oh please, I'd take this over Logano or Kyle winning any day.? Unlike you, I value the spirt of competition, and I feel that the driver that ran the best race should win. If that happens to be Kyle, Logano or anyone else that's won a ton so be it. They ran the best, they earned it. I don't care how many times they do it, it's the rest of the fields job to catch up. That should also be the mindset in every sport, whether it be basketball, football, or baseball. The best should rise to the top because they've worked the hardest and deserve the most recognition for their accomplishments. Your mindset of ?you get a win, you get a win, EVERYONE SHOULD GET A WIN!? isn't a wise mindset in this series, because it takes out the competitive spirit of the sport and devalues a win. If you think that everyone deserves a win or that people shouldn't win as much, a win loses its whole meaning in the first place. You have to work for it. Alex Bowman is a good example, he came back from his crash and running junk cars to finally win a race where he actually was a contender all day. And if we want a plate track example, David Ragan PASSING Carl Edwards on the final lap at Talladega. Due to the crash and the conveniently timed lightning Haley was able to win today after running towards the back, but to me it's a win in name only. It doesn't have the same feel and accomplishment that Bowman's win had last week. The first 126 laps he wasn't even close to the front. The one saving grace is that no one left after the crash really ran up front either. Your name is now UnderdogDriversFan now, yet you seem to have missed what makes an underdog story great. It's the constant battling from adversity and the feeling that they finally reached the top of the mountain. This...didn't feel like it since a lot of luck and circumstance was involved in getting Haley to the front. And since you choose to believe that Haley was the rightful winner of the Daytona race last year, then he theoretically should have nothing to get redemption from. As for underdog stories that felt sweet when they reached the top because they worked hard to get there, that was Bowman last week. That was Truex 4 years ago and Ross Chastain this year, yet you selectively choose who is and isn't an underdog to fit your hypocritical opinions. So when it comes down to it...you're using underdogs as a way to disguise the fact that you are bored with drivers winning all the time, even though they've earned it the most. Admit it. 468. Sector posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:46 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The rain postponed this race from Saturday to Sunday, from July 6th to July 7th. Justin Haley drove the Spire Motorsports car to victory lane on July 7th, 2019, thanks to a rain that shorten the race. Mother nature has been watching out for the 77 car by delaying the race and giving them an opportunity by cutting the race shorter to win on 7/7/2019. July is the 7th month of the year. 469. Chase9Fan posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Maverick. Ok, what would you have done different today if you were NASCAR in order for Haley to not win? Not like they called it early to give it to him. They tried to get it in. I mean, you can complain all you want, but what would you have done? Whether the 77 team "deserved" it or not, is irrelevant, they were the first place car at the time of stoppage and that is all that matters in racing. 470. George_Costanza posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @466 I'm almost positive the last part-timer to win a Cup race was Brian Vickers at New Hampshire in 2013. 471. Chase9Fan posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:52 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Best finish of the season for Bubba Wallace as well. 472. Maverick19 posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:55 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 469- My main point is that everyone is propping this up as an underdog victory when it just didn't feel like one to me. Extremely fortunate circumstances allowed Haley to win, which doesn't feel as satisfying as one where they a driver kept working hard and finally got a well deserved victory after running well. A win is a win (which I've already stated), but this race is always going to feel empty to me. 473. Sector posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #467 Well said! Except... "So when it comes down to it...you're using underdogs as a way to disguise the fact that you are bored with drivers winning all the time, even though they've earned it the most. Admit it." He's already showing his true colors on Ross Chastain's page because Ross has now won 4 times total in NASCAR's 3 national series, as well as having a fanbase of his own. Anywho, I do agree that Justin Haley's win wasn't as spectacular as one would like it to be, it's also great to witness in the process. We don't even know if he'll even have a solid Cup ride and will just vanish in a few years. This is his moment and it's a nice to have a fresh face in victory lane from the occasional winner at NASCAR's top series every so often. Similar to Chris Buescher's 2016 Pocono win. Besides would you not want to win in a situation like this in his shoes as well? "Alex Bowman is a good example" A.J. Allmendinger is actually another that is still fresh in my mind from Watkins Glen in... 2014? 474. Chase9Fan posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 472. I can agree this win was more of a fluke, luck, by chance than an underdog winning. It was a major upset, you can't deny that, but I think we can all agree he wasn't gonna win on speed. I am happy for him though. Neat story. 475. 34McDowellFan posted: 07.07.2019 - 6:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) For some reason Mark Beard doesn't link to his Owner Page in the results 476. Ed posted: 07.07.2019 - 7:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Half the top 10 scored their best career finish, pending inspection results of course (Haley, Byron, T. Dillon, LaJoie, Tifft) 477. Yeet posted: 07.07.2019 - 7:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) There's literally people who just said to me it's stupid because Haley doesn't deserve to be in the playoffs like BAHAHAHA it's moments like this where you find the people that are actually into the sport and who the "keyboard cowards" are 478. Chap904 posted: 07.07.2019 - 7:07 pm Rate this comment: (2) (4) For everyone that is saying they want "the best driver to win," keep in mind this is NASCAR & because of the chase, no even best driver can win the championship. 479. possum posted: 07.07.2019 - 7:07 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @454 - depends on whether NASCAR brass is pissed at Haley for being vocal about the Xfinity race, or if they think they screwed that one up, and owe him something. @457 - it's based on the fact that the atmospheric conditions which cause lighting can extend a considerable distance from an observed strike, so time has to be allowed for the whole storm to move that far. For a typical Florida summer weather pattern 30 min is probably more than what's needed, but on the other hand lighting tends to hit the highest point, which would be the stands where the fans are sitting, so better safe than sorry. 480. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 7:11 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @472 I see where you're coming from as it wasn't they way you would want an underdog team to win. The problem I have with the deserving label is that, it would truly only apply to Kurt Busch as he was the leader when the caution flew. But even then, he just happened to be the first car to make it through the wreck. Would we be getting the same reactions if say, Justin Haley pits at one to go and William Byron is called the winner. They only way NASCAR is going to get a "deserving" winner in a situation like this is if they do what other series do when a race is shortened and that is to use the standings on the penultimate green flag lap as the final rundown. This would negate anything that happened in the crash along with the ensuing pit stops. 481. UnderdogDriversFan posted: 07.07.2019 - 7:13 pm Rate this comment: (3) (4) My favorite races are plate races like this one because anything can happen, and today, anything DID happen. The plates are pretty much the only races I'll watch live anymore, any other track I'll just find out the results online. I hate knowing who's gonna win before it starts. When I want that I'll watch WWE. I'd like to see more plate races. 482. Evan posted: 07.07.2019 - 7:17 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Just a wild set of circumstances. I am so happy to see Justin Haley win no matter what the circumstances, I certainly didn't see him winning this race. But no matter what, to be a winner in the Cup Series is a huge deal, today Mother Nature worked her magic and Lady Luck dealt a good hand to Haley, who gets a surprise win. He gets to bring a trophy with him when he goes to meet the Fraternal of Eagles, and this will be something that he will remember for a long time. There's nothing like a victory and by golly, you take 'em any way you can get them. 483. Chase9Fan posted: 07.07.2019 - 7:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 480. I could get behind something like that, and for the record I am happy Haley won today, but that would be one way to eliminate the flukes, which today was, no question. 484. Wil posted: 07.07.2019 - 7:21 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) This is the most disgustingly toxic thread I've ever seen on this website. Wow 485. Guest posted: 07.07.2019 - 7:23 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) Look all you people who think there is something cool about Haley winning. How many cars did this guy actually pass on the track? I want the figure. What a joke. Let's hope Rick Ware gets a win at the next plate race or maybe Jay Robinson. 34th in points, lol, what a waste of a race. 486. Chase9Fan posted: 07.07.2019 - 7:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 485, it's not like these wins happen often, that is why i don't consider it a "joke". It's rare, very rare. And it was by pure chance and luck. NO one is denying that. 487. Wil posted: 07.07.2019 - 7:24 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @485 It's a Nascar race. There are people dying in the world. Get over i 488. George_Costanza posted: 07.07.2019 - 7:25 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) @484 I know right? Some of these people are the reason why fans are leaving like crazy. Who wants to deal with these toxic losers? I also had a guy on Facebook try to explain why NASCAR should've ran the race with lightning around. I explained that a fan died in 2012 from a lightning strike, and he told me to mind my own business and to stop being a pussy. I really can not stand some NASCAR fans. 489. Chase9Fan posted: 07.07.2019 - 7:28 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) 488. I can't either. Definitely coming from the "softer" world we live in now has trickled over to NASCAR fans. It held up as a hard core sport for a while, but the thin skinned overly emotional folks about everything are finding their way into it. It's ok to be upset your driver had a bad race. It's ok to be upset at the product and it's ok to be upset at a guy you can't stand winning, but this thread has taken a turn way south. Haley and his team did what they were paid to do, get to the front. THey did by not pitting. Is what it is. Good job 77 team for taking advantage of a situation. 490. Sector posted: 07.07.2019 - 7:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #479 / possum Just wanted to let you know that it's "Lightning." Not lighting :) 491. Wil posted: 07.07.2019 - 7:31 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @488 That's fans in all sports minus the MLB tho. I spend a lot of time on similar NBA and NFL sites and they are just as if not more toxic. I need to close this website immediately, I'm happy for Haley but scrolling through these comments gave me a headache and put me in a bad mood. 492. Ultimate_Warrior_#18 posted: 07.07.2019 - 7:31 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Congrats Justin Hayley congrats Spire Motorsports they spent over 6 million on a charter last year (78) what a nice payback. Speaking of paybacks Justin got robbed of the xfinity win last July guess this is redemption kind of. Nobody has said this yet but Matt McCall dude seriously you see the sky you really pitted wow. 493. Wil posted: 07.07.2019 - 7:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @492 As a McMurray fan let's just say I was never a fan of Matt McCall's work. 494. Chase9Fan posted: 07.07.2019 - 7:47 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 493, haha we have that in common, but yeah I agree. Tougher call at tracks where coming back to the front is impossible I get, but at Daytona you don't pit until you have to. But in fairness, it wasn't just McCall that did it, a lot of teams did. 495. 1995-Subaru-WRX-Sti posted: 07.07.2019 - 8:02 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Post #459 said it better then I could and I have been saying it on here (and other places) for years. "NASCAR might have the worst fan base. I can't believe all these jerk-offs calling for Hayley to be DQ'd." It IS THE worst fan base. 496. RaceFan8788 posted: 07.07.2019 - 8:02 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) "Waste of a Win" "Undeserving" That's total crap. That team busts their asses to put cars out on the track each week. They have every right to be in victory lane as much as the other 39 cars. Doesn't matter how, the ultimate goal is to win. They did. Congratulations!! ?? 497. George_Costanza posted: 07.07.2019 - 8:28 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) https://sports.yahoo.com/why-justin-haley-and-spire-motorsports-win-at-daytona-is-a-black-eye-for-nascar-233945944.html I have a feeling Rob Kauffman wrote this article. It's laughably bad. Saying that Spire Motorsports shouldn't even exist and even though it's a brand new team, the fact they normally run bad is horrible for NASCAR. Quite opposite, actually. It's great that small teams can actually compete in NASCAR, albeit only a few times a year. 498. Mile501 posted: 07.07.2019 - 8:38 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @497 - That article is a black eye for NASCAR. How ridiculous. 499. Altracing posted: 07.07.2019 - 8:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looking back I am now happy for Hayley and hopes this could lead to an opportunity to drive for a better cup team in the future. The question I have for Kurt is why not just stay out even if the restart was still happening? Were tires that big of a deal in this race because I feel like if Kurt would get a good restart he might of been able to hold off everyone else. 500. Mile501 posted: 07.07.2019 - 8:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @499 - I assume he pitted because, had the race gone green to the finish, he wouldn't have had enough fuel. 501. Mile501 posted: 07.07.2019 - 8:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So the playoff picture is pretty interesting at the moment. The top 14 drivers are all likely to be in the playoffs, unless one of them has a disastrous summer. Johnson's 3rd-place finish today along with other recent strong runs have helped to solidify his position. But who will take up the last 2 spots? Bowyer and Jones are fast but have been inconsistent (Bowyer has 3 crash DNFs in the last 4 races), while Suarez and Newman are more consistent but not as fast. Only 2 of them will make the playoffs (unless someone lower in the standings gets a surprise win somehow) while the other 2 will be left out. Currently, these 4 drivers are separated by just 14 points. 502. NewGuyOnTheBlock posted: 07.07.2019 - 8:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think Kurt pitted because, as Dale Jr kept saying on the broadcast, tires were so important for handling purposes. We saw earlier in the race that Stenhouse was able to charge from last to the top-5 after spinning out because he got fresh tires. So Kurt and his crew probably thought that if they got fresh rubber they could out drive the rest of the competition. As for that article, yeah Nick Bromberg seems to be the kinda guy that really doesn't like NASCAR, but is forced to cover it for YahooSports. How the hell is a backmarker team getting a fluke win a blackeye for the sport? I'll admit I'd rather see someone else win but hey, NASCAR has had plenty of fluke wins in the past and we're still here kicking. 503. ScottB posted: 07.07.2019 - 8:52 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Due to the circumstances at the end of this race, multiple cars listed as running status that were really going to the garage and done for the day. 504. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 8:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @500 They would have been screwed had they not pitted. A lot of guys came in as soon as the pits opened hoping to make it too the end. Kurt's team waited to one to go probably hoping lightning would have struck sooner. Mother Nature just didn't cooperate. 505. UnderdogFan89 posted: 07.07.2019 - 8:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Lost in all this is the fact that the battle for the last spot of the Chase narrowed considerably. There is only a 14 point gap from 15th to 18th in points. 506. Sandy posted: 07.07.2019 - 8:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Justice was Served to Haley today 507. _Pale_Writer_ posted: 07.07.2019 - 8:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I wonder if the guy who wrote that article thinks there should have been no small teams and independents back in the day? No JD McDuffies or James Hyltons or Elmo Langleys? 508. Robby posted: 07.07.2019 - 8:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yep, definitely the WORST FAN BASE IN ALL OF SPORTS!!! Everybody whines because the "same guys are winning" all the time, today they are whining about an EXTREME UNDERDOG driver and team winning because they "lucked out" and it was rain shortened... I have a little song for those "fans". "NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLES IVE SEEN, NOBODY KNOWS MY SORROW. Smh. 509. HowardSalwasser posted: 07.07.2019 - 8:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If ESPN ever revived "Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame", today's race could be one of the events covered. 510. ScottB posted: 07.07.2019 - 9:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 497/498 This win by Spire could boost the entry count for the next few Daytona and 'Dega events. Don't see how it can be bad for the sport as a whole to have a little team win every so often. 511. Jason24 posted: 07.07.2019 - 9:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 3 guys got their first career top 5; Haley, Byron and Ty Dillon. Newman got his first top 5 since Talladega in the fall of 2017. 512. Chase9Fan posted: 07.07.2019 - 9:18 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 497. That article is a mess. He basically is complaining like so many fans on here did. I get it, NASCAR thought they were going racing, then a cloud to ground lightning bolt hit close to the track. It happens, move on. 513. TeamDCRfan posted: 07.07.2019 - 9:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 497 It's by Yahoo, so what can you expect. 514. Ryan posted: 07.07.2019 - 9:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) For those that don't know... Justin Haley and his team Spire Motorsports is a back marker team that solely exists to make money off NASCAR. The team doesn't run competitively and had an average finish of 32.5 entering Sunday's race. Spire is also a driver and team agency as well. The team exists because the agency got the charter from the defunct Furniture Row Racing team and wouldn't be allowed in any other major sports series. No other league allows team owners to also be agents for the league's participants. Also, this make four out of the last six Daytona Cup races that the winner has only led the last lap of the race (Ku. Busch '17 D500, A. Dillon '18 D500, Eric Jones '18 Coke Zero 400, and now Haley). The last time Chevrolet won consecutive Cup races was in 2017 (over two years ago) when Austin Dillon won the Coca-Cola 600 and the next week Jimmie Johnson won at Dover. I believe this was the best car Austin Dillon ever had. When I initially saw the incident I thought he was %100 to blame, however, I do believe when Bowyer came off Dillon's bumper it got him a little sideways. That and I believe he was already trying to commit to the bottom to pick up the bottom line again like he had while he was leading earlier in the race. I felt that Haley deserved to win the Xfinity race last year at Daytona and I felt he was classy as he could have been in that situation last year after the race was over. I believe he was rewarded today because of his actions last year. Although he was 27th when the big one occurred everyone left on the lead lap had the same opportunity as he did to do what he did to win the race. Yes, NASCAR is going to take some punches for what happened, but they have protocol in place when lighting strikes and they can't help what happened. Had lighting struck 30 seconds earlier then Kurt Busch would have won. Busch was just unlucky, that's all. 515. Nucl3arWa4le posted: 07.07.2019 - 9:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor updates #1 - Global Poker Camo #2 - Miller Lite Stars & Stripes #6 - Roush Performance / Acorns #8 - Cessna / Beechcraft #9 - NAPA Batteries Patriotic #36 - Ron Jon Surf Shop 60th Anniversary #37 - Scott Comfort Plus / Viva / Hellmann's #42 - Credit One Bank Patriotic #47 - Kroger / Planters / Bush's Beans #51 - Jacob Companies / RingPower.com #62 - Beard Oil / South Point Hotel & Casino #88 - Valvoline American Heroes 516. Chase9Fan posted: 07.07.2019 - 9:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 51, about Austin, I still think he is mostly to blame, but at the same time, it's a restrictor plate deal. The end of the race was coming and the drivers sensed it. Went for it, is what it is. I hate it cause my guy was in it, but these plate races are what they are. Will be interesting as race #26 next year. 517. WardburtonFan posted: 07.07.2019 - 10:15 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @George_Constanza That guy who wrote the article is so dumb. That lightning strike was completely out of NASCAR's hands. Yeah, weather was in the area, but this lightning strike was sudden and fell within 8 miles of the speedway, which is what NASCAR determined is too close for comfort to risk drivers lives, fans lives and the NBC Sports' crews lives for what would've amounted to such a small amount of racing. We should be praising NASCAR for finally getting the communication right and following the rules they set in place for the first time in God knows how long. NASCAR was going to go back to green as the track was cleaned, with weather in the area, but threw the caution back out(which has happened before in cases of scoring errors and nobody complains it seems like)because a freak lightning bolt threw a monkey wrench into the plans. And NASCAR was even going to go back racing after track drying and the lightning clock expired, but they determined they could dry the track and get the race restarted and finished in a reasonable amount of time for the fans to get back to their weekday lives. I say they got it right here. 518. NotSure posted: 07.07.2019 - 10:45 pm Rate this comment: (2) (2) @488 - The reason fans have left like crazy is due to the poor decisions made by the sellouts who run LOLCAR. I haven't watched much this year but every time I do the announcers are always reminiscing about the old days. They know they've lost their way and they have no idea how to reverse the deep dive into irrelevancy. It doesn't help that the money - which will run dry when the existing TV contract is over - wants stinkers like stage racing and playoffs. Why are people upset about today's race? It was setting up to be an interesting finish featuring veteran drivers who haven't won in a while and younger drivers who have yet to win. (Kyle Busch's car looked too damaged to be a threat). It looked like it was going to restart. Then it wasn't. Good for Justin Haley, but I suspect fans would've preferred just about anyone else left. This could've been avoided had they started at 11am or 12pm. Apparently NBC is convinced NASCAR fans would rather watch angry lesbians play soccer over one of the most popular races of the year. 519. JSPorts posted: 07.07.2019 - 10:45 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Fun fact: this is just the 2nd ever Cup win for car #77, and the first in nearly 60 years. 520. Ultimate_Warrior_#18 posted: 07.07.2019 - 10:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I read the article it's the worst thing I've ever read he whined about everything he's doesn't watch the sport he pretty much trolled the entire article. Disrespected Justin Hayley and questioning the integrity of Spire Motorsports just disgusting. 521. 34McDowellFan posted: 07.07.2019 - 10:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Not sure Harvick is considered running as he went behind the wall when the drivers went back to their cars due to his tire exploding under red. 522. SeminoleIndian posted: 07.07.2019 - 11:05 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Justin Haley nor that team had ever finished on the lead lap before in a cup race. His best cup finish before was 32nd. The car number 77 hadn't won a cup race since 1959! This has to be the biggest upset ever 523. Iamthedebris posted: 07.07.2019 - 11:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I said this yesterday, and I will say it again. You fans are never satisfied. They change the rules, and we still complain. When can you guys ever be happy? 524. KentuckyWildcat42 posted: 07.07.2019 - 11:05 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Last time a cup winner received O points (To my knowledge) would be Trevor Bayne at the 2011 Daytona 500. In which on that weekend: Michael Waltrip won truck race on Friday. Received 0 points Tony Stewart won Xfinity race on Saturday. Received 0 points Trevor Bayne won Daytona 500 on Sunday. Received 0 points YOU WILL NEVER SEE THAT AGAIN!! 525. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 11:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @523 Don't lump all of us in with the people who complain anytime NASCAR enforces a well known rule. Some of us do try to understand where NASCAR comes from and today I say they made all the right calls. 526. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 11:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @524 They did go two for two this weekend with the winners scoring 0 points. 527. Corey posted: 07.07.2019 - 11:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @521 He drove it to pit road but didn't get the chance to not continue. I say his status should be running. 528. JSPorts posted: 07.07.2019 - 11:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @524 Brian Vickers received 0 points when he won at New Hampshire in 2013. 529. Ultimate_Warrior_#18 posted: 07.07.2019 - 11:29 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) @518 angry lesbians wow dude that's disrespectful. 530. Chase9Fan posted: 07.07.2019 - 11:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 518, i laughed hard at your last statement!! It's so true. 531. Wil posted: 07.07.2019 - 11:42 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) In terms of the telecast, in the massive crash I love how Jr said "it's gonna be a big one!" before Rick Allen even said "Around goes the 3!" Jr is so passionate about racing he's like a giddy kid up there who can't help himself. Reminds me some of early broadcasting career DW. The crash was Dillon's fault, no way around it. It wasn't his fault that Bowyer's move got him loose, but after getting loose he had the chance to turn back up the track but blocked AGAIN. Not smart. In his post crash interview he looked like a puppy who just peed on the carpet. @518 Saying "angry lesbians" is a good way to ruin your entire comment. This thread is straight poison. 532. NotSure posted: 07.07.2019 - 11:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @529 - I know. 533. Wil posted: 07.07.2019 - 11:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @523 Don't lump all of us into the whining fans category. I will say though-- I knew there were some bad apples in the Nascar fanbase, but this comment thread really illuminates how toxic many Nascar fans are. I'm appalled at a lot of these comments. 534. Chase9Fan posted: 07.07.2019 - 11:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) There are some bad fans, but not liking certain things about the product doesn't make one a bad fan. For me, I hate the stages. It takes away strategy. I miss good ol fashion fuel mileage races. I don't see the need to have stages. I did eventually warm up to the chase, then playoffs they call it, but I will never like the stages. Does that make me a bad fan? 535. NewJack posted: 07.07.2019 - 11:50 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Hate it when those Cup-whackers come up from the xFinity series to steal wins from these hard working Cup drivers.. ;) But seriously, congrats to Haley! It's a pretty cool deal, and it fits nicely in the way he wins. Never leads a bunch of laps, but always seems to be around at the end. I'm glad this doesn't happen EVERY week, but it's pretty cool especially with the monotony of winners so far this year before this week and last week. 536. Andy posted: 07.08.2019 - 12:22 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @499 - MRN radio said it was a misunderstanding. They were told one lap to go before restart, so they (the crew chief) assumed it is better to have fresh tires for the remaining 30 or so laps and called him to pit. But them they showed the red flag and that was it. 537. Canadianfan posted: 07.08.2019 - 12:37 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @518 You are aware NotSure That per NASCAR rules they cannot change the start of a race more than one hour before it's scheduled start and even that has to be decided 24 hours prior to the race actually starting. After that the most they can do is 20 minutes. It's not fair to the fans arriving at the track. Plus you will never be able to convince either FOX or NBC to start their coverage earlier than what has been agreed upon at the beginning of the year. 538. Wil posted: 07.08.2019 - 12:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @534 Of course not. I don't see you attacking this guy, attacking that guy, bitching about stuff etc. I learned last year that when you start going after others it drives people away and is poison for the fan base. I was salty over Mac losing the 1 and took anger out on rational posters like JSPorts and others, confident to the point of arrogance and overall kind of a prick; if you disagreed with me you had to be an idiot. That drives people away from this site and the sport in general. NASCAR has enough problems, the last thing it needs is for its fans to turn on each other. There's been a lot of ?you're new to racing and a moron? and ?nobody cares what you think? in this thread and it's unhealthy. 539. Wil posted: 07.08.2019 - 1:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Haley said in the post race presser that crew chief (slash man of the hour) Pete Suspenzo was pissed at him for wrecking the Talladega car. I'll never understand how when drivers get caught in a wreck at a plate track, the owner/crew is mad at the driver. The first thing Richard Petty said to Bubba after his p2 in Daytona 500 was ?The number one rule was bring it home in one piece.? What do they want the drivers to do, it's plate racing stuff happens. 540. racefangurl posted: 07.08.2019 - 1:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I suppose people will call this a fluke. Maybe it is. Time will tell. I can't be sure if it is or isn't so I'll wait and see. After how I acted in my old pie in the sky days a few years ago, I have to hold out on calling it. 541. Chase9Fan posted: 07.08.2019 - 3:15 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) 540, it was a fluke, but a fun fluke. haha 542. Danish_Pie posted: 07.08.2019 - 3:59 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) For the second time at Daytona, Fraternal Order of Eagles is the sponsor of a shocking winner at Daytona. FOE was James Buescher's sponsor in his mad dash to the finish line avoiding a last turn wreck a the 2012 DRIVE4COPD 300 in the Nationwide season opener. 543. Ryan posted: 07.08.2019 - 7:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @531 I don't believe he ever had full control of his car yet after Bowyer made him loose. He gets the blame for coming down no matter if he did or didn't have control of it. I believe he had in his mind he was coming down to the bottom regardless before he even got loose. Ah, restrictor plates. It was going to happen at some point, especially late in the race. 544. _Pale_Writer_ posted: 07.08.2019 - 7:18 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) One of the things this race reminded us of is the fact that NASCAR has been predictably unpredictable since Day One. And we may gripe and complain about it sometimes, but that fact is one of the reasons we love it. One of the biggest reasons we follow it. Any ANY driver or team that wins at this level, deserves it. They--and the forces of the universe--put themselves in position to win and they took advantage of it. Now, we may not like how they got there--or we may wish someone else got there first---but that doesn't mean they didn't earn their success. I hope all the Haley Haters will take a moment to use this very site to check his credentials. The little dude has done some pretty big things for a 20-year-old most folks had never heard of until yesterday. And I have a feeling he's going to keep on doing big things. 545. Gordon24 posted: 07.08.2019 - 7:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I didn't get to see the race because of Work but congrats to Haley. I'm so glad a new guy won, especially a guy I'm a fan of. 546. Dave33333 posted: 07.08.2019 - 8:35 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) @497 This is great for Justin Haley, and I believe if you're angry, you're aiming at the wrong guy and especially since it's just a kid and he shouldn't be harassed over it. But the article makes a point with Spire Motorsports. Realize: This isn't exactly NASCAR's fault, who the heck knew some weird strategy would lead to this. But nah, Spire winning is literally Rob Kauffman's fault because he made the charter system. All this charter is being used for is for profit, it's being purposefully misused to make money. Spire is an agency, and they just got a load of cash on top of that charter money. You'd think this would go to they operations right? ...Right? Nope, none of that will go to the team, straight to the agency. It's great for Haley and all but... Spire winning is horrible for NASCAR. Spire's team owner is trash and doesn't actually care for his team and it's pathetic. 547. Jeff posted: 07.08.2019 - 9:05 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) Great to see a first time winner for team and driver. For those complaining, would you rather it be another forgettable JJ/Harvick/Truex/Busch win? 548. Clint posted: 07.08.2019 - 10:29 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) I wish Landon Cassill didnt pit and picked up the win. Wouldve been a better story for a guy with over 300 starts getting the win for a small team. Haley will get his chances in the future hard to believe Cassill will. Cassill posted on twitter after the race ?Had my change gave it away?. Spire seems to be a cash in team as well where Cope is trying to build it into a legitimate team 549. TeamDCRfan posted: 07.08.2019 - 11:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 548 Same here. I watched the replay and saw he was up front behind Kurt and had a chance at least finishing top 5. Something tells me there is going to be a discussion between Derrike and the Crew Chief of the 00. 550. Mannoroth posted: 07.08.2019 - 11:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Where's Me.? Two drivers that doesn't win just won their first Cup races. He should be celebrating... 551. ScottB posted: 07.08.2019 - 12:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 546, I'm really confused about why the writer of the article thinks it's a conflict of interest for an agent to be a team owner. I don't see the problem there. Comparing team ownership in racing to other sports is pointless. Mark Cuban wouldn't be allowed to own the NBA Dallas Mavericks, plus the Knicks and the Lakers and the Bulls, plus have an alliance with the Pistons and the Heat where he supplied them with players. It's not been that many years since Roush had 5 cars in a 10 car playoff, or Dale Earnhardt was driving for Childress while founding his own DEI team with his son as one of the drivers. All day long during Sunday's race, we heard about how Chevy teams were under manufacturer's orders to line up on the inside lane and Ford teams were taking the outside. Racing has no draft for young talent, no salary cap, very little of the structure that stick and ball sports do (even with the addition of charters, which as the NASCAR version of franchises). You can sign another team's star driver with no compensation to the team you took him from, or even take a sponsor along with the driver. Racing is a weird sport, and shouldn't be expected to conform to the model of stick and ball team sports. As far as Spire existing to make money, yeah DUH, all teams do. Gibbs, SHR, Penske, Hendrick... none of those are charities. No owner is funding competitive teams long-term out of his own pockets. The rise and fall of Furniture Row, the team Spire acquired their charter from, is a good lesson in that. To think that Spire is going to be competitive every week in their first season is totally unrealistic. 552. Wil posted: 07.08.2019 - 12:55 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Rick Allen says "Smoke rolling out of the cars...that even cleared this incident." Um...obviously they didn't clear it if they have damage and smoke rolling out of their cars. Sometimes I wonder if Allen has improved, or if I've just gotten used to how bad he is. 553. Timothy_Eklund posted: 07.08.2019 - 1:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @550 me. Is UnderdogFan you can tell by his arrogance 554. Jimmie4life posted: 07.08.2019 - 1:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) People are so upset with the call to end the race, but... here's something: Would you wait 5-6 hours to see 30-45 minutes of racing? Most people'd say no. Also, this is the polar opposite race to this one: 2007 Lifelock 400. Race delayed for 2-3 hours, and they get 60 laps of racing in. It was an idiotic move to keep the race going, since it was a chase race, and when they got the race back underway, it got dark before the 210 laps were finished. 555. Eric posted: 07.08.2019 - 1:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The #77 car won on 7/7 with 177 days left in the year... 556. UnderdogFan89 posted: 07.08.2019 - 1:41 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Another thing to remember folks: Justin Haley will be in next year's All Star Race. 557. Wil posted: 07.08.2019 - 2:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @554 "Would you wait 5-6 hours to see 30-45 minutes of racing? Most people'd say no." Actually, most people, including myself, would say yes. 558. Cornys posted: 07.08.2019 - 2:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Simple solution to all of this. If the race goes yellow and never returns to green, the finishing order reverts to the running order prior to the pits being opened on that caution. Stupid problem, easy solution. 559. ShinyMew151 posted: 07.08.2019 - 2:10 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Even better solution, don't revert 560. Corey posted: 07.08.2019 - 2:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @558 I mentioned this earlier up thread, but I believe its the FIA (and some other series) that usually revert back to the penultimate green flag lap run should the race be shortened for whatever reason. If NASCAR had something like this in place, I believe Denny Hamlin would have been the victor. 561. UnderdogFan89 posted: 07.08.2019 - 3:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Top 10 Points Finishers. Actual finish in parentheses. 1. William Byron (2) 2. Jimmie Johnson (3) 3. Ty Dillon (4) 4. Ryan Newman (5) 5. Corey Lajoie (6) 6. Aric Almirola (7) 7. Matt DiBenedetto (8) 8. Matt Tifft (9) 9. Kurt Busch (10) 10. J.J. Yeley (12) Notes: This race was definitely a weird one for Points Finishers. To start with, this is the first race since stage racing was implemented that the Top 10 Points Finishers finished in the same order as the race (though not the same as the Top 10, due to Haley not running for Cup Points). This is the first race since the second race of the season where three different drivers have earned his first Points Top 10 (Lajoie, Tifft, Yeley). There were actually three drivers tied for 10th place with 25 points: Yeley, Alex Bowman, and Ricky Stenhouse. This tie was broken, as ties have been previously, by final finishing position. This is Aric Almirola's 10th Points Top 10 of the season. This is the 6th different race in which the driver who won the race did not score the most points. This would have been true even if Haley was running for Cup Points. This is the first race of the year in which the Points Top 10 for Owners is different than the equivalent Drivers Top 10. In the Owners Top 10, the #77 would be in 2nd, pushing everyone else down one spot. 562. Jimmie4life posted: 07.08.2019 - 3:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well, you can never make everyone happy. That's why it's fun to have differing opinions. 563. George_Costanza posted: 07.08.2019 - 3:41 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Not sure if it's been said so far. Of the last six Daytona Cup races, dating back to the 2017 Daytona 509, four of those races were won by a driver who only led one lap. 564. _Pale_Writer_ posted: 07.08.2019 - 4:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Any team owner who says he isn't in racing to make money is a bold faced liar and his feet don't match. It doesn't matter who it is, every team milks every dollar out of every sponsor. They ride them like a circus pony until there is nothing left and then they move on. It's the nature of the beast nowadays. The days of owners being in NASCAR solely because they love the sport went away years ago. It has always been a business to some extent, but now it's a little too far over the edge. 565. JSPorts posted: 07.08.2019 - 4:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Here's a ranking of drivers based on their 2019 points after 18 races - 2018 points after 18 races (this shows who's improved the most since this point last season): 1st: William Byron, +180 2nd: Corey LaJoie, +155 3rd: Chase Elliott, +141 4th: Daniel Suarez, +122 5th: Ryan Newman, +111 6th: Alex Bowman, +108 7th: Joey Logano, +82 8th: Chris Buescher, +76 9th: Ty Dillon, +66 10th: Matt DiBenedetto, +62 11th: Denny Hamlin, +50 12th: Paul Menard & Austin Dillon, +19 14th: Brad Keselowski, +17 15th: Reed Sorenson, +15 16th: Jimmie Johnson, +13 17th: Ryan Blaney, +12 18th: Aric Almirola, +9 19th: Kurt Busch, -2 20th: Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., -9 21st: Erik Jones, -18 22nd: Martin Truex, Jr., -32 23rd: Michael McDowell, -38 24th: David Ragan, -55 25th: Kyle Busch & Kevin Harvick, -67 27th: Kyle Larson, -71 28th: Bubba Wallace, -74 29th: Clint Bowyer, -150 30th: Jamie McMurray, -297 566. JSPorts posted: 07.08.2019 - 4:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And here's the same ranking for teams: 1st: #19 Joe Gibbs Racing, +279 2nd: #1 Chip Ganassi Racing, +248 3rd: #6 Roush Fenway Racing, +209 4th: #24 Hendrick Motorsports, +180 5th: #9 Hendrick Motorsports, +141 6th: #88 Hendrick Motorsports, +108 7th: #22 Team Penske, +82 8th: #37 JTG Daugherty Racing, +76 9th: #52 Rick Ware Racing, +75 10th: #13 Germain Racing, +66 11th: #11 Joe Gibbs Racing, +50 12th: #23 BK Racing/#36 Front Row Motorsports, +49 13th: #8/31 Richard Childress Racing, +33 14th: #21 Wood Brothers Racing & #3 Richard Childress Racing, +19 16th: #2 Team Penske, +17 17th: #48 Hendrick Motorsports, +13 18th: #12 Team Penske & #62 Beard Motorsports, +12 20th: #10 Stewart-Haas Racing, +9 21st: #95 Leavine Family Racing, +7 22nd: #32 GO FAS Racing & #66 MBM Motorsports, -1 24th: #00 StarCom Racing, -6 25th: #17 Roush Fenway Racing, -9 26th: #20 Joe Gibbs Racing, -18 27th: #96 Gaunt Brothers Racing, -24 28th: #15 Premium Motorsports, -26 29th: #51 Rick Ware Racing/Petty Ware Racing & #7/27 Premium Motorsports, -31 31st: #34 Front Row Motorsports, -38 32nd: #31/8 Richard Childress Racing, -39 33rd: #38 Front Row Motorsports, -55 34th: #18 Joe Gibbs Racing & #4 Stewart-Haas Racing, -67 36th: #42 Chip Ganassi Racing, -71 37th: #47 JTG Daugherty Racing, -72 38th: #43 Richard Petty Motorsports, -74 39th: #41 Stewart-Haas Racing, -126 40th: #14 Stewart-Haas Racing, -150 41st: #78 Furniture Row Racing/#77 Spire Motorsports, -507 567. ThatGuy posted: 07.08.2019 - 6:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gotta give my honest opinion here. It's cool to see a small team win a race, but I'm very disappointed Justin Haley won. People say Daytona or Nascar owe him one. No. That's not how it works, if so Earnhardt would've won a bunch of Daytona 500s. He went below the yellow last in an Xfinity race (not Cup) to make a pass. Also, you can't say he's owed one when all of his truck victories were based on luck or fell in his lap. 568. 1995-Subaru-WRX-Sti posted: 07.08.2019 - 6:15 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Post #546 nails it. Rob Kauffman and the teams got what they wanted. A system that benefits them and only them. And none of them will complain about it until someone gets burned by it. It is being used and abused because it was set up that way. Jim France and Steve Phelps know this (pretty sure they do) and they can't do anything about it because they are outnumbered. 569. Wil posted: 07.08.2019 - 6:27 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) @567 He didn't get the win because Nascar owed him one. They gave him the race because he was in the lead when the race was rained out. 570. JSPorts posted: 07.08.2019 - 8:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Team rankings halfway through the season (points per race): 1st: Team Penske, 33.7 2nd: Joe Gibbs Racing, 31.9 3rd: Hendrick Motorsports, 29.0 4th: Chip Ganassi Racing, 28.8 5th: Stewart-Haas Racing, 28.1 6th: Roush Fenway Racing, 23.4 7th: Wood Brothers Racing, 21.7 8th: Beard Motorsports, 20.3 9th: Richard Childress Racing, 18.3 10th: JTG Daugherty Racing, 16.8 11th: Germain Racing, 16.4 12th: Leavine Family Racing, 15.3 13th: XCI Racing, 15.0 14th: Richard Petty Motorsports, 12.1 15th: Go Fas Racing, 11.8 16th: Front Row Motorsports, 11.3 17th: Gaunt Brothers Racing, 9.9 18th: Premium Motorsports, 7.1 19th: StarCom Racing, 6.9 20th: Spire Motorsports, 6.8 21st: Petty Ware Racing, 4.8 22nd: Rick Ware Racing, 4.7 23rd: MBM Motorsports, 2.1 571. racefangurl posted: 07.09.2019 - 1:54 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 541, if you knew about my pie in the sky days, you'd want to hate me (unless you're a VERY forgiving person and see my comments when I was just over that). Just read the old comments on Chase Elliott's page and the Xfinity (then Nationwide) races that summer and fall (2014). 572. Sector posted: 07.09.2019 - 8:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #571 that felt like yesterday... can't believe it's been 5 years already. Regardless that was completely different than Justin Haley's win. Chase was, and still is, a legitimate contender. Justin is not. The problem I have is everyone is foreshadowing Justin winning many more Cup races. How do you even predict that? The top rides are full and has other prospects in waiting. I believe Trevor Bayne had the same foreshadowing after his lone Daytona 500 win. Look at him now. 573. _Pale_Writer_ posted: 07.09.2019 - 8:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sector, you make a good point. I hope this doesn't turn out to be a curse for Haley. An upset win sure didn't help Bayne, or Sacks, or a lot of others through the years. 574. Clint posted: 07.09.2019 - 11:03 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Theres a big difference between an upset and a fluke. This was a fluke that in no way is an indicator of future success. Cassill, Yeley, or Mcdowell couldve just as easily won the race the same exact way. Trevor Baynes daytona 500 was an upset since he legitimately raced his way up there. I think Haley is immensely talented but I dont think this win in any way is a springboard going forward. He needs at least 2 more years in xfinity and i hope this doesnt cause him to be rushed up to cup. All I know after this is Haley is a cup series race winner and especially at 20 thats a huge accomplishment. 575. Sunoco posted: 07.09.2019 - 11:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I really really doubt Haley will ever win again. I'd love to be proved wrong. But this is the flukiest of the flukes a one off for sure. 576. Sector posted: 07.09.2019 - 11:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is the third straight Daytona race, and a sweep of 2019, for a driver to lead the most laps for the first time in their Cup career. Ricky Stenhouse Jr in July 2018, Matt DiBenedetto at the 2019 Daytona 500 and Austin Dillon in this race. Neither had finished on the lead lap. In the 2019 races both Austin and Matt scored DNFs in their respectable most laps led races. This is also the second consecutive July race where a first time winner was produced. Erik Jones won last year. 577. Wil posted: 07.09.2019 - 12:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @572 I said the night before this race on his page that Haley is a legit Cup talent who's Chevy's best prospect, so this isn't a knee jerk thing. He's insanely young and has already showed great talent. I vividly remember not being impressed with Bayne and thinking his win would prove to be a one hit wonder. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think there were a lot of other people too that weren't too impressed by him. 578. Sector posted: 07.09.2019 - 2:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @577 I'm not denying his talent. However that doesn't mean he will have a secure ride in the future. Until Gibbs or Stewart offers him a car. If I recall Ross Chastain still doesn't have a top ride. Neither does Christopher Bell. Cole Custer. 579. MBenoit posted: 07.09.2019 - 3:08 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) A fluke win, no doubt. But a win is a win, no matter how it's achieved. The thing that makes me dismiss the critics of this win is the fact that Spire Motorsports, despite operating their team for profit, is not a start-and-park operation and is giving young drivers a chance to earn Cup experience. In my mind, those are both positives. 580. annomus posted: 07.09.2019 - 3:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I do see the broadcast listed the 21, and 34 581. Danish_Pie posted: 07.09.2019 - 9:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Eventual winner Justin Haley was recipient of the free pass under the second caution, when Ricky Stenhouse came down across the nose of Kurt Busch's machine and spun through the infield grass. That likely saved the race for the 77 team. 582. Anonymous posted: 07.10.2019 - 12:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) You're playing a baseball match and you're down 2-1 at the bottom of the fourth. Still plenty of time to go, but then for no reason and just because they can, the officials randomly end the game because of weather. The game isn't postponed no, they just ended it in the middle of the game. 583. Texas posted: 07.10.2019 - 12:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This isn't baseball, it's auto racing. 584. Wil posted: 07.10.2019 - 12:22 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) @582 That analogy is so bad that it's good. The race had a handful of laps to go and had already completed most of the race, so rather be in the 4th inning like you said, it was in the 7th or 8th inning. And in the MLB if weather makes it unplayable after the 5th inning, they call it. So your baseball analogy was good, but you basically told on yourself and discredited your own point. 585. Corey posted: 07.10.2019 - 2:18 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @582 The baseball analogy is terrible. Like NASCAR, MLB has a set time during the game where it becomes official and that's after the 5th inning is complete (or 4 1/2 should the home team be leading). If 3 1/2 innings are complete then the game gets completed on a later date. This is the same for NASCAR should a race start one day and not reach the end of the second stage. It's a rule that everyone knows going in so no one has an excuse to complain. It's a shame that the Dale Jr. Download was recorded a few weeks ago. I would have liked to hear his take on the situation. 586. Sector posted: 07.10.2019 - 2:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like Justin Haley takes the title of the lowest starting position for a race winner in 2019 from 34th. Besides Talladega in the fall I don't see anyone else eclipsing the record. 587. Mannoroth posted: 07.12.2019 - 12:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 363. & 364. That's just another imposter that tried to make me look bad again. I didn't write it, because first, you always have to add 7 hours to your time, so that comment was written at 11:41 PM in my time zone. Second, I NEVER write any comments during the race, because they are usually run late in the evening or even at night (around 2:00 AM). Third, I always go to sleep at 9:00 PM and I wake up at 5:30 AM every day. And fourth, please try to remember it for future races. Those imposters just keep making the same mistakes and I can easily debunk it. I don't have anything against Justin Haley and his win due to rain. That's just the beauty of NASCAR, because you can also win this way. So the only comments I did write are No. 53 and No. 550. David is right in his comment. 588. GoPM21 posted: 07.12.2019 - 1:43 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @587 You don't need an imposter to make you look bad. You do a fine job of it yourself. 589. Ryan posted: 07.12.2019 - 9:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This Cup race had the most comments since the 2016 Homestead race. NASCAR has always been driven by controversy, heated debates, and spirited fans. And for the sport to succeed it will need more of that. 590. Mannoroth posted: 07.13.2019 - 12:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 588. Thanks, that's really kind of you. 591. markjeff531 posted: 07.20.2019 - 8:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Was there a radioactive for this race? cant find it anywhere on youtube 592. Drakion posted: 07.20.2019 - 8:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It is on Nascars youtube page, check their past uploads. 593. Sector posted: 10.29.2019 - 7:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) However you want to look at it... Kurt Busch losing the race because of the way he did, he ended up winning the next week at Kentucky in an exciting finish, beating a head to head battle with his younger brother Kyle Busch. In a way he redeemed himself after (again how you want to look at it) being robbed of the victory here. 594. Mile501 posted: 10.29.2019 - 8:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I don't feel bad for Kurt Busch since he was able to win the next race anyway, and he did so in a much more satisfying manner. I just wish Landon Cassill had stayed out and got the win instead of Justin Haley. A win for Cassill would have been much better received by the NASCAR community after all the years he has invested into the sport with mostly backmarker teams. 595. Chase9Fan posted: 01.31.2020 - 10:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Looking fwd to the 2020 Daytona 500 convo page to open up! 596. Corey posted: 01.31.2020 - 11:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @595 but not the Shootout? 597. Sector posted: 02.01.2020 - 12:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) When was the last time someone made 3 starts, leading only the last lap they ran of the season with their lone win? 598. Anonymous posted: 03.19.2020 - 7:37 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Here is a fun fact all but one of the 11 Daytona 4th Of July Race did not have crash that involved more than 14 cars in one way shape of form. 599. ThatBowmanFan88 posted: 07.07.2020 - 9:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) One year ago today in this race arguably the biggest upset in NASCAR history happened. 600. Jimmie4life posted: 08.27.2020 - 8:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just a question: Looking at the race, Kyle Busch when getting bump drafted by Denny Hamlin, he had a little sticker on the left rear of the car saying John 3:16. Does Kyle usually run that on his race cars, because I've never noticed that until now? 601. HMS5 posted: 08.27.2020 - 8:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @600 I believe that is an Interstate Batteries specific touch on their paint schemes. 602. JSPorts posted: 08.27.2020 - 9:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) That's correct. Interstate Batteries has been running that on their cars for as long as I can remember. It's only on the 18 when Interstate is the primary sponsor. 603. Rich posted: 12.13.2020 - 9:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were the commentators. Steve Letarte was at the NBC peacock pit box. Jesse Iwuji was the guest analyst. Marty Snider, Dave Burns and Kelli Stavast were the pit road reporters. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: