|| *Comments on the 2020 Daytona 500:* First Page | Previous Page | Next Page | Last Page | View All On One Page View the most recent comment | Post a comment <#post> 1. Anonymous posted: 02.07.2020 - 7:31 pm Rate this comment: (1) (4) First to comment on the first race of the new decade :) 2. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.07.2020 - 7:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) One last season for the gen6! 3. Tide1732 posted: 02.07.2020 - 7:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) New facts - Cristhoper Bell finally gets his first Cup race in #95 Rheem, a traditional sponsor winner in Xfinity Series. - Quin Houff first superspeedway race in #00 - Tyler Reddick runs again the Daytona 500 in a Daniel Hemric replacer - Brennan Poole runs his first career cup Race, in the #15 for Jay Robinson, formely used by Ross Chastain,Reed Sorenson and others. - Justin Haley(the July Daytona winner) runs his first Daytona 500 with the #16 car, returned since's Greg Biffle's final race in Miami/2017 during a Roush period. - David Ragan could be make his final career cup start in the #36 (Possibly part-time for Matt Tifft or his only race for this number in 2020) - Cole Custer will make his first full-time MENCS start, starting the Daytona 400. - And finals Daytona 500 for Jimmie Johnson,Brendan Gaughan,or Possibly Clint Bowyer and David Ragan. 4. William24ByronFan posted: 02.07.2020 - 7:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 43 cars will be fighting for those 40 spots. 5. Corey posted: 02.07.2020 - 8:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @4 It's really just 7 cars fighting for 4 spots 16 Justin Haley 27 Reed Sorenson 49 Chad Finchum 54 J J Yeley 62 Brendan Gaughan 66 Timmy Hill 96 Daniel Suarez 6. Br9sc8e posted: 02.07.2020 - 8:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @3 Bell is running Procore this race. 7. Br9sc8e posted: 02.07.2020 - 8:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) 66 is a Toyota 8. Bodyblower posted: 02.07.2020 - 8:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @5 Maybe 8 if Davidson enters. 9. Anthony posted: 02.07.2020 - 8:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #8 Not happening. 43 cars are here and unloaded and through tech already. Too late to enter. 10. William24ByronFan posted: 02.07.2020 - 8:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #7 #66 is a Ford. 11. Anthony posted: 02.07.2020 - 8:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #7 66 is a Ford https://twitter.com/TimmyHillRacer/status/1225928522172157954 12. Yeet posted: 02.07.2020 - 9:08 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Here's a rundown of the Non-Chartered entries attempting to make this 500. - #16 Justin Haley/Kaulig Racing Both Haley and Kaulig will attempt to make their first Daytona 500 this year, with sponsorship from a longtime partner of Justin, Fraternal Order of Eagles. Haley drove the #11 for Kaulig Racing last year in the XFINITY Series, finishing 12th in the Playoff Standings but 11th w/o Playoffs. Matthew Kaulig and Justin Haley's wins last year came late into the year at Daytona, when Ross piloted the XFINITY #16 to victory lane. The same weekend would see another Kaulig driver win, but in Cup, as Justin Haley pulled off the massive upset win in the Coke Zero 400 last fall. With Haley's aggression he's proven to have at plate tracks, he'll be one to watch on Thursday if he doesn't lock himself in on Sunday. - #27 Reed Sorenson/Premium Motorsports After a heartbreaking end to his 2017 Daytona 500 run, Reed will once again try to make his first 500 since 2015, and 7th overall. Looking for a sponsor this weekend, Premium's sister car will open their 2020 tour following the Homestead scandal that accused them of manipulating part of the race by having its teammate and other affiliates park their cars to earn the 27 the highest Open car in the standings. Watch this team to have a strong ECR engine under their light blue hood that may punch their ticket on Sunday rather than Thursday. - #49 Chad Finchum/MBM Motorsports MBM first announced a 2nd entry for the Great American Race in 2019, but decided to focus on the 66 which just came up short. With increased Cup efforts for this season, MBM will hope to make the 2019 dream a reality. Chad Finchum with sponsorship from a new sponsor called Garrison Homes will drive a beautiful #49 Toyota under the lights on Thursday with the hopes of Chad making his 500 debut. Chad finished 14th at Daytona's XFINITY night race in 2018, and he'll look for similar performance to punch his ticket. - #54 J.J Yeley The newest addition to the Rick Ware family, the #54 will make periodic appearances this season, kicking it off with the biggest appearance of them all. With veteran J.J Yeley behind the wheel, Rick Ware racing will swing for the fences with dreams of getting all four entrants into the show. Will this attempt for J.J Yeley end in victory like his 2011 run with Whitney Motorsports? We'll just have to see. - #62 Brendan Gaughan/Beard Motorsports Ever since Mark Beard acquired backing from RCR Racing and Brendan Gaughan at the wheel, this team has become a favorite to run well every chance they get. The last true restrictor-plate-only team left, Beard Motorsports will look to give Brendan Gaughan 4 last hoorahs as he will retire following the 4 restrictor plate races this season. This team is already a favorite to to make the 500 on time, but if they don't they have no problem having to race their way in which they did in 2018. This team is looking for the big one at the end of the day, as they always find a way to be in the mix of it when the time is right. Don't just watch this team try to make the 500, watch them try to win it. - #66 Timmy Hill/MBM Motorsports MBM's first attempt at the 500 ended abruptly after a mechanical issue, but with an ex-Roush For backed by a powerful Yates engine, they'll be looking to change their fate this time around. With their Cup efforts increased, the 66 machine has announced they will run the 2020 Cup season in its entirety, with sponsors like RoofClaim.com hopping aboard. Timmy Hill will look to make his first 500 just like Finchum. Timmy will look to be a silent assassin in his run, as he quietly has an average finish of 14th among 8 XFINITY Daytona starts, finishing in all 8 of them. - #96 Daniel Suarez/Gaunt Brothers Racing The highest finishing Open car in standings in the last 2 years, this very young team has already made a name for themselves in the sport. Now, they join forces with Mexico's very own Daniel Suarez to drive their #96 for the entire 2020 season with some TRD backing and sponsors from the Suarez camp. The goal? To become a winning team in the near future. This is the first time in Daniel's career he will have to race his way into the 500, he'll look to silence the critics who question his driving capability behind the wheel. This team is also a favorite to punch their way in through time trials, but this red and black beauty of a machine will be one to watch on Thursday already in or not. 13. Br9sc8e posted: 02.07.2020 - 9:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @10 & @11 My bad, I thought MBM was usually Toyota. And I think that's how the scheme was released. 14. Bodyblower posted: 02.07.2020 - 9:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @9 They could as a late entry. 15. TheDewCrew posted: 02.07.2020 - 9:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @9 That sucks. I had heard they had bought an engine and started building, so they at least planned to make it 16. Anthony posted: 02.07.2020 - 10:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #14 they cannot enter. The hauler needed to be in Daytona before unload this morning. So it's not happening. 17. Corey posted: 02.07.2020 - 10:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @12 I don't think Gaughan will looking for the big one this year. The last time saw him doing a pirouette at Talladega. 18. Anonymous posted: 02.07.2020 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) pretty much the 16 and the 96 are the 2 drivers in on the qualifying speeds on Sunday 19. Anthony posted: 02.07.2020 - 11:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I wouldnt put the #96 as a lock in on speed. I think the 16 and 62 do 20. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.07.2020 - 11:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @18 I wouldn't be positive about that. Last year the two fastest were the 27 and the 31. Granted the 31 was an RCR car, and the 27 was a Premium entry with RCR and Germain's help, but the 96 was only faster than the 66 last year amongst the open teams. The 62 has been known to get into the fastest two. As far the as the entry list goes, I'm happy with who's here, although I was hoping Joe Nemechek would have gotten the 27 over Sorenson. 21. Hi posted: 02.07.2020 - 11:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @18 what about the 62 22. Anonymous posted: 02.07.2020 - 11:20 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) most cup cars since 2016 Daytona 500 like the sound of that. 23. Sector posted: 02.08.2020 - 1:20 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #1 Too bad you're Anonymous. However the first NASCAR race of the decade already had its first comment by 34McDowellFan from the Busch Clash page. Even then Formula E's Santiago ePrix already had the first race of the 2020 decade. 24. Iamthedebris posted: 02.08.2020 - 1:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Daytona 500 predictions? At this point, Chase Elliott, Kyle Busch, and Brad Keselowski are my favorites, both because of recent success and plate racing consistency. 25. Bodyblower posted: 02.08.2020 - 1:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Any reason why the Davidson deal fell apart? 26. Mile501 posted: 02.08.2020 - 6:22 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think the #62 and #96 will be the fastest two open teams in qualifying. 27. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.08.2020 - 9:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Do any of you guys think we will see tandem drafting like we saw at talladega last fall? If I recall Chevy redesigned the nose to make it more flat. 28. Yeet posted: 02.08.2020 - 10:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @27 I'd count on it for sure. Maybe not as aggressive in the corners as Dega, but I believe with the new Chevy nose people won't be afraid to try. @25 I don't exactly know. When Bob Pockrass caught up with James at the Chili Bowl he said it would be for an already exsisting non-charter team, but didn't specify which. Bob already said it wouldn't be for Rick Ware, which drew my attention to the Premium 27, but with how late of the announcement came Reed was driving w/o a sponsor has me inferring the deal was for James to drive the 27 but last minute the deal fell apart. 29. Canadianfan posted: 02.08.2020 - 11:41 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @28 I think Premium was like let's stick with a known quantity like Reed rather than Davison who is never driven a plate race before. We need a veteran to get that 2nd car in. 30. Jimmie4life posted: 02.08.2020 - 11:48 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I have built a fear of restrictor plate racing, as now, airborne crashes get more and more ridiculous. I see the constant aggressive nature of racing causing a major crash, such as at Daytona at race 26. I do not like this racing as much anymore for the dangers. Racing is good, until stupid physics defying accidents. 31. Sector posted: 02.08.2020 - 12:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Where is James Davidson now that he isn't racing the Daytona 500 as he was planned to since last year? 32. Canadianfan posted: 02.08.2020 - 12:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @31 Well his last tweet was five days ago I would say he's probably at home in Miami. 33. Canadianfan posted: 02.08.2020 - 12:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Jeff Gluck: My colleague @Jordan_Bianchi has some breaking NASCAR news here: Teams and NASCAR are finalizing an extension of the charter agreement, and it will result in an increased percentage of revenue to the teams. 34. Ed posted: 02.08.2020 - 5:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @33: terrible. Absolutely awful for the future of the sport 35. Corey posted: 02.08.2020 - 5:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brad Keselowski has already damaged his car. He clipped the fence posts while trying to exit the garage. Damage is on the right side and involves the door, exhaust and jacking post. He didn't make it out for second practice. The team plans to repair the car instead of goi g to the back up. 36. Hi posted: 02.08.2020 - 10:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Why is it not showing the non-chartered teams for their practice speeds. 37. David posted: 02.08.2020 - 10:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @36 I see it's that way on NASCAR.com too. They must be having some early season glitches with their data sources. 38. Tide1732 posted: 02.09.2020 - 10:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) No confirmed rumors, but James Davison will run only road courses in MENCS this year. Likely we called for run at Richmond, but decline. 39. Yeet posted: 02.09.2020 - 11:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Daytona 500 qualifying to start in a little less than half an hour. Following this session there will be 4 notables that will be happy. Whoever qualifies for the front row, and the 2 non-charter cars that will breathe a deep sigh of relief knowing Thursday will be a little less stressful. 40. RaceFanX posted: 02.09.2020 - 12:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 20 drivers in the field this year have new crew chiefs this year. Updating on #35 Keselowski and his new #2 team have the car fixed and its ready for qualifying. 41. RaceFanX posted: 02.09.2020 - 12:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brendan Gaughan starts off his farewell tour as being the first driver out to qualify for the 500, looking to time or race his way onto the grid. 42. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.09.2020 - 12:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good lord. Almost 20 minutes and no cars have hit the track yet for qualifying 43. Tennesseefan posted: 02.09.2020 - 12:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Qualifying telecast on Fox started at noon. It's not until 30 minutes later the first car takes his qualifying lap. No wonder ratings continue to decline 44. Canadianfan posted: 02.09.2020 - 12:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Pockrass: McLeod car still in garage being worked on .. looks like everyone else should get through to qualify. McLeod broke a transmission yesterday so he would have to drop to rear of 500 at start. He won't make a qualifying lap. 45. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.09.2020 - 12:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Finchum and Yeley definitely are on the danger list. Haley looks pretty safe, Gaughan is a little nervous and disappointed with his lap. Currently the Front Row cars on the front row 46. Tide1732 posted: 02.09.2020 - 12:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Michael McDowell had a fastest car than Austin Dillon at qualyfing, wow. 47. Corey posted: 02.09.2020 - 12:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @43 You're complaining because FOX had a pre-qualifying show? 48. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.09.2020 - 12:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Haley is safe, barring any inspection problems 49. Yeet posted: 02.09.2020 - 12:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hill's run does clocks him 13th fastest, which means Justin Haley and Kaulig Racing will make the Daytona 500 in their first ever attempt. Suarez runs later and he's the only car that can prevent Gaughan from locking himself in. 50. Eric posted: 02.09.2020 - 12:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Holy Christ 51 is brutally slow 51. Danish_Pie posted: 02.09.2020 - 1:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Suarez clocks in slower than Timmy Hill. Got some work to do. 52. RaceFanX posted: 02.09.2020 - 1:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Suarez makes his qualifying run and doesn't run faster than Gaughan. Gaughan is locked into his final Daytona 500 while the former Xfinity Series champion will look to race his #96 Toyota in on Thursday in the Duels. Haley and Gaughan are in the race. 53. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.09.2020 - 1:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gaughan is safe barring any inspection problems 54. RaceFanX posted: 02.09.2020 - 1:03 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "Mr. Beard you can breath again" - Brendan Gaughan is thrilled he's in the show while his car owner, ex-Busch racer Mark Beard, is no doubt happy at his home back in Michigan. 55. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.09.2020 - 1:05 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Suarez has got to be Nervous. Timmy Hill has shown he can run well at Superspeedways in Carl Longs turds, and Sorenson has shown the ability to be in a lock in position in the duels 56. William24ByronFan posted: 02.09.2020 - 1:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #50 The #51 will make the race because it has a charter. 57. Yeet posted: 02.09.2020 - 1:31 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Heck of a run by Stenhouse and JTG! Stenhouse after being removed from Roush earns his first pole since 2017 and JTG earns their first pole since 2015 and first on a speedway ever! 58. Danish_Pie posted: 02.09.2020 - 1:31 pm Rate this comment: (1) (3) NASCAR rigged it for Stenhouse so he wouldn't go all out and wreck someone in the duel. xV jkjk, congrats to him. Something he needed after leaving Roush. He'll be a favorite next Sunday. 59. Altracing posted: 02.09.2020 - 1:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This marks the first time that the #47 car wins the pole on an oval since the late Ron Bouchard at Nashville in 1983 60. Anonymous posted: 02.09.2020 - 1:40 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Atta boy Stenhouse! Also a big shoutout to Haley and Gaughan for locking themselves in! 61. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.09.2020 - 1:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Three words as to why the 51 is so slow: Rick Ware Racing 62. Tide1732 posted: 02.09.2020 - 1:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I Pick Kyle Busch next sunday. Aric Almirola will be very strong, is one of the favorites. 63. HaleyFan1116 posted: 02.09.2020 - 1:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I guess we can put those Daytona 500 qualifying is rigged rumors to rest now. 64. Eric posted: 02.09.2020 - 1:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I was about to say that there is no way 47 is legal but the 9 and 88 actually caught up to him...then again, it IS Kroger qualifying day, haha 65. Eric posted: 02.09.2020 - 1:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #56 what a shame 66. Zach posted: 02.09.2020 - 1:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The fact that Rick Ware will have two slow ass cars in the 500 is honestly sad. But this is the world we live in now thanks to the moronic charter system. I'd rather have the 27 and 66 in the 500 than any Rick Ware cars at this point. 67. Yeet posted: 02.09.2020 - 1:59 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Based off the ticker showed right now on Fox, the Open car lineup will be Duel One - #16 Haley, #27 Sorenson, #96 Suarez*, #49 Finchum* Duel Two - #62 Gaughan, #66 Hill, #54 Yeley* Those with a "*" can only make the 500 through the Duel transfer spot. Duel One scenarios: If Haley takes the spot in Duel one, Sorenson gets in along with him. If Sorenson gets the transfer spot, Haley gets in along with him. If Suarez or Finchum gets the transfer spot, Haley gets in. Duel Two scenarios: If Gaughan gets the transfer spot, Hill gets in. If Hill gets the transfer spot, Gaughan gets in. If Yeley gets the transfer spot, Gaughan gets in. 68. Ryan posted: 02.09.2020 - 2:00 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Now that the 2020 NASCAR season and starting with the biggest race of the year a week from today there are a lot of burning questions entering this season. Some small and some big, but a lot of burning questions. There are several drivers that can enhance their legacy from a major historical perspective from this year. First I want to give a shoutout to Jimmie Johnson entering his last season. Although I never really liked Jimmie because I felt like when he entered the series that he was portrayed by the media as a clone (personality and talent) of Jeff Gordon. He needed to be his own guy. He had immediate success and didn't just step out of Gordon's shadow, but leaped out of it. So much that jealousy emerged from the Rainbow Warrior. Turned out that JJ wasn't a clone, but he outperformed Boy Wonder when it mattered most and Jimmie will forever go down as the best driver ever that drove for Rick Hendrick. Congrats on a wonderful and unforeseen career. I hope Jimmie adds to his legacy by breaking his tie with Cale Yarborough and hopefully can break a tie with rivals Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip in career wins. For fanfare reasons I hope that he remains tied with the King and The Intimidator in NASCAR championships. The Burning Questions Which rookie will have an immediate impact on the sport? I believe Custer, Reddick, and Bell are all capable and the answer to that could be that all three will. Look out for JHN making a splash here and there as well. Will the above mentioned "young guns" attract more fans to the sport much like the Young Guns from the late 90's and early 2000's? Can William Byron and/or Bubba Wallace get that goose egg out of their win column? Can Erik Jones and Ryan Blaney actually have multiple win seasons? Will Matt DiBenedetto get his first win AND the Wood Bros. 100th career victory? How will Team Penske and MTJ do with their crew chief changes? Will either Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, his teammate Joey Logano, Martin Truex, Jr. or Kurt Busch add to their illustrious careers by adding another championship to their Hall of Fame resume' like Kyle Busch did last year? Can Hendrick Motorsports return to the glory days and be a constant threat to win week in and week out? Can the talented and fan favorites Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson (who both have six career wins) win on a consistent basis and be an actual threat to win the championship while bringing Chevrolet back to prominence? Unbelievable that these drivers have only won six races each. Will Jimmie Johnson break his 6th place tie in wins with legend Cale Yarborough? And if he does will he break a 4th place tie in wins with Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip? And ultimately can Jimmie Johnson break the tie he currently has with The King and The Intimidator in NASCAR Championships by winning an unprecedented 8th NASCAR Championship? Can Brad Keselowski finally win the Daytona 500? He is 0 for 10 so far in the Great American race. Statistically BK has been better than anyone at Talladega and Daytona since he began racing in Cup winning a combined six races at the track along with an exhibition race. It's surprising he hasn't won the Daytona 500, however, he has been in position and in the top 5 several times for a chance and of course he has been caught up in a few wrecks while running up front that weren't his fault. Will Denny Hamlin be the first driver since Sterling Marlin ('94-'95) to win back-to-back Daytona 500s? He also could be the only driver to win three Daytona 500's within a five year period since The King did it in 1971, '73, and '74. Several teams have done it such as Petty, Harry Ranier, Morgan McClure, and DEI with different drivers. Rick Hendrick has won eight Daytona 500's, but never three in a five year time frame. Of course if Hamlin or any of his teammates would do it next Sunday then Joe Gibbs would match the feat. Also, can Denny Hamlin finally get the monkey off his back and win his first championship? Last year he had a major resurgence and looked like he might do it after a disappointing 2018 season starting off by winning the Daytona 500. He has the label like Martin did/does of being the best driver out there without having won a NASCAR championship. Can Kyle Busch be the first driver since Jimmie Johnson to win consecutive championships? If he does this year he will join Lee Petty, David Pearson, Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, and Tony Stewart as the only drivers to have won at least three NASCAR championships. AND FINALLY... Can Kyle Busch finally complete his racing career by winning the Daytona 500? Will he finally win the biggest one of them all? The one that has eluded him. So far he is 0 for 14 in the Great American Race. It took several Hall of Fame drivers a while to win the Great American Race (Earnhardt notoriously for his bad luck, Waltrip, Baker, Allison, Pearson) and some Hall of Fame drivers never won it (Stewart, Martin, Wallace). Kyle will need to win this race to complete his racing career. He already said earlier in an interview it wasn't urgent for him to win because he felt he might race until he is 45, but it was the last box that needed to be checked to complete his racing career. All the questions will be answered, so it's time to put up or shut up... 69. 34McDowellFan posted: 02.09.2020 - 2:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse pole, just like we all expected. Don't like Suarez's chances... I hope they can get it together for the duel. 70. Ryan posted: 02.09.2020 - 2:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I bet Stenhouse's car gets stripped down majorly in inspection and it probably should be. 71. Anonymous posted: 02.09.2020 - 2:10 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Why would they? Stenhouse is always fast on plate tracks, no reason to suspect anything illegal. 72. Anonymous posted: 02.09.2020 - 2:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) that you can say is an upset I mean I do not think The JTG team had ever had a pole on an oval in the Cup Series and its a long time to recall they had a pole on an oval even back to when they were in the Trucks or in the Xfinity Series. I think 2007 Homestead with Jon Wood when he was driving when they were partnered with the Wood Brothers likely but again quite a while. Big Congrats for Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Love the new Kroger scheme. Hope they show up in store I did find one for Allmindinger two years ago. Its the only one I got. But did get the 37 last year. 73. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.09.2020 - 2:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) WOW Wrecky Spinhouse Jr wins the pole, guess Jimmie didn't win like all the "NASCAR Daytona qualifying is rigged" guys thought. Great upset pole and hopefully he can turn his career around, but I don't think JTG is that much of an improvement from Roush. Especially since he's in the guinea pig car again. 74. Wil posted: 02.09.2020 - 3:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse is a force on the plate tracks and JTG has shown great speed on them in recent years. I wouldn't be shocked to see him win the 500. Why not? 75. Corey posted: 02.09.2020 - 3:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @67 "If Gaughan gets the transfer spot, Hill gets in." This is dependent on who gets the first duels transfer spot. Assume Gaughan gets the Duel 2 transfer spot. If either Haley or Sorenson get the Duel 1 transfer spot, Haley/Sorenson and Hill gets in on speed. If either Suarez or Finchum gets the Duel 1 transfer spot, Haley and Sorenson gets in on speed, Hill goes home. 76. Tide1732 posted: 02.09.2020 - 3:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think 3 first time Cup winners this year. William Byron Matr DiBenedetto And a Possible underdog (likely Talladega or Dayytona night) 77. Anonymous posted: 02.09.2020 - 3:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @74 I'd love to see that just to screw with the playoff bracket 78. Mile501 posted: 02.09.2020 - 3:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse's pole isn't all that shocking given JTG uses Hendrick engines and the Hendrick teams qualified 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 8th. I'm concerned for Suarez. Given that his confidence in himself is probably not all that high at the moment, missing the 500 would be a huge blow to him. It's even worse considering the #96 will run the full season, and this is likely the only race that they have a decent chance of missing. 79. ThatGuy posted: 02.09.2020 - 5:23 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Did I hear Mike Joy say Trevor Bayne win Wood Brothers their 99th Cup series race in the Daytona 500, and Matt looks to get them their 100th the same way? Didn't Blaney get Wood Bros their 99th? 80. Ryan posted: 02.09.2020 - 8:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @79 Yes his first win at Pocono in 2017 was their 99th. 81. Ryan posted: 02.09.2020 - 8:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Why would they? Stenhouse is always fast on plate tracks, no reason to suspect anything illegal." His cars are fast. If he had Hendrick engine I could see it I guess, but he still blew them away. I'm kind of afraid to see him in race trim lol. Look out Thursday and Sunday. He's literally a weapon out there when he has a rocket. 82. ShinyMew151 posted: 02.09.2020 - 8:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Hurr Stenhouse bad, give thumbs up 83. Ryan posted: 02.09.2020 - 10:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's interesting that people refer to Daytona and 'dega as "plate tracks" still yet. I've seen people comment and say that "Pete Hamilton was a good plate racer". 84. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.10.2020 - 9:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @83 well ?tapered spacer tracks' doesn't have the same ring to it. 85. Yeet posted: 02.10.2020 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Realized I left out some scenarios in @67. Sorenson gets into the field if either Haley takes the transfer spot in Duel One OR Gaughan takes the transfer spot in Duel Two. If either Suarez or Finchum race their way in through Duel One, then Hill would have to race his way in since he he's slower on time than the 16,62, and 27. 86. Tide1732 posted: 02.10.2020 - 5:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) My Pick for sunday: Aric Almirola 87. JollyMeanGiant posted: 02.10.2020 - 6:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) First Daytona 500 starts for Christopher Bell, Cole Custer, John Hunter Nemechek, Justin Haley, Quin Houff, and Brennan Poole. Remains to be seen if Timmy Hill and Chad Finchum will make their first Daytona 500 starts (although I feel they have to be two of the most likely drivers to DNQ). 88. JSPorts posted: 02.11.2020 - 3:37 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 2020 team lineups: Hendrick Motorsports: Chase Elliott, William Byron, Jimmie Johnson & Alex Bowman: 7 championships, 90 wins Joe Gibbs Racing: Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr & Erik Jones: 3 championships, 121 wins Team Penske: Brad Keselowski, Ryan Blaney & Joey Logano: 2 championships, 56 wins Stewart-Haas Racing: Kevin Harvick, Aric Almirola, Clint Bowyer & Cole Custer: 1 championship, 61 wins Chip Ganassi Racing: Kurt Busch & Kyle Larson: 1 championship, 37 wins Roush Fenway Racing: Ryan Newman & Chris Buescher: 0 championships, 19 wins JTG Daugherty Racing: Ryan Preece & Ricky Stenhouse Jr: 0 championships, 2 wins Richard Childress Racing: Austin Dillon & Tyler Reddick: 0 championships, 2 wins Rick Ware Racing: David Ragan, BJ McLeod & JJ Yeley: 0 championships, 2 wins Kaulig Racing: Justin Haley: 0 championships, 1 win Beard Motorsports: Brendan Gaughan: 0 championships, 0 wins Front Row Motorsports: Michael McDowell & John Hunter Nemechek: 0 championships, 0 wins Gaunt Brothers Racing: Daniel Suarez: 0 championships, 0 wins Germain Racing: Ty Dillon: 0 championships, 0 wins GO FAS Racing: Corey LaJoie: 0 championships, 0 wins Leavine Family Racing: Christopher Bell: 0 championships, 0 wins Motorsports Business Management: Chad Finchum & Timmy Hill: 0 championships, 0 wins Petty Ware Racing: Joey Gase: 0 championships, 0 wins Premium Motorsports: Brennan Poole & Reed Sorenson: 0 championships, 0 wins Richard Petty Motorsports: Bubba Wallace: 0 championships, 0 wins Spire Motorsports: Ross Chastain: 0 championships, 0 wins StarCom Racing: Quin Houff: 0 championships, 0 wins Wood Brothers Racing: Matt DiBenedetto: 0 championships, 0 wins 89. Canadianfan posted: 02.11.2020 - 5:55 pm Rate this comment: (6) (3) From Adam Stern: U.S. President Donald Trump may be attending the #Daytona500 this weekend, per @OrlandoSentinel. - "There is a strong possibility that President Trump will attend the Daytona 500." 90. Ryan posted: 02.11.2020 - 10:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @89 Merica! 91. Ryan posted: 02.11.2020 - 10:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Had a dream last night that Kyle Larson passed 14 cars on the last lap of the Daytona 500 winning a photo finish over one of the Hendrick boys. Can't remember which one. Obviously if this were to happen there would have to be a big one on the last lap. 92. Sector posted: 02.12.2020 - 4:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #88 Looking at the numbers, Hendrick's active numbers will have a huge falloff after 2020. For the first time in forever, it seems Hendrick Motorsports will not have a Cup champion driver heading into 2021 since 1993. 1994 was the year Terry Labonte (with one championship at the time) joined the fold, and the year before Jeff Gordon won his first championship. Incredible. 93. Joshua posted: 02.12.2020 - 7:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) There's no guarantee either way that Hendrick will or won't have a driver with a championship in the fold in 2021. If they get someone like Brad Keselowski, they'll still have an active champion. 94. Canadianfan posted: 02.12.2020 - 1:37 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @89 Yes love him or hate him Trump is coming to the Daytona 500 on Sunday. 95. George_Costanza posted: 02.12.2020 - 8:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In other news from Adam Stern's Twitter @NASCAR is considering implementing new attendance standards for tracks in 2021 that they reach at least 70% capacity for a Cup Series race or face some sort of penalty. Interesting way to say more seats are getting removed. Also, goodbye Indy and spring Bristol, I guess 96. Chase9Fan posted: 02.13.2020 - 7:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #3, Last possible 500 for Bowyer? Has something been said? Looking fwd to the season after a much needed break. Should be an interesting 500, I think tempers will flare much earlier than usual. 97. Chase9Fan posted: 02.13.2020 - 7:32 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Want to add, i still miss "speed weeks". I know they still do the clashes and all that, but the 2 week constant coverage of speed weeks was just good times. 98. Sector posted: 02.13.2020 - 9:26 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Looks like they introduced a new trophy beginning in 2020 for our future Cup champions. The trophy designs will compile all track layouts on the schedule, it's gorgeous in my opinion. They call it "The Bill France Cup." 99. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.13.2020 - 11:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The first time that the Gaunt Bros 96 will not run the 500. They made it both years with Kennignton driving and last year with Kligerman 100. Canadianfan posted: 02.14.2020 - 12:04 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Pockrass: Tech is done. No issues. Blaney and LaJoie will go to backup cars for the Daytona 500 and drop to the rear on pace laps. 101. Rowdy18 posted: 02.14.2020 - 9:41 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) With all the schedule changes this year and the ones rumored to be on the horizon starting in 2021, I haven't been as excited for a season like this in a quite a while. What they did with Pocono, thank goodness. Martinsville under the lights! Bristol night-race in the playoffs and a cutoff race to boot! In fact three night shorts races to start the playoffs! Daytona to end the regular season! No more Homestead finale! Yas to all of it! 102. Canadianfan posted: 02.14.2020 - 10:30 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) From Pockrass: The $23.6 million purse for the Daytona 500 is the total purse, including the amount from TV money the track contributes to the purse and the amount that is part of the "base" that charter teams get for showing up as well as for past three years performance. This is a record for this race. No I don't know how much the winner will receive. 103. Vaxen posted: 02.14.2020 - 10:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I feel bad for Yeley. He deserved another shot at the 500. He was running so well, the guy deserves to be more successful than that. 104. Anonymous posted: 02.14.2020 - 11:15 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) @103 I like him, he seems like a nice enough guy, but he had his chance to succeed in Cup and failed miserably. 105. Canadianfan posted: 02.14.2020 - 12:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @103 Considering he's running the full season it's possible they might pull McLeod out of the car for Yeley. 106. Canadianfan posted: 02.14.2020 - 12:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Pockrass: Blaney (backup), LaJoie (backup), Poole (engine change) and McLeod (transmission change) drop to the rear on the pace laps for the Daytona 500. 107. Canadianfan posted: 02.14.2020 - 12:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Pockrass: LaJoie primary that was involved in wreck yesterday was a car bought from SHR. Backup is a car that the team ran in some superspeedway races last year and drove well. 108. PucciMan posted: 02.14.2020 - 12:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Unpopular opinion but I don't like this rookie class. Mainly because 4 of the 6 rookies replaced drivers that shouldn't have been replace. 109. Anonymous posted: 02.14.2020 - 1:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @108 Tifft had to step out because of health issues and sadly he is probably done for good. Suarez underperformed, and SHR highly values Custer. DiBenedetto found a good ride anyway, and Gibbs isn't about to let Bell go (LFR is associated with Gibbs). Houff I agree with, but Cassill found something better anyway. He is at least competitive in the 89 Xfinity car. 110. Anonymous posted: 02.14.2020 - 1:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Poole isn't terrible as a driver. Who does that leave? 111. RaceFanX posted: 02.14.2020 - 1:43 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "He is at least competitive in the 89 Xfinity car." That's something I never thought I'd hear but I'm glad I did. Go get'em Cassill and Shepherd! 112. ShinyMew151 posted: 02.14.2020 - 2:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (3) Poole absolutely is terrible as a driver. 8 top 5s for Ganassi in two years is pathetic 113. Anonymous posted: 02.14.2020 - 2:14 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Seriously man, Cassill's been getting way more out of that car than Shepherd. Granted, Shepherd is nearly 80 years old, but still, considering they don't have much funding, Cassill's done a good job every time he's been in that car. 114. Stifler posted: 02.14.2020 - 3:51 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Not only will President Trump be attending the Daytona 500, he will also be the Grand Marshall. 115. Ryan posted: 02.14.2020 - 7:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @98 It's similar to the Monster Cup with the tracks. And you're right it is pretty sweet looking. I liked the Winston Cup trophy, but this one is very nice as well. @101 I agree. Hopefully next year will be awesome. I will admit I wasn't crazy about Daytona being moved from the 4th weekend, but hopefully it will be cool at Indy. I just wish the finale wasn't at Phoenix. I'd rather see a 400 mile race at Darlington myself, but that's me. I think the last race of the season should be on the hardest oval. a "driver's track". Not to mention with all the tradition it has. 116. Vaxen posted: 02.14.2020 - 8:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @104 I think Yeley should run full time in Xfinity. He was pretty good when he was wiyh Joe Gibbs in there. 117. Ryan posted: 02.14.2020 - 8:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The temperature is supposed to be in the low to mid 70's with small chance of rain with the humidity be some what high for Florida this time of the year so if there's some long green flag runs we could see it come down to who has the best handling cars and who can handle a slick track the best. That's the way it shou... Oh what the stages. Well maybe the last stage will have a long green flag run... Wishful thinking 118. Chase9Fan posted: 02.15.2020 - 1:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) It'll probably be the Daytona 450 clean, then the last 50 miles chaos. haha 119. JSPorts posted: 02.15.2020 - 12:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We just did our fantasy NASCAR draft for the season. I got Kyle Busch, Alex Bowman, Ty Dillon & Cole Custer. 120. Tom posted: 02.15.2020 - 2:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Why didn't Suarez but a ride like Chastain in Xfinity 121. HaleyFan1116 posted: 02.15.2020 - 2:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @120 Basically Suarez is tied to Toyota, and I'm sure Toyota wouldn't like it if Suarez joined a team NOT Toyota so... 122. Corey posted: 02.15.2020 - 2:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @120 The only other Toyotas are Busch, Truex, Bell, Hamlin and Jones. 123. JG24Ever posted: 02.15.2020 - 3:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) https://kickinthetires.net/nascar/nascar-once-again-makes-total-purse-money-public/?fbclid=IwAR1OoFDvUyOptLc69haPU6QVfF0cR8mCSoldvh6eYvU23FIME56vRCTmA40 NASCAR will be making the purses public again, beginning with the aforementioned $23+ million Daytona 500 on Sunday. 124. Ryan posted: 02.15.2020 - 7:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Very interesting considering yesterday that the Indy 500 came out and said that its purse will be a record $15 million this year... 125. TheDewCrew posted: 02.15.2020 - 8:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well boys and girls, we saw meh racing in the Clash and ARCA race. The Duels were an improvement. Then we saw some of the best Truck racing on a Superspeedway in quite awhile. Then saw great racing in the first two stages of the Xfinity race, started going downhill but was saved by a late caution. We have the bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the 9th. I think the 500 tomorrow will be the grand slam of Speedweeks, and we'll have the best 500 in years. You don't want to miss it 126. Chase9Fan posted: 02.16.2020 - 2:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 125. I think it will be typical. They will be friendly through 450 miles then the last 50 miles chaos. 127. Chase9Fan posted: 02.16.2020 - 5:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (3) So cool the President will be there! 128. Fred posted: 02.16.2020 - 9:50 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm picking Logano to win. He's been fast the whole week and has three teammates who are good at plate tracks to push him across the line. Joey Logano is almost an underrated plate racer. They normally talk about Keselowski or Hamlin as the best plate racers of the active drivers, but I think Logano should be in the conversation. He doesn't have as many plate track wins as Keselowski, but he has the most points across the field from the last ten races at both Daytona and Talladega. That being said, if the race is anything like the Clash, it will be total carnage and anybody could win. 129. David posted: 02.16.2020 - 9:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Your last sentence says it all. This is one of the very few chances for an actual underdog to win or even make it into the top 10 before we return to mundane predictability until Talladega rolls around. Even road courses have long since stopped having any significant potential to shake things up at the Cup level, though occasional flukes can still happen there. If lots of attrition is what it takes for something new and different to happen today (or at least an outcome not likely to be repeated for a while), of course with nobody getting seriously hurt, then so be it. 130. NotSure posted: 02.16.2020 - 10:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Start moved to 3:18 Eastern. Some on social media are asserting (without evidence) this is due to the President attending the race, but it should be noted NASCAR has a regular habit of delaying the start of big races (see Homestead the last several years). 131. Corey posted: 02.16.2020 - 10:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @129 I'll be fine if we get something like the Xfinity and Truck finishes. We already have the shocking DNQ's, although Suarez's DNQ was more of a mild surprise then the Nemecheks and Kaulig cars. We'll get a surprise Top 5 today. Joining Natalie Decker, Cody Rohrbaugh and Timmy Hill, I predict it will be Corey Lajoie. 132. Corey posted: 02.16.2020 - 10:21 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) @128 I don't think Logano is underrated. Jr. picked him to win on his podcast. 133. NotSure posted: 02.16.2020 - 10:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @123 - "However, individual amounts won per driver will not be released. A NASCAR spokesperson acknowledged the change in procedures, explaining the numbers will only be available for the overall purse in the Cup Series." 134. Fred posted: 02.16.2020 - 10:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'll be watching drivers like Stenhouse, McDowell and the Dillon brothers who are normally mid-pack at best but often seem to sneak through for a good restrictor plate finish. 135. Corey posted: 02.16.2020 - 10:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @130 It probably is because of the president. The original time for the green flag was 3:05. Also, I don't recall anyone saying that the NASCAR delays the start of the big races. They are just scheduled later to begin with. 136. Altracing posted: 02.16.2020 - 11:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin has failed pre race inspection twice so he will start from the rear 137. Ryan posted: 02.16.2020 - 11:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @127 You're getting some hate for saying it's cool that the President is going to be there and I'm not sure why. I believe it's an honor for both sides that President Trump is attending the biggest race of the year. If it is or isn't a political ploy I believe it's still really neat. The President has attending many sporting events since the onset of his tenure in office not just in an election year. Florida is normally a battleground state, however, Trump has displayed support for NASCAR in particular for drivers standing up for the National anthem when several of the NFL players didn't because of "social injustice" in America. President Ronald Reagan witnessed Richard Petty's 200th win at Daytona for the Firecracker 400 in a battle for the ages with future Hall of Famers 3-time champion and 81-race winner Cale Yarborough (45 years old) vs. 7-time champion and 199-race winner Richard Petty (47 years old). After a long green flag run (109 laps) there was a late caution and the two drivers swapped the lead on the last green flag lap of the race rubbing fenders to take the caution flag. Petty won that day and President Reagan even stayed afterwards talking with Ned Jarrett and Petty after the race. It was a great moment for NASCAR and the Executive Branch. It's awesome that President Trump is attending and is the Grand Marshall and I hope the trend continues with future Presidents attending big races. 138. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 11:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Whether you like him or not, this is a big deal to have the President in attendance at your sport's biggest event of the season. I must say, I find it a little ridiculous and pathetic the response I've seen on social media from people, such as, "I've been watching for 30-something years, but since he's going to be be there, I'm done". If you're a true fan, if you don't like him, you suck it up, get on with it. If the visit of someone you don't agree with or like is going to keep you from watching, then perhaps you aren't a true fan. 139. Ryan posted: 02.16.2020 - 11:50 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @129 "Even road courses have long since stopped having any significant potential to shake things up at the Cup level, though occasional flukes can still happen there." I believe the main reason for that is because the implement of stages. It's almost impossible for an underdog to win at a road course now because of the stages. @128 @132 I also believe Logano is just as good as anyone at Daytona or Talladega. He beat the best plate racer of this century (Dale Jr.) twice in 2015 while Jr. won the other two. Jr. saying he is picking him to win obviously he knows how good he is by racing against him in that particular year. Logano's biggest issue has been in the past like last week during the Clash is his blocking. That could get him and several others in trouble. Especially when he was likely to run out of gas in the Clash and still put on an early block in the race. As Jeff Gordon just said that kind of blocking normally should go on during the last laps. He took up for Austin Dillon for not lifting when Aric Almirola blocked Dillon on the last lap of the Daytona 500, basically says just about anything goes. I agree with him. Dillon wasn't wrong to do what he did, he got blocked and didn't lift. Anyone in that situation would have probably done the same thing. 140. David posted: 02.16.2020 - 11:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stages surely don't help, and the road course ringers have vanished although they were never likely to win a Cup race, and there are few regular drivers around anymore who never were much of a factor on ovals but could contend for wins on the twisty tracks (Robby Gordon, Juan Montoya, A.J. Allmendinger, Marcos Ambrose...). 141. Anon posted: 02.16.2020 - 11:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @137 Politics and sports shouldn't mix, period. That's why I'm a big fan of the NBA, NFL and ESPN, where I never have to hear about that stuff. 142. Derrick posted: 02.16.2020 - 11:59 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I miss those days of road course ringers like Boris Said and Ron Fellows even though you couldn't call them favorites to win. They did a hell of a job for not being regulars and not getting much seat time otherwise, plus the regulars used to treat them like shit and dump them if they got in the way. But sometimes they could run near the front and we'd see some unfamiliar names near the top of the board. 143. Ferret posted: 02.16.2020 - 12:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So, who was the first POTUS to attend the 500? Also got a sure fire pick. It will be....wait for it....somebody driving a race car. Shocking pick, I know. No but seriously, not gonna even try picking a winner out of the plate races 144. Ryan posted: 02.16.2020 - 12:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Although Denny Hamlin has failed pre-race inspection twice this morning and will have to go to the rear of the field. That being said I'm picking him to go back-to-back for the first time since Sterling Marlin did it in 1994 and '95 (his first two NASCAR wins). I don't feel he has had the best car in Speedweeks, however, I feel like he has a top 5 car and normally he finds himself in position for a chance at the win in this race. He takes care of his car and has somehow been able to stay out of carnage. Since 2012 he has had very solid performances and in position to win this race with the exception of 2017. 145. A.J. posted: 02.16.2020 - 12:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Maybe we could cut out the political crap and just try to enjoy the race, hmmm? Those who like the President aren't going to convince the haters to like him, and the haters aren't going to convince his fans to hate him. Either way, take that crap somewhere else. 146. Anonymous posted: 02.16.2020 - 12:06 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Honestly, I have no feelings on the President being at Daytona. I'm watching one way or another so it doesn't matter to me. 147. JSPorts posted: 02.16.2020 - 12:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Regardless of political opinion, the President being at the 500 draws a lot of eyeballs and media attention to the sport, which is a good thing for NASCAR. 148. Ryan posted: 02.16.2020 - 12:15 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @141 You're kidding or being sarcastic, right? That's the main reason I don't watch hardly any ESPN anymore because of how political they have become. I used to watch ESPN and SportsCenter more than I should have during the 90's and it's ridiculous how they try to shove their views down your throat now compared to then. Cover sports, please. They turned the mic down when fans were chanting U-S-A!!! U-S-A!!! at the National Championship game this year when Trump and the First Lady walked out. The National Anthem happened, Trump stayed a while and then the football game was played. The NFL and NBA are fueled by BSPN now and have been for the last decade on social issues and politics. Colin Kaepernick anyone? Lebron James commenting on the NBA-China issue anyone? NBA Coach Greg Popovich commenting on politics and race making people comfortable? Shut up and dribble, please. President Trump attending the race is an honor for both sides. He'll be there and the racing will begin. It will be over. Not BSPN, they don't stop. 149. Anon posted: 02.16.2020 - 12:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sarcasm, I thought was obvious. :-) 150. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.16.2020 - 12:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I prefer college sports, because they don't talk about politics as much. But it seems like you just can't escape it. 151. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 12:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They're highlighting the 37 pit guy that got hit by BJ McLeod last year in Atlanta. Interesting that there was a chance he could have lost his leg had he not gone to the doctors 152. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 12:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I wonder how Chris Myers feels about only being used for the 500 now, and then doing interviews with little kids 153. Corey posted: 02.16.2020 - 12:55 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @143 George W Busch gave the command for the 500 during his presidency. I remember Bill Elliott had the honor of introducing him. Ronald Raegan gave the command while still on Air Force One for the 1984 Firecracker 400 and was in person for the finish. This one is neat as there is a video shot of Air Force One landing behind the backstretch just as Richard Petty was exiting Turn 2. 154. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 1:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Donald is arriving 155. JSPorts posted: 02.16.2020 - 1:05 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Until today, George W. Bush (2004) was the only sitting President to attend the Daytona 500. 2 other sitting Presidents (Ronald Reagan, 1984 Firecracker 400 & George H.W. Bush, 1992 Pepsi 400) have attended races. No sitting President has ever attended a race anywhere other than Daytona. 156. Z posted: 02.16.2020 - 1:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is the 1st race Trevor Bayne has attended since his last race of 2018; they did a pre-race segment on him & his current post-racing coffee shop. 157. HaleyFan1116 posted: 02.16.2020 - 1:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What time is driver introductions? 158. Altracing posted: 02.16.2020 - 1:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bell will move to the rear of the field for unapproved adjustments 159. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 1:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) There are four types of people in this world. Those who come Sunday are rooting for Ford, Chevrolet or Toyota and those who are neutral. No other division matters once the green flag drops. Let's go racing! 160. Z posted: 02.16.2020 - 2:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pre-race performer Darius Rucker picked Jimmie Johnson to pull through today. I'm going Joey Logano. 161. Corey posted: 02.16.2020 - 2:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Today is the day Chase Elliott equals his dad in wins and begins the quest to surpass his dad in any and all stats. 162. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 2:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Driver introductions are beginning. 163. JSPorts posted: 02.16.2020 - 2:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Only about an hour until the green flag! 164. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 2:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, and Joey Logano are the Vegas oddsmakers favorites to win this race at 10-1 odds. Brendan Gaughan meanwhile is the ultimate long shot at 150-1. 165. Fred posted: 02.16.2020 - 2:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @159 What about Dodge fans? 166. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 2:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Great American Race approaches with the crowd chanting "U-S-A, U-S-A" as the President appears on stage. The USAF Thunderbirds are also taking off for their flyover. 167. Chase9Fan posted: 02.16.2020 - 2:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hailie Deegan is awesome! More mature than most adults! 168. Sector posted: 02.16.2020 - 2:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #161 When did Chase win the other 30+ races? 169. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 2:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @165 That's true. We'll have to amend that to five types of people in this world if/when Dodge returns to NASCAR. Please come back Mopar! 170. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 2:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) WWE champion Sheamus is joining Michael Waltrip for the grid walk. 171. jensenators posted: 02.16.2020 - 2:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hopefully the race gets in today. There is a huge storm projected for 5pm, but if you look at the radar now, there's a small blob about 15-20 minutes out. if that hits, they probably won't get the track dry before the big storm. 172. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 2:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "The Beast" presidential Cadillac is on pit road before the Daytona 500. Never thought I'd ever see that. 173. jensenators posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hopefully they get the race in today. There is a big storm scheduled for 5pm, but if you check the radar now, there's a small cell about 15-20 minutes out. If that hits, they won't have time to dry the track before the big storm hits. 174. MBenoit posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The last time Trump attended the 500, in 2001, the XFL was also around. Kinda weird coincidence. 175. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is Trump's fifth time at the 500 but his first as President. He even joked before the 500 about how he'd love to join the race however it only was in jest. 176. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We've got the command and the engines are started. Kick the tires and light the fires, it's time to get racing. The 2020 NASCAR championship battle starts now! 177. Corey posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @168 I meant Daytona 500 wins, but even that won't happen. Bill won the 500 twice. 178. Corey posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The President is actually going to lead the field onto the track. 179. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And the Presidential motorcade is going to lead a pace lap at the Daytona 500 before the race. It doesn't look like the Beast has enough speed to run up on the banking though. 180. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They have three NASCAR safety vehicles separating the field from the motorcade and two Toyota NASCAR vehicles in front of it. This is probably the only time you'll see some Toyotas in the presidential motorcade...even though Toyota builds a lot of cars in the United States. 181. Chase9Fan posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That was cool! 182. Corey posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I wonder what Stenhouse is thinking, following the president. 183. Chase9Fan posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 137 it's all good. I agree 184. MBenoit posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That was cool. Not a Trump fan, but that was neat. Now let's get the damn race going. I want a full-distance race run before rain hits. 185. Anonymous posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That has to be one of the coolest things I have seen at a NASCAR race in a long time, Please don't ruin my day don't wipe the smile on me please. As cool as when Reagan was there, And Yes Mike Joy Trump is the 2nd president to give the command at Daytona for the 500 others yes indeed as you said been there but did give command at the 400, But again that was awesome!!!! THANK YOU NASCAR MOST PATRIOTIC SPORT ON THE PLANET NO WONDER I DON"T WATCH PROfressional stick and ball sports much these days. I don't but speaking of cool your looking at it! 186. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jimmie Johnson has been moved to the front of the field to lead the grid on a special pace lap before the start of his final NASCAR season. A classy move by NASCAR for the seven-time champion. 187. Anonymous posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And yes I was mostly speaking in kind its kindess day I was showing that and true greatness Man I have missed racing LETS GO!!! Lets have the 1st Cup Race of the 3rd decade of the 21st century! 188. Chase9Fan posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Let's get it today 9 team! Eza 189. Iamthedebris posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 15 minutes to start a race after leaving pit road. Come on NASCAR. 190. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) President Trump was allowed a radio to sent the entire field a message of it was an honor to be here, have a great race, and stay safe before the field took the green. 191. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sheamus from the WWE drove the real pace car before the start of the race. 192. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ut oh. Just seconds before the race was to start they added an extra pace lap due to a few sprinkles. 193. jensenators posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rain is at the track, I hate being right. 194. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rain 195. SweetRich posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Commentators For The Race Will Be Mike Joy And Jeff Gordon. The Pit Road Reporters Will Be Matt Yocum, Vince Welch, Regan Smith And Jamie Little. 196. MBenoit posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The weather radar looks terrible, as far as getting a full distance race in. They've got maybe two hours to get this in before the big system washes out the rest of the evening. 197. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Thats Florida for ya 198. EARL posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Don't see this getting in today, lots of small showers popping up 199. possum posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @193 - and just think, if they'd have started the race at 1pm like they did when common sense was part of NASCAR, we'd have had most of the race in by now. Maybe one day a dim glimmer of light will appear in NASCAR's conciousness and we'll go back to proper starting times. 200. Wil posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This sucks. Very unlucky. 201. Jimmie4life posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) All I hope is that this race plays like 2014, a cool race under the lights with fun action. Not with the bad calls, of course. 202. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Why is it taking so long for them to dry the track? I was at Talladega in 2016 and for the final 30+ laps it was sprinkling pretty good, not one caution. Why are they drying the ENTIRE track after only 5 minutes of short showers? 203. Mile501 posted: 02.16.2020 - 3:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If only they still started races at 12 or 1 PM like they once did...we would have already gotten most of this race in before the showers came. It seems to me that, with some advance planning, NASCAR could devise a system where they could move start times up if they needed to. For example, if the weather forecast the day before a race shows that rain is expected by late afternoon, announce the day before that the race will begin at 1 PM instead of 3 PM. With the technology we have now, it should be easy to set up a way to notify fans with tickets. Wouldn't that be better than postponing it to Monday? 204. MBenoit posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Not to blame this all on Trump, because this would happen regardless of who was president, but once the presidential entourage, complete with Air Force One and limos and secret service, moved into the picture, they couldn't really change the schedule much if they needed to, I'd imagine. Presidential plans tend to screw up schedules. In 2007, on my way to Daytona, the plane I was on got put into a holding pattern for 45 minutes because Bush was leaving Orlando and Air Force One requires a certain amount of restricted air space. 205. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I agree with David Ragen. The track looks fine, lets go racing! 206. Corey posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I disagree with everyone. We are doing the full 500 miles today. 207. Wil posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I thought this would be a 20 minute or so delay. Let's go! 208. ridingwithrusty posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Remember back in 2006 when they ran the Daytona 500 while it was actually raining? 209. Jimmie4life posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @206 So sure eh? Mother Nature has her ways... 210. Canadianfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @204 from Jayski. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Events Moving To Earlier, Uniform Start Times For 2010 Season: NASCAR and its television broadcast partners today announced earlier, uniform start times for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races in 2010. NASCAR worked closely with FOX, Turner, ESPN/ABC and the tracks on this project for the fans. The race start times for NASCAR Sprint Cup races in 2010 in the Eastern and Central regions of the country will begin at 1:00pm/et, West Coast events will begin at 3:00pm/et, and night races will begin at 7:30pm/et. (The one exception is NASCAR's longest night race, the Coca-Cola 600, which will have the same 5:45pm/et start time.) Following the invocation and national anthem, the green flag will drop at approximately 15-20 minutes past the hour after each listed race start time. A total of 28 NASCAR Sprint Cup races in 2010 will be held at an earlier time compared to 2009, with 20 races moved to 1:00pm/et, including the Daytona 500. Moving up the start of ?The Great American Race? two-and-a-half hours will produce the earliest start time for the Daytona 500 since 2003, when the race was also scheduled for 1:00pm/et. Five races move earlier to a 3:00pm/et start and three races start earlier at 7:30pm/et. In making the decision for earlier, more uniform start times, NASCAR consulted its Fan Council, comprised of 12,000 avid fans who serve as a sounding board on important topics. Half of NASCAR avid fans said they are often unclear about what time NASCAR races actually start. When given the chance to choose a start time, more than two-thirds of avid NASCAR fans preferred early Sunday afternoon.(NASCAR)(10-7-2009) Although it was a good idea the ratings for ESPN in the Chase were terrible because of this and they made changes after 1 year. FOX abandoned it after 2016. 211. Mile501 posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @204 - Those are fair points in this instance, but for a typical race, I don't see how the idea I proposed in 203 couldn't work and be better for everyone. 212. Corey posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @209 Just trying to be the optimist in a room full of pessimists. 213. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) NASCAR gives the command to restart the engines. 214. Pancakes posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jimmie Johnson will win whenever they get this thing running. 215. MBenoit posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looking like another small shower may delay us again in 30 minutes. I don't know if we even get past stage 1 today before the big rain hits around 6 EST. Ugh. 216. MBenoit posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @211 I agree. I think for normal race situations this could be a very helpful thing. 217. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dale Earnhardt, Jr. waves the green flag and we're finally underway. 218. possum posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @210 - correlation is not causation, and with the benefit of 10 years hindsight, it seems pretty unlikely that the change in start times was the cause of ESPN's dropping ratings (the evidence being that ratings continued to drop for most of the following 10 years). To the best of my recollection, the start of the 500 was 1pm for all of the years prior to 2003, and since ratings were just fine then, it also seems unlikely that a 1pm start is bad for ratings. 219. Altracing posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Daytona 500 is finally green 220. Corey posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @211 I don't think NASCAR has that much control over the start times. It seems the those are determined more by the networks and the networks don't like to bring starts times forward. I think NASCAR can do half an hour but thats it. 221. TheDewCrew posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Alright, RacingReference let's have a great 2020 Season, as we're green in the 2020 Daytona 500 222. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Holy crap Timmys in the top 10 223. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ricky Stenhouse leads the opening laps. Timmy Hill, who raced into the field, is up to tenth after just five laps. 224. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Timmy Hill in the top 10! 225. RandomFacts posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The train has formed, everyone looks content to ride and burn laps for now. 226. Danish_Pie posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Going Indian file early, Stenhouse in front. 227. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We had an underdog finish 2nd in the trucks, an underdog 3rd in Xfinity, do we have an underdog finish 1st today? 228. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Vince Welch sounds like he has a cold 229. Anonymous posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Timmy Hill!!! 230. Altracing posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution is out for rain 231. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution for more freaking sprinkles 232. Altracing posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And they're bringing the cars back down pit road again 233. TheDewCrew posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) For the first time since 2016, the first caution of the season is not caused by Corey Lajoie. This time it's a small sprinkle that stole has thunder, thankfully not literally 234. Mile501 posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The JGR Toyota crew (including the #95) is playing the go-to-the-back strategy for now. They're running 31st-35th. The caution is a break for Houff, Gase, and Poole, who had totally lost the draft and had already fallen half a lap behind the pack. 235. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Only turns 1 and 2 got wet. They expect a shorter delay than last time. 236. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The race will probably be moved to tomorrow 237. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Toyotas all dropped to the back on the first stint. Looks like they want ot ride at the back here at the start. 238. RandomFacts posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Radar makes me think there is zero chance of getting to lap 100 to make the race official today. 239. MBenoit posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just not looking like they're going to get an official race in today. But hopefully tomorrow will be better. I'd prefer to see 200 laps tomorrow than 105 today. 240. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They better talk to Timmy 241. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ricky Stenhouse jumps out and leads the first 21 laps in a single-file train, but then the caution comes out for rain. Storylines from the first few laps: -Toyotas drop to the rear -JTG Daugherty leads most laps in their Daytona 500 career -Non-chartered 66 car runs within the top 10 242. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And now the rain is getting heavier. We've got a deluge on the frontstretch. 243. Wil posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Was hoping we'd start the season with a bang and further Nascar's positive momentum. This is definitely a bummer. But maybe the rest of the race will be awesome. 244. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Now we got big ol fat rain fallin 245. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mother Nature moves to the front early on here at Daytona. She's looking strong today and the speed with which is moved in on the race is impressive. 246. Anonymous posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @244 As my grandpa used to say, "It's pouring piss out of a boot." 247. RandomFacts posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The track is lost now, I dont see the cars back on the track today. 248. Corey posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) There 40 cars to 20 laps each. Thats 800 miles 300 more then the 500. call the race and lets go home.:) 249. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 246 My grandpa always said "Like a Big cow pissin on a flat rock" 250. Danish_Pie posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @246 Reminds me of one of my favorite razz's to use, "couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel." xV 251. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I guess we haven't had rain mess with the 500 for a few years, so we're due. Sucks though 252. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 4:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We're got a rainbow over Turn 3 but it's going to be a while before we get back on track. 253. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.16.2020 - 5:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Any idea on how late they would try to get this race in? Tomorrow is a holiday and I know the Xfinity race in July last year ran past midnight. 254. Aldo posted: 02.16.2020 - 5:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Races should start at 1 pm. This is not bad luck, this is stupidity. We've got almost all Daytona 500 races raced with no problems until some dumb thought it was a cool move to start the race later. We've got a lot of rain delayed Daytona 500 since then. 255. TimeTrvler87 posted: 02.16.2020 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ah, I remember this race all those years ago. Greatest Monday night Daytona 500 ever, even besting 2012. Was worth the wait to watch. Of course, this was back when they still raced on 4 wheels and on the ground. How times change. 256. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) FOX is switching over to the 2019 Daytona 500 to fill time during the delay. It's not the best circumstances but it's nice to hear Darrell Waltrip "Boogity, Boogity, Boggity" back into the broadcast that way. 257. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 5:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Now showing the 2019 race. Cue the clueless people who are going to say "When Did Darrell Waltrip come back" 258. RandomFacts posted: 02.16.2020 - 5:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Or perhapes just figure out a way for them to race in the rain. 259. Canadianfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 5:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If it is run tomorrow it will be 4 PM. That from several twitter sources. 260. Canadianfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 5:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @254 That would be FOX. 261. Aldo posted: 02.16.2020 - 5:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Nascar should introduce chicanes on ovals in order to race on rain conditions 262. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 5:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Or perhapes just figure out a way for them to race in the rain." It scientifically can't be done on a banked oval. There's too much speed and too much tire wire to ever do it. Plausibly you could race in the rain on a flat oval where the cars aren't full throttle around the entire track, maybe NHIS, but unless you switched the track to the road course, where they would be required to slow down and cool the tires, it is impossible to race in the rain at Daytona. 263. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.16.2020 - 5:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They race in the rain on ovals in th UK, at Rockingham motor speedway, but that track was pretty flat. 264. Canadianfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 5:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @262 Terry Labonte tested rain tires at Martinsville in the mid-90's. Said it was like driving on ice. 265. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 5:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I've seen that, with the pickup trucks. I was thinking about that but few American ovals are as flat as UK Rockingham. 266. Rad posted: 02.16.2020 - 5:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse leads with Harvick in second and Almirola in third. 267. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.16.2020 - 5:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think the only tracks where that could work would be either phoenix or martinsville. I know the Euro series runs in the rain too, and Myatt Snider posted a video of him driving in the rain on an oval: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FszWdNhZLHY 268. Corey posted: 02.16.2020 - 5:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If you guys want earlier start times, write to FOX. NASCAR doesn't have that much say. 269. Anonymous posted: 02.16.2020 - 5:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 266 - I bet Hamlin wins it. 270. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 5:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Horsepower might be a part of it, both the NASCAR Euro cars and the UK Pickup Truck Racing series trucks have significantly less horsepower to try and control than a Cup car. By my estimate the Cup car has about 3 times as much horsepower as the Euro pickups (230 vs 750ish). 271. Pacer posted: 02.16.2020 - 5:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Side effect of using last year's broadcast: a funny moment where Mike Joy leads into a commericial break with a segway into the Toyota Supra pinball machine ad that no longer airs. 272. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.16.2020 - 5:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I forgot about that ad 273. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 5:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) At least there is other things on tv to flip between 274. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 6:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) According to Pockrass, it sounds like the restart cutoff is 9pm eastern 275. Chase9Fan posted: 02.16.2020 - 6:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I really hope they don't have to delay this till tomorrow. 276. Chase9Fan posted: 02.16.2020 - 6:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Radar doesn't look promising though. 277. HaleyFan1116 posted: 02.16.2020 - 6:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) At this point we're probably going to have the race at 4 tomorrow. 278. possum posted: 02.16.2020 - 6:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Welp, no more racing today, I think. Looks like there's about an hour's worth of rain moving in, about a hour's gap, and then 3 or 4 more hours rain (which is just now reaching Ocala). Given the 1 am curfew at DIS there's no way to dry the track and start the race. 279. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 6:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) At the moment, it looks dry, but for how long is the big question 280. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 6:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like some cars are getting uncovered 281. Pacer posted: 02.16.2020 - 6:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) FOX has been hyping up that new Duncanville animated show that premieres tonight a lot this week too. If we're still racing today I wonder if it will be on FS1. 282. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 6:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) There are crew guys by the cars. Not sure what's happening though 283. Tide1732 posted: 02.16.2020 - 6:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Race postponed to monday, according to ESPN 284. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 6:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @283 They've had more rain but FOX just gave an update and they are still trying to dry the track. Night has now fallen at the track. 285. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 6:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Fox just said track was dry, another shower popped up and wet one section. Drying again. Will come back with an announcement momentarily. 286. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 6:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think it's coming to Cody Wares embarrassing moment in the 2019 500 287. GoPM21 posted: 02.16.2020 - 6:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @283 Tide1732 to be shanghaied, according to FS2. 288. TimeTrvler87 posted: 02.16.2020 - 6:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Are they really thinking of going back green? With the next storm approaching they may make 10-15 laps. What a waste that would be. Save it for tomorrow and quit wasting people's time Nascar. 289. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 6:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like it's pouring now based on the fox live thing that they're doing 290. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.16.2020 - 6:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @281 I don't know what they will do, I know that the XFL is on FS1 right now and it shouldn't be over until around 9. I think the safest bet would be that Fox would move the XFL game to fs2 and the 500 to fs1, or vice versa. 291. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 6:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Okay. There it is. 4pm tomorrow 292. RaceFanX posted: 02.16.2020 - 6:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And we've been rained out. It doesn't even look like we'll get the end of the 2019 race. 293. HaleyFan1116 posted: 02.16.2020 - 7:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Pockrass: Postponed to 4pm Monday. #nascar @NASCARONFOX 294. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 7:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The race does get to be on the big network though 295. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 7:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I've got a feeling it's going to be 2012 all over again 296. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.16.2020 - 7:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) See y'all tomorrow 297. Pacer posted: 02.16.2020 - 7:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They didn't air the end of the 2019 race. That's unusual, I suspect Denny was still going to win though. 298. Altracing posted: 02.16.2020 - 7:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I got a class at 4:15 tomorrow so I'll probably miss the opening portion but I should be back to see the later half and end of the race 299. Canadianfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 7:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just throwing this out there. If we had started at say 1:20 we never would've finished. We would've done Stage 1, Stage 2, and only a handful of the Final Stage. That would've been it. 300. Sector posted: 02.16.2020 - 8:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #298 So who is going to do the play by play? joey2448? 301. timothy_eklund posted: 02.16.2020 - 8:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tomorrow is a holiday so some people will be home 302. TheDewCrew posted: 02.16.2020 - 9:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I was more upset we didn't get to see the end of last year's race on the rerun than the race being postponed. Oh well better to wait until daytime than to wait past midnight to maybe get the whole race in 303. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 9:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'll jump into the big dog's shoes for play by play. Or at least co-play by play 304. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.16.2020 - 9:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I will also post some during the race 305. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.16.2020 - 10:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'll see if I can't do most of the race 306. Chase9Fan posted: 02.16.2020 - 10:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Will see the start, but son has swimming at 6pm so... DVR time. 307. ThatGuy posted: 02.16.2020 - 11:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Can anyone tell me if anyone's running all 3 Daytona races this year other than Chastain? I don't think there is, but I can't keep track of the lower running cars very well, especially in Xfinity. I think Justin Haley & Timmy Hill weren't in the truck race, Poole wasn't in the Xfinity race. I'm curious because last year Ross pulled off what seemed impossible, getting a top 10 in all 3 races (all in underfunded equipment, as if surviving for a top 10 in all 3 wasn't impressive enough) 308. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2020 - 11:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Key things Going into tomorrow: Only 20 laps in All 40 cars still on the lead lap Completely cleaned off track Weather is going to be mid 70s and partly cloudy (as of writing this) Larry Mac mentioned some cars getting wet inside when they took the covers off before the downpoor, so there's the threat of electrical problems And most importantly: Timmy Hill is in the top 10 309. Mile501 posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @307 - Just Chastain. Herbst, Little, and Moffitt ran both the Xfinity and truck races but aren't in the Cup race. So far this weekend, Chastain has finished 4th (trucks) and 23rd (Xfinity). Obviously his Xfinity effort was hampered by the bizzare issue during qualifying that led to him driving the #38. But he did keep one streak alive--in 12 starts, he has never failed to finish a Daytona Xfinity race. 310. Tarheel posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:22 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 309, I haven't been able to follow much this weekend, what was the issue Chastain had in Xfinity qualifying? 311. Mile501 posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @310 - Someone else can probably give more detail than what I know, but both teammates (Chastain and Allmendinger) had some kind of weird issue under the hood while qualifying. Both had slow laps and failed to make the race. Kaulig worked out some kind of deal for Chastain to drive the #38 instead of Jeff Green so he could still be in the race, since he's running the full season, but he finished 5 laps down. 312. ShinyMew151 posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chastain finished 9th in trucks 313. Jahn1234567890 posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @309 @312 Chastain finished 8th in the truck series race and 22nd in the xfinity race 314. Mile501 posted: 02.17.2020 - 12:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sorry for the confusion about Chastain! For some reason, I was looking at starting positions instead of finishing positions. 315. Yeet posted: 02.17.2020 - 2:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In an impromptu press conference during yesterday's rain delay, Timmy Hill says he broke a fender brace and will go to the back once the race restarts, but considering he gained 22 spots in less than 15 laps he doesn't seem to be too worried 316. ScottB posted: 02.17.2020 - 2:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The delay works out great for me, I was working yesterday but can watch today. And, all I missed was 20 laps, the pre-race hype which I don't like, and a lot of filler while the were trying to dry the track. I don't think this will be good for ratings, though. 317. Wil posted: 02.17.2020 - 2:56 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) @316 It's a disaster. New fans who tuned in got to see a couple of pace laps, then the cars called to pit road 1 pace lap before the opening green, then an advertised "very brief delay" that turned into an hour, then 20 laps of single file at the top, then a wash out. 2020 is a critical year for the popularity of the sport, and yesterday was pretty tragic. 318. Corey posted: 02.17.2020 - 3:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @315 Was it the Left rear fender? It looked to be vibrating a bit. 319. Wil posted: 02.17.2020 - 3:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cool thing about moving from New York to Texas: Was just thinking about how to fill the next hour until the race restarts at 4. Oh wait, it's 4 ET which means 3 CT. Feel like I just time traveled. 320. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 3:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) On the east coast, viewership will probably be decent, but on the west coast, unless you're off or have a way to watch while working, it's not going to be nearly as good. 321. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 3:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Alrighty, let's try this again 322. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We're about to resume the Daytona 500! 323. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:03 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @319 Same. I live in Alabama and I almost missed the start because I was waiting until 4. 324. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I believe that Stenhouse is the only driver to lead the 500 for 24 hours 325. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cars are rolling 326. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Didn't the 2012 Daytona 500 end on a Monday? 327. Wil posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:08 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Here's a guy who was no doubt happy about the rainout: Vince Welch. Sounds like Vince lost his voice yesterday, which is the absolute nightmare for a broadcaster. Had another day to rest it. 328. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It never started Sunday though 329. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pits open 330. Corey posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @326, 328 It started on a Monday and ended on a Tuesday. The red flag through it past midnight. 331. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) McDowell Custer and several toward the rear stayed out 332. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @330 thanks, I forgot about the Jet Dryer incident lol 333. Corey posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 4 o clock is still not a great time even for the East Coast. Despite the holiday many people are still working and don't get out til 5 or in my case 6. 334. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @333 I think they (fox) chose it because that's when the court and law shows are on and no one really cares about those. 335. TheDewCrew posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @329 That Tuesday was my birthday and I almost got to wake up to my favorite driver (Junior) winning 336. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And everyone else pits 337. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The green flag is (back) out! 338. Yeet posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @318 Timmy didn't specify but most likely 339. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green green green 340. TheDewCrew posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @333 I had school today and didn't get out until 3:30 EST, so I just got home. And we're back to green! 341. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Derrike Cope and StarComs 00 up toward the front 342. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Aric is LOOSE 343. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The 00 is in the top 10 344. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almirola to the lead but bad Brad challenges back 345. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Clint Bowyer hanging with the Toyotas and the other guys choosing to play it safe 346. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They have not gone single file... yet 347. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Nice geico NASCAR ad 348. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Custer up to third 349. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Newman to the lead 350. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse has made it to second. Newman now challenging for the lead 351. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle complaining about the 34s pack leading 352. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almirola to the lead 353. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Newman takes it back 354. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The 10 trying to lead 355. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good racing so far 356. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:27 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Welch voice is gone already 357. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Here comes the 17 358. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) With the Hendrick gang behind him 359. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Hendrick boys up front 360. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Quin Houff still inside the top 20, along with Ross the Boss 361. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The chevies have taken the lead 362. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Welch sounds terrible. He shouldn't be announcing with his voice nearly gone like that. 363. William24ByronFan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Joey Gase is slow. 364. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Awesome Chase from the Same Ol Place and JJ followed by Bowman the Showman and Byron leading a single file group 365. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 16 to go in stage 1 366. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Are you saying Slow in General, or he's got a problem 367. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Fuel could be an issue for some 368. William24ByronFan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gase is the first car one lap down. 369. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano trying someon the outside but doesn't have tons of help 370. William24ByronFan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm disappointing that Gase is one lap down. 371. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Some uncertainty on fuel 372. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron wrecks 373. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byrons done 374. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) What a surprise. Contact from Stenhouse 375. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron got hooked by stenhouse 376. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:42 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Looks like a bump gone wrong. 377. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:42 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Elliott leads, 7 to go in Stage 1 as William Byron spins into the inside wall! Caution is out, looks like Stenhouse spun him out. 378. Stifler posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) First wreck of the year 379. William24ByronFan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) No William Byron!!! 380. Vaxen posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron is out ! :/ 381. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:43 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Byron threw a bad block there. All he had to do was stay in line and he would have been fine. This one isn't Ricky's fault. 382. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just got to the inside and turned a little bit up the track or Byron came down a little to block. 383. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well, Jeff Gordon's streak of being the only guy to win in the 24 continues another race. People pitting. Gase back on the LL 384. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Justin Haley wins the race off pit road 385. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bell slid through the stall 386. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) But the anti-Stenhouse narrative will probably say otherwise. 387. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Some of the Fords and Toyotas come to the pits. Bell overshoots the pit stall. 388. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That kinda reminded me of the wreck in the ARCA race last year with Self and Mullins 389. Stifler posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Wrecky Stenhouse strikes again. 390. JOHEN573 posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Typical Stenhouse! 391. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @388 I was thinking the same thing 392. Wil posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Stenhouse is absolutely surreal. Not only did he wreck someone 60 laps into the 2020 season, but he wrecked a Chevy teammate. I can't hate him for it because he's so ridiculous that he brings me entertainment, but wow. Poor William. 393. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:46 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 391 Everything going fine then, BOOM, car outta line head for the wall 394. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:46 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I think that was more on Byron with a bad block IMO 395. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) With this new package and the huge runs I'm not surprised that a wreck like that happened. 396. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 2 to go in stage 1 397. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 2 laps will be left in the stage. It could get UGLY 398. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Toyotas top off on gas lap before green 399. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag back out 400. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Toyotas are really playing it safe. They've got the turtle setting on instead of the rabbit 401. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We made it! 402. TheDewCrew posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chase Elliott Wins Stage 1 403. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh, Wil. You and the other blind anti-Stenhouse sheep never cease to amuse me. Byron clearly went down too late and Stenhouse rightfully didn't lift. 404. Legend24 posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) why did jtg think it was a good idea to bring in wrecky stenhouse? hes a bum that just wrecks people, now he screwed over his own chevy teammate with his terrible driving 405. Wil posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse is the common denominator in almost every crash. Even if Byron's car came down a bit (and I'm not sure if it was a block or the air moving that car) you wouldn't see Jimmie Johnson making RSJ's move. There are 140 laps left in the Daytona 500, just be smart and avoid accidents with your Chevy teammates. 406. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) @405 Nope, if someone comes down on me, I'd rather wreck his ass than lose positions. 407. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Byron fans bitch more than Chase Elliott fans, and that says a lot. 408. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I will laugh if the fox drone falls on the track and causes the big one. 409. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @406 welcome back Me/Underdogfan 410. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Elliott, Johnson, Bowman, Stenhouse, Almirola, Dillon, Logano, Kurt, Blaney, DiBenedetto, Buescher, Reddick, and Gaughan stayed out. Elliott gets a great start, clears Johnson before turn 1. He's got too large a lead, Johnson tried to advance up top but Bowman gives Elliott a shove to the lead. Last lap. Elliott blocks and wins Stage 1. Bowman, Almirola, Logano, Johsnon, Blaney, Stenhouse, Ty Dillon DiBenedetto, and Buescher the top 10 411. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 408 I had the same thought. There was the incident in 2013 (I think) at the Coke 600 when the camera cable snapped and screwed up a bunch of cars 412. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) David Ragen gains 15 and comes out 2nd off Pit Road 413. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) @409 Nah, wrong guy. 414. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Leaders pit, but the Toyotas stay out 415. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @411 I recall it screwing up KBs car 416. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keselowski leads the race off pit road 417. Wil posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Lap 45 or whatever there's no reason to be that aggressive moving across my back bumper" William just said it better than I did. You're Stenhouse: What are you doing hooking another Chevy into the fence 60 laps into the race? A smart driver would try to avoid that happening at all costs, even if it means lifting. 418. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think Ambrose and Mark Martins cars were messed up too 419. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 4:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They need to find someone to cover for Welch. He has a race to announce on Friday. 420. Z posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Elliot, Logano, Bowman take 4 & gas, Lap 68 421. RyanM posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Stenhouse is the biggest menace out there since Earnhardt Sr, but without a lick of his driving talent. Anyone still defending him is just as delusional as his ex's stans were. 422. Wil posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almirola's car is an absolute rocket ship. 423. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I'd honestly laugh so hard if the Toyotas have a problem after playing it so safe the first stage 424. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:04 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) Look, it's nothing more than a racing incident, and people are overreacting, plain and simple. It happens, it's not like he meant to wreck him. Jeez, get over it. 425. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin to the lead. He'll lead Custer on the restart. They get a better start on the inside, but Hamlin has a huge lead, maybe too huge. 426. Stifler posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Wrecky Spinhouse is the Maldonado of Nascar. 427. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ross the Boss trying to get the bottom line going but has no help 428. Gordon24 posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) Byron just gave an interview and explained the wreck. He said the first time Stenhouse bumped him, he didn't bump him square but instead he bumped the #24 and slid across the #24's back which turns the #24 to the left. Then the #47 hit him the 2nd time and it turned him because he already had the #24 moving left. I've watched Stenhouse since his ARCA days and he has bump drafted this way alot where he is moving left or right when he bumps you instead of bumping you square in the back. 429. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Ugh... the train is back. 430. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Now we have a 39 car choo choo train 431. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Some Chevy's lead by Ricky Stenhouse trying the bottom 432. RaceFanX posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Lap 75 and Toyota is 1-2-3-4-5 with Hamlin leading. All 39 cars are in one long train. 433. Wil posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The manufacturer stuff is brutal, but impossible to regulate. It's become like peloton racing in cycling. 434. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dillion and someone else jump in front of Ricky 435. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Inside line trying to form. 436. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse trying to get the bottom working with Johnson behind, now Austin Dillon pulls down to lead that group 437. RaceFanX posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:09 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "Coca-Cola and NASCAR, it's a Sunday thing" - Fox ad with Denny Hamlin. Yeah, but this is Monday. 438. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:09 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Its been a decent race so far. 439. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @437 I didn't realize that until now haha 440. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Getting a little dicey again 441. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dennys with some trash 442. Wil posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:11 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I like the simple "Nascar Cup Series" title. It's clean and easy. 443. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) TIMMEH is back in the top 20 444. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The drone is drunk 445. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Toyotas block off the inside run by Dillon, now Dillon shuffles to the outside as Stenhouse goes to fifth. 446. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh dear Vince... 447. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) FOX, FIND SOMEONE TO TAKE WELCH'S SPOT 448. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Vince Welch sounds sick and hoarse 449. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Vince welch sounds like he has a cold or something. 450. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Problem with the 00 451. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution, McLeod, Houff, among others wreck. 452. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Awe man. No 30th anniversary win for Derrike Cope 453. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Houff's inexperience shows. He came up too early. 454. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:17 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) That was Quinns fault, your being lapped GET OUT OF THE WAY!!! 455. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Quin Houff crashes. There's the 52 of BJ McLeod also involved. Quin absolutely cut off Almirola, BJ contacts the 00 and goes into the outside wall as well 456. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I don't no think the 00 was lapped 457. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I think he's done blocking for the day" haha 458. Wil posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:20 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Not an impressive display of car control from B.J. McLeod. 459. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:20 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @456 Jeff said he was being lapped and just clarified that he wasn't, I was going off of what he said. Either way the 00 was going WAY slower than the 10. 460. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jeff Gordon has another flub. 461. William24ByronFan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Houff and McLeod wrecks! 462. Stifler posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:21 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Really high profile guys involved in this wreck 463. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Christopher bell NEARLY hit the 19s pit crew. 464. Yeet posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) McLeod will continue, Houff will not. 465. racefangurl posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Toyota flavored race atm. 466. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:22 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Why is Vince Welch still reporting? Get one of the MRN guys or something to take his spot or something. 467. RaceFanX posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hoff and McLeod both got a little air under their cars there. Hoff when he got the outside wall and McLeod when he went bouncing through the grass. 468. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin leads out of the pits, Stenhouse with a big gain in the pits. 469. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sorry for butchering my grammar, I was paying more attention to the tv than to what I was posting lol. 470. Legend24 posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) time to make it up, wrecky, take out busch and hamlin. 471. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag back out 472. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) WOW Chastain nearly got ran over by Keselowski 473. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ross in the top 10 474. Wil posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We're not yet halfway thru the first race and Erik Jones' pit crew already botches a stop and ruins his track position. That didn't take long! 475. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Anyone else notice Bowyer and Timmy Hills cars look similar 476. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin and Stenhouse even starts, Hamlin able to jump to the bottom but Truex with the big push from the 9 goes to the outside for the lead. Hamlin able to hold off the charge with Stenhouse back to second. 477. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @475 Yeah lol, had me confused at the start of the race. 478. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) the 47 nearly turned the 11 479. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse got Denny loose. Chase battles for the lead 480. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:31 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) here comes the 9 481. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) stenhouse nearly got turned 482. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:32 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Elliott to the inside for second, now Stenhouse all over the back of Hamlin, almost turned him and that gives Elliott an opportunity for the lead, Hamlin holds him off. 483. Wil posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) These guys are really racing right now. I'm holding my breath. 484. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:34 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Elliott not content to ride in line, he's trying to make the outside work now. Almost a crash a couple laps ago with Stenhouse. 485. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @483 I'm getting nervous about the crash everytime I see the 47 pushing someone! 486. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chastain showing some speed. 487. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The lights are on 488. Legend24 posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) why is stenhouse racing hamlin cleaner than a chevy teammate? what a turd 489. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I wonder how nervous Denny is right now 490. Mbenoit posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 11 lead changes so far today as the 11 car continues to lead. 491. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As DW says The nighttime is the right time 492. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ross Chastain is in the top 5. With the team that got Haley that surprise Daytona win last year, don't be surprised if it happens again 493. William24ByronFan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Joey Gase is lapped again. 494. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Do we really know if this will be Jimmies last 500? 495. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cinderella AND Van Halen. Whoever's choosing the songs to lead into the commercial break has excellent taste. 496. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If I heard right, Erik Jones ran a 206 mph lap. 497. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) After looking at nascar's live feed, Erik Jones has the fastest lap of the race with a 206.035 498. Wil posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Not sure why Joy and Jeff sound surprised at Chastain's run so far. He's in a Ganassi car. No reason why he can't win. 499. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) BJ has called it a day 500. Canadianfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sunset at 6:15. 501. William24ByronFan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gase is 2 laps down. 502. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stage 2 goes to Denny 503. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse tried something and it cost him second in the stage 504. Wil posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch just schooled Stenhouse coming to the line for 2nd. It's only one position, but you can bet that felt good for KB's ego. 505. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Denny drifted up the track and I thought Ricky was gonna get him, but he didn't. 506. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) TIMMY!!! 507. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almost everyone pits 508. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex runs over a gas can 509. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Timmy Hill wins the race off pit road, as Vince Welch's voice has gotten worse. 510. ChastainFan10 posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I feel like will be at 1000 by the end of post race. 511. Jacob posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I don't envy whoever has to get that destroyed gas can. 512. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 5:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chases gas can was the one that truex hit 513. William24ByronFan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Gase's car is not competitive today. 514. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Timmy missed his pit orginally. Came in again 515. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @513 I think you've made that point 516. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 513 Norm Bennings truck is more competitive than the 51 517. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green is back out 518. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @516 Id be willing to bet that my neighbors go kart is faster than the 51 519. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Here come the blocks oh boy 520. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano is going to cause a problem 521. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse and Logano are a dangerous combo 522. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They ARE GOING TO WRECK 523. Corey posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Finally, home in time for stage 3. 524. Yeet posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's really ramping up now hold tight folks 525. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Me no likey what I see 526. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Now theyve settled a little 527. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Is it just me or are those roof flaps coming loose? 528. joey2448 posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) With just over 60 laps to go, the intensity has jumped a little bit. Now with the end of stage two, it's time to race. 529. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gonna get ugly again here 530. Mbenoit posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 15 lead changes among 11 drivers this far. 531. William24ByronFan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gase is lapped again. 532. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Fords have taken the lead 533. Mbenoit posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 35 lead lap cars with less than 50 laps to go. 534. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Did anyone notice that they skipped Vince on the ones to watch? 535. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) side by side for the lead 536. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This cant end well 537. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I thought Denny was going around there 538. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And we go to commercial right as the racing gets intense 539. Mbenoit posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The intensity meter is about to peg. 540. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @498 Probably because it isn't "official" Ganassi equipment if I had to guess. But yeah, that team has won at Daytona and so has Chastain so it really shouldn't surprise anyone who isn't living under a rock. 541. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse went below the double yellow I think 542. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We got three wide going now 543. Stifler posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Too many damn commercials 544. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse getting penalized 545. joey2448 posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The polesitter Stenhouse made a pass by Blaney below the yellow line and has subsequently been penalized by NASCAR. He serves his pass-through penalty with 38 to go. Unless we have some crashes and cautions at the end of this race, it appears Stenhouse's chance to win is gone. 546. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Single file 547. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This could get gnarly 548. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Contact! 549. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Fords and Toyotas pit 550. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Chevies are trying to do what the fords did in the duels. 551. Christian posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:31 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) So it's gonna be either PenskeWinsLOL or ToyotaWinsLOL just like the last 4 races. 552. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex the lone ranger on pit road 553. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse! 554. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) no caution 555. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What the hell happened there? 556. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @551 Not necessarily. Buescher's been close to the front all day,Almirola has looked strong at points as well. 557. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Custers engine might be going boom. That or contact with the 47 558. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:34 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) ChristianWhinesLOL 559. Z posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Johnson, Kurt Busch, Bowman 4 tires & gas, 26 to go 560. Thompson posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:35 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) It's gonna be Toyota or Penske just like the last 4 races 561. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jones nailed stenhouse. Custer appears to have an engine issue 562. Jonesfan7720 posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Erik and Rick really need to learn to communicate 563. Mile501 posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @442 "I like the simple "Nascar Cup Series" title. It's clean and easy." It sure beats the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series. 564. joey2448 posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse was slowing with 28 laps to go to make a pit stop but as he did, he got tagged in the rear by Erik Jones and spun out. The green flag stays out and the rest of the Chevys pit with 25 to go. With 24 to go, it's the Toyota of Kyle Busch followed by a line of Fords with Logano, Keselowski, Buescher, Bowyer and Almirola 2nd through 6th. Busch's teammate Hamlin is sitting 7th. 565. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Its gonna get crazy 566. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh dear oh dear oh dear 567. William24ByronFan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I want underdogs to win. 568. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Reed Sorenson with one of the fastest put stops KYLE IS BLOWING AN ENGINE 569. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) tire rub never mind lol 570. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) NEWMAN 571. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:41 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Bell could become the first driver since Johnny Rutherford to win in his debut AND THE BIG ONE 572. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Holy SH*T 573. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It appears I was right with Busch, smoke coming out of his pipe 574. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) TIMMY MADE IT THROUGH!!!!!! 575. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This coverage is not good. 576. Stifler posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well everyone died 577. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good Job Joey 578. Tide1732 posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamilin will win again 579. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) To clarify my older comment, Lone Star JR Johnny Rutherford won the 2nd duel in 1963 in his cup debut, and to my knowledge that was the last time that has happened. Could Christopher Bell change that? 580. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Red flag 581. Jacob posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Crazy last few laps (just had the Big One; Kyle Busch apparently blowing an engine and Aric Almirola and Bubba Wallace being attended to) 582. Ultimate_Warrior_#18 posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I knew Logano would wreck the field smh 583. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bubbas car is okay I think. He was just stuck 584. William24ByronFan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Joey Gase might get a decent finish! 585. Jonesfan7720 posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bell about to win in his 1st cup start 586. Legend24 posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good job taking out all the Chevys Logano, good to know Ford's plan is just wreck everyone else 587. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Guys who I think are okay Ross John Hunter maybe Reddick Haley Blaney Bubba Buescher Ragans car looks okay 588. Mbenoit posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Man, Keselowski gets wrecked by his teammate again, although this time more indirectly. Harvick with an incredible job to get through the big one. 589. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Add both Dillion brothers 590. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jeff might have to wear that jersey lol 591. Mbenoit posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Newman, Bell, and Elliott now the top 3. 592. joey2448 posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The big one strikes with 17 laps to go! Look like at least a dozen cars involved, including Johnson, Almirola, Keselowski, Truex and Dibenedetto. Right before that crash, Kyle Busch fell from the lead with a smoking car, which initially looked like a tire rub. But a lap later it was clear the smoke was pouring from his tail pipes, so that may be a serious issue for the #18. 593. Mile501 posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) According to nascar.com's new live "timeline", these 19 cars were involved in the wreck at lap 184: #1, #2, #3, #8, #10, #12, #13, #16, #17, #19, #21, #22, #36, #38, #43, #48, #62, #77, #88 594. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cars have been refired 595. Mbenoit posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Reed Sorenson currently being scored 10th, according to NASCAR.com's leaderboard. Currently 22 lead changes, already exceeding last year's total of 15. 596. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Don't say I didn't warn ya The Big One Just Happened 19 of them equaling the 2nd biggest Daytona 500 crash, with 2001, and 3 straight Daytona races we get at least a 18 Car Crash OUCH!!!!! 597. Onion posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) How the hell is the #21 not instantly out of this? They are attempting to repair it right now. 598. Z posted: 02.17.2020 - 6:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowyer, Larson, Harvick, McDowell, Preece, LaJoie 4 & gas, 15 to go 599. Mbenoit posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Busch smoking heavily on the apron, trying to pick up a few spots before he's black-flagged. 600. joey2448 posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch has pulled the #18 behind the wall with an engine issue. His hunt for a Daytona 500 title will have to wait another year. 601. Z posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch @ 296 is 3 shy of tying Tony Stewart for most laps led w/out winning the 500. 602. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Should be a crazy finish 603. Onion posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Can't believe how Jimmie is not able to continue, while Bowman, DiBenedetto and Truex are. The #48 looks to be a lot less damaged than all those other cars. 604. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Newman could win his 2nd 500 605. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jimmie got the dvp 606. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green 607. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 10 to go Oh boy 608. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Fords in tandem 609. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Where'd Larson come from 610. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) No! Timmy and Sorenson 611. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh no Timmy 612. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Let's go preece. Also anyone else notice how good Newman has been running at plate tracks recently? 613. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Either Sorenson went for a hole that wasn't there or had a tire go 614. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They're going to try and fix Timmys car 615. Onion posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wonder what the hell Ragan was thinking there? Also, thank you dvp for basically necessitating shoddy repairs and sending dangerous cars like the #88 back on the track. 616. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Here we go again 617. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We aren't done crashing yet 618. joey2448 posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hold onto your butts. Gonna be 4 laps to go on this restart with Newman and Logano running 1-2. 619. Jacob posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Denny Hamlin's lurking in 3rd, and if he wins he'd be the first repeat Daytona 500 winner since Sterling Marlin 25 years ago. 620. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green again 621. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Here comes Newman 622. Jacob posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @619 Correction. Last driver to win consecutive Daytona 500 races 623. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tandem drafting 624. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ross got Preece. Big one part 2 625. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) CMON ROSS YOU CANT PASS ON THE APRON 626. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) sorry my inner preece fan came out. That was amazing tandem drafting by the 6/11. Amazing job by Newman dragging the brake. 627. A.J. posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ANYBODY but the 11 or 95 to win this. 628. Christian posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Great, now Hamlin will win the race and yet again a driver wins a race after being sent to the rear at the start. 629. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ross went for it and Preece squeezed him down 630. Mbenoit posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That was a video game move by Chastain there, trying to pass with half a lane open, bouncing off the apron. 631. RandomFacts posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin will easily win this now I think. 632. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) A red flag again 633. Mbenoit posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Actually, does look like the 37 squeezed him for sure. Everybody's going for it at the end. 634. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ty Dillion has yet to get out of the 13 635. Stifler posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I want Buescher to win this. 636. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Never mind he got out 637. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Now I think the tandem drafting is gonna be crazy here at the end. 638. Mbenoit posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Buescher with a wild run to go from about fifth to alongside Hamlin for the lead before the caution came out. Jack Roush has both his cars in the top 5. 639. Legend24 posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:29 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) In my 15 years of watching NASCAR I have never seen a driver less deserving of a Daytona 500 than Hamlin, I hope its anyone but that dick 640. HaleyFan1116 posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Haley in 9th! 641. Mile501 posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @639 - Has Hamlin done something today that makes you say he's undeserving? Or do you just not like him? 642. joey2448 posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin pushed Newman to a big lead, then pulled out to pass for the lead, and that allowed the rest of the field to close right back up to them. Chastain had the huge run into turn 1 and just got pinched by Preece which took out a chunk of the remaining field. 643. A.J. posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano back on track, apparently not done wrecking the field yet. 644. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Here we go again. 645. Z posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano's car looks like a Hot Wheels a kid's chewed on. And yet it continues. 646. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I want everyone to wreck and Corey Lajoie to win, lol. 647. joey2448 posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Overtime restart. Two-lap shootout to decide it. Top-10 as they run: 11-Hamlin 17-Buescher 4-Harvick 6-Newman 14-Bowyer 12-Blaney 34-McDowell 16-Haley 38-Nemechek 32-Lajoie 648. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I want one of the Roush cars to win 649. Mile501 posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 9 of the top 11 drivers are Fords, including both Roush cars and all 3 Front Row cars (including Ragan in that group). Hamlin is the lone Toyota; Haley, who isn't even a full-time Cup driver, is the lone Chevy. 650. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Watch Brennan Poole win somehow 651. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Here we go... again! 652. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh boy 653. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If Poole wins than I will become a Kyle Busch fan 654. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green 655. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That didn't last long 656. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowyer and McDowell. Haley with damage 657. Jacob posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We didn't even get started on the green-white-checkered and we've got a crash 658. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Poole in the top 10 659. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Get that steaming piece of crap 95 outta there 660. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Allow me to change my bet: if Poole wins than I will become a Cleveland Browns fan. The ultimate torture device. 661. HaleyFan1116 posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Thank you Bowyer, good job. 662. Mile501 posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Apparently nascar.com's newly redesigned live leaderboard doesn't know how to handle overtime. It says we're currently on lap 4 / NAN in stage 4 of 3. 663. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If Corey wins, he might bump to the top of the list of potential 48 candidates 664. Jimmie4life posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:45 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Bunch of Idiots in these last few laps... EVERY TIME. Just race clean and then destroy each other... 665. Mbenoit posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowyer still in it for a potential 10 top, depending on how many more cars wreck. Jeff Gordon is probably safe on having to wear that Chiefs jersey for now. 666. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Remove the splitters please. 667. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Imagine if LaJoie wins 668. joey2448 posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like Bowyer spun his tires (also maybe got a slight bump from behind by McDowell?) and collided with Haley, who ricocheted back down into Bowyer. The #14 and #34 both slid through the grass and the yellow came right back out. 669. Mbenoit posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Time to settle the 62nd Daytona 500! 670. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Can we make it this time? A little doubtful 671. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Here we go again! 672. joey2448 posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Restart and the top-5 is: Hamlin Newman Buescher Blaney Harvick 673. ThatGuy posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tell me I'm not the only one thoroughly disappointed with the top 9 maybe 12 674. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green 675. Jacob posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Another crash 676. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh my god 677. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) HOLY SH*T 678. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:50 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Newman is so unlucky 679. A.J. posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:50 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Not f**king Dickhead Denny! 680. Christian posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) GibbsWinsLOL 681. Jacob posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Denny Hamlin wins as Ryan Newman gets turned just before the checkered flag 682. RandomFacts posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Newman took a vicious hit on his roof 683. Mbenoit posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Newman is trapped in the car. He's not responding on the radio, either, though it's likely the radio is toast. 684. Ralphie posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:52 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) The one chance for a true underdog to win a race until Dega, and what happens? 685. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I didn't wait over a day to see Denny win 686. Mbenoit posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That was a terrible crash. Hit on the roof in the air, driver's side. 687. RandomFacts posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Im afraid for Newman, that hit he took while upside down looked bad 688. Mbenoit posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:54 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Honestly don't care who won the race. Real concerned about Newman. 689. Gordon24 posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:54 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) The crowd is booing Hamlin as he stood on his car celebrating to the crowd. 690. Derrick posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:54 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) Between that horrible crash of the 6 and who turned out to be the winner this is the worst D500 result since 2001 IMO. 691. Zach posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:55 pm Rate this comment: (2) (2) Blaney destroys Newman and gifts Hamlin the win. Nice job moron 692. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:55 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Blaney costs Newman another win 693. ridingwithrusty posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:55 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) please be okay 694. Corey posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I see trucks on the other side of the front stretch grandstands. I hope no fans were hurt. 695. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (3) I lost all respect for Blaney for nearly killing Newman, and for Hamlin for being a classless douche, celebrating as Newman is still in his car potentially hurt. 696. Vaxen posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Denny Hamlin wins it ! I hope Newman is OK though. 697. GoPM21 posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:56 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @679/680 Both of you need to grow up. 698. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What concerns me most about Newman is the fact that he was on the driver side most of the slide 699. possum posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:56 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) @678 - Newman is the luckiest man in the world tonight. Hopefully NASCAR takes a very close look at Newman's car's fuel cell and bladder. It's not susposed to allow fuel to pour out the way it did, even with the car upside down. It's a miracle it didn't all ignite before the safety crews got there. 700. Jimmie4life posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) THEY NEED TO PUT SMALLER ENGINES IN, AND NOT HAVE A PACKAGE OF GIANT GROUP RACING!!! This stuff happens ALL THE TIME, and is getting unsafe again! 701. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The cars been flipped 702. Ultimate_Warrior_#18 posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Immediately turned it off when i saw Newman get plowed in the windshield hope he's ok. 703. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Getting taken to the hospital 704. Corey posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That second hit was bad. 705. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Didn't see the Lajoie part 706. David posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Is that really all on Blaney? Wasn't he pretty much pushed into the 6? 707. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Holy shit that was scary 708. RandomFacts posted: 02.17.2020 - 7:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That was the worst place his car could have been hit, that close up slow mo was brutal. 709. Jimmie4life posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:00 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) @706 IT WAS... He spun Newman over and then lost it for himself... 710. Corey posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:00 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @706 it's the nature of this style of racing. That could have been any three drivers in the field. 711. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) And of course we don't even get the benefit of a surprise winner. It goes to Hamlin because of course it does. 712. Zach posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:01 pm Rate this comment: (1) (4) This is not good. Blaney should be suspended for multiple races for that shit. Newman could be very seriously hurt here. 713. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) This package is dangerous as hell 714. joey2448 posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As soon as I saw Newman hit in the driver's side roof area, I knew that was a bad hit. So Hamlin wins his third Daytona 500 and becomes the first driver to win consecutive 500's since Sterlin Marlin in 1994-95, but obviously the concern is with Newman. The #6 car has been put back on its wheels and safety workers are working at the car, but fingers are crossed. 715. RandomFacts posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:02 pm Rate this comment: (6) (0) Calling for Blaney to be suspended is silly, that wreck is just the product of this style of racing. 716. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:02 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Lost in all this.... David ragen finishes 4th. 717. Jimmie4life posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) NASCAR needs to address to this racing... the cars are becoming monstrously dangerous again. This race will go down in infamy for this wreck, much like Daytona July 2015. 718. MJM posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I agree @715, @712 is being asinine for saying that NASCAR should suspend Blaney for this wreck. 719. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brendan Gaughan was 7th too 720. Z posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Adding to @714, Hamlin is the 4th to do so. Petty 73/74 & Cale Yarborough 83/84 were the other two. 721. Corey posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ryan Blaney is not going to be suspended. Anyone who says that, really doesn't understand this style of races. It's no different to what Dillon did to Almirola a few years ago. Newman just happened to have a more severe outcome. 722. Zach posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Everyone say goodbye this package. NASCAR will probably end up slowing the cars down on Superspeedways by 20 mph after this. 723. Mbenoit posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:06 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) That was honestly among the worst crashes I've ever seen in 20 yrs as a race fan. Hoping it's not life-threatening, but obviously he's badly hurt. 724. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ryan Newman's car was REALLY loose during the final laps, plus Blaney said himself he was trying to push Newman to a win. I'm praying for him. 725. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:07 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Well, Newman is at least out of the car and off to the hospital. Thankfully he's at the very least not any worse off than what he could have been 726. Mile501 posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:08 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) I always find it interesting how we have so much hope that an underdog will win the Daytona 500 when it simply doesn't happen. Of the last 17 Daytona 500s, 13 of them have been won by drivers who normally contend for wins on a regular basis. The other 3 were won by solid midpack teams (McMurray, Bayne, Dillon). While underdogs can finish well in the Daytona 500, there always seem to be at least a few of the regular contenders left at the end that keep a true underdog from winning. 727. Danish_Pie posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm really concerned for Ryan 728. Jimmie4life posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I also said that I was becoming fearful of this type of racing a little while back... this stuff was going to be bad soon, and well, here it is. 729. Mile501 posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In my last comment 13 should say 14. 730. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well, we have to have hope sometimes. What better time than at Daytona? 731. 52 posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ryan Blaney's face is PALE. 732. LarsonDixonLine posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:10 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) @695 DO NOT say that you lost respect for Blaney for that it was an accident Blaney didn't mean to do that he was pushing Newman possibly even for the win and he spun. Hamlin also didn't necessarily know that he was potentially hurt and no one calls Michael Waltrip classless for celebrating during his 500. Hamlin didn't even celebrate once he got to victory lane... 733. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Denny Hamlin, congrats on being the first repeat 500 winner since the 90's. Also, scary wreck for Newman. I'm scared for him, that could be career-ending injuries from a full-speed racecar hitting you straight in the head. 734. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Hamlin's post race celebration reminded me of Danica's interview when Almirola broke his back. Classless, selfish, disrespectful and uncaring about the person who was potentially hurt. 735. Mbenoit posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well, that was an exciting 500, that's for sure. Wild ending. A little too wild, actually. 736. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I expect nascar to limit the HP back down to 425 at dega. 737. TheDewCrew posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:12 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) That was the scariest crash I've ever seen in my years of watching since birth. That beats the Dillon crash. I'm praying for Ryan, that he's ok. His daughters have already gone through a divorce this week, they don't need this. Congrats to Denny he deserved it. Praying to God Ryan's ok 738. Mile501 posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In what is expected to be the final Daytona 500 for these drivers, here is how they finished: David Ragan 4th Brendan Gaughan 7th Jimmie Johnson 35th 739. Danish_Pie posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:15 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) With all due respect to anyone commenting on the finish and the race itself, no one cares right now. Really want Newman to be alright. 740. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) @732 Waltrip was in front of that wreck and likely didn't see it. Hamlin went right through his. Totally different circumstances. 741. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Newman went from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows, all in a matter of seconds. 742. NewJack posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:16 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The fact they couldn't even say the generic "awake and alert" when they gave his status has me most concerned. 743. RaceFanX posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:17 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Get well soon Ryan Newman 744. Nathan8848 posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Share a Coke for Newman 745. LarsonDixonLine posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:18 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) @734 Considering he didn't even celebrate really once he got to victory lane and knew the severity of the incident once he got to victory lane... He's seen violent flips before, even from Ryan Newman himself. Hamlin handled the situation very well once he got to victory lane. And before that he had no idea. 746. GGDC posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:19 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Hamlin likely didn't see the wreck either. 747. LarsonDixonLine posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:19 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @740 Hamlin saw the initial part of it sure, but he didn't see the Corey LaJoie hit to him. As he was, like waltrip, ahead of the incident. 748. ridingwithrusty posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gordon was about to cry :( 749. Thomas posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:20 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) What I found encouraging in regard to Newman's condition is what Mike Joy said at the end of the broadcast. He said that they helped Newman from his car, not that they removed Newman from his car. That would seem to imply that Newman is awake and alert, but obviously we have to wait for official word. 750. Tide1732 posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #BringBackRestrictorPlatesPlease 751. Corey posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @725 that may not be a good sign though. They didn't say if he was alert. 752. Mbenoit posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's super eerie to me that the last time NASCAR lost a driver in the 500, Trump attended, the XFL was around. Just coincidence obviously, but still. I'm really worried about Newman. I dread days like this as a race fan. The cars are so safe today, but nothing can be done to keep them completely safe. 753. Stifler posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I give my fullest thoughts and prayers to Mr. Newman at this time. I hope he pulls through, he's a great man and great driver. 754. TimeTrvler87 posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Heard he was unresponsive being pulled from the car and placed on the stretcher. Prayers 755. Jimmie4life posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I am no longer going to watch restrictor plate races until they slow the cars down. I don't want to see that wreck, UNTIL I am for sure knowing Newman is OK. I hope the worst doesn't happen, because then, I don't know what to do for any race after Daytona. 756. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @750 that's not the problem, it's the 550 horsepower that's causing this. Lower it back down to 425. 757. JOHEN573 posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I have never seen anything like this finish before, I sincerely hope that Ryan Newman will pull through, I am glad that Denny won, but right now we should worry about what really matters, which is Newman 758. Chase9Fan posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (4) Just get rid of Daytona and Talladega all together. Hope Newman is ok. 759. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They will never remove daytona and talladega 760. Jimmie4life posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keep Daytona and Talladega, just stop the pack racing, and slow the cars down. The races will be fine if they address how these pack racing wrecks occur. 761. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That wreck scares me more than Dale Sr. Even though I am aware that Sr. died from his crash, to me that wreck no matter how much I look at it doesn't look any worse than, say, some of the hard wrecks Larson has had at Michigan and California. 762. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The last time I was this concerned about a driver was Larry Pearson at the Legend showdown at Bristol back in 2010 763. Mile501 posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:29 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @739 - You are right. I did not watch the race and didn't realize the severity of the crash at first, when I was posting other stats. Prayers for Newman and his family. 764. TheDewCrew posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) BREAKING: Newman is unconscious but was breathing and still had a pulse 765. RandomFacts posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Its bad this has happened and all but racing has always been dangerous. Calling for tracks to be removed is ridiculous. Its not like it was in the 50s and 60s where someone was killed every single year. Racing will never be 100% safe no matter what you do. 766. NewJack posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) It scares me because it looked like a combination of Keselowski/Edwards at Atlanta and MacTavish at Daytona many years ago. (Never saw it, but heard about it) 767. Jimmie4life posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @767 No. This is restrictor plate racing, just without the plates. It wouldn't fix a damn thing. Can't stop the cars from flying in the air. 768. Corey posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @765 Dangerous yes, but I don't think I've seen the driver side window get hit by a 3500 pound car before. 769. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The MacTavish crash is gnarly. 770. TheDewCrew posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tide don't bring up crap like that right now. Newman is the main focus right now, and we should all hope for the best 771. Thomas posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 766. Trust me, you don't want to see the MacTavish crash. I don't think that crash has a comparison in racing history. Maybe the best comparison to Newman's crash was Mike Harmon's crash at Bristol in the Busch series when he nearly got t-boned, though his car was at least upright when it was hit. 772. 52 posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @764 That claim hasn't been confirmed yet. We only have confirmed status updates from NASCAR specifically and that has not yet been one of them at this time. 773. Tide1732 posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) #BringBackRestrictorPlatesInCarsAgain 774. Chase9Fan posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) My point is separate the packs or stop racing there. It's not racing its surviving the mely. Think this is bad wait till the 2nd race when a playoff spot is on the line. 775. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Buren Skeens accident along with Friday Hassler and Ricky Knotts are some others that make me cringe no matter how many times I see them 776. Chase9Fan posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's just not racing. It's crash fest and someone getting seriously hurt like this was going to happen. 777. Sector posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I saw the crash that was insanely horrific to see. However, Daytona and Talladega shouldn't be removed because of this one bad incident. As #765 comment mentioned, not only racing but VEHICLES in general is dangerous, even on an interstate highway, no matter what you do. People still died on dirt tracks, people still died on intermediate tracks. However, the finish itself was really great. Denny Hamlin was chosen by a lot of folks to be the favorite to win two in a row in this race, and he prevailed. Amazing. I sincerely hope this is the year he steps it up, has an even better year than 2019 and wins the championship. I believe he is the first driver without a Cup championship to become a three time winner, and first since Jeff Gordon became a three time winner in 2005, the year before Hamlin's rookie season in 2006. 778. Jacob posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @764 Any source for that, because I have yet to find anything on Ryan Newman's condition. 779. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think this crash was just pure bad luck, Newman just so happened to get loose and Blaney just so happened to hit him the wrong way, and Lajoie just so happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. 780. NewJack posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:39 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Just saw that slow motion replay you guys mentioned. It did a fair job in not completely disintegrating, but definitely did give way. Super scary. 781. Sector posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #737 I actually forgot about that, Ryan Newman going through a mutually agreed divorce with his wife and now this. The Newman family isn't having a great 2020 year whatsoever. 782. Jimmie4life posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Can we ban Tide? He has no consideration for anyone, even when Newman had an awful tumble. All he does is spark arguments! 783. Evan posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Denny Hamlin wins back to back Daytona 500s joining Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, and Sterling Marlin in that exclusive club. Sterling's two were his first two Cup wins. But back to Denny, he won this fair and square but I am worried more about Ryan Newman's condition. I hope he is alright and I am very concerned about how things went down. They need to figure out a way to make the bumpers line up better and have better drafting because the closing rates really tore up a lot of racecars. This isn't going to be a Daytona 500 I will want to see again, though. That's racing and I think its best to move on from this. Prayers go out to Newman and his family. 784. Chase9Fan posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pretty decent race all in all. Just hope good news for Newman. 785. TheDewCrew posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pray for his two girls. No kids should have to go through this 786. LarsonDixonLine posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was just an unfortunate incident. The horsepower change wouldn't really help that hit that he took from LaJoie. It was just a series of unfortunate events where LaJoie just happened to be there right as the driver side of Newman came down. Whether they were slowed down he still likely would've gone for a flip similar to that and still would've taken a hit at 180-190 mph depending how much they slow it down if they did. Like people have said racing will always be dangerous. Thankfully events like this don't happen like they used to. Prayers out for Newman. 787. Fred posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Like everyone, I'm hoping for the best for Ryan Newman. I generally don't have too high of an opinion of Hamlin's behavior outside the track, but I think he handled this reasonably well. Blaney looked really shaken in the post-race interview. I don't think it's fair to blame him or any other driver though, it's just aggressive racing on the last lap of the Daytona 500. Regardless of that, again, hoping for the best for Newman, and I appreciate anyone posting confirmed updates on his condition. 788. GoRC10 posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @764 According to....? Tide needs to go. 789. Wil posted: 02.17.2020 - 8:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) When I saw it live I almost vomited, and when I noticed the damage was all on the cockpit I vomited. We've never seen a car be t-boned in the drivers net. I wish FOX had known not to air the replay. I am sick. 790. Wil posted: 02.17.2020 - 9:03 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Ryan Blaney will replay turn 4 in his head for the rest of his life. I feel so bad for both he and LaJoie. 791. joey2448 posted: 02.17.2020 - 9:03 pm Rate this comment: (5) (0) Joe Gibbs apologized in the media center for the premature celebration by the #11 crew after the race. He explained that the team wasn't aware of the severity of the crash involving Newman and were informed of the nature of it when they arrived in victory lane. 792. PucciMan posted: 02.17.2020 - 9:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Russell Phillips crash is the worst in NASCAR history. 793. Jacob posted: 02.17.2020 - 9:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Was going through some Twitter feeds and the official NASCAR Twitter account has yet to even mention Ryan Newman's crash. It's almost like whoever handled that account logged off as soon as Denny Hamlin took the checkered flag. Under that circumstance, I would have thought there would have at least been something along the lines of "please keep Ryan Newman and his family in your thoughts and prayers" tweet. (I understand they'd have to wait like we all do for any updates on his condition, but I'm stunned the accident doesn't appear to have been acknowledged on the Twitter page) 794. Jimmie4life posted: 02.17.2020 - 9:06 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Boy oh boy... I don't even want to talk about the ending anymore. Let's just stay quiet until the news is broken, because THAT was bad. Until the news breaks out, I'll be done. 795. Thomas posted: 02.17.2020 - 9:11 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The small video on the NASCAR home page changed setting, so we may be about to get an official update. Hopefully it's good news. 796. 52 posted: 02.17.2020 - 9:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) https://www.nascar.com/presspass All official news will be here. 797. Cornys posted: 02.17.2020 - 9:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hard to watch that. Hoping for good news. Ryan was one of the biggest advocates for driver safety in NASCAR and he has two daughters. He and his wife has just last week announced separation. 798. Cornys posted: 02.17.2020 - 9:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I have some very choice words for NASCAr, but right now I will restrain until we know the outcome. It's been heartbreaking to see what Robert Wickens has gone through, but I'm glad that we have been able to root for him through it all. I hope Ryan's future doesn't look like that or worse. Fingers crossed for positive news. 799. Wil posted: 02.17.2020 - 9:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Sending prayers to everybody involved, particularly to Ryan Newman, his daughters and ex-wife. I also think about Ryan Blaney. He did a terrible job off turn 4 and ended up hooking Newman. He was indecisive, he screwed up, and it will haunt him forever. I don't know how how his life is ever the same, seriously. 800. Pancakes posted: 02.17.2020 - 9:35 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Praying for Ryan Newman. That is extremely bad looking. Worst spot he could have taken a hit. Driver side hit is bad enough but being upside down it means his head took the full brunt of the hit rather than a body shot if he were upright. Stop blaming the drivers. Whether Newman is badly hurt, or worse, or even turns out alright none of it was Ryan Blaney's fault. It is NASCAR's fault and has been for years because they refuse to break up the packs. The have slowed the speeds in the name of safety but the speed was never the problem. The problem is close quarters racing. I am not engineer and I wouldn't understand a tenth of the math and science that goes into these cars especially on the aero side of things, but I know enough to know a simple fix is putting air back under the car. The right height on these cars is far too low especially with how advanced the aero dynamics are now. These cars use the air so well they are practically glued to the track and handle a dream. Take away all the handling and let the air mess with the car. Put the drivers back in the race car and you won't see huge packs anymore. Cars will have varying degrees of handling issues, drivers will have varying degrees of skill and the racing will spread out. Even at 225 or more the racing would be safer than the pack style we've had for just over 20 years. 801. Wil posted: 02.17.2020 - 9:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) When I saw the replay I was reminded of Greg Moore's fatal CART crash in 1999. Praying it's not the same outcome. 802. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 9:41 pm Rate this comment: (6) (0) I want to apologize for rushing to blame Blaney in the heat of the moment. It was wrong and irrational. Most of all, I just hope Newman is going to be okay. 803. LarsonDixonLine posted: 02.17.2020 - 9:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @802 I figured it was a heat of the moment kind of thing I just didn't want the same hate for Blaney to spark up like what happened with Marlin. Like all of us here were just hoping for the best for Newman and his family. 804. Wil posted: 02.17.2020 - 9:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Newman has been fined many times throughout his career for criticizing superspeedway racing. Maybe his family should fine Nascar. 805. Thomas posted: 02.17.2020 - 9:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I really hope I'm wrong about this, but the longer we go without any official word the more I'm getting an ominous sense of foreboding that I last had after Dan Wheldon's crash. 806. Corey posted: 02.17.2020 - 9:53 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Slowing the speeds won't do much, it makes it more likely that they will be in a pack. Raising the speeds would bring the element of handling back into the fold, but they are already at speeds that can cause take offs. Here's another thing, the pack at the end of the race was somewhat strung out. The hit was vicious as Lajoie and Newman weren't relatively close to each other and so the speed difference was that much greater. Put that in contrast to the big one on the backstretch, where a lot of the hits were a lot less as the speeds difference was less. Also, remember Stewart's wreck at Talladega were he flipped in front of the field. Yes he was hit upside down, but the field was right behind him, so they were relatively minor. 807. RyanM posted: 02.17.2020 - 9:54 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Though the obvious concern is with Newman, I'm glad others have pointed out that we should keep Ryan Blaney and Corey LaJoie in our thoughts as well. Neither of them should since it it was simply a freak accident, but you know they're going to feel like they could have prevented this, especially Blaney. All around, just a dark day for our sport. 808. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 9:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Listen to SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. They have Claire B. Lang in the halifax hospital reporting directly to them once updates are given on the Newman situation. Most recent update from Claire was that the media center and waiting rooms at Halifax were full but no new word on Newman. 809. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 9:58 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Update from Steve O'Donnell very soon. 810. Jacob posted: 02.17.2020 - 9:59 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) #807 Indeed. Had a passing familiarity with the sport (as in, knew who the big name drivers were) when Dale Earnhardt passed and it took the Earnhardt family having to personally say Sterling Marlin was not at fault before the vile comments and even some death threats against Sterling finally stopped. Let's hope and pray that, in addition for a good report on Ryan Newman, nothing like that is directed toward either Ryan Blaney or Corey LaJoie. 811. LarsonDixonLine posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good point @807, obviously Newman is at the forefront of everyone's minds but like you said I can only imagine what's going on in their minds, hopefully not only for Newman's sake and his family's sake, but also for LaJoie and Blaney's peace of mind. You could see it in Blaney's face. 812. Jimmie4life posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:04 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Steve O'Donnell says non-life threatening! That is news I want to hear. Thank god, but I hope he will stay safe that way. 813. Kevin posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Serious, but non-life threatening injuries for Ryan. While most certainly not the best news, that is much better than what was thought. Many prayers for Ryan and his family!!! 814. RaceFanX posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:05 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Oh thank God. Thank you God. 815. joey2448 posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:05 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) OFFICIAL UPDATE: Ryan Newman is currently undergoing treatment and evaluation. His injuries are serious, but not life-threatening. Somewhat a sigh of relief. I was fearing the worse. 816. 52 posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:06 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Newman is in serious but non-life threatening condition. 817. Stifler posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:06 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) injuries are serious, but non-life threatening. 818. Altracing posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:06 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Thank god. Didn't see the end because of classes but just thank god 819. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:07 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Newman is in serious condition but not life threatening 820. RaceFanX posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:08 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Here's wishing Ryan a speedy recovery and his family the best in this trying time. It's surely not going to be easy after this but may things hopefully turn out the best way that they can. 821. NewJack posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:08 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The safety in those cars are amazing. This wreck shows a need for improvement, but thankfully he didnt have to die to show it. 822. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:08 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Thank God. Thank God. Thank God 823. RandomFacts posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:09 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Glad to hear its not life threatening. With Newman up there in age I wonder if this will be career ending though. 824. LarsonDixonLine posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:10 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Thank the Lord, I'm happy to hear he's alive and is in non-life threatening condition. That had to be one of the scariest hits, if not the scariest hit I've ever seen. Happy to hear he's alive. 825. Wil posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:11 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I don't believe it. Thank you Lord!! ? 826. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:14 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Update on the news. non life-threatening injuries but still series injuries. Still praying on Newman and to be honest it's 97% that he will never race in Nascar again. I could see David Ragan re-uniting with Roush and run the rest of the series or majority. 827. Maverick19 posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:18 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) This may be the last we see of Newman in NASCAR. But he is still with us, and that is all that matters. 828. Ultimate_Warrior_#18 posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:18 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Happy he's ok unbelievable crash he's had some of the craziest nastiest crashes on plate tracks I'm pretty sure that's it for him racing wise unfortunately. 829. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:18 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I would not go too far into making assumptions regarding Ryans career, but, now, who does Roush get to fill in? 830. Tide1732 posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:21 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) Why not Suarez moves in #6, putting Parker Kligerman for the rest of season in #96? 831. 1995-Subaru-WRX-Sti posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:25 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Got home at 9pm and my dad told me what happened. I watched the replay and well I knew it wasn't good. Hung out here waiting for an update and thank god Newman is okay. Thank you too the people on here giving the updates, thank you too NASCAR for your safety advancements and thank the heavens for keeping Newman with us. 832. NewJack posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:26 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I'm wondering if itll be ragan. Hes not committed to anyone and has experience with the team. He night come out of retirement to help. 833. Jacob posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:26 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Thank God that Ryan Newman did not lose his life in that crash and still praying for a full recovery. What happens in terms of racing (who fills in for him, whether he races again) can be pushed to the back burner. 834. Scott25 posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chase Briscoe is the obvious choice. I don't think Ryan Newman will be back, he is 42 years old and has 2 daughters to take care of, in addition to the rest of life. 835. Iamthedebris posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I just looked the FOX replay of the accident, and of course, the infamous NASCAR troll Elon Musk laughs at how Newman could have died blocking someone. People have so sympathy... this is why we are doomed for humanities future. 836. Mbenoit posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) I wish him the best in his recovery. Thank the Lord he's still with us. 837. Fred posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I'm very relieved Ryan Newman's injuries aren't life threatening, and I wish him a full recovery. I do hope this isn't the end of his career. I remember when I was five years old watching my first ever NASCAR race: the 2008 Daytona 500, Ryan Newman's biggest win. He's been an essential part of NASCAR in the twelve years I've been watching, and I hope he will continue to be so. 838. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I know it's unlikely but I hope Newman is back in a racecar. I mean look at Geoff Bodine, we all thought that it was likely we would die or easily done with his career, but he was back in a car about 2 1/2 months after the accident which was pretty similar to Newman but a little worse. 839. LarsonDixonLine posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @837 Same with me my first race was the ?07 500 I vividly remember his win in the 500, and like you said I sincerely hope he can continue his racing career. At the end of the day I'm just happy he's alive. 840. SweetRich posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:38 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Thank The Good Lord That Newman Is Still Here With Us Cause That Crash Was Beyond Scary. I Have Seen Bad Crashes In My 20 Plus Years Watching Racing, Not Just NASCAR, But All Types. Newman's Crash Tonight Literally Scared Me, But Again, Just Thankful, Along With The Rest Of The Racing World And Its Fanbase, That Newman Is Still Here With Us On This Night. 841. GGDC posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:38 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Shout out to the guy who thought about centering the G6's drivers seat. Dude probably saved Newman's life. 842. Wil posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:40 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) I come away more impressed with Nascar safety than ever before. I don't know how getting hit in the head by a 200 mph car is survivable. I'm just so happy Newman is alive. 843. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:50 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) People have always said he's got the widest bumper in NASCAR. I think now we can say he's got the hardest head in NASCAR too. So relieved that he's okay 844. Yeet posted: 02.17.2020 - 10:57 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Rocketman Ryan Newman not only put the block for most of the race, he just put the block on death. Praise the Lord for this NASCAR safety. Prayers work! 845. GGDC posted: 02.17.2020 - 11:09 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) @842 I thankfully think he wasn't hit flush on the side. ALso like I said the driver isn't right next to the door like a passenger car. 846. OangeWaffle43 posted: 02.17.2020 - 11:16 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Now we know Newman's okay to an extent, honestly, I would put this as one of the greatest finishes ever. I've never been that excited watching sports since the Iron Bowl 2013. Like, what a race and even though it was a scary wreck, it was exciting to say the least. 847. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 11:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I guess you could say Newman went out leading the Daytona 500 848. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 11:25 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) That is if he retires 849. Iamthedebris posted: 02.17.2020 - 11:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We now already have 2 flips on the season. We had 2 at Talladega in the fall, and we now have 2 in 3 days. Jeez. 850. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2020 - 11:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #Newmanstrong. I hope the Rocket man has a rocket recovery. 851. Ryan posted: 02.17.2020 - 11:36 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) To me it looked like Blaney was a little loose/out of control where Hamlin came back and gave him a good shove and Blaney was right to go for the win. When he got to his bumper on the inside he just had a little to much speed for Newman's bumper to handle. When I saw they replay I got that feeling I had one Feb. 18, 2001. Thank God he's going to survive. Thank God that NASCAR took action from 2/18/01 and installed soft walls, made cars safer, neck restraints, etc. When his crew ran out there is when I became worried because that told me he wasn't answering his radio. It was an unbelievable and gloomy finish. Everyone was just going for it. It's the Daytona 500. I mean imagine Denny Hamlin seeing Newman's car come across his nose or even windshield and he didn't let up at all, and actually his flaps on his hood raised momentarily as Newman when across it and he didn't skip a beat racing to the checkered flag. I actually thought I saw the yellow flag come out while the wreck happened while Blaney was barely leading, although I'm not totally sure. I'm glad they let them race back to the line. I picked Hamlin to win because of his calculated risks and his house cat head. People shouldn't be hard on him celebrating in the infield. He probably had no idea the shape Newman was in. I'm sure he found out at before he got to victory lane and of course he didn't celebrate like he had before there after one of his first two wins. Hamlin looked like he was toast and he did the right thing by not trying to block. I was impressed that he didn't throw in the towel and started pushing Blaney like he had done Newman a few laps prior trying to give himself another chance at it. It luckily worked out for him where the 6 and 12 got hooked together. Logan probably would have blocked on the backstretch had he been in the same situation as Hamlin. I tell you Logano was a weapon all speedweeks. NASCAR needs to address his aggression on these tracks. He's got a little Ernie Irvan in him. That being said I agree with some of the comments that they may slow the cars down. It's possible that they could make it to where they go back to multiple packs like back in the 90's. One thing they could do is start this race at 1:00 and the better handling cars will come to the front. Do away with the stages because all they do is bunch things back up. 852. LarsonDixonLine posted: 02.17.2020 - 11:39 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The safety of these cars has me blown away. It looked incredibly bleak after seeing the close up of LaJoie going full speed into him, but thankfully he's still living. Much like McDowell's ?08 wreck and Dillons crash in the July race a few years ago, shows how much safety has come along in this sport. 853. Zach posted: 02.17.2020 - 11:41 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) It will be interesting to see what Roush decides to do with the 6. I assume Newman will be out for an extended amount of time, if not done racing entirely. Maybe Greg Biffle comes back to Roush and races the 6? 854. LarsonDixonLine posted: 02.17.2020 - 11:44 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) On a happier note, congrats to Denny Hamlin on his 3rd Daytona 500 (and second consecutive). Also congrats to David Ragan sealing a top 5 in what could be his final 500 start and Brendan Gaughan for coming back from a lap down to finish in the top 10 in his final 500 start. Also impressive finishes for LaJoie (albeit not in the best circumstances), JHN and Brennan Poole for solid finishes as well. 855. racefangurl posted: 02.17.2020 - 11:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) David Ragan races part-time. Think he could reunite with Roush for any races Newman will be out? Or maybe Regan Smith or Landon Cassill? Maybe even a free agent will sub, you think? 856. racefangurl posted: 02.17.2020 - 11:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) David Ragan would be quite ironic as a sub, given he used to drive the 6. 857. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.17.2020 - 11:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We saw some interesting and bizarre stuff this Speedweeks: Only a handful of cars running at the end of the Clash, with a rolling garbage dump winning Daniel Suarez wrecking in his Duel and missing the 500 Father and Son both DNQ for the same NASCAR event (Joe and JH in trucks) Ty Majeski flips in the truck race Jordan Anderson nearly wins the truck race Natalie Decker finished in the top 5 of the truck race Ross Chastain and AJ Allmendinger both miss the Xfinity race Noah Gragson scores his first career win Timmy Hill finished 3rd after getting fined by NASCAR The 500 was going pretty normal until the Bowyer/McDowell bumper car incident Then, to top it off, we see probably one of the most terrifying accidents in recent memory 858. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 11:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Put Timmy hill in the 6 859. GGDC posted: 02.17.2020 - 11:58 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Apparently Ragan works as a test driver for Ford now, so its way more realistic of a possibility than you think. 860. Wil posted: 02.17.2020 - 11:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Who knows but it hard to see Newman back, even if he's cleared. He'll never run another plate race, that's for sure, with how much he hates them and now almost losing his life at one. His daughters don't deserve the anxiety of seeing their dad race again after this trauma. 861. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.17.2020 - 11:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Shouldn't the 36's car owner be rick ware since he owns the charter? 862. Chase9Fan posted: 02.17.2020 - 11:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Glad this race is over. SUPER Glad to hear the news about Newman (though we don't know what serious is). Looking fwd to now moving on to real racing starting next week. 863. Chase9Fan posted: 02.17.2020 - 11:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 851. Good analysis. As usual it's just a crapshoot at the end. You have to stay out of trouble to be there. Having a fast car helps, but a lot of wins at these tracks are luck. 864. Corey posted: 02.18.2020 - 12:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @857 "Ross Chastain and AJ Allmendinger both miss the Xfinity race" To clarify, both DNQ'd the race. Only Allmendinger missed it. 865. ScottB posted: 02.18.2020 - 12:12 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) Wishing Ryan Newman a full recovery. It was very scary seeing the angle he took that hit at, and then having the TV coverage sign off without a report on his condition. I hope NASCAR will continue to work on safety in the next generations of cars. We all have different ideas on how to make the racing action entertaining, but this wreck was a good reminder that protecting the drivers should remain the top priority. 866. racefangurl posted: 02.18.2020 - 12:13 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 859, when the idea popped into my head all I could think was the irony of David Ragan back in the car he used to drive as a Roushskateer, more or less. Btw, know what ironic means? It means sarcastic or opposite of expected. However, given his test driver work, maybe it is less of an irony than it seemed on the surface. All I knew when the idea came to mind is he races part time. 867. ScottB posted: 02.18.2020 - 12:32 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) I think Ragan is a real possibility as a sub. Paul Menard also left the door open a crack, remember he was originally under contract to drive the 2020 season. Jamie Mac would not be out of the question. Under the circumstances, I expect a veteran who has no conflicting commitments, but who has fairly recent Cup experience. I will have to be someone who will be up to speed quickly and available for an uncertain amount of time. 868. Sector posted: 02.18.2020 - 12:38 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) I'm going to be honest, I don't understand why people yell at Hamlin for celebrating. You expect everyone at the track to know exactly what happened as they are unloading the car. Hamlin won the Daytona 500 for the THIRD time. He has a reason to celebrate, up until he learns about Newman. 869. acerogers58 posted: 02.18.2020 - 12:44 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Who knows, Matt Kenseth might reappear, or Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards even... 870. Maverick19 posted: 02.18.2020 - 12:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @868 And he was much more subdued in victory lane. It was obvious he didn't know how bad it was. 871. racefangurl posted: 02.18.2020 - 1:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I had a fleeting thought of Edwards, but Menard, Biffle, Kenseth and McMurray didn't come to mind. Edwards misses racing, so if he was free and missing it bad enough, maybe, just maybe he'd sub. Mostly, I thought of in a nutshell, former Rouskateers, part-time drivers and free agents, sometimes even category crosses. Landon Cassill's a part-time Xfinity driver/Cup free agent. Regan Smith sometimes drives for Jr., but has no Cup ride and the former Roushkateers fall into more than just that category. I guess Carl Edwards is a type of free agent? 872. Thomas posted: 02.18.2020 - 2:27 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) I don't want to dump a bucket of cold water on everyone's relief about the report on Newman's condition, but there was a notably missing phrase that the English minor in me couldn't help but notice. Usually in a situation like this, they would have said "Serious/Critical, BUT STABLE." The "but stable" phrase was missing from the statement provided tonight. I hope it was a case of they just wanted to be thorough and finish their initial evaluation and treatment before labeling Newman's condition as stable. My best wishes go out to Newman and his family that he makes a speedy and complete recovery from his injuries. 873. jensenators posted: 02.18.2020 - 2:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Because i like speculating, this is the list of possibilities to fill in the 6 car in the Ford camp: From Cup: David Ragan- Running Part-time, easy to plug in. Corey Lajoie- Could move to the 6, opening up Briscoe to the 32, a SHR satellite team. Timmy Hill- Showed that he can run up front the last few years at the plate tracks. Reports are that the team was going to shut down if they didn't make the 500. From Xfinity: Chase Briscoe- Instead of moving LaJoie, he could go to the 6 on loan from SHR. Austin Cindric- Probably not, but he is a Ford driver, and Penske could loan him. From Trucks: Johnny Sauter: Filled in for the Gallagher team in Xfinity previously and has plenty of cup experience. Matt Crafton: Filled in for Tifft last year. Other Ford drivers but highly unlikely: Ben Rhodes, Grant Enfinger, Michael Mcdowell, Joe Nemechek, Tanner Gray, Todd Gilliland, Cory Roper, J.J. Yeley. Retired drivers: Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth, David Gilliland, Jamie Mcmurray. The 2 most likely to me are Kenseth again since he ran the 6 car in part of 2018, or moving Lajoie over and having Briscoe run the 32. I don't think Briscoe is ready for a big team like the 6, and it would also help Lajoie that the 6 team doesn't feel he's responsible for the crash. 874. Sector posted: 02.18.2020 - 2:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I didn't really look at the results until now. Even after the whole chaos with Newman, he still managed to get a Top 10 finish (9th). 875. Anonymous posted: 02.18.2020 - 3:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Look I understand there was some fans booing Denny Hamlin for winning the race while the cirumstance involving Ryan Newman I get it! I feel maybe a little distasteful as a fan I understand, It was a great last few moments two big ones, two overtimes, But then like a balloon went out the building that crash as bad as one I have seen in a while. I was worried he was not okay good news he's stable, but I don't think he'll race for awhile but my prayers are with Ryan Newman and his family tonight, I hope its not serious but I don't know about that, I do understand indeed it was not the approirate time to celebrate the win, I mean I remember the Xfnity Race in 2013 and something similar happened except fans were injured, I know. Look I am not blaming personally Fox for interviewing the winner, I am not blaming Ryan Blaney, or Corey LaJoie at all I am concerned they'll might be some fans booing Blaney maybe I get it, I am not mad at Hamlin nor Joe Gibbs he handled it I think more than anyone he understands the power of prayer, and Look I get it I know fans are tired of seeing JGR win yes I know 3 straight races as a team, Nobody since Roush in 2008-2009 did that. Book end one season and then win Daytona 500. I am not taking a away the win or achievement I am saying the timing was not right. I learn more tommorrow on NASCAR America and NASCAR Race Hub and get to the bottom of it. 876. TheTruthHurts posted: 02.18.2020 - 3:02 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) Which team had the greatest number of cars among the top 15 in this year's 500? Front Row Motorsports. They aren't one of the super teams like Gibbs or Hendrick, but Bod Jenkins has quietly and methodically built a pretty solid outfit, especially when it comes to a game of survival. Kudos to those guys. 877. ScottB posted: 02.18.2020 - 3:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Landon Cassill fits as far as having experience but not being too old, I only left him out of my comment because I don't know the details of his Xfinity deal are. If he's available contract wise, he'd be a reasonable option. 878. RyanM posted: 02.18.2020 - 3:02 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Since this will likely be a full-season audition, I'd be really disappointed if they go with a retread as Newman's replacement. John Hunter Nemechek is already with a Roush-aligned team, so he seems like the most logical candidate. 879. Danish_Pie posted: 02.18.2020 - 3:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) My money's on Cindric to the 6 for the foreseeable future, at least part-time. He was in the rotation of drivers for the ill fated 60 in 2018, don't be surprised to see Penske give him out for a shot at Cup. 880. Sector posted: 02.18.2020 - 3:59 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brad Keselowski had issues with Joey Logano at the 2020 Clash a week before this race that caused both to wreck out. At the Daytona 500, he gets crashed out by a push from a car behind that was pushed by Joey Logano. Brad must really be thinking personally about why he's still teammates with Logano lol 881. Wil posted: 02.18.2020 - 5:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The ending of this race was harrowing and traumatic, and rattled Jeff Gordon. I felt bad for him he knew it was devastating right away and was very emotional. 882. Mile501 posted: 02.18.2020 - 6:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Very thankful to wake up this morning and learn that Newman is still with us. Praise God for His protection. I won't speculate on what "serious but not life-threatening" means, but it makes me think of Robert Wickens and his long road to recovery. As for a replacement driver, unless they want someone recently retired (Kenseth, Menard, Ragan), I hope they pick someone who has been more or less left out of the 2020 season, like Cassill or Gaulding. I personally think Cassill would be the best choice they could make under the circumstances. Hopefully Newman will recover to the point that he could race again--but even if he does, I wonder if he'll want to. 883. Wil posted: 02.18.2020 - 6:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's incredibly improbable that the last 2 plate races have both been photo finishes involving Ryan Newman and Ryan Blaney 1-2 coming to the checkered. 884. Mile501 posted: 02.18.2020 - 6:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) In the 2001 Daytona 500, Dale Earnhardt started 7th, led 17 laps, and was credited with a 12th-place finish. In the 2020 Daytona 500, Ryan Newman started 7th, led 15 laps, and was credited with a 9th-place finish. I noticed the similarity last night but didn't want to post it. Thankfully, the outcome for Newman wasn't the same as it was for Earnhardt. 885. TheDewCrew posted: 02.18.2020 - 6:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @883 Hamlin was also in that battle in the Fall. @884 I noticed a boatload more of similarities while waiting for an update 886. KentuckyWildcat28 posted: 02.18.2020 - 7:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) One thing to consider: David Ragan is currently 5th in the standings right now, he's certainly no Ryan Newman but has plenlty of experience and could stand a chance at being a chase contender. That's if he gets the 6 car and makes the most out of the two remaining plate races to remain in the top 16 standings. We shall see 887. Mouse posted: 02.18.2020 - 7:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) @846 and his three up-voters exemplify exactly what is wrong with the sport, though it's not their fault. NASCAR is the only professional racing series on the planet (out of dozens and dozens) where this is considered an exciting finish and such horribly low driving standards are acceptable. 888. Mile501 posted: 02.18.2020 - 8:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @887 - Hopefully driving standards at Daytona and Talladega will improve as a result of this accident. I would imagine that it's easy for the drivers to get complacent when it's been so long since we've seen a crash like this, forgetting that it is still a dangerous sport. In 2001, in the first restrictor plate race after Dale Earnhardt was killed, we were treated to a rare caution-free race at Talladega. It was exciting--it wasn't a single-file train--there was just a lot of give-and-take by all the drivers. It would be great if this spring's Talladega race were similar (obviously, though, we would still have stage cautions). But it's an entirely different set of drivers now (except for Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch), so I don't know how likely that would be. 889. OangeWaffle43 posted: 02.18.2020 - 8:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @887 I feel like everyone is letting Newman overshadow what a great race and finish it was. Obviously not ideal in that outcome, but he'll be alright. Dude's Rocketman for a reason 890. Anonymous posted: 02.18.2020 - 9:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ragan is probably the most logical choice here. A lot of other drivers here (Briscoe, LaJoie, JHN, Cindric) are already with some full time team, be it Cup or Xfinity. Plus, Ragan has experience, and while not exactly a championship caliber driver, he did a nice job at Front Row, which is a Roush affiliated team. 891. Clint posted: 02.18.2020 - 9:02 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) While non life threatening is certainly a relief given the circumstances im still very concerned that they said serious and didnt release the nature of the injury. That tapered spacer package is designed to create those types of runs which guys have to try and block late which leads to wrecks at those speeds. Nascar cant assume every time ppl are going to walk away from wrecks at those speeds. They need to do something to that package to keep drivers safe. 892. oldschoolracing519 posted: 02.18.2020 - 9:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) since everyone is throwing out names, why not Greg Biffle, im sure if Roush would call him he would fill in. 893. Mile501 posted: 02.18.2020 - 9:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) A lot of people are speculating about Ragan taking the #6 for now (would is ironic, since he drove that car at the start of his career), but considering Ragan wanted to retire in order to spend more time with his family, I don't know how likely that actually is. 894. Bodyblower posted: 02.18.2020 - 9:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) But still I think Cindric is going to take over the 6. This could be a win win for both Roush and Cindric. Cindric gets more experience in a Cup car and Roush gets more money to stabilize their team for the future. 895. Mile501 posted: 02.18.2020 - 10:52 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Words of wisdom from Mike Joy: "I know everyone is searching for updates and answers this morning, and I wish I had news for you. We all must remain hopeful and keep Ryan in our prayers. The hospital will release updates as they become available. Waiting is hard, but speculating serves no purpose." 896. Canadianfan posted: 02.18.2020 - 11:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) In 2003 Ryan Newman had a pretty spectacular accident at Daytona he was unharmed but as NASCAR does they made some changes to the car. Making it safer. In 2009 Ryan Newman have a another big accident at Talladega involving his roof partially caving in leading to NASCAR to make changes and add to the roof what is known as the Newman Bar to prevent the roof from collapsing as much. It's fair to say the Newman Bar saved Newman last night. I'm sure NASCAR will make appropriate changes to the roof in the driver side door area to further beef up that part. 897. ShinyMew151 posted: 02.18.2020 - 11:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I could see Ragan in the 6 for Atlanta but that's about it 898. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.18.2020 - 11:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 873 I'd love for Joe Nemechek to take fill in, but his age kinda rights him off for a decent car 878 Brings up a good point. Maybe they pull the move JGR did in 2015 when Ragan moved from the 34 to the 18 and then FRM finds someone to take his car. (Interestingly enough, when that happened, Joe Nemechek got the call to run the 34 at Atlanta) 899. Jimmie4life posted: 02.18.2020 - 11:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) If NASCAR had kept the Gen 4 cars for this race and all the races beyond 2007, we might not have Austin Dillon or Ryan Newman, OR Michael McDowell, for all we know. We hate these designs, but they save lives, and that's the important thing: Keeping the drivers safe. 900. Corey posted: 02.18.2020 - 12:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @896 We talk about similarities between this race and the 2001 edition. There is another Earnhardt crash that can be included. This would be his 1996 Diehard 500 crash at Talladega. He got hooked in the right rear and sent head on into the wall, the car spun around turned over with the roof facing the field. I believe it was Robert Pressley that came along and hit him in the roof. NASCAR soon installed the Earnhardt bar that ran down the middle of the windshield. 901. JOHEN573 posted: 02.18.2020 - 12:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @900 He was hit drivers side first up in the air and landed again on his roof is the only thing different about this crash 902. Sector posted: 02.18.2020 - 1:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I want to see the replay of the finishes but I'm not finding any. I understand Newman's health is a concern but at least show us the finish while we are waiting for news from the hospital. 903. Wil posted: 02.18.2020 - 1:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I can't see Ragan, McMurray or any other recent retiree with young children signing up. Or Menard for that matter, who opted to sit out the Fall Dega race for the fear of what happened to Newman. Kenseth, maybe? I honestly have no clue who will take the 6 car, and I'm sure Roush is even more perplexed on what to do. 904. Mile501 posted: 02.18.2020 - 1:33 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @902 - There are quite a few replays of the finish available on YouTube. I've watched a couple of them. @903 - I agree about recent retirees. To clarify, though, Menard ran the first stage of last fall's Talladega race then got out of the car due to ongoing neck and back issues that he was afraid might be worsened if he were to be involved in a crash. 905. racefangurl posted: 02.18.2020 - 1:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 903, David Ragan's only semi-retired. Keep in mind he races part time. However with the others, you might have a point, since they don't race even part-time. 906. Skyler posted: 02.18.2020 - 1:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @903. I can maybe see Regan driving the 6 car if needed for the short term. Regan just said he was t going to run the full schedule. It sounds like he willing to do some races just doesn't want a full season. 907. racefangurl posted: 02.18.2020 - 1:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 884, the wall hit looked Earnhardt like, too. 908. racefangurl posted: 02.18.2020 - 2:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 906, his part time racing is why I thought of him. If he needed to replace Newman for a month or some relatively short period, it wouldn't be out of the way. If it was season/career ending, maybe a combo of drivers, David Ragan at first and then, when he wasn't interested in subbing, other part-timers/drivers without a Cup ride after. 909. Wil posted: 02.18.2020 - 2:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I wasn't impressed by the first responders. For a crash that violent, I expected them to be out to Newman more quickly, especially since he was right next to pit road. They didn't show a ton of urgency getting to their extinguishers and getting the fire out, even though he was pinned down in a flaming car. 910. Trey posted: 02.18.2020 - 2:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) @909 Well there's a reason they're first responders and you're just a speculator. They know much better than you on what to do in that scenario. 911. Canadianfan posted: 02.18.2020 - 3:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I just went back and looked at the video. For those wondering what happened to Chase. Chase tried to merge up in front of Haley in a gap between Haley and Gaughan and he wasn't clear and Haley turned him into the wall. Also Blaney very nearly turned Newman on the backstretch in passing Hamlin. 912. Wil posted: 02.18.2020 - 3:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chase Elliott is a good plate racer, but yesterday wasn't his best performance. The stage points are nice at least. @910 Nice try little man, but even as a spectator (not a speculator) I know to show more urgency to get to a flaming car with a potentially injured driver inside. 913. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.18.2020 - 3:31 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @910 even us 'speculators' know to show some urgency when FUEL is leaking onto a FLAMING CAR. 914. Trey posted: 02.18.2020 - 3:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) The first responders got to his car roughly 20 seconds after the car stopped and put out the fire about 30 seconds after. That seems fast to me. I don't know what you guys are expecting. 915. ShinyMew151 posted: 02.18.2020 - 3:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @907 That phrase is so overused it literally means nothing now 916. Mbenoit posted: 02.18.2020 - 3:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'd imagine one reason for no additional info is because doctors are probably trying to accurately access the full extent of injuries and potential for recovery. If they don't have a clear picture yet, then nobody else will either. And of course, medical privacy laws and the need for family privacy. All of us want to know, but none of us need to know (for reasons other than our curiosity and understanding). I truly hope that any brain or spinal injuries he may have suffered aren't permanent, but we simply don't know anything yet. It'd be weird if Newman's career is forced to end the same year Johnson retires, since they came into Cup together in 2001-2002. 917. Jimmie4life posted: 02.18.2020 - 3:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @914 Well, they should be faster. 30 seconds to put out a fire is too long. EX: Simona De Silvestro at Texas in 2010 in Indycar was struggling to get out of her car, and it was in flames. Had she not gotten out in 5 or so more seconds, she might have severe burns, because that car was ablase. Don't try to use "BuT tHaT iS iNdYcAr" excuse, because safety in racing needs to be faster than that... especially when a car is upside down, crumpled, and on fire. 918. Canadianfan posted: 02.18.2020 - 3:48 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) He's awake per Roush talking with family and doctors. 919. Wil posted: 02.18.2020 - 3:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I still am just so thankful he's alive. I've always wondered what would happen if a driver flipped and got t-boned full speed in the window net, but nobody ever thought it would happen. I think everybody was fearing the worst. Jeff Gordon couldn't even speak. 920. Wil posted: 02.18.2020 - 4:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I don't think there will be any change to the package. What this finally WILL do hopefully is get the drivers to calm down. They're the ones driving the car, and the ones who decide to throw crazy blocks and be aggressive on the back bumper. Feels like 8 of our last 9 superspeedway races have been utter wreckfests. 921. NewJack posted: 02.18.2020 - 4:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @920, if history repeats itself, the drivers will calm down for maybe a race or two. At least, that's how it went in 2001. To truly get them to stop they'll need to be penalized for blocking. Which would be an even more subjective penalty then the below the line rule. 922. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.18.2020 - 4:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If nascar starts black flagging people for blocking than I will quit watching plate races in general. No matter how fast they are going you WILL see blocking, except last night when everything just so happened to go wrong. People seem to have forgotten that Newmans car appeared out of shape for the final 15 laps or so. 923. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.18.2020 - 4:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @914 I don't know if you watched the race, but FUEL was pouring out onto Newmans car right next to OPEN FLAMES. 20 seconds could be too long in that situation. 924. Wil posted: 02.18.2020 - 4:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm concerned about the lack of information here. There's been no word on if he's able to move any of his extremities. Usually when they update that a person is able to speak, they pass along that he's able to move. 925. Sector posted: 02.18.2020 - 5:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) When I saw the car on fire with fuel leaking, I was worried the car was going to explode, thus being the death of Ryan Newman. That was my concern was as a "spectator." 926. Mile501 posted: 02.18.2020 - 5:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @920, 921 - The first plate race after Dale Earnhardt's death was incident-free and caution-free with a lot of give-and-take from drivers. Hopefully we'll see something similar this time around. 927. Trey posted: 02.18.2020 - 5:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) The first responders were concerned too. They came as fast as they could. It's crazy how some people just try to find stuff to whine and complain about. 928. Wil posted: 02.18.2020 - 5:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I've had many an iRacing crash were you're being bump drafted and all of a sudden the steering wheel hooks to the right, you slam the wall, get t-boned and flip wildly through the air. You don't expect to see wrecks like that in real life. 929. 1995-Subaru-WRX-Sti posted: 02.18.2020 - 5:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) NASCAR gets a lot of undeserved blame for how Superspeedways races are run. Yeah the Yellow Line Rule is on them (The Aero package is too), however who makes 99% of the choices out there is the person between the seat and the steering wheel. NASCAR isn't forcing these guys too drive the way they do. The drivers are the ones who choose too race the way they do. Smaller engines, knocking the banking down is irrelevant here. Drivers have too starting taking responsibility for what they are doing out there. Someone is going too have too speak up soon and it shouldn't have too be Ryan Newman. I see "Not lifting for 500 miles isn't racing" a lot. Well how the drivers handle themselves during those 500 miles isn't racing either. Too much thinking with their right foot and not using their brains enough. 930. possum posted: 02.18.2020 - 5:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @925 - that was my thought too. My mind went back to Swede Savage's crash at Indy - you never want to see a driver trapped in a burning car. Never. @927 - well, we don't know if they came as fast as they could. Hopefully they're reviewing how they responded to see if they can improve. But I don't think they did poorly, considering the location of wreck. 931. Corey posted: 02.18.2020 - 5:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) My only response about the first responders is that they still have to wait for the field to go by. Remember after Dillon's cash here, Keselowski came along and hit the car again. If there are cars coming at any decent rate of speed, they would have to hold up as they are going against traffic. Does anyone know what the exact protocol is for stuff like this? 932. Wil posted: 02.18.2020 - 6:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @931 That's a good point about the other cars on track. The thing that bothered me is that those extinguishers should have been ready to go and in hand as soon as they got out of the truck, rather than sitting in the bed of the pickup. There's a fuel leak next to a fire next to a trapped, injured driver. 933. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.18.2020 - 6:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @927 Thats ironic seeing as you were whining and complaining about Suarez a lot last season. 934. MJM posted: 02.18.2020 - 6:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Even though I know it's late, but if the person who said NASCAR should suspend Blaney, by his logic, LaJoie should be suspended as well. Suspending both would really be stupid considering that it was actually NASCAR's fault for the Newman wreck by the product of the Daytona racing during Speedweeks. Also, whether you hate him or not, you should feel bad for Denny getting grilled on social media,even after saying that he was unaware of Newman's condition after the crash had happened. Anyways, as a Denny fan, but more of a general NASCAR fan, I do feel bad for Newman, and I was not in the mood to celebrate Hamlin's third 500 win. 935. BOBO83329521 posted: 02.18.2020 - 7:05 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Whoever thinks Blaney caused that wreck is WRONG. It's a side effect of bump drafting with super loose race cars at 200+ mph. Blaney had no intent of wrecking Newman, in fact, I think he was intent to push Newman to the win. Just a bad bump, not intentional actions. Think Edwards v. Keselowski for "intentional actions." As if we haven't seen bad bumps all weekend, of course, not to that extent, but still, they've been happening all Speedweeks. 936. NewJack posted: 02.18.2020 - 7:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm starting to wonder if the fluid that was coming out of Newman's car was oil, not gas. I remember from Mark Martin's California wreck where he hit the pit wall on the side of his car they have an oil tank in the back, and that seems more likely to rupture than the gas tank. And would be less likely to ignite than gasoline too. 937. Wil posted: 02.18.2020 - 7:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I don't blame Blaney in the slightest. He probably wishes he had faked low and then shot high, instead of the other way around (this would have both won him the race and avoided the crash), but it's racing & stuff happens. It's not like he was going to lift just mere feet from the checkered flag. If we're absolving Blaney of blame on this, we have to absolve Austin Dillon of blame for the way he won in 2018. I think we should do both. 938. Wil posted: 02.18.2020 - 7:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think Blaney would be the first one to say that he's glad Hamlin edged him out. Him having to deal with Daytona 500 victory lane and the press tour would have been especially brutal for both him and the sport. 939. JR-TV posted: 02.18.2020 - 7:52 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) ^Yeah. As much as I would rather have seen Blaney win it under normal circumstances, It kind-of worked out that Denny won his 3rd. He has won two already and got to celebrate those fully. Who really cares if his 3rd 500 win was hard to celebrate. Whereas, if Blaney won it would have been hard for him to celebrate and everyone would be wondering if this would be his only 500 win and he didn't get to celebrate how he should be able to because of being worried about Newman, even though he did nothing wrong. I hope Blaney gets a 500 at some point, and I think he will based on how good a super-speedway racer he is. 940. Canadianfan posted: 02.18.2020 - 7:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I watched the finish in slow motion quite a few times now and I can tell you Blaney was borderline out of control most of that last 10 seconds. Coming off of 4 Hamlin almost completely turned him around. As Newman slid down to the yellow line Blaney bumped him and nearly lost it again. It was the second bump as Newman slid across Blaney's nose that upset his car leading him to lose control. 941. Sector posted: 02.18.2020 - 8:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Also, whether you hate him or not, you should feel bad for Denny getting grilled on social media,even after saying that he was unaware of Newman's condition after the crash had happened." Social media is cancerous, no need to feel bad for Denny Hamlin. All he did was win the Daytona 500. What happened to Newman was horrific, sure, but life continues on. 942. Wil posted: 02.18.2020 - 10:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @940 In the moment I was rooting for Blaney to win and watching his move closely. I don't think Hamlin turned him sideways, he just yanked the wheel hard to the left. He didn't know what to do and was completely out of control, and wasn't going to lift. Important to note: the experienced Newman did a PERFECT job blocking him. Newman couldn't have done a better job. But it's completely understandable. He's a relatively inexperienced young driver with a chance to win the Daytona 500. That's why I feel so damn bad for him. He's a great dude and this was completely unintentional. Like RB, I'm pretty emotional by nature, so I put myself in his shoes right now and feel so, so bad for him. 943. Wil posted: 02.18.2020 - 10:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I will never forget the emotions I had watching it live. After he was t-boned, I just stared at his car to see which side had damage. When they showed the sliding car and the passenger door was completely clean, my heart just sank. I didn't need a replay. I have never experienced that horror as a race fan and will never forget it. I come away from this having even more respect and love for the sport. I'm still kind of in a daze. 944. RyanM posted: 02.18.2020 - 11:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @943 Same here. It's only by pure happenstance that I missed watching Wheldon, Wilson, and Wickens' IndyCar crashes live, and I'm too young to have remembered NASCAR wrecks like Earnhardt's and Geoff Bodine's. The only other time I felt the way I felt last night was with Dillon in 2015, and that only lasted about 15 seconds before he was out of his car. Those two hours last night frantically searching for positive news and bracing myself for the worst isn't something I want to experience again. I'm so thankful that it seems to be the best case scenario playing out here - this hopefully will serve as a reality check that these drivers are not invincible, while also not costing us a driver's life. 945. 1995-Subaru-WRX-Sti posted: 02.18.2020 - 11:06 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Important to note: the experienced Newman did a PERFECT job blocking him. Newman couldn't have done a better job." Agreed. Newman timed his blocks perfectly. Blaney even said in his post race interview that after the 2nd block he was more then content too push Newman too the win. It has been said previously on here but the last 2 superspeedway races involved the same 2 guys. In both cases both guys went 100% as they should too win the race. But they went about it smartly. Except this time, circumstance toke over. And we got what we got. "I come away from this having even more respect and love for the sport. I'm still kind of in a daze." A rare statement you do not see often enough on places like this. At least the first part. 946. Chase9Fan posted: 02.19.2020 - 12:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 926. With a playoff spot potentially on the line? You think the plate races are crazy now, just wait... 947. Ryan posted: 02.19.2020 - 12:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "If we're absolving Blaney of blame on this, we have to absolve Austin Dillon of blame for the way he won in 2018." I don't understand why Austin Dillon got chastised for holding it to the floor trying to win the Daytona 500. He got blocked and didn't lift. Anyone trying to win would have done the same thing. People shouldn't blame Blaney either, it's the Daytona 500. You're going to go for it... unless you're Greg Biffle. Even if Blaney didn't or did try to push Newman, blame can't be placed on him. It's the last lap of the biggest race in the world. You don't lift on the last lap of it. Newman played that last lap perfect. He got Hamlin out far and then went back and picked up Blaney coming out of 2 and on the backstretch. The fact that Hamlin got freight trained and was able to tuck back in behind Blaney and start pushing him was amazing in itself. Coming off four Blaney just didn't have complete control of his car where Hamlin was all over him. I feel like if Blaney would have stayed high he may have got beside Newman. Hard to say for sure. 948. Corey posted: 02.19.2020 - 12:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I missed Wheldon and Wilson's deaths, but was unfortunate to have watched John Nemechek, Tony Roper and Dale Earnhardt's. I watched the race Greg Moore died in, but must have been out of the room when he crashed. The severity of that one never sunk in as no replays were shown nor did Jules Bianchi's crash. We should be thankful for the safety innovations that all forms of Motorsports have worked on through the years. Take the seven names above and add Adam Petty, Kenny Irwin, Paul Dana, Tony Renna, and Gonzalo Rodriguez and you would have enough names to fill any one year in the 50s or 60s. The names here span 18 years. 949. Wil posted: 02.19.2020 - 12:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The main thing is that Newman is alive, but I caution everyone to be braced for tough news in the coming days. If Ryan was able to move any of his extremities, I'd think they would have told us that by now. 950. Mbenoit posted: 02.19.2020 - 12:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) When you look at how unsafe auto racing was even 20 years ago, you realize how far safety technology has come in a short time. So many drivers paid with their lives in the early days of auto racing, especially. There are Indy 500 fields from the 1930s to 1950s where up to an entire third of the field ended up dead within five years. It's so easy to forget how modern race car drivers defy incredible speeds and not only survive enormous impacts, but walk away little more than bruised and sore from them. This was a real reality check. I sat through live coverage of Earnhardt's death, and Scott Kalitta's death, and Dan Wheldon's death, and I don't want to re-live those days. Racing is such an incredible sport, but it can rip your heart out in an instant. 951. Chase9Fan posted: 02.19.2020 - 1:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I don't blame anyone for what happens at these races. Is what it is at these tracks. 952. 1995-Subaru-WRX-Sti posted: 02.19.2020 - 1:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I don't understand why Austin Dillon got chastised for holding it to the floor trying to win the Daytona 500. He got blocked and didn't lift. Anyone trying to win would have done the same thing." I think Aric admitted that he did move over a bit too block and I do not remember if he said this or not but I think Aric admitted he would have done the same thing if roles were reversed. In that case both guys toke responsibility for what happened and they moved on. Peeps on the interwebz are slowly coming out of the wood work giving opinions and such. I ain't naming names but well it is coming out. 953. racefangurl posted: 02.19.2020 - 1:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 949, a post over on the Newman board said he simply hasn't attempted to move his limbs, but is sitting up and they don't think paralysis should be an issue. Kathy Dorton's the source named over there. Not a fan, but the circumstances took me to his board on this site. ?"hasn't attempted to walk"... That's part of the Dorton statement. 954. Sector posted: 02.19.2020 - 1:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I was spectating the races for Wheldon, Wilson & Earnhardt's death. Unfortunately I was only 10 years old and didn't understand how anything on TV was involved with real life people so I thought it was molded as fake, that I was cheering on the fact we wouldn't see him racing again (similar to how WWE was considered "fake"). As soon as my family told me how these drivers were real life people, I began to feel bad about it (at the time I was a Gordon fan living with Earnhardt fans...). 955. 95_Bell_FTW posted: 02.19.2020 - 12:15 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Incredible news on Newman from Roush-Fenway. He is fully alert and walking around the hospital, even joking with staff and family. They also included a picture of him and he looks to be in good spirit. 956. RaceFanX posted: 02.19.2020 - 2:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ross Chastain's #77 AdventHealth Chevrolet had a primarily blue paint scheme for this race with a little green, yellow, and red. Sharp-eyed viewers might have noticed the Ganassi team made the small red part of the car watermelon-themed as an in-joke to Chastain's long history with the Watermelon Board. 957. Spen posted: 02.19.2020 - 3:59 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Ross should totally drive a car with "gradually watermelon" on the hood. 958. JSPorts posted: 02.19.2020 - 4:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ? 959. possum posted: 02.19.2020 - 6:37 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @936 - wrong color, viscosity, and location to be from the oil tank. Given the location and appearance, pretty much had to be gasoline. Fortunately the "downhill" direction was away from the fire (which I think was likely gear oil from the rear end cooler). Also pretty fortunately it's fairly hard to get gasoline to start to burn if there's nothing to spray it around. 960. Jimmie4life posted: 02.20.2020 - 11:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The William Byron speed in 3rd practice shocked no one. I was going to post about the speed, but was busy. A sub 44 second lap at Daytona startled me. It was too fast, and no one cared. 961. Sector posted: 02.20.2020 - 1:54 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) #904 I was checking the race out, though I wanted to see the actual photo finish, the frame frozen to see how close it is by picture, instead of them focusing heavily on Newman. I was reading the comments on the YouTube video, my gosh the amount of idiots who are blaming Hamlin for pushing Blaney into Newman, then making Hamlin sound like the bad guy for celebrating right after he got the checkered flag (before knowing about Newman's crash), like he should have know from the get go (You can't see everything in the rear view mirror), then Blaney for wrecking Newman. People are just wanting excuses or drama to unfold; This is nothing more than a racing deal. No one was truly at fault here. Not even NASCAR for the 550HP package; You can't truly predict this. 962. LarsonDixonLine posted: 02.20.2020 - 3:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @961 They did show it once before the broadcast was over and it was very reminiscent of Hamin v. Truex in 2016, but with a little more distance. I agree though they should still show that finish to the line because it was very tightly contested. I agree thankfully on here there's been very little blame placing on Hamlin/Blaney/LaJoie but on other platforms its been kind of ridiculous, especially on Hamlin. He gave it his all going for the win and sure he saw Newman spin in front of him but I guarantee u the last thing he was doing was watching his mirror since he was gunning it to the finish against Blaney, there's no way he would've known the situation was that severe. 963. Sector posted: 02.20.2020 - 5:45 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Ty Dillon and Joey Logano, the only two drivers to have finished all 36 races on the 2019 schedule, starts off 2020 with a DNF. 964. Ryan posted: 02.20.2020 - 10:50 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Dale Jr. said on the Dale Jr. Download that he felt Hamlin received unfair criticism after the race for him celebrating. Joe Gibbs, who is a man of great character, apologized about it and that should have been the end of any criticism. Jr. gave the example of Michael Waltrip and his team celebrating in victory lane after the 2001 Daytona 500 and Earnhardt was the owner of the team! Waltrip didn't know how bad Earnhardt's last lap crash was until Kenny Schrader came to tell him in victory lane and after that his celebrating was over of course until the 2003 Daytona 500. 965. Canadianfan posted: 02.22.2020 - 1:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Pockrass: NASCAR says timeline: Tool truck w/fireman arrived at car 19 seconds after it stopped. Trauma doc 33 seconds. Paramedic entered two seconds later At 6:56 mark, car was upright. Roof moved at 11:10, extrication at 15:40. He was treated the entire time except when rolling over car. O'Donnell says overtime procedures won't change ... they will look at lift-off speeds and the aero package prior to Talladega to determine if anything needs to be changed. 966. Corey posted: 02.22.2020 - 2:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @964 They were saying the same thing on Door Bumper Clear. The entire NASCAR industry has become so used to drivers hopping out of their cars after wrecks, that even the spotters probably didn't realize the severity. 967. Corey posted: 02.22.2020 - 2:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @965 Did they mention where these vehicles were situated in relation to the wreck? 968. 1995-Subaru-WRX-Sti posted: 02.22.2020 - 3:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "O'Donnell says overtime procedures won't change ... they will look at lift-off speeds and the aero package prior to Talladega to determine if anything needs to be changed." The overtime needs too go or limit the guys too 1 shot. As for the rest that is about all they can do other then not racing at those tracks. But opinions will be sharply divided and people will be p####d off regardless of what they do or do not do. 969. RaceFanX posted: 02.22.2020 - 10:43 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Credit to the rescue team with their efforts after the Newman crash. A trauma doctor and paramedics were on the scene within 35 seconds of the crash. It took 16 minutes to free Newman from the car but other than a few moments when it was flipped back over he had constant medical attention before being taken to the hospital. After the crash NASCAR took Newman's #6 Koch Industries Ford Mustang back to its R&D center. They have been going over the car part by part in the last week to learn more about the crash and how safety can be improved. 970. RaceFanX posted: 02.22.2020 - 10:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Because Daniel Suarez DNQed, missing his first Cup race in three years in the process, this was the first Cup race with an all-American starting grid since the season-ending Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead in 2016. 971. Corey posted: 02.23.2020 - 2:14 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) @969 They took Lajoie's car too. Lajoie said he was texting Newman and said that the Newman Bar is probably what saved Lajoie from sharing the ambulance fare with Newman. Logano Mentioned that in one of his texts he said that he new Newman didn't break his neck. He doesn't think its possible. 972. MSportRev posted: 02.23.2020 - 2:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) NASCAR has reviewed the finish and updated the Margin of Victory: Under Caution 973. Timothy_Eklund posted: 02.23.2020 - 2:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin still won? 974. Danish_Pie posted: 02.23.2020 - 2:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They aren't gonna change the results six days later, right or wrong. 975. GoRC10 posted: 02.23.2020 - 2:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @972 Do you have some kind of source for that? Or are you speaking ex-rectum? 976. Anonymous posted: 02.23.2020 - 2:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "They were saying the same thing on Door Bumper Clear. The entire NASCAR industry has become so used to drivers hopping out of their cars after wrecks, that even the spotters probably didn't realize the severity." That's really stupid, especially considering that everyone watching in the stands, on tv, and apparently in the broadcast booth could tell how serious it was right away. 977. Canadianfan posted: 02.23.2020 - 3:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Pockrass: NASCAR has reviewed video of the finish of the Daytona 500 and has determined the race has finished under caution. Reviewed the finishing order and it stays the same. Issue was a delay in its software that handles the timestamp. It says that glitch in the software has been fixed. It would have awarded Blaney the win if the review (done in the last couple of days had shown something different). 978. Corey posted: 02.23.2020 - 3:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @976 I disagree. I watch the ending on TV, but did not see Lajoie hit Newman as I was looking at Blaney and Hamlin fighting for the win. I'm sure a lot of the spotters didn't see it as they were focusing on their cars and not the front. Also it doesn't matter what FOX or the booth saw, they guys at the track don't have ready access to that. 979. Ryan posted: 02.23.2020 - 3:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @972 @977 I mentioned in @851 that... "I actually thought I saw the yellow flag come out while the wreck happened while Blaney was barely leading, although I'm not totally sure. I'm glad they let them race back to the line." However, it looks like the caution lights came on after Hamlin and Blaney crossed the line. 980. Ryan posted: 02.23.2020 - 3:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Upon further review I actually "Tevoed" the race and watched turns 3 and 4 of the last lap among Hamlin, Blaney, and Newman in super slow motion. Hamlin was pushing Blaney so hard that Hamlin's hood flaps came up not once, but twice. Blaney had no total car control until he started to try and dive underneath Newman. Blaney was sideways coming off turn 4 where Hamlin was pushing him trying to get back to the lead. 981. Sector posted: 02.24.2020 - 12:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I personally don't want David Ragan to race again for the rest of the season; If he doesn't he'll end up with a 4th place average finish for the 2020 season because of this race. Brendan Gaughan (while not counted for points for the Cup series) has a 7th, and not knowing when Ryan Newman will return, has a 9th. It'll be sweet to look over the years and see guys like Ragan have a great finish in his lone start that not even the full time drivers will most likely (99.9%) reach. 982. Spen posted: 02.24.2020 - 7:20 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Only 99.9%? The best average finish from a full season ever was Richard Petty's 4.2 in 1971. I'd say with 100% confidence that that's a record that won't be broken. 983. Canadianfan posted: 03.04.2020 - 12:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Adam Stern: @NASCAR today will announce that all of Daytona Speedweeks will now be compressed into one week, starting in 2021. ? The Busch Clash will now be run on Daytona's road course. ? This is part of NASCAR's strategy to shorten the nearly 10-month season and shake up the schedule. 984. Jimmie4life posted: 03.04.2020 - 12:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @983 Interesting. I assume they are trying to shorten the season to 8 months as to not compete with the NFL, NHL, NBA, and MLB finals. 985. Stifler posted: 03.04.2020 - 1:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @985 Agreed. I've always wanted to see them run the road course. Should be a fun race. 986. Timothy_Eklund posted: 03.04.2020 - 1:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @983 as if we haven't had enough out of left field announcements already this week! 987. Anonymous posted: 03.04.2020 - 1:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) They're running out of traditions to kill. 988. Texas posted: 03.04.2020 - 1:38 pm Rate this comment: (1) (3) If Nascar is going to announce it today, then why the hell is Adam Stern announcing it? I really can't stand sports "insiders". They're the same type of people that spoil movie endings before you get to see it. 989. Yeet posted: 03.04.2020 - 1:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I like the idea of Daytona on the road course. Something different and i appreciate NASCAR for expanding it's horizons. It also likely won't result in most of the field getting incredibly torn up. 990. Sector posted: 03.04.2020 - 1:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) With this news about the clash, I wonder if Jimmie Johnson will run the road course for fun since he'd be eligible. 991. Anoynomous posted: 03.04.2020 - 2:39 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @988 how do you feel about all those other sports, where trades and free agent signings are reported by actual reporters before teams make announcements? Jeez, NASCAR fans will even complain about how news is delivered. Keep your negativity to yourself 992. Canadianfan posted: 03.04.2020 - 2:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Qualifying will be on Wednesday Night. 993. Texas posted: 03.04.2020 - 2:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 991 I feel the same way about it in every scenario. I have many questions, he has no details. All of these reporters, IN ALL SPORTS, want to be the first to release information so they have something to spank it to later that night. Also, if you are not a fan of negativity, then you are on the wrong site my friend. 990 That sounds like a neat idea. I don't see it happening. The days of competitve teams rolling out an extra car for a one-off are long gone. I guess Hendrick could put him in one of his active teams if someone doesn't qualify, but you still have sponsor and other logistics to work around. It's probably not worth the time or effort. 994. Corey posted: 03.04.2020 - 3:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) The problem with some traditions is they get old and just don't work anymore and keeping tradition for the sake of tradition can be detrimental for forward progress. From what it sounds like, they are just moving Friday, Saturday, and Sunday activites to Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. As it was this past February, a lot of guys left the track to go on mini-vacations to Disney. I feel the same with changes to the next-gen car. NASCAR are practically racing dinosaurs right now and some of the changes they are making sound like it brings them in line with modern production cars. As far as the number of lugs go. GT racing cars probably look most like their road going counterparts. They still utilize one lug vs. the 4-5 found on road machines. 995. JSPorts posted: 03.04.2020 - 3:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think the Clash should be held the Sunday before the Daytona 500. It should be 20 laps on the oval track, just like the original Clash, for the previous season's pole sitters. I would like to see a regular-season race on the Daytona road course, however. 996. Anoynomous posted: 03.04.2020 - 3:19 pm Rate this comment: (1) (4) @993 ok boomer 997. Jimmie4life posted: 03.04.2020 - 3:32 pm Rate this comment: (5) (1) @996 Dude, not on a racing website. 998. Sector posted: 03.04.2020 - 4:03 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) #993 Say Corey LaJoie or Ross Chastain gets the #48, they wouldn't be eligible if nothing happens in 2020. Johnson could still run the #48 for the event, or take the Jamie McMurray approach and be in the Spire #77 999. JSPorts posted: 03.04.2020 - 4:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I couldn't see that happening, though. I think Jimmie is moving on to new things in 2021. 1000. Timothy_Eklund posted: 03.04.2020 - 5:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Since nascar appears to be shaking things up, I want to see the all star race ran on the Charlotte Dirt Track and the open as 4 ?heat races.? The Charlotte track promoter (I forgot his name) said they ran a test with cup cars on the dirt track and they drove fine. 1001. Jimmie4life posted: 03.04.2020 - 5:34 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Ok. I just was rewatching this race, and on lap 121, Mike Joy said that Erik Jones had a fast lap of 206 MPH. That is fast... and they brushed it off like nothing. 1002. Timothy_Eklund posted: 03.04.2020 - 6:34 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) #1001 I remember hearing during the 2016 talladega fall race that Tony Stewart had a 206 mph lap, but granted that was at talladega. 1003. rm posted: 03.04.2020 - 6:34 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) That news has been on the verge of being announced for several weeks now. If there was truly somebody in it to gain notoriety as an insider, they would have leaked it at any point since the season kicked off. Stern & many other reporters have been aware of this news for some time and nobody would say anything on the record until today, when the news was going to actually be released. 1004. Jimmie4life posted: 03.05.2020 - 10:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ryan Newman's car was lucky it did not get sent into the fencing, because it sort of floated after barrel rolling and fell. Had it not done so, and kept the speed, he would have nailed the fence, and that most likely result in his death. Luckily, the car folded, and that saved him. 1005. Wil posted: 03.05.2020 - 10:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @1004 Maybe, but maybe he would have been less injured if it flew into the fencing. It floated through the air and landed HARD on the pavement (on the drivers side roof), which may be worse than on the fence, which can act as a kind of parachute, even though it looks much worse. 1006. Jimmie4life posted: 03.05.2020 - 11:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @1004 The way the car floated would've meant it if kept speed, the roof of the car ends up hitting it, and that might have resulted in much worse... just glad it did not happen, and he got out safely. 1007. Jimmie4life posted: 03.08.2020 - 11:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Another thing I found during the race: With 18 to go(you can't see this on the official NASCAR full race), Austin Dillon hit a speed of 209.48 MPH. Yes, it was while drafting, but other cars like Michael McDowell also hit speeds of 207 MPH. Yikes. 1008. Jimmie4life posted: 03.08.2020 - 11:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Actually, scratch the last comment. Lap 107, Ty Dillon and Ryan Preece hit 211.11 and 211.05 respectively. I'm just continuing to find these speeds. It's crazy how we did not even notice these at all. 1009. Yeet posted: 03.10.2020 - 9:50 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) What's the margin of victory? They showed it but then turned it into ?Under caution' 1010. Jimmie4life posted: 03.10.2020 - 10:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @1009 It was 0.014 seconds. 1011. MSportRev posted: 03.10.2020 - 11:53 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) @1009 NASCAR reviewed the finish and announced at Las Vegas that the race ended under caution. 1012. JSPorts posted: 03.10.2020 - 12:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They had already displayed the yellow before the eventual winner crossed the line, so that's why it's listed as "under caution" rather than the official margin of victory. This was a result of Newman's crash. 1013. JOHEN573 posted: 03.10.2020 - 12:08 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @1012 I rewatched that final restart and put it onto 0.125 speed and Blaney was AHEAD of Hamlin when it did come out 1014. Derrick posted: 03.10.2020 - 12:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) So if they are going to decide that the race ended under caution then shouldn't the winner be who was in front at that moment? Of course it should. Maybe that's why NASCAR waited a week to declare that the caution flag was a factor at the finish since then it's too late to change the official outcome. The only reason to bother changing the MOV one week after the fact was that so nobody could say "Ryan Newman was almost killed and you let the race continue?!?!?". Now they can say no we didn't, of course we threw the yellow. See, just look at the MOV! 1015. Wil posted: 03.11.2020 - 3:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Now that we know that Ryan is not only okay but arguably better than ever, I feel comfortable saying that his accident was a landmark moment in terms of growth for the sport in America. This is where my Nascar addiction and Economics background coalesce. And yes, this is written in an effort to procrastinate a midterm. In comment 243, on Sunday when the race couldn't start due to the rain, I lamented that the washout was a downer on Nascar's positive momentum, and any potential new fans (seeing President Donald Trump in attendance) would be turned off by the anticlimactic washout. When I wrote that, I never would have imagined the manner in which this race ended up spotlighting Nascar even more in America. It's no secret that all press is good press, and the following three races after the 2020 Daytona 500 showed explosive year-over-year TV ratings growth. It was a compounding effect of already increasing viewership in 2019, plus the added eyeballs from curious new watchers who'd just watched a man toe the line of death and survive. Here's the key -- the explosive viewership growth coincided with EXCELLENT racing. This was a unique window for Nascar to put its product out there for many otherwise uninterested watchers, and California, Phoenix, and Vegas all put on great races that are sure to keep some of those new eyeballs around. Also, Koch Industries and Ragingbull.com (a trading-advice platform which I've been subscribed to for a while) received INSANE exposure from the wreck. The finish was replayed millions of times to millions of Americans. You can be sure that other companies marveled at what Koch and Ragingbull's return on investment was for their sponsorships. You can be sure that those other companies are now weighing whether to invest in Nascar. Now, seeing that Ryan is not only recovering but arguably even better than he was before the crash (due to his new outlook), I feel comfortable saying that we may look back on the 2020 Daytona 500 as a springboard for Nascar returning to its past glory. My name is Joel Patrick Foote and this is merely my personal opinion. 1016. Drew posted: 03.15.2020 - 5:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Couldn't they go back to 43 cars for the super speedway races? 1017. possum posted: 03.15.2020 - 8:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @1016 - of course they could. They could start more than 43 at some tracks if they wanted to, the limitation is pit stalls. However NASCAR has made it clear they have no interest in having different field sizes at different tracks; even when they routinely got 50 cars entered they refused to consider larger fields at the big tracks. Why that was the case is a mystery. In any event, the modern NASCAR seems to really want a 36 car grid; the non-charter teams are viewed as an annoyance that hopefully will go away. 1018. Chad posted: 03.16.2020 - 5:59 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Did they ever reveal who got what share of the $23 million purse? 1019. Jimmie4life posted: 03.20.2020 - 8:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What I've also noticed is that the bump drafting is going to probably(If Talladega or Daytona stay on schedule) play a huge effect in the race when we get to the next superspeedway race. Whenever cars locked bumpers, you saw incredible speed improvements. In Duel #1, Clint Bowyer and Aric Almirola saw increases in speed of 5 mph in 1 second. They locked at about 202, and in 3 seconds, hit just short of 210 mph. The speeds are beneficial when you can use it correctly, and I see it coming into play when we get the chance to race at a superspeedway at the track, and not in a simulation. 1020. Jimmie4life posted: 03.20.2020 - 8:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The reason these car's draft so much quicker than normal is because the wicker/metal on the top of the spoiler. A regular spoiler knocks airflow above the spoiler, and onto the cars behind them, which slows down the big runs. The wicker spoiler has an inch long piece of metal that extends horizontally from the top of the spoiler, which blocks more air from the car, and allows bigger runs to develop(Less air pushing on a car = bigger runs), which is why you can see a car come off turn 2 at 195 and see them enter turn 3 at 207 mph. 1021. Jimmie4life posted: 03.23.2020 - 2:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) First time in a while I don't talk about speeds here in this race. No,w how in the world did Newman, Blaney, and Hamlin all end up in the mix at the last second in back to back superspeedway races? Some crappy and useless conspiracy begins... They all have 6 letters in their last name, and were all born in the last 2 months of their years... Blaney also drives in Newman's old #12, and in the Daytona July race last year, Hamlin qualified 6th, which 6 is Newman's number. Newman also qualified 18th, and 18 is Denny Hamlin's number... what does this mean? Nothing. 1022. Corey posted: 03.23.2020 - 2:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @1021 Nothing. Hamlin drives the 11 1023. Jimmie4life posted: 03.28.2020 - 7:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Erik Jones's fast lap of 206.035 mph took only 43.682 seconds, or .019 seconds less than Martin Truex Jr's fast lap in practice for Daytona in July 2019, which was 205.936 mph. 1024. Iamthedebris posted: 04.04.2020 - 7:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) NASCAR race center for this race on lap times is a great place to see how fast these cars go. Erik Jones hit probably the fastest race lap on lap 111, well below 44 seconds. 1025. Jimmie4life posted: 05.07.2020 - 10:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) With new rule changes for Daytona and Talladega to this package, I need to ask the question: Are the changes enough? 30-40 HP reductions will make the runs less than they used to be, but with how the Wicker Bill on the 9 inch spoiler increased drag, but also counter-intuitively increased the runs on the car, it may not be enough to stop these cars from plowing into one another. 1026. Jimmie4life posted: 05.07.2020 - 10:57 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) I also forgot to say that the 30-40 HP decrease would slow the cars down by 7-10 MPH, but the ride height limits being taken away and the engineers understanding this package more might cause these cars to still hit 200 mph, which is what NASCAR was trying to prevent from happening. 1027. Timothy_Eklund posted: 05.07.2020 - 11:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Anybody know what type of "slip tape" they are using? I assume that is to prevent the bumpers from sliding as much as they did in the 500. 1028. Jimmie4life posted: 05.07.2020 - 11:29 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) @1027 Most likely would be the type of tape they were originally using in the areas of the car that had the slip tape on it. Maybe a different type will be used, but who knows now? Still not fully out yet. 1029. 1995-Subaru-WRX-Sti posted: 05.07.2020 - 6:00 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "it may not be enough to stop these cars from plowing into one another." The drivers can do that. They ultimately have control over what happens on track. NASCAR has made their changes, now the drivers have too change how they drive. If they don't... the next big wreck is on them. 1030. Timothy_Eklund posted: 05.07.2020 - 7:01 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I heard a rumor that 'slip tape' was just that.... slippery tape designed to keep them from locking bumpers. If that is true then wont there be MORE wrecks caused by bumping. I may be wrong (and I hope I am) though. I honestly think that making the bumpers more grippy would prevent crashes caused by someone turning someone else. I have no experience in such things, though. 1031. JSPorts posted: 05.07.2020 - 7:14 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) It does seem to me like being able to lock bumpers better would prevent crashes, since you'd be less likely to slip to the side of the other car & turn it. But I suppose locking bumpers could create a situation where you end up pushing another car at the wrong angle and turning it...I do know that NASCAR doesn't like them locking bumpers in the lower series. To me, it seems like if you don't want them to do something, create cars that can't tandem draft or a package that makes it difficult rather than penalizing drivers for it. 1032. Timothy_Eklund posted: 05.07.2020 - 7:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) But with a slippery rear bumper, wouldn't you see more people pushing cars at wrong angles? I know making it harder isn't going to stop the drivers from trying to tandem. The only way to stop that is to ban locking bumpers all together, which would make a lot of people mad. 1033. Jimmie4life posted: 05.07.2020 - 7:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Locking bumpers is what has caused several wrecks, including Stenhouse taking out William Byron, Joey Logano turning Almirola and 20 other cars, and the Ryan Newman incident. Speaking of tandem drafting @1031, during the gen 6 era of 2013-2018, locking bumpers was pretty much ineffective, with the decreased air intake into the front of the car making it risky for anyone to do so. I didn't see if they changed that for this 2019-2020 package, but maybe they may need to address that as well... but maybe not. Maybe it's just the Tapered Spacer's airflow unit creating tandems more effective. 1034. Corey posted: 05.07.2020 - 8:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The problem with grippier tape is that if your car moves sideways, you can also move the backend of the car in front, causing them to spin. I image the slip tape would essentially allow your car to glide across his bumper without turning him. 1035. possum posted: 05.07.2020 - 9:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @1034 - you are exactly correct. The problem is if the trailing car is moving left to right across the leading car's bumper it will turn the lead car pretty much uncontrollably (going the other way isn't as big a problem). Slip tape is intended to help solve that. @1030 has his reasoning backwards, making things grippier would make it impossible to push unless you're perfectly aligned and centered on the car ahead (of course, you might argue that that would eventually bring an end to pushing, which some would say would be a good thing). 1036. Timothy_Eklund posted: 05.07.2020 - 10:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @1035 yeah your right. I never thought of it that way. I like tandem drafting, but I like safety as well. I'm sure they will still be able to push, because of the mustang nose and such, but safety comes first. I wonder if slip tape would have prevented newman's crash. 1037. Iamthedebris posted: 05.07.2020 - 10:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @1036 Maybe. Considering how Ryan Blaney hit Newman, and that Blaney was about 5-10mph faster, it'd be tough to determine. 1038. Anonymous posted: 05.12.2020 - 7:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ryan Newman 1039. Jimmie4life posted: 05.15.2020 - 11:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @1038 Just checked in and was this comment... And can anyone explain what this dude means by just saying a topic about this race? I am utterly confused. 1040. Jimmie4life posted: 05.19.2020 - 7:46 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) This race was the 3rd time since Chase Elliott became a cup driver that he wrecked on the last lap of a superspeedway event. He first wrecked at the Coke Zero 400 in 2017, then the 2018 1000bulbs.com 500 at Talladega, and finally, the 2020 Daytona 500. Also, twice has Chase Elliott wrecked with KB on the final lap, with the first 2 being the races. 1041. OangeWaffle43 posted: 06.01.2020 - 7:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Welp we are getting a Radioactive for this race after all. Awesome that they're making up for it 1042. TheDewCrew posted: 06.03.2020 - 11:42 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) That Radioactive man. You knew the wreck was coming. My anxiety shot way up as did my heart rate watching it. The full speed shot from pit road. MY GOSH! Watching that, and knowing he walked out two days later is truly a miracle. Brendan sounded scared to death. Jeff Gordon looked pale, and sounded shaky. I've seen many radioactives but just hearing Jason Jarrett and Scott Graves continue to ask if he's ok to no response gave me chills. Thankfully, this story did have a happy ending 1043. JSPorts posted: 06.04.2020 - 12:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I need to go watch it. I forgot that came out today. 1044. Andy posted: 06.04.2020 - 7:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #1042 I was at the 2001 Daytona 500 and was listening to Dale Sr's radio when he wrecked. When I heard no response from Dale after, my concern grew. Knowing that outcome, I had similar feelings when Newman didn't respond. I was relieved as heck when I heard he was alive and going to be ok. 1045. Jimmie4life posted: 06.08.2020 - 1:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Denny Hamlin has had 2 of his Daytona 500 wins come when he led at lap 100, the halfway point. No other driver has led at the halfway point and won the Daytona 500 since 1992, when Davey Allison led lap 100 in that years Daytona 500. 1046. Yeeter posted: 06.23.2020 - 10:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Can someone tell me the margin of victory? It originally had the margin but then they turned it to ?under caution? 1047. Jimmie4life posted: 06.23.2020 - 10:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @1046 0.014 seconds originally. 1048. TheDewCrew posted: 06.23.2020 - 10:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I believe it was .011 seconds. That made it one thousandth more than the 2016 Daytona 500 1049. Ryan posted: 08.30.2020 - 10:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @68 Well, Wil Byron answered a burning question before the season was out. Good for him. 1050. Jimmie4life posted: 10.21.2020 - 3:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was only made to show how the changes to the package from the 500 to now changed speeds significantly(Thanks CTRL+F). 7,725 laps were completed across all 40 drivers during this race. Of those, 1,545 hitting 200+ MPH in average speed(45.000 seconds or less). Every lap, on average, 5 cars would hit 200+. At the YellaWood 500 in October, there were 6,482 laps completed across all 39 drivers. 31 total hit 200+ MPH(47.880 or less). On average, Every 209.1 laps there would be a 200+ MPH lap. 1051. Rich posted: 11.27.2020 - 9:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mike Joy and Jeff Gordon were the commentators. Matt Yocum, Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Regan Smith were the pit road reporters. Chris Myers and Michael Waltrip were at the Coca-Cola desk. Larry McReynolds and Jamie McMurray were the in-race analysts. Shannon Spake was the studio host. 1052. Rich posted: 01.10.2021 - 11:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The hosts for the pre-race show were Chris Myers and Shannon Spake. The analysts for the pre-race show consisted of Larry McReynolds, Michael Waltrip, Jeff Gordon and Jamie McMurray. 1053. Yeet posted: 01.10.2021 - 4:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Anyone got a mock entry list for the 2021 race based on everything that's been announced of today? Been out of the circle with a new work schedule. 1054. Canadianfan posted: 01.10.2021 - 5:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @1053 Several have been posted on the Phoenix finale page. 1055. NASCAREnthusiast posted: 01.10.2021 - 5:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @1053 you didn't miss anything. https://www.jayski.com/nascar-cup-series/2021-daytona-500-entry-list/ 1056. PCRF0006 posted: 01.22.2021 - 1:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Correct Order of DNQs by Qualifying Speed 41. #96 Suarez 42. #54 Yeley 43. #49 Finchum 1057. Nascarleadlappoints posted: 08.08.2021 - 7:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Owner Update #36 Bob Jenkins ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: