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They're drying the track out for the truck race tonight.

I'm looking at the radar dont see anymore rain so we should go racing tonight

The weather looks clear for Saturday and Sunday

EDIT: The rain came back, but shouldn't be here for long.
 
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I was looking forward to the race all day today. But atleast we have two races to look forward to tomorrow :D:tup:
 
NCWTS race will be at 7pm. Lucky Nationwide race ticket holders get to hang around for the truck race. Hope it warms up, it's stupid cold out and windy. I'm guessing the NCWTS race will be on Speed at that time, but I have not checked the listings...
 
Guys, i hate to report this but there looks like something dodgy has been going on in Dayonta

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Racers help racers -- that's just the way it is on any level of the sport: short track, speedway, NASCAR, IndyCar, Grand-Am or anywhere else.

But as rain fell late Friday afternoon at Daytona International Speedway, it appeared that money talked, as five teams walked -- actually drove their transporters -- off the speedway grounds.

The tune this cash was singing was in the six-figure range -- probably almost a quarter-mil -- judging by the $2.7 million event purse, which would pay more than $45,000 per position just for starting.

That tells me someone had to offer that much financial incentive for an owner, who had already undergone the expense of bringing his car to Daytona and practicing it, to pack it up without racing in the season's biggest and most lucrative event.

The situation unfolded as a deluge of rain fell on the speedway, first forcing NASCAR officials to cancel a scheduled Cup practice and then several hours later, when they pulled the plug on Nationwide Series qualifying for Saturday's Drive4COPD 300.

The lineup would be set per the rule book, with the following parameters coming into play: The top-30 owners in the 2009 standings -- or teams they had "transferred" their points to -- got those spots. Greg Biffle and Tony Stewart, who won races last season, got the next two positions, followed by 2000 series champion Jeff Green.

The remaining 10 spots would go to the top 10 positions in the randomly-drawn qualifying order, if they were not already in the lineup.

So let the speculations begin.

Paul Menard, who plans to run a full Nationwide schedule in a No. 98 Ford fielded by Roush Fenway Racing, in addition to a full Cup schedule in an identically-numbered 98 car for Richard Petty Motorsports, drew the 49th spot in the order, which originally included 56 cars.

By the un-luck of the draw, Menard -- who finished sixth in points the last time he ran the full series, in 2006 -- was going to be on the sidelines. And all of a sudden, voila -- five team representatives show up at the NASCAR office hauler to opt-out of their biggest payday of the season.

You'll never convince me the checkbook didn't come into play.

It almost smacks of something similar to point transfers. NASCAR offers guidance and facilitation, but says the points aren't "sold," even though there's an item of definite -- to some people infinite -- value changing hands.

Just don't ask for any details. One team manager who was in the middle of the "exchange" said it was "confidential -- can't talk about it."

Nationwide Series director Joe Balash said several crew chiefs and/or car owners came to his mobile office to withdraw their entries and five of those petitions were accepted.

"In events, teams may work together with something like that," Balash said when asked if he could confirm any buyouts. "But whatever those arrangements are, are between the teams, so I don't really have any detail on what those arrangements are."

Whatever the payoffs were, it came without the risk of damage to the race cars or personnel, though in the case of the cars that planned to "start and park," the risk would be minimal.

The withdrawals included NEMCO Motorsports' second car, driven by Jeff Fuller, which drew the 32nd spot in the qualifying order and would've started 34th. Owner Joe Nemechek planned to run about 10 races this season with that car, so withdrawing and getting no credit for a qualifying attempt was no detriment to him.

The cars in 45th through 48th in the order were those of Jimmy Means Racing, which typically runs the majority of the races, but not all; a second car from K-Automotive Motorsports, which owner Brian Keselowski has likened to an ATM, entered to earn money for the team's primary No. 26, which he drives; Jay Robinson Racing's second car, another money-maker for primary JRR driver Kenny Wallace; and the Team 42 Racing car of rookie candidate Parker Kligerman, which is unsponsored and probably won't be able to do a full schedule.

So was this a bad thing? Absolutely not, since the skip-town owners got a paycheck. And Menard, who is a legitimate contender for a top-five championship finish, gets to race. But your heart breaks for the eight cars that had to pack up and go home, some of them sponsored, and at least a couple that had intentions of running the full season.

But just like it is for the fans, so it is for the competitors. You pays your money and you takes your chances -- and Mother Nature spares no one.
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Well I guess someone had to go home and to (possibly) get some money for their troubles would be nice.
I like seeing teams that will run the full schedule in the race over the teams that don't plan to.

NASCAR must have asked for volunteers first?
Or did they decide this is the way it will be?
I wonder.
 
Jeff Gordon is running a Nationwide race?

I guess it does not matter to me either way. Maybe I need to re-read the article...

I do feel badly for the drivers who had no choice in that decision making process.
 
Danica just wrecked minutes ago. She had nowhere to go. Her debut may be a short-lived one, sadly. Currently in the garage. TOUGH break for the #7 Go Daddy Chevy.
 
Yay for Stewart?

I'm kind of tired of seeing Sprint Cup drivers win all the time in Nationwide. I was hoping for Justin Allgaier to win. My mom had a good idea though, since Stewart won today he has to race the rest of the season in Nationwide. I know it's all NASCAR, but still, 7 out of the top 10 are from Sprint Cup? Boring.
 
Yeah, I've always felt that way. In my opinion the highest placing Nationwide driver is truly the winner of the race.
 
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Yeah, I've always felt that way. In my opinion the highest placing Nationwide driver is truly the winner of the race.
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Yea, that is a good way to look at.

Wow just saw Hornaday hit the wall. I looked up and he just shot to the wall. Looked really random, but I guess that's what low tires or bump drafting does.
 
No, if you look closely, Ricky Carmichael gave him a slight bump in the back but how about Nelson Piquet? Two great saves from accidents and I will give him credit even though I dont like him much
 
My congratulations go out to Tony Stewart and Timothy Peters for winning (respectively) in Nationwide and Trucks. I was glad that Dale Jr. was alright after his car got OWNED. Danica finished 35th, but she'll get more experience when she takes on California next weekend. I think any newcomer will need to master short courses, speedways, superspeedways, and road courses.

Daytona 500 tomorrow! Who you got winning the first race of 2010 in Cup?
 
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Caught the Nationwide race on DVR. What the hell guys, they were stacking them up like I'd expect in an ARCA race, which oddly enough, was very good this year.

Dale's wreck looked bad, I don't think it was as bad as it looked for him though. He's had worse ride in a Nationwide car at Daytona :lol:. He sure did go bottoms up in a hurry though... I like what Danica is doing and all, but it seemed like Danica wrecked all by her self, or at least the ESPN broadcast would like you to believe that, as her car was about the only one shown, not the other 6 or so cars. I don't know, it's no big deal really, they did the same for Jr, but he's Jr, and they would be all over him if he were 10 laps down in 43rd. Still not alright though.

I have not watched the NCWTS race, I'll get to that. I'm going to have to DVR the 500 too. Do you know what it's like trying to do something in Daytona other than go to the race tomorrow? Horrible. I have to somehow manage V-Day dinner and shopping around that, happy day. Well, it will be when I get home to watch it :D!
 
Does anybody know the exact time the race is supposed to start?

EDIT: Nevermind
 
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My congratulations go out to Tony Stewart and Timothy Peters for winning (respectively) in Nationwide and Trucks. I was glad that Dale Jr. was alright after his car got OWNED. Danica finished 35th, but she'll get more experience when she takes on California next weekend. I think any newcomer will need to master short courses, speedways, superspeedways, and road courses.

Daytona 500 tomorrow! Who you got winning the first race of 2010 in Cup?
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Fixed for a fellow texan:) That wreck with Junior scared me really bad, even more then the flips in the arca race last week. And poor Danica, she did for the most part everything right but it just seems like her luck of avoiding wrecks might have run out. I think she might have had a top 15 finish if she wouldn't have been caught up in it. While she's only experienced restrictor plate racing which doesn't necessary indicate skill in this form of racing, I say she has done a great job. Now the really hard part comes next week at a track where now alot more skill is necessary.
 
Daytona 500 been under a red flag for a while. Fixing Broken patch of tarmac on the racetrack.
 
Jeff Hamond just cracked me up "Everyone loves Dick" :lol:
 
Apparently they're on the third attempt at fixing it and 'the recent rain has prevented the normal procedure from working'.
 
Well, now begins the good part of the 500, the last 50 laps :D. Hopefully we'll see some good close racing unlike the first part of the race, which it looks like it will be nice and close. I'm still pulling for Montoya, but who knows at Daytona.
 
Well, I guess this will put to rest any hope that the track will not be repaved.
 
This is an exciting race.
 
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