re: Official Bud Shootout Thread - Daytona 2014................

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Considering some bets on a few longshots. Who does everyone like tomorrow?

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The 500 is next weekend.........

Tomorrow is Qualifying. WHich is usually good. But, not great. Until they changed the Rules this year.......where they're gonna let everyone qualify at the same time in packs.

Should be comical.


HGMFers.

I'm keeping an eye on Brian Scott driving for RCR. Although he's a full-timer for them in the Nationwide series he seemed to do well in practice for the Daytona 500. I'll have to see how he does in qualifying but he's got talent and could be a sleeper.

How's the qualifying?... cable still out from the ice storm

Positions 1-2 are locked in for next Sunday’s race and will start on the front row. Positions 3-32 will be set by the results of Thursday’s Budweiser Duel races. Positions 33-36 will be set by the fast four drivers from Sunday qualifying if not already made it into the race. Positions 37-42 will be set by the highest drivers in the 2013 owners points standings if not already in the race. Position 43 is granted to a past Sprint Cup Series champion not already in the race. If there is no former Sprint Cup Series champion the spot will be awarded to the driver whose team was highest in the owners points in 2013.

1. #3 Austin Dillon – 45.914, 196.019 mph,
2. #78 Martin Truex Jr. – 45.953, 195.852 mph

3. #16 Greg Biffle, 4. #99 Carl Edwards, 5. #31 Ryan Newman, 6. #2 Brad Keselowski, 7. #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr., 8. #24 Jeff Gordon, 9. #17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 10. #27 Paul Menard, 11. #9 Marcos Ambrose, 12. #33 Brian Scott, 13. #43 Aric Almirola, 14. #48 Jimmie Johnson, 15. #22 Joey Logano, 16. #13 Casey Mears, 17. #20 Matt Kenseth, 18. #7 Michael Annett, 19. #5 Kasey Kahne, 20. #15 Clint Bowyer, 21. #18 Kyle Busch, 22. #11 Denny Hamlin, 23. #4 Kevin Harvick, 24. #42 Kyle Larson, 25. #10 Danica Patrick, 26. #21 Trevor Bayne, 27. #47 AJ Allmendinger, 28. #41 Kurt Busch, 29. #36 Reed Sorenson, 30. #51 Justin Allgaier, 31. #38 David Gilliland, 32. #40 Landon Cassill, 33. #30 Parker Kligerman, 34. #66 Michael Waltrip, 35. #14 Tony Stewart, 36. #35 Eric McClure, 37. #55 Brian Vickers, 38. #1 Jamie McMurray, 39. #26 Cole Whitt, 40. #34 David Ragan, 41. #95 Michael McDowell, 42. #32 Terry Labonte, 43. #98 Josh Wise, 44. #52 Bobby Labonte, 45. #87 Joe Nemechek, 46. #83 Ryan Truex, 47. #23 Alex Bowman, 48. #93 Morgan Shepherd, 49. #77 Dave Blaney

Starting grid for the Duel 150s on Thurs., 2/20: LINK

Budweiser Duels tonight.

Kyle Busch about to fck shite up

Race 1 quite the finish.

There was a big wreck on the last lap of the second Duel race (Jimmie Johnson's car ran out of gas which set off a chain reaction collision) causing some drivers to have to use back-up cars in Sunday's Daytona 500. Those particular drivers have to start in the back. So here's how the grid looks thus far. There may be other changes once the cars are evaluated. LINK

Full Starting Lineup for the Daytona 500
1Austin Dillon
2Martin Truex (to back of field)
3Matt Kenseth
4Denny Hamlin (will move up to front row)
5Kasey Kahne
6Jeff Gordon
7Marcos Ambrose
8Kurt Busch
9Dale Earnahrdt Jr.
10Paul Menard
11Josh Wise
12Brian Scott
13Aric Almirola
14Trevor Bayne
15A.J. Allmendinger
16Kyle Larson
17David Gilliland
18Landon Cassill
19Ryan Newman
20Clint Bowyer (to back of field)
21Tony Stewart (to back of field)
22Jamie McMurray (to back of field)
23Cole Whitt
24Terry Labonte
25Greg Biffle
26Bobby Labonte (to back of field)
27Danica Patrick (to back of field)
28Casey Mears
29Alex Bowman
30Carl Edwards
31Brian Vickers
32Jimmie Johnson (to back of field)
33Brad Keselowski
34Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
35Joey Logano
36Michael Annett
37Kyle Busch
38Kevin Harvick (moved to here; car failed inspection)
39Reed Sorenson
40Justin Allgaier
41Parker Klingerman
42Michael Waltrip
43David Ragan

Eric McClure, Ryan Truex, Joe Nemechek, Morgan Shepherd and Michael McDowell failed to make the Daytona 500 field.

ETA-updating drivers who will have to start from the rear of the field for various reasons LINK LINK

It's not clear to me at this point. Truex will have to run a back-up for sure and go to the back. They're still doing damage assessments on some of the others based on what I read so it may be Friday before it all gets sorted out.

Clint Bowyer Barrel-Roll: LINK............