2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Round 18: Coke Zero 400, Daytona International Speedway

[fieldodreams79]

Independence Day weekend brings the Firecracker of a 400 mile night race at Daytona.

Jayski Race Page

chance of T-storms all weekend with highest chance foretasted for tomorrow.

Q-ing schedule Friday afternoon at 400 EST.

Green Flag Saturday night at 749 EST.

has the pot hole been fixed?

[fieldodreams79]

Courtesy of Jayski:

2010 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after New Hampshire, race 17 of 36]:
rank, car#, driver, points, behind
1) #29-Kevin Harvick [1 win], 2489
2) #48-Jimmie Johnson [5 wins], 2384, -105
3) #18-Kyle Busch [2 wins], 2328, -161
4) #11-Denny Hamlin [5 wins], 2304, -185
5) #24-Jeff Gordon, 2302, -187
6) #2-Kurt Busch [2 wins], 2288, -201
7) #17-Matt Kenseth, 2204, -285
8) #31-Jeff Burton, 2159, -330
9) #14-Tony Stewart, 2158, -331
10) #16-Greg Biffle, 2126, -363
11) #5-Mark Martin, 2047, -442, +30
12) #99-Carl Edwards, 2020, -469, +3 ahead of 13th
Chase for the Sprint Cup - Contenders:
13) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr, 2017, 3 points out of the chase
14) #39-Ryan Newman [1 win], 2005, -15
15) #33-Clint Bowyer, 2004, -16
16) #20-Joey Logano, 1921, -99
2009 Chase Drivers not in top 16
20) #9-Kasey Kahne, 1846, -174
22) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 1837, -183

[gomick]

Robby Gordon fastest in practice

[skells22]

hopefully we talk about the racing this time at Daytona and not about the track.

[gomick]

Just about to go green after rain delay...

[gomick]

Papis & Blaney already of the track - waste of time unless they want to race!

[gomick]

Montoya & Kyle

Great save by Kenseth

[gomick]

There is the big one with 12 to go - half the field taken out...

[MJ_N_09]

No words can describe that race....the results will just make you bug-eyed.

[gomick]

How was Kyles interview after Montoya incident - "i just wanted to wreck myself" or something like that

How is Montoya percieved in NASCAR these days - gaining a reputation as someone not to mess with? Be good to see him in a Hendricks or Gibbs team, even tho Ganassi go pretty good...

[Matt]

Originally Posted by gomick

How was Kyles interview after Montoya incident - "i just wanted to wreck myself" or something like that

How is Montoya percieved in NASCAR these days - gaining a reputation as someone not to mess with? Be good to see him in a Hendricks or Gibbs team, even tho Ganassi go pretty good...

No one likes JPM. They all say he just wrecks people.

[Knowlesy]

I very much doubt that. I think he largely has gained a lot of respect as a hard racer, alhough he will have his enemies like anybody else.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Knowlesy

I very much doubt that. I think he largely has gained a lot of respect as a hard racer, alhough he will have his enemies like anybody else.

Have you ever been over here for a race? Are you consistanly around circle tracks? No? Exactly, I think this is one subject I actually have the upper hand on, due to the fact I actually live here and deal with NASCAR fans on a daily basis.

[FIRE]

You mean the people in the stands? That's probably another story but I am sure he's respected by other drivers. Of course not all but that can be said of other drivers.

[fieldodreams79]

John Paul must have gained the respect of drivers, IMO, and if he takes out Kyle every weekend, he'll gain the respect of some fans as well. too bad kyle (and/or his spotter) can take most of the blame in this incident he as turned into to JPM at the end. and kyle has turned more than one driver going down the straights; turned Colin Braun while he was leading just this year and surely Colin "wanted to wreck himself", too .

as usual, no sorrow for kyle here.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by FIRE

You mean the people in the stands? .

Stands and the pits at the racks I go to, and all the people I talk to generally have the same response.

[Knowlesy]

Originally Posted by Matt

Have you ever been over here for a race? Are you consistanly around circle tracks? No? Exactly, I think this is one subject I actually have the upper hand on, due to the fact I actually live here and deal with NASCAR fans on a daily basis.

You are at NASCAR tracks every day? You are right, I cannot hope to have the upper hand although I had no idea this was a 'mine's bigger than yours' deal.

For the record I was talking of the drivers, people such as Tony Stewart who have a ton of respect for the Monster as opposed to some randomers stood at Dover turn 2.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Knowlesy

You are at NASCAR tracks every day? You are right, I cannot hope to have the upper hand although I had no idea this was a 'mine's bigger than yours' deal.

For the record I was talking of the drivers, people such as Tony Stewart who have a ton of respect for the Monster as opposed to some randomers stood at Dover turn 2.

NASCAR tracks 4 days a week.

[Knowlesy]

I am in Didcot 7 days a week, don't mean I am an expert on Williams F1.

[fieldodreams79]

i thought we all were experts here



in our own minds....

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Knowlesy

I am in Didcot 7 days a week, don't mean I am an expert on Williams F1.

Never said I was an expert.

[R59]

OK. It's been a couple of weeks since Daytona, and the first Superspeedway without that "awful wing".

Watching Chicagoland again, I am convinced that while the drivers may like the spoiler more as it's easier to set up, I think the racing was closer with that "awful wing".

Look at Daytona again, and how it was back at the first race of the season.

Gone were the packs of cars bump-drafting.

Back is the nose-up-behind in the turn, take the air and the car ahead gets loose.

I'm gonna stick my neck on the chopping block here and say "Bring back the (awful) wing for the big speedways!"

What do YOU think?

I don't care about what the cars look like, it's the racing.