Nascar practice. ..

[mowin]

Its finally here. :yes: The first practice is tomorrow @5pm. The Sprint Unlimited is Saturday @ 8pm.

Wounder if there's any superstitious drivers. Tomorrow is Friday the 13th after all.

 

[ARtraveler]

Thanks for the reminder about the race. Sounds like I know what I will be doing Saturday at 4:00 PM. :yes:

 

[mowin]

The Budweiser duels are the 19th. Unfortunately I won't be able to watch them. It's my wife's b-day, and I'm taking her out to dinner. And I absolutely hate watching sports on DVR. Think she'll be mad if I give my phone more attention than her during dinner.:lecturef_smilie:

 

[Bob Denman]

Well; she's had lots of birthdays... she should cut you some slack... THIS time!

However... :lecturef_smilie::shocked: be prepared for the potential consequences! :roflblack:

 

[mowin]

Well; she's had lots of birthdays... she should cut you some slack... THIS time!

However... :lecturef_smilie::shocked: be prepared for the potential consequences! :roflblack:

Her comment was "my birthday only comes once a year". Umm, so do the duals...:dontknow:..

 

[Orange Spyder Man]

it will be interesting to see the changes... drivers, teams, sponsors.. and of coarse this year's stand outs !

osm

 

[Bob Denman]

5:00 pm tonight; they'll be on the track for practice!! :yes:hyea::yes:

 

[mowin]

5:00 pm tonight; they'll be on the track for practice!! :yes:hyea::yes:

Its 4:35 and I'm at Ruby Tuesdays for a early v-day dinner with the misses.:banghead:


Edit: Made it home for the final practice.hyea:

 

[Bob Denman]

This new aero and engine package appears faster than they anticipated... :2thumbs:
They were throwing around speeds of 196 or so, and we've already seen one driver top 200...

...Although the bats in his belfry may have been helping him gain some extra thrust... :roflblack:

 

[ARtraveler]

This new aero and engine package appears faster than they anticipated... :2thumbs:
They were throwing around speeds of 196 or so, and we've already seen one driver top 200...

...Although the bats in his belfry may have been helping him gain some extra thrust... :roflblack:

What do you think? Is Danica done after this year? :dontknow:

 

[Bob Denman]

This is a VERY tough one to call... :shocked:
Remember; there's about 43 racers on the entire Planet that are good enough to do this...
She's probably not so happy with her results, but she has shown improvement in each Season.
I'd like to see her stick around for about three more years, and let her experience level come up a bit before making the decision to pull the plug on this lucrative marketing machine...
Second practice: they're in the 196 mph range now...

 

[mowin]

Tuff call, she's a marketing gold mine, for now. I can see that changing if she doesn't improve faster than she has been.

Did anyone watch the show after the practice? It was about the '79 Daytona 500. The sponsors on the cars bring back memories. Mellow Yellow was one of the ones I've forgotten about. Any others you remember that are no longer?

 

[DJFaninTN]

if Danica were a guy, she would have been booted by now. just sayin

 

[Bob Denman]

Tuff call, she's a marketing gold mine, for now. I can see that changing if she doesn't improve faster than she has been.

Did anyone watch the show after the practice? It was about the '79 Daytona 500. The sponsors on the cars bring back memories. Mellow Yellow was one of the ones I've forgotten about. Any others you remember that are no longer?

I wish that I had the chance to see that show; I remember watching it, and thinking; "This is gonna be more fun than anyone should be allowed to have!"

 

[Bob Denman]

The Daytona 500 Pole

Congratulations to Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson for taking the front row...
:yes::yes::clap: :2thumbs::yes::yes:
Now, we just have to see what Thursday brings us...

 

[mowin]

Congratulations to Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson for taking the front row...
:yes::yes::clap: :2thumbs::yes::yes:
Now, we just have to see what Thursday brings us...

This is supposed to be Gordon's last 500. Like to see him win, but pole sitter has only won the 500 9 times. Gordon did in 1999.

 

[ARtraveler]

Congratulations to Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson for taking the front row...
:yes::yes::clap: :2thumbs::yes::yes:
Now, we just have to see what Thursday brings us...

Yes, it was very interesting. They went through a fair number of vehicles so far...:yikes::yikes:


The consensus also seems that some drivers are not real happy with the "demolition derby" format for qualifying. :bbq::bbq:

 

[Bob Denman]

Ask Clint Bowyer about how much HE loves this qualifying format... :gaah::cus::cus::cus::gaah: :roflblack:

 

[ARtraveler]

Ask Clint Bowyer about how much HE loves this qualifying format... :gaah::cus::cus::cus::gaah: :roflblack:

He did say some interesting things. Its already on buzzing on the internet. :thumbup: