Daytona 500 Starting Lineup courtesy of ESPN.com Positions 1 & 2 are locked in the race. The rest of the lineup goes as follows: 1. The highest 15 finishers in each Duel race, excluding the already locked-in front row, will earn a spot in the Daytona 500, and fill positions 3-32. 2. Based on their finishing position in the first Duel race, the top 15 will line up on the inside row (odd-number starting positions). 3. Based on their finishing position in the second Duel race, the top 15 will line up on the outside row (even-number starting positions). 4. Positions 33-36 will go to the four fastest cars from qualifying that have not already earned a spot. 5. Positions 37-42 will be provisional positions, and go to the highest six cars in 2012 owner points that have not already qualified via the Duel or Coors Light Pole qualifying. 6. The 43rd starting position will be assigned to any car owner who has the most recent eligible past NASCAR Sprint Cup champion who did not make the field by any other method, providing the driver had competed in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. If the 43rd position remains unused it will be assigned to the next highest car in 2012 owner points not already locked into the field POS DRIVER MANUFACTURER CAR SPEED 1 Danica Patrick* Chevrolet 10 196.434 mph 2 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 24 196.292 mph ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Trevor Bayne Ford 21 195.976 mph 4 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 39 195.946 mph 5 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 14 195.925 mph 6 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 5 195.852 mph 7 Denny Hamlin Toyota 11 195.771 mph 8 Kyle Busch Toyota 18 195.767 mph 9 Joey Logano Ford 22 195.767 mph 10 Matt Kenseth Toyota 20 195.725 mph 11 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 88 195.584 mph 12 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.* Ford 17 195.537 mph 13 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 42 195.508 mph 14 Paul Menard Chevrolet 27 195.503 mph 15 Casey Mears Ford 13 195.495 mph 16 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 33 195.385 mph 17 Carl Edwards Ford 99 195.240 mph 18 Clint Bowyer Toyota 15 195.228 mph 19 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 56 195.207 mph 20 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 31 195.156 mph 21 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 48 195.084 mph 22 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 1 195.042 mph 23 Brad Keselowski Ford 2 194.961 mph 24 Marcos Ambrose Ford 9 194.793 mph 25 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 29 194.742 mph 26 Aric Almirola Ford 43 194.742 mph 27 Greg Biffle Ford 16 194.729 mph 28 Mark Martin Toyota 55 194.683 mph 29 David Gilliland Ford 38 194.654 mph 30 David Ragan Ford 34 194.616 mph 31 Michael Waltrip Toyota 26 194.313 mph 32 Josh Wise Ford 35 194.254 mph 33 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 78 193.657 mph 34 Michael McDowell Ford 98 193.544 mph 35 Scott Speed Ford 95 193.540 mph 36 Terry Labonte Ford 32 193.515 mph 37 Regan Smith Chevrolet 51 193.096 mph 38 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 7 192.996 mph 39 Bobby Labonte Toyota 47 192.563 mph 40 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 36 192.094 mph 41 David Reutimann Toyota 83 190.339 mph 42 Travis Kvapil Toyota 93 190.142 mph 43 Joe Nemechek Toyota 87 190.046 mph 44 Mike Bliss Toyota 19 189.438 mph 45 Brian Keselowski Toyota 52 183.876 mph * Denotes Rookie
Daytona 500 Starting Lineup courtesy of Jayski.com Pos Car# Driver Sponsor Make Speed Reason for making Daytona 500 1 10 Danica Patrick* GoDaddy.com Chevy 196.434 Pole 2 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevy 196.292 Outside Pole 3 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevy 194.742 Finished 1st in Duel 1 4 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 195.767 Finished 1st in Duel 2 5 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 194.729 Finished 2nd in Duel 1 6 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevy 195.852 Finished 2nd in Duel 2 7 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevy 195.508 Finished 3rd in Duel 1 8 33 Austin Dillon(i) Honey Nut Cheerios Chevy 195.385 Finished 3rd in Duel 2 9 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevy 195.084 Finished 4th in Duel 1 10 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 195.228 Finished 4th in Duel 2 11 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row Chevy 193.657 Finished 5th in Duel 1 12 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 195.725 Finished 5th in Duel 2 13 14 Tony Stewart Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevy 195.925 Finished 6th in Duel 1 14 55 Mark Martin Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 194.683 Finished 6th in Duel 2 15 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 194.961 Finished 7th in Duel 1 16 27 Paul Menard Menards/Peak Chevy 195.503 Finished 7th in Duel 2 17 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 195.495 Finished 8th in Duel 1 18 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevy 195.156 Finished 8th in Duel 2 19 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard Chevy 195.584 Finished 9th in Duel 1 20 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's Chevy 195.042 Finished 9th in Duel 2 21 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 195.767 Finished 10th in Duel 1 22 34 David Ragan Detail Doctor Ford 194.616 Finished 10th in Duel 2 23 47 Bobby Labonte Kroger Toyota 192.563 Finished 11th in Duel 1 24 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford 194.793 Finished 11th in Duel 2 25 38 David Gilliland Love's Travel Stops Ford 194.654 Finished 12th in Duel 1 26 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 194.742 Finished 13th in Duel 2 27 87 Joe Nemechek(i) Maddie's Place Rocks Toyota 190.046 Finished 13th in Duel 1 28 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # Best Buy Ford 195.537 Finished 14th in Duel 2 29 26 Michael Waltrip Sandy Hook School Support Fund Toyota 194.313 Finished 14th in Duel 1 30 7 Dave Blaney Florida Lottery Chevy 192.996 Finished 15th in Duel 2 31 95 Scott Speed Leavine Family Racing Ford 193.540 Finished 15th in Duel 1 32 35 Josh Wise Blockbuster.com Ford 194.254 Finished 16th in Duel 2 33-SPD 21 Trevor Bayne(i) Motorcraft Ford 195.976 speed 3rd fastest 34-SPD 39 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Chevy 195.946 speed 4th fastest 35-SPD 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 195.771 speed 7th fastest 36-SPD 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 195.240 speed 16th fastest 37-OP 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 195.207 2012 owners points 11th 38-OP 51 Regan Smith(i) Guy Roofing Chevy 193.096 2012 owners points 27th 39-OP 93 Travis Kvapil Burger King/Dr.Pepper Toyota 190.142 2012 owners points 28th 40-OP 83 David Reutimann Burger King/Dr.Pepper Toyota 190.339 2012 owners points 32nd 41-OP 32 Terry Labonte C&J Energy Services Ford 193.515 2012 owners points 34th 42-OP 36 JJ Yeley Golden Corral Chevy 192.094 2012 owners points 35th 43-OP 98 Michael McDowell K-Love/Curb Records Ford 193.544 2012 owners points 39th DNQ 19 Mike Bliss(i) G-Oil/Plinker Tactical Toyota 189.438 DNQ DNQ 52 Brian Keselowski TruckerFan.com Toyota 183.876 DNQ * Denotes Rookie (i) Ineligible for 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship Points
Yeah she got the pole for the 500. The Nationwide race is coming on shortly, I'm going to watch it. I bet Danica causes a big one not even 50 laps into the race :icon_evil:
There was a bad accident today at Daytona. A pileup near the fence sent flying debris into the stands. I'm hearing that as many as 15 people were hurt. There may even be fatalities.:icon_frown:
Yeah it was bad, worse than when Carl Edwards car went into the fence at Daytona or Talladega I can't remember. Crazy things always happen on the last lap of Daytona races. Tomorrow will probably be no different. Hope all the injured fans fully recover and I haven't seen anything reported on fatalities yet and hope not to see any.
I just saw film of that wreck this morning. That was a bad one. NASCAR fans are a tough bunch. I saw one woman who was injured after yesterday's crash. She now has a broken leg. She said she'll be back today to see the race. There's just one problem. The forecast is for on and off storms until Wed. NASCAR may have to postpone the race until then.:icon_frown:
Just checked the radar for Daytona Beach and yeah, looks like the storms may get there in a couple of hours, which might cause a red flag or postponement of the race. I hope not cause wasn't it the 500 last year when there was the big fire and the race didn't start back up again til after midnight eastern time?
Well my driver, Stewart, got knocked out of the race way early so I watched it off and on after that. Freakin Jimmie Johnson won again.
My favorite is Dale Jr. I don't mind Gordon or Johnson though. I just freaking hate kyle Busch. Seriously. Freaking hate everything about him.
LOL me too. In fact, he may have caused the wreck today that took out Harvick and Stewart, among others. The camera angle was bad but looked like he tapped Kahne and sent him spinning. Probably my favorite moment of the day, before the race started Erin Andrews was working the crowd and she happened upon 50 Cent. He tried to kiss her on live tv and then followed her for a few feet before the show went to commercial. LOL can't blame him for trying. Here's the link: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/50-cent-goes-erin-andrews-kiss-gets-denied-192555935--nascar.html
