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Here are my notes for this year's Pepsi 400, pay attention, you might learn a thing or two.
The Pepsi 400 from Daytona International Speedway. 7:30 pm/et starting time from NBC. $5,202,185 is the purse award
Past Winners:
2002- Michael Waltrip
2001- Dale Earnhardt Jr
2000- Jeff Burton
- 2002 Pole Sitter was Kevin Harvick
he finished 11th. Harvick has averaged one of the best restrictor plates finishes this year so far with a 4th at Daytona and a 2nd at Talladega. Very good chance he might get the win.
- It's been 2 years since Dale Earnhardt Jr won a points race at Daytona International Speedway (hard to believe isnt it). Unless problems plague him (like the alternator or the damn battery or a cut tire) he could get the win and gain a lot of points on leader Matt Kenseth. By the way, he wont be driving a Baseball paint scheme this year at Daytona but he will at Chicagoland.
- Michael Waltrip could win the Daytona 900... more like 672.5 but it'd still be considered 900 with an asterisk*
- Matt Kenseth has the only realistic shot of winning the points leader bonus of $170,000 this race.
- Mike Bliss is entered in the #80 Advair Chevrolet for Joe Gibbs Racing, apparently a third entry. Buckshot Jones will be driving the #09 Miccosukee Resorts & Gaming Dodge for Phoenix Racing and team owner James Finch in the Pepsi 400 at Daytona. Kerry Earnhardt will drive the #83 Aarons Chevy, David Green will be in the #60 and Shane Hmiel will drive the #43 for Petty Enterprises in his first Winston Cup start.
- Jeff Gordon hasnt done well in The Pepsi 400 the past two years. In 2002 Jeff Gordon finished 22nd, 1 lap down and 2001 Gordon was blacked flag for damage
- Seven drivers have competed in all 62 restrictor-plate races at Daytona and Talladega: Bill Elliott, Terry Labonte, Mark Martin, Ricky Rudd, Ken Schrader, Rusty Wallace and Michael Waltrip.(from Jayski.com)
- The rear window fins will be increaed by 1.0 inches to help stabilize the car during a wreck and keeping it from going airborne
- NASCAR on Friday issued a four-page technical bulletin to all Winston Cup teams outlining several changes that must be made to cars for next month's Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway. The most visible change is the requirement of an additional rear roof air deflector, which will likely slow the cars slightly as well as help keep them stay grounded should they get involved in an accident. NASCAR recently conducted a wind-tunnel test with a third roof flap and discovered a change in the air deflector improved the efficiency and performance of the two flaps currently in use. Several other, minor changes were outlined in the bulletin, including rules mandating the height and thickness of air filters, quarter panels, and the fuel cells (from Thatsracin.com)
The Pepsi 400 from Daytona International Speedway. 7:30 pm/et starting time from NBC. $5,202,185 is the purse award
Past Winners:
2002- Michael Waltrip
2001- Dale Earnhardt Jr
2000- Jeff Burton
- 2002 Pole Sitter was Kevin Harvick
he finished 11th. Harvick has averaged one of the best restrictor plates finishes this year so far with a 4th at Daytona and a 2nd at Talladega. Very good chance he might get the win.- It's been 2 years since Dale Earnhardt Jr won a points race at Daytona International Speedway (hard to believe isnt it). Unless problems plague him (like the alternator or the damn battery or a cut tire) he could get the win and gain a lot of points on leader Matt Kenseth. By the way, he wont be driving a Baseball paint scheme this year at Daytona but he will at Chicagoland.
- Michael Waltrip could win the Daytona 900... more like 672.5 but it'd still be considered 900 with an asterisk*
- Matt Kenseth has the only realistic shot of winning the points leader bonus of $170,000 this race.
- Mike Bliss is entered in the #80 Advair Chevrolet for Joe Gibbs Racing, apparently a third entry. Buckshot Jones will be driving the #09 Miccosukee Resorts & Gaming Dodge for Phoenix Racing and team owner James Finch in the Pepsi 400 at Daytona. Kerry Earnhardt will drive the #83 Aarons Chevy, David Green will be in the #60 and Shane Hmiel will drive the #43 for Petty Enterprises in his first Winston Cup start.
- Jeff Gordon hasnt done well in The Pepsi 400 the past two years. In 2002 Jeff Gordon finished 22nd, 1 lap down and 2001 Gordon was blacked flag for damage
- Seven drivers have competed in all 62 restrictor-plate races at Daytona and Talladega: Bill Elliott, Terry Labonte, Mark Martin, Ricky Rudd, Ken Schrader, Rusty Wallace and Michael Waltrip.(from Jayski.com)
- The rear window fins will be increaed by 1.0 inches to help stabilize the car during a wreck and keeping it from going airborne
- NASCAR on Friday issued a four-page technical bulletin to all Winston Cup teams outlining several changes that must be made to cars for next month's Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway. The most visible change is the requirement of an additional rear roof air deflector, which will likely slow the cars slightly as well as help keep them stay grounded should they get involved in an accident. NASCAR recently conducted a wind-tunnel test with a third roof flap and discovered a change in the air deflector improved the efficiency and performance of the two flaps currently in use. Several other, minor changes were outlined in the bulletin, including rules mandating the height and thickness of air filters, quarter panels, and the fuel cells (from Thatsracin.com)
