2026 Daytona 500 Countdown

Revman · Saturday at 5:09 PM

LewTheShoe said:
The ever-controversial Denny Hamlin. In his early years and for a long time, he was a punk and a bully, always enabled by Joe Gibbs. Later, many people including me thought he cared more about golf than about racing... yet still found time for "over 10,000 races" LOL. In recent years, he has become one of NASCAR's most influential people... co-founded 23XI with Michael Jordan; continued to win for JGR at a stellar rate into his mid-40's; one of the leaders - along with MJ and Bob Jenkins - of the car owners' revolution against France Family hegemony.

And Denny Hamlin has "beat your favorite driver" 60 times, so far. Whew!

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....and has handled his return to racing after losing the championship, and the devastating loss of his Dad....and injuries to his Mom with the grace and class of a true Hall of Famer. Denny ****** Hamlin. Let's go!

donthaveanickname · Saturday at 5:27 PM

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RFK-PensekeFan · Saturday at 7:20 PM

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pjmolo · Saturday at 9:50 PM

LewTheShoe · 2026-02-08T09:07:00+0000

Bill Holland won the 1949 Indy 500, and finished P2 in 1947, '48, and '50. His teammate (Mauri Rose) won in 1947 and '48. Offenhauser engine, Deidt chassis. "Blue Crown Spark Plug Special"

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Alan Kulwicki's Underbird...

"Polish Victory Lap"

Adam Plessinger, Team Yamaha then KTM...

Dave Blaney...

Dirt Modifieds and Dirt Late Models are awesome race cars, but they are ugly (IMO). Form follows function... as it should for race cars.

donthaveanickname · 2026-02-08T09:25:24+0000

Barry Sheene

Toprak Razgatlıoğlu aka Stoprak

Kimi

Michael Andretti

Geoff Bodine

Justin Allgaier

Corey LaJoie

donthaveanickname · 2026-02-08T09:27:29+0000

LewTheShoe said:
Three shots of Joe Dawson's National Motors #8, winner of the 1912 Indy 500. Dawson led just two laps, 199-200.

Related to you, may I ask?

LewTheShoe · 2026-02-08T10:05:49+0000

Barry Sheene was such a rock star in England in the 1970's that grand prix motorcycle road racing became as mainstream as F1 is today. At Silverstone in 1979, Sheene and Kenny Roberts fought what is probably the greatest mano-a-mano battle in the history of gasoline. Roberts won. And I was there!

Geoff Bodine...

Tommy Baldwin Racing... Alex Bowman in 2015, and Regan Smith in 2016.

Penske Porsche 963...

Will the new F1 rules offer Ferrari a glimmer of hope to find a path out of the wilderness? I hope so.

LewTheShoe · 2026-02-08T10:19:02+0000

donthaveanickname said:
Related to you, may I ask?

No, not that I'm aware of. Although, my family history on my father's side is pretty murky and filled with holes, so anything's possible, LOL. My mother's side has been researched pretty well, and of course we have different surnames on her side.

Greg · 2026-02-08T12:44:22+0000

Greg · 2026-02-08T12:48:28+0000

Greg · 2026-02-08T12:55:42+0000

Most of #07 cars I have posted today are Ivan Baldwin cars.

Pat · 2026-02-08T13:47:05+0000

1991 Alan Kulwicki

StandOnIt · 2026-02-08T15:42:30+0000

Jr. in the Caddy

Hikaru Kitsune · 2026-02-08T16:29:23+0000

Doc Austin · 2026-02-08T17:09:19+0000

aunty dive · 2026-02-08T17:28:13+0000

LewTheShoe said:
Bill Holland won the 1949 Indy 500, and finished P2 in 1947, '48, and '50. His teammate (Mauri Rose) won in 1947 and '48. Offenhauser engine, Deidt chassis. "Blue Crown Spark Plug Special"
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Alan Kulwicki's Underbird...
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"Polish Victory Lap"
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Adam Plessinger, Team Yamaha then KTM...
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Dave Blaney...
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Dirt Modifieds and Dirt Late Models are awesome race cars, but they are ugly (IMO). Form follows function... as it should for race cars.
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Ugly is too kind a word.

LewTheShoe · 2026-02-08T18:02:12+0000

aunty dive said:
Ugly is too kind a word.

I remember dirt modifieds from the early 1970's. Some of them were really beautiful... didn't look very different from pavement mods, in fact. And pavement mods today remain good looking cars. But dirt cars have evolved dramatically... form follows function, as I said above. But they are not easy on the eyes, like they were "back in the day."

1972, Ronnie Dunston, Penn National Speedway

StandOnIt · 2026-02-08T18:12:16+0000

I'm not much of a fan of any cars where they shove the body, motor, rear end etc to the left side and lose the symmetry, or rear suspension that shoves itself into the back seat etc. It doesn't make any difference for speed if they all do it and it looks stupid to me.

pjmolo · 2026-02-08T18:29:28+0000

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kkfan91 · 2026-02-08T19:15:35+0000

Modifieds are only ugly because the only people building them the right way are Northeast big blocks. My wife says all the other types look like fish.