Daytona 500 Pole Day

Hell, I am going to walk the dog, I think I can slingshot by her and win the pole..that will make me faster than the greyhound.:rolleyes:
 
Also ironic, aside from the qualifying races today for Thursdays qualifying races, is that within 3 laps next Sunday the entire qualifying order will be flipped and jumbled anyways.
 
Wrangler1 said:
Also ironic, aside from the qualifying races today for Thursdays qualifying races, is that within 3 laps next Sunday the entire qualifying order will be flipped and jumbled anyways.
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Not true, both 24 and 48 qualified for the front row for the 500 next Sunday. The two top qualifiers on the front row today will start the 500 on the front row, unless they crash during the duels and have to pull out back up cars or change engines, and therefore, must start at the back.

However, JJ and Gordon could finish last in the duels and still remain on the front row for Sunday's Daytona 500. . :dpepsi::lurk: :pbjtime:
 
Blaze88 said:
God help us all if Jeff wins the championship this season, I can already see it now how people will want to say it was fixed for him to win it.
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I know huh? We all watched the same lame ass qualifying today. I wish somebody in here and any other racing chat room with big cajones will explain to me EXACTLY WHERE the fix was in for Gordon!

AND I dare anybody to ream their boss or owner a new one in the business world and/or private sector and see how long they keep their GD jobs.

Gordon and Johnson were playing the same stupid qualifying game that the 49 other drivers were doing.

:cheers:
 
dummy up, one poster mentioned it in humor. bunch of gordo's trying to get something started when there isn't anything.
 
But gordo fans just got a taste of what is to come if Gordon joins the media. He and D.W. will argue about who can blow the most smoke.
 
23 straight years with at least one pole. Incredible feat.

The streak that never ended. Gordon will take it to the bank.

Will there be a replay? I missed qualifying of course so I had to go the jayski route.
 
Reck said:
23 straight years with at least one pole. Incredible feat.

The streak that never ended. Gordon will take it to the bank.

Will there be a replay? I miss qualifying of course so I had to go the jayski route.
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Not worth watching a replay. Don't waste your two hours watching it...
 
Wrangler1 said:
Also ironic, aside from the qualifying races today for Thursdays qualifying races, is that within 3 laps next Sunday the entire qualifying order will be flipped and jumbled anyways.
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Aloha24fan said:
Not true, both 24 and 48 qualified for the front row for the 500 next Sunday. The two top qualifiers on the front row today will start the 500 on the front row, unless they crash during the duels and have to pull out back up cars or change engines, and therefore, must start at the back.

However, JJ and Gordon could finish last in the duels and still remain on the front row for Sunday's Daytona 500. . :dpepsi::lurk: :pbjtime:
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His point being that it will only take several laps of the 500 to lay waste to all the effort taken during Speedweeks involved with the qualifying races for the qualifying races that, for the most part, only determine the starting line-up order.
 
Reck said:
LOL.

I was going to ask if it was even worth watching. Give me a quick summery.
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Basically it was unbe****inlievable.

You'll have to see it to believe it.
 
ladyspartan16 said:
I'm so confused at what the heck is going on.

I guess this is what I get for taking a 6year break.
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The worst piece of crap in the history of Nascar . Any race fan should be sick to his stomach . What that stupidity had to do with racing is beyond me . I am just too old to adapt to this crap.Sick , sick , sick ,sick.
 
the oval at Daytona is a joke to have real races on. Making it worse is acting like qualifying position is a big deal. Now you have three opportunities to wad up your aero special follow the leader race car and that is just trying to qualify.
 
pjmolo said:
You'll have to see it to believe it.
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Now that sounds intriguing.

Which is it? Not worth watching or watching?

I wouldn't even be asking if it wasn't for Gordon winning the pole to be honest. I still think this format is a joke.
 
Reck said:
Now that sounds intriguing.

Which is it? Not worth watching or watching?

I wouldn't even be asking if it wasn't for Gordon winning the pole to be honest. I still think this format is a joke.
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Watch it.

Skip through the commercials and it's actually entertaining in a perverse kinda way.
 
There's a replay at 9 on Fox1 for those of you who missed it. I'll be tuning because apparently this was the greatest clusterf*ck in NASCAR history


Should I be nervous???
 
ladyspartan16 said:
There's a replay at 9 on Fox1 for those of you who missed it. I'll be tuning because apparently this was the greatest clusterf*ck in NASCAR history


Should I be nervous???
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nope you'll be pissed like the rest of us. As far as I am concerned it was painful to watch. I thought about turning it off and I have never thought that about any Nascar event
 
Reck said:
Now that sounds intriguing.

Which is it? Not worth watching or watching?

I wouldn't even be asking if it wasn't for Gordon winning the pole to be honest. I still think this format is a joke.
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watching it will just make you feel stupid for having expectations of enjoying another new brian france created fiasco.

I suggest you watch clint's rant posted earlier in this thread, read internet articles toasting jeff for winning the pole, and thank your lucky stars you didn't waste your time watching it live.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
One of the worst parts of this is it takes two hours of coverage for less than 20 minutes of cars on the track.
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This is why I DVR everything, I watched the entire thing in less than 20mins. What a complete joke this was. Just when I think NASCAR can't do anything stupider they go out and prove me wrong yet again.
 
klemmabyna said:
watching it will just make you feel stupid for having expectations of enjoying another new brian france created fiasco.

I suggest you watch clint's rant posted earlier in this thread, read internet articles toasting jeff for winning the pole, and thank your lucky stars you didn't waste your time watching it live.
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Clint's rant was far and away the best part of the event. Thanks Clint!
 
Kurt, I hope you aren't including Brian France.



Kurt Busch: We’re a lot of smart people here. There’s drivers, owners, NASCAR. We got to find a better system. o much hard work goes into these cars, then you have this roulette wheel for qualifying. It doesn’t seem the proper system.
 
Reck said:
Now that sounds intriguing.

Which is it? Not worth watching or watching?

I wouldn't even be asking if it wasn't for Gordon winning the pole to be honest. I still think this format is a joke.
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It's not worth watching as racing. Basically they all sat on pit road waiting until the last possible second because none of them wanted to be the first one out or in the first group out. On a restart after an accident, they all waited too late and didn't make it to the line before the session time ran out.

It's worth it in that you'll learn how low NASCAR will sink in it's continuing efforts to make plate races relevant.
 
StandOnIt said:
nope you'll be pissed like the rest of us. As far as I am concerned it was painful to watch. I thought about turning it off and I have never thought that about any Nascar event
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So basically a Talladega type replay? NASCAR never learns.
 
This might sound silly but Brian France attended college but didn't (couldn't?) graduate.

NASCAR is being by a dude who couldn't even finish a simple bachelor's degree.
 
ladyspartan16 said:
There's a replay at 9 on Fox1 for those of you who missed it. I'll be tuning because apparently this was the greatest clusterf*ck in NASCAR history


Should I be nervous???
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Nervous? No.
Nauseous? Possibly.
Confused? Disgusted? Frustrated? All of the above.

Greatest pooch screw? I'd place it ahead of the Indianapolis tire fiasco, since there was no way to see that one coming early enough to do anything about it. Everyone saw this one coming since Talladega last October. Well, everyone except Brian Z. ...
 
The Nature Boy said:
This might sound silly but Brian France attended college but didn't (couldn't?) graduate.

NASCAR is being by a dude who couldn't even finish a simple bachelor's degree.
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Hey! College degrees are hard.

However, I agree, the head of a sport this big needs some kind of degree higher than high school.
 
The Nature Boy said:
This might sound silly but Brian France attended college but didn't (couldn't?) graduate.

NASCAR is being by a dude who couldn't even finish a simple bachelor's degree.
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can't use that excuse. I know many people without degrees that are smarter than others I know with degrees.
 
Of the major sports (MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA and NASCAR), Brian France is the only league head without a bachelor's degree. He and Roger Goodell are the only ones without an advanced degree of any kind.

Even if one disregards the idea of a degree as a proxy for intelligence, consider that Brian France's family is worth millions of dollars and yet he could not finish his degree. A degree by the way that might have been useful to someone who would be running a major sport.
 
The Nature Boy said:
This might sound silly but Brian France attended college but didn't (couldn't?) graduate.

NASCAR is being by a dude who couldn't even finish a simple bachelor's degree.
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That didn't stop Big Bill from starting NASCAR. It hasn't stopped plenty of other people from being incredibly successful, and having one hasn't kept plenty of people from asking if you want fries. I agree he would benefit from it, but I don't see it as a requirement. Now if you want to talk about his apparent lack of common sense...

For the record, I have bachelor's degree.
 
This is nothing new. We all know Brian is nothing but a spoiled rich kid who's playing with his daddy's toys. Work ethic and competitive drive skip a generation it seems. The offspring of famous folks are rarely as successful or as motivated as their parents. Mostly because they grow up rich and never have to face adversity, humility or have any hand in helping to build an empire. Brian F fits that description to a T.

Whatever happened to that race team alliance thing?? Now would be a good time for them to speak up. Or was that nothing but a bunch of hooey.
 
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