Daytona Speedway 2 Pre-Race Thread

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Daytona International Speedway
7:00pm/et, Saturday, August 26
TV: NBC
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM
Stage Laps: 35/95/160
Practice: None
Qualifying: 5:05-6:30pm/et, Fri., Aug. 25. TV-USA; NBC Sports App.
 
Ah yes, a lottery race as the final race of the regular season to add that last bit of artificial drama before The Playoff.
 
NBC affiliates with partial or full NFL conflicts (subject to error…check your local listings)

6 PM ET
WNBC 4 New York
WNYT 13 Albany
WRC 4 Washington

7 PM ET
WBAL 11 Baltimore
WGAL 8 Harrisburg
WFLA 8 Tampa
WESH 2 Orlando
WPMI 15 Mobile

8 PM ET
KFOR 4 Oklahoma City
KWES 9 Odessa
KTSM 9 El Paso

9 PM ET
KUSA 9 Denver
 
SpeedPagan said:
Ah yes, a lottery race as the final race of the regular season to add that last bit of artificial drama before The Playoff.
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my opinion not that it matters but Atlanta would be a banger in this spot on the schedule. Still expect something wild, wacky, and crazy to happen on Saturday night though.
 
FLRacingFan said:
NBC affiliates with partial or full NFL conflicts (subject to error…check your local listings)

6 PM ET
WNBC 4 New York
WNYT 13 Albany
WRC 4 Washington

7 PM ET
WBAL 11 Baltimore
WGAL 8 Harrisburg
WFLA 8 Tampa
WESH 2 Orlando
WPMI 15 Mobile

8 PM ET
KFOR 4 Oklahoma City
KWES 9 Odessa
KTSM 9 El Paso

9 PM ET
KUSA 9 Denver
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But they have lovely graphics...
 
It's a good payday if they survive. They have a few Xfinity drivers signed up.
39 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
Some of the drivers entered include: #13-Chanler Smith, #15-Brennan Poole, #36-Riley Herbst, #42-Josh Berry, #51-J.J. Yeley, #62-Austin Hill, #78-B.J. McLeod.
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Goodyear Fast Facts: Daytona​

NASCAR Cup Series — Race No. 26 – 160 laps / 400 miles Daytona International Speedway (2.5-mile oval) – Daytona Beach, Fla.
Fast Facts for August 25-26, 2023

Tire: Goodyear Eagle 18-inch Superspeedway Radials

Set limits: Cup: 1 set for qualifying and 7 sets for the race (6 race sets plus qualifying set)

Tire Codes: Left-side — D-5142; Right-side — D-5116

Tire Circumference: Left-side — 2,274 mm (89.53 in.); Right-side — 2,280 mm (89.76 in.)

Minimum Recommended Inflation: Left Front — 28 psi; Left Rear — 28 psi; Right Front — 52 psi; Right Rear — 50 psi

Storyline – Handling a factor at Daytona: While ‘handling’ is not what people first think of when it comes to racing at Daytona International Speedway, it does come into play more than at NASCAR’s other true superspeedway – Talladega Superspeedway – and will continue to be a bigger factor as time goes on as we get further away from the last time the track was repaved for 2011. Specifically compared to Talladega, Daytona is slightly shorter and its turns have tighter radii. As far as the track surface, the heat and sun in Florida will cause the surface to age over time, causing it to lose a little grip. One other factor, this Saturday’s NASCAR Cup race will start at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time and run into the night. As the track cools, that will give the cars some grip, meaning that any handling characteristics will be heightened. That also puts more of an emphasis on handling. Having said that, still expect teams to employ some pit strategy, with four-tire, two-tire and fuel only stops all coming into play.
“While most people think of the draft at Daytona, handling is definitely a factor for teams,” said Greg Stucker, Goodyear’s director of racing. “Compared to Talladega, the configuration at Daytona means teams need to consider the balance of the car a bit more. Also, since this Cup race is at night and not during the day like the Daytona 500, the track will cool as the event goes on. Maintaining the car balance as track conditions change will be key in being able to run with the lead draft and compete for the win.”

Notes – Cup teams return on Daytona/Talladega tire set-up: Being on 18-inch bead diameter tires, NASCAR Cup teams will run a different tire set-up than those in the Xfinity Series at Daytona this week . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires Cup teams ran at Daytona in February and twice last season . . . they have also run this same tire set-up at Talladega since the beginning of 2022 . . . with this 18-inch bead diameter tire, and its lower profile sidewall, NASCAR Cup cars do not run inner liners in any of their tires.
 
Mispeedway15 said:
Atlanta was amazing so I can’t fully agree
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I skipped Atlanta but I thought all the recent Cup races at Daytona and Talladega were pretty much awful. It was just two lanes running side-by-side, sometimes one lane inched ahead which creates the passing statistics but drivers were almost completely unable to use the draft to make moves on their own.
 
donthaveanickname said:
I skipped Atlanta but I thought all the recent Cup races at Daytona and Talladega were pretty much awful. It was just two lanes running side-by-side, sometimes one lane inched ahead which creates the passing statistics but drivers were almost completely unable to use the draft to make moves on their own.
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I'm told that's called a chess match.
 
Half a million viewers per race in the playoffs riding on the 9 winning this weekend
 
Efisher131 said:
Half a million viewers per race in the playoffs riding on the 9 winning this weekend
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If you're basing that on a number of Elliott fans, you're assuming none of them will watch the races whether or not he's in. I submit that’s an incorrect assumption.
 
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Man I miss Daytona so much. I got 1 more year out west and best believe I'm coming back east. Maybe not FL again but within driving distance for sure.
 
Really wish Chase wouldn't have pulled the curtains back on his special NASCAR issued tapered spacer in qualifying. Now everyone knows the fix is in.
 
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