Nationwide Series - Stater Bros. 300

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DanicaFan

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Well, Danica will get her 2nd start in the Nationwide Series this weekend at Auto Club Speedway (Fontana) for the Stater Bros. 300. I look for a much better result from her this time. Hopefully no one will crash her out.;)

The race is Saturday, Feb. 20th at 5pm Eastern on ESPN2.
 
I certainly don't think that a win would do much to silence her critics.She will obviously need a thick skin to survive.And nowhere does she get more press than on this forum.They love to talk about Danica....Danica...Danaica....Danica
 
I have been waiting on this more than I did Daytona. Anybody can get taken out at Daytona and this, to me, is a better way to see how well she does in a stock car. Not gonna lie, I'm pulling for her here.
 
They did it again!

All Danica - All The Time

ESPN did it for Daytona and SPEED is doing it for Fontana. In the blink of an eye, the Nationwide Series Friday practice sessions from Auto Club Speedway are now live on SPEED at 2 and 4:30PM ET. Imagine that.

It seems that the TV ratings increases from the ARCA and Nationwide Series races in Daytona did not go unnoticed by the powers at SPEED. It should be interesting to see how they present the practice coverage knowing all too well that there is an elephant in the room they must acknowledge.
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The wave continues.....
 
If she is only running a few races, I see where they will milk whatever than can out of it.

As soon as she goes back to IRL it will go back to normal again.
 
Guido said:
If she is only running a few races, I see where they will milk whatever than can out of it.

As soon as she goes back to IRL it will go back to normal again.
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Im curious if Speed or ESPN will even cover the Nationwide practices when she isnt racing in them.
 
The Nationwide Series practice Session is over. Brian Vickers topped the speed charts. Danica was 37th. Her lap time and speed was 42.455 / 169.591.

Here are the top 10..

Rank / Car# & Driver / Lap Time / Speed

1. #32 Brian Vickers / 40.512 / 177.725
2. #98 Paul Menard / 40.596 / 177.357
3. #27 Greg Biffle / 40.599 / 177.344
4. #38 Jason Leffler / 40.660 / 177.078
5. #16 Colin Braun / 40.696 / 176.922
6. #60 Carl Edwards / 40.705 / 176.882
7. #22 Brad Keselowski / 40.735 / 176.752
8. #10 David Reutimann / 40.851 / 176.250
9. #20 Joey Logano / 40.875 / 176.147
10. #66 Steve Wallace / 40.878 / 176.134
 
It will be a tough test for her this week. A huge difference entering the corners @ Fontana in the Nationwide car -vs- the Indy car. Good luck to her.
 
Danica was 27th in NASCAR Nationwide Series Final Practice at Auto Club Speedway, one spot behind John Wes Townley, LOL.

She looked and sounded kinda pissy at her press conference.
 
DanicaFan said:
Im curious if Speed or ESPN will even cover the Nationwide practices when she isnt racing in them.
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speed always cover the practices and last year espn covered a couple of them and no one wrecked her at daytona she plowed into the wreck.
 
steveluvs3 said:
speed always cover the practices and last year espn covered a couple of them and no one wrecked her at daytona she plowed into the wreck.
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Not always, not for Nationwide. There are instances where they haven't aired qualifying.

The only reason they aired the practice sessions today was because of Danica.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
Danica was 27th in NASCAR Nationwide Series Final Practice at Auto Club Speedway, one spot behind John Wes Townley, LOL.

She looked and sounded kinda pissy at her press conference.
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She always looks and sounds pissy, like a spoilt little girl. She will not make it in NASCAR.
 
Lets start a third Danica thread and blame ESPN for giving her too much attention.
 
steveluvs3 said:
speed always cover the practices and last year espn covered a couple of them and no one wrecked her at daytona she plowed into the wreck.
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give me a break. like she could have avoided that crash with anything other than dumb luck.
 
Qualifications are still ongoing. Joey Logano locked in as your pole winner. Congrats Joey. Danica is currently sitting at 36th position.:(
 
Here is your starting line-up for this race..

Position / Car# & Driver / Lap Time / Speed

1. #20 Joey Logano / 39.72 / 181.283
2. #18 Kyle Busch / 40.02 / 179.906
3. #11 Brian Scott / 40.07 / 179.672
4. #60 Carl Edwards / 40.15 / 179.332
5. #27 Greg Biffle / 40.33 / 178.536
6. #21 John Wes Townley / 40.40 / 177.813
7. #32 Brian Vickers / 40.50 / 177.773
8. #33 Kevin Harvick / 40.51 / 177.730
9. #1 James Buescher / 40.55 / 177.559
10. #99 Trevor Bayne / 40.57 / 177.480
11. #10 David Reutimann / 40.70 / 176.895
12. #66 Steve Wallace / 40.71 / 176.848
13. #22 Brad Keselowski / 40.76 / 176.635
14. #62 Brandon Gaughan / 40.77 / 176.613
15. #12 Justin Allgaier / 40.77 / 176.583
16. #87 Joe Nemechek / 40.78 / 176.557
17. #98 Paul Menard / 40.82 / 176.401
18. #16 Colin Braun / 40.91 / 175.979
19. #01 Mike Wallace / 40.95 / 175.811
20. #38 Jason Leffler / 40.97 / 175.721
21. #35 Jason Keller / 41.02 / 175.528
22. #96 Dennis Setzer / 41.07 / 175.315
23. #70 Mark Green / 41.08 / 175.259
24. #24 Eric McClure / 41.10 / 175.204
25. #56 Kevin Lepage / 41.10 / 175.182
26. #6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. / 41.12 / 175.106
27. #43 Scott Lagasse Jr. / 41.19 / 174.812
28. #83 Johnny Borneman / 41.20 / 174.753
29. #42 Parker Kligerman / 41.20 / 174.740
30. #05 Willie Allen / 41.20 / 174.736
31. #07 Danny Efland / 41.22 / 174.656
32. #88 Kelly Bires / 41.24 / 174.584
33. #73 Derrike Cope / 41.28 / 174.414
34. #15 Michael Annett / 41.38 / 173.989
35. #34 Tony Raines / 41.42 / 173.850
36. #7 Danica Patrick / 41.62 / 172.990
37. #81 Michael McDowell / 41.74 / 172.496
38. #61 Josh Wise / 41.78 / 172.327
39. #28 Kenny Wallace / 41.97 / 171.547
40. #23 Robert Richardson Jr. / 42.40 / 169.791
41. #26 Brian Keselowski / 42.92 / 167.754
42. #40 Mike Bliss - No Time
43. #09 Scott Riggs / 41.37 / 174.027
 
That's not exactly a tight field. 3.2 seconds separate the slowest and fastest. It'll take about 12 laps of green flag racing to start seeing lap traffic. :eek: Based on those numbers Danica will be lapped by lap #20. Of course, the lap times will be far different with drafting.

I'll be watching...there is only so much of the Olympic games I can take.
 
Wow...she went down a lap at #20. :eek:

I actually got a prediction correct. Even blind squirrels find a nut once in a while.
 
Danica is already a lap down running back with the start and park cars.

This is a snoozefest early on. Guess last fall was the exception.
 
Hey look at it this way. They aren't just concentrating on the front with this race. I wonder if they will continue showing the back of the field the next few races? :rolleyes:
 
Oh my...Speeding ticket #2. This isn't going to help Danica get back on the lead lap at all.

If she were as good as all the hype would lead us to believe, she would not be making mistakes like this. Once I can understand but twice before the 1/2 way point of the race? Driving fail.
 
Dionysius said:
Oh my...Speeding ticket #2. This isn't going to help Danica get back on the lead lap at all.

If she were as good as all the hype would lead us to believe, she would not be making mistakes like this. Once I can understand but twice before the 1/2 way point of the race? Driving fail.
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I guess Carl Edwards isn't a good driver either:rolleyes:
 
Speeding tickets are the only exciting thing at this track. Wake me when its over.:huh:
 
Dionysius said:
Oh my...Speeding ticket #2. This isn't going to help Danica get back on the lead lap at all.

If she were as good as all the hype would lead us to believe, she would not be making mistakes like this. Once I can understand but twice before the 1/2 way point of the race? Driving fail.
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Man give the girl some time to learn.....I've seen Jr, Jimmy, Jeff and Tony get multiple tickets
 
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