Orbitz 300 Raceday Thread

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Technically, it's the day of so here we go! The season opener for NCPS (Nextel Cup Practice Series)! :beerbang:

Coverage starts @ 12 EST on ESPN2

Orbitz 300 Starting Lineup:
1 18 Aric Almirola Chevrolet Banquet Foods 183.741 48.982 Leader
2 38 Jason Leffler Toyota Great Clips 183.587 49.023 -0.041
3 47 Jon Wood Ford Clorox 183.531 49.038 -0.056
4 111 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops 183.419 49.068 -0.086
5 10 John Andretti Toyota Camping World / RVs.com 183.408 49.071 -0.089
6 60 Carl Edwards Ford Scotts Miracle-Gro 183.396 49.074 -0.092
7 106 Mark Martin Ford Dish Network 183.258 49.111 -0.129
8 90 Stephen Leicht Ford CitiFinancial 183.258 49.111 -0.129
9 126 Greg Biffle Ford Oreo 183.217 49.122 -0.140
10 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Lowe's / Spectrum Spectracide 183.113 49.150 -0.168
11 32 Dave Blaney Toyota Fans1st.com 183.064 49.163 -0.181
12 15 Paul Menard Chevrolet Menards 183.061 49.164 -0.182
13 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Arby's 182.990 49.183 -0.201
14 155 Robby Gordon Ford Motorola 182.942 49.196 -0.214
15 20 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet Rockwell Automation 182.893 49.209 -0.227
16 42 Juan Montoya* Dodge Texaco / Havoline 182.893 49.209 -0.227
17 6 David Ragan* Ford Discount Tire 182.849 49.221 -0.239
18 16 Todd Kluever Ford 3M 182.819 49.229 -0.247
19 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Menards 182.637 49.278 -0.296
20 14 Kyle Krisiloff* Ford Clabber Girl 182.637 49.278 -0.296
21 99 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 182.567 49.297 -0.315
22 27 Ward Burton Ford Kleenex 182.537 49.305 -0.323
23 87 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet NEMCO Motorsports 182.341 49.358 -0.376
24 4 Regan Smith Chevrolet Ginn Resorts 182.271 49.377 -0.395
25 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Wrigley's Juicy Fruit 182.234 49.387 -0.405
26 2 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet BB&T 182.175 49.403 -0.421
27 12 Sam Hornish Jr.* Dodge Mobil 1 182.168 49.405 -0.423
28 36 Brent Sherman Chevrolet Big Lots 182.046 49.438 -0.456
29 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Hellmann's Mayonnaise 181.995 49.452 -0.470
30 37 Jamie McMurray Ford Yard-Man 181.752 49.518 -0.536
31 21 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet AutoZone 181.653 49.545 -0.563
32 7 Mike Wallace Chevrolet GEICO 181.653 49.545 -0.563
33 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Ford McDonald's 181.353 49.627 -0.645
34 66 Steve Wallace Dodge Homelife Communities 181.349 49.628 -0.646
35 25 David Gilliland Chevrolet FreeCreditReport.com 181.338 49.631 -0.649
36 29 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet Holiday Inn 181.021 49.718 -0.736
37 59 Marcos Ambrose* Ford Kingsford 180.766 49.788 -0.806
38 33 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Old Spice 180.701 49.806 -0.824
39 28 Robert Richardson, II* Chevrolet Checkers / Rally's 180.600 49.834 -0.852
40 88 Shane Huffman+ Chevrolet U.S. Navy 180.571 49.842 -0.860
41 0 Eric McClure+ Chevrolet Hefty 179.978 50.006 -1.024
42 77 Bobby Labonte+ Chevrolet Dollar General 178.632 50.383 -1.401
43 34 Steve Grissom Chevrolet Scottish Rite / FCP Champion's Provisional

Did Not Qualify
44 24 Casey Mears Chevrolet National Guard 181.495 49.588 -0.606
45 22 David Stremme Dodge Supercuts 181.210 49.666 -0.684
46 170 Justin Diercks* Chevrolet Foretravel Motorcoach 181.152 49.682 -0.700
47 1 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts 180.299 49.917 -0.935
48 23 Brad Keselowski* Chevrolet Oklahoma Centennial 177.385 50.737 -1.755

It's really a shame that we can't see more of the independent/smaller teams being even remotely capable of competing at Daytona. They are what make the Busch Series fun to watch, not the Cup guys turning it into the NCPS.
 
Chatroom?

Hey Jee....I'm kinda new here and I think you are new here too...my question is:

is there a chatroom for the race here? If not do you know of a good one?
 
Well that shoutbox thing is a neat little fixture. I hadn't even seen it, yet...haven't gotten around to "exploring" yet.

I'm ready for some racin'!
 
TexasRaceLady said:
I'm ready for the race.

And that truck race last night was a wild one! !
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You got that right!

The best truck race I've seen this year;)

All jokes aside, that was one heck of a race.

Nice move on Benson's part to push Sprague and then dive low for 2nd although Kvapil kind of gave it away and he knew it.

Also, I'm not sure that Benson didn't make that pass below the line but Wlatrip said it was clean so I guess it must be true :rolleyes:
 
I didn't get to catch the truck race. I did, however, watch some of the video clips on NASCAR.com. I really like how the draft works so much better with the trucks. Being so much bigger, they create a bigger hole in the air (and subsequently, a bigger draft) which makes it possible to do more of the "sling-shot" type maneuvers that we saw pre-restrictor plate racing.
 
Good to hear/see some familiar faces/voices. Bret Musburger (sp?), IMO, was born to do sports commentary.

Also looks like they stole Allen Bestwick.
 
Yeah they pretty much have the TNT repoters..well sort of
 
Man, those cars are loose! Both wrecks caused by the same thing: they go three wide, car in the middle loses downforce, chain reaction backs people up.

DEI seems down on power or something. They are flying right by Truex & Menard up there. Junior still hanging back, but his car looks pretty racy.
 
Whaddya know? Harvick won a Busch race...

IMO, at this point in his career, he could make more of a name for himself by establishing himself as a dominant Busch driver than as an average Cup driver (a la Frank Kimmel to ARCA).
 
If they really wanted an outstanding show they would have signed up my Krista for all 3 series.

I wonder if I should stop the Krista crap now. You know who hasn't been seen in a week...
 
barelypure said:
If they really wanted an outstanding show they would have signed up my Krista for all 3 series.

I wonder if I should stop the Krista crap now. You know who hasn't been seen in a week...
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I kinda wonder about you're strange obsession with Kirsta Voda.
 
jeefunk said:
Whaddya know? Harvick won a Busch race...

IMO, at this point in his career, he could make more of a name for himself by establishing himself as a dominant Busch driver than as an average Cup driver (a la Frank Kimmel to ARCA).
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Average Cup driver. :mad:

Let's see you go out there and win 5 Nextel Cup races in a single season and want to be called "average."

I think anybody that has a NNC victory has their place in history, and that's far above "average."
 
AndyMarquisLIVE said:
Average Cup driver. :mad:
I think anybody that has a NNC victory has their place in history, and that's far above "average."
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Agreed, with how competetive the competition has gotten 1 win is golden nowdays.
 
AndyMarquisLIVE said:
Average Cup driver. :mad:

Let's see you go out there and win 5 Nextel Cup races in a single season and want to be called "average."

I think anybody that has a NNC victory has their place in history, and that's far above "average."
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lol...Kevin? that you?

j/k ;)

I was more towards making a point about his Busch Series dominance and how his success in that series hasn't translated nearly as well to the Nextel Cup.
 
jeefunk, if you hang around here long enough (probably Sunday afternoon) you'll come to realize that it's open season on some drivers while posting anything remotely negative about others is like breaking the ten commandments AND pissing on the Alamo at the same time.

However, with a thick skin and a supply of cold beer, you'll get used to it - at least I did.

Of course there's always the satisfaction of helping someone back themselves into a corner :)
 
Patrick9999 said:
jeefunk, if you hang around here long enough (probably Sunday afternoon) you'll come to realize that it's open season on some drivers while posting anything remotely negative about others is like breaking the ten commandments AND pissing on the Alamo at the same time.

However, with a thick skin and a supply of cold beer, you'll get used to it - at least I did.

Of course there's always the satisfaction of helping someone back themselves into a corner :)
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haha, thanks, but I'm not too worried about it.

I was an admin myself at a NASCAR board and am currently a mod at a couple NFL-related boards, so I'm fully aware of how things go ;)
 
jeefunk said:
lol...Kevin? that you?

j/k ;)

I was more towards making a point about his Busch Series dominance and how his success in that series hasn't translated nearly as well to the Nextel Cup.
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5 NNC wins in 2006. 1st career win comes in his 3rd career start. Yep, you're right, he hasn't had really good success in Nextel Cup.
 
AndyMarquisLIVE said:
5 NNC wins in 2006. 1st career win comes in his 3rd career start. Yep, you're right, he hasn't had really good success in Nextel Cup.
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Sure, last year he did great, but that's not been typical of Harvick so far in his NASCAR Nextel Cup career. OK, so he won in his third start. So what? McMurray won in his second. McMurray must be great, too, based on that. Harvick has never had another season w/more than 1 win other than 2001 when he had two, and he didn't even win one in 2004, which was part of a 55-race streak where he had 0 wins.

And last year was his first time being a legitimate threat for the title (arguably so in 2003).

Look, I'm not saying he hasn't had success in NNC, but he's been incredibly successful in Busch and that his Busch Series success hasn't translated to NNC success at anywhere close to the same level.
 
jeefunk said:
Sure, last year he did great, but that's not been typical of Harvick so far in his NASCAR Nextel Cup career. OK, so he won in his third start. So what? McMurray won in his second. McMurray must be great, too, based on that. Harvick has never had another season w/more than 1 win other than 2001 when he had two, and he didn't even win one in 2004, which was part of a 55-race streak where he had 0 wins.

And last year was his first time being a legitimate threat for the title (arguably so in 2003).

Look, I'm not saying he hasn't had success in NNC, but he's been incredibly successful in Busch and that his Busch Series success hasn't translated to NNC success at anywhere close to the same level.
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Childress as a whole hadn't been up to par in Nextel Cup. :owquitit:

If you knew anything about raccing, which I fully expect you don't, you'd realize, even in 2002, Harvick was a factor more times than not.
 
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