Next Sunday is the DAYTONA 500, see you all there.
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Next Sunday is the DAYTONA 500, see you all there.
Looks like I dropped in a little too early last night and missed you H...
Daytona 500 front row is all Chevy...Austin Dillon & Martin Truex Jr
Bring on the duels thursday for the rest of the field!!!
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Austin Dillon on the pole for the Daytona 500, driving Earnhardt Sr's #3
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Kevin Harvick, who had finished second in the first of two Budweiser Duel qualifying races at Daytona International Speedway Thursday night, will start from the back of the field in Sunday's Daytona 500.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series officials tossed out the Stewart-Haas Racing driver's runner-up finish in the 60-lap qualifying race due to a track-bar infraction discovered during post-race inspection. He was ultimately credited with a 24th-place finish in the race.
"It exceeded the maximum split on the track bar and its qualifying time has been thrown out," NASCAR spokesperson Kerry Tharp said prior to the start of the night's second qualifying race. "The No 5 car (of Kasey Kahne) goes up into that spot (fifth)."
Based on the results of the second qualifying race, Harvick will officially be listed 38th among the 43 that have earned a starting spot in the Daytona 500.
SHR teammates Tony Stewart and Danica Patrick will also drop to the rear of the field prior to the start of the season-opening event. Both teams had to replace engines after issues during practice on Saturday, as did former Cup champion Bobby Labonte.
Austin Dillon (Richard Childress Racing) led 14 laps in the opening Duel, but had spent most of his race toward the back of the pack. Dillon won the Coors Light Pole Award last Sunday and had already locked in the No. 1 starting position.
Martin Truex Jr., second fastest in qualifying, was involved in a multicar crash on the final lap of the second qualifying race. As a result, he is expected to go to a back-up entry, and thus will also drop to the rear before the start of the 500.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Matt Kenseth outran Kevin Harvick and Kasey Kahne in a three-wide finish Thursday night at Daytona International Speedway, as the driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet won the first 150-mile qualifying race in the Budweiser Duels at Daytona.
Sprint Unlimited winner Denny Hamlin took the second Duel under caution after a wreck in Turn 4 of the final lap ended a run that had been caution-free to that point. The win gave JGR a sweep of the first three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events at Daytona and cemented the Gibbs drivers as favorites in Sunday's Daytona 500.
Jeff Gordon ran second to Hamlin, with Kurt Busch, Paul Menard, Brian Scott and Trevor Bayne claiming third through sixth, respectively. The last-lap wreck totaled the No. 48 Chevrolet of defending Daytona 500 winner Jimmie Johnson, who already had destroyed a car in Saturday's Sprint Unlimited.
In a race that was devoid of yellow s from start to finish, Kenseth drafted back past Harvick after the No. 4 Chevrolet made a move to the inside of Turn 4 on the final lap of Duel No. 1 and won the race to the stripe by .022 seconds. Kahne took the lead duo three-wide to the inside in the tri-oval and finished third, .062 seconds behind Kenseth.
Starting Line up for Daytona 500
Pos No. Driver Sponsor 1 3 Austin Dillon # DOW Chevrolet 2 78 Martin Truex. Jr. Furniture Row Chevrolet 3 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 4 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 5 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet 6 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet 7 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford 8 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation Chevrolet 9 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard Chevrolet 10 27 Paul Menard Peak/Menards Chevrolet 11 98 Josh Wise Curb Records Ford 12 33 Brian Scott (i) Whitetail Chevrolet 13 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 14 21 Trevor Bayne (i) Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 15 47 AJ Allmendinger Kroger/USO Chevrolet 16 42 Kyle Larson # Target Chevrolet 17 38 David Gilliland Love's Travel Stops Ford 18 40 Landon Cassill (i) Hillman Racing Chevrolet 19 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevrolet 20 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 21 14 Tony Stewart Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 22 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's Chevrolet 23 26 Cole Whitt # Speed Stick Gear Toyota 24 32 Terry Labonte C&J Energy Services Ford 25 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 26 52 Bobby Labonte Phoenix Construction Chevrolet 27 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy Chevrolet 28 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevrolet 29 23 Alex Bowman # Dr. Pepper Toyota 30 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 31 55 Brian Vickers Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 32 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 33 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 34 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Nationwide Insurance Ford 35 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 36 7 Michael Annett # Pilot/Flying J Travel Centers Chevrolet 37 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 38 4 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet 39 36 Reed Sorenson Golden Corral Chevrolet 40 51 Justin Allgaier # Brandt Professional Agriculture Chevrolet 41 30 Parker Kligerman # Swan Energy Toyota 42 66 Michael Waltrip BlueDEF/AAA Toyota 43 34 David Ragan CSX - Play It Safe Ford
Taking in a quiet moment on the frontstretch before all the action starts! Who's ready to rumble?
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The pole sitter Austin Dillon in the #3 Dow Chevy.
out of 55 Daytona races only 9 have won from the pole. the most recent was Dale Jarrett in 2000. Can Austin pull off the win in Dale Sr's #3 car? only time will tell. Driver introductions have been done. Michael Waltrip is doing his stint down on pit road.
here you go Rockit,
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enjoy
the engines have started & the cars are going out onto the track for their pace laps. this racefans is the start of the Nascar season!
boogidy, boogidy, boogidy, lets go racing boys!
no rain for apparently the next hour. it's cloudy, but warm.
Woo Hoo the race has started.
Austin leads the 1st lap, with Matt close behind.