Santa FeBUT.....I Digress!
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[Deep] JUNIOR!!! !!! !!!Dale Earnhardt Jr Wins The Daytona 500Nuff said! What a race, a record 6 hour & 20 minute rain delay, plenty of action for the "I only watch it for the crashes" crowd, and Junior being up front most of the race. Seemed awfully funny towards the end, every time junior would get the lead, a few laps later here comes the wrecks. Didn't matter when it happened again after the white flag though, that made it official but he crossed the finish like anyway. The best thing is Jeff Gordon helped push Junior when they restarted with 3 laps to go, unlike Jimmie Johnson, who seems to like it when Dale Jr pushes him for the win, but doesn't seem to reciprocate when Juniors in the lead. |
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IcarusCHAOS RULES Mod join:2000-11-08 Off Center |
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2014-Feb-24 11:39 am
Good race and finish despite the long rain delay. Good for Junior! Hes had such a string of bad luck the last few years I really hope this turns things around for him. |
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Santa FeBUT.....I Digress!
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The fun part was during the rain delay Fox Sports showed a replay of the 2013 Daytona 500, and both Rick Hendrick & Jimmie Johnson started getting congratulatory tweets. Geeze, didn't anyone READ the tag at the bottom saying it was an repeat from last year? |
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KardinalDei Gratina Regina Mod join:2001-02-04 N of 49th
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said by Santa Fe:The fun part was during the rain delay Fox Sports showed a replay of the 2013 Daytona 500, and both Rick Hendrick & Jimmie Johnson started getting congratulatory tweets. Geeze, didn't anyone READ the tag at the bottom saying it was an repeat from last year? I think their beer goggles were causing reading and comprehension problems. And attention problems. |
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santyDon't Follow Me, I'M Lost Too MVM join:2001-06-10 Wilmington, IL |
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Didn't help that they played along with it also. |
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Santa FeBUT.....I Digress!
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Too bad they couldn't have re-played the 2004 Daytona 500. At least then it would have worked out better! |
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KardinalDei Gratina Regina Mod join:2001-02-04 N of 49th |
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said by santy:Didn't help that they played along with it also. That made it all the more entertaining for the rest of us. And probably gave the drivers a good laugh during those six+ hours of rain delay. I've never understood why F1 can drive in the heavy downpours but NASCAR refuses to look at intermediate/wet tyres as a solution to rain delays? The technology available makes for phenomenal grip in even the heaviest rain and since both F1 and NASCAR make use of downforce similar tyre types should work in both series. |
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Santa FeBUT.....I Digress!
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said by Kardinal:I've never understood why F1 can drive in the heavy downpours but NASCAR refuses to look at intermediate/wet tyres as a solution to rain delays? Funny, they DO use rain tires in the nationwide series on the road courses, but not in Sprint Cup. Might be concerns over public safety, as most F1 courses aren't lined all the way around with spectator stands like NASCAR has (except for the road corse tracks in the series). |
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IcarusCHAOS RULES Mod join:2000-11-08 Off Center 1 edit |
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said by Kardinal:I've never understood why F1 can drive in the heavy downpours but NASCAR refuses to look at intermediate/wet tyres as a solution to rain delays? The technology available makes for phenomenal grip in even the heaviest rain and since both F1 and NASCAR make use of downforce similar tyre types should work in both series. Lots of reasons why and while I understand the basics my ability to explain it intelligently is lacking. Nascar cars are kept on the track by downforce,meaning air passing over the car pushes it down onto the track,so anything between the tires and the track(water) works against them...whereas F1 cars are more sucked down onto the track when air passing through the cars tunnels creates a vacuum between the car and the pavement to hold the car down. Theoretically an F1 car could drive upside down if it had the ability to get that way. Car weights are very different also. F1 cars weigh between 1000 and 1500Lbs while a Nascar is around 3500Lbs which also plays into the handling. And then theres the length of races with F1 having far shorter races. The longest being under 200miles. Nascars shortest race is 312 and the longest 600 miles. Both have top speeds around 200mph but F1 speeds are not constant because of the type of courses they run while Nascar is pretty much full out on the ovals. Very very different types of racing and machines. I dont think the Indy cars run in the rain either,at least not on the big ovals they run on. Kind of all over as far as trying to explain but I tried! |
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KardinalDei Gratina Regina Mod join:2001-02-04 N of 49th |
Very true, but F1 cars are a combination of downforce created by floorpan (suction) and by bodywork/spoilers (push down), some of which is alleviated by the DRS system during straightaways. It's not the same, but there is common ground, and since F1 slows somewhat during rain so NASCAR could as well. I'm not looking for more accidents, but I'd rather watch a race that is slower than one that is stopped. Sure, on a 500 mile race it would lengthen it, but it wouldn't take as long as a rain delay as the race would be ongoing and as the track dried out it would mean a round of pit stops to change tires....more team strategy points to figure out! Imagine rain tires at Bristol -- that could be VERY entertaining. |
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