• Have something to say? Register Now! and be posting in minutes!

DAYTONA 500 Qualifying

Edisto_Tiger

Member Sporting a Natty
57,252
6,780
533
Joined
Sep 4, 2011
Location
The Lowcountry
Hoopla Cash
$ 200.00
Fav. Team #1
Fav. Team #2
Fav. Team #3
Danica takes the pole. It's early though. Only 9 drivers have gone out thus far.
 

Edisto_Tiger

Member Sporting a Natty
57,252
6,780
533
Joined
Sep 4, 2011
Location
The Lowcountry
Hoopla Cash
$ 200.00
Fav. Team #1
Fav. Team #2
Fav. Team #3
Danica takes the pole. Jeff Gordon will start 2nd. The rest of the field to be determined Thursday after the qualifying races, The Dual 150's.
 

wildturkey

Well-Known Member
26,222
8,482
533
Joined
Sep 4, 2011
Hoopla Cash
$ 98,000.00
Fav. Team #1
Fav. Team #2
Fav. Team #3
The most pointless qualifying events are the restrictor plate tracks, especially Daytona where you don't lift at any point on the track. All it basically shows it which engine shop has their act together, as evidence by teammates qualifying so close to each other today. You can put in any driver into the car and it doesn't make a damn bit of difference. Hence why Michael Waltrip made a name for himself at plate tracks but was nothing more than a field filler everywhere else. He benefited from being a driver at a point in time where his team had the right combination of engine package to recover the most HP and throttle response lost as air passes through the restrictor.
 

Edisto_Tiger

Member Sporting a Natty
57,252
6,780
533
Joined
Sep 4, 2011
Location
The Lowcountry
Hoopla Cash
$ 200.00
Fav. Team #1
Fav. Team #2
Fav. Team #3
The most pointless qualifying events are the restrictor plate tracks, especially Daytona where you don't lift at any point on the track. All it basically shows it which engine shop has their act together, as evidence by teammates qualifying so close to each other today. You can put in any driver into the car and it doesn't make a damn bit of difference. Hence why Michael Waltrip made a name for himself at plate tracks but was nothing more than a field filler everywhere else. He benefited from being a driver at a point in time where his team had the right combination of engine package to recover the most HP and throttle response lost as air passes through the restrictor.

true. let's take the plates off and see who has the balls/talent to take the pole at Daytona then.
 

Ragingcroc

mcklSJDFIOj
3,945
47
48
Joined
Jun 2, 2011
Location
Royal Oak, Michigan
Hoopla Cash
$ 1,000.00
Fav. Team #1
Fav. Team #2
Fav. Team #3
The most pointless qualifying events are the restrictor plate tracks, especially Daytona where you don't lift at any point on the track. All it basically shows it which engine shop has their act together, as evidence by teammates qualifying so close to each other today. You can put in any driver into the car and it doesn't make a damn bit of difference. Hence why Michael Waltrip made a name for himself at plate tracks but was nothing more than a field filler everywhere else. He benefited from being a driver at a point in time where his team had the right combination of engine package to recover the most HP and throttle response lost as air passes through the restrictor.
Just stick one of these on your gas pedal and you are good to go
790.hq.jpg
 

wildturkey

Well-Known Member
26,222
8,482
533
Joined
Sep 4, 2011
Hoopla Cash
$ 98,000.00
Fav. Team #1
Fav. Team #2
Fav. Team #3
Just stick one of these on your gas pedal and you are good to go

I think JR said in an interview that a monkey could qualify at Daytona so I think that sums it up, lol
 
Top