QckSlvr
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How about that race, that was awesome!
Just returned back from the track and so happy for Penske to go 1 and 2.
I do wish it would have been the other way around and my blue deuce would have made it into victory lane, but as I was listening to Kurt Busch on the scanner he was soooo happy for Ryan and was really emotional to be pushing him across the finish line and feel like he was partially responsible for getting Newman into first place. Definitely not the first loser, but rather a really happy teammate!
Pre-race was great, a celebration of 50 years at Daytona, old race cars from the 60's and music from then. Next came the 70's and more period racecars (all from Petty enterprises) and Kool and the gang provided the music. Then the 80's only one car, Bill Elliott's #9 Coors Melling Ford T-bird (this is the last time the race cars actually looked like the cars you buy and drive on the street. Next the 90's (represented by DJ's 88 Ford Credit, Davey Allison's 28 Havoline and 1 other), music by Brooks and Dunn (finally got the crowd into it). 2000's was Jeff Gordon's 24, Jimmy Johnson's 48 and 1 other that escapes me now and more Brooks and Dunn which was fine with me.
The race was fun at the beginning, but then stretched out a little and green flag racing is a little boring after 40 laps, but 42 lead changes later the race was over and Ryan Newman in the #12 Alltel Dodge was being pushed across the finish line by a teammate in the #2 Miller Lite Dodge!
With Superspeedway racing this good in the COT platform, it's all but finished for IRL/CART - hell all the drivers are jumping over to NASCAR anyways, so the last driver out can turn out the lights.
Sorry for the long post, but this 50th running of the Daytona 500 was worth every word.
Just returned back from the track and so happy for Penske to go 1 and 2.
I do wish it would have been the other way around and my blue deuce would have made it into victory lane, but as I was listening to Kurt Busch on the scanner he was soooo happy for Ryan and was really emotional to be pushing him across the finish line and feel like he was partially responsible for getting Newman into first place. Definitely not the first loser, but rather a really happy teammate!
Pre-race was great, a celebration of 50 years at Daytona, old race cars from the 60's and music from then. Next came the 70's and more period racecars (all from Petty enterprises) and Kool and the gang provided the music. Then the 80's only one car, Bill Elliott's #9 Coors Melling Ford T-bird (this is the last time the race cars actually looked like the cars you buy and drive on the street. Next the 90's (represented by DJ's 88 Ford Credit, Davey Allison's 28 Havoline and 1 other), music by Brooks and Dunn (finally got the crowd into it). 2000's was Jeff Gordon's 24, Jimmy Johnson's 48 and 1 other that escapes me now and more Brooks and Dunn which was fine with me.
The race was fun at the beginning, but then stretched out a little and green flag racing is a little boring after 40 laps, but 42 lead changes later the race was over and Ryan Newman in the #12 Alltel Dodge was being pushed across the finish line by a teammate in the #2 Miller Lite Dodge!
With Superspeedway racing this good in the COT platform, it's all but finished for IRL/CART - hell all the drivers are jumping over to NASCAR anyways, so the last driver out can turn out the lights.
Sorry for the long post, but this 50th running of the Daytona 500 was worth every word.
