Daytona 500

[dean_acheson]

Well lovely, NASCAR sticks it to Mark Martin again....

[fredbass]

Well the last 50 laps or so were definitely exciting to watch, as I always do.

And Yes, I was hoping Mark would hold on at the end, but oh well, that's racing.

[ASWnut101]

That was one spectacular crash at the end...

[ReallyDedPoet]

Well the last 50 laps or so were definitely exciting to watch, as I always do.

And Yes, I was hoping Mark would hold on at the end, but oh well, that's racing.

I know there are alot of Nascar fans out there, and the sport does have its moments, but man there are times I think there is more excitement watching paint dry.

[Torpedo Fodder]

And it looks like Toyota's new team cheated by adding oxygenates to their fuel. Oh boy that's exactly the last thing Toyota needs for their NASCAR debut :lol:.

[SUBMAN1]

That is the best ending to the Daytona 500 since the inception of NASCAR!!! Nail biter ending, and the rest of the field crashed across the finish line! One guy on his roof and on fire!

-S

[waste gate]

I think the guy whose car slid across the finish line on the roof should be awarded the victory pruely on the grounds of imagination.

[dean_acheson]

yeah, great finish, except my guy finished second....:damn:

[Camaero]

Nascar didn't stick it to Mark. They let the two race it out. Mark couldn't hold on without help and he lost. I was rooting for Mark, but I don't understand the fans who think Nascar screwed Mark by not throwing the yellow.

Overall real good race.

[TteFAboB]

Great race.

[dean_acheson]

You know it is odd, but NASCAR usually throws a caution when cars flip over and burst into flames.

I was at Talledega last October, they sure did it there when Earnhardt got clipped by the Hendrick boys....

[fredbass]

You know it is odd, but NASCAR usually throws a caution when cars flip over and burst into flames.

I was at Talledega last October, they sure did it there when Earnhardt got clipped by the Hendrick boys....

On a final lap, almost never.

[dean_acheson]

Now Fred, not to disagree, but I disagree.

The caution coming out at the end is why the green/white checkered rule came out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green-white-checker_finish

NASCAR throws the caution when bad wrecks happen. If you watched the Bud Shootout the weekend before, NASCAR threw out a caution for no reason when the field got spread out. (None of the camera crews could ever 'find' the debris...') However, on Sunday, NASCAR just threw the rules out the window and decided not to have a caution despite their own 'rules' and precedents in such matters. It was the same on Friday when they didn't penalize Johnny Benson for passing under the yellow line.

So after listening to a week of Nascar screaming about rule violations from teams, then NASCAR throws out their own rules so they can have an 'exciting' finish for the TV crowd.

Did you see Gilliand hammer it all through the infield after crashing into Biffle? It was absolutely nuts, and that type of thing happens when you don't have a caution.

It was just great to see that on the 6th anniversery of Earnhardt's death, very little has changed.... :down: Or, the new rule is that, on the last lap, there are no rules...

[SmokinTep]

Nascar didn't stick it to Mark. They let the two race it out. Mark couldn't hold on without help and he lost. I was rooting for Mark, but I don't understand the fans who think Nascar screwed Mark by not throwing the yellow.

Overall real good race.

They sure do throw a caution on the final lap. I think Jarrett won one last year or so on the final lap as he was racing someone to the line. He was second to the line, but won because he was ahead of the other guy when the caution came out.

[I-25]

I still dont see whats so fun about waching cars go in circles very fast;)

Offroad racing it the one for me:up: