NASCAR 2020 Race 1: Daytona 500

[dara]

See Rules thread for how to enter.

Sunday, February 16, 2020 - Daytona International Speedway
2:30pm/et
Laps: 200 - Stages: 65/130/200
TV: FOX - Radio: MRN, Sirius XM NASCAR


Weekend on-track schedule

Times are Eastern Standard.

Saturday, February 8
1:35 PM-2:25 PM NCS 1ST PRACTICE
TV: FS1
3:00 PM-3:50 PM NCS 2ND PRACTICE
TV: FS1

Sunday, February 9
12:30 PM NCS QUALIFYING IMPOUND (SINGLE VEHICLE / ONE LAP ALL POSITIONS)
TV: FOX

Thursday, February 13
7:00 PM NCS 1ST QUALIFYING RACE (60 LAPS, 150 MILES)
8:45 PMApprox NCS 2ND QUALIFYING RACE (60 LAPS, 150 MILES)
TV: FS1

Friday, February 14
5:05 PM-5:55 PM NCS 3RD PRACTICE
TV: FS1

Saturday, February 15
12:30 PM-1:20 PM NCS FINAL PRACTICE
TV: FS1

Sunday, February 16
2:30 PM NCS RACE (STAGES 60/120/200 LAPS = 500 MILES )
TV: FOX


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Daytona_International_Speedway.svg/200px-Daytona_International_Speedway.svg.png


Track Specs:
2.5 mile tri-oval with 31-degree banking in the turns
18-degree banking in the tri-oval and 6-degree banking on the straightaways
Grandstand Seating: 101,000 [was 147,000, 168,000], with 124 suites

Pit Stalls:
Length: 28 feet
Width: 16 feet

Some Daytona Track Records & Stats

This race uses the modified engine 'spacers' and wheel venting system, and also a special spoiler to keep speed down First Daytona cup race not using restrictor plates!

Double Yellow Line at Daytona = do not pass: In order to emphasize the yellow-line rule at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway where passes are not permitted, NASCAR has made the single yellow line into a double-yellow line. The second yellow line was painted on the inside of the existing yellow line.

2019 July Race Winner: Justin Haley, 141.146 mph, started 34th
2019 Daytona 500 Race Winner: Denny Hamlin, 137.440mph, started 12th
Track Race Record: Buddy Baker, Feb 1980, 177.602mph
Oldest Race Winner: Bobby Allison, 50 years, 2 months, 11 days, 2/14/1988
Youngest Race Winner: Trevor Bayne, 20 years, 0 months, 1 days, 2/20/2011
Youngest July Race Winner: Jeff Gordon, 23 years, 10 months, 27 days, 7/1/1995
Worst Starting Spot to win: #14-Tony Stewart, started 42nd, 7/7/2012

2019 July Race Pole Winner: Joey Logano, quals canceled due to Rain.
2019 Daytona 500 Pole Winner: William Byron, 192.872 mph, finished 21th
Track Qualifying Record: Bill Elliott, 210.364mph, February 1987
Track Qualifying Record with restrictor plate (single car run): Ken Schrader, 196.996, February 1989
Track Qualifying Record with restrictor plate (group qualifying): #24-Jeff Gordon, 201.293mph, February 2014
Oldest Daytona 500 Pole Winner: Mark Martin, 51 years, 0 months, 27 days, 2/6/2010
Oldest Pole Winner: Mark Martin, 52 years, 5 months, 23 days, Daytona, 7/1/2011
Youngest Pole Winner: Chase Elliott, 20 years, 2 months, 17 days, 2/14/2016
Youngest July Pole Winner: Jeff Gordon, 24 years, 11 months, 2 days, 7/6/1996
Only Woman Daytona 500 Pole Sitter: #10-Danica Patrick, 196.434, finished 8th

Most Wins - All-time: 10 - Richard Petty
Most Wins - Active: 4 - Dale Earnhardt Jr.
All-time winners
Most Wins - July race: 5 - David Pearson
Most Poles - All-time: 13 - Cale Yarborough
Most Poles - Active: 2 - Jimmie Johnson, Chase Elliott, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Most Top 5's: 28 - Richard Petty
Most Top 5's Active: 13 - Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Most Top 10's: 37 - Richard Petty
Most Top 10's Active: 19 - Dale Earnhardt Jr.

[dara]

Daytona International Speedway – Qualifying Fast Facts:
• Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the Pole Award for the 62nd Annual DAYTONA 500 with a lap of 46.253 seconds, 194.582 mph. He has become the 43rd different NASCAR Cup Series driver to win the pole for the Great American Race.
• This is his third pole in 257 NASCAR Cup Cup Series races, and first pole in 16 races at Daytona International Speedway.
• This is JTG Daugherty Racing’s first DAYTONA 500 pole, and third pole all-time in the NASCAR Cup Series.
• The pole winner has won the DAYTONA 500 nine times; the most recent driver to accomplish the feat was NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Jarrett in 2000.
• Alex Bowman (second) has started on the front row the last three DAYTONA 500s.
• Chase Elliott (third) posted his seventh top-10 start at Daytona International Speedway.
• Christopher Bell (ninth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

[4me2c]

1)...Denny Hamlin
2)...Chase Elliott
3)...Kevin Harvick
4)...Kyle Busch

[Orziz]

Chase Elliot *
Brad Keselowski
Kurt Busch
Aric Amirola

[Marley]

Joey Logano @@@@@
Brad Keselowski
Kyle Busch
Denny Hamlin

[ranagee]

Martin Truex Jr.*****
Kyle Busch
Chase Elliot
Joey Logano

[82harley]

Kyle Busch ***
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Larson
Martin Truex Jr.

[dara]

Starting Order:

Starting Pos. Driver

1. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
2. Alex Bowman
3. Joey Logano
4. William Byron
5. Aric Almirola
6. Jimmie Johnson
7. Ryan Newman
8. Kyle Larson
9. Brad Keselowski
10. Kevin Harvick
11. Bubba Wallace
12. Cole Custer
13. Austin Dillon
14. Erik Jones
15. Martin Truex Jr.
16. Matt DiBenedetto
17. Christopher Bell
18. Kurt Busch
19. Chris Buescher
20. Ross Chastain
21. Denny Hamlin
22. Tyler Reddick
23. John Hunter Nemechek
24. Ty Dillon
25. Chase Elliott
26. Michael McDowell
27. Ryan Blaney
28. Kyle Busch
29. Clint Bowyer
30. David Ragan
31. Ryan Preece
32. Timmy Hill
33. Justin Haley
34. Brennan Poole
35. Quin Houff
36. Corey LaJoie
37. Joey Gase
38. B.J. McLeod
39. Brendan Gaughan
40. Reed Sorenson

[TimeKeeper]

Kevin Harvick
Joey Logano
Kurt Busch****
Kyle Busch

[4me2c]

Gonna bee Exciting...!

[dara]

Jimmie Johnson***
Kurt Busch
Alex Bowman
William Byron

[4me2c]

Just saw on SmackDown that WWE Super Star Sheamus, the Celtic Warrior will be in the Pace Car Sunday...!

For WWE Fans, a Tidbit or Two :
https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/from-doorman-at-lillies-to-one-of-the-biggest-irish-exports-in-american-entertainment-meet-stephen-sheamus-farrelly-38917068.html :cool:

[Ryu]

Kyle Busch*
Joey Logano
Martin Truex Jr
Kevin Harvick

[crazed 9.6]

Kurt Busch
Alex Bowman ***
Joey Logano
Kevin Harvick

[dara]

START TIME: 2:30 p.m. ET. President Donald Trump will instruct drivers to start their engines at 2:53 p.m. ET.

Trump will be the fourth sitting president to serve as grand marshal at a Daytona race, and just the second to do so at the Daytona 500. George W. Bush served as grand marshal at the 2004 February race.

GREEN FLAG: Two-time Daytona 500 winner and current NBC Sports analyst Dale Earnhardt Jr. will wave the flag to start the race at 3:05 p.m. ET.

[crazed 9.6]

Air Force One just did a 'fly by' :eek:

[superbox]

Kevin Harvick
Joey Logano*
Alex Bowman
William Byron

[minitor]

Martin Truex Jr.
Kevin Harvick*
Joey Logano
Kyle Busch

[bigstar]

Kyle Busch *
Kevin Harvick
Joey Logano
Kyle Larson

[4me2c]

Jets getting ready to "Take Off" and they Switch to Commercials...!

[dara]

POTUS with the non-pc... "Gentlemen, Start Your Engines"

[dara]

Still yellow flag.

[4me2c]

https://youtu.be/skeHO0V6-mM

[dara]

Green Flag! Finally.


1)...Denny Hamlin
2)...Chase Elliott
3)...Kevin Harvick
4)...Kyle Busch


Chase Elliot *
Brad Keselowski
Kurt Busch
Aric Amirola


Joey Logano @@@@@
Brad Keselowski
Kyle Busch
Denny Hamlin


Martin Truex Jr.*****
Kyle Busch
Chase Elliot
Joey Logano




Kyle Busch ***
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Larson
Martin Truex Jr.


Kevin Harvick
Joey Logano
Kurt Busch****
Kyle Busch


Jimmie Johnson***
Kurt Busch
Alex Bowman
William Byron


Kyle Busch*
Joey Logano
Martin Truex Jr
Kevin Harvick


Kurt Busch
Alex Bowman ***
Joey Logano
Kevin Harvick


Kevin Harvick
Joey Logano*
Alex Bowman
William Byron


Martin Truex Jr.
Kevin Harvick*
Joey Logano
Kyle Busch


Kyle Busch *
Kevin Harvick
Joey Logano
Kyle Larson

[dara]

Red Flag for rain at lap 20, looks like a long one.

[4me2c]

Really Long, Post-poned til 4:00 PM, EST 2morrow...! On FOX...!

[dara]

The 62nd running of the Daytona 500 will resume at 4 p.m. ET on Monday from Daytona International Speedway (FOX, FOX Sports App, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Inclement weather forced the move after heavy rains came into the area in the late afternoon Sunday and persisted through the evening hours.

[dara]

Restart at lap 25. Stage 1 is over at lap 65.

[dara]

Favorites by driver:
Bowman - crazed
Ky Busch - bigstar, Ryu, 82harley
Ku Busch - TimeKeeper
Elliott - orziz
Hamlin - 4me2c
Harvick - minitor
Johnson - dara
Logano - superbox, Marley
Truex - ranagee

Other Drivers
Almirola
Byron
Keselowski
Larson

[dara]

Lap 60: Stenhouse touches Byron, and sends him to the inside. Byron out.

[4me2c]

Stenny is Up to his Old Tricks...! Should be Fined and Ejected...!

[dara]

Chase Elliott wins stage 1, orziz with 10 bonus points.

[dara]

Lap 90: A couple of cars spin 00, and 52. Almirola, Harvick involved.

[crazed 9.6]

here's a first (that I know of) ....Daytona 500 live stream can be seen on ytube :eek:
Looks like about a 2 laps delay.
Wonder if it will make it to the end without nascar and ytube shutting it down :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObobD4WlXfc

[dara]

Denny Hamlin wins stage 2. 4me2c gets the 10 bonus points.

[4me2c]

Glad #47 didn't do anything Foolish and Ky Busch Blocked it from getting back in...!

[dara]

Stenhouse hits the wall, he's done. I think..

[dara]

Jones ran into Stenhouse who was slowing to get into the pits. No yellow flag.

[dara]

Big one with 15 to go, at the front.

[dara]

Red Flag

Looks like Logano push caused Keslowski to spin, taking out half the field.

[dara]

Involved:
1, 2, 3, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 36, 38, 43, 48. 62, 77, 88

[TimeKeeper]

that damn Logano! thats 2 times he has done this

[dara]

66, 27 tangle, yellow with 7 to go.

[dara]

Overtime coming up. another big one.

[dara]

Denny Hamlin wins Daytona 500 back to back. 50pts for 4me2c

[dara]

I'll have the results up in about an hour, after the official results get posted.


NASCAR.com no longer has points on their leaderboard, waiting for the PDF on jayski

[4me2c]

Neuman got Air-borne for a couple of seconds, lots of Liquid was pouring out... Got to Him in Time...!!!

HeckofaRace...! Congratz to Hamlin...! :cool:

[TimeKeeper]

praying for Ryan its bad guys!

[dara]

Congrats to 4me2c with the high score of 176.

https://i.imgur.com/pYuTOzR.png

results from NASCAR via Jayski



https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2020/02/18/2020-01cup-results.pdf

[dara]

Podium:
4me2c 176
Marley 82
bigstar 79

Next race is the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas, on Sunday Feb 23.

[4me2c]

Just Curious, How did Marley get 50 Points for Hamlin when Marley had Logano as Favorite...?!?

[dara]

Just Curious, How did Marley get 50 Points for Hamlin when Marley had Logano as Favorite...?!?

He got points for the selection, but not the favorite points. You were the only one that got the bonus points for picking Hamlin as the favorite, and Marley was the only other player to pick Hamlin overall.

[Orziz]

Exciting race but horrible wreck.

[dara]

News for Ryan Newman is encouraging... serious condition, but not life threatening.

[4me2c]

Just saw this :


https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nascar/news/ryan-newman-crash-daytona-500/1ud6nw2xnn7eh1q2tk0niv161g

[4me2c]

Update on Newman :


https://www.yahoo.com/gma/daytona-500-driver-ryan-newman-serious-condition-following-121800022--abc-news-topstories.html

[4me2c]

"Newman’s racing team and wife shared updates on his condition as he continues to receive treatment at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach.

His Roush Fenway Racing team released the following statement Wednesday:

“Ryan Newman continues to show great improvement after Monday night’s last-lap accident at Daytona International Speedway. The veteran driver is fully alert and walking around Halifax Medical Center. True to his jovial nature, he has also been joking around with staff, friends and family while spending time playing with his two daughters.”


https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/nascar/os-sp-ryan-newman-update-walking-20200219-7gpuh7krwzetxejxsmdlt63ydi-story.html

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ERJ0AkiWAAQ79D4?format=jpg&name=medium

[crazed 9.6]

thnx for the updates with this dara and 4me2c
I am a little late posting but did see your updates when posted.
Was good to see as it was an anxious time for us till we knew Newman was okay:)

[4me2c]

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nascar/news/ryan-newman-updates-daytona-500-crash/3xi7tlfne6gc11nldmko2s3eg?fbclid=IwAR0enVpfyeuYGhv kV0zQDVwRVVhUqenP095-om8zleSI5Fd9cddXRovxFgA

Now at Home...!!!