2021 NASCAR: Daytona 500 (Race 1)

[dara]

No 'pool' this year, but maybe bragging rights! No set rules on who wins, but put your best guesses in

Sunday, February 14, 2021
Daytona International Speedway
Time: 2:30pm/et
Green flag: 3:05pm/et
(Stages 65/130/200 laps = 500 miles)
TV: FOX - Radio: MRN, Sirius XM NASCAR

Cars to the rear: #2-Keselowski (backup car), #14-Briscoe (backup car), #16-Grala (backup car), #24-Byron (backup car), #38-Alfredo (backup car), #41-Custer (backup car), #42-Chastain (backup car), #19-Truex (radiator/oil cooler change) and #43-Jones (engine change).

Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the Daytona 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway have been made.
Pole winner #48-Bowman chose pit stall 1.
Outside pole sitter #24-Byron took the 19th stall, with an opening in front of it..

[dara]

Pulling for Kyle Larson for the Comeback Win.

[dara]

Here is the starting lineup, see above for "to the rears"

https://i.imgur.com/dX4BmBg.png

[Oakster]

For today's win I'll go with 4 Kevin Harvick.

[crazed 9.6]

Go Go Larson !!

[4me2c]

#18 Won last week will He make it 2 in a Row Why Not...??!


Thanks dara...!!! Let's Kick the Tires and Light the Fires Big Daddy...!! Put it Out...! :cool:

[TimeKeeper]

im going with denny hamlin or kurt busch . any body but bubba wallace

4m 18 got lucky he did not have a winning car but a win is a win lol

[Orziz]

While I like chase I think Denny has it

[dara]

Harvick takes the lead from Alex Bowman, but Cope meets the wall... Caution, lap 4

[dara]

Big one... Early

[4me2c]

Yep, it's a Ruff One Indeed...!!!

[dara]

10, 1, 77, 19, 6, 17, 20, 48

[dara]

Larson dodged that, barely. saw 8, 36, and 43 as well

[TimeKeeper]

18 takes out the field

[dara]

Well, a Red Flag, for lightning. 30 min delay at least.

[dara]

18 takes out the field

Yep, bumped drafted Bell, who then hit Almirola.

Cars involved, per NASCAR:
#19, 43, 77, 48, 21, 8, 10, 17, 12, 24, 6, 20, 1, 36, 38, 99

[4me2c]

18 takes out the field

Turn about is "Fair Play"...??!

[dara]

Well, I guess about an hour delay with rain on the track, at least.

[4me2c]

Did Kyle actually touch the car front of Him...?!! I don't Think so...!! Now they bee showing the bubba clip again... why, Why, WHY...???

[4me2c]

More Rain on the Parade...!!!

[4me2c]

Posted 27 minutes ago on FoxSports :

"NASCAR’s policy is that it won’t start a race without a plan to get to the advertised distance. In the case of inclement weather, though, officials can shoot for getting to the halfway point (or the end of the second stage, if that is earlier) once a race starts to make the results official. For Daytona, that would be 100 laps.

But the Daytona 500 is an event NASCAR likely wants to have run the full 200 laps. With three hours of racing time still needed after drivers completed just 15 laps Sunday, officials likely will want to resume by around 10 p.m. ET Sunday night; NASCAR typically doesn’t race much later than 1 a.m., though previous races at Daytona have stretched that deep into the night."...!!!


https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nascar/daytona-500-rain-delay-updates-track-drying-how-long

[4me2c]

Looks Like it Might bee Starting Again...AGAIN...!!! Wooooooooooooooooo...!!

[dara]

Still in caution, lap 17. Lots of work going on with the damaged but moving cars... and the pits are open.

[crazed 9.6]

just saw that the March Bristol race will be run on a dirt track.

Whats up with that ?
And don't say... 'due to covid' :eek:

[dara]

just saw that the March Bristol race will be run on a dirt track.

Whats up with that ?
And don't say... 'due to covid' :eek:

Just getting back to the 'roots', so to speak. More road courses including Road America, and intro of Nashville.

[dara]

Green flag, lap 30.

[crazed 9.6]

lol @ roots... I hope they dig them roots out of the track before we go racing :eek:


More road courses is so cool.
I like the Road America track. I race that one on my xBox with Forza MotorSports:)

[dara]

Another caution, 00 and 14 tangle. Probably Byron's debris.

[crazed 9.6]

I been holding off, but I gotta get to work.
I gonna have to miss this Daytona500 :(

Keep posting them highlights guys and I can catch them when I get home :)

[dara]

Hamlin gets stage 1. On a roll. Fords led by Harvick tried to get a second line going, and Chevys tried a run on Hamlin, but Denny just has it today.

[4me2c]

Hamlin got that "Taste Back" from Last Year...

That thar is One Fine Lookin Pace Car they gots out front...!!! :cool:

[dara]

Hamlin takes another stage, edging Harvick and Bubba. Bubba had a chance and was briefly leading that last lap.

[dara]

Wow, what a finish, McDowell wins after the Penske boys tangle and wreck the field.

[dara]

14 years in the series, first win for Michael McDowell. Elliott, A Dillon, and Harvick are the next three.

[4me2c]

What a Mess, Another Last Lap Fireball...!!! Glad All are OK...!!

[dara]

Official Results:
https://i.imgur.com/uaas3BY.png


Next race, Daytona Road Course (replacing Auto Club 400) on Sunday, 21 Feb

[crazed 9.6]

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/02/15/sports/15daytonatop/merlin_183772179_2438033e-b8c8-4eed-a60c-be5dc4934ab3-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg