NASCAR 2018 Race 18: Daytona Coke Zero Sugar 400 DIECAST CONTEST race thread

[dara]

This is a DIECAST race. Rules are similar to the last one, top score will get to pick a Diecast car model. If there is a tie, the earliest final entry will be used... so all of you picking the standard trifecta... ready set go. "dara" will not be eligible, going forward, previous winners won't be eligible for individual race contests, but will be eligible for the overall champion at the end of the season. You need to have made picks in a previous race as well.

Schedule:

Note: All times are ET.

Thursday, July 5
1:05-1:55 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series practice, NBCSN
2:05-2:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, NBCSN
3:05-3:55 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice, NBCSN
4:05-4:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, NBCSN

Friday, July 6
2:10 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series pole qualifying, NBCSN
4:10 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Busch Pole qualifying, NBCSN
7:30 p.m. NASCAR Xfinity Series Coca-Cola Firecracker 250 (100 laps, 250 miles), NBCSN

Saturday, July 7
7 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 (160 laps, 400 miles), NBC

Track info:



Distance 400 miles (640 km)
Laps 160
Stage 1: Lap 40
Stage 2: Lap 80
Race: Lap 160+

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

Engine Rule at Daytona: the engine rule is a little different at Daytona 500 then the other 35 races, teams must run the same engine from Saturday's first practice session through the Budweiser Duel 150 mile qualifying races. If a team makes a change before the Duel, then it must start at the rear of the Duel 150 field and the Daytona 500 (as of 2015). After the Duel 150 races, teams can make an engine change before the Happy Hour practice session. After that, if an engine change is made, the driver will start at the rear of the Daytona 500.

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.

2017 Daytona 500 Race Winner: #41-Kurt Busch, 143.187mph, started 8th
2017 July Race Winner: #17-Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 123.986mph, started 6th
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

2017 Daytona 500 Pole Winner: #24-Chase Elliott, 192.872, finished 14th
2017 July Pole Winner: #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 190.973, finished 32nd
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.

[dishuser]

Kevin Harvick ***
Martin Truex Jr.
Kyle Busch

[4me2c]

Can He do This again : https://www.foxsports.com/nascar/video/1268093507798 ...?!?

4me Says : yes, Yes, YES...!

1)... Kyle Busch *


2)...Kevin Harvick
3)...Kyle Larson

V ...STARTING ORDER... V

Here's the full order for Saturday's race, via

NASCAR.com

:

Row 1: Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman

Row 2: Brad Keselowski, Jimmie Johnson

Row 3: Kevin Harvick, Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Row 4: Ryan Newman, Michael McDowell

Row 5: Clint Bowyer, Austin Dillon

Row 6: Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney

Row 7: Martin Truex Jr. Kyle Larson

Row 8: Kyle Busch, Brendan Gaughan

Row 9: Denny Hamlin, William Byron

Row 10: Ty Dillon, Trevor Bayne

Row 11: David Ragan, Bubba Wallace

Row 12: Kurt Busch, AJ Allmendinger

Row 13: Chris Buescher, Aric Almirola

Row 14: Jamie McMurray, Kasey Kahne

Row 15: Erik Jones, Paul Menard

Row 16: Matt DiBenedetto, Daniel Suarez

Row 17: Ross Chastain, Jeffrey Earnhardt

Row 18: D.J. Kennington, Joey Gase

Row 19: Landon Cassill, Corey LaJoie

Row 20: Ray Black II, JJ Yeley

[carlosman]

*Kyle Busch
Joey Logano
Kevin Harvick

[crazed 9.6]

This is a DIECAST race. Rules are similar to the last one, top score will get to pick a Diecast car model. If there is a tie, the earliest final entry will be used... so all of you picking the standard trifecta... ready set go.

This is good
Makes it so the pics have to vary if yous want a chance at a diecast.
I see

Makes great sense dara and you musta had to think that out thoroughly to get here... nice job


Think hard on your pics guys ,to get a chance at a diecast win

[dishuser]

This is good
Makes it so the pics have to vary if yous want a chance at a diecast.
I see

Makes great sense dara and you musta had to think that out thoroughly to get here... nice job


Think hard on your pics guys ,to get a chance at a diecast win

same as it was last diecast race

[crazed 9.6]

same as it was last diecast race

yup...I never caught on to that thou.

I know dara told me this, but I never really caught on to what was being said to me

dara had thought this through.... I like

[dishuser]

yup...I never caught on to that thou.

I know dara told me this, but I never really caught on to what was being said to me

dara had thought this through.... I like

picking before qualifying makes me nervous

[crazed 9.6]

picking before qualifying makes me nervous

Yea I bet
But you did the odds for the diecast and are in

it's the practices that tell the story thou, qualifying yes, but them practices really show how the drivers drive on any given track... foot into it and etc

[dara]

You still can change your picks all the way up to "green flag", but then you would lose that first pick of the "trifecta"...tough choice, but the way things are going this season, it may be the right thing to do, even with a restrictor plate race. Just a hint going forward, our benefactor committed more diecasts, but the races will be ones that are not easy to pick, due to the risk of crash outs.