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Started by TSR , Feb 26 2012 05:44 PM

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#101 Guy Spaulding

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 08:46 PM

Elliot Sadler took the blame and apologized. He tagged JJ in the left rear



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Posted 27 February 2012 - 09:55 PM

Safety Cells for Track Sweepers and Emergency trucks?????
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 10:00 PM

I think Juan Pablo pretty much caused the end of the race. That part of the track is melted. They won't be able to continue. What the heck was he doing running that fast with safety trucks on the track. Granted something broke on the car, but he shouldn't have been running that fast on the apron. We'll have a new race winner..

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 10:01 PM

Well, that was pretty wild.

I wonder if the asphalt is melted.

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 10:05 PM

anyone got the hot dogs and marsh mellows? :shok: That looks like the fire practice at LAX on a model of a commercial plane!

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 10:09 PM

Well, when you see aluminum plating melting off the trailer and falling onto the track, I'd say it got hot enough to hurt the track surface.

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 10:11 PM

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 10:13 PM

I wonder if they have any machinery on hand to grind off any bumps.

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 10:19 PM

It probably wouldn't have been so bad if it didn't take five minutes for a fire crew to get there. That's what made it all ridiculous. I doubt they have a pavement grinder there. It was shaping up to be a decent finish too. JPM deserves the second bonehead of the race award. Newman gets the first for backing up pit road when everyone is trying to pit

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 10:21 PM

It was rained out yesterday.

Maybe "gouged out" tonight??

Maybe "fueled out" tonight??

I would think there may be hazardous material issues with all the jet fuel leaked out.
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 10:26 PM

Someone should tell JPM he does not get extra points for hitting the safety vehicle and he shouldn't take everything he learned by watching "Days of Thunder" to heart

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 10:27 PM

Inspired by comments from one their race announcers, I wonder if you'll hear FOX playing this during the closing credits


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Posted 27 February 2012 - 10:29 PM

Wonder what all the non-race fans who are watching this are thinking, or saying??? You know this will be on all the blooper reels for years to come!!!

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 10:35 PM

Someone should tell JPM he does not get extra points for hitting the safety vehicle and he shouldn't take everything he learned by watching "Days of Thunder" to heart


It could have happened to any of the drivers.....not JPM's fault....... he knows something is not right...the pit crew looks....can't seem to find anything...sends him back out...... he runs the car up to speed....one..... to keep up with the field and not lose much position....two....to figure out what could be wrong with the car at speed or close to it.

Either way.... all drivers do this and have done this.

Yep there was something wrong with the car...... what exactly it was...well they may never figure that out now.
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 10:47 PM

It was rained out yesterday.

Maybe "gouged out" tonight??

Maybe "fueled out" tonight??

I would think there may be hazardous material issues with all the jet fuel leaked out.


Yes... the "kitty litter" is contaminated with jet fuel. You can't trash that but this is the case when they clean up oil and gasoline liquids anyways.

They even need to capture that Tide/water wash they're using.... the "kitty litter" pile will get bigger for Safety Kleen to haul off.

NASCAR has shown it can throw a TRACK call when it's really necessary: no debris call on this one.... just fire and heat!

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 11:05 PM

Wasn't it a "track call" for debris that caused the caution that caused this further caution and red flag????
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 11:26 PM

The track call was when they turned the power off.... :crazy:

The following quote is from twitter....


"How many Colombians does it take to stop the #daytona500 ?" "JUAN!" via @Jalopnik http://jalopnik.com/...omment=47424754

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Posted 28 February 2012 - 12:04 AM

Still time for a hurricane before the finish!

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Posted 28 February 2012 - 12:19 AM

They just had a F1 Tornado.......LOL
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Posted 28 February 2012 - 12:38 AM

Now that's SHOWBIZ.................

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Posted 28 February 2012 - 12:49 AM

This race is brutal!
Only 3 or 4 laps to go.
I wouldn`t be surprised to see another wreck before it`s over.
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Posted 28 February 2012 - 12:57 AM

Kenseth wins the " 6 Hours of Daytona" LOL
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Posted 28 February 2012 - 01:07 AM

Kenseth had more motor plain and simple. Great move for Jr. pushing Biffle (sp) to grab 2nd
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Posted 28 February 2012 - 07:52 AM

How many Columbians does it take to stop the Daytona 500?
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Juan!

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Posted 28 February 2012 - 08:40 AM

Thought my old boss was going to luck in to one... LOL

I too figured the asphalt was toast, and the rain appeared to be coming...

Entertaining to say the least.

Re: the asphalt. Those new polymer based mixes are something else. When we repaved Jennerstown when I was there I immediatly saw the difference in grip.

I used to use jet truck exhibitions as a sideshow for the racing events, and was always worried about the surface being damaged if a malfunction ocurred.

After what I witnessed at Daytona last night, I didn't need to be concerned... LOL

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