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Offline JonAmo

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Daytona 500
« on: February 27, 2012, 05:02:05 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2012, 05:04:38 PM »
Good one, Jon.

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Offline Stan Back

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Re: Daytona 500
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2012, 06:41:46 PM »
Where was Kent after the last two Skittle-fests?
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Re: Daytona 500
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2012, 06:51:42 PM »
Quote from: Stan Back on February 27, 2012, 06:41:46 PM
Where was Kent after the last two Skittle-fests?

He is in Thailand till the end of March.  Tony
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Re: Daytona 500
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2012, 06:52:08 PM »
Some of the best racing I ever saw - Mid America, Brainerd, Road America, was in the rain.  But after watching the Bud Shootout replay Sunday afternoon, the thought of NASCAR knucklheads doing what they do in the rain gives me the fantods.
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Re: Daytona 500
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2012, 09:39:57 PM »
Okay, I'll bite.  What's a fantod? :?
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Re: Daytona 500
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2012, 10:13:56 PM »
Well the first Monday Night Daytona 500 is certainly going to go down in history as an interesting foot note.
Danica got taken out in a lap #2 crash but got back in after extensive repairs about 60 laps down from the leader.
Now JPM just broke while passing the jet driers during a clean up and took the front of his car as he drilled the running jet dryer trailer, sparking a big jet fuel fire in turn #3. Race is currently red flagged while they try to assess the damage to the track and clean up the mess.

Huge fire ball when JPM hit the jet drier, and it took a while for the fire crews to handle that much fuel and fire. Obviously their gear was not intended to deal with that sort of massive jet fuel fire. Good bet NASCAR will change the configuration of the jet driers and or the fire suppression gear after this. If this had happened right in front of the grand stands it could have put a lot of flaming jet fuel into the crowd.

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Re: Daytona 500
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2012, 11:11:05 PM »
Yeah, something broke on Montoya's car. Right. That's his version. It sure looked to me like he came around the corner, saw the jet dryer and slammed on the brakes and got out of control. Montoya has wrecked too many times and blamed it on the car for me to believe this one.
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Re: Daytona 500
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2012, 11:13:33 PM »
It looked to me like something broke on the right rear just before the car took a hard right turn and entered the slide.
I thought I saw sparks coming off the right rear just as it locked up, and he was complaining about a heavy vibration in any gear (U-joint??).

I'm sure we will hear more about that later, but I agree he tends to be hard on his equipment.

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Re: Daytona 500
« Reply #9 on: February 28, 2012, 01:08:42 AM »
You mean those guys wil have to quit wearing COSTUMES and wear some real fire protection!? :-D
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Re: Daytona 500
« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2012, 01:59:56 AM »
What a disapointment   :-(--F1 corp. style team racing is upon us!  :-o !!  Kenseth should have be 3rd, 2nd at best should have been 2-3 wide at finish!!!!  I lost ALL respect for Biffle tonight!! Kenseth and and JR told it like it was---Biffle was lying mostly through his MOUTH :cry:
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Re: Daytona 500
« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2012, 10:41:10 AM »
OK guys, How many Nascar drivers does it take to start a jet fuel fire..............just Juan..hahahahahahaha
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Re: Daytona 500
« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2012, 12:17:48 PM »
Quote from: ol38y on February 28, 2012, 10:41:10 AM
OK guys, How many Nascar drivers does it take to start a jet fuel fire..............just Juan..hahahahahahaha

O.K. then ... what was Juan's last words before he took out the dryer?

"Hello. My name is Juan Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
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Re: Daytona 500
« Reply #13 on: February 28, 2012, 01:19:58 PM »
Just about the only thing left for Juan to hit is the pace car. Or has he done that one already?????
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Re: Daytona 500
« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2012, 01:41:00 PM »
I think Jeoff Bodine is the only NASCAR driver with the dubious honor of hitting the pace car.  :-o Tony
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