Shootout, Duels and everything else

Sorry I've taken so long to update about what has gone on at Daytona so far, I've been really busy, and getting help from Mac Productions isn't as helpful as i had hoped it was.



Anyway, The Budweiser shootout was great. Its to bad that Dale Earnhardt Jr, couldn't have won from the pole. I don't think that is done to much. But a job well done to Kurt Busch and his team at Penske Racing for winning the thing.



The Duels, where in my opinion just two Budweiser Shootouts because all three events had a field of 24 cars.



Now i didn't watch the first duel race, only because i forgot they were on, so i really can't comment on that other then that Kurt Busch won that as well. Now who said that Penske Racing didn't have a good Superspeedway program. Though they have something to prove at the 500 don't they.



The Second duel race was ok, i didn't really get into like i would had it been the 500, but oh well. Jeff Burton won the second one, which i was happy about. Burton happen to be one of my many favorite drivers.

Joey Logano spun and hit the inside retaining wall heading towards turn one, and damaged the left front side of his car. Then Denny Hamlin, spun on the back stretch, with according to Mike Joy, Larry McRenyolds, and Darrel Waltrip, help from his other teammate Kyle Busch.

Apperently Casey Mears in the No. 13 GEICO Toyota blew his engine near the start of the race.

Michael Waltrip and Brian Keselowski raced their way into the 500. Mikey will start 8th, and Brain will start 12th, three spots ahead of his brother Brad. I'm not sure who raced their way from the first race.

Dale Jr won the pole during qulifiying but lost the chance to start there because he wrecked his car in practice and has to go to a back up car.

Daytona 500 Lineup

NextEra Energy Resources 250 Lineup (Camping World Trucks)

Brad Keselowski will have two diffrent crew chiefs in 2010

Penske Racing has announced that Jay Guy and Paul Wolfe will head Brad Keselowski Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series teams Respectfully, for the 2010 season.

Roy McCauley who has lead Penske's No. 12 Sprint Cup team for the least four years, will be remain with the team, however he will no be in a leadership role within the organization.

Jay Guy, who is 36, had been the Crew Chief for Reagan Smith who drove the No 78 Chevy Impala SS for Furniture Row Racing in the Cup Series. Besides being a crew chief in the Cup Series Guy has also been a crew chief in the Nationwide and Truck Series.

"I am really excited to join Penske Racing and I'm looking forward to the opportunities that lie ahead with the No. 12 team, Over the years, the No. 12 team has had a lot of success, including winning the 2008 Daytona 500, and we certainly want to build on that tradition of winning. Brad is one of the most talented drivers in NASCAR and we will work together to develop his skills and make this team the best it can be." -- Jay Guy

Paul Wolfe, who is a former competitor on the track, will be the Crew Chief of Brad's No. 22 Dodge in the Nationwide Series. The 32 year old Wolfe had raced in the Nationwide Series and has also completed his fourth year as Crew Chief in the Series by leading the No. 11 of CJM Racing to 21st place finish in the Nationwide Series Standings.

"The chance to work with Penske Racing and a driver as skilled as Brad is a tremendous opportunity, With the team that we will have in place, we know that 2010 will be a special season for the No. 22 and we will work hard to make sure we are ready to meet the challenge." --Paul Wolfe

Brad Keselowski will be making his first full time Nascar Sprint Cup season, as well as competing in his Third full time, Fifth career season in the Nationwide Series.

"Both Jay and Paul have a lot of experience throughout all levels of motorsports competition and they each seem to get the most out of the teams and drivers that they work with, I'm really looking forward to working with Jay next season in my first full season of Cup Series competition. We are also excited to race for the Nationwide Series title with Paul and the No. 22 team in 2010." --Brad Keselowski

Is Danicamania Overrated?

I have to say yes, Danicamania is very overrated.

Everyone compares what her to Tony Stewart, which she is not. Sure Tony use to drive in the IRL and made the switch to Nascar by driving the whole IRL season and select races in the then Busch Series now Nationwide, But Tony then went Nascar racing full time the next year. Something Danica will hive to wait three years to do.

That delay alone makes me feel that she will have little to no success with the Heavier stock cars then Tony Stewart has had in Nascar.


Tony also had three wins in the IRL before coming over, one at Pikes Peak International Raceway in 1997 and the other two coming in 1998 at Walt Disney World Speedway and New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Danica has only one and that came at Twin Ring Motegi which is in Japan.

I don't think Danica fully knows what she will be getting herself into, she may say she does, and Tony Stewart, may say she understands but just because Tony and her sing the same tune doesn't mean thats the facts.


And If Tony believes that she is commented to racing in Nascar then why doesn't he offer her a ride in a car owned by his race team, oh yeah thats right his team doesn't have a Nationwide team and besides he said he doesn't have the money, but hasn't everyone said that said that Danica's sponsor will probably be GoDaddy.Com since they are her sponsor in the IRL and already sponsor a car in the Nationwide series, you telling me that Tony Stewart will turn her down even though she may have a sponsor and he surely could get a few cars from Kevin Harvick Inc, which is run by his friend Kevin Harvick or his friend Dale Jr and Supplier Rick Hendrick who are owners of JR Motorsports. And if Danica is going to be such a big thing then team owner Tony would be crazy not to cash in on her, so the question is does Tony know something everyone else doesn't?

It is time that everyone started to take notice that all this "Danicamania" is either a big stunt or just a way for Danica to get money.

If Danica really wanted to race in Nascar she should wait until the last year of her contract with Andretti Green Racing so then she can do exactly what Tony Stewart did, run one year in the IRL and in select Nationwide Series races then go full time in Nascar.

Whose to say that she won't race selected Nationwide races for the next three years, then resign with Andretti Green Racing, or sign with Chip Ganassi Racing or Penske Racing in the IRL, then declare that she has experience in Stock cars and starts hitting up owners for rides in the Sprint Cup.



To convince me that she is serious about driving in Nascar, she should finish out her contract in the IRL then join Nascar like last three IRL transfers Juan Pablo Montoya, Sam Hornish Jr and Dario Franchitti did to show that they were truly committed to running in Nascar. I do know that Franchitti did leave Nascar but i contribute that to lack of sponsorship.

Otherwise i feel that the term 'IRLwhacker' will have to be invented.