Danica and "the Call?"

[Scott Liggett]

Daytona qualifying is all about building horsepower and a slick aero package as the rules allow. Stuart/Haas Racing builds great cars and has a great team. Tony won the championship in it's second year of existence. All three of the cars qualified very well. I believe Danica got a lucky break with no wind gusts down the back stretch like her teammates ran into. She also did her job of not scrubbing speed in the turns. This nonsense that Nascar would give her a larger restrictor plate is just plain conspiracy theorist crap from chauvenistic dorks who can't stand it when a lady can do their job better.

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ELEVEN EXPLANATIONS FOR DANICA TAKING "THE POLE" AT DAYTONA

11. Crew Chief Tony Gibson taped a photo of the former "Mr. Patrick" (Paul Hopsenthal) under the "foot feed."

10. The heel on one of Patrick's Manolo Blahnik pumps got stuck under the brake pedal.

9. Sponsor "Go Daddy" hacked NASCAR's timing and scoring computer.

8. Scorching hurricane of "Waltrip-ism" from the Fox broadcast booth created vicious tail wind.

7. Sponsor threatened to film new commercial with Danica "smooching it up" with "Go Daddy" nerd Jesse Heiman if she didn't "sit on the pole."

6. Bump draft from the "Fox Ghost Car."

5. Restrictor plate inspector received a "timely" visit from "Go Daddy" smooch-model Bar Refaeli.

4. Crew chief Tony Gibson secretly dumped the Hendrick RO7 engine for a "miracle" $100 junkyard LS ("LESS") V8 after reading speed tip on Bangshift.com.

3. Patrick's Chevy S[chutz-]S[taffel] weighed in with whale-body "Smoke" in the car.

2. "Son" Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was "warming up" back in the motorhome . . . (http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...-joke/1927381/)

1. Giving "the Call" to Earnhardt, Jr. again would just be too obvious.

[Scott Liggett]

I must be bigoted because I think that commercial is nauseating.

Hey, give Tony some credit. He wasn't so stupid to run a half marathon the morning of qualifying. Waltrip, Kahne, J. Johnson, and others did.

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"Smoke" . . . body of an athlete (look at those "table muscles!" . . . "it's not a six-pack . . . it's a KEG!)

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BANGSHIFT EXCLUSIVE . . .

NASCAR INSPECTORS REVIEW DANICA'S SS . . . .

[Scott Liggett]

He is proud of his non-existent exercise program and non-ownership of a razor. I like that after listening to the other drivers talk about their constant workouts, diets, and marathon running programs. Of course, Carl Edwards can't have a beer gut as long as he is promoting the healthy sandwiches at Subway.

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And no, the "inspector" on the left is not Tony Stewart . . . .

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..... Not even our track Guru, Peewee.

Dan

That's hilarious Dan! You're already the official site comedian, but you outdid yourself there.

And gosh what a most unglamorous photo in Post 19. Dang, I quit paying attention a few years ago but it looks as though Tony has finally gotten too fat to effectively punch a photographer. Wow, I mean....well, whatever.

[TC]

Every dog has his day...... Qualify first and end up last, they'll send her into the wall again.......

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Every dog has his day...... Qualify first and end up last, they'll send her into the wall again.......

With little or no interest in the hunt, I completely agree. After all, when the green flag flies, the tickets are already sold and the TV's are already on. THEN they'll get to racin.' Wanna start a betting pool? I'll take Lap 2, that's the first really fast one.

The only thing is, Fat Tony's cars are all three up there in the top 5 at least in initial qualifying. (Read: how does all of that Duals crap work anymore?)

And see there? I'm falling victim to the hype. I may even watch the start of the race. Yes, I'm a sucker, too. Wait, no I won't, I'll be doing something a lot more important that day. Sure will, away from the TV. I'll have to catch the race clips on the headlines after dark.

Kinda like baseball anyhow. Boil down a few hours into 12 seconds of exciting video.

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He is proud of his non-existent exercise program and non-ownership of a razor.

Smoke's holding out for a spot on the the Gillette "Old Guns" posse.

(How to talk NASCAR tip: in the Dale Jr. era, groups, teams, and even loose affiliations of strangers are all referred to as a "posse")

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Daytona qualifying is all about building horsepower and a slick aero package as the rules allow. . . .

This nonsense that Nascar wouldn't give her a larger restrictor plate to stoke languid ticket sales and falling TV ratings like a fire on liquid oxygen and pay back "Government Motors" after two years of Ford wins is just plain conspiracy theorist crap from GM-worshiping dorks who can't admit that the "fix was in.""

Corrected it for ya, Scott!

[Scott Liggett]

Corrected it for ya, Scott!

Yep. Conspiracy theorist and Chevy hater right here amongst us.

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Not saying that Danica isn't hoped to do well by the NASCAR bigwigs but give her credit - she's a hell of a driver. Even IF she got a boost somewhere in the HP department she kept it on the track and ran the number. I couldn't do that and I doubt anyone on this forum could either. Not even our track Guru, Peewee.

Dan

I tend to agree with you Dan... Like the conspiracy that keeps Mark Martin from winning Daytona, or Daryl Waltrip before, or Dale Earnhardt, the list goes on and on... Every one of the drivers that attempted to qualify rank better than anyone I know personally right now, (other than Garlits and Beswick(both drag racers))...I have to give her credit...

[Scott Liggett]

With little or no interest in the hunt, I completely agree. After all, when the green flag flies, the tickets are already sold and the TV's are already on. THEN they'll get to racin.' Wanna start a betting pool? I'll take Lap 2, that's the first really fast one.

The only thing is, Fat Tony's cars are all three up there in the top 5 at least in initial qualifying. (Read: how does all of that Duals crap work anymore?)

And see there? I'm falling victim to the hype. I may even watch the start of the race. Yes, I'm a sucker, too. Wait, no I won't, I'll be doing something a lot more important that day. Sure will, away from the TV. I'll have to catch the race clips on the headlines after dark.

Kinda like baseball anyhow. Boil down a few hours into 12 seconds of exciting video.

I watched practice and qualifying this weekend. They must have explained the whole qualifying/dual races thing twenty times. I still don't get the whole reason for it. From what I gather. The only two cars that are set for the race from Sunday's qualifying session are the two fastest. They still have to risk crashing in the duals even though no matter how slow or fast they run in the duals, they are still the top two in the race. The rest of the cars have to race in to the 500 in the duals. The qualifying session sets the field for the duals. I have no idea how they do that. But since, there are only 45 cars entered, it means only two get sent home after the duals. But, now that they no longer have the top 35 owner points guaranteed to race no matter how badly they qualify; even Jimmy Johnson could sent packing if he crashes or blows up first.