I would like to see any of the A-holes on here bitching about left turn, blah blah blah .... to get in one of those cars and try to make it around ONE time @ 150MPH without wrecking.
Fact is. it takes more concentration, skill and balls, than any of you punks have.
Try that for 3 hours in 120+ degrees inside the car with no A/C, cramped quarters with perhaps, even the Sun in your eyes.
Jimmie Johnson Wins Daytona 500, Danica Patrick Finishes Eighth: Are You a NASCAR Fan?
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2013/02/25 00:31:49
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On Sunday at Daytona International Speedway, Jimmie Johnson won the Daytona 500 for the second time in his career. Danica Patrick came in eighth, making some racing history of her own.
Held annually in Daytona Beach, Florida, the Daytona 500—also known as the “The Great American Race” or the “Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing”—is the most prestigious race on the NASCAR calendar. The 500-mile, 200-lap race is also the first Sprint Cup Series race of the season.
This year, Patrick became the first woman to win a pole and the first woman to lead a lap in the Sprint Cup Series (she led twice for a total of five laps). Coming in eighth, Patrick also claimed the best-ever finish by a woman at the Daytona 500—outdoing Janet Guthrie’s 11th place finish in 1980.
Earlier in the weekend, on Saturday, at least 28 fans were injured during the Nationwide Series race when Kyle Larson’s racecar went airborne during a 12-car pileup.
Held annually in Daytona Beach, Florida, the Daytona 500—also known as the “The Great American Race” or the “Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing”—is the most prestigious race on the NASCAR calendar. The 500-mile, 200-lap race is also the first Sprint Cup Series race of the season.
This year, Patrick became the first woman to win a pole and the first woman to lead a lap in the Sprint Cup Series (she led twice for a total of five laps). Coming in eighth, Patrick also claimed the best-ever finish by a woman at the Daytona 500—outdoing Janet Guthrie’s 11th place finish in 1980.
Earlier in the weekend, on Saturday, at least 28 fans were injured during the Nationwide Series race when Kyle Larson’s racecar went airborne during a 12-car pileup.
Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/25/sports/jimmie-jo...
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Gulfstream 2013/02/25 01:31:51
I'm sure NASCAR fans can understand. I bet most of them don't care about soccer. And I'm sure that's not simply because of Socialism of whatever. Marxist Europe, blah, blah, blah.
Go Richard Petty and AJ Foyt!
I also could never figure out why the grandest race of the season is the very 1st race?
Anyways, I did watch and it was impressive to see Danica win the pole and get a top ten finish. When you figure the overall exp. she has in re-stricter plate big ovals she overall did very well!