2013 Nascar Series starts - Daytona 500 today

[Robert A Whit]

For starters, Sassy nailed it. As soon as Danica was pulled out of the draft, without a "partner", she faded, IMO due to no fault of her own. It was Brad Keselowski who was winning until the final caution flag. Jimmie Johnson was leading when the flag went out and chose the outside for the restart. He pulled away from there and wasn't threatened. Dale wanted to pass him but didn't have it, and mainly pushed Jimmie to the victory.

Oh, okay. I was messing with this forum at the same time and was not facing the TV. That clears it up for me. I was confusing Biffle for Johnson. Should have faced the TV or I plain forgot.

[Robert A Whit]

Btw, it was Kenseth who lead the most until his engine blew out, followed by Kyle Busch.

Gordon led a bunch of laps too. I guess messing on this forum and having the race on, I got distracted more than I realized. Kenseth did seem to lead a lot of laps. Do they get paid per lap they lead? I know Indy did that, probably still pay for a lap that is led.

[jimnyc]

Gordon led a bunch of laps too. I guess messing on this forum and having the race on, I got distracted more than I realized. Kenseth did seem to lead a lot of laps. Do they get paid per lap they lead? I know Indy did that, probably still pay for a lap that is led.

Depends if they win or not! The scoring is odd, and too hard/long to explain, read here:

http://nascar.about.com/od/standings/a/nascarpoints.htm

[Robert A Whit]

Jimmie Johnson proved the fastest on Sunday, garnering himself far more than a simple confetti parade and a big ole’ trophy — the pay day for Johnson’s first place finish was a cool $1,525,275.
But he wasn’t the only one to walk away from the track with a fat paycheck. The total Daytona 500 payout came in at just under $20 million. The $19.3 million spread out amongst all the drivers is the most in the history of the race and, simply put one big chunk of change for a single day.
Here’s the full payment breakdown, according to SB Nation:
1) Jimmie Johnson: $1,525,275
2) Dale Earnhardt Jr. $1,104,814
3) Mark Martin $817,013
4) Brad Keselowski $707,855
5) Ryan Newman $573,271
6) Greg Biffle $481,864
7) Regan Smith $411,822
8) Danica Patrick $389,464
9) Michael McDowell $368,121
10) J.J. Yeley $338,738
11) Clint Bowyer $373,086
12) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. $373,399
13) Aric Almirola $358,449
14) Denny Hamlin $330,739
15) Bobby Labonte $337,647
16) David Reutimann $324,872
17) Dave Blaney $322,785
18) Marcos Ambrose $340,072
19) Joey Logano $339,057
20) Jeff Gordon $362,229
21) Paul Menard $343,279
22) Michael Waltrip $309,554
23) Scott Speed $305,514
24) Marin Truex Jr. $340,114
25) Travis Kvapil $317,038
26) Terry Labonte $307,838
27) Trevor Bayne $308,789
28) Kurt Busch #336,234
29) Casey Mears $312,314
30) Jeff Burton $311,031
31) Austin Dillon $313,583
32) Jamie McMurray $328,933
33) Carl Edwards $334,164
34) Kyle Busch $377,610
35) David Ragan $308,188
36) Kasey Kahne $334,118
37) Matt Kenseth $544,306
38) David Gilliland $283,879
39) Juan Pablo Montoya $318,593
40) Josh Wise $276,953
41) Tony Stewart $321,179
42) Kevin Harvick $346,418
43) Joe Nemechek $264,354

[fj1200]

See? Mad. Those shades she always wears don't help either. Not that she doesn't have other redeeming qualities.

[Abbey Marie]

Fj, she's probably just posturing in a male-dominated field.

[fj1200]

Fj, she's probably just posturing in a male-dominated field.

Were you taking into account that last shot when you said that?

[Abbey Marie]

Were you taking into account that last shot when you said that?

No. I was actually doing something rather rare around here: responding directly and sincerely to your question/comment. Therefore, not understanding the poke-icon.

Whaddevuh.

[Robert A Whit]

No doubt to me that in that Danica photo in the car, she posed the way the Camera person wanted her to. She probably smiled in other photos but the photo selection we saw no doubt was not the pose she may have wanted. I notice at the race she is serious. Maybe to some that looks angry. I doubt she is angry very often.

[fj1200]

No. I was actually doing something rather rare around here: responding directly and sincerely to your question/comment. Therefore, not understanding the poke-icon.

Whaddevuh.

I suppoooooose I was a bit flip there but you may be right. It's just that her expressions always seem very stern but then I don't pay much attention to other drivers. If they even make the Yahoo headlines. When I flipped past the coverage the other night and saw the three male announcers, I thought to myself that it's good they don't put those guys on TV too often.

[SassyLady]

I suppoooooose I was a bit flip there but you may be right. It's just that her expressions always seem very stern but then I don't pay much attention to other drivers. If they even make the Yahoo headlines. When I flipped past the coverage the other night and saw the three male announcers, I thought to myself that it's good they don't put those guys on TV too often.

Just so you don't think she always looks mad:

danica1.jpgdanica2.jpgdanica3.jpgdanica4.jpgdanica5.jpg

[SassyLady]

Robert ... freight train does not mean being crashed.

[Robert A Whit]

Robert ... freight train does not mean being crashed.

What did she mean?

[SassyLady]

What did she mean?

Means she becomes one of the cars in a long straight line of cars....like a freight train.

Here is an interesting video you might enjoy about "bump drafting".

[Robert A Whit]

Means she becomes one of the cars in a long straight line of cars....like a freight train.

Here is an interesting video you might enjoy about "bump drafting".

I dunno, she was already in a line of cars ergo she was already freight training.

Thanks for the video. I however have long known of drafting and how it works.

I was very puzzled since she was in that line of cars and used the reason for not moving to the open spot to the left as being freight trained. That is why it puzzled me.If you recall, had she moved left, nobody would be in front of her on the final lap. i think she did not make that move fearing the loss of draft.