POLE WINNER_ Boris Said


Say it! Said


Tony Qualified 2nd. This should be a GREAT race.

Canadian on the pole. who woulda thunk it?

Canadian on the pole. who woulda thunk it?

It's not where your from but where your at.

Boris is good peeps, He has taught a large portion of cup drivers how to turn left. Its time for him to get some.

It's not where your from but where your at.

Boris is good peeps, He has taught a large portion of cup drivers how to turn left. Its time for him to get some. I concur. Can't wait until a race up north here one day. Gonna go to the Vegas race next year.

Boris is good peeps, He has taught a large portion of cup drivers how to turn left. Its time for him to get some.
They already knew how to turn left. I think you meant right. Right?

Boris has paid his dues and then some. It would be great to see him get his props.

Agreed, good for Boris, hope he has a great run tomorrow night!

They already knew how to turn left. I think you meant right. Right? Yeeeees!


tony won the Iroc race last night.

Hope he makes it out safe tonight. Driving kevin Harvicks "Dollar General" chevy STRAIGHT REDNECK.

Ah shit I didn't realize the bush race was on :whistle:

Yep sure is.

GO JR #8 RULES DAYTONA!

GO JR #8 RULES DAYTONA!


He's checking out on the field.

Junior is dominating!! Awesome!!!

Well the "big one" is over and tony made it through.

He's checking out on the field.

Yeah... more like checking out the field... ***(((cough-aggot)))***

I think DW just put a curse on JR. Telling him he had the race won. with this far to go has to be bad luck.

"There are 24 cars on the lead lap... 23 now that P. J. Jones gets the luck dog."

Now I'm no mathematician... but doesn't 24 + 1= 25... but then again I suppose I shouldn't question the brain trust in the booth... :noshake:

"There are 24 cars on the lead lap... 23 now that P. J. Jones gets the luck dog."

Now I'm no mathematician... but doesn't 24 + 1= 25... but then again I suppose I shouldn't question the brain trust in the booth... :noshake:

Just wait until next weekend when the three stooges take over on NBC ...

Just wait until next weekend when the three stooges take over on NBC ...
Fuck thats right. I like Benny P. But everything else about the NBC broadcast sucks.

Fox has the hollywood hotel, NBC has some lame pit tool box w/an umbrella. Thats how much money they put into there broadcast.

and jr. wins!!!!

WINNER #8 FUCKIN A

same thing saturday !!!!!

nbc's coverage sucks, maybee they will have some decent commercials.

same thing saturday !!!!!

Not going to happen man. Not going to happen.

We will see ...

Not going to happen man. Not going to happen. ok dude tell me who you like?

its gonna be jr. winning then tony, then gordon!

ok dude tell me who you like?

As much as I hate to say it.

Biffle
Edwards
Stewart
Gordon
Johnson


Top 5 pick any order you want. And don't be shocked if Joe Gibbs Racing has 3 cars in the top 6

biffle come on jaeger no fords win at daytona!!!!

biffle come on jaeger no fords win at daytona!!!!

Exactly, a Ford has not won at Daytona since 2003 in the Pepsi 400 and before that a Ford had not won since Dale Jarrett won the Daytona 500 in 2000. I would be surprised to see a Ford win tonight ...

wont happen GO #8

Yeeeees!


tony won the Iroc race last night.

Hope he makes it out safe tonight. Driving kevin Harvicks "Dollar General" chevy STRAIGHT REDNECK.

I was watching the pre show on the speed channel and the guys were talking about Tony's bad luck. I was just WAITING for them to yell out Sc00t! That was exactly what i was thinking. They never said it though. Guess they don't appreciate Howard.

Jeff Gordon
Jimmie Johnson
Kevin Harvick
Dale Jarrett
Elliot Sadler

come on jlohinger not #24

Team Butler for tonight:

Tony Stewart

Elliott Sadler
Dale Jarrett

Boris Said

Tony Stewart
Kasey Kahne
Denny Hamiln
Scott Riggs

I would have liked to use Dale Jr. but I used up all of his races early in the season when I wasn't paying much attention to the Fantasy racing.... :D

Exactly, a Ford has not won at Daytona since 2003 in the Pepsi 400 and before that a Ford had not won since Dale Jarrett won the Daytona 500 in 2000. I would be surprised to see a Ford win tonight ...

I gave ya my top 5, I don't know what order they will finish, and like I said, It could very well be a Joe Gibbs night.

FREE PIT COMAND ON NASCAR.COM

Feeling good about #8. Wouldn't mind seeing Harvick take a Daytona race. If Gordon wins I might need to reconsider medication. Fuck Jarret, Big Brown Fuck. Fuck NBC's coverage of NASCAR too. BP is the only redeeming quality about the second half of the year. I really hate sitting through those shitty commercials on TNT.
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Tony Stewart
Kasey Kahne
Denny Hamiln
Scott Riggs

I would have liked to use Dale Jr. but I used up all of his races early in the season when I wasn't paying much attention to the Fantasy racing.... :D whats up brad i thought you were a jr fan??

whats up brad i thought you were a jr fan??

I am, but on Yahoo! Fantasy Racing, you can only use a driver for 9 races, I set my team at the beginning of the year, and left Jr. as the driver for 9 races and I Can't use him anymore, but I hope he wins and Tony finishes top 5 so I can get some good points! :D

I gave ya my top 5, I don't know what order they will finish, and like I said, It could very well be a Joe Gibbs night.

I would rather see it be a Gibbs or DEI night rather than a Roush night ... we will see though ...

Was anyone else shocked/disgusted that cheney showed up? If that's not a black cloud for Tony, i don't know what is.

I would rather see it be a Gibbs or DEI night rather than a Roush night ... we will see though ... fair enough.

Was anyone else shocked/disgusted that cheney showed up? If that's not a black cloud for Tony, i don't know what is.

That's funny.

At leats no one got shot in the face...although the night is young

this sucks im still at work, no tv!

Was anyone else shocked/disgusted that cheney showed up? If that's not a black cloud for Tony, i don't know what is.

There was a story in the USA today about it. DW campaigned for W. He''s even been on Air Force One.

Was anyone else shocked/disgusted that cheney showed up? If that's not a black cloud for Tony, i don't know what is.

Well he feels like he is speaking to his people. Bush country, god fearin, Ragin rednecks who will take a face value what their president says to them. ( I'm not saying he is correct, but that is the thought process with elections in November)

OH GO TONY!!!!!!

#8 sweep!!

#8 sweep!!

Hopefully he can get through all of the traffic without getting caught up in a wreck ...

should be a good race.

this sucks im still at work, no tv!

Go to nascar.com and fire up Track Pass. It's free this weekend.

Yeah PitCommand is awesome, I am a subscriber to it and I love having it every weekend.

Go to nascar.com and fire up Track Pass. It's free this weekend. already their thanks! 2 more hours of work.

mrn radio helps

Yeah PitCommand is awesome, I am a subscriber to it and I love having it every weekend.

Any suggestions on whose in car audio to listen to? Right now, I'm on "Scan All Drivers". Who's a talker?

Any suggestions on whose in car audio to listen to? Right now, I'm on "Scan All Drivers". Who's a talker? jr. can be pretty entertaining

you will hear ALOT of the spotter today.

Junior and Harvick are always good, especially if something isn't going their way! :D

I didn't know DW campaigned for W, what a fucking tool. Nice to see his brother in last, he's a country queer, say it. I'm sick of seeing Stewart leading races.
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Nice, a beach ball on the track ...

balls on the track...balls on the track...lol...hilarious

smoke must not like being listened to like the cam. deal with in demand. cause he is never a choice

fucking beach ball!!! :7jump:

you will hear ALOT of the spotter today.

Alot seems to be an understatement.

If they show that Taylor Hicks Ford commercial again, I may be elevated to throw fists

I always thought MW was a dandy :r2:

smoke must not like being listened to like the cam. deal with in demand. cause he is never a choice

fucking beach ball!!! :7jump:


Tony doesn't like the camera and mic, so he opted out of that program.

I listen to Jr. every week, He is very unhappy with the changes they made. " What ever you just did, undo it"-junior to Tony yuri jr.

"new deal" does dw listen to bubba??

Geez, does anyone really want to hear Hammond and Chris Myers interviewing Cheney? Good thing I have a mute button!! :D

If you have digital cable , alll the in car cameras are free for this race. They piss me off and I flip thru the in car cams.

Big one.. what lap?????? Awful close at that kind of speeds, damn restrictor plates...

Big one.. what lap?????? Awful close at that kind of speeds, damn restrictor plates...

I think they will be fine until the last 20 laps of the race and that is usually when the patience runs out and the tires start wearing out ...

fucking commercials!!!!! enough a;ready

That's funny.

At leats no one got shot in the face...although the night is young

Good point Soulman. Glad i'm at the homebase catching it on TV. I feel safe. Good race so far!

that dr. z is really the dodge ceo. It'snot a work?

As much as I hate to say it.

Biffle
Edwards
Stewart
Gordon
Johnson


Top 5 pick any order you want. And don't be shocked if Joe Gibbs Racing has 3 cars in the top 6


Hmmmmm.

at the half way point top 5 is.

Stewart
johnson
sadler
biffle
edwards


so far so good.

Trackpass keeps crashing, I give up. Looks like DEI is hulking up, wouldn't mind seeing Jr.+Jr. smashing some Hendricks homos. Especially that whiny bitch Kyle.
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Evenin Reeeeetards!!!!!!

JUst past half way, green flag pitstops in progress.

Trackpass keeps crashing, I give up. Looks like DEI is hulking up, wouldn't mind seeing Jr.+Jr. smashing some Hendricks homos. Especially that whiny bitch Kyle.
Nedophile for Life :bwtd:
I haven't had a prob. with track pass all night. It's actually streaming the closest to real time ever.
When jr.'s crew told him to come in within a couple of seconds I heard it on my pc.
Yellow caution out

for the record Will ferrell is the least funny human on earth. I'm tired of him being the "it" comedian in hollywood. I don't find him funny in the least.

Trackpass is running great, no problems at all .... finally a caution to bunch them all up ... Anyone else hear Waltrip say that Junior was going a lap down when he made his pit stop, hardly he is still on the lead lap and in 18th .... idiot!!!

Doh, fender damage for Kenseth and Biffle lost a lot of time coming off pit road when Truex almost got into him ...

thats funny 'cause jr.s leading now

Jr's watching the big screen again. pointing out somebody got a penalty for pitting outside the box.

I hate when they miss the restarts

I wonder if the Yellow caught people during the green stops.

I think jr was one of the last drivers to stop

Back to green,,,,,,
24
25
5
20
18
65 to go,

24 and 20 break away!

Geez, hard to keep up,,,,,,,,,,,,

I smell a big one, it's about to get ugly. And of course, Jeff Gordon has begun to whine.
WAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Nedophile for Life :bwtd:

zoom zoom zoom

Tean Butler is currently running:

1
14
21
30

Aarrrggghhhh!

Hi cunty. :hw:

40 togo expect the "big one" at any time

I smell a big one, it's about to get ugly. And of course, Jeff Gordon has begun to whine.
WAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Nedophile for Life :bwtd:

I'm with you, <sniff sniff> you smell that? it's desperation 40laps to go, a mistake is due any lap now.


Hey cunty!

Is it just me or does Fox seem to go to commercial every 2-3 laps?/ this is fucked

Jr's leading the second pack but he's runnin to shitty and to far back to get up front now

Free Track Pass is the shit, I still would not pay for it !

GO GORDON !!!

Is it just me or does Fox seem to go to commercial every 2-3 laps?/ this is fucked
yeah they will probably break 3 more times

caution wouldn't ya know it during a break

Of course, yellow is out and Fox is on commercial.... ugh!!

Johnson and Labonte crash, damnit I was hoping Bobby Labonte might have a chance ...

guess I can go burn a wheel now

How fucking piss poor is this coverage... that the second caution they didn't come back from... what a fucking joke... :mad:

This is Fox's last broadcast of the season, I guess they have to get their money's worth out of all of the commercials ...

Goddamit, when will the #8 team get their shit together????? I'm a diehard fan, but it's hard to keep the faith. Maybe they can salvage something from this caution.
I saw some clips of Talledega Nights, it looks like the worst Ferrel movie yet, worse than Anchorman, if you can believe that.
Nedophile for Life :bwtd:

Oh damn, Gordon and Johnson both with problems in the last 10 laps :D

"he's got more problems than me bump drafting him"-Jr

What a comeback for Team Butler. 1,2,8,24. Nice

Oh damn, Gordon and Johnson both with problems in the last 10 laps :D
Yea , I was rooting for Gordon, His car is all fucked up now, time to double the Tequila in my Margarita's.

this should be good
:box:

At least Tony will win with the help of a Hendrick car.

AAAAAAHHHH!!!!!WTF jr lifted at the white.

Smoke going to climb the fence??

Team Butler finsihes 1, 4, 5, 22. Not bad, not bad at all.

One Wreck took 4 of my top 5,

but Smoke won!! that's all the really matters.

forgot I was here

Glad to see Tony win, I think he is nuts to jump down there with all of the drunk fans!! :D

Yeah Tony!! :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

So is the back cloud lifted?

Glad to see Tony win, I think he is nuts to jump down there with all of the drunk fans!! :D
Your right about that

Awesome finish for Boris also! Two top 5 runs in a row!

That was a piss poor finish for Daytona. I grudgingly give Tony congrats, and a big fuck you to Gordon. SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH YOU CRYBABY BITCH. He used to do those late bump drafts all the time, now all of a sudden it's the end of the world when he gets a little tap from Jr. By the way Jeff, you're back out of the top ten, and my boy is up to third.
WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Ok, now all of you Gordon marks can start with the hate.
Nedophile for Life :bwtd:

Glad to see Tony win, I think he is nuts to jump down there with all of the drunk fans!! :D
Bubba would do that if he could get over the fence.

That was a piss poor finish for Daytona. I grudgingly give Tony congrats, and a big fuck you to Gordon. SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH YOU CRYBABY BITCH. He used to do those late bump drafts all the time, now all of a sudden it's the end of the world when he gets a little tap from Jr. By the way Jeff, you're back out of the top ten, and my boy is up to third.
WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Ok, now all of you Gordon marks can start with the hate.
Nedophile for Life :bwtd:

eh, you just didn't have the Car tonight. I hate to see a finish under yellow tbh, but I don't think it would have made a difference.

That was a piss poor finish for Daytona. I grudgingly give Tony congrats, and a big fuck you to Gordon. SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH YOU CRYBABY BITCH. He used to do those late bump drafts all the time, now all of a sudden it's the end of the world when he gets a little tap from Jr. By the way Jeff, you're back out of the top ten, and my boy is up to third.
WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Ok, now all of you Gordon marks can start with the hate.
Nedophile for Life :bwtd:
GET A LIFE YOU JACKASS, DID YOU EVEN WATCH THE FUCKIN RACE HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, FUCK DALE JR. RIDING ON DADDY'S COAT TAILS. GO AND CRACK OPEN A BUD TO SUPPORT LIL DALE, HE NEEDS ALL THE HELP HE CAN GET.

So is the back cloud lifted?

I sure hope so! Sc00t just needs to STAY AWAY from Tony next time he visits the studio!! Great race.

GET A LIFE YOU JACKASS, DID YOU EVEN WATCH THE FUCKIN RACE HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, FUCK DALE JR. RIDING ON DADDY'S COAT TAILS. GO AND CRACK OPEN A BUD TO SUPPORT LIL DALE, HE NEEDS ALL THE HELP HE CAN GET.

Oh please .... :rolleyes:

i told u guys smoke would win..love it!!

great job smoke!!!!

Typical Gordon mark, oh so sensitive, broken heart and bleeding asshole. I saw the race, and I was disappointed with DEI's performance. However, you have to be blind not to see that Super G(G-A-Y, that spells Gordon) has a serious oh me complex. Besides his double standard bullshit, he cries anytime the going gets rough. Remember that race a couple of years ago where the track came up and damaged his car? He spent 10 minutes under red crying to Helton about how he should get a mulligan. Racing is tough, and shit happens. A true competitor rolls with the punches and shuts his fucking mouth. I respect the man for his driving skill, but he needs a serious atitude adjustment. Fuckoff Red.
I would have liked to see the race finished to find out if the Busch brothers were going to take each other out.
By the way, I don't drink Bud, it's pee water. I prefer Beck's, 7+7, or Jaegermeister.
Nedophile for Life :bwtd:
Goodnight all.

[QUOTE=doomsdayjesus]Typical Gordon mark, oh so sensitive, broken heart and bleeding asshole. I saw the race, and I was disappointed with DEI's performance. However, you have to be blind not to see that Super G(G-A-Y, that spells Gordon) has a serious oh me complex. Besides his double standard bullshit, he cries anytime the going gets rough. Remember that race a couple of years ago where the track came up and damaged his car? He spent 10 minutes under red crying to Helton about how he should get a mulligan. Racing is tough, and shit happens. A true competitor rolls with the punches and shuts his fucking mouth. I respect the man for his driving skill, but he needs a serious atitude adjustment. Fuckoff Red.
I would have liked to see the race finished to find out if the Busch brothers were going to take each other out.
By the way, I don't drink Bud, it's pee water. I prefer Beck's, 7+7, or Jaegermeister.
Nedophile for Life :bwtd:
Goodnight all. [/QUOTE
Hey , I will be working in Ft Myers next week , let know where you will be on thursday morn so we can clear this up ASSHOLE DALE JR DICK SUCKER.

Typical Gordon mark, oh so sensitive, broken heart and bleeding asshole. I saw the race, and I was disappointed with DEI's performance. However, you have to be blind not to see that Super G(G-A-Y, that spells Gordon) has a serious oh me complex. Besides his double standard bullshit, he cries anytime the going gets rough. Remember that race a couple of years ago where the track came up and damaged his car? He spent 10 minutes under red crying to Helton about how he should get a mulligan. Racing is tough, and shit happens. A true competitor rolls with the punches and shuts his fucking mouth. I respect the man for his driving skill, but he needs a serious atitude adjustment. Fuckoff Red.
I would have liked to see the race finished to find out if the Busch brothers were going to take each other out.
By the way, I don't drink Bud, it's pee water. I prefer Beck's, 7+7, or Jaegermeister.
Nedophile for Life :bwtd:
Goodnight all.
It's got to be killing you to only be able to post every 30 minutes JR. MEMBER.
It's racing you fucktard. How many championships has Jr won , A BIG ZERO, so shut your cock sucker.

great run by tony tonihgt. not bad for boris either. this might help him in his push for a full time ride in cup racing.

oh and fuck dale jr. he'll never be even half the man his father was. the greatness that was associated with the earnhardt name died with dale sr. jr and kerry will never win championships like their father.

Way to go SMOKE!!!!!!!! Good run Boris Said too!

oh and fuck dale jr. he'll never be even half the man his father was. the greatness that was associated with the earnhardt name died with dale sr. jr and kerry will never win championships like their father.

:rolleyes:

I just got home from the speedway. Hurting pretty bad, I partied with Jimmie Johnson and Brian Vickers until 5 AM this morning in my motorhome. I hope you all enjoyed the race, it was kick ass!

Thunder

It's got to be killing you to only be able to post every 30 minutes JR. MEMBER.
It's racing you fucktard. How many championships has Jr won , A BIG ZERO, so shut your cock sucker.
You want to get personal over racing??? You fucking neanderthal. Jr member huh? Looks like you've been a full member for about a month, so it's kind of dumb to try to piss me off using that. You want to make threats, that's alright. I'll be on my jobsite, and that's no good. So let me know where you'll be, and I'll be more than happy to drop 180lbs. of whup ass on you. Otherwise, grow up, and get a life. This is some dumb shit to be throwing fists over.
Nedophile for Life :bwtd:

NASCAR News From www.captainthunderracing.com


Tony Stewart is beginning to like the Daytona International Speedway. Allot! Stewart became only the second driver ever to win Daytona's summer race in back to back years. Stewart won the Pepsi 400 last year as he dominated the weekend and won from the pole. This year was not much different as he clearly had the best car all night and was nearly untouchable. David Pearson is the only other driver to win back to back Pepsi 400's. Pearson did it when the race was called the Firecracker 400 in 1973 and 1974.

Crew chief Greg Zipadelli seems like he has finally figured out the high banks and the restrictor plate nightmare that is Daytona. Stewart and his crew are not the first team to struggle at the famed speedway. Daytona has been frustrating for many of the greatest drivers ever. Dale Earnhardt didn't win a Daytona 500 until his 20th attempt. Darrell Waltrip only won at Daytona once in his storied career. Waltrip won the 1989 Daytona 500 but never won a Pepsi 400.

For a while it looked like Stewart might suffer the same fate. He burst onto the scene in 1999 and was the Winston Cup Rookie of the Year. But after the 2005 Daytona 500 he was still 0 for 13 at the most famous track in NASCAR. He had the Rookie of the Year under his belt, a Winston Cup Championship, and a Brickyard 400 win to his credit, but still no Daytona wins.

Stewart acknowledged many times that winning at Daytona was at the top of his list of things to do before his career could end. Now with back to back Pepsi 400 wins only one more accomplishment alludes the two time NASCAR Champion. A Daytona 500 win.

One thing is for sure though, Stewart and Zipadelli have indeed figured out the Daytona Speedway. There was no doubt in anyone's mind who had the best car Saturday night. Especially those in the front row that got landed on when Stewart decided to do a crowd dive after climbing the fence in typical Stewart fashion.

"I made the mistake of going down the ladder," he said. "I thought there was a gate there. I didn't find the gate and was in the mosh pit for a while."
"There was no way I was going to let those race fans down," he said. "It started here ... I was either going to get all the way up or I was going to fall off and fall on my butt. But I wasn't going to stop. "It was every bit as big, if not bigger, than it was last year."

There were plenty of cars on the track that were fast in short runs. But no one was able to run upfront all night long the way Stewart did. He led 85 of 160 laps. Dale Earnhardt JR. led briefly, Jeff Gordon looked like he had a good setup, even Brian Vickers, Kurt Busch, and Boris Said looked like they might of had a chance to compete for a Daytona win, but it was really all about Stewart and the #20 Home Depot Chevrolet team. They were ready from the time their car hit the track on Friday when Stewart qualified the car second and they never looked back.

Late pit strategy by pole winner Boris Said nearly stole the victory from Stewart, but after a restart with four laps to go, Stewart's #20 Chevrolet easily blew by Said for the win.

"I felt like we had a better shot of getting around Boris than we would anybody else," Stewart said. "Not because Boris isn't a great driver, but he hasn't had a lot of experience on restrictor-plate racing and knowing what to do and what to watch for. "I knew some things I could do that he wouldn't be looking for."

Jeff Gordon was attempting to tie the late Dale Earnhardt with 11 restrictor plate victories but got caught in a late five car wreck when rookie J.J. Yeley and Greg Biffle bounced off of each other to bring the final caution of the night. Gordon then lost his brakes and could not finish. After the race he was whining as he always does after a disappointing run.

"It was getting dicey and crazy," said Gordon. "The No. 18 [Yeley] was backing up through the middle and I got to the outside and the No. 16 [Biffle] was going around him and there were so many guys that were getting out of control.
"The guys were getting a little bit out of control there those last few laps and that's usually what happens when guys drive like that."
"There were so many guys out there, and I want to bad mouth every one of them," Gordon said. "But I'm not going to. If I don't have anything nice to say, I shouldn't say anything at all."

Gordon was also seen giving the magic finger to teammates Johnson and Vickers. Something neither was happy about after the race. In a candid interview with Captain Thunder later that night in the Daytona infield, both voiced their displeasure.

"He was flipping both of us off tonight, I don't know what is problem was but he flipped off me and Jimmie", said Vickers.

Gordon added, "I definitely am going to have to go make some friends in the garage," said Gordon. "I think me and Dale Earnhardt Jr., neither one of us have any friends out there because there was nobody who seemed to want to work with us. That is part of restrictor-plate racing."

Fan favorite Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished 13th and moved up to third in the points standings. Jr. led for a brief time and had the Daytona fans on their feet but never really had a chance as he struggled with a loose race car all night.

Points leader Jimmie Johnson finished a disappointing 32nd and now only leads Matt Kenseth by eight points. Kenseth finished fifth and looked great all night. He said after the race that his team had a tremendous car.

The Busch brothers, Kyle and Kurt, finished second and third.

"I would have done anything Kyle needed me to do for him to go to Victory Lane," Kurt said.

"What a brother," Kyle replied.

"It takes two to pass Tony," Kurt added.

Kyle's run helped move him up four spots in the standings to eighth. Meanwhile, Gordons DNF dropped him out of the chase for the championship and left him in 12th place.

Next week it is on to Chicagoland for the USG Sheetrock 400 where Dale Earnhardt Jr. will try to defend his wis title. Earnhardt Jr. won last years Chicagoland race on pit strategy and was ridiculed all year for it being his only win of the season. Chicagoland is a 1.5 mile tri oval with 18 degrees of banking. Keep a close eye on the Fords and an even closer eye on the "now hot again" Tony Stewart.

Written by Captain Thunder

Canadian on the pole. who woulda thunk it? I thought he was from Bakersfield?? Anyway, Thank God Tony broke the curse of Scott Salem!!!!

How awesome was it that Tony thought there was a gate at the bottom of the Flag stand to get back onto the track? That's why he jumped down into the crowd...lol.....

PREVIEW OF THIS WEEKS CHICAGOLAND RACE


NEXTEL CUP SCHEDULE:
http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2006/data/schedule.html


"Chicagoland...My Kind Of Town"

This week the Nextel Cup Series heads to the home of Jazz and Blues, Chicago. Chicago seems like a fitting place to be headed for the four time Winston Cup Series Champion Jeff Gordon after a weekend in Daytona that left him 12th in the standings and out of the chase for the championship. Talk about feeling blue!

Gordon's unfortunate luck late in the Pepsi 400 left him and his crew chief Steve Letarte reeling. Gordon was attempting to tie the late Dale Earnhardt with 11 restrictor plate victories but got caught in a late five car wreck when rookie J.J. Yeley and Greg Biffle bounced off of each other to bring the final caution of the night. Gordon then lost his brakes and could not finish.

So is Jeff feeling a bit blue as he and his Dupont Chevrolet team heads to Chicagoland? Blue and bitter to say the least.

"There were so many guys out there, and I want to bad mouth every one of them," Gordon said. "But I'm not going to. If I don't have anything nice to say, I shouldn't say anything at all."

Gordon was also seen giving the magic finger to teammates Johnson and Vickers. Something neither was happy about after the race. In a candid interview with Captain Thunder later that night in the Daytona infield, both voiced their displeasure.

"He was flipping both of us off tonight, I don't know what his problem was but he flipped off me and Jimmie", said Vickers.

One man who is not feeling the least bit blue, is Tony Stewart. Fresh off of his crowd surfing experience in the Daytona grandstands, Stewart is excited about his chances to climb the Chicagoland fences this weekend. He is now 5th in the points standings and in a great position to make a run at a third Nextel Cup Championship.

The Chicagoland track is a 1.5 mile tri oval with 18 degrees of banking and it will test the Chevy's recent dominance. Even though a Chevrolet has won four of the five Chicagoland races, the Fords have dominated each race only to succumb to bad luck finishes.

The defending champion is Dale Earnhardt Jr. and the 2004 winner was Tony Stewart. Ryan Newman has also won at Chicagoland and Kevin Harvick went back to back to win the first two Chicagoland races in 2001 and 2002.

Granted, the Chevrolet drivers are on a roll lately, with Stewart winning the Pepsi 400 and Jeff Gordon winning Infineon the week before. But my gut tells me this will be Ford's weekend and my Top 5 shows it.

I had a great time with all of the Captain Thunder fans that came by the motorcoach in the Daytona infield to say hello and enjoy NASCAR's greatest track with us. Thank's to Jimmie Johnson and Brian Vickers for hanging with us after the race Saturday night, we had a great time with you guys! Also, a special thank you to Blair Minton, PR Director for Martin Truex Jr. and to Martin for spending some time with me on Friday during qualifying. I look forward to seeing you all at Chicagoland, my kind of town!

Captain Thunder's TOP 5 For The 2006 USG Sheetrock 400:


Carl Edwards

Greg Biffle

Matt Kenseth

Tony Stewart

Dale Earnhardt JR.



Past Chicagoland Winners:
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