***** Official 2016 NASCAR Thread *****

[GloryDayz]

Daytona is right around the corner and while Jeff won't be there let's get things going...

Date	Event
Feb. 13	Sprint Unlimited
Feb. 18	Can-Am Duel at Daytona
Feb. 21	Daytona
Feb. 28	Atlanta
March 6	Las Vegas
March 13	Phoenix
March 20	Auto Club
April 3	Martinsville
April 9	Texas
April 17	Bristol
April 24	Richmond
May 1	Talladega
May 7	Kansas
May 15	Dover
May 21	NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race
May 29	Charlotte
June 5	Pocono
June 12	Michigan
June 26	Sonoma
July 2	Daytona
July 9	Kentucky
July 17	New Hampshire
July 24	Indianapolis
July 31	Pocono
Aug. 7	Watkins Glen
Aug. 20	Bristol
Aug. 28	Michigan
Sept. 4	Darlington
Sept. 10	Richmond
Sept. 18	Chicagoland
Sept. 25	New Hampshire
Oct. 2	Dover
Oct. 8	Charlotte
Oct. 16	Kansas
Oct. 23	Talladega
Oct. 30	Martinsville
Nov. 6	Texas
Nov. 13	Phoenix
Nov. 20	Homestead-Miami

[Dylan]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

OK, that's just hard to look at. Not sure I would have given it the thumbs-up..

Red Bull has unveiled the new color scheme for 2016 on Thursday. I was under the impression RB would reveal the new paint scheme this coming Tuesday when F1 debuts the racecars for the 2016 season.

The photograph that I posted above was a camouflage wrap used during pre-season testing.

Here's the new color scheme:

Love it...

Can't wait to the paint scheme Gene Haas chose for his debut in F1.

[Dylan]

2016 Daytona Starting Lineup
Race is Sunday, Feb. 21, 1 p.m. EST, Fox TV

Row 1:
1. 24 Chase Elliott # NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet
2. 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota

Row 2:
3. 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Nationwide Chevrolet
4. 18 Kyle Busch M&M's 75 Toyota

Row 3:
5. 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford
6. 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's/Cessna Chevrolet

Row 4:
7. 21 * Ryan Blaney # Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford
8. 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation/Monster Energy Chevrolet

Row 5:
9. 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's Chevrolet
10. 19 Carl Edwards ARRIS Toyota

Row 6:
11. 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota
12. 95 Ty Dillon(i) Cheerios Chevrolet

Row 7:
13. 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet
14. 42 Kyle Larson Target Chevrolet

Row 8:
15. 16 Greg Biffle KFC Nashville Hot Ford
16. 10 Danica Patrick Nature's Bakery Chevrolet

Row 9:
17. 34 Chris Buescher # Love's Travel Stops Ford
18. 14 Brian Vickers Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet

Row 10:
19. 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Fastenal Ford
20. 93 * Matt DiBenedetto Dustless Blasting Toyota

Row 11:
21. 3 Austin Dillon DOW Chevrolet
22. 46 Michael Annett Pilot/Flying J Chevrolet

Row 12:
23. 6 Trevor Bayne AdvoCare Ford
24. 38 Landon Cassill Florida Lottery Ford

Row 13:
25. 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford
26. 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet

Row 14:
27. 7 Regan Smith Golden Corral/Nikko Chevrolet
28. 78 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Toyota

Row 15:
29. 23 David Ragan Dr Pepper Toyota
30. 47 AJ Allmendinger Kroger/Scott Products Chevrolet

Row 16:
31. 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Chevrolet
32. 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevrolet

Row 17:
33. 32 Bobby Labonte Can-Am Ford
34. 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford

Row 18:
35. 44 Brian Scott # Albertsons Co./Shore Lodge Ford
36. 83 Michael Waltrip Maxwell House Toyota

Row 19:
37. 27 Paul Menard Peak Antifreeze/Menards Chevrolet
38. 31 Ryan Newman CAT Chevrolet

Row 20:
39. 59 * Michael McDowell Thrivent Financial Chevrolet
40. 26 * Robert Richardson Jr. Stalk It Toyota

Did Not Qualify: #35 David Gilliland; #30 Josh Wise; #40 Reed Sorenson; #98 Cole Whitt.

[KCTitus]

Truck race was good until 3 to go and then the inevitable wreck so only the top 5 remain. 10 lead changes, close 2 line racing was enjoyable to watch...that's about 8 more lead changes than we'll see on Sunday during the daytona parade 500.

Im wondering at what lap the entire field of 43 goes single file on Sunday... probably laps 20 thru 245...

[Dylan]

Originally Posted by KCTitus

Truck race was good until 3 to go and then the inevitable wreck so only the top 5 remain. 10 lead changes, close 2 line racing was enjoyable to watch...that's about 8 more lead changes than we'll see on Sunday during the daytona parade 500.

Im wondering at what lap the entire field of 43 goes single file on Sunday... probably laps 20 thru 245...

Wow! Nascar Trucks Series Daytona 2016, The Big one 15 cars





Last Lap Crash: Oh.My.God Christopher Bell Flips 10/12 times

[Dylan]

Daytona International Speedway

NASCAR XFINITY Series Race
Saturday, February 20th, 3:30 PM ET
(120 LAPS, 300 MILES) - FOX Sports 1 / MRN / SiriusXM

XFINITY Entry List: There are 48 cars on the entry list for Saturday's season-opening PowerShares QQQ 300 at Daytona International Speedway.

A few notes:
Eric McClure is in the #0 for JD Motorsports;
Kasey Kahne will drive the #5 for JR Motorsports;
Mark Thompson is in the #13;
Jeff Green is in the #17 for Rick Ware;
Bobby Labonte will drive the #18 for Joe Gibbs;
Derek White is in the #40;
Joe Nemechek will drive his #87;
The JR Motorsports #88 will be driven by Chase Elliott;
The #90 is TBA;
Aric Almirola will drive the #98 for Biagi.
UPDATE: The Rick Ware Racing Chevys of #15-Stanton Barrett & #25-Chris Cockrum have been added.(2-17-2016)
UPDATE: Martin Roy will drive the #90.(2-19-2016)


*Saturday, February 20th, 10:00 AM NXS QUALIFYING (SINGLE VEHICLE / TWO ROUNDS) - FOX Sports 1

Ty Dillon fastest in happy hour: #3-Ty Dillon was quickest during happy hour for the PowerShares QQQ 300 with a speed of 182.113mph. He was followed by: #07-Ray Black, Jr., #43-Jeb Burton, #52-Joey Gase, #6-Drrell Wallace, Jr., #11-Blake Koch, #46-Anthony Kumpen, #24-Matt Tifft, #42-Kyle Larson, and #7-Justin Allgaier. 25 drivers participated in the session.

See complete results on the Daytona practice 3 speeds page (2-19-2016)

http://www.nascar.com/en_us/xfinity-...practice3.html


This race should be a cluster****.

[Dylan]

Check out the Truck series crashes above.

Honestly, why do these drivers think they can go three-wide at Daytona?

They cannot even hold their line ... The trucks are swaying all over the place.

The drivers are lucky they are traveling at the same speed.

[Dylan]

1/2 hour to go. Get up! Throw some water on your face.

It's Daytona, Baby!





Bump!

[Dylan]

Pre-race show country band, Florida Georgia Line was awesome...

http://floridageorgialine.com/

[Dylan]

J.C. the music in the background in the booth is ridiculous - can they stoop any lower

BETTING ODDS

• Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5/1
• Jimmie Johnson 8/1
• Kevin Harvick 8/1
• Joey Logano 10/1
• Brad Keselowski 12/1
• Kyle Busch 12/1
• Matt Kenseth 12/1
• Carl Edwards 14/1
• Chase Elliott 14/1
• Denny Hamlin 14/1
• Kurt Busch 14/1
• Martin Truex Jr. 16/1
• Kasey Kahne 16/1
• Kyle Larson 20/1
• Jamie McMurray 20/1

Others of note

• Clint Bowyer 40/1
• Danica Patrick 60/1
• Michael Waltrip 100/1


Edit: Creepy funeral music and DW voice for 4 hours..... What more could people want!

Wow, what a save by Harvick!

[Bugeater]

Cool, everyone can shut up about Chase Elliott now.

[Dylan]

Caution, Caution is out! #24 - The car is ready for the scrape heap

J.C. Chase in the middle, air comes off the car - He runs out of talent when he tried to come down in front of Edwards and spun into the grass. Regan Smith also in a spin.

[Dylan]

Originally Posted by Baconeater

Cool, everyone can shut up about Chase Elliott now.

Yeah, flat out ran out of talent.

Regan, spun all by himself with not one driver a mile around him.

[ROYC75]

Originally Posted by Dylan

Wow, what a save by Harvick!

That it was!

[Dylan]

Caution - Caution is out!

Vickers trying his best to drive through Logano, takes out some good cars.

DW pimping for Vickers comes up with some dumb excuse

[Dylan]

Thank God, Kyle and Denny are leading the way, not having to put up with those hacks that keep wrecking today.