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Daytona 500 picks
#245850 02/09/09 03:56 AM
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OK guys, the great America race is on next Sunday and for anyone interested in NASCAR, who is your pick to win the 500.

I am going to go out on a limb and pick Mark Martin, the guy is due to win something to put the "!" on his career, he has a great ride this year, and is a very patient and skilled driver.

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Good luck with finding more than a couple of us interested with that type of racing around here Paul.

Picking Mark Martin driving a Hendrick car with Gordon, Johnson and Junior as teammates would be going out on a limb? Nah, that team should be expected to be one of the top runners in the 500.
I'll go out on a limb and choose Bill Elliott and the Wood Brothers but don't count out Tony and his new driver Newman ... you know, that other Hendrick team. ;\)
Looks like Yates and a couple of the other Ford teams came loaded for bear, should be interesting but you know how that restrictor plate racing is, you never know until they cross the finish line.


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Martin or Gordon will win it.


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RickF #245880 02/09/09 01:52 PM
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Well, Elliot sure knows how to get around a race track. I've always like Bill, like Mark, a clean well respected driver. He had a very fast car in practice.

For Mark, it just seems the gods are only willing to make him a brides made. Runner up to the championship 4 times, 2 years ago becasue NASCAR decided not to throw a caution, he gets 2nd to Harvick in the 500, and then this year he is 2nd to Turex for the start of this years 500. He's the luckiest, unluckiest driver ever to run in NASCAR.

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I like Mark and would love to see him win the 500, and if not I believe he will surely win a race or two this year ... I can only hope that Elliott will do equally as well. But you know how the plate races are, depends on who is left and who gets pushed to the front so it's really a crap shoot. I personally don't like the plate racing myself.


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RickF #245911 02/09/09 06:46 PM
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I also like Mark and I'd love to see him win. As Rick said it's all about timing and who is with you on the last lap. I just wish they would find a way to eliminate the restrictor plate, the racing really suffers because of it.


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How fast are they going with the restrictor plate?


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Pole position was set with 188mph


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Eh... not very high then.


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Ken.C #245921 02/09/09 07:34 PM
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The restrictor plate reduces the amount of air that can be sucked into the engine, the reduces horse power. This does two things:

1. It limits the cars top speed to around 190 mph (yes that is pretty fast for a stock car) but without it they would be over 210 MPH. NASCAR has decided that this is too fast for the drivers and not safe.

2. It limits the time a car can get up to speed.

The result of this is for most of the race all 43 cars drive around in one huge pack using the "draft" to pass. Exciting for most people, not my wife, to watch and no problem as long as everyone behaves. But if a tire blows or someone gets silly, and this usually happens, it can take out half the field due to the close proximity of each car.

The late Dale E. always said, we don't need no plate, if you don't like the speed, then get off the track. Ironic thing is, he died during the 2001 Daytona 500.

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