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2014 Budweiser Speedweeks @ Daytona

EVENT SCHEDULE (subject to change)


LUCAS OIL 200 PRESENTED BY MAV-TV
ARCA Racing Series pres. by Menards

February 15th @ 4:00pm EST on FOX Sports 1
Race Length: 200 miles/80 laps

Entry List: http://www.arcaracing.com/schedule.php? ... ry#details

Past Winners


SPRINT UNLIMITED AT DAYTONA
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

February 15th @ 8:15pm EST on FOX Sports 1
Race Length: 75 laps, separated by three segments

Rules and Eligibility:
- Drivers who have won the Coors Pole Award during the 2013 season or any previous winners of the Sprint Unlimited are eligible to compete.
- There will be a mandatory two-tire pit stop prior to the third and final segment
- Fans will be able to vote at http://www.nascar.com/sprintunlimited on the following race stipulations:
--- Race Format: pertaining to the number of laps in each of the three segments. (30/35/10 laps, 30/30/15 laps, or 30/25/20 laps)
--- Starting Lineup: determines how the field is set for the start of the race. (Most career poles, 2013 driver standings, or Fastest drivers in final practice)
--- Restart Order: determines how the field is set for the final segment. (Fastest lap over the first two segments, Most laps led over the first two segments, or Positions coming off pit road after mandatory stop)

Eligible Drivers: http://www.jayski.com/news/stats/2014/s ... ed#drivers

Past Winners


UNOH BATTLE AT THE BEACH
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and NASCAR Whelen Modified/Southern Modified Tour

February 18th on FOX Sports 2
Race Length: Two 150-lap races

Race Format:
- This year's event will feature a points-paying race for the K&N Pro Series East Division and a non-points exhibition race for Whelen Modified Tour and Whelen Southern Modified Tour competitors.
- Both races are 150 laps each and will be contested on a 0.4-mile temporary oval in front of the backstretch grandstands.

Entry Lists: K&N Pro / Whelen Modifieds

Past Winners


BUDWEISER DUEL AT DAYTONA
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

February 20th @ 7pm EST on FOX Sports 1
Race Length: Two 150-mile/60-lap races

Race Format:
- The two fastest qualifiers (the Daytona 500 pole winner and the outside pole winner) are awarded the pole positions for each Duel race respectively. Provided they do not switch to a backup car, these two drivers will be locked into their respective positions regardless of Duel finish.
- Starting positions for the Duel races are set by qualifying speed. Drivers who qualify in odd-numbered positions compete in the first race. Drivers who qualify in even-numbered positions compete in the second race.
- Positions 3 thru 32 for the Daytona 500 are set by the finishing order of both Duel races.
- Positions 33 thru 36 for the Daytona 500 are set by the fastest 4 drivers in pole qualifying not already locked in through Duel finish.
- The final 6 (or 7) positions for the Daytona 500 go to the highest finishing drivers in 2013 Owner's Standings not already locked in through Duel finish or pole qualifying speed.
- If necessary, the 43rd spot for the Daytona 500 will be awarded to the most recent Sprint Cup champion not already locked in through the above criteria, via the Past Champion's Provisional.

Past Winners


NEXTERA ENERGY RESOURCES 250
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

February 21st @ 7:30pm EST on FOX Sports 1
Race Length: 250 miles/100 laps

Entry List: http://www.jayski.com/news/campingworld ... tona-entry

Past Winners


DRIVE4COPD 300
NASCAR Nationwide Series

February 22nd @ 1pm EST on ESPN
Race Length: 300 miles/120 laps

Entry List: http://www.jayski.com/news/nationwide/2 ... Entry-List

Past Winners


56TH ANNUAL DAYTONA 500
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

February 23rd @ 1pm EST on FOX
Race Length: 500 miles/200 laps

Entry List: http://www.jayski.com/news/stats/2014/s ... Entry-List

Past Winners

I miss IROC and Goody's Dash

Still, off season over, new qualy rules, new plate rules, time to get unreasonably excited for something year on year we know an either be amazingly fantastic or amazingly shitty with nothing in between!

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RIP Birmingham Wheels: here's some of the crash videos I recorded when it was there:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIaKIE ... 5t9d5PvoHA

Twitter:

http://www.twitter.com/paulhadsley

I'm definitely looking forward to it! It's a very different schedule from the first year I really started watching all things NASCAR coverage in 1996...

http://www.theautochannel.com/news/even ... s3502.html

3 days of ARCA practice and quals, 3 rounds of Daytona 500 qualifying, 2 rounds of Goody's Dash and Busch Grand National qualifying. The Busch boys rolled in on Monday and had nearly a week to get ready. IROC practice, and a ton of extra practice when time allowed. This was all before Daytona had lights of course, but it was a true Speedweeks... cars were on track from dawn til dusk for over a week. Oh well, the times change just like a condensed month of May in Indy and shortened race weeks in Charlotte.

Here's to hoping for a great kickoff to a great 2014!

The duels are at 7 EST? Aren't they usually afternoon races? (Not complaining - this means I can actually watch them!)

And that was back when ESPN covered every waking moment of track activity:

Yep, night races this year.

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"The track's wet, that's what I think about it. Fucking shit gets wet when it rains."
-Dale Earnhardt Jr.

far too much night racing imo

Fuck Europeans, 'MERICA.

Yeah those were some of the few that I didn't tape over. I might still have some others. I usually just recorded everything that happened all day when I was at school in case of something notable or an accident, but taped over them once I ran out of tapes for something else. I sure wish I hadn't now!

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Go Miami Dolphins!
Go New York Yankees!
Go New York Rangers!

BULLSHIT!

"I better not say anything in case I say something I regret............................... that was bullshit."

Those were the best races of the week last year (if you ignore the NWS for it's crash status), my Mrs is going to be so pissed this year when I wish her happy birthday then turn on Fox Sports 1 for the rest of the day

I'm actually glad they moved the Shootout and start of the season back a week. There were a few years that certain things would interfere with Valentine's Day... as much as I loved to watch plate racing, I also didn't want to hear constant reminders about how crappy her Valentine's Day was. haha

The 2010 Daytona 500 was on Valentine's Day.... so the wife and I just celebrated the night prior, going out to dinner and all. No big deal. She didn't wanna miss out on the 500 anymore than I did.

I actually wish they would move the 500 back to where it was. I prefer it being on Presidents Day weekend.

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Go Miami Dolphins!
Go New York Yankees!
Go New York Rangers!

Hopefully Larson stays away from the Battle at the Beach. He ruined that event last year.

I've tried and tried, and she's come to four races with us as a family, but she just hasn't really gotten into it beyond making fun of a few drivers because they're whiny little brats. haha

The 2010 Daytona 500 was indeed on Valentine's Day... I remember it well. Biggest race of the year made excruciatingly long due to completely messed up and unforseen circumstances - pot-hole gate. It was a couple weeks before she stopped reminding me about that one.

What plate rules changes?

And how should they affect the racing?

Well I more meant how they've added some rules banning the tandem draft, or did I just dream that?

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RIP Birmingham Wheels: here's some of the crash videos I recorded when it was there:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIaKIE ... 5t9d5PvoHA

Twitter:

http://www.twitter.com/paulhadsley

Duels on a Thursday night?

MEH