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Schedule (all times in USA-Eastern):

LUCAS OIL 200
ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards[/b]

February 13th @ 4:00PM ET on FS1
Race Length: 80 laps, 200 miles
Entry List: 48 cars entered (as of February 6th)

Past Winners:




SPRINT UNLIMITED
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

February 13th @ 8:00PM ET on FOX
Race Length: 75 laps, 187.5 miles
Entry List: 25 cars eligible

Rules and Eligibility:
25 cars will be in the race under the following criteria:
- 2016 Coors Light Pole Award winners
- past Sprint Unlimted winners
- past Daytona 500 Pole Award winners
- Top 16 in the 2015 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Playoffs
- any remaining positions will go by 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points standings


Past Winners:



CAN-AM DUEL
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

February 18th @ 6:30PM ET on FS1
Race Length: 2-60 lap races, 150 miles each
Entry List: yet to be released

Qualifying Format:
Thirty-six Charter teams will be assigned a starting position
- Four Open teams are eligible for starting positions
o The highest finishing Open team in each Can-Am Duel race earns a starting position
o The final two starting positions are awarded to Open teams based on Coors Light Pole Qualifying if not already a top finisher in a Duel race
- Qualifying sets the front row for the Daytona 500 and the starting lineup for the Can-Am Duel fields, with the number of Charter team and Open team cars split evenly throughout both races
- If qualifying is cancelled due to weather, the top two finishing Open teams from each Can-Am Duel race earn starting positions in the Daytona 500
- If the second Can-Am Duel race is cancelled due to weather, the highest finishing Open team from the first race earns a starting position, with the other three Open teams determined by qualifying
- If both Can-Am Duel races are cancelled due to weather, qualifying determines all four Open teams
- If qualifying and both Can-Am Duel races are cancelled due to weather, the combined practice speeds are used to determine the four Open teams
- If all on-track activity prior to the race is cancelled due to weather, 2015 Owner points will be used to determine the four Open teams

Past Winners:




NEXTERA ENERGY RESOURCES 250
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

February 19th @ 7:00PM ET on FS1
Race Length: 100 laps, 250 miles
Entry List: 43 trucks entered as of 2/17/2016

Past Winners:




POWERSHARES QQQ 300
NASCAR XFINITY Series

February 20th @ 3:30PM ET on FS1
Race Length: 120 laps, 300 miles
Entry List: 46 cars currently entered as of 2/17/2016

Past Winners:




58TH ANNUAL DAYTONA 500
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

February 21st @ 12:00PM ET on FOX
Race Length: 200 laps, 500 miles
Entry List: 44 cars entered

Past Winners:



Short Tracks:

But Speedweeks isn't all about Daytona with the various short tracks running with major events across Florida and southern Georgia. Several tracks have already started up their season as apart of Speedweeks over the course of the last couple of weekends.

New Smyrna: The golden edition of the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing starts this Friday (February 12th) and will have racing until Saturday, February 20th. Divisions on the cards include the season opener for the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, Tour-Type Modifieds, Super Late Models, Pro Late Models, IMCA Modifieds & Sportsman. FansChoice.TV will be live streaming most of the racing with exception on February 14th with the K&N Pro Series being taped for NBCSN (which will air on Thursday, February 18th at 11:30PM ET).

Volusia: DIRTcar Nationals will have 12 days of dirt racing at Volusia Speedway Park starting on Tuesday, February 9th and ending on Saturday, February 20th. On the cards includes the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series (12-14), Tony Stewart's Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions (10 & 11), World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Models (18-20), Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds (17-20), DIRTcar UMP Late Models (15-17) and DIRTcar UMP Modifieds (9-16). DIRTvision.com will have LIVE Video (PPV) & LIVE Radio streaming of all nights of racing. DIRT on DIRT will also have LIVE Video (PPV) of the Late Model portion of DIRTcar Nationals.

East Bay: The 2016 edition of Winter Nationals at East Bay Raceway Park started on January 27th and will have racing all the way up to February 20th. This week will feature the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series with 6 days of racing and next week will feature 360 Sprint Cars along with the Florida Mini Sprints. DIRT Nation/RaceFeedX will have live video streaming (PPV) of the rest of Winter Nationals. LucasOilRacing.TV will have a live video stream this Saturday as well.

Ocala: The BUBBA ARMY Winter Nationals kicked off on January 27th and will have racing all the way up to February 20th at Bubba Raceway Park. Taking to the track this week will be the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series on Sunday, February 14th, on the cards for next week includes the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars along with Midgets & Mod Lites. So far for Ocala's portion of Speedweeks. Tony Stewart's Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions, DIRTcar UMP Modifieds and the NeSmith Dirt Late Models have taken to the track already over the last 2 weeks. Kraig Kinser won the only race for the All Star Sprints as their 2nd night of racing was washed out. DIRT Nation will have live PPV streaming for the rest of the BUBBA ARMY Winter Nationals.

Orlando: INEX Winternationals for Legends & Bandoleros will return to Orlando Speedworld starting on Monday, February 15th, they will run until Friday, February 19th. SPEED51 will have live PPV dieo streaming of all 5 days of racing. LegendsNation.com or Tim's Corner Motorsports might have some sort of media coverage though.

Bronson: Bronson Speedway will be hosting the "Kickoff to Speedweek" on Saturday, February 13th and will feature Tour Type Modifieds, E-Mods, Limited Late Model Sportsman, Street Stock, Pure Stock, Strictly Stock, Legend and Bandolero's. 9 Tour Type Modifieds have entered so far including Ryan Preece & Ron Silk.

2016 Short Track Win Column:


2016 Short Track Video Section (highlights etc.):

reaction from most fans:

single file up against the wall for 195 laps - "this is so boring, this car sucks, take away grip, bring back the valence, plate racing is a joke, etc. etc."

massive wreck on the last lap and no caution - "best race I've seen in my life, what a finish, stuff of legends"

Or the equally likely flipside: 190 laps of great racing and constant lead changes - "this race is amazing." Caution in past 10 laps results in gwc ending under yellow with Johnson/Busch winning - "NASCAR is such shit, never watching again."

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if you've seen one plate race, you've seen them all

I'll probably watch the 500 though

I hope someone underwhelming wins the 500.

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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.

Brett Hudson is running the same 20-year old chassis and engine he finished with 3rd last year, but is getting some assistance from Venturini and KSR. Donnie Richeson also spent some time in Hudson's shop over the winter helping prepare the car. This is going to be Brett's best shot yet.

All I ask for is some green flag finishes, and everyone to be safe. The last few plate races have had decent racing and then really dumb finishes.

Can we have an ARCA race without the "LEL ARCA BRAKES SHIT DRIVERS TRASH SERIES" memes? Or is that wishful thinking? :/

Idiot boss scheduled me for work on Saturday, gonna miss ARCA shenanigans this year. Fuck. Hope it's a single file snoozefest.

I was thinking the same thing about the BLUE BALLS LOLL phenomenon. Speedweeks could do without pictures of blue bowling balls and monkey testicles and whatever the fuck else anyone can dig up to convey a visual image of metaphorical blue balls

it will happen in the Cup race after a debris yellow ruins a 195 lap green flag run with great racing and constant lead changes.

ARCA superspeedway racing. Where so many members rant about how great it is yet the race is always terrible.

ARCA at Daytona, the original caution clock.

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

I think 95% of the Speedweeks hype is people just jonesing for huge-ass wrecks

About right.

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

It always comes down to hype.

95 might be low balling it

At least we can nut up message board threads

Matt

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

If ARCA were Nascar's Speedweeks hype man, then this guy would be ARCA:

all about the crashes

Knowing a large portion of the ARCA field this year... it's not going to end well.