[5mike5]

ITS TIME FOR THE BUD-SHOOTOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well its finally here guys!!!! feels like its been 4ever already!!!!im ready to start racking up the $$ early again this year!!! maybe not the "real" start of the season but ill take it!!! even though these exibitions and plate tracks are mostly blind luck, this year is even i little more challenging...there ALOT of new plate changes and rules, more team and driver changes than usual, so alot of things are going to look a little different for speed weeks and the 500 this year, especially wanting to see how the tandem racing is going to play out...no driver/spotter communication between teams going to be extra dangerous imo.....odds are posted out on 5dimes as of this morning also

the race: SATURDAY night 8pm on FOX..........(All times are EST)

practices: FRIDAY 5pm and 6:30pm SPEED channel

*****ALSO THERE WILL BE 2 SESSIONS OF DAYTONS 500 PRACTICE ON SATURDAY AT 11AM AND 2PM ON SATURDAY BOTH AIRING ON SPEED CHANNEL


any comments, suggestions, rumors, ect. are always welcome on this thread every week and race of the entire season...the more we share the better chances we all win imo....i always treat speed weeks as warm-up for the actual season and to get tuned in and back in the groove, and dont even usually count shootout, or the gatorade duels towards actal season records, but i still use the same system i always do and sadly probably the same dollars on each race, as i cant help it im just tooo damn excited!!!!

now lets get ready for the 2012 season guys!!!!

Had another incredible year of prophit in 2011,and im ready to have my biggest season ever in 2012!!!!!

lets go racing!!!!

[Vegas39]

2 early shootout bets and be on both for 500

Newman & Kurt Busch

[DDT]

Have we seen any odds for the Shootout?

[5mike5]

Have we seen any odds for the Shootout?

5dimes has up odds and matchups already out for shootout

[Vegas39]

Piss poor matchup #s

Opti Ambrose +3500 to win

[5mike5]

Piss poor matchup #s Opti Ambrose +3500 to win

there will be ALOT more by the race...thats just the few they post up early

I havent bet anything quite yet, as i dont see most of these early odds doing anything besides dropping, especially the longshots, but im sure ill start adding in next day or 2

[Vegas39]

there will be ALOT more by the race...thats just the few they post up early

I havent bet anything quite yet, as i dont see most of these early odds doing anything besides dropping, especially the longshots, but im sure ill start adding in next day or 2

I know just me bitching had hoped a few early ones @ + money

[5mike5]

I know just me bitching had hoped a few early ones @ + money

usually only ones i take as well, especially at plate tracks

[5mike5]

im seriously considering packin up in the morning and headin to daytona for next 10 days....im just too damn excited!!!!

[Vegas39]

If you do have a great time Mike

[DDT]

I have always wanted to make that trip......

[5mike5]

start seeing the rubber hit the track tomorrow evening boys!!!!!



WOOHOO!!!!

[5mike5]

remember that bud-shootout PRACTICES are today at 5pm and 6:30 pm (EST) on the speed channel for any1 interested

[5mike5]

nice big multi-car crash in P1 for shoout...and im glad i havent bet yet cause the changes nascar implemented for plate track are definatley having an effect

bring out the back-up cars!!!

stewart, kyle, kurt, keslowski, and the dinger just the few i saw already going to backup cars

[DDT]

should make things interesting, what was I hearing about the 48 car?

[5mike5]

should make things interesting, what was I hearing about the 48 car?

going through pre-track inspec., they found a modification to the rear 1/4 panel...

nothing major they just replaced it, but chad may get a penalty or something later on

[5mike5]

i feel like a kid on xmas eve!!!!!!!!!!!

yes sir

[5mike5]

just so everyone knows the race format for tonights bud shootout....

there are 2 segements...25 laps and 50 laps, with a 10 min. pitstop in between segments...total of 187.5 miles

[Optional]

Piss poor matchup #s

Opti Ambrose +3500 to win

Geebus... just went to make a bet on him (hadn;t even looked at odds until right now) but he's come in a long way since then!!!

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LOL

[Optional]

I wonder if the good raw Ford speed will be helpful in the shootout?

Haven't watched much yet so maybe it means nothing that it's mostly Fords in top 10 speed on track right now, but the first Ford comes in 10th fave in the odds?

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Good luck this year!!!

[5mike5]

LOL..yeah saw the ambrose mistake there....

even though just the pre-season event, im soo excited i cant sit still right now!!!!

[5mike5]

Good luck this year!!!

hope for another big year!!

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Who is gonna win this motha fucka today?

[5mike5]

havent finished my line-up...but this race is a crap shoot no matter how u look at it,...most teams are really trying setups out and things for the 500.. but i dont put in same time and i just dont bet it the same way as i do the "regular" races...probably still have a good bit on it though, i just cant help it

ill use the same formula and system i will during the season, just only put in half the time on legwork and research that i usually do every week during ther season, just because too many wierd factors being 75 laps and non-points....i easily put in 25- 30 hours a week in my notebooks,watching previous yrs race on whatever track it is, and pluggin numbers during the season..these guys just warming up for next week

i just cant wait to see these cars under the lights tonight and get 2012 kicked off

[Optional]

wow, 25-30 hours per week on capping one race is full on!

I probably spend 15+ hours per week reading stuff and watching broadcasts, and people call me anti-social over that much.

[5mike5]

wow, 25-30 hours per week on capping one race is full on! I probably spend 15+ hours per week reading stuff and watching broadcasts, and people call me anti-social over that much.

i have to buddy!!!!

i work it like a job..... and ur 15+ isnt a small amount either!!!!.....also includes a few hours of previous races on that weeks track...and its a great tool becuase sometimes u forget who dominated or maybe should have won the race last 3-4 races...its a decent tool for me anyways

LOL

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Sounds like you know your stuff Mike. I'm going to keep an eye on your thread.

How did you do last year?

[5mike5]

i do well lets just say that

sure didnt when i started 10 years ago thats for sure.took me over 1/2 to get my system tweaked..it took me years to start making great money...but i wager alot too, and have prophit drivers and drivers just to cover all my wagers...always bet a match-up parlay as well, but thats just for fun, and usually bet underdogs in those H2H matchups..those give me something else to route for

nothing more exciting than nascar wagering IMO

[Vegas39]

2 plays tonight

kurt +1500

Newman +2000

[5mike5]

2 plays tonight

kurt +1500

Newman +2000

nice vegas39

ill be routin for ya buddy

[StanleySharp]

Figured someone else might want to see this, came across it earlier. Good luck to everyone tonight!
http://kansascity.sbnation.com/2012/...-to-make-early

• Jeff Gordon has not finished worse than sixth in the past four Shootouts.
• Kevin Harvick has finished in the top ten in all but one of his six Shootouts. His average finish of 6.57 is the second best among all active Sprint Cup drivers. (Won in 2009 and 2010)
• Carl Edwards has competed in five Shootout exhibitions. His seventh-place finish in 2009 is his best result.
• Twelve of the 33 drivers eligible for the 2012 Shootout have won at least one Shootout.
• Kurt Busch's victory in last year's Shootout was his first and the first for his Dodge manufacturer.
• There were 28 lead changes in the Shootout a year ago, the most ever in this event.
• Tony Stewart is the only driver to win more than $1 million in career Shootout prize money. Stewart is participating in his 13th Shootout in 2012.
• Mark Martin and former NASCAR driver Bill Elliott have competed in 23 Shootouts, the most of all drivers.
• This year will be Jeff Gordon's 19 consecutive Shootout start.
• This is the fourth consecutive year Kasey Kahne has taken part in the Shootout driving a different make car.
• The race winner led only the final lap in seven of the 33 Shootouts.
• Jamie McMurray, of Joplin, Mo., has two second-place finishes and a third-place finish in his three previous Shootout starts.
• Dale Earnhardt won six of the 12 Shootouts in which he competed and finished in the top five 11 times, the best performance among all drivers.
• Dale Earnhardt, Jr. led 47 of the 50 laps in the 2008 Shootout, the most laps ever led by a Shootout winner.

[MatI]

Bud shootout time! Great to see other Marcos fans too!

I raced against him several years ago, well before he was a star. I wouldnt touch him for the win though, he has pretty bad luck on the plate tracks.

I'm going to stay off the win results for this race but might take a couple H2H's. Anyone jumping on any of the H2H matchups and any thoughts? I havent seen too much of the practice sessions and feel like im not in the groove yet on who is good and who is not.

[MatI]

I actually like the following. Any you boys have any thoughts??

Ryan Newman -115 vs Martin Truex Jr
AJ Allmendinger -135 vs Paul Menard

[NEEDMORECOFFEE]

Hey Mat. Its almost race time finally! I took a couple H2H myself:

Kahne +105 vs Edwards
McMurray -125 vs Biffle
Menard +105 vs Dinger

Nothing on the winner for me at plate tracks.