Alright guys the 2019 season is about to kickoff this weekend with the annual 75- lap Exhibition race, The Clash, on Sunday afternoon at 3PM to kick off Speedweeks!!!!!! the Daytona 500 front row only qualifying will be at noon on FOX this Sunday also before the Clash...I decided to lump all of Speedweeks in 1 thread this year to make things easier... And as usual we will then have the The Duels on Thursday night starting at 7PM on FS1, followed by trucks Friday night on FS1, The Xfinity race is Saturday afternoon at 2:30PM on FS1, followed up by the 500 next Sunday afternoon on FOX at 3PM...all times always EST
DAYTONA International Speedway is a 2.5 mile asphalt high speed Tri-oval with 21 degrees of banking in all 3 turns, 18 degrees in the tri-oval and just 2 degrees on the back straightaway..
As you all know Daytona is the last race with the 2018 body and aero packages and we will be starting out with new everything after the 500 is completed...The only change for Daytona is we will see the brand new Ford Mustang car for the 1st time....But for this week the packages are the same packages as 2018 was...That Ford dominated btw..
As always Daytona races, like all plate races, are a lot of luck but there is also a method to picking the lineup...now for whatever reason the 500 is by far my most unlucky of the 4 yearly plate races, the only plate race I've actually lost in several years now so Im hoping that changes this time!!!
This is probably gonna be a tough first 4-6 races to try and see how the new changes to all the packages and Ford car come out of the gates before we can get to where we always are...But just like every other year we will figure it all out and start cashing in those pay checks! I will post a speedweeks schedule later today
GOODLUCK TO EVERYBODY THIS SEASON!!!! Feel free to post opinions and picks anytime you like..There is a great small group of NASCAR guys here with a lot of knowledge...This thread is a yearly cash cow for a reason!!!!!
CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!