Recap Of The Gatorade Duels At Daytona!

Hi Everyone!

Who watched the Gatorade Duels at Daytona on Speed today? Believe it or not, I missed it. My sleep has been so messed up with trying to get things situated with the move back to Rhode Island. I did check out what happened and the news on it on NASCAR.com and FoxSports.com, thank god for those two web pages ha ha.

Congrats to Jimmie Johnson and Kasey Kahne on both winning a duel race, that is awesome. I was so nervous about Jimmie having to start in the back because of yesterdays practice but he sure turned things around and came out on top yet again. I was also happy to see that Michael Waltrip raced his way in, I was worried about Mikey getting into the 500 but he did it! Waltrip said on his Facebook page that he will have a good car come Sunday if he can get the car handling better. With finishes of 14th and 15th Michael McDowell and Max Papis earned the two transfer spots for drivers forced to race their way into the Daytona 500 on Sunday. Mike Bliss who was in a back up car also raced his way into the 500 with a 13th place finish in the second duel.

Mark Martin who won the pole for the Daytona 500 on Sunday finished 21st in Duel 1 and Dale Earnhardt Jr who will start second on Sunday finished 21st in Duel 2 after damaging his car. Boy, Dale Jr just can't catch a break can he?? It'll be interesting to see how he does this season but I'm hoping he does well at Daytona since it's one of his better tracks.

I did notice that the finishes in both duels were "photo finishes" has it came down to the wire, I wish I hadn't missed it but I did. That's the great thing about Daytona is the great racing and can be anyone's win at the finish line. I personally wish that every driver trying to get into the 500 could just race in it and whatever happens through out the race would happen but it's just not how the rules work. It's such a great race every year and my personal favorite so to see teams and their driver/drivers work so hard and than not make it, it's heart breaking.

Did anything that happen in the duels get any of you fellow fans aggravated? Is there anything major that I missed that I should have seen? and last but not least was there a driver who didn't make it into the 500 that you were hoping would make it? If there is anything else you'd like to share in the comments section as far as the duels, Daytona or NASCAR in general go right ahead, I'd love to get some sort of discussion going! and be sure to check out the Facebook fan page for news and a way to interact with other NASCAR fans. I made it to over 200 fans today and that makes me very happy, I wish I was making more money off the blog itself but Google Ad Sense isn't always reliable.

Happy Racing Everyone!!