First I would like to start with a few of my favorite Tweets I have seen in the last 14 hours or so...

Robby Gordon
Exactly. What do u have if you cant have fun? RT @Burm61: RG you have great fans cause you treat em like they should be and have fun with it

Mike Bianchi by Head_Held_HighWhat about changing the name of Great American Race to the Daletona 500?

jennifer6973 Jennifer @ABestwickESPN Liked that Trevor Bayne won, did not like Robby Gordon's pinball machine antics

mantone1 marc mantone
@mrsjustiebiebes....your a cunt idiot just like robby gordon...im sorry you have no clue about racing just like robby gordon

lol ^^^That guy is an idiot and everyone should let him know it...Jr. Nation has to be the biggest group of babies. Cry about it, losers!

Anyways, I was on the edge of my seat for the whole race. RG did a great job and so did the team. When he came out of the pits in first place I'm sure I was screaming joy as much as everyone else but that was freaking awesome. Until the bad stuff happened at the end it sounded like the team was very happy with the car. I can't wait for the Phoenix race now. After the first race last season there, I think it can be a great Sunday for RG and Team Dodge.

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Daytona was awesome. The car was great, the crew was awesome and the pitstops were good. Hope he can carry that onward to Phoenix. Ran great there last spring. Gas onnn
The reality as I saw it was when the three car train (7, 34, 99) hit the 14, simply by the attitude of the cars one of the 4 (likely one of the two in the middle or the one at the front) was gonna get squirrly, they could have just as easily spun out the 14 and kept on truckin. Frankly based on this type of racing, that was just one of them racin deals. $hit happens.
Lots of thing cause the prize money to change:
The purse is comprised of a number of segments, including the racing purse; television awards; car owner special award plans, including the Winner's Circle Program; and a list of qualifying and special awards that may or may not be paid depending on the eligibility of the driver finishing in the appropriate position.
The racing purse breakdown designates a set amount for positions 1-43 that decreases on a sliding scale. "Television Awards" are also posted for each position, using the same sliding scale from first to 43rd.

NASCAR Nextel Cup team owners may participate in special award plans, such as "Plan 1," which allows for a set figure for each owner. Car owners participating in Plan 1c win money for their finishing position in relation to the other owners in the plan, again on a decreasing scale.

Those owners participating in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Car/Champion Owner Program are also entitled to additional awards, per the regulations of the program.

Among the largest special awards at each race are the NASCAR Nextel Leader Bonus, Time Trial Awards and the Gatorade Front Runner Award.



For more read this:

http://www.nascar.com/2002/kyn/nascar_101/02/02/Money/index.html
Loved the race. Robby was excellent. The pit crew was excellent. When did NASCAR throw the yellow when Robby was pushed off the track? Wouldn't you have to blend back in if no yellow were thrown? How can you be faulted for that?
I didn't see the deal with Tony the same as most of you. RG's spotter let Robby know that the 14 would be an odd man out. I think RG was happy to see the 14 drop down in front of him. The problem was that Robby got run over from behind. Gilly declined to partner with Robby and knew RG was a single car. Robby lifted (or braked) coming up behind Tony but, Gilly didn't. In any event, it was an amazing save by Robby and if Jr fans think RG had anything to do with Jr's crash they don't have a clue.
Greg...spot on bro...was on the scanner as well and thats what RG was waiting for,,,Tony coming on in with out a dancing partner. What I saw was Gilly running Robby over. And a great save and a good finish for RG. Albeit he was not happy as a few min before he was sure he had a chance at winnng the 500
And once again NASCAR event with empty seats and people changing the channel. I love Nascar and RG Racing but now new pavement and super cool 2 car drafting duh boring. Good run Robby you did great job but I didn't see a Daytona 500. Hey does France tell Dakar how to run races? Just a thought..........
All of these santioning bodies have issues...but I do agree that the ridiculous constant rule changin/adding/removing/manipulating....ack!. I do wish that all other racing could have the exposure that NASCAR does. Would be nice to listen to RG on the Dakar/Baja course. Or seeing the Parker in HD on my couch
track was pretty damn full....especially pitroad.....
Welcome back to the Planet TOG
yea we missed you
I thought the stands looked pretty full, and the ratings were up too!

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