This weekend marks the start of the NASCAR season with the 50th running of the Daytona 500. I know very, very little about NASCAR but I figure having one thread for the whole season of NASCAR may be worthwhile.
I do not know how qualification works for the Daytona 500, suffice to say there are two sprint races and the winners of those races are Dale Earnhardt Junior and Denny Hamlin.
Hamlin managed to get Toyota's first victory in the second sprint race.
I watched the highlights of the race on TSN who covered the two Canadians in the race - Patrick Carpentier and Jacques Villeneuve both failed to qualify after accidents. Jacques crashed or in the parlance of NASCAR "wrecked" and took out 3 others including last year's Indy 500 winner and IRL champion Dario Franchitti.
I would post the lineup but I am too lazy to format it.
Anyways, Jimme Johnson last year's champion starts on pole in a Chev, Michael Waltrip in a Toyota in second, and Dale Earnhardt Junior in a Chevrolet in third, and on a new team, no longer rocking in his red number 8 Bud car.
Other people that I know are Tony Stewart in his new Toyota in 6th, Jeff Gordon in his Chevrolet in 8th, Juan Pablo Montoya in his Dodge 15th, and Dario Franchitti in a Dodge in 40th.
I am hoping for a Toyota win!