NASCAR PICKS: Daytona 500

[NC Belle]

Welcome to 2024 Season!!!
Daytona 500 kicks of on February 18 at 2:30 pm Eastern.

The format will not changed this season. Pick 5 drivers and a spare and the finished will be added and divided by 5. The results will be posted shortly after each race is deemed official (well close as possible).

Please place your picks before the start of the race and be clear on driver/number.

Default thread will be posted shortly. The past seasons the rule was 6 defaults, but it can be eased up with circumstances. Please use my pm if needed. https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-default-picks-2024-season.3939391/

If you are new are nervous in trying....have fun and even call yourself rookie.. Just post questions or suggestions. Veteran pickers--- might want to see if the new changes to your favorites.

All are welcome.

 

[NC Belle]

edit 2/15 10:04pm :

NC Beast's Picks:
1. #11 Denny Hamlin
2. #22 Joey Logano
3. #6 Brad Kes.
4. #9 Chase Elliot
5. #8 Kyle Busch
spare: #84 Jimmie Johnson(or when he is not available: TBA)

My Picks:

1.#19 Martin Truex, Jr
2. #2 Austin Cindric
3.# 5 Kyle Larson
4. #20 Christopher Bell
5. #48 Alex Bowman
spare: #24 William Bryon





My Picks

Thanks for Brer_Papa on for making these past seasons fun.

I welcome suggestions (sorry we had a lot on our plate since early December).

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[LAB81018]

Blaney
Truex
Wallace
Hamlin
Bowman

Spare: Byron

 

[NC Belle]

Welcome Chili327

Thhe repost of your picks from the default page:

Kyle Larson
William Byron
Ryan Blaney
Martin Truex Jr.
Ross Chastain

spare : Austin Dillon

 

[NC Belle]

Bumping up.

It looks like a chance of rain on race day.

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[jimmalru80]

#6 - Brad K.
#9 - Elliott
#11 - Hamlin
#12 - Blaney
#22 - Logano

#17 - Buescher (spare)

 

[shoes99]

Shoes99
11 Hamlin
5 Larson
6 Keselowski
8 Busch
17 Buscher
spare Reddick

MRETRACC
22 Logono
24 Byron
17 Truex
12 Blaney
11 Hamlin
spare Chastain

 

[NC Belle]

I love having cable this year for at least this race. We watch some of the duels before NC Beast went to his part time job.

 

[hertamaniac]

Weather is looking pretty nasty tomorrow and Sunday. I live about an hour from the speedway, and they are calling for rain/winds/chilly.

 

[NC Belle]

I think Chris Buescher's wife is rooting for rain delays. He just made it for their second son's birth on time and he is flying back in time for the race.

 

[hertamaniac]

Postponed until Monday at 4 PM.

 

[NC Belle]

While I try to calculate the results (be free to double check):

Atlanta: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-ambetter-health-400-atlanta.3940494/

 

[Dan Murphy]

Exciting finish

 

[NC Belle]

This is from Yahoo sports :

Daytona 500 full results​

1. William Byron (24), Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
2. Alex Bowman (48), Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
3. Christopher Bell (20), Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
4. Corey LaJoie (7), Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
5. A.J. Allmendinger (16), Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
6. Bubba Wallace (23), 23XI Racing Toyota
7. John Hunter Nemechek (42), Legacy Motor Club Toyota
8. Chase Briscoe (14), Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
9. Erik Jones (43), Legacy Motor Club Toyota
10. Noah Gragson (10), Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
11. Kyle Larson (5), Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
12. Kyle Busch (8), Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
13. Zane Smith (71), Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
14. Chase Elliott (9), Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
15. Martin Truex Jr. (19), Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
16. Daniel Hemric (31), Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
17. Ty Gibbs (54), Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
18. Chris Buescher (17), RFK Racing Ford
19. Denny Hamlin (11), Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
20. David Ragan (60), RFK Racing Ford
21. Ross Chastain (1), Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
22. Austin Cindric (2), Team Penske Ford
23. Ryan Preece (41), Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
24. Riley Herbst (15), Rick Ware Racing Ford
25. Josh Berry (4), Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
26. Justin Haley (51), Rick Ware Racing Ford
27. Anthony Alfredo (62), Beard Motorsports Chevrolet
28. Jimmie Johnson (84), Legacy Motor Club Toyota
29. Tyler Reddick (45), 23XI Racing Toyota
30. Ryan Blaney (12), Team Penske Ford
31. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (47), JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet
32. Joey Logano (22), Team Penske Ford
33. Brad Keselowski (6), RFK Racing Ford
34. Daniel Suárez (99), Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
35. Todd Gilliland (38), Front Row Motorsports Ford
36. J.J. Yeley (44), NY Racing Team Chevrolet
37. BJ McLeod (78), Live Fast Motorsports Ford
38. Michael McDowell (34), Front Row Motorsports Ford
39. Austin Dillon (3), Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
40. Kaz Grala (36), Front Row Motorsports Ford
41. Harrison Burton (21), Wood Brothers Racing Ford
42. Carson Hocevar (77), Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

 

[NC Belle]

Scores (position of racers):
NC Beast: 19,32,33,14,12-> 22.0
Mine: 15,22,11,3,2-> 10.6
LAB81018: 30,15,5,19,2-> 14.2
Chili327: 11,1,30,15,21-> 15.6
jimmalru80: 33,14,19,30,32->25.6
Shoes99: 19,11,33,12,18-> 18.6
MRETRACC: 32,1,15,30,19-> 19.4
Victory Lane:
1. NC Belle with 10.6
2. LAB81018, 14.2
3 .Chili327, 15.6
4. Shoes99, 18.6
5.MRETRACC, 19.4
6. NC Beast, 22.0
7 .jimmalru80, 25.6

The wrecks hurt scores this week. I hope more people join in and if thee are changes...updates will be posted.

 

[_19disnA]

Only happened to watch the last part of the race. Allowing/encouraging 'blocking' seems like a recipe for disaster and likely to cause accidents. The top cars seem very closely matched on speed, so the opportunities for passing are limited. Fortunately cars are much safe than in the past, but I could see this resulting in serious injuries and then they will be wondering why. Indy car specifically has rules AGAINST that type of blocking, not sure why NASCAR thinks allowing it is a good idea.