Montoya misses Daytona

My dad is watching the qualifying races and I came down in time to see montoya get a flat right front. He bounced off the wall pretty good and took the hub assembly off in the process.

After listening to his interview it was a wheel bearing that let go.

wait, I thought the shootout races weren’t until tonight? He should still have a chance to make it, right?

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wait, I thought the shootout races weren’t until tonight? He should still have a chance to make it, right?

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The duels or whatever they are calling them are on tv now so I believe he is done. It’s a shame but thats racing.

oh crap, I’m missing it. Oh well, I’m sure I’ll see them tonight after midnight on the re-broadcast.

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oh crap, I’m missing it. Oh well, I’m sure I’ll see them tonight after midnight on the re-broadcast.

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and everyday next week, and all next fall and winter and maybe even next january…fucking speed network.

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ummm how does he miss daytona? The car was in the top 35 in points last year.

Right you are, Montoya starts 30th.

he is starting 36th

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Right you are, Montoya starts 30th.

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Only the top 2 spots of fence sitters in the dual races make into the 500.

So there are 4 spots for them.

Then the next 3 fence sitters that didn’t make it in go to fastest qualifying.

Then the last spot is the past Champion provisional.

35 top drivers from last year + 4 from the duals + 3 from the quals + Champ provisional = 43 car field.

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he is starting 36th

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Ah I see. Scroll bar on top on that link. Got it :tup:

Good info also Julie :tspry:

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ummm how does he miss daytona? The car was in the top 35 in points last year.

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Thats just what dw was yammering on about. I didn’t know that it was the top 35 cars instead of the top 35 drivers.

Its always the cars…the sponsors…the teams…the owners is based on the car.