Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins pole for 2011 Daytona 500. Your thoughts?

[mf0521]

Jr. WILL NOT be starting from the pole at the 500. His primary car got wrecked in practice today and he will have to go to a back-up car.

Jr is an average driver at best, he is in the best equipment, now another crew chief
and finally they move his shop to share with Jimmy Johnson, you think they arent
going all out to see if they can help him?
Unless he is in a restrictor plate race or the car is absolutely perfect at the other tracks, he is a 15th place driver, check the stats for the past 2 years or more.

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Jr. WILL NOT be starting from the pole at the 500. His primary car got wrecked in practice today and he will have to go to a back-up car.

Im sure nascar is trying to make/find a rule or a loophole to put jr back out front for the start of the great american joke.

[t.nie]

Where you start at a super speedway never matters. It's how good you are on the day at reading the changing conditions and adjusting the car. Get it right you could start in the parking lot at the McDonald's across the street from the track and win it by a lap.

[moebilt]

I disagree 100%. There is nothing fishy about Dale Jr getting the pole at Daytona. Dale Jr has ALWAYS ran good at Daytona and Talladega. He barely beat Jeff Gordon for the pole. If NASCAR rigged it he would've set fast time by a larger margain. 3 of the 4 Hendrick cars qualified good. Personally, I just think it's a Hendrick thing.

The only thing I found "fishy" was when he crossed the line on his first lap he was 22(almost last if I remember correctly). When he tossed it into turn one he was 2nd. Then when he came out of two he was first. That is a rather large pickup if you ask me. And "setting it by a larger margin", you can't show'em everything you got, people will get suspicious. LOL

[moebilt]

And another thing..........

On one of Jrs. first leads, he actually dipped below 'a' yellow line. No, he didn't go below both of them, but he did dip below one of them. The words that came from the booth......"what a pass by Jr.".