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#10-Patrick (backup); #27-Menard (backup); #38-Gilliland (backup); #42-Montoya (backup)
 

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Some Chassis Selections by Teams for this race

Chassis selections for the Daytona 500: see the list of many teams and what chassis were selected by the team to run at Daytona International Speedway:
MISSING? why are some teams missing? like the #11, #24 or others? those teams do not report what chassis in the race previews or prs.
#09-Kenny Wallace: will pilot RAB Racing Chassis No. 51 is his bid to make the 54th-annual Daytona 500. Purchased from Red Bull Racing, this chassis saw action last year when Brian Vickers piloted this Toyota Camry to a fifth-place finish at Talladega Superspeedway.
#1-Jamie McMurray: Crew Chief Kevin "Bono" Manion and the #1 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats team will be bringing a brand new chassis, Chassis #1204, to Daytona International Speedway this weekend.
#2-Brad Keselowski: and the #2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger team will race chassis PRS-643 during Sunday's 54th running of the Daytona 500. This is a new chassis to the #2 fleet. Continuing one of the most-popular features of the "Blue Deuce" from 2011, the featured tag line on the rear bumper this weekend in Daytona will be "Driven to Greatness."
#6-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: is driving primary chassis RK-689 which last ran at Daytona in July and won the race with David Ragan driving. The backup chassis will be RK720.
#9-Marcos Ambrose: The #9 RPM team has prepared chassis No. 795 for the Daytona 500. This Stanley Ford Fusion is brand new this season and was tested in Daytona in January.
#10-Danica Patrick will driver Chassis No. 333, a brand new chassis that will make its debut during Daytona Speedweeks in preparation for the 54th Daytona 500 on Feb. 26.
#16-Greg Biffle: is racing primary chassis RK-794 which is a brand new chassis, the backup chassis is RK-689, which last raced at Daytona in July and finished 18th.
#17-Matt Kenseth: will run primary chassis RK-741 which last run at Texas. This weekend at Daytona , Kenseth will pilot the #17 Best Buy Ford Fusion.
#18-Kyle Busch: Chassis No. 333 is a brand new chassis that will make its race debut in Sunday's Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.
#20-Joey Logano: and the #20 Home Depot team will take chassis #293 to Daytona for the 500. The car has run previous restrictor-plate races in the past. Chassis #325 will serve at the team's backup for Daytona. It's the same car the team used in the Daytona test back in January.
#22-A.J. Allmendinger and his Todd Gordon-led Penske Racing #22 Team will be racing their "PRS-642" Shell-Pennzoil Dodge Charger in this week's action at Daytona. Thursday's qualifying race will mark its first time in racing competition.
#27-Paul Menard will pilot Chassis No. 338 from the RCR stable in the Daytona 500. This Chevy was a new addition to the RCR fleet for the 2011 season and saw superspeedway competition as Menard's #27 in the Daytona 500, at Talladega in April and at Daytona in July. The car was last seen on track at Talladega in October, entered as the #33 Chevy 100 Years Chevrolet where the team started third and went on to claim RCR's 100th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. The #27 PEAK/Menards Chevy will carry a special paint scheme during Speedweeks at Daytona. "PEAK blue" and "Menards yellow" will don the Impala as the Sprint Cup Series kicks off the 2012 season.
#29-Kevin Harvick: will utilize Chassis No. 387 from the Richard Childress Racing stable for this weekend's Daytona 500. This is a brand new race car that saw its first on-track activity at DIS during preseason testing in January.
#31-Jeff Burton will race Chassis No. 296 from the RCR stable in the Daytona 500. This chassis, built in 2010 for RCR's #33 entry, competed in two superspeedway events in 2010 including the Talladega Superspeedway race in April (started-14th, finished-seventh) and the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway in July (started-15th, finished-17th). Ring Power and Louisiana Cat will be featured on the deck lid of the #31 Caterpillar Chevy for all Speedweeks 2012 events at Daytona International Speedway.
#33-Elliott Sadler: will pilot Chassis No. 238 from the RCR stable. This former #31 racer received a new body over the season after competing in the 2010 and 2011 Budweiser Shootouts with driver Jeff Burton, posting 12th and eighth-place finishes, respectively. The #33 will be sponsored by General Mills and Kroger at Daytona.
#36-Dave Blaney and the #36 Ollie's Bargain Outlet team will compete with the No. 331 chassis. The chassis is a brand new chassis made by Richard Childress Racing. TBR tested the chassis at Daytona International Speedway in January.
#39-Ryan Newman Chassis No. 39-701 is a brand new racecar that has only been tested in the wind tunnel. The Gatorade Duel will mark its first race of any kind, and the Daytona 500 will mark its first points-paying race.
#42-Juan Pablo Montoya: crew chief Chris 'Sunshine' Heroy and the #42 Target team will be racing chassis #1117 in the Daytona 500. This is the same chassis that Montoya drove to a 15th place finish during the fall race at Talladega Superspeedway last year.
#43-Aric Almirola:: The #43 Richard Petty Motorsports team has prepared chassis No. 722 for the Daytona 500. This is not the same car the team tested at the speedway in January, but it is the same Smithfield Helping Hungry Homes Ford Fusion that the #43 team ran in every restrictor plate event last season.
#51-Kurt Busch Chassis No. 553, Busch tested this chassis in January at Daytona International Speedway and turned a lap of 206.058 mph. This is the samecar that Brad Keselowski drove to victory in April 2009 at Talladega. It was his first career victory and remains the only Sprint Cup Series win for Phoenix Racing.
#55-Mark Martin: The #55 Aaron's Dream Machine is racing chassis No. 687 this weekend at Daytona, the first race appearance for the car. Chassis No. 710, also a new chassis will serve as the backup.
#99-Carl Edwards the #99 Fastenal team will be unloading chassis RK-712 at Daytona, the same car which finished second in the Daytona 500 last year.
 

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Goodyear Tires Notes / Fast Facts

•Tire:
Goodyear Eagle Superspeedway Radials (Sprint Cup and Nationwide);
Goodyear Wrangler Superspeedway Radials (Camping World Truck)

Number of Tires:
Sprint Cup (total): Left-side -- 1,500, Right-side -- 1,500;
Nationwide: Left-side -- 550, Right-side -- 550;
Camping World Truck: Left-side -- 350, Right-side -- 350

Set limits:
Shootout: 6 sets for event;
Daytona 500: up to 10 sets through Friday's practice sessions, and up to 10 sets for Saturday's final practice through the race;
Nationwide: 6 sets for event;
Camping World Truck: 4 sets for event

Tire Codes: Left-side -- D-4138; Right-side -- D-4412

Tire Circumference: Left-side -- 87.9 in; Right-side -- 88.4 in.

Technical Inspection Inflation:
Left Front -- 30 psi; Left Rear -- 30 psi;
Right Front -- 55 psi; Right Rear -- 50 psi

Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front -- 27 psi; Left Rear -- 27 psi;
Right Front -- 50 psi; Right Rear -- 48 psi

Notes: Teams in all three NASCAR series will run the same tire codes at Daytona, though the Sprint Cup and Nationwide tires will be branded "Goodyear Eagle," while the Camping World truck tires will be branded "Goodyear Wrangler" . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that teams in all three of these series ran at both Daytona and Talladega last season . . . this left-side code (D-4138) has been run by Sprint Cup teams at Talladega since 2009 . . . as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Daytona . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.
 

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Weather could be an issue for Daytona 500

the weather forecast looks iffy for the Daytona 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday [Feb 26th]. The National Weather Service is calling for rain, mainly after 10am. High near 64. East northeast wind between 10 and 15 mph with a chance of precipitation is 80%. DIS does have lights so it could run Sunday evening [but would rather not against the Oscar's]. Monday doesn't look much better with a forecast of showers and possibly a thunderstorm with a chance of precipitation is 80%.
In 53 previous Daytona 500's, only four have been shortened by rain:
1965 won by Fred Lorenzen, ran 129 laps for 322.5 miles
1966 won by Richard Petty, ran 198 laps for 495 miles
2003 won by Michael Waltrip, ran 109 laps for 272.5 miles
2009 won by Matt Kenseth, ran 152 laps for 380 miles
 

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Power Average Ranking

Restrictor-plate superspeedways (past three years):

1. Kurt Busch 9.74 (average finish); 2. Kyle Busch 10.66; 3. Jeff Burton 11.20; 4. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 11.63; 5. Juan Montoya 11.64; 6. Clint Bowyer 12.29; 7. Elliott Sadler 12.87; 8. Kevin Harvick 12.87; 9. Matt Kenseth 13.50; 10. Martin Truex Jr. 14.24.

11. David Ragan 14.33; 12. Denny Hamlin 14.64; 13. Joey Logano 15.00; 14. David Reutimann 16.23; 15. Kasey Kahne 16.49; 16. Jeff Gordon 16.93; 17. Jamie McMurray 17.24; 18. Jimmie Johnson 17.89; 19. Paul Menard 18.42; 20. Tony Stewart 18.45.

21. Casey Mears 19.22; 22. Brad Keselowski 19.47; 23. Carl Edwards 19.51; 24. Greg Biffle 19.70; 25. Trevor Bayne 19.76; 26. Kenny Wallace 20.00; 27. Landon Cassill 20.42; 28. Mark Martin 20.71; 29. Regan Smith 21.41; 30. Ryan Newman 22.56.

31. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 24.33; 32. A.J. Allmendinger 24.51; 33. Aric Almirola 25.33; 34. Michael Waltrip 25.97; 35. David Stremme 26.06; 36. Bobby Labonte 26.55; 37. Mike Wallace 27.43; 38. Robby Gordon 27.71; 39. Marcos Ambrose 27.92 ;40. David Gilliland 28.33.

41. Terry Labonte 31.66; 42. Dave Blaney 32.28; 43. Bill Elliott 33.94; 44. Robert Richardson Jr. 35.65; 45. Joe Nemechek 35.71; 46. J.J. Yeley 38.82; 47. Michael McDowell 39.81; 48. Tony Raines 41.75.

* The Power Average is the average finish during the past three years, plus the number of laps spent in the lead, in the top five and in the top 10 expressed as if they were finishing results. For example a driver who has led the most laps receives a hypothetical first-place finish, the driver who leads the second most laps receives a hypothetical second-place finish, and so on. This rewards drivers who competed at the front of the pack for the majority of the race, even if an unfortunate event takes them out of contention at the very end of the race. A driver's recent record in the support series also is factored in, as is his average running position as provided by NASCAR Statistical Services. Failures to qualify are credited to the driver as if they were a finishing position (i.e. the first non-qualifier is assigned a 44th-place finish).
 

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Restrictor-plate superspeedways (past three years):

1. Kurt Busch 9.74 (average finish); 2. Kyle Busch 10.66; 3. Jeff Burton 11.20; 4. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 11.63; 5. Juan Montoya 11.64; 6. Clint Bowyer 12.29; 7. Elliott Sadler 12.87; 8. Kevin Harvick 12.87; 9. Matt Kenseth 13.50; 10. Martin Truex Jr. 14.24.

11. David Ragan 14.33; 12. Denny Hamlin 14.64;

hard to ignore Burton -110 over Hamlin
 

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yes, always great work wvafan!

so with the race being moved at night keep in mind the only restrictor plate night race on the circuit is the Coke Zero 400 and the past 10 winners of that event were:

Ragan
Harvick
Stewart
Ky Busch
McMurray
Stewart
Stewart
Gordon
Biffle

Gordon and Stewart both have 3 wins there, the most of active drivers. Manufacturing wins there are even with both Ford and Chevy posting 15 a piece, Toyota just 1. These races are very similar (of course) as 19 drivers who won Daytona have won in Atlanta with only 2 active drivers getting first victory in that race (ragan and biffle). Kevin Harvick was the bookie favorite in the Coke Zero race last year and finished 7th...could be your winner tonight IMHO

In addition to the Burton bet also on Menard over Newman. Menard was 9th at Daytona, 8th in Coke Zero, and 12th at both Talladega races last year while Newman's best restrictor finish in 2011 was 22nd. Of course could fall apart if Newman can hook up with his teammate.
 

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Not counting Bayne, in order, the top Daytona ratings drivers (the 500 and 400 combined) are:

Stewart, Kyle, Kurt, Gordon, Bowyer, Kenseth, Johnson, Jr, and Edwards
 

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one more thought...

6 of the top 9 in Daytona ratings are driving Chevrolet tonight but even more impressive is that 7 of the top 9 bookie favorites are driving Chevy...

a Manufacturer's bet on Chevy -125 looks tasty

Chevy 10101 KEVIN HARVICK +800
Toyota 10102 KYLE BUSCH +550
Chevy 10103 TONY STEWART +300
Chevy 10104 JIMMIE JOHNSON +1200
Chevy 10105 DALE JR +500
Chevy 10106 KASEY KAHNE +1200
Ford 10107 CARL EDWARDS +800
Chevy 10108 JEFF GORDON +1000
Chevy 10111 JEFF BURTON +1700

not only do you get those 7 but Bowyer, Martin, Kurt, Montoya, R Smith, Menard, McMurray and a few others who have at least outside shots at winning this. Not too shabby
 

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