Junior Grabs top spot

[2FarGone]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR is back -- and so is Juniormania.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. won pole position for the Daytona 500 with a speed of 186.089 mph in qualifying Sunday.

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar...ory?id=6118824

[race crazy]

good for Jr and I guess good hype for the race-pole is rather meaningless at a plate track though

[dogboy34]

GO JR! but race crazy is right but hopefully it means more good things to come and jr can get back on track! roger

[Biggums7]

he wont finish there without nascar's help

[bouncer]

Not sure if anyone watch qualifying today but this is a neat feature FOX did today. A side by side comparison of Junior and Gordon's run.

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[Tradinpaint]

jr's just like ur username- TOOFARGONE! If it wasnt for his dad (who is looong gone now; i come on ppl he didnt die yesturday) then hed be just a regular guy that would not've even tried to peek his head into the media...his fans route for him b/c of some1 else? his dad? hes not his dad! and hes no good! arg. i wish ppl were a little more considerate and this little peek of hope for jr wont ast;this is estricotr plate racing; nothing to do with normal racing!

[race crazy]

yeah the fox ghost thing was sweet-its been in video games for years-glad they finally brought it to real life lol

[bouncer]

yeah the fox ghost thing was sweet-its been in video games for years-glad they finally brought it to real life lol

Yesterday was the first time I've ever seen the ghosting and it was interesting to watch.

[bouncer]

jr's just like ur username- TOOFARGONE! If it wasnt for his dad (who is looong gone now; i come on ppl he didnt die yesturday) then hed be just a regular guy that would not've even tried to peek his head into the media...his fans route for him b/c of some1 else? his dad? hes not his dad! and hes no good! arg. i wish ppl were a little more considerate and this little peek of hope for jr wont ast;this is estricotr plate racing; nothing to do with normal racing!

I’ll take the bait… Everyone knows Senior didn’t die yesterday…it’s the media who keep bringing it up. I’m sure Dale and his family is tired of talking about it to. Unlike a lot of sports NASCAR fans stick with there driver during the good times and bad times. Hard to say if Dale is good or not – has Dale really been giving the best resources to win? Look at his last year at DEI and his engine was failing week after week..is that the drivers fault? Yes, Dale has an HMS engine, but an engine will only get you so far if you don’t have a good crew behind you. I didn’t consider Lance a good crew chief at all when his response is week after week, “I don’t know what to tell you”. This is the first year; I believe Junior has had a good crew chief since Pops back in his early racing days. Only time will tell.

[nadeau01_johnson48]

CONSPIRACIES I TELL YOU!

Anyways....ghost tracker is awesome. Glad to see Hendrick up front, hopefully that's a good sign for the 500. Maybe for once JJ will actually not wreck (doubtful).