The rain-delayed, season-opening Daytona 500 is finally under way

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Carl Edwards, driver of the #99 Fastenal Ford, and Greg Biffle, driver of the #16 3M Ford, lead the field at the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 27, 2012 in Daytona Beach, Fl.

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Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, David Ragan, driver of the #34 Front Row Motorsports Ford, and Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, spin after an on track incident Monday night.

See NBCSports.com coverage of the race.

·        TV sportscaster apologizes for Danica remarks
·        Romney takes campaign detour to Daytona
·        Patrick steamed after second crash in three days
·        Buescher dodges wreck to win Nationwide race
·        Why Danica doesn't drive her Lamborghini anymore
·        Slideshow: Top images of Danica's life, career
·        Castrodale: Danica can't be just image anymore
·        NASCAR spotlight shines bright on Danica Patrick
·        Economy brighter in NASCAR, teams searching
·        Junior's confidence on the rise at Daytona

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No comments? I guess everyone's watching the race. NASCAR should have more on Monday nights.

  • 3 votes
Reply#1 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:59 PM EST

Danica: Three for Three!

Go Daddy!!!

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Reply#2 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:02 PM EST

the ultra liberal msnbc cares about nascar.....

....yeah uh..stranger things have happened

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Reply#3 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:12 PM EST

keck...yeah uh...how about you just STFU. Good grief...can't you hatemonger teabaggers limit your dim-witted political comments to articles where they apply? Oh wait...your dimwitted political comments don't apply anywhere. What was I thinking?! LOL!

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#3.1 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:23 PM EST

yikes.

the only time liberals talk about nascar....is when they are calling republicans "nascar watching white trash redneck klansmen"

so sorry if i have some reservations about seeing nascar on msnbc....i am just waiting for the hateful comments about nascar fans....

...which you just said in your comment.

  • 3 votes
#3.2 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:39 PM EST

OILMAN, just what part of Keck's comment was inaccurate. You and your bung holing colleagues can't deal with facts in any area of society so you attack the messenger.

If that wasn't hate you were spreading, Oilerman, I don't know what is.

Take your whiney, cry baby comments elsewhere. EVERY sane person knows that MSNBC covers NASCAR because Crash Danica is guaranteed to take out 2-3 drivers every race. It has nothing to do with polidicks like you.

  • 3 votes
#3.3 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:40 PM EST

Oilmonger you sound like the hatemonger.

Crash Danica hahahahha!

    #3.4 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:07 PM EST

    LOL! Hypocrisy and nonsense reigns with you Gestapos On Parade. Funny how EVERYTHING that doesn't subscribe to your ideology gets the "liberal" tag.

      #3.5 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:08 PM EST

      don't feed the right wing troll.

        #3.6 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:11 PM EST
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        Daytona 500 commercials, oh and there is a race too.

        • 1 vote
        Reply#4 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:15 PM EST

        Go figure...Fastenal has nothing but Dodge trucks for their company, but drives a Ford in Nascar. Score one and only one for Fastenal

          Reply#5 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:17 PM EST

          Looks like a scene from Days of Thunder to me.

          • 2 votes
          Reply#6 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:34 PM EST

          uh, left turn, uh, left turn, uh, left turn

          • 2 votes
          Reply#7 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:35 PM EST

          Most laps led by Pizza Hut and Sprint. This is the worst coverage ever.

            Reply#8 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:39 PM EST

            When are all of our Congressman going to start wearing NASCAR Emblems?

            I mean they are all Bought and Paid for already, Right?

              Reply#9 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:45 PM EST

              UNFAIR! You gotta keep paying and paying. They are never paid for...

                #9.1 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:54 PM EST
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                Anybody see the crash(es)? That's some fire. I wonder if a Daytona 500 has ever been red flagged?

                  Reply#10 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:56 PM EST

                  they might not be able to finish the race. glad montoya and the driver of the truck is okay.

                    #10.1 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:01 PM EST

                    Yes, and everyone's been OK throughout the night.

                      #10.2 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:06 PM EST

                      Well now the driver of the jet truck is at the hospital.

                        #10.3 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:18 PM EST
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                        ChangFowDeleted

                        Hey, KECK: 'are' okay, not, 'is' okay. You're a dimwit!

                          Reply#12 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:20 PM EST

                          nerd.

                            #12.1 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:30 PM EST
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                            NASCAR ----- car explodes because of fuel injection !!!!!!!!!!! 75 lbs. per cylinder x8 = 600 lbs of ethanol vaporized under hood (bomb) and fed by fuel pumps = explosion of car . I don't know how they can fix that,back to gravity feed ?

                            (in my opinion)

                            kevin sadowski

                              Reply#13 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:22 PM EST
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