UPDATE #2: The rain continued at Daytona and the new time set for the race to commence is 7 PM, Monday, February 27.

UPDATE: The Daytona 500 was rained out today and will be run Monday, February 27, 2012, at 12 noon on CBS, Fox-Cleveland TV.  You can check out the official NASCAR website for additional information.  

http://www.nascar.com/

Watchwoman: GOOD NEWS!!! (Pictured below) Rick Santorum’s #26 car, a Ford, qualified and will start in 41st place, driven by Tony Raines, at today’s Daytona 500 in the NASCAR Sprint Series.  The #26 car is sponsored by Front Row Motorsports.  There are 43 cars in the line up so the Santorum car will be in the last row of 2 cars with the forty-third car, last in line, behind. The faster the car, the better position in the starting line up. The pole position (first place in the starting line up) is awarded to the fastest qualifying car.  BAD NEWS. The America-Israel car driven by J. J. Yeley is not in the line up of 43 cars. The America-Israel car did not qualify. ▬ Donna Calvin

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“Gentlemen, Start your engines!”

“Boogatie! Boogatie!  Boogatie! Let’s go racin’ boys!” — Darrell Waltrip

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Rick Santorum’s Daytona 500 racer

By Chris Moody | The Ticket – 21 hrs ago

Crew members work on the car sponsored by Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum during practice for Sunday’s …

DETROIT, Michigan — Mitt Romney may have tickets to Sunday’s Daytona 500 NASCAR race in Florida, but he’ll be watching his rival’s name fly down the track.

Santorum’s presidential campaign is sponsoring Tony Raines’ car in Sunday’s race. Crew members in Florida spent Saturday preparing the car, and AP photographer Rainier Ehrhardt snapped some early pictures.

See more photos: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/photos-rick-santorum-daytona-500-racer-173008802.html

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COMPLETE LINEUP FOLLOWS

RACE LINEUP

Daytona 500 | Daytona International Speedway

February 26, 2012 | Race 1 of 36
POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND
1 99 Carl Edwards Ford Fastenal 194.738 46.216 Leader
2 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 194.087 46.371 -0.155
3 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1
4 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Best Buy
5 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard
6 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row / CSX “Play it Safe”
7 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley
8 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s
9 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar
10 33 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet General Mills / Kroger
11 98 Michael McDowell Ford K-Love / Curb Records
12 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot
13 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser
14 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M’s Brown
15 22 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Shell / Pennzoil
16 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger
17 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Mapei / Menards / Speed Energy
18 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army / Quicken Loans
19 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats
20 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet Farmers Insurance
21 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford Ford EcoBoost
22 55 Mark Martin Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine
23 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite
24 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Ollie’s Bargain Outlet
25 34 David Ragan Ford Scorpion Truck Bed Liners
26 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts
27 43 Aric Almirola Ford Smithfield “Helping Hungry Homes”
28 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet HendrickCars.com
29 10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet GoDaddy.com
30 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy
31 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express
32 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Kroger
33 38 David Gilliland Ford MHP Power Pak Pudding
34 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves
35 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target
36 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO
37 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Peak / Menards
38 93 David Reutimann Toyota Burger King
39 83 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King
40 21 Trevor Bayne Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center
41 26 Tony Raines Ford Front Row Motorsports
42 30 David Stremme Toyota Inception Motorsports
43 32 Terry Labonte Ford C&J Energy Champion’s Provisional –
Did Not Qualify
44 140 Michael Waltrip Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine
45 23 Robert Richardson Jr. Toyota North Texas Pipe
46 97 Bill Elliott Toyota AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves
47 37 Mike Wallace Ford Poynt.com
48 109 Kenny Wallace Toyota American Ethanol
49 249 J.J. Yeley Toyota America Israel Racing

Source: http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2012/1/data/lineup.html

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Check out Related Watchwoman NASCAR Posts

Pro-Israel racecar will make debut at Daytona 500
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http://blog.beliefnet.com/watchwomanonthewall/?p=12673

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http://blog.beliefnet.com/watchwomanonthewall/?p=12762

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