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DJ13

(23,671 posts)
Sat Feb 25, 2012, 08:15 PM Feb 2012

Tomorrow Santorum starts near the rear

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qZneMiBod7wNaNa6vw0tdg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/

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.

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


Daytona 500

Qualifying

Start Pos
41 Tony Raines (26)

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Tomorrow Santorum starts near the rear (Original Post) DJ13 Feb 2012 OP
Starting Pos Blue Owl Feb 2012 #1
Expect Car 26 to take some rear-end bumps SDjack Feb 2012 #2
I expect frothy mixture to come out of the car New Yawker Feb 2012 #3
not a NASCAR fan and really don’t care to google it left is right Feb 2012 #4
It's a start-and-park low budget team. Lugnut Feb 2012 #5
It will probably come just behind Ron Paul's jalopy Loudmxr Feb 2012 #6
Will it backfire? muntrv Feb 2012 #7
It Will Finish Dead Last Oldtimeralso Feb 2012 #8
 

New Yawker

(62 posts)
3. I expect frothy mixture to come out of the car
Sat Feb 25, 2012, 08:25 PM
Feb 2012

and spraying on the raceway forcing caution flags every lap until the car is DQ'ed for crap.

left is right

(1,665 posts)
4. not a NASCAR fan and really don’t care to google it
Sat Feb 25, 2012, 08:38 PM
Feb 2012

bu is this Tony Raines a winner or loser on average. I personally hope he finishes deadlast

Lugnut

(9,791 posts)
5. It's a start-and-park low budget team.
Sat Feb 25, 2012, 08:51 PM
Feb 2012

Tony is a good driver. A lot of teams don't have the funding to field a competitive car. They race for the position purse.

Oldtimeralso

(1,937 posts)
8. It Will Finish Dead Last
Sun Feb 26, 2012, 01:19 AM
Feb 2012

I predict it will not even make one lap of the track in Daytona!

As NASCAR fans know oval tracks require that you turn left, therefore as it is associated with Santorum on the first lap it will turn HARD RIGHT and hit the wall, causing immediate self destruction.

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