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Start: 05-02-2010 from 20:00 (MT)
NASCAR Sprint Cup PRACTICE #1, Daytona 500, Daytona, FL
Kvapil started Sunday’s race from the 30th position on the starting grid. He was directly in front of Yates Racing teammate, David Gilliland. The green flag waved at 3:41 pm to begin the golden anniversary of the historic race and Jimmy Johnson led the field. He quickly lost the lead to Michael Waltrip on the opening lap.
Kvapil dropped back towards the rear of the field in order to see how the No. 28 was handling on the turns. He did not want to risk being caught in an accident early in the race. The front of the field battled for positions from the opening laps, but Kvapil’s plan was to stay out of trouble then make a move later in the race.
Kvapil called in over team radio at lap 17 and told the crew the K&N Filters Ford was handling the turns, but the track surface was slippery due to the high temperatures. At lap 28, Kvapil said he felt as though the rear of the car was loose.
The No. 28 K&N Filters team decided to pit on lap 37 for four tires, fuel and an adjustment to the track bar. Handling continued to be an issue for the K&N Filters team and on lap 59 Kvapil said the car felt free while entering the high-banked turns of Daytona and felt light on the exit of the turns.
The sun began to drop behind the grandstands on the front stretch of the speedway around lap 77. The front half of the track was shaded and the track surface temperature was dropping.
On lap 80 the first caution of the day came for debris on the surface of the track. Crew chief Todd Parrot called Kvapil to pit road on lap 83. After the restart on lap 85, Kvapil held steady in his position in the field and was able to move up to 30th on lap 114. He called in over radio communications and said the car’s handling was taking a turn for the worse and the track surface continued to drop.
The team made another green flag pit stop on lap 122 and the K&N Filters Ford Fusion received four fresh tires and fuel. Kvapil started to gain positions immediately upon returning to the field. The No.28 moved up to 25th by lap 139 before the handling concerns returned.
Sirius Satellite Radio will air the legendary Daytona 500 live this Sunday (February 18th), with 15 hours of coverage from the track from 9am to midnight, on Sirius NASCAR Radio (ch 128).
From Wednesday, February 14th through Sunday, February 18th, SIRIUS will broadcast live from the infield at the Daytona International Speedway, providing news, expert analysis and interviews. Sirius NASCAR Radio will also broadcast Friday's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, Saturday's NASCAR Busch Series race and Sunday's Daytona 500 live, providing full pre- and post-race coverage produced in conjunction with Motor Racing Network.
On top of carrying the broadcast from Motor Racing Network (MRN) Sirius is broadcasting the driver-to-crew chatter on 10 additional channels. When the team members are not on the radio the audio of the live race broadcast will come up allowing listeners to follow the entire race uninterrupted.
Follow the jump to see the full in-car audio lineup, as well the full NASCAR programming schedule...
Live race call provided by Motor Racing Network - channel 128
Jimmie Johnson in-car audio - channel 122
Tony Stewart in-car audio - channel 126
Dale Earnhardt Jr. in-car audio - channel 125
Jeff Gordon in-car audio - channel 121
Kasey Kahne in-car audio - channel 114
Kevin Harvick in-car audio - channel 119
Matt Kenseth in-car audio - channel 130
Jeff Burton in-car audio - channel 147
Denny Hamlin in-car audio - channel 144
Fan's Choice - channel 140 (Driver TBD)
Wednesday through Sunday schedule on Sirius NASCAR Radio (ch 128):
Wednesday
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm: "NASCAR Performance Live" hosted by Steve Post and Larry McReynolds
Thursday
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm: Gatorade Duels 1 & 2 - NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Race
Friday
7:30 pm: Chevy Silverado HD 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race
Saturday
9:00 am - 12:30 pm: "The Front Stretch" hosted by Pat Patterson
12:30 pm - 4:00 pm: Orbitz 300 NASCAR Busch Series Race
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm: "Press Pass" hosted by Jerry Bonkowski and Steve Post
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm: "Manifold Destiny" hosted by Mojo Nixon
10:00 pm - midnight: "Loose Ends" highlights from the week on Sirius NASCAR Radio
Sunday
9:00 am - 11:30 am: "The Front Stretch" hosted by Pat Patterson
11:30 am - 2:00 pm: "Sirius NASCAR Radio Pre-Race Show"
2:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Daytona 500 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Race
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm: "Sirius NASCAR Radio Post-Race Show"
10:00 pm - midnight: "The Back Stretch"
JACK ROUSH CONTINUED – WHAT HAS THE 17 TEAM, AND MATT, DONE TO WIN THE FIRST TWO RACES? “Well, Drew has brought magic to the team. His dad was a coach and he played real competitive sports in high school, so he know how to build a team, he knows how to capitalize on the energy within a team and we needed that. We had all the right people with the right skill sets on the team, but we just need somebody to create the magic and Drew has done that. We had the same cars last year, and Matt was the same guy that he was last year – he sure didn’t learn anything over the winter because he didn’t have the chance to drive these cars as much as normal. I’m celebrating with Drew the fact that – he needed a little help with the champagne. I took a little hit in the Victory Circle because I gave him my champagne bottle, which I had all primed. That’s what happened. Drew got me. We’ll credit what we’ve got going for us early here as the Drew factor, and look forward to carrying it forward. But with way that Carl had won and with the way Jamie has been running and the way Greg has won, and way David has been coming, certainly there is an expectation on my part we were going to be fastor in these races until we get to Martinsville, and the guys snuck off to the Little Rock there at Rockingham race track, and that is one of the places where you can go and test a little bit, and we think we even got something for Martinsville that we haven’t had before. So, I’m real optimistic about what’s going to happen in the first handful of races. The idea of winning Daytona under rain circumstance was a surprise. It caught me totally off-guard. Of course, I was afraid it was going to finish under rain and I was hoping it would win, but I certainly didn’t want to read the press and have two rainouts and having one of our guys be the benefactor.”
MATT KENSETH CONTINUED – THE LAST 20 LAPS WERE VERY ENTERTAINING. DID YOU THINK JEFF GORDON HAD WHAT HE HAD FOR THOSE LAST 20 LAPS? “I thought he was going to pass. I kind of have a bad habit, I guess, people call me a pessimist, I think I’m more of a realist, but when we took off the run before that we got in the lead and we ran some real fast laps and we left Jeff by 15, 20 car lengths or something like that and in the middle of that run he just ran right by me and took off. Greg would go by me, took off. I couldn’t do any better than that.
MATT KENSETH CONTINUED – “I was doing the best I can. So I don’t even know if they adjusted, but that got us in the front again, which obviously was a big key to it, and we took off. Right away I could feel it was better, but I didn’t think it that much better and I was getting looser as I ran and with as many laps that were left I honestly thought we were going to be too loose at the end and he was going to catch us. I couldn’t get away from him that time and then he got right on my bumper and I thought, ‘I’m about over,’ but I guess they tightened his up a bit and got too tight, and I was able to hang there. These things are real sensitive and they just made the perfect adjustment, and had the perfect pit stop.”
JACK ROUSH CONTINUED – WHY HAVE YOUR TEAMS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL HERE, NO MATTER WHO’S DRIVING OR ON THE CREWS? “It does matter who drives the cars. I’m blessed with having real fast company that let me hang around with them. Looking at Matt Kenseth, it is a fact that Matt Kenseth would not be part of our program I wouldn’t have the honor to be involved with Matt, I’m sure, if it hadn’t been for Mark Martin. And Mark looked at Matt and Mark has had template set on the driver temperament and really what the nature of our strategies have been at mile-and-a-half and the two-mile race tracks. Those were his needs, and I certainly learned what his interests were and figured out what to give him to be successful, and that’s helped us. It takes three things to make these cars win: It takes technology that the manufacturer brings to the table, and in our case that’s Ford Motor Company; it takes NASCAR giving you a template set for the body shape and the engine parameters that is competitive; and it takes a driver that can close the deal. And I’ve been fortunate to have those things. The affiliation with Ford Motor Company has been a big factoring it over the years, and the crew chiefs, like Drew, have prepared the cars ideally and the cars have been driven with great enthusiasm and with great effect.”
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