Daytona Speed Week - "Boogity, boogity, boogity”


It’s Speed Week in Daytona Beach and there is a lot of racing going on with qualifying for the Daytona 500 on Sunday.

Thursday had the two Gatorade twin qualifier duels each a 60 lap race to set the remaining field for Sunday’s race.  In the first race it went pretty smoothly with only one small crash on lap 9 and another mishap by Michael Waltrip as he exited pit row.

On the last half of the lap Danica’s car was hit and then skidded across the apron and hit a safety barrier wall at almost 180 mph.  Fox did a great job having several camera angles for point of view shots from above, alongside, & inside the car and lastly one watching Danica drive the car.

In real time it happens so fast that from being hit, skidding, and impacting the wall is just a couple of seconds.  What is amazing is watching the training and instinct kick in as Danica prepares for hitting the wall violently.

In Indycar races she was taught to let go of the steering wheel just before impact to keep from injuring yourself by either breaking your wrists, thumbs or fingers.  Watch the last couple of replays, one in slow motion and the other real time as she steers, lifts her hands to her helmet, impacts the wall and then goes back to attempt to control the car as it slides to a stop.

The sounds of the tires squealing, the smoke almost makes you think you are in the vehicle with Danica.  Great job Fox for all of those nice shots of the race with great commentary.

Take a look at this . . .


After getting out of this car on Thursday Danica Patrick got into another race car and captured her first NASCAR pole position, turning a 182.741 -mph lap to start first in Saturday's Nationwide Series race.

Looking forward to a great race this year, watching from Alaska is quite different than live with temperatures in the 70’s as we are forecast for snow on Sunday.

Enjoy everyone, be safe and the fans look forward to a great race weekend!

"Boogity, boogity, boogity, let's go racing boys & girl!"

Ice

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