With NASCAR on a non eternal hiatus, recordsdata is going to be sluggish within the impending weeks. To support occupy the NASCAR void, we contrivance on taking you on a each day out down memory lane spanning the years attributable to the Jayski’s living inception. The use of our recordsdata archives pages, right here’s a delight in attend at what’s took place on this date by means of the final 23 years in NASCAR:
This tell day in NASCAR history: April 25
Years we now have pulled this day’s significant items from: 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2004, 2003, 2001, 1998, 1997
Top inquire of the complete lot from this date over outdated years: Vital Web page | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997
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2018:
- Kenseth returning to Roush Fenway? UPDATE Matt Kenseth is returning to the NASCAR Cup Series to force Roush Fenway Racing‘s No. 6 vehicle in remove out races this season, just a few sources urged SB Nation.(4-23-2018)
UPDATE: Who stated it’s most likely you’ll presumably presumably‘t wander dwelling? NASCAR champion Matt Kenseth will return to the organization the place he began his storied NASCAR profession, piloting Roush Fenway‘s flagship No. 6 Ford Fusion for a fragment of the 2018 season. Kenseth can even have a brand sleek dwelling remote from dwelling, with the team announcing a multi-365 days partnership with Wyndham Rewards®, the award-qualified loyalty program of Wyndham Resort Community, as a brand sleek predominant on the No. 6.[More](4-25-2018)
2017:
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. wanted to step away on his cling terms, announces 2017 will be closing season: Larger than something, Dale Earnhardt Jr. wanted to be the grasp of his cling destiny. In announcing his retirement from Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series racing on Tuesday at the Hendrick Motorsports campus in
Charlotte, North Carolina, Earnhardt described his predominant motivation within the course of months of bodily and emotionally laborious rehabilitation from a concussion that sidelined him from the closing 18 races of the 2016 season.[More](4-25-2017) - Earnhardt Jr. to retire from NASCAR Cup Series following 2017: After 18 seasons and more than 600 races within the attend of the wheel, Dale Earnhardt Jr. will bring his NASCAR Cup Series riding profession to a terminate at the conclusion of 2017. This day, he shared the tips with contributors of his #88 Hendrick Motorsports team. The fan favourite and two-time Daytona 500 champion will discuss his decision in a press conference this afternoon. He’ll be joined by Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick, for whom Earnhardt has driven since 2008. The two first met concerning the driver‘s decision on March 29. [More](4-25-2017
2016:
- NASCAR would require groups to tighten all lugnuts: NASCAR sent a memo to groups on Monday updating the
NASCAR rulebook that all 5 lug nuts are in point of fact required to be installed:
.a All tires, wheels, and all 5 lugnuts need to be installed in a salvage and salvage manner at all times within the course of the occasion.
.b NASCAR reserves the merely at any time to require any Competitor to document to pit avenue to envision for any noncompliance.
.c Any lack of a wheel(s) beyond the exit of pit avenue would maybe merely cease up in a penalty…
Violation of the fragment, ensuing within the inability of a wheel, would maybe result in a an primary minimum four speed suspection of the crew chief and tire changer and tire carrier.(4-25-2016)
2015:
- Hamlin will get Toyota‘s 100th XFINITY salvage: Camry driver Denny Hamlin visited victory lane within the Toyota Care 250 at Richmond World Raceway on Friday night to present Toyota its 100th victory within the NASCAR XFINITY Series. The Richmond speed is the 281st occasion since Toyota entered NXS competition in 2007 and this 365 days marks the manufacturer‘s ninth season within the sequence. The victory also marks the seventh salvage for the Camry in NXS competition at Richmond. The first Toyota NXS victory came with Jason Leffler within the attend of the wheel of a Camry at Indiana‘s Lucas Oil Raceway in July 2007 within the manufacturer‘s inaugural 365 days within the sequence. In 9 seasons, 12 Camry drivers have contributed to the 100 wins with Kyle Busch visiting victory lane the most after accumulating 59 first-place trophies. Diversified drivers to register NXS wins in a Camry encompass Joey Logano (18), Denny Hamlin (7), Tony Stewart (5), Matt Kenseth (3), Marcos Ambrose (2), Kurt Busch (1), Sam Hornish Jr. (1), Erik Jones (1), Leffler (1), David Reutimann (1) and Elliott Sadler (1). The most a hit season by Camry drivers came about in 2008 with 20 wins, contributing to the predominant of three NXS manufacturer‘s titles by Toyota (also earned in 2009 and 2010). Camry drivers have earned at the very least 10 wins each 365 days since 2008 after qualified two races within the course of the inaugural 2007 season. Up to now in 2015, Toyota drivers have two wins with Hamlin‘s Richmond triumph and Jones earned his first-profession NXS victory in Texas (April 10).(Toyota Racing)(4-25-2015)
2012:
- Bristol Motor Speedway will take cling of revolutionary banking: Not as much as a month after fan feedback convinced him to acquire adjustments to the concrete ground at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bruton Smith, Chairman and CEO of Speedway Motorsports, announced his plans for primary changes to the discover. “I stated when this project
began final month that I would hear to what the followers stated they wanted,” Smith stated. “After per week to 10 days, there became as soon as no inquire of that the overwhelming majority became as soon as asking for alterations to the discover. Since March 28, when we announced that adjustments will most definitely be made, we now have listened to followers, heard from drivers and talked to engineers about what to carry out and the very top arrangement worthy time we needed to carry out it. Once we knew the direction, we positioned the merely equipment to acquire it occur.” The adjustments hear to the revolutionary banking applied when the most fresh discover ground became as soon as put in place within the summertime of 2007. “The massive majority of followers we heard from stated they wanted adjustments made and the large majority of those stated the revolutionary banking became as soon as what they didn‘t admire,” stated Smith in explaining the decision-making project. “So, that‘s the heart of attention of our efforts. And that is what we are working to switch.” When the deteriorating BMS discover ground became as soon as modified in 2007, variable banking became as soon as added. Steadily regularly called “revolutionary” attributable to the degrees lengthen from bottom to high, the structure supplied just a few lanes of racing on the famed rapid discover. Smith stated the approach to switch the discover ground did now not reach straightforward, but listening to the speed followers steadily has served him neatly. “More and more followers saved asking us to carry out something to the discover,” Smith stated. “So I put it within the market. They spoke and we listened. I want them to be entirely contented; I want them to admire their expertise in Bristol. This might carry out that and I do know they’ll be entirely contented with the result.”(BMS)(4-25-2012) - Pastrana prepared for sequence debut: When #99-Travis Pastrana makes his worthy anticipated NASCAR Nationwide Series debut Friday night at Richmond World Raceway, he‘ll have one goal in mind — carry out on the lead lap. The 11-time X Games gold medal winner expects to elope in seven Nationwide Series races in 2012 with RAB Racing, who fashioned a Nationwide alliance with Michael Waltrip Racing this month. The 28-365 days-outdated action sports activities superstar can even elope in Thursday‘s K&N; Pro Series East speed in Pastrana199‘s #99 iRacing Toyota.(RAB Racing)(4-25-2012)
2010:
- Harvick wins wild speed at Talladega: #29-Kevin Harvick obtained the Aaron‘s 499 Flee Cup Series speed at Talladega Superspeedway taking the lead on the third Green-White-Checkered with about a toes to head over #1-Jamie McMurray, qualified the speed by .011 seconds, the 8th closest carry out [since electronic scoring in 1993]. McMurray had led when the final warning came out earlier than lap 188 [the end of the regular length of the race] and led at the commence of each of the three green-white-checkered flags. It is Harvick‘s first salvage in 115 races [Daytona 500 in 2007], his fist salvage at Talladega, Richard Childress Racing 90th salvage and 1st salvage at Talladega since Dale Earnhardt obtained his 76th and closing speed in Oct. 2000. It is Harvick‘s 12th profession salvage which puts him on my own in 31st on the all-time salvage list. McMurray held on to 2nd place, followed by #42-Montoya, #11-Hamlin, #5-Martin, #6-Ragan, #33-Bowyer, #2-Busch, #18-Busch and #09-Bliss. #48-Johnson wrecked slack and accomplished 31st out of the speed. #24-Gordon got thinking just a few lte wreck, but accomplished 22nd. #7-Gordon accomplished 20th and is attend within the tip 35 in owners points in 34th. The #37 Entrance Row Motorsports team fell out of the tip 35. There were a series and discover file 29 leaders with a series and discover file 88 lead adjustments. There were 8 cautions for 32 yellow flag laps.(4-25-2010)
2009:
- Mikey undecided about future plans: #55-Michael Waltrip says it’s a ways too early to judge if he’s going to retire at the cease of this season or return in 2010. Waltrip has now not obtained a speed since 2003 and enters Sunday‘s speed at Talladega Superspeedway 25th within the Flee Cup standings. He would maybe retire and commit his elephantine vitality to operating Michael Waltrip Racing, which also fields entries for #00-David Reutimann and #47-Marcos Ambrose. Waltrip opened the season with a seventh-place carry out within the Daytona 500, but has accomplished 24th or worse in 5 diversified Cup races. Waltrip stated on Saturday that he unexcited needs to speed, believes he can salvage yet any other time within the #55 and wants to salvage a championship for his longtime sponsor (NAPA).(Connected Press)(4-25-2009)
2008:
- Stewart to depart JGR? UPDATE 3 statements Gibbs and Stewart: Sources articulate Sports Illustrated that #20-Tony Stewart is engaged on the closing stages of a deal to wander from Joe Gibbs Racing to Haas CNC subsequent season. Angry by the ramifications of this kind of wander, no person‘s admitting something moderately yet, as you‘d inquire of. When reached for comment, Haas CNC Racing spokesman Ron Mench claims there‘s been no conversation between Stewart and the organization. Stewart‘s PR spokesman Mike Arning became as soon as noncommittal (“I‘ve heard what you‘ve heard,” when asked about Haas CNC) but he reminded SI [Sports Illustrated] that Stewart‘s contract with Gibbs runs by means of the 2009 season. “He‘s there this 365 days and he‘s there subsequent 365 days,” claimed Arning. “And I do know for a truth that JGR is drawn to retaining Tony for ‘10 and beyond. They‘d admire him to retire at Joe Gibbs Racing. As Tony‘s stated continually, ‘Nothing‘s broke. Why change it?‘ Tony‘s going to have a selection of alternatives in entrance of him; why wouldn‘t he? But I don‘t inquire of [an early out happening] … each person is going to are living as much as the terms of the contract that runs by means of ‘09.” Alternatively, sources are adamant that now not merely the speaking, but deal-making is already going on for Stewart to head in numerous locations. And, while usually a ambitious opponent, contracts is liable to be without grief purchased out, as Jamie McMurray and Kurt Busch have proven us in fresh years.(Sports Illustrated)(4-23-2008)
UPDATE: Tony Stewart has begun discussion with Joe Gibbs Racing officers about his future with the firm, ESPN.com has realized. And that future, sources boom, is questionable. A couple of sources terminate to the distress who spoke on situation of anonymity stated Stewart urged Gibbs officers that he‘d make a selection to be launched from the closing 365 days of his most modern riding contract, which expires at the conclusion of the 2009 season. “He positively has some alternatives,” JGR president J.D. Gibbs stated. “To me it‘s no diversified than any of the the alternatives he‘s had earlier than. The truth is he‘s racing right here by means of 2009. There‘s no ifs, ands or buts about that one. Our stance is he‘s racing for us by means of 2009.” Stewart‘s publicist, Mike Arning, stated “Tony‘s contract is by means of the 2009 season. When that’s up he‘ll have a selection of alternatives for 2010 and beyond. But by manner of what he‘s going to carry out, or would maybe carry out, for now and in
between, as a ways as JGR is anxious he‘s their driver for 2009.” Sources stated Stewart is intrigued by the idea of team ownership. One most likely scenario mentioned became as soon as a partnership with Haas/CNC Racing, below which Stewart would cling as worthy as a 50% stake within the speed team that presently fields the #66 and #70 Chevys. Below that scenario he would force a form of two machines. Haas GM Joe Custer stated he has spoken with loads of folk concerning the future space of his team, in conjunction with Stewart‘s neighborhood. He became as soon as adamant that his team has reached no take care of Stewart, but would “by all manner be drawn to discussing a partnership with a driver of his caliber.” This form of wander would reunite Stewart with Chevrolet, which sources stated became as soon as of the utmost significance to the driver, supplied that he‘s driven for Identical outdated Motors for many of his profession, and that GM sponsors Stewart‘s delivery wheel elope vehicle program. Gibbs switched to Toyotas from Chevrolets in 2008. Haas/CNC Racing presently fields vehicles built and powered by Hendrick Motorsports, the organization that has obtained four Cup championships within the past 10 years, in conjunction with the past two.(ESPN.com)
UPDATE 2: The next is an announcement from J.D. Gibbs, president of Joe Gibbs Racing, referring to the contract space of driver Tony Stewart: “There has been worthy hypothesis referring to the very top arrangement forward for our driver, Tony Stewart. Tony is presently right here by means of 2009, and from a Joe Gibbs Racing standpoint, we hope he drives for us longer than that and retires right here. Tony is a spacious accomplice and a huge asset to Joe Gibbs Racing. Loyal now, we are interested by qualified races and qualified the following two NASCAR Flee Cup Series championships below his most modern contract.”(Joe Gibbs Racing/Appropriate Slide Communique)(4-24-2008)
UPDATE Stewart speaks: Tony Stewart has loads of diversified affords to depart Joe Gibbs Racing, and he is brooding about every option — in conjunction with ones that would maybe presumably obtain him the owner of his cling NASCAR team. “We‘ve got just a few affords on the desk merely now, and there‘s a couple in explicit that in actual fact have caught our hobby,” Stewart urged newshounds Thursday after Nationwide Series discover at Talladega Superspeedway. “We haven‘t made a 100% decision yet on what we‘re going to carry out, but we‘re going to perceive at the entire alternatives. And the alternatives are thrilling, the entire manner spherical.” Stewart‘s take care of JGR runs by means of 2009, and he stated final summer season he became as soon as drawn to signing an extension with the team he‘s driven for since 1998. But contract talks moved slowly, with Stewart announcing in January he became as soon as in no elope to acquire a deal accomplished. Stewart stated Thursday he has now not ruled out staying with JGR, but when he began negotiating a brand sleek contract, diversified groups approached him with sleek alternatives. The identical thing took place attend in 2003, when Stewart became as soon as in a insist to leverage loads of offers — in conjunction with one from Chip Ganassi — to salvage a more lucrative contract with Gibbs. “A wise particular person urged me it never price a dime to hear, so merely now we‘re all ears,” Stewart stated of the most fresh affords. “Loyal now it‘s merely a topic of figuring out what we want to carry out, and being glorious. We‘ve had a spacious elope at Joe Gibbs Racing. It doesn‘t mean it‘s over. We‘re merely going to perceive at the complete lot that‘s within the market.” Stewart stated Thursday he has urged Gibbs officers of his affords, and there were discussions of doubtlessly leaving the team early looking out on what deal he agreed to. But he stated “a couple affords” incorporated ownership, and the idea of operating his cling team enraged him. Stewart stated he has now not mentioned proudly owning a share of JGR with owner Joe Gibbs. “Loyal now we‘ve now not asked to be launched out of our contract,” he stated. “They know there are diversified affords on the desk and we‘ve stated, `What if right here’s the case? And what if right here’s offered to us? Is there a possibility we would maybe very neatly be launched from our contract early?‘ But we now have now not asked to be launched from our contract.” Cary Agajanian, who represents Stewart by means of the Motorsports Management Int. company, cited the sensitivity of contract talks in declining to comment. “His contract is by means of 2009 with Joe Gibbs Racing,” stated Agajanian, “that‘s about all we know, and all we can boom.”(Connected Press)(4-25-2008)
2004:
- Truex Lastly to the #15: ….so [Michael] Waltrip would maybe have had cause to in actual fact feel worried. Basically, a particular person much less obvious of what he needs from the following 5 years of his NASCAR profession and beyond will most definitely be inclined to suspicion, or even resentment. Finally, Waltrip, who turns 41 Friday, has made his most primary contributions to Dale Earnhardt Inc. in restrictor-plate races, qualified four (his easiest profession victories) since 2001. His drafting support has most regularly been mandatory to teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. But there are only four such races within the 36-occasion Nextel Cup agenda, and even Waltrip admitted after qualifying 2nd for this day‘s Aaron‘s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway that “the vehicles are that factual the place we is liable to be a hit without each diversified.” But per DEI director of motorsports Richie Gilmore, there is now not any insecurity, no acrimony between the speed team and Waltrip, attributable to there don’t appear to be any “secret agendas.” Although Gilmore stated he needs to remove Waltrip “as prolonged as we can,” each person knows DEI indirectly needs Truex in Waltrip‘s #15 Chevrolet. “I delight in Michael has been spacious with that,” Gilmore stated. “Besides Junior, he‘s been one in all Martin‘s No.1 followers. We‘ve had that conversation about in some unspecified time in the future hanging Martin in that vehicle down the avenue when Michael moves on. And Michael supports that.” It helps that Waltrip is too busy taking a delight in forward to perceive within the attend of. Waltrip, who owns a Busch team he runs out of a store in his attend yard, will topic a Nextel Cup team for 5 races this season with outdated fashion Kenny Wallace riding. That‘s the predominant step of a grasp contrivance in which Waltrip sees himself phasing out of DEI and proper into a job as elephantine-time owner. “I‘d make a selection to thrill in that in 5 years I would maybe have a Cup team or two that competes continually,” Waltrip stated. “I‘d make a selection to proceed to elope Busch for myself and proceed to elope for DEI unless that deal runs itself out, perchance have a Cup team the place someone else would force for me. I‘ve loved proudly owning and growing a team more than folk know.” Gilmore stated Truex would maybe elope some Cup races this season within the DEI #1 Chevrolet beforehand driven fragment-time by John Andretti.(St Petersburg Events)(4-25-2004)
2003:
- The Mountainous Mac Cup? McDonald‘s is negotiating with NASCAR for naming rights to the Winston Cup Series, per a Bloomberg Files document. McDonald‘s has steadily been amongst the businesses regarded as as that it’s most likely you’ll presumably presumably imagine replacements for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco because the sequence‘ title sponsor, a deal stated to be price between $40 million and $60 million. “Are we fervent? Sure,” John Lewicki, head of sports activities advertising and marketing for McDonald‘s, urged Bloomberg. “Whether it’s a ways knowing for us, we‘ll fully perceive at it.” NASCAR vice president for communications Jim Hunter stated Friday the sanctioning body is having discussions with loads of corporations about title sponsorship of its high sequence, but would now not touch upon any relate corporations eager.(ThatsRacin.com)(4-25-2003)
2001:
- No More Winston in ‘Winston Cup‘? R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., stands accused of violating the 1998 multi-
billion dollar tobacco settlement with insist governments by advertising and marketing 365 days-spherical at speed tracks. If the signage is struck down, it would maybe presumably trigger RJR to re-overview its monetary make stronger of racing, which change sources say approaches $40 million a 365 days. View elephantine tale at the CNN/SI living: RJR accused of violating tobacco settlement, to worthy recordsdata to scale wander into reverse or post right here AND also at the CNN/SI living: What‘s in a popularity? — Design forward for ‘Winston‘ Cup remains hazardous some highlights: If by some prolonged-shot, R. J. Reynolds decides to withdraw its NASCAR sponsorship after the season, who‘ll occupy the Winston Cup void? That you simply can inquire of loads of corporate giants — admire comfy-drink producers, for starters — to eagerly line up and quit tens of thousands and thousands, change sources boom. It‘s also a honest appropriate wager NASCAR would ignore the substantial-cash guys tied to edgier products, such as predominant beer corporations Anheuser-Busch and Miller Brewing.(4-25-2001)
1998:
- Danny “Chocolate” Myers, the prolonged-time gasman for seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt‘s Richard Childress Racing team, plans to pull double responsibility on “Bustle Day.” His first halt is Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the place he‘ll gas one in all A.J. Foyt‘s three entries within the Indianapolis 500, then he‘ll jet to North Carolina to gas Earnhardt‘s Goodwrench Carrier Plus Chevrolet within the Coca-Cola 600 that evening at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Most attention-grabbing one diversified competitor has performed the irregular racing each day double. John Andretti, who drives Richard Petty‘s STP Pontiac, participated within the riding doubleheader in 1994. Unconfirmed rumors are that Andretti will force Foyt‘s IRL vehicle at Indianapolis, then head for Charlotte to wheel the STP-subsidized Petty Enterprises Pontiac.(iRace), inquire of Sweets living at: Chocolate Myer‘s Legit Homepage.(4-25-98)
1997:
- Goodyear has signed a three 365 days take care of NASCAR Winston Cup to be the habitual tire supplier for the Winston Cup, Busch Kindly Nationwide and NASCAR Craftsman Truck sequence. That ought to place to bed any rumor that Firestone will return anytime soon. Additionally per the Richmond Events-Dispatch: Goodyear officers boom they foresee no present issues as a result a strike by the United Steelworkers (the union also represents rubber workers). The strike, which began at the midnights Saturday(4-19-97), have an affect on the firm‘s Akron, Ohio, plant, the place all racing tires are made(4-25-97). Invoice France has stated that Firestone/Bridgestone have never approached NASCAR, formally or informally, about getting thinking concerning the sequence yet any other time(Firestone became as soon as thinking concerning the 60‘s and 70‘s). Additionally there is liable to be some form of a ‘merchandising occasion‘ which will encompass a NASCAR passenger tire(4-26-97)
- Per NASCAR Fansite: Jimmy Spencer and Smoking Joe‘s to fragment solutions in 1998. Interior NASCAR sources boom that Spencer and Smoking joes will fragment solutions in 1998. There’ll be a factual possibility that Spencer will now not force for Travis Carter subsequent 365 days as neatly. The stress on the Smoking Joe‘s image is stated to be the advise with Camel in NASCAR. They’re expected to bow to the stress.(4-25-97)
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April 25, 2019
- Leavine Family Racing continues FDNY Foundation partnership: Leavine Family Racing announced that this can all over yet any other time accomplice with the FDNY Foundation aboard the No. 95 Toyota Camry for the third season within the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The FDNY Foundation affords funding for packages that come the New York Metropolis …
- Ty Dillon to acquire 100th Cup commence: With 99 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts below his belt, Ty Dillon will obtain his 100th commence in Sunday‘s GEICO 500 as he wheels the No. 13 GEICO Camaro ZL1 spherical Talladega Superspeedway. This might be GEICO‘s fifth season because the entitlement sponsor of Talladega…
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April 25, 2018
- A delight in at many recordsdata, notes and tale traces for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series speed at Talladega Superspeedway, inquire of the stats on the NASCAR Nationwide Series Files & Notes — Talladega Superspeedway
- 5 groups make a selection fragment in a two-day tire test at Michigan World Speedway: The vehicles returned to Michigan World Speedway when 5 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers and groups took to the discover for a Goodyear tire test. The drivers all had the equal goal in mind, serving to Goodyear carry out the right kind tire for the racing on the two-mile oval.[More](4-25-2018)
- Michael Leavine named Competition Director for #95 team: Leavine Family Racing (LFR) has named Michael Leavine because the Competition Director for the organization and its No. 95 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series team, efficient at this time. Leavine is the grandson of team owner, Bob Leavine, and has served because the Director of Operations at the organization for the past 365 days.[More](4-25-2018)
- Matt DiBenedetto‘s Darlington throwback map unveiled: The #32 Ford at Darlington will be modeled off Jeff Burton‘s #99 Exide Batteries Ford from the slack 1990s and 2000.[More](4-25-2018)
- Roush Fenway Racing press conference transcript: The click conference incorporated Matt Kenseth, Trace Martin, Jack Roush, RFR President Steve Newmark, and Wyndham govt Eliot Hamlisch.[More](4-25-2018)
- Kenseth returning to Roush Fenway? UPDATE Matt Kenseth is returning to the NASCAR Cup Series to force Roush Fenway Racing‘s No. 6 vehicle in remove out races this season, just a few sources urged SB Nation.(4-23-2018)
UPDATE: Who stated it’s most likely you’ll presumably presumably‘t wander dwelling? NASCAR champion Matt Kenseth will return to the organization the place he began his storied NASCAR profession, piloting Roush Fenway‘s flagship No. 6 Ford Fusion for a fragment of the 2018 season. Kenseth can even have a brand sleek dwelling remote from dwelling, with the team announcing a multi-365 days partnership with Wyndham Rewards®, the award-qualified loyalty program of Wyndham Resort Community, as a brand sleek predominant on the No. 6.[More](4-25-2018) - Petty‘s Storage and Medallion Bank on the #43: Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) announced this day, Petty‘s Storage and Medallion Bank will most definitely be the predominant sponsors of Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. and the No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 team within the course of this weekend‘s events at the Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. Petty‘s Storage will be on the hood with Medallion Bank on the perimeters of a brand sleek No. 43 Camaro ZL1 built for this weekend.[More](4-25-2018)
- Special map for Kahne at Talladega: This weekend at Talladega, Kasey Kahne will elope a particular Procore Safety Certified paint map aboard his No. 95 Camaro ZL1. Procore is enraged to suppose their sleek Procore Safety Certified program launching Could well even 7, 2018 in observance of Construction Safety Week (Could well even 7-11).[More](4-25-2018)
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April 25, 2017
- Dale Earnhardt, Jr and Rick Hendrick met contributors of the media on Tuesday afternoon to discuss Earnhardt, Jr‘s decision to retire from the Cup Series at the cease of the season.: Dale Earnhardt, Jr and Rick Hendrick met contributors of the media on Tuesday afternoon to discuss Earnhardt, Jr‘s decision to retire from the Cup Series at the cease of the season.[More](4-25-2017)
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. wanted to step away on his cling terms, announces 2017 will be closing season: Larger than something, Dale Earnhardt Jr. wanted to be the grasp of his cling destiny. In announcing his retirement from Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series racing on Tuesday at the Hendrick Motorsports campus in Charlotte, North Carolina, Earnhardt described his predominant motivation within the course of months of bodily and emotionally laborious rehabilitation from a concussion that sidelined him from the closing 18 races of the 2016 season.[More](4-25-2017)
- Earnhardt Jr. to retire from NASCAR Cup Series following 2017: After 18 seasons and more than 600 races within the attend of the wheel, Dale Earnhardt Jr. will bring his NASCAR Cup Series riding profession to a terminate at the conclusion of 2017. This day, he shared the tips with contributors of his #88 Hendrick Motorsports team. The fan favourite and two-time Daytona 500 champion will discuss his decision in a press conference this afternoon. He’ll be joined by Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick, for whom Earnhardt has driven since 2008. The two first met concerning the driver‘s decision on March 29. [More](4-25-2017)
- Jimmie Johnson stays hot with Monday victory at Bristol Grabbing the lead from #4-Kevin Harvick on Lap 480 of 500 in Monday‘s Food Metropolis 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, #48-Jimmie Johnson stayed out entrance for the closing 21 laps and beat #14-Clint Bowyer to the carry out line by 1.199 seconds. The checkered flag became as soon as Johnson‘s 2nd at the .533-mile rapid discover, his 2nd straight this season and the 82nd of his profession within the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, leaving him one victory within the attend of Cale Yarborough for sixth on the profession wins list — and two within the attend of Darrell Waltrip and Bobby Allison. Bowyer handed Harvick, his Stewart-Haas Racing teammate, on Lap 485 to post his most attention-grabbing carry out since operating 2nd at Richmond on April 27, 2013. Harvick held third, followed by #20-Matt Kenseth and #22-Joey Loga. Polesitter Kyle Larson came dwelling sixth after main the predominant 202 laps, however the driver of the #42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet needed to recover from a Lap 421 penalty for rushing on pit avenue.(NASCAR Wire Carrier)[MORE](4-25-2017)
- Industrial breakdown and hyperlinks associated to the 2017 Food Metropolis 500For those of you NASCAR followers that admire stats and admire to dislike commercials, right here is the breakdown for Monday‘s speed. Began recording the times at the Invocation of the speed at 1: 01 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 4: 21 PM (all times are EDT). Did now not do records for the pre- and post-speed coverage. Fox became as soon as the printed team for this occasion. Total preference of commercials: 99; Total minutes of total speed broadcast: 200; Minutes of speed broadcast: 168; Minutes of passe commercials (now not ruin up-show): 32 (CawsnJaws.com)[MORE](4-25-2017)
- Monday Bristol Notebook Pit avenue penalty quashes Larson‘s & Truex qualified possibilities; Sneaky-rapid Kenseth comes from nowhere to fourth. #42-Kyle Larson broke a file, in a speed that ran admire … neatly, a damaged file. Starting up from the pole in Monday‘s rain-delayed Food Metropolis 500 at Bristol motor Speedway, Larson led the predominant 202 laps of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series speed. By no manner earlier than had a driver for Chip Ganassi Racing led that many laps in a single speed in NASCAR‘s premier sequence. Larson became as soon as operating within the tip 5 earlier than a rushing penalty on lap 421 of 500 sent him to the rear within the Monster Energy Series speed.
No one at Bristol would maybe elope the bottom of the discover better than #78-Martin Truex Jr., who led 116 laps in Monday‘s rain-delayed Food Metropolis 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Truex misplaced some of his advantage when the potency of the VHT discover sealer, which added grip to the bottom lane, began to go because the speed improved. But the right kind whammy for Truex became as soon as a penalty for rushing on pit avenue incurred below the closing warning on Lap 465.
During most of Monday‘s Food Metropolis 500, #20-Matt Kenseth became as soon as all but invisible. As the discover modified within the course of the speed at Bristol Motor Speedway, nonetheless, Kenseth‘s fortunes modified for the easier. Within the closing 15 laps, the driver of the #20 Joes Gibbs Racing Toyota handed #42-Kyle Larson and #22-Joey Logano to carry out fourth, posting his first high 5 since he ran third at Atlanta within the 2nd speed of the season.(NASCAR Wire Carrier)[MORE](4-25-2017) - Bustle Stats and Information from Bristol #48-Jimmie Johnson: 82nd profession MENCS salvage (1 remote from tying Cale Yarborough for sixth all-time and 2 from tying Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip for 4th) Johnson: 2nd salvage this season (also obtained final speed at Texas); obtained just a few races in all 16 Cup Series seasons and joins Richard Petty as easiest drivers in sequence history with just a few wins for at least 16 straight seasons (Petty has 18). #14-Clint Bowyer: accomplished 2nd; most attention-grabbing carry out since ending 2nd at Richmond in April 2013; 2nd high-5 carry out in 8 races this season (had 2 in 72 races in 2015-16)(ESPN Stats)[see MORE](4-25-2017)
- New date space for Physique of workers Penske‘s closing appeal The date for Physique of workers Penske‘s closing appeal of L1-level penalties issued final month has been pushed attend in some unspecified time in the future on account of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series speed postponement at Bristol. NASCAR officers stated the hearing is now scheduled for 6: 00pm/et on Wednesday, April 26 at the NASCAR Research & Pattern Center in Concord, North Carolina. It beforehand had been scheduled for Tuesday.(NASCAR.com)[More](4-25-2017)
- Motocross Athlete to strive longest motorcycle soar at Talladega UPDATE Monster Energy is at it yet any other time. As the Corona, California-essentially based firm has accomplished within the course of all of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, they’ll make a selection things to yet any other level when professional motocross athlete Alex Harvill devices out to cruise a ways beyond the Guinness World Document (GWR) for longest soar at Talladega Superspeedway — NASCAR‘s most attention-grabbing and most corrupt discover. The strive on the scandalous discover infield is scheduled to make a selection place on Could well even 7 merely moments earlier than the relate to delivery engines at the GEICO 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bustle airing are living on FOX at 2: 00 p.m. EST. Tickets is liable to be purchased to inquire of the realm file soar strive and for the GEICO 500 at 1-877-GO2-DEGA or on-line at www.talladegasuperspeedway.com.[More](4-22-2017)
UPDATE Alex Harvill‘s strive at a worldwide file motorcycle soar earlier than the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series speed at Talladega Superspeedway on Could well even 7 has been canceled. In step with Monster Energy, the 24-365 days-outdated rider sustained a foot injury this week practicing for the planned 425-foot ramp-to-ramp leap within the Talladega infield.(USA This day)[More](4-25-2017)
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April 25, 2016
- NASCAR would require groups to tighten all lugnuts: NASCAR sent a memo to groups on Monday updating the NASCAR rulebook that all 5 lug nuts are in point of fact required to be installed:
.a All tires, wheels, and all 5 lugnuts need to be installed in a salvage and salvage manner at all times within the course of the occasion.
.b NASCAR reserves the merely at any time to require any Competitor to document to pit avenue to envision for any noncompliance.
.c Any lack of a wheel(s) beyond the exit of pit avenue would maybe merely cease up in a penalty…
Violation of the fragment, ensuing within the inability of a wheel, would maybe result in a an primary minimum four speed suspection of the crew chief and tire changer and tire carrier.(4-25-2016) - Edwards talks about bumping Busch for the salvage:
Q: Can you make a selection us by means of the closing lap and the very top arrangement terminate things were with Kyle Busch?
Edwards: “So going into the white flag Dave (Rogers, crew chief) stated something on the radio most regularly admire, ‘Win your butt in tools and wander obtain him.‘ So, I believed, ‘Heck, I‘ll force down there in flip one essentially a ways and it regarded admire Kyle (Busch), his vehicle got staunch sluggish that final lap admire his tires were merely wiped out. He did a essentially factual job conserving me held at bay ‘til then but then we went down the attend straightaway and I saw him plug the tires. So, going attend down the attend straight away I believed, ‘I‘m going for the bottom. That‘s the place I‘m going.‘ He went down there and merely parked it and his vehicle became as soon as sliding and I became as soon as merely so worthy sooner I needed to present him a diminutive bit faucet and we got by him. I didn‘t delight in I became as soon as going to acquire him onerous sufficient. I believed it would maybe presumably merely be a bump and wander but we got the salvage. We each got wins so it‘s merely racing onerous and having fun.”
Q: How arrangement more complicated is that distress when it‘s a teammate you‘re racing for the salvage?
Edwards: “It‘s essentially complicated. I didn‘t must contact him at all. I merely made up our minds I became as soon as going to elope the bottom and I went down there and I became as soon as admire both I‘ve got to place on the brake and sluggish down or I can merely more or much less do my momentum going and call him. We were so worthy sooner there at the bottom. If he‘d have gone high I don‘t know, I would maybe have merely got by him but it merely regarded admire — I‘d must test with him but it looks admire his vehicle merely gave up admire he‘d merely outdated up his tires. I couldn‘t remove him as much as that time, I believed it became as soon as over with about 5 to head.”(Toyota Racing)(4-25-2016) - Tire test this week at IMS: Goodyear will withhold a tire test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Wednesday. Four drivers are scheduled to make a selection fragment within the test: #43-Almirola (Ford), #24-Elliott (Chevy), #14-Stewart (Chevy), #19-Edwards (Toyota).(4-25-2016)
- Stewart says he’s going to proceed to talk his mind UPDATE: #14-Tony Stewart talked to Fox Sports within the course of pre-speed coverage at Richmond Sunday:
Q: Engaging forward, will you withhold attend on any of those opinions?
STEWART: “No. I perceive what NASCAR is attempting to carry out, but I‘m steadily going to talk my mind. I don‘t know what the significant observe or key phrase became as soon as that got me fined. But by manner of security, I‘m now not going to withhold attend. That‘s $35,000 neatly-invested if it makes it safer for these guys. I delight in they‘re (NASCAR) doing something diversified this day with rules on attempting to remove each person … making sure we obtain sufficient lug nuts on the vehicles. You honest don‘t need to be in a place the place, with 20 laps to head and you‘re main the speed and you haven‘t obtained a speed and you need that to acquire within the Skedaddle, to must obtain a call as a driver whether or now to now not reach attend in or whether or now to now not trudge down and hope it stays. That‘s now not a factual place for us to be in. I delight in some of the folk at NASCAR took it the immoral manner. They‘ve accomplished an supreme job with security and right here’s one thing we unexcited must perceive at. It wasn‘t announcing they‘re now not doing their job. I merely felt admire right here’s one thing they dropped the ball on. So, they‘re doing a factual job. They‘re taking a delight in at it. They‘re going to address it and obtain it merely, and down the avenue, we obtained‘t must distress about this yet any other time, expectantly.”(Fox Sports)(4-24-2016)
UPDATE: ESPN‘s Marty Smith says: [I] asked Tony Stewart what it stated to him that his peers backed him up so staunchly this week: “It urged me I became as soon as merely. I obtained‘t attend down on security.” Smoke also urged me he hears, within the aftermath of his security rant, that NASCAR is working now to fix/alter/change the rule.(ESPN.com)(4-25-2016) - Richmond Bustle and Industrial Breakdown of the 2016 Toyota Homeowners 400: For those of you NASCAR followers that admire stats and admire to dislike commercials, right here is the breakdown for Sunday‘s speed. Began recording the times at the Invocation of the speed at 1: 00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 4: 22 PM (all times are EDT). Fox became as soon as the printed team for this occasion.
Total preference of commercials: 112
Total preference of corporations or entities advertised: 52
Series of passe commercials (now not ruin up-show): 93
Total preference of corporations or entities advertised: 49
Series of ‘Side-by-Side‘ commercials within the course of speed broadcast (ruin up-show): 19
Total preference of corporations or entities advertised: 12
Series of times Fox utilized ‘Side-by-Side‘ commercials within the course of this broadcast: 4
Birth up time to file speed/industrial intervals: 1: 00 PM
Stop time to file speed/industrial intervals: 4: 22 PM
Total minutes of total speed broadcast: 202
Minutes of speed broadcast: 160
Minutes of passe commercials (now not ruin up-show): 42
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side‘ commercials (ruin up-show): 9
Series of skipped over restarts: 0
Series of ‘mystery cautions‘ (particles now not proven): 2 (1 described, but now not proven)
Total speed brdcst time 160 Total comm. brdcst time 42
View past races, more recordsdata on the commercials with hyperlinks at CawsnJaws.com.(4-25-2016) - XFINITY Entry List: There are 43 vehicles on the preliminary entry list for Saturday‘s Sparks Energy 300 at Talladega Superspeedway. About a notes:
John Wes Townley returns with the #05 team;
John Jackson will be within the #13;
Benny Gordon will force the #14 for Tri-Basic particular person;
Travis Kvapil is yet any other time entered within the #15 for Rick Ware;
Matt Tifft remains within the JGR #18;
Brandon McReynolds will force the #24 for JGL;
Bobby Gerhart is entered in his #85;
The #97 is yet any other time TBA. Ryan Ellis has been within the vehicle honest recently.(4-25-2015)
View all of the list on the Talladega entry list web voice. - Sparks Energy to sponsor Sieg at Talladega: RSS Racing welcomes Sparks Energy Inc. because the predominant sponsor for Ryan Sieg for this weekend at Talladega. The Danville, Alabama firm can even abet because the title sponsor of the speed for the NASCAR XFINITY Series Saturday named the Sparks Energy 300. Sparks Energy Inc. has supplied products and companies on high voltage vitality traces and industrial techniques across the US with a spotlight in transmission and distribution. Sieg, is presently 12th within the standings, holds the final Skedaddle jam for the XFINITY Series.(RSS Racing), inquire of a image of the vehicle on the #39 team paint schemes web voice.(4-25-2016)
- Chitwood named Chief Working Officer of ISC; Wile moves from Darlington to Daytona: World Speedway Corporation announced that Joie Chitwood III, Govt Vice President, ISC and President of Daytona World Speedway, has been promoted to Chief Working Officer of ISC. Concurrently, the Company announced that Chip Wile, President of Darlington Raceway, has been promoted to President of Daytona World Speedway. “Joie has played a spacious role within the success of our flagship racetrack at Daytona World Speedway since 2010,” acknowledged ISC CEO Lesa France Kennedy. “Most honest recently, his leadership of the DAYTONA Rising mission, while concurrently operating the flexibility, has demonstrated his operational acumen.” Chitwood moves into the newly-fashioned role of COO following oversight of the Company‘s biggest pattern to-date — the $400 million transformation of Daytona World Speedway into the realm‘s first motorsports stadium, alongside with the 2010 repave of the Speedway. In his sleek place, Chitwood will oversee ISC mission facility operations, alongside with strengthening key change initiatives.
Wile, promoter of 1 in all NASCAR‘s most a hit events of the 2015 season — the Bojangles‘ Southern 500, will transition from leadership of Darlington Raceway to President of Daytona World Speedway. In merely two years as President of Darlington Raceway, Wile transformed the flexibility‘s identification and affect on and off the discover. He spearheaded a 5-365 days arrangement to reinvent Darlington Raceway with an inaugural Throwback Marketing campaign within the course of NASCAR‘s return to Darlington on Labor Day weekend, as well to re-partaking the local neighborhood web web hosting nearly 15 annual events. In his sleek role, Wile will oversee promotion and operation of the sleek motorsports stadium initiating with its first predominant occasion, the Country 500 over Memorial Day weekend, followed by the Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola.(ISC)(4-25-2016)
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April 25, 2015
- Bustle postponed to Sunday: Due to persistent rain, the Toyota Homeowners 400 Flee Cup Series speed at Richmond World Raceway has been postponed unless 1: 00pm/et Sunday.(4-25-2015)
- Burton in for Yeley at Richmond? hearing that Jeb Burton, who failed to qualify for the Toyota Homeowners 400 at Richmond within the #26, will replace J.J. Yeley within the BK Racing #23 for the speed. Burton had sponsorship from Estes Boom Traces this weekend.(4-25-2015)
- Rain will be a advise yet any other time this weekend: The Richmond dwelling forecast looks moist for Saturday afternoon and evening into Sunday. In step with the Nationwide Climate Carrier, there is an 80% probability of rain Saturday and a 60% probability on Sunday, unless spherical 2: 00pm/et. After that, the weather clears up. In step with @NASCAR_WXMAN, “Relying on how early the rain arrives Saturday afternoon and evening, NASCAR would maybe obtain the speed started. I am giving the percentages of racing Saturday night to be spherical 30 percent. Even supposing they obtain the speed started, rain is anticipated to elongate by means of the evening and into the overnight…If something we need to be seeing staunch areas of rain spherical 8: 00pm on Saturday and persevering with to spherical 2: 00-4: 00am Sunday. I might be appropriate, now not like final weekend the place I felt gorgeous optimistic they’ll merely speed, I merely don‘t have the equal feeling this weekend.”
For more weather hyperlinks, test up on the Richmond Bustle Web page — Climate Hyperlinks. - Michael Waltrip within the #55 at Talladega; then Ragan UPDATES: Two-time Daytona 500 champion Michael Waltrip will force the #55 Aaron‘s Dream Machine Toyota when the NASCAR Flee Cup Series races at Talladega Superspeedway on Could well even 3. Waltrip, founder and co-owner of Michael Waltrip Racing, replaces 22-365 days-outdated Brett Moffitt who has driven MWR‘s #55 attributable to the March 22nd speed at Auto Membership Speedway in Fontana. “Talladega is a place the place I do know we will most definitely be very competitive,” stated Waltrip who owns four restrictor plate victories in conjunction with a Talladega salvage within the fall of 2003. “This might be my 58th Flee Cup commence at Talladega so say me when I articulate you Talladega is about a of the right kind racing within the realm and I‘m happy I‘ll obtain to be fragment of it yet any other time within the Aaron‘s Dream Machine.” The Could well even 3 and Oct. 25 Talladega races are the most attention-grabbing remaining races Waltrip is scheduled to force this season.(Michael Waltrip Racing)(4-23-2015)
UPDATE: The team is believed to be attempting to impress David Ragan to force the #55 initiating subsequent month at Kansas. Ragan is presently the replacement driver for Kyle Busch at Joe Gibbs Racing, but JGR is leaning against hanging 18-365 days-outdated pattern driver Erik Jones within the vehicle unless Busch returns. That would free Ragan, who has subbed for Busch attributable to the 2nd week of the season. Waltrip wasn‘t prepared Thursday to discuss something beyond subsequent week at Talladega. “We‘re planning now and we wanted a more prolonged-time frame solution for the distress by this point, but we merely haven‘t been in a insist to place the entire pieces collectively yet,” he stated. He also stated it‘s unclear when — or if — Vickers will be attend. “I can‘t solution that,” Waltrip stated of Vickers, who’s in a contract 365 days with the team. “He without a doubt needs to be attend, but he‘s on thinners. Till he comes up with a prolonged-time frame arrangement to that, that challenges us in answering if he‘ll be attend.”(Connected Press)(4-24-2015)
UPDATE 2: David Ragan, who entered the season planning to elope with Entrance Row Motorsports, is anticipated to wander to Michael Waltrip Racing‘s #55 Toyota initiating with the Could well even 9 speed at Kansas Speedway, just a few sources confirmed to the Observer on Friday. He would replace rookie Brett Moffitt within the #55, who has been filling in most of the team‘s races attributable to the team‘s traditional driver, Brian Vickers, became as soon as sidelined all over yet any other time with blood clots. Ragan would stay with the team for the relaxation of the 2015 season, sources stated. Saturday‘s speed is anticipated to be the final for Moffitt with MWR within the Cup sequence, however the organization remains dedicated to obtaining sponsorship in elaborate to elope him in a third team and he remains below contract with MWR. An official announcement is anticipated in some unspecified time in the future subsequent week, sources stated. Ragan‘s wander would require yet any other occupy-in driver for JGR within the #18 as Busch is now not yet space to return to competition. Sources stated JGR will wander Xfinity and Truck sequence driver Erik Jones into the #18 initiating with the Kansas speed. An official with Joe Gibbs Racing stated “nothing has been confirmed” up to now about any adjustments to their driver lineup. With Ragan keen to the #55 for the relaxation of the season, Entrance Row Motorsports will must assemble a more eternal replacement for Ragan in its #34 Ford. Roush Fenway Racing has been loaning Xfinity driver Chris Buescher to the team when the agenda doesn‘t disrupt his elope for Xfinity Series championship. That affiliation would maybe neatly proceed, with diversified drivers outdated when Buscher‘s agenda doesn‘t allow double-responsibility, sources stated. A FRM spokesman stated at present, the organization became as soon as unexcited looking ahead to Ragan to return to the team each time his tenure at JGR is performed.(Charlotte Observer)(4-24-2015)
UPDATE 3: If the deal is finalized, Vickers, who announced in March that he would must depart out at the very least three months while he takes blood thinners to take care of blood clots that had developed in his lungs, will most definitely be left to assemble yet any other trudge if he is in a insist to return this season, [a] provide stated. That would maybe presumably encompass the opportunity of MWR fielding a third vehicle, pending sponsorship, after Vickers is able to return.(ESPN.com)
AND Requested about reviews that he will most definitely be keen to MWR: “I do know I‘m going to be within the 18 vehicle for a transient while,” Ragan stated. “This week and Talladega are clearly two mandatory weeks we‘re taking a delight in forward to. I‘m interested by that and I merely don‘t essentially have any comment.”)USA This day)(4-25-2015) - Thirteen groups to envision at Indianapolis: Thirteen NASCAR Flee Cup Series groups are scheduled to take part in an delivery test April 29 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Slated to make a selection fragment within the one-day occasion are #24-Jeff Gordon (Hendrick Motorsports), #4-Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing), #15-Clint Bowyer (Michael Waltrip Racing), #19-Carl Edwards (Joe Gibbs Racing), #9-Sam Hornish Jr. (Richard Petty Motorsports), #2-Brad Keselowski (Physique of workers Penske), #42-Kyle Larson (Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates), #13-Casey Mears (Germain Racing), #27-Paul Menard (Richard Childress Racing), #17-Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Roush Fenway Racing), #78-Martin Truex Jr. (Furniture Row Racing), #21-Ryan Blaney (Wood Brothers Racing) and #23-J.J. Yeley (BK Racing). Gordon, Truex Jr., Hornish Jr. and Yeley are on faucet to make a selection fragment in a two-day Goodyear tire test at IMS Monday and Tuesday preceding the delivery test. In step with IMS discover officers, the Turn 2 viewing mounds (infield) and South Terrace grandstands will be delivery to followers. The Pit Stop Café subsequent to the IMS Corridor of Popularity Museum can even be delivery within the course of the test session.(NASCAR.com)(4-25-2015)
- NASCAR became as soon as willing to approve Jones at Bristol essentially based on expertise: Erik Jones had never grew to change into a lap within the Flee Cup Series when he grew to change into a final-minute replacement driver for Denny Hamlin at Bristol final weekend. Jones became as soon as flown in from North Carolina within the course of a prolonged rain prolong in Sunday‘s speed when attributable to Hamlin had neck spasms. The 18-365 days-outdated arrived 5 minutes earlier than the speed resumed, and jumped into Hamlin‘s vehicle for the relaxation of the occasion. NASCAR needed to approve Jones because the replacement driver, something that isn‘t accomplished unless the competitor has at the very least grew to change into some laps. But within the case of Jones, NASCAR became as soon as contented he became as soon as superior of riding. Flee Cup Series director Richard Buck stated Friday that Jones became as soon as authorised “essentially based upon his fresh expertise at the discover, and we had merely gotten a sleek perceive at him the day earlier than at Bristol.”(Connected Press)(4-25-2015)
- Richmond World Raceway Notes & Information — Saturday — speed:
· There were 117 NASCAR Flee Cup Series races at Richmond World Raceway, one NSCS occasion from 1953 — 1958 and two races per 365 days since 1959.
· Petty Enterprises has the most wins at Richmond within the NASCAR Flee Cup Series with 15; followed by Hendrick Motorsports with 10, Joe Gibbs Racing and Richard Childress Racing each have 9.
· 9 diversified manufacturers have obtained at Richmond. Chevrolet leads the sequence in wins at Richmond with 36 victories; followed by Ford with 31 and Toyota with seven.
· The deepest within the topic that a speed winner has started at Richmond World Raceway became as soon as 31st, by Clint Bowyer within the spring of 2008.
· There were two NSCS races ensuing with a green-white-checkered carry out at Richmond World Raceway: spring of 2008 (400/410) and spring of 2013 (400/406).
· Most attention-grabbing four of the 115 races at Richmond World Raceway were shortened on account of climatic conditions: spring of 1962, spring of 1977, spring of 1982 and spring of 2003.
· For the reason that advent of electronic scoring the closest margin of victory within the NASCAR Flee Cup Series at Richmond World Raceway became as soon as the (09/12/1998) speed obtained by Jeff Burton with a MOV of 0.051 2nd.
(NASCAR)(4-25-2015) - Crew contributors injured at Richmond UPDATES: NASCAR says three pit avenue crew contributors were taken to a scientific institution after a fireplace broke out on pit avenue Friday night within the course of the Xfinity Series speed at Richmond World Raceway. Two of the crew contributors were working in Brendan Gaughan‘s pit, the place the fire erupted, and one became as soon as in Eric McClure‘s pit. There became as soon as no extra recordsdata concerning the extent of their injuries, or what sparked the fire. Tv replays showed a huge ball of flame that perceived to engulf at the very least one crew member in Gaughan‘s pit. NASCAR acknowledged the three injured as Gaughan‘s rear tire changer, Anthony O‘Brien, and fueler, Josh Wittman, and Clifford Turner, a crew member from McClure‘s team. McClure‘s team stated later that Turner had been treated and launched. There became as soon as no observe on the situation of O‘Brien or Wittman.(Connected Press)(4-24-2015)
UPDATE: McClure‘s crew member became as soon as treated and launched Friday night. As of Saturday evening, each RCR crew contributors remained within the scientific institution.(4-25-2015)
UPDATE 2: “Following final night‘s pit avenue incident at Richmond World Raceway, Richard Childress Racing pit crew member (gas man) Josh Wittman of the #62 XFINITY Series team has been launched from a Richmond, VA-essentially based scientific institution after overnight commentary. Due to quick action that became as soon as taken by the Richmond World Raceway fire crew and NASCAR scientific workers. Rear tire changer Anthony O‘Brien remains below the care of physicians at the local scientific institution for extra review and is in factual situation. The Sparco security equipment, in conjunction with the crew contributors‘ firesuits, did its job in retaining them. We thank the NASCAR neighborhood for their persisted make stronger.”(Richard Childress Racing)(4-25-2015) - Hamlin will get Toyota‘s 100th XFINITY salvage: Camry driver Denny Hamlin visited victory lane within the Toyota Care 250 at Richmond World Raceway on Friday night to present Toyota its 100th victory within the NASCAR XFINITY Series. The Richmond speed is the 281st occasion since Toyota entered NXS competition in 2007 and this 365 days marks the manufacturer‘s ninth season within the sequence. The victory also marks the seventh salvage for the Camry in NXS competition at Richmond. The first Toyota NXS victory came with Jason Leffler within the attend of the wheel of a Camry at Indiana‘s Lucas Oil Raceway in July 2007 within the manufacturer‘s inaugural 365 days within the sequence. In 9 seasons, 12 Camry drivers have contributed to the 100 wins with Kyle Busch visiting victory lane the most after accumulating 59 first-place trophies. Diversified drivers to register NXS wins in a Camry encompass Joey Logano (18), Denny Hamlin (7), Tony Stewart (5), Matt Kenseth (3), Marcos Ambrose (2), Kurt Busch (1), Sam Hornish Jr. (1), Erik Jones (1), Leffler (1), David Reutimann (1) and Elliott Sadler (1). The most a hit season by Camry drivers came about in 2008 with 20 wins, contributing to the predominant of three NXS manufacturer‘s titles by Toyota (also earned in 2009 and 2010). Camry drivers have earned at the very least 10 wins each 365 days since 2008 after qualified two races within the course of the inaugural 2007 season. Up to now in 2015, Toyota drivers have two wins with Hamlin‘s Richmond triumph and Jones earned his first-profession NXS victory in Texas (April 10).(Toyota Racing)(4-25-2015)
- Bristol TV Ratings: NASCAR Xfinity Series racing from Bristol drew a 0.8 closing rating and 1.1 million viewers on Fox Sports 1 final Saturday, down 27% in rankings and 30% in viewership from final 365 days (1.1, 1.7M) and down 27% and 33%, respectively, from 2013 (1.1, 1.7M). The speed aired on ESPN2 the past two years. Viewership became as soon as the lowest of the season for the Xfinity Series, falling below the outdated designate space at Texas per week earlier (1.2M).(Sports Media Survey by means of Abominable Announcing)(4-25-2015)
- Richmond adds more security reach catchfence: Richmond World Raceway officers have added steel barriers and more security personnel in an try to remove remote from a repeat of final fall‘s fence climber. A spectator disrupted final September‘s Flee Cup speed at the 0.75-mile discover by hiking atop the catchfence conserving apart the significant grandstand from the discover. Observe president Dennis Bickmeier urged USA TODAY Sports that “bike racks,” movable steel barriers, were positioned alongside the discover concourse in entrance of the fence from cease to cease to remove followers remote from the dwelling. Additionally, Bickmeier stated more security officers — he didn‘t present a number — will work the fence dwelling within the course of on-discover say to present protection to against followers drawing reach the fence. Bickmeier also stated sleek “No Trespassing” signs were posted within the dwelling.(USA This day)(4-25-2015)
- Salute to the Troops Coca-Cola 600 Pre-Bustle Stammer returns to Charlotte: For decades, Charlotte Motor Speedway has paid tribute to the U.S. Armed Forces each Memorial Day Weekend with a keen pre-speed prove earlier than the drop of the golf green flag for the Coca-Cola 600. On Could well even 24, the 56th operating of the closing test of man and machine will host one in all the most attention-grabbing militia appreciation pre-speed spectaculars within the discover‘s history. The action-packed prove will encompass ground exercises with troops from Fortress Bragg that contains Humvees, Howitzers, a High Mobility Artillery Rocket Machine and more. Rope groups from Fortress Campbell will descend from Shadowy Hawk helicopters. Diversified aspects encompass a 21-gun salute from the Fortress Bragg Firing Squad, a vintage war rooster air parade and sky-diving contributors of Physique of workers Fastrax descending to the infield with Old faculty Glory flying within the attend of. Followers will be in a insist to salute the troops when 600 infantrymen from Fortress Bragg scramble by means of the grandstands to the infield and within the course of a scurry lap with buses carrying hundreds of troops from the Charlotte Motor Speedway Patriot Companions program. Medal of Honor recipients Bob Patterson (Vietnam), James Taylor (Vietnam) and Walter Joseph Marm (Vietnam) can even be acknowledged on the pre-speed stage. Several musical performances will spotlight the Coca-Cola 600 pre-speed prove in conjunction with a 45-minute concert with Rock and Roll Corridor-of-Famers ZZ Top, “God Bless the United States” performed by Lee Greenwood, a rendition of “Ultimate Grace” by the Charlotte Fire Department Pipe Band and “Taps” played by a Fortress Bragg bugler. There can even be an Armed Forces Medley that contains the 100-member Central Church of God Refrain Community. Closing out the pre-speed festivities is the 82nd Airborne Refrain singing the “The Basic particular person Spangled Banner.” For the length of that time, infantrymen from Fortress Bragg will withhold a football topic-sized American Flag and 4 F-18s will cruise over the legendary 1.5-mile superspeedway.(CMS)(4-25-2015)
- Kentucky Speedway announces Ford F-150 as official scurry vehicle: Kentucky Speedway announces the 2015 Ford F-150 truck will lead the NASCAR Flee Cup Series topic to green Saturday, July 11 at 7: 30pm, for the fifth operating of the Quaker Enlighten 400 offered by Design Auto Parts. The truck can even scurry the July 10 NASCAR XFINITY Series and July 9 NASCAR Tenting World Truck Series fields turning into the “Legit Slide Automobile of Kentucky Speedway” of the 2015 season. Ford has been offering vehicles and vans to the Speedway since 1998. For the length of speedway events, Spacious Accountability vans tow free fan trams and are utilized by the speedway‘s operations division as neatly because the Fire and Safety team.(Kentucky Speedway)(4-25-2015)
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April 25, 2014
- Pit Stall Picks: The selections of pit stalls for the Toyota Homeowners 400 Flee Cup Series speed at Richmond World Raceway were made.
Pole sitter #42-Larson chose pit stall 1 [as do most pole sitters].
Birth air pole sitter #2-Keslowski took pit stall 17, the predominant pit stall in entrance of it.
#15-Bowyer, who starts third took the 5th pit stall.
The 43rd and closing pit stall became as soon as taken by #23-Bowman, who starts 24th.
To perceive the place the drivers/groups pit stall is, inquire of the pit option chart on the Pit Stall Option chart.(4-25-2014) - Qualifying rained out; Larson on pole: Rain at Richmond World Raceway compelled the cancellation of Flee Cup qualifying for the Toyota Homeowners 400. The initiating lineup became as soon as space per the NASCAR rulebook and essentially based on first discover speeds.
#42-Larson will commence from the pole (his first profession pole).
#2-Keselowski will commence 2nd, followed by #15-Bowyer, #5-Kahne, #4-Harvick, #55-Vickers, #1-McMurray, #83-Truex, #27-Menard, and #48-Johnson.
Lacking the speed were: #95-McDowell, #77-Blaney.
View initiating lineup, hyperlinks, and notes on Jayski‘s Richmond Qualifying / Starting up Lineup web voice.(4-25-2014) - NASCAR Subsequent Roster For 2014 Announced: When Skedaddle Elliott took the NASCAR Nationwide Series checkered flag at Texas Motor Speedway earlier this month, he joined fellow rising superstar Kyle Larson within the 2014 salvage column. Ahead of their headline-making victories on one in all the sport‘s most attention-grabbing stages, despite the truth that, Elliott and Larson were ‘subsequent‘ — the following in a wave of young expertise making its manner up the NASCAR ladder. Like Elliott and Larson earlier than them, the 12 drivers named this day to the 2014-15 NASCAR Subsequent class have résumés loaded with accomplishments and promise. The roster became as soon as unveiled at Richmond World Raceway and marks the kickoff of the fourth installment of the change initiative designed to spotlight NASCAR‘s rising stars.
The NASCAR Subsequent contributors for 2014-15 are:
• Cole Custer (16 years outdated, Ladera Ranch, Calif., Twitter: @colecuster00) — A two-time winner within the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East in 2013, he opened the K&N Pro Series West season this 365 days with a victory from the pole in Phoenix.
• Rubén García Jr. (18, Naucalpan, Mexico, @rubengarcia4) — The 2012 NASCAR Mexico Toyota Series Rookie of the 365 days continues to make stronger and accomplished fourth within the standings final season. Earlier this season, he made his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut.
• Grey Gaulding (16, Colonial Heights, Va., @graygaulding) — Holds the designate for youngest pole winner in each the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West, and recorded his first sequence salvage at Phoenix final fall.
• Ryan Gifford (25, Winchester, Tenn., @ryangifford2) — The NASCAR Force For Diversity driver scored the 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East salvage at Richmond and posted a good high-10 carry out in his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut final August in Iowa.
• Austin Hill (20, Winston, Ga., @hillbroracing) — The winner indirectly 365 days‘s K&N East speed at Dover, he has two high-5 finishes in this season‘s four races.
• Erik Jones (17, Byron, Mich., @erik_jones) — Made his designate on the NASCAR Tenting World Truck Series final November in Phoenix by turning into the youngest winner in sequence history.
• Jesse Shrimp (17, Sherrills Ford, N.C., @jesselittle97) — The 2013 Sunoco Rookie of the 365 days within the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. He made his first sequence commence merely 11 days after turning 15 in 2012.
• Dylan Lupton (20, Wilton, Calif., @LuptonDylan) — The 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Sunoco Rookie of the 365 days picked up his first sequence victory at Evergreen Speedway in August.
• Brandon McReynolds (23, Mooresville, N.C., @Bmcreynolds28) — With starts in four diversified NASCAR sequence, he is chasing the championship within the K&N Pro Series West, the place he is 2nd in points.
• Ryan Preece (23, Berlin, Conn., @RyanPreece16) — He grew to change into the youngest champion within the history of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour final season while balancing a 43-speed agenda within the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series (accomplished fourth within the nationwide standings) and making his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut.
• Ben Rhodes (17, Louisville, Ky., @benrhodes) — The most modern points chief within the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East with three poles in four races, and a salvage at Greenville (S.C.) Pickens Speedway. He scored a good high-10 carry out in his NASCAR Tenting World Truck sequence debut at Martinsville.
• Kenzie Ruston (22, El Reno, Okla., @KenzieRuston) — She accomplished sixth in final season‘s K&N Pro Series East season standings and has high 10 finishes this season at New Smyrna and Daytona. She has the most attention-grabbing carry out — each in a speed and within the championship standings — for a female driver in K&N Pro Series East history. (NASCAR)inquire of all of the inaugurate on the Pattern Drivers/Force for Diversity Files web voice.(4-25-2014) - Joyful Hour discover for the Toyota Homeowners 400 Flee Cup Series speed at Richmond World Raceway is over after 60 scheduled minutes, the tip 5, slowest and notes:
#31-Newman 124.235
#14-Stewart 123.468
#88-Earnhardt, Jr. 123.429
#22-Logano 123.378
#5-Kahne 123.310
slowest: #30-Yeley 118.880 & #40-Cassill 116.706.
Notes: #40-Cassill did now not obtain heading within the suitable direction for the predominant time this day unless there were 15 minutes left within the session. The team had peril getting by means of inspection attributable to of a rear cease advise.
View fastest speeds, laps elope and 10-lap consecutive moderate on the Richmond Practice 2 speeds web voice (pdf).(4-25-2014) - First Friday discover for the Toyota Homeowners 400 Flee Cup Series speed at Richmond World Raceway is over after 120 scheduled minutes, the tip 5, slowest and notes:
#42-Larson 126.880
#2-Keselowski 126.192
#15-Bowyer 125.909
#5-Kahne 125.780
#4-Harvick 125.424
slowest: #66-Nemechek 118.864 & #30-Yeley 118.265. No hotfoot: #40-Cassill.
Notes: #15-Bowyer made contact with the delivery air wall early, but easiest bent in a diminutive bit sheet steel.
There’s a increasing probability of rain within the course of the day. If qualifying is rained out, this discover session would space the initiating lineup.
View fastest speeds, laps elope and 10-lap consecutive moderate on the Richmond Practice 1 speeds web voice (pdf). (4-25-2014) - Qualifying Mumble for the Toyota Homeowners 400 Flee Cup Series speed at Richmond World Raceway is posted. 45 vehicles/drivers are listed. Qualifying elaborate is how the vehicles can reach off pit avenue for neighborhood qualifying.
The first of the drivers scheduled to exit is #14-Stewart.
The closing driver scheduled to exit is #55-Vickers.
Qualifying elaborate is space by a random scheme, held about an hour earlier than the predominant discover.
View the elephantine qualifying elaborate on the Richmond Qualifying Web page.(4-25-2014) - Richard Petty expected attend at Richmond UPDATE: #43-Aric Almirola talked Thursday about Richard Petty‘s planned return to the discover this weekend following the demise of his better half, Lynda:
WHAT WILL IT MEAN TO HAVE RICHARD BACK AT THE TRACK THIS WEEKEND?
Almirola — “I delight in he‘s doing neatly. I delight in being attend at the speed discover is gonna be factual for our speed team and factual for him. I delight in it‘ll be factual drugs. When something admire that occurs you more or much less must conceal a diminutive bit bit and merely obtain your emotions straight, but he‘s been by the store and been in factual spirits and I delight in he‘s doing completely brooding about. We‘re taking a delight in forward to getting him attend at the speed discover and getting him attend into speed mode. I‘ve spent moderately somewhat of time with him over the outdated couple of weeks since Leave out Lynda handed, and it‘s gonna be spacious to have our chief attend at the speed discover. He‘s the name and the face of our firm and the entire guys on the speed team, any myself incorporated, perceive as much as him and expertise having him spherical at the speed discover and having him within the hauler and talking to us after discover and getting his perspective on what he sees with diversified speed vehicles and with our speed vehicles within the course of discover, so I‘m eager on having him attend at the speed discover and, admire Trent stated, I delight in it‘s gonna be factual drugs for him. He involves about 95 percent of the races yearly, so for him to make a selection the two or three weeks off that he‘s taken, I do know he‘s itching to acquire attend to the speed discover. He‘s been watching the practices and watching qualifying and watching the races and Dale Inman goes dwelling on Sunday night and affords him the elephantine document on what went down that weekend and the very top arrangement things went. He‘s unexcited heavily eager and he‘s unexcited been paying attention for sure, he merely hasn‘t been at the speed discover. He knows the complete lot that‘s been occurring.”(Ford Racing PR)(4-24-2014)
UPDATE: Richard Petty met with the media Friday morning at Richmond:
WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO BE BACK? “I merely felt admire I wished to form of had a diminutive bit time on our cling so I were gone for 2 or three weeks but I am attend within the saddle yet any other time now. I am merely learning to are living right by means of yet any other time.”
DO YOU THINK BEING AT THE TRACK WILL BE A GOOD DISTRACTION? “Yeah, doing the things we were imagined to carry out the outdated couple of weeks were put off so initiating Monday we were in Georgia and Tuesday we were in Tennessee and Wednesday in Wyoming and now right here on Thursday. The busier they address me the easier off I might be.”
HOW ARE YOU DOING? “I am surviving. It will most definitely be diversified I say. After 55 years I deserve to commence right by means of yet any other time. I became as soon as fortunate that all the children came dwelling for Easter. We had the entire children and spacious children dwelling and that in actual fact made things work factual.”
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE OUTPOURING YOU WILL RECEIVE AT THE TRACK TO BE LIKE?“It is spacious that so many folk knew Lynda so neatly. Pointless to advise she had been spherical a in point of fact prolonged time too. She never met a stranger. Every as soon as in awhile I would reach within the dwelling and inquire of folk I didn‘t even know. She would invite them within the dwelling to spend the night or no topic. Again, it’s only going to be diversified.”(Ford Racing PR)(4-25-2014) - Matt Bowling wins Denny Hamlin Quick Observe Showdown: Matt Bowling obtained the Denny Hamlin Quick Observe Showdown on Thursday night at South Boston Speedway, stopping off Matt Waltz within the seventh edition of the charity speed. The occasion advantages the Denny Hamlin Foundation and raises consciousness and funding to make stronger Cystic Fibrosis learn and sleek therapies within the distance. Slash Smith accomplished third. Hamlin became as soon as eighth, while defending Showdown champion Kyle Busch ended the night in fourth. Matt Kenseth became as soon as fifth, and David Reagan 20th. Truck Series driver Timothy Peters accomplished 27th after his night became as soon as minimize rapid following a tangle with Jeb Burton, who accomplished 25th after getting proper into a scuffle with Blake Stallings.(Connected Press/ESPN)(4-25-2014)
- NASCAR to suppose engine adjustments by All-Basic particular person speed: NASCAR‘s senior vice president of racing operations has stated that a formal announcement on engine adjustments for the 2015 Flee Cup Series season will reach earlier than subsequent month‘s Flee All-Basic particular person Bustle at Charlotte Motor Speedway. At a sponsor summit for Iowa Speedway, Steve O‘Donnell stated that the closing total racing equipment for 2015 would also inquire of adjustments inviting downforce, aerodynamics, and tires. In extra feedback to The Des Moines Register, O‘Donnell stated that groups have already been notified of the place NASCAR became as soon as going with the adjustments and that the technique of finalizing the 2015 engine equipment became as soon as underway. O‘Donnell wouldn‘t portray staunch primary points of the equipment, but did perchance prove a leer of how drivers would must adapt to it. “In case you combine the aero equipment with that [reduction of] horsepower [and] allow some aero adjustments with the engines going into the nook, drivers must obtain off the gas and so that they‘re in a insist to maneuver spherical a diminutive bit bit more,” O‘Donnell stated per the Register‘s Chad Leistikow. “Mix that with Goodyear and a diminutive bit softer tire, now you‘re in a insist to wander spherical a diminutive bit bit more.”(NBC Sports)(4-25-2014)
- Cole Whitt joins BK Racing; will get two speed sponsor: As BK Racing embarks on this weekend‘s Toyota Homeowners 400 at Richmond World Raceway, the team would maybe have loads of sleek additions to the fray in conjunction with the addition of Scorpyd Crossbows as a two speed predominant sponsor for Richmond and Talladega. BK Racing‘s most modern teammate Cole Whitt will force the #26 Scorpyd Crossbows Toyota Camry as he competes for Sunoco Rookie of the 365 days in his debut speed below the BK Racing flag. Scorpyd Crossbows and Reverse Procedure Expertise are each creations of Crossbow innovator Jim Kempf. The expertise that Jim Kempf created has now lead Scorpyd Crossbows to be one in all the most attention-grabbing trying tools up to now.(BK Racing), inquire of a image of the vehicle on the #26 team paint schemes web voice.(4-25-2014)
- Kligerman undecided on future plans: Parker Kligerman stated on his podcast Thursday that he can “fully, 100 percent boom I might be racing” after losing his trudge in Swan Racing‘s restructuring. Kligerman stated on his podcast “Kickin‘ it with Kligerman” that he remains below contract with Swan Racing. “In scenarios admire this, I steadily inquire of a silver lining,” stated the 23-365 days-outdated Kligerman, who became as soon as 44th within the points. “I steadily inquire of an opportunity to make a selection it and parlay it into something greater and better. I‘ve accomplished that two or thrice in my profession. I delight in this merely presents me yet any other probability to inquire of the place I can boost as a racecar driver.” Kligerman stated he‘s purchased hobby to force in NASCAR and in numerous locations but has yet to judge the place he‘ll wander subsequent. “Now we were approached by obvious groups within the course of the Cup sequence,” Kligerman stated. A key, Kligerman stated, is if those are the merely alternatives to “keen my profession forward. With that stated, there are just a few thrilling alternatives delivery air of NASCAR. We also will be taking a delight in at those and evaluating and thought them.”(Motor Racing Community)(4-25-2014)
- Reutimann will get sleek crew chief: In step with MRN‘s Dustin Prolonged, Derrick Finley is sleek crew chief for David Reutimann in #35 for Entrance Row. Todd Anderson no longer with team.(4-25-2014)
- Hillman Racing will get Richmond sponsor: Atlantic Plumbing and Utilities, Virginia‘s main supplier of HVAC, plumbing, and utilities products and companies, announced it’s the sponsor of the #40 Chevy SS for this weekend‘s Flee Cup Series speed at the Richmond World Raceway. Hillman Racing‘s #40 is driven by Landon Cassill, the 24-365 days-outdated Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native and 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the 365 days. “Atlantic is exceptionally proud to sponsor the #40 Atlantic Plumbing and Utilities Chevy within the speed this weekend. We’re a high-hotfoot, revolutionary firm so this sponsorship is merely up our alley,” stated Tavis Meredith, Atlantic‘s Director of Swap Pattern, “and we are enraged to be a fragment of the Flee Cup Series occasion.”(Hillman Racing)(4-25-2014)
- Richmond Notes and Information — Friday: poles:
• Buck Baker obtained the inaugural Coors Gentle pole at Richmond in 1953 with a hotfoot of 48.465 mph.
• 52 drivers have Coors Gentle poles at Richmond, led by Richard Petty and Bobby Allison with eight each. Jeff Gordon leads all crammed with life drivers with six.
• Seven drivers have obtained consecutive Coors Gentle poles at Richmond. Bobby Allison holds the file for many consecutive Coors Gentle poles at Richmond with 5 (1972 — 1974).
• Jeff Gordon leads all crammed with life drivers within the NASCAR Flee Cup Series in moderate origin at Richmond World Raceway with a 7.643.
• 22 of the 115 (19.1%) NASCAR Flee Cup Series races at Richmond World Raceway were obtained from the Coors Gentle pole. Most attention-grabbing three crammed with life drivers were in a insist to carry out the feat: Kasey Kahne (2005), Jimmie Johnson (2007) and Kyle Busch (2010).
• The pole origin is the most proficient origin within the topic, producing more winners than any diversified origin at Richmond (22).
• The pole origin is the most proficient origin within the topic, producing more winners than any diversified origin at Richmond (22).
• 35 of the 115 (30.4%) NASCAR Flee Cup Series races at Richmond were obtained from the entrance row: 22 from the pole and 13 from 2nd-place.
• 90 of the 115 (78.2%) NASCAR Flee Cup races at Richmond World Raceway were obtained from a high-10 origin.
• 13 of the 115 (11.3%) NASCAR Flee Cup Series races at Richmond World Raceway were obtained from a origin delivery air the tip 20.(NASCAR)(4-25-2014) - Harvick wins Nationwide speed at Richmond: #5-Kevin Harvick obtained the ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond World Raceway. #9-Skedaddle Elliott accomplished 2nd followed by #54-Kyle Busch, #42-Kyle Larson, #2-Brian Scott, #11-Elliott Sadler, #60-Chris Buescher, #7-Regan Smith, #22-Ryan Blaney, and #99-James Buescher.
There were 5 cautions for 36 laps and 5 lead adjustments amongst 4 leaders. Total results are on the Richmond speed results web voice (pdf).(4-25-2014) - Richmond Nationwide Bustle Fast Information:
Kevin Harvick(i) obtained the 27th Annual ToyotaCare 250, his 41st victory in 307 NASCAR Nationwide Series races.
Right here’s his first victory and sixth high-10 carry out in 2014.
Right here’s his seventh victory and 20th high-10 carry out in 25 races at Richmond World Raceway.
Skedaddle Elliott (2nd) posted his first high-10 carry out in one races at Richmond World Raceway. It is his seventh high-10 carry out in 2014.
Right here’s JR Motorsports‘ fourth NASCAR Nationwide Series victory of 2014, tying the organization‘s most attention-grabbing season.
Kyle Busch(i) (third) posted his 15th high-10 carry out in 18 races at Richmond World Raceway.
Skedaddle Elliott (2nd) became as soon as the most attention-grabbing ending rookie.
Skedaddle Elliott # leads the purpose standings by 19 points over Regan Smith.
(NASCAR Integrated Marketing)(4-25-2014) - Nationwide Driver standings following Richmond:
1) #9-Skedaddle Elliott# 313
2) #7-Regan Smith, 294, 19
3) #11-Elliott Sadler, 290, -23
4) #3-Ty Dillon# 278, -35
5) #6-Trevor Bayne 274, -39
6) #2-Brian Scott 265, -48
7) #62-Brendan Gaughan 239, -74
8) #99-James Buescher 229, -84
9) #31-Dylan Kwasniewski# 212, -101
10) #16-Ryan Reed# 204, -109
View total standings on the driver standings web voice (pdf).(4-25-2014) - Nationwide Proprietor Standings following Richmond are posted (pdf).(4-25-2014)
- Scott on pole at Richmond: #2-Brian Scott on the Coors Gentle Pole for the ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond World Raceway with a hotfoot of 122.061mph. #31-Dylan Kwasniewski will commence 2nd followed by : #22-Ryan Blaney, #9-Skedaddle Elliott, #6-Trevor Bayne, #7-Regan Smith, #60-Chris Buescher, #54-Kyle Busch, #5-Kevin Harvick, and #01-Landon Cassill.
Fastest within the 2nd spherical of qualifying became as soon as #2-Brian Scott.
#6-Trevor Bayne became as soon as quickest within the gap qualifying session at 121.463mph
Did Not Qualify: none. The initiating lineup is posted on the Richmond initiating lineup web voice (pdf).(4-25-2014) - Richmond Qualifying Notes:
Brian Scott obtained the Coors Gentle Pole Award for the 27th Annual ToyotaCare 250 with a lap of 22.120 seconds, 122.061 mph.
Right here’s his third pole in 150 NASCAR Nationwide Series races.
Right here’s his first pole and sixth high-10 commence in 2014.
Right here’s his 2nd pole in ten races at Richmond World Raceway.
In his final wander to to Richmond World Raceway, Scott started on the pole and led a profession-high 239 laps in a dominating efficiency earlier than ending 2nd.
Dylan Kwasniewski (2nd) posted his fifth high-10 commence of 2014 and his first in one races at Richmond World Raceway.
Ryan Blaney(i) (third) posted his 2nd high-10 commence at Richmond World Raceway. It is his third in three races this season.
Dylan Kwasniewski (2nd) became as soon as the fastest qualifying rookie.
(NASCAR Integrated Marketing)(4-25-2014) - Crum backed by MyFreedomSmokes.com for Charlotte: Jake Crum Racing has partnered with the neatly-liked on-line electronic cigarette retailer MyFreedomSmokes.com for the upcoming NASCAR Tenting World Truck Series occasion at the Charlotte Motor Speedway on Could well even 16th. Jake Crum will pilot the #82 MyFreedomSmokes.com Chevy as a strategic alliance with fellow-honest team Empire Racing.Basically based out of Charlotte, NC, Freedom Smokes, Inc. is the brainchild of founder Chris Yelton. A smoker himself, Yelton space out to carry out a cigarette different that tastes spacious and would fulfill cravings with now not one in all the rotten results of the chemical-weighted down cigarettes that presently occupy the market. They provide generous customer support, identical day initiating, and the right kind pricing within the change so as that people who smoke looking out to kick the tar and rotten chemicals in cigarettes without giving up the stress-relieving aspects of smoking now have a sound different.(Jake Crum Racing)(4-25-2014)
- Practice to execute at All-Basic particular person Bustle: Ahead of the drop of the golf green flag for the NASCAR Flee All-Basic particular person Bustle on Saturday, Could well even 17, followers can expertise a efficiency by GRAMMY Award-qualified pop rock neighborhood, Practice, as fragment of Time Warner Cable and Fox Sports 1 All-Basic particular person Evening at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The concert will make a selection place between qualifying and the commence of the NASCAR Flee All-Basic particular person Bustle. The San Francisco-essentially based neighborhood has performed worthy success since initially forming in 1994, qualified three GRAMMY Awards and two Billboard Tune Awards. About a of their most attention-grabbing singles encompass, “Drops of Jupiter (Stammer Me),” “Howdy, Soul Sister,” “Calling All Angels,” “Marry Me” and “If It‘s Like.” Their sixth studio album “California 37,” launched in 2012, produced their most modern hits “Force By” and “Bruises,” that contains country music artist Ashley Monroe.(CMS)(4-25-2014)
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April 25, 2013
- Kyle Busch wins Denny Hamlin Quick Observe Showdown: Kyle Busch has obtained Denny Hamlin‘s Quick Observe Showdown for the third time in six years. Busch, a teammate of Hamlin‘s with Joe Gibbs Racing, grabbed the lead earlier than the 5-minute pit stops that came after 46 laps, then pulled away when the speed went attend to green, without grief preserving off David Ragan on Thursday night. With Hamlin sidelined by a compression shatter of a vertebra in his lower attend and compelled to witness the occasion at his dwelling discover, Busch all over yet any other time made the 75-lap speed his to lose in a vehicle that became as soon as built by his team, Kyle Busch Motorsports. Ragan became as soon as 2nd, and Ben Rhodes accomplished third. The speed advantages the Denny Hamlin Foundation, which is dedicated to serving to children with cystic fibrosis.(Connected Press), diversified primary finishes: Kyle Larson 10th, Max Papis 21st, Matt Kenseth 22nd, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr, 25th, Trevor Bayne 26th, Tony Stewart 28th, Michael Waltrip 33rd.(4-25-2013)
- Nationwide Insurance sponsoring Stenhouse, Jr. in Cup: Nationwide Insurance announced a two-365 days partnership with Roush Fenway Racing‘s #17 Ford Fusion powered by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. within the Flee Cup Series. Nationwide Insurance will most definitely be the predominant sponsor for three races in 2013, four races in 2014 and will abet as affiliate sponsor for all diversified #17 team Flee Cup races. “We‘ve had a 15-365 days presence in NASCAR and right here’s the predominant time we‘ve subsidized a vehicle in any NASCAR sequence,” stated Matt Jauchius, chief advertising and marketing officer for Nationwide Insurance. “We built a stable relationship with Roush Fenway and two-time NASCAR Nationwide Series champion and Nationwide Insurance member, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and we‘re desirous to lift that momentum forward and toughen our present integrated NASCAR advertising and marketing platform.” The #17 Nationwide Insurance Ford Fusion will contend in NASCAR Flee Cup Series races on Aug. 24 at Bristol, Sept. 7 at Richmond and Oct. 20 at Talladega. The speed dates in 2014 are yet to make sure.(Nationwide PR)(4-25-2013)
- Kenseth calls penalties unfair: #20-Matt Kenseth talked to the media Thursday morning at Richmond:
What became as soon as your response to the penalties NASCAR announced the outdated day? Enact you’re thinking that they were severe?
“I delight in the penalties are grossly unfair. I delight in it‘s borderline excessive. There‘s no argument the fragment became as soon as immoral. They weighed it and it became as soon as immoral. Alternatively, there is an argument that there without a doubt became as soon as no efficiency advantage. In case it’s most likely you’ll presumably presumably assemble any honest, revered, an educated engine-builder and if they saw the info, what the entire rods weighed. The typical weight of the entire rods became as soon as neatly above the minimum — 2.5 (grams) above the minimum at the very least. There became as soon as one in there that became as soon as manner heavy. There became as soon as no efficiency advantage, there became as soon as no intent, it became as soon as a mistake. JGR (Joe Gibbs Racing) had no management over it. Completely to crush Joe Gibbs admire that — to advise they might be able to‘t salvage an owner‘s championship with the 20 this 365 days is merely, I can‘t wrap my fingers spherical that, it merely blows me away. And the equal with Jason Ratcliff (crew chief). I don‘t essentially feel rotten for myself at all, but for Jason and Joe, I merely couldn‘t essentially feel any worse. There‘s no more revered, appropriate onerous-working guys with factual reputations more so than those two — I essentially feel essentially rotten for them.”
Enact you inquire of a particular response from the appeals project?
“I don‘t know. I‘ve never been by means of it so I honestly don‘t know. That‘s the hope, that‘s why it‘s setup. You‘ve seen some examples of each. I don‘t know. That‘s what the hope is, that‘s why it‘s setup. We‘ll merely battle by means of that and inquire of what occurs and inquire of no topic the closing verdict is — we‘ll must are living with that and wander on.”(Toyota Racing PR)(4-25-2013) - Dominion Raceway to sponsor Kvapil at Richmond: The proposed Dominion Raceway facility in Thornburg, VA, Spotsylvania County announced its sponsorship of #93 owned by BK Racing and driven by Travis Kvapil. Dominion Raceway is a newly planned Motorsports facility to be positioned on Interstate I-95 at Exit 118 in Thornburg, VA. The ability involves a 1/8-mile wander strip, 4/10-mile oval and 2 mile avenue direction. It‘s believed that the flexibility is liable to be the most attention-grabbing form within the realm that comprises three diversified racing codecs served by a single multipurpose building. “Dominion Raceway is the terminate result of the complete lot we now have realized at Old faculty Dominion Speedway,” says managing member, Steve Britt. He continues, “It‘s an extremely forward thinking mission, expands the fan expertise tremendously with as much as the moment products and companies, interactive video and a selection of venues, now not all of that are motorsports, all designed for household fun and pride. It‘s astonishing that Ron Devine and BK Racing were willing to work with us so carefully on a Dominion Raceway Automobile for the Richmond Toyota Homeowners 400 speed.”(Dominion Raceway), inquire of a image of the vehicle on the #93 team paint schemes web voice.(4-25-2013)
- Ragan‘s team unexcited procuring for sponsors: From an interview with Frontstretch.com:
#34-David Ragan: “We‘ve got just a few sponsors for the season. We‘ve got a selection of races supplied, but we now have a selection of races unsold. CSX Railroad, one in all our predominant sponsors within the course of the 365 days and affiliate all 365 days prolonged, Peanut Patch Peanuts, clearly Taco Bell and Prolonged John Silver‘s, but our owner, Bob Jenkins, he essentially puts a selection of extra non-public cash into our team to envision up on and do it going forward and growing. Completely without his subsidy, we wouldn‘t be in a insist to carry out what we carry out. We carry out have a selection of factual companions, but we desire a couple more to occupy up the entire season.”(Frontstretch)(4-25-2013) - Yeley to elope particular NASCAR Day map: Tommy 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley Racing‘s JJ Yeley joins The NASCAR Foundation because the change celebrates the 10th Annual NASCAR Day on Friday, Could well even 17. Yeley is operating a particular ‘NASCAR Day‘ paint map on his #36 Chevy SS in Saturday‘s NASCAR Flee Cup Series speed at Richmond World Raceway. For the predominant time, The Foundation will inaugurate a “Ten Days of Giving” tour, initiating Could well even 8, which will encompass philanthropic activities in Atlanta, Ga., Charlotte, N.C., Winston-Salem, N.C.; Brooklyn, Mich.; Darlington, S.C.; Kansas Metropolis, Kan.; New York, N.Y.; and Daytona Seaside, Fla.(140Buzz/TBR)(4-25-2013)
- Outback making first look on the #39: For Ryan Newman, Richmond couldn‘t reach soon sufficient. Desiring a breakout efficiency to aloof skeptics who’ve written off the SHR groups as contenders in 2013, there‘s no better place to articulate them immoral. With Outback Steakhouse making the predominant of three 2013 appearances as predominant sponsor of Newman‘s #39 Chevy this weekend at Richmond, memories of final 365 days‘s spring speed at Martinsville Speedway evoke memories of that fateful day. Newman scored his easiest salvage of the 2012 season at the diversified Virginia venue, and did so with the Tampa, Fla.-essentially based steakhouse across the hood of his racecar. Outback Steakhouse has been celebrating Newman‘s high-10 finishes since final season with a free Bloomin‘ Onion for its prospects on Mondays. Design Saturday night, Newman would admire nothing more than to relive final 365 days‘s April success at Martinsville — by scoring his first “Bloomin’” salvage of the 2013 season at Richmond.(SHR), inquire of a image of the vehicle on the #39 team paint schemes web voice.(Stewart Haas)(4-25-2013)
- Toyota Care on Bowyer‘s vehicle: #15 Toyota Camry driver Clint Bowyer knows he has momentum on his side as he returns to Richmond World Raceway for this weekend‘s Toyota Homeowners 400. Bowyer obtained final fall at Richmond within the closing speed earlier than the commence of the 2012 Skedaddle for the Flee Cup. Bowyer also has a brand sleek paint map for his outing to the .75-mile D-form oval which will lift extra that manner for him this weekend. Bowyer hosted the spacious opening of the Clint Bowyer Autoplex Toyota dealership in his hometown of Emporia, Kan. final Thursday. This weekend, Bowyer is subsidized by Toyota Care. Toyota Care is a provider program that comes free with the acquisition or rent of each sleek Toyota vehicle. It affords roadside aid, as neatly as routine provider to present sleek Toyota owners peace of mind.(Michael Waltrip Racing)(4-25-2013)
- Kahne subsidized by Quaker Enlighten at Richmond: Quaker Enlighten will decorate the hood of Kahne‘s #5 Chevy SS this weekend at Richmond World Raceway and will most definitely be the predominant sponsor on the vehicle for 2 more Flee Cup Series events this 365 days: Kentucky Speedway on June 29 and Charlotte Motor Speedway on Oct. 12. The Quaker Enlighten and Hendrick Motorsports relationship began in 1996, and within the course of this partnership, Quaker Enlighten has helped bring a total of 9 Flee Cup championships and 162 speed victories.(Hendrick Motorsports), inquire of a image of the vehicle on the #5 team paint schemes web voice.(4-25-2013)
- Chassis choices for this weeks speed: inquire of the list of many groups [that report or post these] and what chassis were chosen by the team to elope at Richmond on the Richmond Bustle Files web voice — Chassis option dwelling.
- Keselowski fastest in Thursday discover: #22-Brad Keselowski became as soon as fastest within the course of Thursday‘s delivery discover / test at Richmond World Raceway with a hotfoot of 123.672mph. #99-Alex Bowman became as soon as 2nd, followed by: #54-Kyle Busch, #7-Regan Smith, #12-Sam Hornish, Jr., #33-Kevin Harvick, #29-Kenny Wallace, #2-Brian Scott, #3-Austin Dillon, and #31-Justin Allgaier. 43 drivers practiced within the course of the session. View total results on the Richmond discover 1 speeds web voice (pdf).(4-25-2013)
- Talladega, Daytona to pork up crossover gates: Two NASCAR tracks will pork up their crossover gates with extra cables following the February Nationwide Series rupture at Daytona World Speedway that injured at the very least 28 followers. Talladega Superspeedway, which hosts a pair of NASCAR races subsequent weekend, has implemented the adjustments to all of their gates after an engineering company employed by Daytona made the solutions after reviewing recordsdata from the Feb. 23 rupture. Kyle Larson‘s vehicle made contact with a gate opening on the final lap, sending an engine, tire and particles flying into the stands and injuring loads of followers. Daytona discover president Joie Chitwood III stated the extra cables will be added for redundancy within the map. The discover can even put tethers between the gate frame and the posts. That work will be performed in time for the July 5-6 races there. Chitwood stated the removal of the gates became as soon as now not regarded as, nor became as soon as it an approach to wander seats attend extra from the fence dwelling. Steve O‘Donnell, NASCAR‘s senior vice president of operations, stated Larson‘s vehicle is unexcited being evaluated and there’ll be no instant adjustments made in regard to security. Besides to, O‘Donnell stated no adjustments are expected with the restrictor plate at Talladega subsequent week – in conjunction with a smaller plate that would maybe presumably sluggish the vehicles down.(USA This day)(4-25-2013)
- Patrick to tour Talladega Boulevard, remove campsites: The arena eminent Talladega Boulevard, a strip of land in Talladega‘s infield regularly called NASCAR‘s “Birthday party Capital” for offering followers with the most fun in all of motorsports, merely got even better! When the Aaron‘s Dream Weekend rolls into Talladega Superspeedway, NASCAR driver Danica Patrick will scramble the Boulevard, mingle with followers, and award a one-of-a-form “Coke Zero Tailgate Champion” trophy to the right kind decorated campsite. Plans are for Danica to award the “Coke Zero Tailgate Champion” trophy Saturday afternoon, in some unspecified time in the future following the conclusion of the Aaron‘s 312 NASCAR Nationwide Series speed. The most infamous strip of accurate property in NASCAR, Talladega Boulevard, is an innovative corridor admire no diversified and has been a mainstay in NASCAR circles attributable to the discover became as soon as built in 1969. The Mardi Gras-form atmosphere of The Boulevard, total with strings of beads and shenanigans, is a NASCAR tradition that separates Talladega from diversified venues. It truly is a perceive to thrill in how tents, RVs, vans and trailers, with an abundance of ingenuity and creativity, can enliven a major crowd of folk.(TSS)(4-25-2013)
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April 25, 2012
- Will Chevy‘s sleek vehicle be the SS? From Autoblog: Depend us desirous to acquire within the attend of the wheel of no topic a “2014 Chevrolet SS Performance” turns out to be. With any luck the look of [a] reference on the OnStar web living is more than merely a digital placeholder. Chevy SS rumors were swirling recently, with Identical outdated Motors registering the “SS” trademark earlier this month, merely days after & leer shooters caught what regarded admire a hotted-up Impala. Then there‘s the NASCAR distress: Chevrolet has stated its sleek entry within the racing sequence will be each a brand sleek vehicle and a brand sleek nameplate. We‘re guessing that vehicle isn‘t going to be the Spark. So this sleek OnStar “leak,” if it’s a ways this kind of thing, would label the Chevy SS being a separate model. If we are reading our tea leaves precisely, the model will be derived from the rear-force Holden Commodore (the equal Zeta architecture that underpins Chevrolet‘s law-enforcement-easiest Caprice PPV), while the imprint‘s entrance-force Impala will obtain a brand sleek, sportier variant. We‘d also remove that the prolonged-wheelbase version of the Commodore outdated for the Caprice cop vehicle would donate its high-level powertrain, the 355-horsepower, 6.0-liter V8.(Autoblog)(4-25-2012)
- Goodyear will test at Bristol‘s sleek ground: With the discover adjustments at Bristol Motor Speedway, Goodyear felt the must withhold a tire test to overview the sleek ground. We‘re entirely contented with our most modern tire space-up at Bristol but we steadily must remove up with discover adjustments, so we contrivance to elope a test to assemble out what’s going to most attention-grabbing suit the explicit changes made to Bristol,” stated Stu Grant, Goodyear‘s overall manager of world racing. “We can commence out our test with the present Bristol tire space-up, in elaborate to assemble out if the adjustments to the discover ground require any adjustments to our tread compound system. We‘ll then overview if the discover ground has modified and if we‘ll must bring attend something diversified for the speed in August.” Being a concrete ground, we steadily must administer the ‘rubbering in‘ project,” added Grant. “Concrete looks to be more sensitive to taking rubber, so we now must obtain obvious we obtain the merely combination of tires to envision up with this speed discover. The largest thing to us is making sure the right kind racing ground is the equal from the bottom of the discover to the tip.” Goodyear‘s tire test will be held at Bristol on June 12-13. Participating groups are to make sure.(Goodyear)(4-25-2012)
- Johnson named most influential athlete: From the 365 days of the NASCAR driver to the 365 days of the quarterback. Closing 365 days three drivers from the NASCAR circuit made [the Forbes] list of The US‘s Most Influential Athletes, led by perennial Flee Cup Series champ #48-Jimmie Johnson. NASCAR hasn‘t precisely frail. Johnson, whose expertise and guy-subsequent-door demeanor endears him to followers, as neatly as to advertising and marketing chiefs of brands admire Chevrolet, Quaker Enlighten and Lowe‘s, repeats as The US‘s most influential athlete, essentially based on public belief polling. But fellow drivers #88-Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (down from #3 to #7) and #24-Jeff Gordon (off the list this 365 days) didn‘t do up, making manner for inexperienced persons admire Jeremy Lin and Manny Pacquaio, and for the upward thrust of loads of professional quarterbacks. This 365 days, six of the 10 most influential athletes are NFL impress callers, with each Manning brothers now within the fold. In 2nd place is Tim Tebow, who shot up from #10 final 365 days after claiming the Denver Broncos‘ initiating job and igniting “Tebowmania” across the country. Chalk it as much as the dominance of professional football on television. Not many reveals can match the 30 million viewers that the NFL will get for a playoff sport, now to now not boom the 100 million or so who tune in for the Spacious Bowl. Nielsen and E-Poll surveyed over 1,100 adults about dozens of eminent athletes to measure their likeability and whether or now not they‘re regarded as “influential,” a essentially primary quality for marketers. Candidates were restricted to professional athletes who’re presently crammed with life and who rating at the very least 20% “consciousness” with the overall public.(Forbes)(4-25-2012)
- Will Energy named first quarter Driver of the 365 days: The IndyCar Series‘ Will Energy became as soon as named winner of the Driver of the 365 days panel‘s first-quarter award. Energy edged NHRA Humorous Automobile driver Robert Hight by a single label carry out the award, which fits to the tip driver in United States-essentially based racing sequence. It is voted upon by a panel of 21 racing-media contributors. Energy, who drives a Chevrolet-powered Dallara DW12 for Physique of workers Penske, has obtained two of the predominant three races on the 2012 agenda. He obtained on the Barber Motorsports Park avenue circuit in Alabama and on the Toyota Kindly Prix of Prolonged Seaside‘s avenue circuit. Greg Biffle, who led the Flee Cup Series in points for the quarter — which ended alongside with his victory at Texas Motor Speedway — accomplished third with two first-place votes and 78 points. A total of 16 drivers scored points within the third quarter vote casting. In its‘ 46th 365 days, the Driver of the 365 days Award is irregular. The panel of 21 main journalists and broadcasters from across the U.S. determines the winner. Votes are held quarterly. A 365 days-cease vote determines the overall Driver of the 365 days.(PR)(4-25-2012)
- BB&T; returns to the #31: Jeff Burton‘s #31 Chevy will sport the burgundy and grey colors of Winston-Salem, N.C.-essentially based BB&T; this weekend. The #31 BB&T; Chevy paint map debuted in March at Bristol Motor Speedway and made an look earlier this month at Martinsville Speedway. After this weekend, BB&T; will most definitely be the predominant sponsor in Could well even at Darlington Raceway and Dover World Speedway in June alongside with a particular edition co-branded paint map with Caterpillar at the NASCAR Flee All-Basic particular person Bustle.(RCR), inquire of a image of the vehicle on the #31 team paint schemes web voice.(4-25-2012)
- Charlotte names speed officers: Every occasion needs an emcee, so it stands to cause that Charlotte Motor Speedway will want two for the 10 most attention-grabbing days of racing, Could well even 18-27, which involves the NASCAR Flee All-Basic particular person Bustle and the 53rd operating of the Coca-Cola 600. Two personalities from the Charlotte air-waves will abet because the speedway‘s ambassadors of fun initiating Could well even 1 and lasting by means of the closing lap of NASCAR‘s most attention-grabbing test of man and machine, the Coca-Cola 600 on Could well even 27. Fox Charlotte‘s Jon Wilson, of the famed “Wilson‘s World” segments on the neatly-liked Fox Files Rising morning prove, has been named Grasp of Ceremonies and he’s going to abet alongside veteran Leave out Flee Cup and most modern radio persona on The Ace & TJ Stammer, Monica Palumbo, who has been named Mistress of Ceremonies for the 10 most attention-grabbing days of racing. The fun at Charlotte Motor Speedway begins on Friday, Could well even 18 with the N.C. Education Lottery 200 and qualifying for the NASCAR Flee All-Basic particular person Bustle and lasts by means of the 53rd operating of the Coca-Cola 600 on Could well even 27.(CMS)(4-25-2012)
- Bristol Motor Speedway will take cling of revolutionary banking: Not as much as a month after fan feedback convinced him to acquire adjustments to the concrete ground at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bruton Smith, Chairman and CEO of Speedway Motorsports, announced his plans for primary changes to the discover. “I stated when this project began final month that I would hear to what the followers stated they wanted,” Smith stated. “After per week to 10 days, there became as soon as no inquire of that the overwhelming majority became as soon as asking for alterations to the discover. Since March 28, when we announced that adjustments will most definitely be made, we now have listened to followers, heard from drivers and talked to engineers about what to carry out and the very top arrangement worthy time we needed to carry out it. Once we knew the direction, we positioned the merely equipment to acquire it occur.” The adjustments hear to the revolutionary banking applied when the most fresh discover ground became as soon as put in place within the summertime of 2007. “The massive majority of followers we heard from stated they wanted adjustments made and the large majority of those stated the revolutionary banking became as soon as what they didn‘t admire,” stated Smith in explaining the decision-making project. “So, that‘s the heart of attention of our efforts. And that is what we are working to switch.” When the deteriorating BMS discover ground became as soon as modified in 2007, variable banking became as soon as added. Steadily regularly called “revolutionary” attributable to the degrees lengthen from bottom to high, the structure supplied just a few lanes of racing on the famed rapid discover. Smith stated the approach to switch the discover ground did now not reach straightforward, but listening to the speed followers steadily has served him neatly. “More and more followers saved asking us to carry out something to the discover,” Smith stated. “So I put it within the market. They spoke and we listened. I want them to be entirely contented; I want them to admire their expertise in Bristol. This might carry out that and I do know they’ll be entirely contented with the result.”(BMS)(4-25-2012)
- Restaurant.com to sponsor Mike Wallace: JD Motorsports, Restaurant.com and HalfOffDeals.com have entered into an agreement for Major and Co-Sponsorship on the team‘s #01 Chevy driven by Mike Wallace for the 2012 season. Restaurant.com com is the main supplier of restaurant savings nationwide. The firm affords nearly 50,000 each day offers at more than 18,000 restaurants across the country. Clients can wander to Restaurant.com or download the Restaurant.com iPhone app to thrill in for restaurant offers of their dwelling or while touring to the races. The agreement begins with an affiliate space for this weekend‘s NASCAR Nationwide Series speed at Richmond World Raceway, and will wander to a Major Partnership for Talladega Superspeedway the following weekend. Restaurant.com‘s Major Partnership will proceed by means of all four races within the month of Could well even. (JD Motorsports)(4-25-2012)
- Pastrana prepared for sequence debut: When #99-Travis Pastrana makes his worthy anticipated NASCAR Nationwide Series debut Friday night at Richmond World Raceway, he‘ll have one goal in mind — carry out on the lead lap. The 11-time X Games gold medal winner expects to elope in seven Nationwide Series races in 2012 with RAB Racing, who fashioned a Nationwide alliance with Michael Waltrip Racing this month. The 28-365 days-outdated action sports activities superstar can even elope in Thursday‘s K&N; Pro Series East speed in Pastrana199‘s #99 iRacing Toyota.(RAB Racing)(4-25-2012)
- Childhood Most cancers Initiative featured on Whitt‘s #88: CURE Childhood Most cancers‘s Press On Fund will be featured on Cole Whitt‘s #88 TaxSlayer.com Chevy in Nationwide Series events at Richmond World Raceway and Darlington Raceway as fragment of a collaborative effort by TaxSlayer and JR Motorsports to lift consciousness within the wrestle against childhood cancer. The Press On Fund‘s goal is 2-fold: to lift out a more in-depth medication price for pediatric neuroblastoma and AML, which represents the two childhood cancers with the lowest survival rates. It also targets to mitigate the doubtlessly devastating side results of most modern therapies. Press On Relaxing is a named fund of CURE Childhood Most cancers, a 501(c)(3) with a prolonged standing popularity for its commitment to supporting families and discovering a CURE. To carry out its targets, the Press On Fund affords grants to scientists and establishments conducting learn into sleek, focused therapies for neuroblastoma and AML. In merely below three years the Press On Fund has invested more than $770,000 to avoid losing children‘s lives.(JR Motorsports)(4-25-2012)
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April 25, 2011
- The Entry List for the Crown Royal Gifts the Matthew and Daniel Hansen 400 Flee Cup Series speed at Richmond World Raceway is posted, 44 groups/drivers [for 43 spots] are listed, in conjunction with:
NOTE: the #21 is NOT entered, so the #71 moves proper into a guaranteed initiating jam.
Not in high 35 of homeowners points:
#30-David Stremme (0/0)
#36-Dave Blaney (37/8)
#37-Tony Raines (38/8)
#38-Travis Kvapil (39/8)
#46-J.J. Yeley (41/8)
#60-Mike Skinner (45/8)
#66-Michael McDowell (41/8)
#87-Joe Nemechek (43/8)
#92-Brian Keselwoski (46/4)
Within the occasion that all practices and qualifying are all rained out or cancelled:
the eight who would obtain it [8]: #‘s 36,37,38,46,66,87,60,92
missing the speed will most definitely be [1]: #‘s 30
View the elephantine entry list at my Jayski‘s Richmond Entry List.(4-25-2011) - 1st Quarter Driver of the 365 days named: #18-Kyle Busch obtained races in all three of NASCAR‘s high divisions tallying the most first-place votes within the first quarter Driver of the 365 days 2011 balloting by main broadcasters and journalists within the US.
The driver of the #18 Toyota Camry within the Flee Cup sequence, #18 Z-Line Designs Toyota within the Nationwide Series for Joe Gibbs Racing and is the owner/driver of the #18 Greenback Identical outdated Toyota Tundra within the Tenting World Truck sequence credited his groups for his early 2011 success. “It‘s been a spacious commence to the season in all three sequence‘ and that‘s attributable to of the spacious folk we now have at JGR and KBM (Kyle Busch Motorsports),” stated Busch. “This award is testomony to all of those guys. Every of my groups have accomplished a spacious job bringing me factual vehicles to the racetrack each week and if we haven‘t obtained, we‘ve been in contention more times than now not. In explicit, Dave Rogers and the entire guys on the M&M‘s Toyota team and each person at JGR are working very onerous and we hope to have a shot at bringing dwelling a Flee Cup championship at the cease of the 365 days.” Busch, 25, obtained the Bristol Motor Speedway Flee Cup speed, four Nationwide races and one Tenting World Truck speed within the predominant quarter vote casting.
Barry Schmoyer, President of the Driver of the 365 days Foundation, stated “calling Kyle Busch versatile will most definitely be a staunch understatement. He without a doubt proved that he is a triple-possibility to salvage on any given weekend. And he‘s easiest 25-years-outdated. I wouldn‘t be stunned if, some 365 days soon, I might be handing him the Driver of the 365 days trophy.”
Within the vote casting Busch took 9 first-place ballots and totaled 121 points per the Driver of the 365 days points map. NASCAR drivers swept the virtual podium with Carl Edwards garnering six first-place votes and 89 points and Kevin Harvick also incomes six first-place votes and 84 points. A total of 14 drivers scored points within the predominant quarter vote casting. In its‘ 45th 365 days, the Driver of the 365 days title is irregular. A panel of 21 main journalists from across the U.S. determines the winner. In quarterly vote casting, points are awarded on a declining 9, 6, 4,3,2,1 foundation. Busch will obtain a trophy and a Tissot wristwatch to be offered at Infineon Raceway on the SaveMart 350 weekend.(Driver of the 365 days Foundation)(4-25-2011) - 2011 Dale Earnhardt Day Friday, April 29th: Dale Earnhardt Inc. announced 2011 Dale Earnhardt Day on Friday, April 29th, at the DEI Facilities in Mooresville, NC. An annual occasion of the unheard of life and legacy of Dale Earnhardt, this occasion is held yearly on his birthday. Followers will be treated to particular obtain entry to to extra exhibits, in conjunction with the never earlier than exhibited non-public oil painting of Dale Earnhardt by eminent artist Denny Dent. Dent became as soon as known for his excellent “Two-Fisted Art Attack” form of painting. This fashioned portrait completely hangs within the Corporate Areas of work of DEI and will be positioned on public tell for the predominant time, accompanied by the 5-minute video of Dent in point of fact painting the portrait on stage within the course of a particular occasion. The DEI Museum will be opening a brand sleek tell on that day of most of the gifts and tributes that were sent to and left at DEI and in diversified venues across the nation in honor of Earnhardt‘s life. There’ll be a nationwide unveiling of the 2011 “Intimidator” Camaros, by Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet.
One of many 2011 “Intimidator” Camaros will be featured in a fundraising raffle to advantage the Dale Earnhardt Foundation, with ticket gross sales initiating on Dale Earnhardt Day, and will be awarded to 1 extremely lucky particular person at the cease of the raffle. A total bunch music will be in retailer, with are living performances by “Eddy Francis & Freight Practice”, and an encore displaying of the 2003 Dale Earnhardt Tribute Concert Film. Autograph Sessions will be held within the course of the day, with guests in conjunction with Kerry Earnhardt and Taylor Earnhardt. An annual tradition of Dale Earnhardt Day, cupcakes will yet any other time be supplied to all in attendance in honor of The Intimidator‘s birthday. Dale Earnhardt Day, will elope from 9am unless 5pm, on Friday, April 29th. Admission is free, and a selection of parking is at this time within the market.(NCMA), for events and more recordsdata, inquire of the daleearnhardtinc.com living.(4-25-2011) - Waltrip & Kauffman test at Le Mans: Michael Waltrip Racing co-owners Michael Waltrip and Desire Kauffman spent Sunday at the historical Circuit de la Sarthe in France trying out the AF Corse Ferrari F430 they’ll speed within the 24 hours of Le Mans on June 11-12. After arriving at the discover on Friday, the American citizens rode bicycles spherical the 8-mile circuit learning the structure. It became as soon as the predominant time on the discover for Waltrip and Kauffman who prepared by learning videos. Their teammate Rui Águas of Portugal started the morning session within the #71 Ferrar. He did the 10 laps required to speed as a rookie at Le Mans surroundings his fastest time at 4m.09s.351. Rain on fragment of the discover delayed Kauffman‘s initial stint within the attend of the wheel, but as soon as he started he improved his laps times from 4m.47s.452 appropriate down to 4m.41s.650. He became as soon as compelled to pit with a puncture within the merely rear tire. With a brand sleek tire he returned to carry out a time of 4m.34s.241, earlier than yet any other flat tire ended the session. “That sure is a sooner lap within the vehicle than on the video. It is gorgeous frigid within the market,” stated Kauffman who paired with Waltirp and Aguas for a podium carry out in Spa final 365 days. As it’s the discover session no person is largely attempting to speed. I wished to head for it conservatively but now not be a roadblock. Somewhat frigid discover!”
Waltrip posted three elephantine laps earlier than the lunch ruin. His fastest lap became as soon as 4m.30s.563. After lunch he came across his bearings spherical the circuit and at the cease of his 10 laps, his most attention-grabbing time became as soon as 4m.17s.770. “Ahead of lunch, when I got within the vehicle, I realised I did now not know the discover as neatly as I believed. After lunch I ran more confidently and knew which direction the discover became as soon as going in. I drove very conservatively and most regularly got to perceive the discover and got more assured,” stated the two-time Daytona 500 winner. I stated earlier than the test my goal became as soon as to acquire mindful of the discover and obtain sure to have that in my mind, so as that as soon as I reach attend I can wander sooner. After I knew the place the turns were I became as soon as having a spacious time, discovering the place I can remove up time. I do know I can assemble yet any other ten seconds without grief.” Kauffman went attend within the vehicle for more laps and bettered his time to 4m.21s.765. Rui Águas moved his time to 4m.06s.162.
MWR‘s participation in world racing events is fragment of a worldwide industry approach and a manner to promote the team on a worldwide stage. Within the final 365 days, MWR‘s world effort has incorporated visits to the Goodwood Festival of Slide in England, Toyota Motorsports Festival in Japan as neatly as races and checks in Dubai, Belgium and Portugal.(MWR)(4-25-2011) - NASCAR Green Difficult Air Tree Planting Mission plant life 100 tree‘s: NASCAR, Daytona World Speedway and World Speedway Corporation joined forces with the Daytona Seaside World Airport because the beneficiary of NASCAR‘s Green Difficult Air tree planting mission. NASCAR Green Difficult Air is a particular program that plant life 10 timber for each Green Flag that drops within the course of races, shooting 100% of the carbon produced by the heading within the suitable direction racing at the events. The initiative, the most attention-grabbing tree planting program in sports activities, debuted at 11 tracks within the 2009 Flee Cup season, and in 2010, expanded to plant more than 1,000 timber to stability the carbon produced by racing. In 2011, the initiative expanded to the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, and now encompasses over 20 tracks nationwide. On memoir of the 53rd annual Daytona 500 in February, 110 timber are being planted in three areas within the course of the property at Daytona Seaside World Airport. On Wednesday, roughly 80 NASCAR, World Speedway Corporation, Daytona World Speedway and Americrown workers planted the timber, which were purchased domestically from Nature Scapes in Flagler County. World Speedway Corporation Chief Govt Officer Lesa France Kennedy, Daytona World Speedway President Joie Chitwood III, Dr. Mike Lynch, Managing Director of Green Innovation for NASCAR and Volusia County Chair Frank Bruno participated in a tree planting ceremony.(DIS)(4-25-2011)
- One other speed for Slide: In step with a post on his Fb web voice, “Scott will now speed yet any other NASCAR Nationwide speed for KHI… Could well even 22nd at Iowa”.(4-25-2011)
- Richardson will proceed kind out Nationwide: Although he ran this 365 days‘s Daytona 500 for a 2nd 365 days in a row with Bob Jenkins‘ FRM, #23-Robert Richardson has no plans to elope anymore Cup races this season. “Loyal now we are going to place most of our kind out R3 Motorsports within the Nationwide Series with the 23 vehicle. We’re engaged on finalizing sponsorship efforts and attempting to acquire our team better then what it has been within the past,” stated a hopeful Robert Richardson. Within the past, R3 Motorsports has had restricted funding with blank quarter panels. This season, nonetheless, Richardson will prove as much as the discover with a elephantine time firm sponsoring his efforts. “As of now, the Plants and fauna Conservation Society sponsorship is by means of the relaxation of the season. Additionally, we are re-negotiating for subsequent season,” stated an optimistic Richardson. “It‘s desirable since I am an outdoorsman and that I make a selection to hunt and fish to have the Plants and fauna Conservation Society on board.”(Racing Experts)(4-25-2011)
- Sellers returns for Indianapolis speed; perchance more? Peyton Sellers is reportedly returning to the Tenting World Truck Series in June at O‘Reilly Raceway Park [now named Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis] with the support of Turn One Racing, Sellers plans on attempting about a truck races this 365 days. Requested if he plans to elope a elephantine 365 days some time soon. “No sponsorship,” Peyton responded. “We wish we would maybe, but racing obtained‘t make stronger itself. So I‘m going to remove remove out races to sell sponsorship for, and expectantly, that sponsorship grows.” [Sellers‘ last Truck Series race was at NHMS in 2010 where he finished 21st driving the #64 for Turn One Racing.](TheRacingExperts.com)(4-25-2011)
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April 25, 2010
- Harvick wins wild speed at Talladega: #29-Kevin Harvick obtained the Aaron‘s 499 Flee Cup Series speed at Talladega Superspeedway taking the lead on the third Green-White-Checkered with about a toes to head over #1-Jamie McMurray, qualified the speed by .011 seconds, the 8th closest carry out [since electronic scoring in 1993]. McMurray had led when the final warning came out earlier than lap 188 [the end of the regular length of the race] and led at the commence of each of the three green-white-checkered flags. It is Harvick‘s first salvage in 115 races [Daytona 500 in 2007], his fist salvage at Talladega, Richard Childress Racing 90th salvage and 1st salvage at Talladega since Dale Earnhardt obtained his 76th and closing speed in Oct. 2000. It is Harvick‘s 12th profession salvage which puts him on my own in 31st on the all-time salvage list. McMurray held on to 2nd place, followed by #42-Montoya, #11-Hamlin, #5-Martin, #6-Ragan, #33-Bowyer, #2-Busch, #18-Busch and #09-Bliss. #48-Johnson wrecked slack and accomplished 31st out of the speed. #24-Gordon got thinking just a few lte wreck, but accomplished 22nd. #7-Gordon accomplished 20th and is attend within the tip 35 in owners points in 34th. The #37 Entrance Row Motorsports team fell out of the tip 35. There were a series and discover file 29 leaders with a series and discover file 88 lead adjustments. There were 8 cautions for 32 yellow flag laps.
View speed results, awards, laps led and more on Jayski‘s Bustle Results/Awards web voice.(4-25-2010) - Bustle Fast Information — Talladega Superspeedway:
#29-Kevin Harvick obtained the Aaron‘s 499 (41st Working), his 12th victory in 331 NASCAR Flee Cup Series races.
There were a NASCAR Flee Cup Series file 88 lead adjustments. The outdated file became as soon as 75 (5/6/1984).
There were a series file 29 diversified leaders. The outdated file became as soon as 28 (10/5/2008).
Right here’s Harvick‘s first victory and sixth high-10 carry out in 2010.
Right here’s Harvick‘s first victory and eighth high-10 carry out in 19 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
#1-Jamie McMurray (2nd) posted his sixth high-10 carry out in 16 races at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his third high-10 carry out in 2010.
#42-Juan Pablo Montoya (third) posted his 2nd high-10 carry out in seven races at Talladega Superspeedway.
(NASCAR Statistics)(4-25-2010) - 2010 Flee Cup Driver Factors Standings:
[after Talladega, race 9 of 36]:
contemptible, vehicle#, driver, points, within the attend of
1) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins] 1323
2) #29-Kevin Harvick [1 win], 1297, -26
3) #16-Greg Biffle, 1237, -86
4) #17-Matt Kenseth, 1224, -99
5) #18-Kyle Busch, 1163, -160
6) #5-Trace Martin, 1154, -169
7) #2-Kurt Busch [1 win], 1146, -177
8) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 1142, -181
9) #11-Denny Hamlin [2 wins], 1138, -185
10) #24-Jeff Gordon, 1130, -193
11) #33-Clint Bowyer, 1086, -237
12) #31-Jeff Burton, 1082, -241
Skedaddle for the Flee Cup — Contenders:
13) #99-Carl Edwards, 1067, 15 points out of the flow
14) #14-Tony Stewart, 1061, -21
15) #56-Martin Truex Jr, 1045, -37
2009 Skedaddle Drivers now not in high 15
18) #39-Ryan Newman [1 win], 995, 87 points out of the flow
20) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 959, -126
23) #9-Kasey Kahne, 926, -156
25) #83-Brian Vickers, 916, -166
View standings on Jayski‘s Drivers Factors Standings web voice.(4-25-2010) - Top-35 in Proprietor Factors and assured a initiating jam at Richmond:
Adjustments: #7-Gordon accomplished 20th at Talladega and is 34th and has a guaranteed jam at Richmond, #37-Gilliland drops to 36th, 2 points within the attend of 35th, now #38-Conway
32) #78-Smith/Furniture Row: 680, +67
33) #34-Kvapil/Entrance Row: 617, +4
34) #7-Gordon/RGM/BAM: 628, +15
35) #38-Conway/Entrance Row: 614, 1 point forward of 36th
these groups/ drivers must qualify by hotfoot:
36) #37-Gilliland/Entrance Row: 613, 1 point out of 35th
37) #26-Stremme/Latitude43: 457, -157
38) #36-TBA/1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley: 445, -169
The groups are NOT locked in past the following speed because the owners points change after each speed.
For the owner points standings, inquire of my Homeowners Factors Standings web voice.(4-25-2010) - Penalty Document — Talladega:
Automobile#, Lap, Aim, Penalty
#37, 65, Impolite hotfoot EXITING the pits, Hasten Via
#12, 77, Pitting earlier than pit avenue is delivery, Tail Stop
#55, 84, Pitting earlier than pit avenue is delivery, Tail Stop
#17, 84, Pitting earlier than pit avenue is delivery, Tail Stop
#19, 84, Pitting earlier than pit avenue is delivery, Tail Stop
#98, 84, Pitting earlier than pit avenue is delivery, Tail Stop
#26, 84, Pitting earlier than pit avenue is delivery, Tail Stop
#71, 85, Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon, Tail Stop
#71, 102, Pitting earlier than pit avenue is delivery, Tail Stop
#7, 146, Impolite hotfoot EXITING the pits, Hasten Via
#2, 146, Impolite hotfoot EXITING the pits, Hasten Via
#71, 176, Pitting earlier than pit avenue is delivery, Tail Stop
#82, 183, Pitting earlier than pit avenue is delivery, Tail Stop
#24, 183, Pitting earlier than pit avenue is delivery, Tail Stop
#83, 189, Pitting earlier than pit avenue is delivery, Tail Stop
#71, 189, Pitting earlier than pit avenue is delivery, Tail Stop
(NASCAR Statistics)(4-25-2010) - Closest Flee Cup Bustle Finishes:
Margin Winner Runner-up Observe Date
.002 Ricky Craven, Kurt Busch, Darlington, March 16, 2003
.005 Jamie McMurray, Kyle Busch, Daytona, July 7, 2007
.005 Dale Earnhardt, Ernie Irvan, Talladega, July 25, 1993
.006 Kevin Harvick, Jeff Gordon, Atlanta, March 11, 2001
.008 Jimmy Spencer, Ernie Irvan, Daytona, July 2, 1994
.010 Dale Earnhardt, Bobby Labonte, Atlanta, March 12, 2000
.010 Matt Kenseth, Kasey Kahne, Rockingham, February 22, 2004
.011 Kevin Harvick, Jamie McMurray, Talladega, April 25, 2010
.017 Greg Biffle, Trace Martin, Residence, November 20. 2005
.020 Kevin Harvick, Trace Martin, Daytona, February 18, 2007
.025 Jimmy Spencer, Invoice Elliott, Talladega, July 24, 1994
.027 Jimmie Johnson, Bobby Labonte, Charlotte, Could well even 29, 2005
.028 Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson, Atlanta, March 20, 2005
.028 Elliott Sadler, Kasey Kahne, Texas, April 4, 2004
.029 John Andretti, Terry Labonte, Daytona, July 5, 1997
(points races easiest — attributable to the appearance of electronic scoring in 1993)(4-25-2010) - Lucky Canines — Who got a lap attend on each warning at Talladega: (and their carry out)
Warning 1: #37-Richardson Jr., 26th
Warning 2: #26-Stremme, 27th
Warning 3: #12-Keselowski, 34th
Warning 4: #47-Ambrose, 37th
Warning 5: #9-Kahne, 21st
Warning 6: #2-Busch, 8th
Warning 7: #7-Gordon, 20th,
Warning 8: #24-Gordon, 22nd
(4-25-2010) - Budweiser talking to Hendrick: Hendrick Motorsports overall manager Marshall Carlson has talked with Anheuser Busch officers concerning the opportunity of Budweiser turning proper into a team sponsor after this season, team owner Rick Hendrick stated Sunday. Budweiser is procuring for a brand sleek accomplice after its contract expires with #9-Kasey Kahne and Richard Petty Motorsports after this season. Kahne, who honest recently signed a contract with HMS to interchange Trace Martin within the #5 in 2012 and a vehicle to make sure in 2011, has stated he would make a selection to proceed his relationship with Budweiser if that it’s most likely you’ll presumably presumably imagine. There were reviews that HMS would maybe now not bring in Budweiser attributable to of the team‘s relationship with longtime sponsor Pepsi, but Hendrick stated that “depends on which vehicle it‘s on.” “In our offers we now have rights of first refusal,” Hendrick stated. “We‘ve got to battle by means of that, but we‘re talking to anybody.” Hendrick will most definitely be willing to provide Martin with engines and chassis if Martin decides to enter ownership. Martin honest recently stated he would delight in turning into an owner if he would maybe assemble a deal admire the one Tony Stewart got with Gene Haas. “I‘d be delivery to something Trace needs to carry out,” Hendrick stated. “He talked just a few in point of fact prolonged time ago about looking out to cling a truck [team]. I never heard him boom something just a few vehicle unless [now].”(ESPN.com)(4-25-2010)
- Hendrick terminate to re-signing crew chiefs: team owner Rick Hendrick stated he is days from announcing contract extensions for crew chiefs #5-Alan Gustafson and #48-Chad Knaus. Hendrick has been engaged on an extension with Knaus since slack final season, when driver Jimmie Johnson agreed to a deal to force at Hendrick Motorsports by means of 2015. The driver and crew chief have obtained a NASCAR file four consecutive championships collectively. Gustafson is presently crew chief for Martin within the #5 Chevy. Kahne has already agreed to force that vehicle in 2012, but Hendrick says he has now not yet sure his crew chief lineup. The owner did boom, despite the truth that, that the #5 team belongs to Gustafson, the predominant indication that he would maybe very neatly be paired with Kahne.(ESPN.com)(4-25-2010)
- Diversified stare the #19 at Talladega: This weekend, the acquainted yellow and dim of Elliott Sadler #19 Ford at Talladega will be modified by the gold and dim colors of Bostitch. The paint map celebrates a brand sleek line of Bostitch hand tools, now readily within the market at Lowe‘s Residence Enchancment. Bostitch hand tools tout a selection of breakthrough aspects that resolve issues on the jobsite and support obtain consultants more productive. Backed by a 100 365 days guarantee, the sleek line of Bostitch hand tools is designed to stand as much as the use and abuse on the jobsite. Test out www.bostitch.com for more recordsdata.(Stanley Tools Fb), inquire of a image of the map on my #19 Physique of workers Schemes web voice.(4-25-2010)
- Early Skedaddle Notes: Three drivers that made the 2009 Skedaddle, #42-Juan Pablo Montoya (24th, -153), #9-Kasey Kahne (22nd, -121) #83-Brian Vickers (19th, -107) are more than 100 points out of 12th place. Add two diversified 20‘09 Chasers presently on the delivery air, but worthy nearer, #39-Ryan Newman (16th, -10), #14-Tony Stewart (14th -1). 5 drivers who skipped over the 2009 Skedaddle are presently within the T12: #17-Matt Kenseth (2nd, +199), #29-Kevin Harvick (4th, +166), #18-Kyle Busch (sixth, +79), and #88-Dale Jr. (seventh, +72). #20-Joey Logano has improved 20 positions over this time final 365 days. #82-Scott Slide (+18), #98-Paul Menard (+14), #29-Kevin Harvick (+12), #88-Dale Jr. (+12). Down: #00-David Reutimann (-21), #9-Kasey Kahne (-12), #14-Tony Stewart (-10), #33-Clint Bowyer (-9), #42-Juan Pablo Montoya (-9). View Skedaddle stats, comparision tables and more on my 2010 Skedaddle Stats web voice and 2010 Skedaddle Guidelines, Notes and History web voice.(4-25-2010)
- Dale Earnhardt Day Birthday party Events: Dale Earnhardt, Inc. announced its agenda of events for the firm‘s ninth annual Dale Earnhardt Day on April 29, 2010. This 365 days‘s occasion, held on the campus of DEI in Mooresville, NC, is subsidized by The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, The Mooresville Convention and Guests Bureau, Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet, The Dale Earnhardt Foundation, and Earnhardt Technologies Community. This 365 days‘s occasion will be headlined by a essentially particular “Tribute To Dale” unveiling for the followers by DEI, JR Motorsports and Richard Childress Racing at 2: 30pm followed by a spherical-desk session with household hosted by longtime friend and Sirius Radio persona Chocolate Myers.
This 365 days‘s agenda has been space as follows (All on the campus of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. except famed):
5: 45am — 8: 45am Charlotte‘s Fox Files Rising Faraway Broadcast with Wilson!
9: 00am Dale Earnhardt, Inc. opens to followers (Showroom and retail)
12: 00noon — 2: 30pm Mac‘s Slide Store BBQ lunch is at this time within the market for take cling of (Special complementary cake presentation at 1: 00pm)
12: 30pm The Chris Marks Band — Kindly Are living Country Tune
2: 30pm — 3: 30pm Special Shows — WEBCAST LIVE on www.daleearnhardtinc.com/events
o Dale Earnhardt Foundation Announcement: Hosted by Winston Kelley
o Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet Corridor of Popularity Camaro Unveiling — Hosted By Winston Kelley
o “Salute To Dale” announcement (Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Jr. Motorsports, Richard Childress Racing), vehicle unveiling, “Talkin‘ About Dale” Q&A with Earnhardt Family Individuals hosted by Chocolate Myers
3: 30pm — 4: 00pm Fan meet and greet, photos & autographs with more music from the Chris Marks Band
5: 00pm Dale Earnhardt Inc. Campus Closes — Birthday party moves to Kannapolis, NC
5: 45pm Kannapolis Intimidators Tribute Automobile Unveiling at Fieldcrest Stadium in Kannapolis, NC
6: 00pm Gates Birth — All followers wearing Dale Earnhardt tools obtain reserved seats for $5!
7: 00pm Kerry Earnhardt and a lucky Membership E fan throw the first pitch — Play Ball!
(Victory Management Community)(4-25-2010) - Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Announces “Membership E”: For thousands and thousands of Dale Earnhardt followers, celebrating his legacy is a manner of life, embracing the foundations that guided Earnhardt‘s standard of living and supporting his causes by means of the Dale Earnhardt Foundation and displaying their make stronger with Dale Earnhardt apparel and collectible items. Dale fanshave an opportunity to expertise the legacy of their hero with Membership E, the Legit Dale Earnhardt Fan Membership in a manner they never have earlier than. Membership E is the closing fan expertise, with within the attend of-the-scenes excursions, never earlier than seen photos and memorabilia, and alternatives to take part in irregular Earnhardt events, trips and habitual affords. For more recordsdata, inquire of my Dale Earnhardt Tribute/Files web voice.(4-25-2010)
- ARCA Physique of workers loses hauler to fireplace: Andy Belmont Racing‘s transporter caught fire on the very top arrangement dwelling from Talladega on I-85 in Georgia spherical mile marker 166.. No one became as soon as injured. It sounds as if a tire blew on the tractor, grease from the force hub caught fire, flames from the hub hit the generator cupboard on the entrance of the hauler and ignited the diesel gas from the generator. The truck is a total loss. Trailer is destroyed. Fire firm contained the trailer fire to the entrance of the trailer and the lounge, however the entire team uniforms, helmets, hans devices, radios are misplaced. The fire firm saved the vehicles and the complete lot within the attend of the lounge, without a doubt there’ll be smoke and water injury. Belmont fields the #1 driven by Chad McCumbee and the #14 piloted by Skedaddle Mattioli [grandson of Pocono Raceway owners]. Mattioli accomplished 13th at Talladega nd McCumbee accomplished 33rd.(Andy Belmont Racing)(4-25-2010)
- Active Winless streaks: Many drivers are coming to Talladega SuperSpeedway within the throes of some very severe winless streaks. #39-Ryan Newman honest recently ended a elope of 0-for-77. The crammed with life driver who has made the most starts and now not obtained a speed is #66-Dave Blaney, who’s 0-for-340 and counting. Longest winless Cup streaks:
Driver, Winless Crawl, Closing Have interaction
Michael Waltrip, 231, Talladega, 9/28/2003
Bobby Labonte. 224, Residence. 11/16/2003
Elliott Sadler, 199, California, 9/5/2004
Kevin Harvick, 115, Daytona, 2/18/2007 Martin Truex Jr. 103, Dover, 6/4/2007
Juan Pablo Montoya, 100, Sonoma, 6/24/2007
Clint Bowyer, 70, Richmond, 5/3/2008
Dale Earnhardt Jr., 65, Michigan, 6/15/2008
Greg Biffle, 52 Dover, 9/21/2008
Jeff Burton, 49, Charlotte, 10/11/2008
Carl Edwards, 44, Residence, 11/16/2008
Matt Kenseth, 42, Fontana, 2/22/2009
Jeff Gordon, 37, Texas, 4/5/2009
inquire of a protracted list and no salvage streaks on my All-time winners list web voice.(4-25-2010)
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April 25, 2009
- Montoya wins pole at Talladega: #42-Juan Pablo Montoya obtained the Coors Gentle Pole Award for the Aaron‘s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway with a lap of 188.171mph for his 1st profession pole. #16-Biffle will commence 2nd, followed by #1-Truex Jr., #77-Hornish Jr., #33-Bowyer, #78-Smith, #5-Martin, #82-Slide, #09-Keselowski and #6-Ragan.
Events disallowed: two groups have had their qualifying times disallowed, #7-Gordon and #43-Sorenson. Supposedly the vehicles didn‘t meet high necessities, so each will commence at the rear of the topic and penalties would maybe very neatly be announced subsequent week. Sorenson became as soon as space to delivery 34 and Gordon 38th
The non Top-35 drivers who made the speed: #78-Smith, #82-Slide, #09-Keselowski, #87-Nemechek, #36-Riggs, #71-Gilliland, #41-Mayfield and #13-Papis
Two drivers failed to qualify: #66-McDowell and #4-McClure.
View qualifying results, elaborate, pole development and initiating lineup on my Talladega Qualifying/Starting up Lineup web voice.(4-25-2009) - Mikey undecided about future plans: #55-Michael Waltrip says it’s a ways too early to judge if he’s going to retire at the cease of this season or return in 2010. Waltrip has now not obtained a speed since 2003 and enters Sunday‘s speed at Talladega Superspeedway 25th within the Flee Cup standings. He would maybe retire and commit his elephantine vitality to operating Michael Waltrip Racing, which also fields entries for #00-David Reutimann and #47-Marcos Ambrose. Waltrip opened the season with a seventh-place carry out within the Daytona 500, but has accomplished 24th or worse in 5 diversified Cup races. Waltrip stated on Saturday that he unexcited needs to speed, believes he can salvage yet any other time within the #55 and wants to salvage a championship for his longtime sponsor (NAPA).(Connected Press)(4-25-2009)
- RCR Kicks off 40th Anniversary Birthday party The place it All Began: What began in September 1969 as a stroke of factual fortune for a young driver with a dream has change into one in all the more storied franchises in sports activities history. Richard Childress Racing launched its 40th anniversary occasion this day at Talladega Superspeedway, the discover the place Richard Childress made his NASCAR Flee Cup Series debut and the place factual fortune shined on his racing destiny. The RCR 40th Anniversary Birthday party will proceed by means of Nov. 1, 2009, the length of time between the two Flee Cup Series races at Talladega. The cornerstone of the program will encompass the Rating the Most attention-grabbing RCR 2d contest on RCR‘s web living, the place followers will vote on one in all a dozen spacious moments in RCR history, with one lucky fan qualified RCR‘s VIP prize equipment for 2 to the Oct. 30-Nov. 1 AMP Energy 500 weekend. “I‘ve been very fortunate in my racing profession and I cease awake for giving something attend to the followers and sharing with them some of the spacious reports from the past 40 years,” outlined Childress. “Talladega has steadily been a particular place to me, from Mr. France (Invoice France Sr.) allowing me to acquire my first Cup Series commence there to about a of the spacious runs Dale (Earnhardt) needed to attempting to salvage the speed right here this weekend. It merely made sense to kick things off at Talladega. I‘m taking a delight in forward to spending time with the winner of the Rating the Most attention-grabbing RCR 2d contest in October.” Extra activities within the course of the RCR 40th Anniversary Birthday party will encompass a month-to-month breakdown of RCR highlights, from Childress‘ riding profession to the halcyon days with the legendary Dale Earnhardt and the famed dim #3 GM Goodwrench Chevrolets to the most fresh six-team operation with drivers Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton, Clint Bowyer, Casey Mears, Stephen Leicht and Austin Dillon. The Winston-Salem, N.C., native started 26th and accomplished 23rd in that first Talladega speed. Childress drove a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro after competing within the equal vehicle the day earlier than in a make stronger speed for the inaugural occasion at what became as soon as then regularly called Alabama World Motor Speedway. He easiest competed within the speed when NASCAR founder Invoice France asked him to support occupy the topic after the conventional sequence drivers refused to force on the imprint sleek 2.66-mile high-banked facility. Childress invested the cash he made that weekend in a diminutive fragment of land the place he built a speed store and, as is so most regularly stated, the relaxation is history.(RCR PR)(4-25-2009)
- some schemes added: #33 The Hartford, #41 Mountainous Crimson and #42 Tums
- Skedaddle Notes going into Talladega: #5-Trace Martin left Las Vegas 5 races ago with a blown engine and a season already in jeopardy. Saturday night‘s salvage at Phoenix capped an supreme 5-speed elope since, keen up 21 spots within the standings over that span. Martin is now breathing down the neck of #17-Matt Kenseth in 12th place, merely 9 points out. Matt Kenseth unnerved the NASCAR world by qualified the predominant two races of the season. His #17 team has hit onerous times since, and is now in jeopardy of falling by the wayside of the Top 12. #00-David Reutimann served witness final season that Michael Waltrip Racing had arrived and he is the chief of that effort. One other stable high 10 at Phoenix has him because the most attention-grabbing surprise within the Top 12 up to now. View more stats on the Skedaddle Stats after Phoenix.(4-25-2009)
- Truex Jr. doubtful of future plans: #1-Martin Truex Jr. stated he‘ll obtain a call soon on the place he‘ll force in 2010 and beyond. The two-time Nationwide champion signed a one-365 days deal final August to stick to Dale Earnhardt Inc., which merged with Chip Ganassi Racing within the offseason. Although Truex says he‘s “100 percent dedicated” to Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing and enjoys his crew, the timing and ambiguity precipitated by the merger — which moved Truex‘s #1 Chevrolet into Ganassi‘s store in slack December — left the team in disarray. “We merely misplaced our manner and wanted time to regroup and that‘s why we started off sluggish,” he stated. “We sat on our fingers all iciness, now not attributable to we wanted to but attributable to we were compelled into doing it, and it injury us.” Truex wouldn‘t put a timetable on a profession decision but stated he has begun “laying the groundwork” for signing a prolonged-time frame deal. “There‘s a selection of things that wander into this with the economy the very top arrangement it’s a ways,” he stated. “I deserve to put myself in a in point of fact contented dwelling for the following three to 5 years. A host of things will force that decision.”(USA This day)(4-25-2009)
- Bye-Bye Pontiac? Identical outdated Motors Corp., surviving on $15.4 billion in federal loans, is anticipated to suppose Monday that this can abolish the Pontiac imprint but do GMC as fragment of a more challenging restructuring contrivance being overseen by the authorities, sources mindful of the automaker‘s contrivance stated Friday. GM has started reaching out to Pontiac dealers forward of a public announcement concerning the imprint‘s future, when the automaker seemingly can even account for eternal plant closures, more job cuts and a more challenging provide to bondholders to carve the automaker‘s $28 billion in unsecured debt.(Detroit Files)
BUT: As Identical outdated Motors Corp. races to reach attend up with yet any other turnaround contrivance, there became as soon as growing hypothesis that the Detroit automaker will drop its Pontiac imprint. The firm tried to pat down those reviews Friday with an announcement announcing it has now not yet announced any adjustments to its prolonged-time frame viability contrivance. “GM is persevering with to overview its restructuring contrivance to head extra and sooner and most attention-grabbing guarantee its future success,” the firm stated in an announcement. “Extra recordsdata will be launched as any decisions are finalized.”(Detorit Free Press), Pontiac ran in many Flee Cup races, qualified 155 races earlier than leaving the sport after the 2003 season. View past recordsdata on my Pontiac Files Web page.(4-25-2009) - Proprietor-Driver Step forward Victory would maybe very neatly be at Hand for Stewart: You might want to wander the entire manner attend to Sept. 27, 1998 to assemble the final time a driver-owner obtained an occasion within the NASCAR Flee Cup Series. Ricky Rudd raced to victory that day at Martinsville Speedway. After eight races this season, #14-Tony Stewart looks poised to cease that drought. Stewart comes into Sunday‘s Aaron‘s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway fourth within the sequence points — and comes off a season-most attention-grabbing 2nd-place carry out at Phoenix. Stewart, in his first 365 days heading up the sleek Stewart-Haas Racing operation, has accelerated the event of his team and now, he involves one in all NASCAR‘s fastest tracks, the 2.66-mile Talladega tri-oval. The high-banked structure also occurs to be the place the place Stewart‘s final outdated NASCAR Flee Cup salvage came about. Closing October, Stewart captured Talladega‘s fall speed — his closing victory for his veteran team at Joe Gibbs Racing. Although he‘s unexcited after his first salvage as a driver-owner, Stewart has rapid developed a championship fashion consistency. Meaning, for the predominant time since Alan Kulwicki‘s magical march to the sequence title in 1992, the words “driver-owner” and “championship” are neatly matched when outdated within the equal sentence. “Right here’s the right kind commence to the season that I‘ve ever had in my profession,” Stewart stated. “The final three weeks have merely been supreme. I mean, it‘s been so worthy fun. We‘ve been in contention. We‘ve led laps. We‘re doing the complete lot merely. It‘s merely a topic of time. We’re consistent now and that‘s the very top arrangement you‘ve got to be. We‘re merely clicking them off one at a time right here. I don‘t delight in any of us would have predicted we is liable to be within the tip 5 in points.”(NASCAR PR)(4-25-2009)
- Edwards fragment of drivers neighborhood to elope Ford Fusion Hybrid a 1,000 miles: This weekend, the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid is being put to the closing gas-effectivity test. A team of drivers, in conjunction with NASCAR superstar Carl Edwards and world-file breaking hypermiler Wayne Gerdes, will try to force more than 1,000 miles on a single tank of gas, elevating cash for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation within the project. The 1,000-Mile Self-discipline starts at spherical 8: 00am on Saturday, April 25, from Mount Vernon, VA, and ends the morning of Monday, April 27, in Washington, D.C. The team will force for more than 43 hours continuously to reach the 1,000-mile goal. The drivers will carry out stints of between two and three hours each and would maybe have traditional breaks to confirm protected riding is maintained.(ford.com)(4-25-2009)
- Gordon‘s attend unexcited hurtin‘: from a GM Racing Jeff Gordon Press Conference Transcript:
LAST WEEK YOU WEREN‘T FEELING THAT GREAT AND YOUR BACK WAS HURTING YOU, IS IT BETTER NOW? “There are without a doubt tracks that are positively tougher on my attend and Phoenix is one in all them. Richmond coming up will be yet any other one. Martinsville, Bristol and avenue packages. The danger has now not subsided any, the very top arrangement that the muscle reacts and spasms is now not getting any better but I‘m getting stronger and I don‘t inquire of it to occur overnight and wander away. It‘s going to make a selection time. Closing week my attend wasn‘t what became as soon as stopping us from being more competitive, I delight in it became as soon as a combination of things. I became as soon as in unhappy health. I didn‘t essentially feel admire I gave factual feedback to the team within the course of the entire weekend. We certified factual and we picked the number two pit stall and it didn‘t appear to determine as factual for us as it had. We had some peril there. Your entire manner spherical it seemed admire we below-performed and it‘s a factual be-careful demand us. I mean right here’s a fully diversified form of speed this weekend but I inquire of us to be solid and have fun this weekend in particular with the Pepsi throw attend paint map. We‘re taking a delight in forward to going to Richmond subsequent weekend and getting our rapid-discover program the place it’s a ways liable to be.”(GM Racing PR)(4-25-2009) - Kahne space at RPM thru 2010 UPDATE: #9-Kasey Kahne Birth Interview — Dodge Motorsports Transcript:
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE RIGHT NOW AT RICHARD PETTY MOTORSPORTS? ARE YOU HAPPY? ARE YOU EXPLORING OTHER OPTIONS? [Kahne] “I‘m positively now not exploring diversified alternatives. I’ve yet any other 365 days with Richard Petty Motorsports. The Gillett‘s were factual to me since I came right here. I made a commitment to them to speed thru 2010, so I‘ll carry out that for sure. I‘ve urged them from the commence that if we can obtain our vehicles to the place they‘re merely and we‘re competitive with the right kind groups out right here, then I don‘t know why I‘d ever must wander from that firm. I love the folk (at RPM). From the guys building the speed vehicles within the store, the engine guys to the guys painting the vehicles, I’ve a factual relationship with each person. For me to depart, I wouldn‘t must, but at the equal time, I deserve to acquire an opportunity in some essentially factual equipment too. I delight in that we‘re engaged on that. If we obtain there, I‘ll stick to RPM for a essentially prolonged time.”
WOULD YOU SAY THAT WOULD BE THE DECIDING FACTOR?
“Yeah, that‘s my easiest part. On the cease of the day, I grew up racing Flee vehicles and riding for my dad. After I had an opportunity to force for Steve Lewis, it became as soon as a no-brainer. He had the right kind equipment that there became as soon as and I took it and we obtained a ton of races and most regularly no person‘s accomplished that since in USAC as a ways because the Midget sequence goes or earlier than. I merely essentially feel admire that in some unspecified time in the future, I want that probability and expectantly it’s a ways liable to be merely the place we are at.”(Dodge Motorsports PR)(4-17-2009)
UPDATE: Rumors persist that #9-Kasey Kahne is exploring alternatives delivery air of Richard Petty Motorsports even despite the truth that he has one 365 days left on his contract. It began with rumors that his predominant sponsor, Budweiser, became as soon as stepping away after this season. The beer firm knocked that one down in a flee. Kahne did his most attention-grabbing to dispel hypothesis that he takes a delight in final weekend at Phoenix. “I‘m positively now not exploring diversified alternatives,” he stated. “I’ve yet any other 365 days with Richard Petty Motorsports. The Gilletts were factual to me since I came right here. I made a commitment to them to speed by means of 2010, so I‘ll carry out that for sure.” Previous that? “I‘ve urged them from the commence that if we can obtain our vehicles to the place they‘re merely and we‘re competitive with the right kind groups out right here then I don‘t know why I‘d ever must wander from that firm,” Kahne stated. “For me to depart, I wouldn‘t must, but at the equal time I deserve to acquire an opportunity in some essentially factual equipment too. We‘re engaged on that. If we obtain there, I‘ll stick to RPM for a essentially prolonged time.”(ESPN)(4-25-2009) - Dale Jr. and Mears are ‘frigid‘: from a GM Racing Dale Earnhardt Jr. Press Conference Transcript:
TALK ABOUT YOUR OPINION ON THE PROBATION AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTER LAST WEEKEND‘S RACE. “I don‘t essentially have one. Me and (Casey) Mears are frigid. We‘ve been mates. What occurs on the discover stays on the discover. It‘s factual to be on probation every infrequently I say.”
HAVE YOU TALKED TO CASEY ABOUT IT? “Yeah, me and Casey are staunch factual friends so we positively wouldn‘t wander the week without having a discussion about it. He‘s having an even bigger season this 365 days but is unexcited now not contented and I‘m positively within the equal place he is and we‘re merely attempting to elope better. It‘s merely annoying. I knew that he had made a mistake attributable to Casey doesn‘t elope over folk but I merely misplaced my frigid. It occurs.”
WAS SOME OF THAT YOUR FRUSTRATION COMING OUT? “Successfully now not essentially. I merely hated main the speed and operating factual after which getting wrecked operating 20th. That‘s all that became as soon as.”(GM Racing PR)(4-25-2009) - Dale Jr. doesn‘t touch upon rumors: asked concerning the rumor about swapping Hendrick Motorsports swapping crew chiefs between the #88 and #5 groups, all Dale Earnhardt Jr. would boom: “I don‘t touch upon rumors…that‘s all it’s a ways. A rumor is a rumor and I don‘t wanna obtain within the heart of that. I‘ve got a job to carry out and I carry out it and shouldn‘t hear to rumors.”(http://www.goprn.com>PRN‘s Storage Hasten Radio prove)(4-25-2009)
- Ward‘s son to speed at VIR in SCCA: Jeb Burton, 17-365 days outdated son of veteran NASCAR driver and Daytona 500 winner, Ward Burton, has been chosen as a customer driver for the season opener of Volkswagen of The US, Inc.‘s SCCA Pro Racing Jetta TDI Cup sequence, hosted by VIRginia World Raceway. Burton can even take part in all of the weekend‘s on and off-discover events, in conjunction with discover and qualifying and compete within the sequence‘ 2nd speed at VIRginia World Raceway at 2: 00pm on April 26. The 2009 season marks the 2nd 365 days of competition for the Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup. For the length of the season, young, up and coming drivers between ages 16-26 compete in 10 events on eight avenue packages spherical North The US. Every driver competing within the sequence will carry out a Pro Racing license from SCCA at the conclusion of the season and the sequence champion will salvage $100,000. Whereas Burton will be a elephantine participant within the speed at VIR, he is ineligible for driver points or prize cash. On the moment, Burton drives the No.27 Enlighten Water Heaters Chevy Impala within the Restricted Sportsman Division at South Boston Speedway. He has participated in two races up to now this season and accomplished within the tip three at each.(Wardburton,com)(4-25-2009)
- Prelude to the Dream announced: On Wednesday, June 3, the Field of Dreams that’s Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio will all over yet any other time play host to the Prelude to the Dream. The all-superstar filth Slack Model speed that contains 25 world eminent drivers as they wrestle for filth supremacy will be offered are living to all of the nation on HBO Pay-Per-View, with proceeds from the telecast going to make stronger four militia-themed charities. The fifth annual occasion will function such racing icons as Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman, Kyle Busch, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, Kasey Kahne, Matt Kenseth, Denny Hamlin, Clint Bowyer and more. All will pilot 2,300-pound filth Slack Model stock vehicles superior of hanging out over 800 horsepower. More recordsdata on my Racing Charities web voice.(4-25-2009)
- Fan to trudge with Harvick in Pennzoil Victory Self-discipline: Pennzoil is taking the pleasure spherical the 2009 Pennzoil Victory Self-discipline to a honest appropriate bigger level by allowing one lucky fan the probability of a lifetime to trudge shotgun with Kevin Harvick within the 2009 Pennzoil Victory Self-discipline. The 2nd annual occasion is space for Could well even 16, 2009 at Lowe‘s Motor Speedway (LMS) as fragment of the Flee All-Basic particular person Bustle pre-occasion festivities. The Pennzoil Victory Self-discipline is NASCAR‘s version of a “slam dunk contest” nonetheless this contest aspects the sport‘s high expertise displaying off their skills in post-speed-salvage celebrations in classic NASCAR smoking donut fashion. The driver lineup has been expanded from 5 drivers to seven, and admire in 2008, each driver will compete in identically prepared stock vehicles. Alternatively, this 365 days the sleek format permits each driver a protracted freestyle demonstration and the panel of judges will rating their creativity. The driver with the most attention-grabbing rating from the panel will be declared the winner, with $10,000 awarded to their designated charity and a reserved jam within the 2010 Pennzoil Victory Self-discipline. Joining the predominant driver announced, #29-Kevin Harvick, will be #16-Greg Biffle (winner of the 2008 Pennzoil Victory Self-discipline), #24-Jeff Gordon, #33-Clint Bowyer, #18-Kyle Busch and #9-Kasey Kahne. The Pennzoil Victory Self-discipline will be televised are living within the course of SPEED‘s pre-speed coverage on Saturday, Could well even 16th sooner than the NASCAR Flee Showdown and NASCAR Flee All-Basic particular person Bustle. For more recordsdata on this contest and lots different racing contests, inquire of my Racing Contest web voice.(4-25-2009)
- NASCAR Day ‘Goes Red‘ for Susan G. Komen for the Cure: The NASCAR Foundation has announced that NASCAR Day will “Hasten Red” by means of a joint partnership with FOX Sports Helps and Susan G. Komen for the Cure April 24-26. Mighty on Could well even 15, NASCAR Day is a probability for followers, corporations, colleges and organizations across the country to donate to The NASCAR Foundation to lift funds to support thousands of children are living better lives. Via the partnership between The NASCAR Foundation, FOX Sports Helps and Komen for the Cure, a share of the catch proceeds raised by means of the program will profit Komen for the Cure, supporting its promise to avoid losing lives cease breast cancer forever. Particularly, the cash raised will make stronger the Susan G. Komen Scholarship Fund — a fund particularly designed for youths whose moms have misplaced their wrestle against cancer.(NASCAR PR)(4-16/25-2009)
- Crafton & crew to support Menard at Toledo ARCA speed: NASCAR Flee Cup Series driver Paul Menard has filed an entry to compete within the ARCA RE/MAX Series “Menards 200” on Sunday, Could well even 17 at Toledo Speedway. Due to his commitments in Charlotte on Saturday, Menard has regarded to Matt Crafton, driver of the Menards entry within the NASCAR Tenting World Truck Series, to discover and qualify the vehicle. Besides to, the #98 team will be elope below the direction of Crafton‘s Truck Series Crew Chief Bud Haefle with the aid of Jeriod Prince each representing Sandusky, Ohio essentially based ThorSport Racing. Crafton, Haefle and Prince will wander back and forth to Toledo following the Tenting World Truck Series occasion in Charlotte on Friday night. They’re going to be joined by the #88 ThorSport over-the-wall crew, who will pit for Menard within the course of Sunday‘s speed.(Menards Racing PR)(4-25-2009)
- Kansas Metropolis Royals Manager visits speedway for first time: Kansas Metropolis Royals Manager Trey Hillman skilled the fun of IndyCar Series racing in an Indy vehicle two-seater at Kansas Speedway this day. Hillman also toured the NASCAR Tenting World Truck Series garages and met with Mike Skinner, driver of the Randy Moss Motorsports #5. Hillman and Skinner mentioned comparisons between racing and baseball, as neatly as their mutual appreciate for each diversified‘s sport. Hillman stated he follows NASCAR when he has time, but essentially appreciates how the sport treats its followers. “One of many things I‘ve steadily been impressed with is how NASCAR has marketed the sport and the very top arrangement you guys have accomplished an astonishing job of catering to the followers,” stated Hillman.(Kansas Speedway PR)(4-25-2009)
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April 25, 2008
- Movie to film at Alabama speedway: The most modern installment of New Line Cinema‘s neatly-liked peril/thriller franchise, Closing Vacation jam 4, will film racing sequences at Mobile World Speedway [AL] from Monday, Could well even 26th to Saturday, Could well even 31st. The Ronald McDonald Residence Evening speed, scheduled for 8: 00pm on Could well even 31st, has been moved to a 3: 00pm commence to accommodate filming. The film crew will be shooting crowd scenes and reactions within the course of the racing program on Saturday, Could well even 31st. Closing Vacation jam 4 stars a sleek ensemble cast that involves Bobby Campo, Shantel Van Santen, Haley Webb, Slash Zano, Krista Allen, Andrew Fiscella and Mykelti Williamson. Closing Vacation jam 4 is being shot in High Definition with the most evolved contrivance of stereoscopic image defend terminate yet invented — Fusion 3D. It utilizes the dynamic PACE digicam map to confirm a neatly off visual expertise matched easiest by truth.(MIS)(4-25-2008)
- Smaller Restrictor Plate at Talladega: For the third time within the past four Talladega Cup races, crew chiefs will take care of a brand sleek size for the four holes on the restrictor plates required at the discover by NASCAR. Sunday‘s holes will be 15/16ths of an ride in diameter, 1/32nd of an ride smaller than the holes for the fall speed, the predominant plate speed for the Automobile of The next day. The change will minimize about 25 horsepower. In final‘s 365 days spring speed and the 2006 fall speed, the holes were 7/8ths of an ride in diameter. The holes were enlarged for the Automobile of The next day attributable to the taller, boxier vehicle required more horsepower to head the equal hotfoot because the outdated trudge. Two years ago, the holes were 57/64ths of an ride, but NASCAR minimize the size attributable to of the sooner speeds produced by Talladega‘s subtle sleek pavement. The restrictor plate reduces the circulate of air into the engine‘s carburetor. NASCAR has required the plates at its races at Talladega and Daytona to sluggish the vehicles at the enormous, high-banked tracks.(Alabama Are living)(4-25-2008) Comment right here
- Dale Jr. Recruiting Males and Girls folks for the U.S. Navy: The U.S. Navy and Dale Earnhardt Jr., announced the formation of the Dale Jr. Division, an 88-particular person boot camp division at Recruit Coaching Stammer. Capacity sailors will be in a insist to delivery signing up for the division on Could well even 24 at their local recruiting role. To officially inaugurate the division, Earnhardt Jr. will force the JR Motorsports #83 Navy Dale Jr. Chevy within the Nationwide Series CARQUEST Auto Parts 300 at Lowe‘s Motor Speedway on Could well even 24. The nationwide recruiting effort is the predominant of its form for the Navy, and will be supported by a nationwide advertising and marketing and advertising and marketing advertising and marketing campaign.(JR Motorsports PR), inquire of a image of the vehicle on my #83 NNS Physique of workers Paint Map Web page.(4-25-2008)
- Microsoft Cramped Swap joines up with MWR: Microsoft expanded its motorsports reach this day so as to elongate visibility of its growing Cramped Swap Specialist Neighborhood of Companions and alternatives for diminutive businesses by announcing it has fashioned a particular sponsorship with Michael Waltrip Racing. Microsoft will abet as an affiliate sponsor on MWR‘s #00 Toyota Camry entry driven by rookie Michael McDowell for the relaxation of the 2008 season, initiating this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. The sponsorship, alongside with California-essentially based advertising and marketing company RainMakers World [this was the company and the sponsorship deal with #49 BAM Racing at 49team.com], affords a motorsports advertising and marketing platform to Microsoft‘s Companions, a growing neighborhood which supports businesses in each place within the Microsoft Cramped Swap Specialist Neighborhood. Every taking part accomplice will obtain a structured advertising and marketing equipment which utilizes Michael Waltrip Racing marks, photos of the #00 speed vehicle with their logo on it, tickets, likeness of Michael McDowell in his driver‘s suit, and the usage of Waltrip‘s speed facility for contest winners. Additionally, each accomplice would maybe have the selection to say the discounted media procuring for products and companies supplied by RainMakers, and more.(MWR)(4-25-2008)
- Polaroid on the #41: Reed Sorenson will story his Talladega weekend by means of a Polaroid Photograph Diary. Polaroid will be making its NSCS debut on the #41 Dodge this weekend within the Aaron‘s 499. Sorenson‘s diary will be showcased on Polaroid.com.(CGRFS), inquire of photos of the map on my #41 Physique of workers Schemes web voice.(4-25-2008)
- Burton is it: #31-Jeff Burton is the lone driver who has performed every lap of competition this season within the Flee Cup Series. Burton also has performed 82.8% of the total laps (2,235 of two,699) operating within the tip 15 and leads all drivers with the most runs on the lead lap (2,694 of two,699). Burton has accomplished 14 straight races on the lead lap.(RCR)(4-25-2008)
- Juicy Fruit colors for Montoya: The Wrigley‘s Juicy Fruit imprint will decorate the hood of the #42 Dodge this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway with Juan Pablo Montoya.(CGRFS), inquire of photos of the map on my #42 Physique of workers Schemes web voice.(4-25-2008)
- DIRECTV returns to the #07: For the 2nd speed in a row, Clint Bowyer‘s #07 Chevy will function a blue and white DIRECTV paint map. Jack Daniel‘s, Bowyer‘s passe predominant sponsor, will be featured on the vehicle‘s deck lid and lower-rear quarter panels.(RCR), inquire of photos of the map on my #07 Physique of workers Schemes web voice.(4-25-2008)
- Tums map for Franchitti at ‘dega: This weekend the all-sleek TUMS QuikPak immediate dissolve powder will abet because the predominant sponsor of the #40 CGRFS Dodge Charger at Talladega Superspeedway fro Dario Franchitti. TUMS first grew to change into a CGRFS accomplice in 2007, as an affiliate sponsor of the #40 and #41 vehicles. This might be Franchitti‘s first time representing the TUMS imprint. The #40 TUMS QuikPak Dodge team is taking on the identification of its predominant sponsor by renaming the pit crew “The TUMS QuikPak” for this weekend‘s Aaron‘s 499 Flee Cup sequence speed.(CGRFS), inquire of photos of the map on my #40 Physique of workers Schemes web voice.(4-25-2008)
- Stewart to depart JGR? UPDATE 3 statements Gibbs and Stewart: Sources articulate Sports Illustrated that #20-Tony Stewart is engaged on the closing stages of a deal to wander from Joe Gibbs Racing to Haas CNC subsequent season. Angry by the ramifications of this kind of wander, no person‘s admitting something moderately yet, as you‘d inquire of. When reached for comment, Haas CNC Racing spokesman Ron Mench claims there‘s been no conversation between Stewart and the organization. Stewart‘s PR spokesman Mike Arning became as soon as noncommittal (“I‘ve heard what you‘ve heard,” when asked about Haas CNC) but he reminded SI [Sports Illustrated] that Stewart‘s contract with Gibbs runs by means of the 2009 season. “He‘s there this 365 days and he‘s there subsequent 365 days,” claimed Arning. “And I do know for a truth that JGR is drawn to retaining Tony for ‘10 and beyond. They‘d admire him to retire at Joe Gibbs Racing. As Tony‘s stated continually, ‘Nothing‘s broke. Why change it?‘ Tony‘s going to have a selection of alternatives in entrance of him; why wouldn‘t he? But I don‘t inquire of [an early out happening] … each person is going to are living as much as the terms of the contract that runs by means of ‘09.” Alternatively, sources are adamant that now not merely the speaking, but deal-making is already going on for Stewart to head in numerous locations. And, while usually a ambitious opponent, contracts is liable to be without grief purchased out, as Jamie McMurray and Kurt Busch have proven us in fresh years.(Sports Illustrated)(4-23-2008)
UPDATE: Tony Stewart has begun discussion with Joe Gibbs Racing officers about his future with the firm, ESPN.com has realized. And that future, sources boom, is questionable. A couple of sources terminate to the distress who spoke on situation of anonymity stated Stewart urged Gibbs officers that he‘d make a selection to be launched from the closing 365 days of his most modern riding contract, which expires at the conclusion of the 2009 season. “He positively has some alternatives,” JGR president J.D. Gibbs stated. “To me it‘s no diversified than any of the the alternatives he‘s had earlier than. The truth is he‘s racing right here by means of 2009. There‘s no ifs, ands or buts about that one. Our stance is he‘s racing for us by means of 2009.” Stewart‘s publicist, Mike Arning, stated “Tony‘s contract is by means of the 2009 season. When that’s up he‘ll have a selection of alternatives for 2010 and beyond. But by manner of what he‘s going to carry out, or would maybe carry out, for now and in between, as a ways as JGR is anxious he‘s their driver for 2009.” Sources stated Stewart is intrigued by the idea of team ownership. One most likely scenario mentioned became as soon as a partnership with Haas/CNC Racing, below which Stewart would cling as worthy as a 50% stake within the speed team that presently fields the #66 and #70 Chevys. Below that scenario he would force a form of two machines. Haas GM Joe Custer stated he has spoken with loads of folk concerning the future space of his team, in conjunction with Stewart‘s neighborhood. He became as soon as adamant that his team has reached no take care of Stewart, but would “by all manner be drawn to discussing a partnership with a driver of his caliber.” This form of wander would reunite Stewart with Chevrolet, which sources stated became as soon as of the utmost significance to the driver, supplied that he‘s driven for Identical outdated Motors for many of his profession, and that GM sponsors Stewart‘s delivery wheel elope vehicle program. Gibbs switched to Toyotas from Chevrolets in 2008. Haas/CNC Racing presently fields vehicles built and powered by Hendrick Motorsports, the organization that has obtained four Cup championships within the past 10 years, in conjunction with the past two.(ESPN.com)
UPDATE 2: The next is an announcement from J.D. Gibbs, president of Joe Gibbs Racing, referring to the contract space of driver Tony Stewart: “There has been worthy hypothesis referring to the very top arrangement forward for our driver, Tony Stewart. Tony is presently right here by means of 2009, and from a Joe Gibbs Racing standpoint, we hope he drives for us longer than that and retires right here. Tony is a spacious accomplice and a huge asset to Joe Gibbs Racing. Loyal now, we are interested by qualified races and qualified the following two NASCAR Flee Cup Series championships below his most modern contract.”(Joe Gibbs Racing/Appropriate Slide Communique)(4-24-2008)
UPDATE Stewart speaks: Tony Stewart has loads of diversified affords to depart Joe Gibbs Racing, and he is brooding about every option — in conjunction with ones that would maybe presumably obtain him the owner of his cling NASCAR team. “We‘ve got just a few affords on the desk merely now, and there‘s a couple in explicit that in actual fact have caught our hobby,” Stewart urged newshounds Thursday after Nationwide Series discover at Talladega Superspeedway. “We haven‘t made a 100% decision yet on what we‘re going to carry out, but we‘re going to perceive at the entire alternatives. And the alternatives are thrilling, the entire manner spherical.” Stewart‘s take care of JGR runs by means of 2009, and he stated final summer season he became as soon as drawn to signing an extension with the team he‘s driven for since 1998. But contract talks moved slowly, with Stewart announcing in January he became as soon as in no elope to acquire a deal accomplished. Stewart stated Thursday he has now not ruled out staying with JGR, but when he began negotiating a brand sleek contract, diversified groups approached him with sleek alternatives. The identical thing took place attend in 2003, when Stewart became as soon as in a insist to leverage loads of offers — in conjunction with one from Chip Ganassi — to salvage a more lucrative contract with Gibbs. “A wise particular person urged me it never price a dime to hear, so merely now we‘re all ears,” Stewart stated of the most fresh affords. “Loyal now it‘s merely a topic of figuring out what we want to carry out, and being glorious. We‘ve had a spacious elope at Joe Gibbs Racing. It doesn‘t mean it‘s over. We‘re merely going to perceive at the complete lot that‘s within the market.” Stewart stated Thursday he has urged Gibbs officers of his affords, and there were discussions of doubtlessly leaving the team early looking out on what deal he agreed to. But he stated “a couple affords” incorporated ownership, and the idea of operating his cling team enraged him. Stewart stated he has now not mentioned proudly owning a share of JGR with owner Joe Gibbs. “Loyal now we‘ve now not asked to be launched out of our contract,” he stated. “They know there are diversified affords on the desk and we‘ve stated, `What if right here’s the case? And what if right here’s offered to us? Is there a possibility we would maybe very neatly be launched from our contract early?‘ But we now have now not asked to be launched from our contract.” Cary Agajanian, who represents Stewart by means of the Motorsports Management Int. company, cited the sensitivity of contract talks in declining to comment. “His contract is by means of 2009 with Joe Gibbs Racing,” stated Agajanian, “that‘s about all we know, and all we can boom.”(Connected Press)(4-25-2008)
am sure this is liable to be worthy mentioned about over the weekend at Talladega, there are already many articles posted on the Article Hyperlinks web voice concerning the topic. - Talladega Goodyear Tire Notes: This weekend will most definitely be the predominant time that Goodyear has elope a speed on these tire codes . . . in contrast with final 365 days at Talladega, there are two adjustments of label on this tire space-up . . . first, this left-side code (D-4138) is somewhat taller to alter the budge and align this space-up with what became as soon as elope at Daytona in February . . . 2nd, this merely-side code (D-4140) has a minute contrivance modification to support minimize the operating temperature of the tire. . the compounds on both side of the vehicle are the equal as in 2007 . . . right here’s the most attention-grabbing discover at which these tire codes will be elope this season . . .groups within the NASCAR Flee Cup will elope diversified tire codes than those within the Nationwide Series at Talladega this weekend . . . as on all NASCAR ovals better than one mile in length, groups are required to elope inner liners in all four tire positions at Talladega . . . air stress in those inner liners need to be 12-25 psi better than that of the outer tire.(Goodyear), inquire of elephantine document, pressures, codes and more on my Talladega Bustle Files web voice.(4-25-2008)
- Physique of workers Dakar USA/Robby Gordon Change within the Central Europe Rally: On the acquainted tracks of Veszprem, Robby Gordon claimed his 2nd particular salvage on the sixth stage of the Central Europe Rally. Gordon, who the outdated day suffered a serious setback within the overall classification the outdated day when he broke the rear hub of his Hummer became as soon as sure to showcase his groups skills. Ahead of the commence of the 2nd particular of the day he and BJ 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley wagered dinner on the result. The wager became as soon as to inquire of if BJ would maybe cease within 45 seconds of Gordon‘s time. Whereas the probability to salvage the rally total is all but gone, the two drivers served witness that the Hummers are for staunch. Each and each drivers attacked the direction and within the cease Gordon accomplished first, one 2nd over Carlos Sainz of Spain. 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley became as soon as now not a ways within the attend of, essentially merely 19 seconds. Gordon got the victory and 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley will get dinner. Physique of workers Dakar USA also had a solid displaying within the predominant 157km particular within the morning. Gordon and 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley claimed the sixth and seventh spots respectively. The Vanguard Hummer has now moved up into the seventh jam while Gordon‘s Monster Energy Toyo Tire Hummer is in 11th. The next day the Central Europe Rally wraps with a 155km particular on the Veszprem tracks after which heads to Balaton Lake for the closing festivities. As a replacement of taking part within the festivities Gordon will board a airplane and deadhead for Talladega for Sundays NASCAR speed.(Robby Gordon PR), earlier updates concerning the rally are readily within the market on the #7 Physique of workers Web page.(4-25-2008)
- Busch can Tie Ard for Consecutive Wins Document: Kyle Busch will try to carry out something that has took place easiest as soon as within the 27-season history of the Nationwide Series, when the Aaron‘s 312 takes place Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway. Busch has obtained the past three Nationwide races, at Texas, Phoenix and Mexico Metropolis. The sequence file for consecutive victories is four, space by Sam Ard in 1983 within the course of the circuit‘s 2nd season.(Talladega Superspeedway PR)(4-25-2008)
- Arctic Ice Energy Drink to Sponsor the #22 in Six Races: Fitz Motorsports announces that Arctic Ice Energy Drink, a manufactured from Arctico Beverage, will most definitely be the predominant sponsor of the #22 Dodge in six Nationwide Series Events within the course of the relaxation of the 2008 season — initiating this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. The #22 Arctic Ice Energy Drink Dodge will be driven by just a few drivers in six Nationwide Events, in conjunction with about a Flee Cup regulars. Besides to, Fitz Motorsports Developmental Driver John Freeman will obtain his Nationwide Series debut within the #22 Arctic Ice Energy Drink Dodge later this 365 days. Freeman has been a fragment of the Fitz Motorsports lineup for 2 years, competing within the NASCAR Tenting World Series.(SPORTSOne / Fitz Motorsports PR)(4-25-2008)
- Harvick Institutes Drug Attempting out Policy for KHI: Kevin Harvick‘s inform became as soon as perchance the loudest of anyone‘s within the course of the fresh discussion about NASCAR drug trying out. Harvick called for a series-huge random drug trying out policy two weeks ago but admitted at the time that his cling Kevin Harvick Inc. speed team had no trying out policy of its cling. Upon returning dwelling to North Carolina, Harvick fixed that. KHI‘s Nationwide and Craftsman Truck Series drivers and crew chiefs have all since been examined, and an honest trying out firm has been retained to envision all of the firm.(SceneDaily.com)(4-25-2008)
- Marks to lift consciousness for The V Foundation at Kansas: Raybestos Rookie of the 365 days candidate Justin Marks will force a particular paint map this weekend at Kansas Speedway. The #9 Tundra will be in it‘s acquainted green and white, however the hood will lift a particular message. Marks, of Rocklin, CA, enjoys sports activities and is a substantial fan of the slack basketball coach Jimmy Valvano. This weekend, Marks‘ Toyota would maybe support lift consciousness for The V Foundation for Most cancers Research. “Basically it‘s an honor to signify The V Foundation on our Germain Racing Tundra this weekend in Kansas. They’ve made an astonishing influence within the wrestle against cancer in professional sports activities for therefore decades and playing a diminutive fragment in spreading their message in our nook of the wearing world is humbling,” stated Marks. The V Foundation‘s web living is jimmyw.org. Following his Kansas speed, Marks make a selection to the discover at Rockingham Raceway Park riding the #01 AW North Carolina Toyota as fragment of a joint effort with Hattori Racing Enterprises.(Germain Racing PR)(4-25-2008)
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April 25, 2007
- Ricky Hendrick Memorial Charity Creep Put apart of living: The third annual Ricky Hendrick Memorial Charity Creep, offered by the Hendrick Foundation for Children, will obtain its manner to Lowe‘s Motor Speedway on Sunday, Could well even 6. Staging for the occasion begins at Knights Stadium, dwelling of the Charlotte Knights baseball membership, in Fortress Mill, SC. The 48-mile scuttle will carry out at Lowe‘s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., with all trudge proceeds benefiting the Levine Children‘s Sanatorium at Carolinas Medical Center. On the cease of their trudge, contributors will be welcomed at Lowe‘s Motor Speedway with lunch courtesy of R&R Barbeque, are living music and a selection of activities for all ages, in conjunction with rides from the Richard Petty Using Experience(Hendrick Motorsports). For more recordsdata, inquire of my Racing Charity web voice.(4-25-2007)
- Stewart now not Joyful with NASCAR: #20-Tony Stewart accused NASCAR of “playing God” by utilizing warning flags to orchestrate nearer racing. For the length of his Tony Stewart Are living program Tuesday night on Sirius Satellite tv for pc Radio, Stewart lambasted officers for throwing four yellow flags for particles within the course of Saturday‘s Subway Current Fit 500 at Phoenix World Raceway. Stewart didn‘t essentially feel any of the warning intervals were warranted, implying NASCAR deliberately became as soon as attempting to bunch up the topic by slowing the scurry of the racing. “To me it‘s now not all concerning the cash, it‘s concerning the integrity of the sport, and when I essentially feel our cling sanctioning body isn‘t taking care of that, it‘s onerous to make stronger them and essentially feel proud about being a driver within the Nextel Cup Series as soon as they‘re throwing particles cautions,” he stated. “It‘s admire playing God. They can practically dictate the speed somewhat than the drivers doing it. It‘s took place too continually this 365 days. You obtain so frustrated … But sufficient of it‘s gone on that followers are writing in and speaking about it. At what point does NASCAR obtain the hint? I say NASCAR thinks, ‘hi there wrestling worked, and it became as soon as for the most fragment staged, so I say it‘s going to work in racing, too.‘ ”
Stewart became as soon as in particular displeased with a particles yellow that came about as he became as soon as catching Kevin Harvick for the lead attributable to “I became as soon as coming so rapid, it became as soon as inevitable I became as soon as going to acquire spherical those guys, so NASCAR throws a particles warning … I believed racing became as soon as about being better than the diversified guys.” Stewart led a speed-high 132 laps but accomplished 2nd after falling within the attend of winner Jeff Gordon when he pitted within the course of the closing yellow, which came for a three-vehicle rupture inviting Dave Blaney, Kenny Wallace and J.J. Yeley. “That became as soon as easiest the 2nd legit warning we had all day,” Stewart stated. “I can‘t know how prolonged the followers are going to let NASCAR take care of them admire they‘re slow earlier than the followers indirectly flip on NASCAR,” he stated. “I don‘t know that they‘ve elope a honest appropriate speed all 365 days.” NASCAR has thrown 20 particles cautions in 9 races this season, and finishes seemingly were affected at the very least twice. At California Speedway in February, Jimmie Johnson became as soon as main with ease when a slack particles warning eliminated his margin. After ending third to Matt Kenseth, Johnson and runner-up Jeff Gordon each stated he never saw any particles on the discover to trigger the yellow.
about leaving the discover: Stewart stated the particles cautions were the cause he didn‘t take care of the media after the Phoenix speed. “The aggravation for me became when I didn‘t must wander within the media middle and bash NASCAR,” he stated. “I don‘t mind doing it on my cling radio prove. Anyone who thinks this particles warning stuff is the merely direction for NASCAR, I delight in you‘re crazy.” NASCAR requires its high-three finishers to carry out interviews on pit avenue and the media middle, but Stewart stated it wasn‘t his obligation to conform. He‘s now not expected to be penalized. “The thing with the media is that they delight in it‘s our obligation to carry out those things,” Stewart stated. “It‘s a privilege that they obtain to (consult with us). That‘s the very top arrangement it‘s steadily been. Per chance it’s a ways in some of those diversified guys‘ contracts, but it’s now not in my contract that says I deserve to wander carry out any interviews after the speed is over.”(USA This day/Sirius Satellite tv for pc Radio PR)(4-25-2007) - Tire Test at Indy over: Nextel Cup Series drivers #44-Dale Jarrett, #48-Jimmie Johnson, #43-Bobby Labonte and #88-Ricky Rudd participated in a Goodyear tire test April 24 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in preparation for the 14th Allstate 400 at the Brickyard on Sunday, July 29. No speeds or incidents reported. Tickets are on sale for the 14th Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, scheduled for Sunday, July 29. Tickets is liable to be purchased at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway‘s Web living, indianapolismotorspeedway.com, by phone or at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Note Place of job. The IMS Note Place of job is liable to be contacted at (800) 822-INDY delivery air the Indianapolis dwelling or (317) 492-6700 domestically. Note Place of job hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday by means of Friday.(IMS PR)(4-25-2007)
- Dale Jr.:Gordon‘s tribute to Dale Sr — Icy: Q. There looks to be a ruin up in your fan substandard the place the smaller preference of followers who would maybe have gotten upset with #24-Jeff Gordon, thinking he‘s the Intimidator, now not thought the wander final week, is being more or much less overwritten about in contrast with the fan substandard that doesn‘t essentially feel that manner. That you simply can merely have a obvious side of your fan substandard that wouldn‘t throw a beer can, that understands this entire thing. Enact you hear from them, too?
DALE EARNHARDT, JR.: Yeah, I mean, now not all my followers are going to throw a beer can at Jeff Gordon at any time when they inquire of him. I don‘t essentially know. I didn‘t essentially inquire of a replay as a ways because the volume of trash that got thrown on the discover final week. I became as soon as gorgeous stunned to hear that it even took place. I became as soon as blown away that anybody would even make a selection what Jeff did immoral and be offended. Howdy, I mean, he became as soon as waving a 3 flag. Correct looks make a selection to me he became as soon as attempting to carry out the merely thing and attempting to advise this guy became as soon as essentially factual and I‘m honored to have met one in all his accomplishments. On every occasion I meet one, I‘m gorgeous dang entirely contented about it. I became as soon as gorgeous entirely contented that Jeff — I make a selection to beat Jeff. I don‘t admire seeing Jeff salvage. I make a selection to salvage. But when he honored my father, that became as soon as essentially frigid. That became as soon as a selection of class. I wished to acquire that known.(NASCAR teleconference Transcript in fragment)(4-25-2007) - Rudd to wander into 2nd place in all-time starts: By initiating Sunday‘s Aaron‘s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway, #88-Ricky Rudd would maybe have his 884th commence and change into 2nd on the all-time list of profession starts. Richard Petty is the chief on the all-time starts list with 1,184 starts and will now be followed by Rudd with 884, after which Dave Marcis with 883. Rudd will be inducted into the Virginia Sports Corridor of Popularity on Saturday, April 28th. Rudd has 58 starts at Talladega which is more than any diversified crammed with life driver.(Snickers Racing PR)(4-25-2007)
- Diversified Colours for Stremme at Talladega: Wrigley‘s Winterfresh imprint, which made its NASCAR Busch Series debut earlier this month at Nashville Superspeedway, and became as soon as carried on board the #41 Chips Ganassi Racing Busch Dodge this past weekend at PIR in Avondale, Ariz., will be making its Nextel Cup debut this upcoming Sunday on the #40 CGRFS Dodge that David Stremme will force.(CGRFS PR)(4-25-2007)
- Dale Jr. talks contract…nothing sleek..but feels this can obtain accomplished..with DEI: from a NASCAR teleconference Transcript)
Q. An replace on the place you‘re at merely now as a ways because the contract negotiations wander.
DALE EARNHARDT, JR.: We‘re most regularly the place we‘ve been over the past couple weeks. Not worthy has modified. Sadly, I do know you guys must know more than that, and I deserve to articulate you more than that, but there‘s now not more to articulate. At any time when we obtain the easy project, when I’ve what I’ve, know what I do know, say me, I obtained‘t withhold it out for prolonged. Basically nothing to document at present.
Q. It‘s been the significant tale spherical you. Has it served as a distraction at all?
DALE EARNHARDT, JR.: No, it‘s now not a distraction at all attributable to essentially there‘s nothing been occurring. I obtain shy essentially that it‘s being elope into the bottom. When we assemble out what we want to carry out and we judge what to carry out, the very top arrangement it goes down, what the contrivance is, we can articulate the clicking. We‘ll be prepared to articulate the clicking. We‘ll be entirely contented to acquire those bulletins. I obtain shy that the story is merely going to change into gentle, outdated, it‘s going to wear folk out. They‘re going to acquire drained of hearing it. One of my favourite reveals is Round the Horn on ESPN. They were speaking about it on there. I are mindful about it‘s getting outdated when Round the Horn is debating whether or now not it‘s getting outdated ‘trigger they were debating whether or now not it became as soon as an outdated tale, we were hearing too worthy about it, no topic.
Q. I do know you don‘t must talk concerning the contract. I‘m now not asking you to belie any confidences. Would you boom it‘s gorgeous to advise now or all alongside that this has been, how we can obtain a deal accomplished, now not whether or now not we can obtain a deal accomplished? Has it improved at all in that direction or has it ever been something diversified than that?
DALE EARNHARDT, JR.: It‘s now not been “if” at all. We‘ve each worked collectively and it‘s all been sure. We‘ve merely made an agreement between ourselves to envision up on now to now not discuss it within the media or insinuate something unless we‘re prepared to inaugurate the particulars. All facets have made that agreement. We needed to acquire it a diminutive bit bit much less assailable clearly after this weekend.
Q. Dale, with all due appreciate to what you already stated about your contract this morning, are you able to at the very least boom whether or now not you‘re hopeful or assured of staying with DEI?
DALE EARNHARDT, JR.: Yeah, I am. I‘m gorgeous enraged that things are going to be gorgeous, things are going to determine with our negotiations.(NASCAR teleconference Transcript in fragment)(4-25-2007) - NASCAR investigates Stewart, Montoya incidents UPDATE: #20-Tony Stewart is now not expected to be fined for skipping the post-speed press conference final weekend at Phoenix, but #42-Juan Pablo Montoya is liable to be for an crude gesture made on digicam sooner than a Busch Series discover. NASCAR officers are reviewing whether or now to now not penalize the veteran Formula One superstar who made the gesture at a cameraman following him from Nextel Cup qualifying to the Busch garage for discover. In step with officers at Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, Montoya thought the cameraman became as soon as a particular person that has been shadowing him as fragment of a documentary for more than a month and that the gesture became as soon as all in fun. There’s nothing within the NASCAR by-laws differentiating between utilizing an crude gesture or observe in fun or anger. NASCAR officers contrivance to talk with Stewart and remind him of his post-speed responsibilities. Stewart left the Phoenix discover without enjoyable his media tasks attributable to he became as soon as upset with a 2nd-place carry out.(ESPN.com)(4-25-2007)
UPDATE: NASCAR announced this day that Juan Pablo Montoya, driver of the #42 Dodge within the Busch Series, has been fined $10,000 and positioned on probation unless Dec. 31 attributable to of an inferior gesture made within the course of a discover session this past Thursday at Phoenix World Raceway. Montoya became as soon as in violation of Part 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock vehicle racing) of the NASCAR Busch Series rule e book.(NASCAR PR)(4-25-2007) - Waltrip checks at Nashville: Michael Waltrip Racing became as soon as trying out at Nashville Superspeedway Monday and Tuesday [April 23-24]. Irrespective of cloudy skies and scattered showers; Waltrip became as soon as in a insist to envision the #55 NAPA Toyota. The 1.33 mile concrete discover continues to be a neatly-liked trying out facility for Nextel Cup Drivers. Nashville Superspeedway is getting ready for its 2nd Busch Series speed of 2007 scheduled for Saturday, June 9.(Nashville Superspeedway PR)(4-25-2007)
- Jeff Burton to talk security at a college: On behalf of Cingular Wi-fi, #31-Jeff Burton is scheduled to talk at Shelby County High College in Columbiana, AL. on Thursday, April 26 referring to Cingular‘s “Be Attractive” protected riding program. The South Boston, Va., native will consult with 650 students and solution questions referring to protected riding.(RCR PR)(4-25-2007)
- Talladega Rookie Notes & Files: #15-Paul Menard became as soon as the Raybestos Rookie of the Bustle within the April 21 Subway Current Fit 500 at Phoenix World Raceway. Menard scored a 25th-place carry out and took high rookie honors for the predominant time in 2007. Juan Pablo Montoya leads David Ragan by 5 points (90-85) within the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the April 29 Aaron‘s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway. Montoya is 16th within the Nextel Cup Series championship standings, most attention-grabbing of any Raybestos Rookie. The slack Davey Allison is the most attention-grabbing Raybestos Rookie to salvage the Aaron‘s 499 at Talladega. He obtained the 1987 occasion by .78 seconds over Terry Labonte. Allison also led the most laps within the speed, preserving the tip jam six times for 108 of the 178 laps (the occasion became as soon as shortened by 10 laps on account of darkness). Allison remains the most attention-grabbing Raybestos Rookie to lead the most laps within the Aaron‘s 499 and holds the file for many laps led by a rookie within the spring speed at Talladega. Since Allison‘s salvage in 1987, a Raybestos Rookie has accomplished within the tip-5 within the Aaron‘s 499 merely twice: Tony Stewart (fifth in 1999) and Kurt Busch (third in 2001). Most attention-grabbing one Raybestos Rookie has obtained the pole place in 37 outdated Aaron‘s 499 races at Talladega: Jimmie Johnson (2002). Johnson obtained the 2nd pole of his profession and posted a seventh place carry out.(Raybestos/Camp & Assoc PR)(4-25-2007)
- Diamond Rio to Affirm Nationwide Anthem at Lowes: Country music neighborhood Diamond Rio will execute the nationwide anthem sooner than the CARQUEST Auto Parts 300 Busch Series speed Could well even 26, at Lowe‘s Motor Speedway. It became as soon as also announced that Greg Epsaro and John Sawatsky will abet as co-spacious marshals for the CARQUEST Auto Parts 300. Epsaro, owner of Harriman Auto in Harriman, N.Y., is the 2006 TECH-NET Expert Auto Carrier/ASE Technician of the 365 days. Sawatsky, owner of MSJ Automotive Services Ltd. in Windsor, Ont., is the 2006 CARQUEST Excellence Award winner.(LMS PR)(4-25-2007)
- O‘Quinn Using for Roush-Fenway at Talladega: Danny O‘Quinn, Jr. will obtain his first commence in a Roush Fenway Busch Series speed this Saturday at Talladega. O‘Quinn will be within the attend of the wheel of the #17 Dish Community Ford, reuniting him alongside with his 2006 crew chief Drew Blickensderfer. O‘Quinn can even elope the #17 Dish Community Ford within the Kentucky Busch speed on June 16th. He’ll obtain his closing elope for Roush Fenway Racing within the #26 Dish Community Ford in New Hampshire.(Roush-Fenway PR)(4-25-2007)
- Montoya gesture would maybe result in Busch Series penalty: NASCAR will perceive into whether or now not Juan Pablo Montoya violated any of its rules by utilizing an crude gesture that became as soon as telecast by a Slide in-vehicle digicam within the course of the closing Busch Series discover Friday, NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston confirmed. The Chip Ganassi Racing driver it sounds as if became as soon as unaware the digicam became as soon as being outdated for are living television. NASCAR has fined and penalized drivers for crude gestures caught on are living television within the past.(SceneDaily.com)(4-21-2007)
UPDATE: Juan Pablo Montoya, driver of the #42 Dodge within the Busch Series, has been fined $10,000 and positioned on probation unless Dec. 31 attributable to of an inferior gesture made within the course of a discover session at Phoenix World Raceway. Montoya became as soon as in violation of Part 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock vehicle racing) of the NASCAR Busch Series rule e book.(NASCAR PR)(4-25-2007) - Todd Brewer Fined: Todd Brewer, crew chief for the #25 Ford driven by David Gilliland within the NASCAR Busch Series, has been fined $2,000 after it became as soon as came across the #25 had unapproved, gap jacking bolts. Brewer became as soon as in violation of Sections 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock vehicle racing); 12-4-Q (vehicle, vehicle components, components and/or equipment outdated that carry out now not conform to NASCAR rules); and 20A-12.1A(8) (unapproved jacking bolts, gap bolts). The violation became as soon as came across within the course of opening day inspection at Phoenix.(NASCAR PR)(4-25-2007)
- #47 Morgan-Greenback Motorsports to lift VFW colors: The #47-MDM Chevy with driver Kraig Kinser, will be displaying the colors of the Veterans of International Wars (VFW). The Stars and Stripes, red, white and blue paint map is a timely tribute to those that served, and proceed to abet our nation. The VFW assists all veterans and their families in obtaining veterans‘ entitlements and diversified products and companies. Besides to, the organization works for the neatly-being of those serving on crammed with life responsibility, within the Nationwide Guard and the Reserves. Every 365 days, the VFW contributes more than 14 million volunteer hours and more than $50 million against neighborhood provider initiatives.(MDM PR)(4-25-2007)
View paint map at the2007 Paint Map Gallery.(4-25-2007) - Dusty Drake to execute Nationwide Anthem at Kansas: Kansas Speedway announced this day that country singer-songwriter Dusty Drake, who‘s most modern single is “Boom Yes,” will execute the nationwide anthem sooner than the Craftsman Truck Series speed on April 28.(Kansas Speedway PR)(4-25-2007)
- Compton attend with #09 at Kansas: Stacy Compton will wander attend into the #09 Zaxby‘s Ford F-150 for this Saturday‘s O‘Reilly Auto Parts 250 at the Kansas Speedway. This is able to designate his 2nd commence for Wood Brothers/JTG Racing as he and Joey Clanton share the riding responsibilities. Stacy Compton has 89 profession starts within the Craftsman Truck Series with two wins, 25 high-fives and 44 high-10 finishes.(Wood Bros/JTG Racing PR)(4-25-2007)
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April 25, 2006
- Dale Jr. map at Talladega? UPDATE OFFICIAL, IMAGES #1 also: hearing Dale Earnhardt Jr. will force a dim #8 Budweiser Chevy at Talladega within the Aaron‘s 499 in honor of Dale Earnhardt‘s induction into the World Motorsports Corridor of Popularity this week.(4-23-2006)
UPDATE: ESPN‘s Mike Massaro reported on ESPNEWS 4Qtrs tonight that DEI is anticipated to acquire an announcement later this week that Dale Jr. will elope a dim #8 Budweiser Chevy in honor of his father, 10 time Talladega winner, Dale Earnhardt. There’ll be a rumor that Dale Jr. would elope the #3 also, but have now not heard that and the image clearly reveals the #8.(4-24-2006)
UPDATE 2: Dale Earnhardt Jr. is anticipated to suppose that he’s going to pilot a dim Budweiser Chevy within the course of the “three days” of heading within the suitable direction action this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway in honor of his father‘s induction into the World Motorsports Corridor of Popularity. More primary points of this particular paint map that will resemble the eminent #3 would maybe reach in Tuesday‘s NASCAR NEXTEL Teleconference the place Earnhardt Jr. will most definitely be the consumer. Earnhardt Jr. will be scheduled to appear are living on QVC‘s For Bustle Followers Most attention-grabbing from Talladega on Friday at 8: 00pm/et. This is able to very neatly be the predominant time we inquire of a die-cast version of the vehicle.(RacingOne)(4-25-2006)
UPDATE 3: In a unified effort, the predominant sponsors of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. pays tribute to Dale Earnhardt with particular paint schemes at Talladega Superspeedway this weekend. The schemes will salute Dale Earnhardt Day (April 29th), his induction into the World Motorsports Corridor of Popularity and his accomplishments at Talladega. Earnhardt, a seven-time NASCAR champion is the winningest driver at Talladega with 10 trips to Victory Lane. Fittingly, his 76th Nextel Cup victory came about at the discover in October of 2000. And, he did it in Earnhardt vogue by coming from 17th to first within the closing laps. The #1 Bass Pro Retailers, #8 Budweiser and #11 Menards Chevys will lift paint schemes harking attend to the acquainted dim theme Dale Earnhardt ran while riding for DEI within the Busch Series. Additionally, Bass Pro Retailers will sponsor Martin Truex, Jr. in Saturday‘s Busch Series speed. Truex, a two-time Busch Series champion and two-time winner of the NBS speed at Talladega, will force the #8 dim Bass Pro Retailers Chevy.
“I delight in right here’s a spacious tribute to Dale on this kind of particular weekend,” stated Teresa Earnhardt, President and CEO of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. “To have all of our sponsors reach in conjunction with this tribute and need to be a fragment of it says lots concerning the glory they’ve for Dale‘s accomplishments.” Besides to to the dim paint schemes, Dale Earnhardt Day and the World Motorsports Corridor of Popularity induction, all Busch Series groups are being asked to lift a Dale Earnhardt Legacy Logo on their vehicles. Followers are asked to participate from the grandstands, or wherever they are watching the speed, by elevating three fingers within the air on Lap 3 of Saturday‘s Busch Series speed.(DEI PR / fingerprintinc PR), inquire of photos on the #8 Physique of workers Schemes web voiceand the #1 Physique of workers Schemes web voice and inquire of the two Busch vehicles on my 2006 Busch Series Schemes web voice.(4-25-2006) - Fennig to Ganassi? Denied: hearing veteran #26/97/6 Rosuh Racing crew chief, Jimmy Fennig is the sleek team manager at Chip Ganassi Racing.
UPDATE: been to by folk at Ganassi that the hiring of Jimmy Fennig is now not appropriate.(4-25-2006) - NASCAR Looking out at Kyle Busch — Mears incident UPDATE no penalties: #5-Kyle Busch didn‘t have worthy to advise and #42-Casey Mears doubtlessly didn‘t essentially feel there became as soon as worthy to advise about Busch‘s operating into Mears below the red flag following their accident on lap 100 of the Nextel Cup speed Saturday. Busch became as soon as enraged at Mears over the accident within the Subway Current 500 at Phoenix World Raceway and showed his displeasure with the sunshine faucet. Busch became as soon as about 45 laps down when he returned to the speed and NASCAR held him 5 laps for rough riding, but Busch would have accomplished within the equal place with or without the 5-lap penalty. NASCAR will revisit the advise this week to assemble out whether or now not any extra penalties are warranted. After meeting with NASCAR officers within the hauler following the speed, Busch left the discover without commenting to newshounds, and Mears, frustrated alongside with his vehicle even earlier than the Busch faucet, became as soon as atypically terse. “I‘m now not essentially shy about Kyle,” Mears stated. When asked if he became as soon as stunned Busch hit him within the course of the red flag, Mears responded: “I‘m now not stunned with something he does.”(SceneDaily.com)(4-24-2006)
UPDATE: NASCAR has made up our minds this can neither gorgeous nor make a selection points remote from #5-Kyle Busch for operating into the attend of #42-Casey Mears within the course of the red flag period of final Saturday‘s Subway Current 500 at Phoenix World Raceway, per NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp. NASCAR officers met with Busch following the speed and Tharp indicated on Tuesday that NASCAR now considers the advise closed. After leaving the hauler, Alan Gustafson, Busch‘s crew chief, stated he hoped the team would now not obtain a penalty. “[NASCAR said] merely that we now must appreciate the red flag, and I agree with them,” Busch‘s crew chief, Alan Gustafson, stated after leaving the hauler. “he No. 1 precedence in that distress is the safety of diversified folk and that‘s what we‘ve got to distress about.”(SceneDaily.com)(4-25-2006) - GM procuring for Penske to lead? on Sunday‘s Wind Tunnel [Speed Channel on Sunday‘s at 9:00pm/et], Robin Miller stated he heard from anyone a diminutive bit bit associated in Detroit [home of Chevy/Ford] that Identical outdated Motors is eager on pursuing Roger Penske to make a selection over Identical outdated Motors [Chevy]. Not arrangement more to it and must surprise since Dodge is signed with Penske Racing in NASCAR thru at the very least 2007.(4-25-2006)
- Phoenix overnight TV Ratings down: Fox‘s broadcast of Saturday night‘s Subway Current 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup speed at Phoenix World Raceway earned a 4.1 overnight rating from Nielsen Media Research and a 7 market share, Side road and Smith‘s SportsBusiness Each day reviews. The rating is 8.9% lower than the 4.5/8 Fox earned overnight in 2005, however the speed unexcited recorded the most attention-grabbing figures of any weekend sports activities occasion. ABC‘s broadcast of Sunday‘s NBA playoff sport between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns became as soon as 2nd with a 4.0 overnight rating.(SceneDaily.com)(4-25-2006)
- Stewart to the attend…tire change UPDATE why?: #20-Stewart‘s team modified tires on his vehicle, whenever you qualify within the tip-10, you MUST commence the speed on the tires you certified with, so Stewart goes to the attend of the topic earlier than the commence of the speed at Phoenix.[MRN Radio](4-22-2006)
UPDATE: Stewart certified his #20 Residence Depot Chevrolet third, but on account of a miscommunication amongst the team, the tires with which Stewart posted that third-place qualifying time were taken to Goodyear and destroyed. These tires wanted to be on the vehicle when Stewart began Saturday night‘s 312-lap affair, as NASCAR mandates that the tip-10 qualifiers commence the speed on the tires with which they certified. Since those tires weren‘t readily within the market to Stewart, NASCAR had no preference but to send Stewart to final-place within the 43-vehicle topic. Why were the tires destroyed? Because of the sleek-for-2006 tire leasing policy implemented by NASCAR and Goodyear, outdated tires from discover need to be grew to change into attend into Goodyear. These tires are then destroyed and later recycled so as that groups can‘t stockpile outdated tires for future trying out capabilities. Stewart‘s qualifying tires were at a loss for words for a local of Stewart‘s discover tires, hence the cause his qualifying tires were unavailable and the following penalty by NASCAR. “It became as soon as a honest appropriate judgment attributable to we didn‘t commence on the stuff that we certified,” stated Stewart. “So we merely didn‘t say it worthy. We needed to delivery 43rd and merely wait and see.” Stewart accomplished 2nd at Phoenix.(JGR/Appropriate Slide Communique PR)(4-25-2006) - Robby donates to high faculty: Robby Gordon Motorsports donated $20,000 to Arizona Enlighten College to fund The Century Council‘s Alcohol 101 Plus program, which encourages in payment ingesting. Gordon, team owner and driver of the #7 Jim Beam Chevy, offered a test to varsity officers sooner than the NASCAR Nextel Cup speed at Phoenix World Raceway this weekend. The grant is fragment of an even bigger donation given to RGM by Beam Global Spirits & Wine Inc. and its Jim Beam bourbon imprint in make stronger of the firm‘s drink glorious accountability platform to educate customers on learn the very top arrangement to acquire in payment decisions about alcohol.(Swap Journal of Phoenix)(4-25-2006)
- Special Irwin map for #26 at three races: #26-Jamie McMurray is scheduled to force a white Lennox Industrial Tools paint map at Chicagoland, New Hampshire [doesn‘t say which NHIS] and Kansas Metropolis.(RacingOne) inquire of image on my #26 Physique of workers Schemes web voice.(4-25-2006)
- Tire Attempting out at Indy Monday & Tuesday UPDATE: Sources within the NASCAR garage stated that Goodyear would use #20-Tony Stewart, #9-Kasey Kahne and #38-Elliott Sadler to envision tires at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday and Tuesday. It is the fourth such test for Goodyear this season. The tire manufacturer also had closed checks at Atlanta, Texas and Charlotte. Being picked for tire checks is popping into increasingly more competitive, as NASCAR rules limit trying out to merely six tracks.(more at NASCAR.com)(4-22-2006)
UPDATE: NEXTEL Cup Series drivers Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne and Elliott Sadler took fragment in a non-public Goodyear test April 24 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, serving to the tire firm put collectively for the 13th Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. Every driver became as soon as picked to signify the three manufacturers in NEXTEL Cup: Chevrolet (Stewart), Dodge (Kahne) and Ford (Sadler). The trio will test yet any other time April 25. The drivers interested by helping Goodyear to find the merely combination of tires to bring attend for the speed on Sunday, Aug. 6. “We merely examined admire we steadily carry out per week,” Stewart stated. “It‘s no diversified than anyplace we wander per week, you‘ve merely got to head carry out work. It‘s awesome to be right here within the spring and now not be sweating admire crazy, and be in a insist to carry out a tire test earlier than it will get busy within the month of Could well even right here.” Requested if the test presents him an advantage against defending his Allstate 400 victory, Stewart stated: “We spent all day operating devices of tires that they wanted us (Goodyear) to elope. We didn‘t essentially obtain an opportunity to work on the vehicle admire the delivery test session (in July) will most definitely be. We merely exit and carry out consistent 10-lap runs, give them feedback.”
Kahne stated the test is mandatory for his Evernham Motorsports team. “We can obtain lots (of recordsdata),” he stated. “We don‘t know which tire we‘ll remove (at the speed) so we‘re now not sure there, but we now have a brand sleek team and to throw diversified setups at it within the morning, use it by means of out the day, it‘s been a factual test for us.”
Sadler, who has usually expressed his admire of IMS and wish to salvage the speed over the years, became as soon as eager on the probabilities for the 2006 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. “We had a factual time this day,” Sadler stated. “I delight in Goodyear has introduced us a selection of factual possibilities to reach attend attend with, something fun to speed with. We tried a selection of diversified constructions, a selection of diversified compounds. All in all, we saw spacious tire wear. Goodyear became as soon as entirely contented what they saw, and we‘re entirely contented what we saw. It became as soon as a spacious day at Indy. Indy is this kind of considerable speed for us. Diversified than the Daytona 500, it‘s the most attention-grabbing speed for the drivers, and each person needs to kiss the bricks. It‘s a substantial speed for our sponsors, and we now have so many followers right here and so worthy heritage right here — we‘re concentrating on this speed lots. So as to bring a vehicle that we‘re doubtlessly going to speed right here, a couple months early obtain some laps, make a selection it dwelling and beautiful-tune it and test it yet any other time, I delight in it‘s more or much less an advantage for the three groups right here this day.”(IMS PR)(4-25-2006) - Richmond Auction to Attend Sam Ard: As fragment of Richmond World Raceway‘s occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the NASCAR Busch Series, The US‘s Premier Quick Observe has joined with veteran champions and sequence greats to take part in an auction to advantage veteran NASCAR Busch Series champion Sam Ard. Ard, the 1983 NASCAR Busch Series champion and two-time Richmond World Raceway winner, became as soon as diagnosed with Alzheimer‘s disease final Could well even, while his better half, Jo became as soon as diagnosed with a degenerative perceive disease that would maybe presumably trigger her to change into blind. “Sam Ard is a spacious fragment of the NASCAR Busch Series history, and Richmond World Raceway‘s history,” stated discover president Doug Fritz. “It is warming to inquire of the spacious make stronger we now were given by the NASCAR household for the auction within the course of our 25th Anniversary occasion of the NASCAR Busch Series.” The restful auction will make a selection place each Friday and Saturday, Could well even 5 and 6 from 10: 00 a.m. to 7: 00 p.m. day-after-day at the Richmond World Raceway amphitheater delivery air of flip one.All proceeds from the auction will wander without prolong to the Ard household. Objects for the auction will proceed to be aloof by means of Friday, Could well even 5. Followers can inquire of a each day replace of things up for articulate at www.rir.com.(RIR PR)(04-25-2006)
- Johnny Sauter to Fabricate 150th Birth up: Johnny Sauter makes his 150th NASCAR Busch Series commence in this weekend‘s Aaron‘s 312 at Talladega Superspeedway. Sauter has three wins, three poles, 19 high-5 and 42 high-ten finishes up to now.(Physique of workers Yellow Racing PR)(4-25-2006)
- Budweiser, Bass Pro Retailers and Menards to Salute Dale Earnhardt at Talladega: In a unified effort, the predominant sponsors of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. pays tribute to Dale Earnhardt with particular paint schemes at Talladega Superspeedway this weekend. The schemes will salute Dale Earnhardt Day (April 29th), his induction into the World Motorsports Corridor of Popularity and his accomplishments at Talladega. Earnhardt, a seven-time NASCAR champion is the winningest driver at Talladega with 10 trips to Victory Lane. Fittingly, his 76th Nextel Cup victory came about at the discover in October of 2000. And, he did it in Earnhardt vogue by coming from 17th to first within the closing laps. The #1 Bass Pro Retailers, #8 Budweiser and #11 Menards Chevys will lift paint schemes harking attend to the acquainted dim theme Dale Earnhardt ran while riding for DEI within the Busch Series. Additionally, Bass Pro Retailers will sponsor Martin Truex, Jr. in Saturday‘s Busch Series speed. Truex, a two-time Busch Series champion and two-time winner of the NBS speed at Talladega, will force the #8 dim Bass Pro Retailers Chevy.
“I delight in right here’s a spacious tribute to Dale on this kind of particular weekend,” stated Teresa Earnhardt, President and CEO of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. “To have all of our sponsors reach in conjunction with this tribute and need to be a fragment of it says lots concerning the glory they’ve for Dale‘s accomplishments.” Besides to to the dim paint schemes, Dale Earnhardt Day and the World Motorsports Corridor of Popularity induction, all Busch Series groups are being asked to lift a Dale Earnhardt Legacy Logo on their vehicles. Followers are asked to participate from the grandstands, or wherever they are watching the speed, by elevating three fingers within the air on Lap 3 of Saturday‘s Busch Series speed.(DEI PR / fingerprintinc PR), inquire of photos on the 2006 Busch Series Map web voice.(4-25-2006) - NFL gamers will execute Truck Series pit side responsibilities: Four contributors of the Nationwide Football League‘s St. Louis Rams will be honorary pit crew contributors at this week‘s speed, persevering with a passe begun loads of years ago. Center Andy McCollom out of Toledo College will be half of the #75 Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet team and driver Aric Almirola. Rod Trafford, an offensive kind out from the College of South Carolina, will attend up 2003 Gateway winner Brendan Gaughan (#77 The Orleans Dodge). Rice College products Jeremy Calahan (defensive kind out) and Brandon Green (defensive cease) will be fragment of Rick Crawford‘s #14 Circle Bar Truck Corral Ford unit.(paddocktalk.com)(4-25-2006)
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April 25, 2005
- In a single day Phoenix TV Ratings, Lowest of the 365 days: Fox‘s broadcast of Saturday night‘s Subway Current 500 earned a 4.5 overnight rating from Nielsen Media Research and an 8 market share, Side road & Smith‘s SportsBusiness Each day reviews. Saturday night is historically an off night for television viewership, and the 4.5 is the lowest overnight rating of any Nextel Cup speed this 365 days. There became as soon as no spring speed at Phoenix final 365 days, however the overnight rating is 23.7% below the 5.9 Fox drew overnight on the associated weekend of 2004, when it aired the spring Talladega speed.(NASCAR Scene Each day E-newsletter)(4-25-2005)
- Marlin‘s Dad, Coo Coo, to abet as Kindly Marshall at Tune Metropolis: Tennessee racing tale, Coo Coo Marlin, will abet as Tune Metropolis Motorplex‘s Kindly Marshall for a night of NASCAR Stock Automobile racing at the Tennessee Enlighten Difficult Grounds on Friday evening, April 29th. Coo Coo is the most attention-grabbing driver to within the history of the discover to have captured the discover championship and supreme four times, earlier than keen up NASCAR high division, now regularly called NASCAR Nextel Cup. Coo Coo will be readily readily within the market for pre speed ceremonies and driver introductions. Clifton “Coo Coo” Marlin became as soon as born in Columbia, TN in 1932. In 1959 he obtained his first riding title at the Fairgrounds in Carl Wood‘s 1934 Flathead Ford. He repeated that accomplishment in 1962, 1966 and 1967, making him the most attention-grabbing four-time champion within the discover‘s history. In NASCAR‘s premier division, Coo Coo had a total of 1 hundred and sixty-5 starts, forty-two high ten finishes and three high three finishes. He ran his final speed at Talladega in 1980, and in 1987 became as soon as inducted into Tennessee Motor Sports Corridor of Popularity. Coo Coo is the inspiration of a clan of racers in conjunction with son #40-Tremendous Marlin and grandson Stedman Marlin [looking for a ride] who’re carrying on the household tradition. (more recordsdata at the Tune Metropolis Motorplex living)(4-25-2005)
- Eury Wins Wypall Wipers Crew Chief of the Bustle: PHOENIX, AZ (April 23, 2005) — Michael Waltrip came up merely rapid of qualified his first speed of the 2005 season. After initiating twenty-eighth within the Subway 500 at Phoenix World raceway, Waltrip charged by means of the topic, at final struggling with Kurt Busch in thrilling slack-speed duel to the checkered flag. The #15 team‘s impressive comeback earned Tony Eury Jr. the Wypall Wipers Crew Chief of the Bustle Award. Waltrip‘s vehicle showed promise early, operating some of the fastest times in this weekend‘s discover sessions. Sadly, Waltrip didn‘t attend up his discover speeds in qualifying and drove the #15 NAPA Chevrolet to a twenty-eighth place initiating jam. The panel of voters selecting the Crew Chief of the Bustle; in conjunction with Jim Gintonio of the Arizona Republic, a Wypall Wipers manual and Robbie Reiser; elected Eury by means of a ruin up decision . Gintonio cast his vote for Lance McGrew, crew chief of the #25 GMAC Chevrolet. Reiser and the Wypall Wipers manual voted for Eury. Tony Eury Jr. aloof $1,000 for qualified the Wypall Wipers Crew Chief of the Bustle award. He is now tied with Robbie Loomis, Scott Miller, Bob Osborne, Alan Gustafson and Pete Rondeau for 2nd place within the Wypall Wipers Crew Chief of the 365 days standings. Doug Richert leads the competition with two wins. On the cease of the season, the crew chief with the most weekly wins will obtain $20,000.(SMC 500)(4-25-2005)
- #1 Busch Physique of workers Charm, Rejected and Dazzling INCREASED AND: The Nationwide Stock Automobile Racing Price has now not easiest rejected the appeal of vehicle owner James Finch for an illegal carburetor came across within the course of post-speed inspection at Texas, they slapped on a further $25,000 gorgeous. NASCAR had disqualified the #1 Dodge from the Busch Series speed costing the team 125-points for ending 14th and $28,000 in prize cash. Additionally, Crew Chief Joe Shear Jr. became as soon as suspended unless Could well even 18th.
Commenting on the decision, Finch urged PRN‘s Fast Remark with Benny Parsons radio prove Monday night; “It‘s gorgeous per me. The final time I appealed one it became as soon as loads of years ago and it became as soon as a $5,000 gorgeous and when it became as soon as over they made it 10.”
Finch‘s significant bone of contention is that NASCAR fingers down the penalties AND hears appeals. “The racing is spacious, it steadily has been, I‘m merely announcing that they need to quit fragment of the sport and let someone else referee the foundations. Within the occasion that they need to try this merely, obtain an honest commission to acquire an honest hearing and obtain the ruling. It‘s more or much less admire having a motorway patrolman pull you over and articulate you you‘re rushing and you boom…I don‘t say I am…and he says yes you are…and you boom okay, I don‘t say you but I‘m gonna impress the ticket. Then 30 minutes later you wander to the courthouse and he‘s the remove. Within the rule books it‘s all minimum fines…they don‘t have any most fines. Within the NFL it‘s 5 yards off facets for each person at any time when. In NASCAR it‘s per who you are. In baseball it‘s three strikes you‘re out…NASCAR it‘s per who‘s swingin‘…merely let ‘em do swingin‘.”(PRN‘s Fast Remark with Benny Parsons)(4-25-2005) - Indy 500 Champ, Buddy Lazier, to envision #15 Truck at Lowe‘s: Aged Indianapolis 500 and Indy Racing League champion Buddy Lazier will try the NASCAR waters this week as he prepares to envision the #15 Billy Ballew Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado in Tuesday evening‘s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series delivery test at Lowe‘s Motor Speedway. Lazier has a qualified discover file at Lowe‘s Motor Speedway, he captured the checkered flag there in an IRL speed in 1997, besting Billy Boat by 3.301 seconds in a Hemelgarn Racing entry This foray into stock vehicles is now not Lazier‘s first stab at the greater, heavier and boxier chassis. He showed spacious promise within the World Bustle of Champions [IROC] sequence within the course of his two 365 days stint in that prestigious “invitation easiest” sequence. Lazier became as soon as the runaway winner within the 2002 Chicagoland IROC occasion main all 67 laps of competition. Lazier accomplished 2nd within the IROC championship that 365 days, narrowly losing to the eventual champion Kevin Harvick. “We’re eager on a most likely opportunity with Buddy Lazier,” Physique of workers owner Billy Ballew stated. “Buddy is an accomplished, onerous charging driver. He has exhibited excessive physical and mental toughness within the course of his profession. He is a driver that anyone will most definitely be proud to work with. Shane Hmiel will proceed to force the #15 when that it’s most likely you’ll presumably presumably imagine but it’s a ways factual to have choices when the NASCAR agenda will now not allow us to have Shane as a elephantine time driver.” Lazier‘s most impressive Motorsports accomplishment came in 1996 when he obtained the Indianapolis 500 in a Hemelgarn Racing entry, edging Davy Jones by .695 of a 2nd. Lazier‘s heroic underdog salvage came easiest two months after suffering primary attend and pelvis injuries at Phoenix in an IRL vehicle. Lazier became as soon as the IRL champion in 2000.(Billy Ballew Motorsports)(4-25-2005)
- Truck Series Attempting out Tuesday at Lowe‘s Motor Speedway: Larger than 20 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series groups will be trying out at Lowe‘s Motor Speedway Tuesday evening in preparation for the Quaker Steak & Lube 200 offered by Click on It or Note on Friday night, Could well even 20. The vans will be on the discover from 3: 00 — 6: 00pm/et and 7: 00 — 10: 00pm/et. Drivers scheduled to envision: #04-Bobby Hamilton, #1-Ted Musgrave, #2-Jimmy Spencer, #4-Timothy Peters, #6-Ron Hornaday, #8-Deborah Renshaw, #9-Shige Hattori, #10-Terry Cook dinner, #17-David Reutimann, #18-Skedaddle 1st viscount montgomery of alamein, #22-Invoice Lester, #47-Bobby Labonte, #52-Ken Schrader, #59-Robert Pressley, #75-David Starr, #88-Matt Crafton, #06-Jimmy Kite and #?-Scott Glynn.(LMS PR)(4-25-2005)
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April 25, 2004
- Gordon wins Talladega below warning: #24-Jeff Gordon obtained the Aaron‘s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway, going within the lead merely earlier than the yellow flag became as soon as thrown when #25-Vickers spun. #8-Earnhardt Jr. felt he became as soon as forward of Gordon, but says he’s going to make a selection the points [as he stays in the drivers points lead]. It is Gordon‘s third salvage at Talladega, 1st of the season and his 65th of his profession [6th all-time]. Chevy has now obtained 11 straight Talladega races. The the relaxation of the tip 5 [there could be some scoring changes later] were #29-Harvick, #48-Johnson and #31-Gordon. The very top ending rookie became as soon as #77-Brendan Gaughan with a 13th. There were 11 cautions for 55 laps, a brand sleek file for the number at cautions [9 was the record, but not a record for the most caution laps which was 62 in May 1972]. There were 23 drivers lead a lap and 54 lead adjustments.
Unofficial results at:
Jayski‘s Aaron‘s 499 Bustle Results/Awards Standings web voice
ThatsRacin.com
MotorsportsOne
NASCAR.com.(4-25-2004) - Parts taken and work being accomplished on vehicles at ‘Dega UPDATE: NASCAR inspectors confiscated about a components within the Cup garage Friday morning earlier than qualifying. Unapproved gas cell gaskets were taken from the vehicles of #30-Johnny Sauter and #17-Matt Kenseth and unapproved windshield braces from the vehicles of #32-Ricky Craven and #48-Jimmie Johnson. #24-Jeff Gordon‘s Chevy also required some work on its rear cease earlier than it handed inspection.(ThatsRacin.com)(4-23-2004)
UPDATE: NASCAR inspectors added to their collection of rotten components from groups over the weekend at Talladega. Topping the list: unapproved springs from the vehicles of #49-Ken Schrader, #45-Kyle Petty, #09-Johnny Benson, #9-Kasey Kahne and #32-Ricky Craven. Additionally seized were unapproved underpans from the vehicles of #88-Dale Jarrret and #00-Kenny Wallace.(ThatsRacin.com)(4-25-2004) - Gary Nelson Explains Restrictor Plates: The restrictor plates outdated by NASCAR to manipulate hotfoot at its two fastest tracks, Talladega and Daytona, are admire a coronary heart track or a particular person-made leg. You dislike having to have them, but it’s most likely you’ll presumably presumably‘t carry out without them. The plate is a thin fragment of steel, straightforward and bulletproof, about 5 inches sq., and with four holes machined precisely so that you just might match below the centers of the throttle bores. The holes have varied in size attributable to the introduction of the plates in 1988, and presently are at 0.90625in (29/32nds). The plates are controlled by NASCAR and are installed and eliminated by NASCAR officers sooner than competition events. The plate is supposed to scale back the circulate of air/gas combination from the carburetor into the consumption manifold and hence into the cylinders, the closing goal being to scale back horsepower and hotfoot. It is estimated that the restriction knocks about 300hp out of the engine, conserving speeds right here and at Daytona within the 185-190 differ, safely below the alleged “magic number” of 200mph.
There’s lots to this text by Ben Blake, inquire of the elephantine tale at Slide Channel: click right here and for some stats and history of the restrictor plate races at Daytona and Talladega since 1987, inquire of my Restrictor Plate Web page.(4-25-2004) - Q&A with Mike Helton: One attention-grabbing Q&A: Q: We‘re hearing that at Daytona in July you‘ll require that groups qualify with speed space-ups, then quilt the vehicles and reach attend Saturday night.
Acknowledge: “We‘ve talked about it, but I‘m now not sure we‘re prepared to acquire that a ways. That goes to my point of making weekends more atmosphere friendly. There’s a conversation amongst the competitors with NASCAR merely now — John Darby became as soon as the author of this — whenever you qualify, and we impound you most regularly after qualifying, what does that carry out? That‘s the conversation John‘s having within the garage dwelling, as neatly as with the promoters. It has an affect on Daytona; it would maybe presumably have an affect on Talladega. We‘re in that segment of speaking about it merely now. It has a possibility of going on, but it‘s now not reach that time.”
Elephantine Q&A at Slide Chanel: Q&A with Mike Helton.(4-25-2004) - Truex Lastly to the #15: ….so [Michael] Waltrip would maybe have had cause to in actual fact feel worried. Basically, a particular person much less obvious of what he needs from the following 5 years of his NASCAR profession and beyond will most definitely be inclined to suspicion, or even resentment. Finally, Waltrip, who turns 41 Friday, has made his most primary contributions to Dale Earnhardt Inc. in restrictor-plate races, qualified four (his easiest profession victories) since 2001. His drafting support has most regularly been mandatory to teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. But there are only four such races within the 36-occasion Nextel Cup agenda, and even Waltrip admitted after qualifying 2nd for this day‘s Aaron‘s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway that “the vehicles are that factual the place we is liable to be a hit without each diversified.” But per DEI director of motorsports Richie Gilmore, there is now not any insecurity, no acrimony between the speed team and Waltrip, attributable to there don’t appear to be any “secret agendas.” Although Gilmore stated he needs to remove Waltrip “as prolonged as we can,” each person knows DEI indirectly needs Truex in Waltrip‘s #15 Chevrolet. “I delight in Michael has been spacious with that,” Gilmore stated. “Besides Junior, he‘s been one in all Martin‘s No.1 followers. We‘ve had that conversation about in some unspecified time in the future hanging Martin in that vehicle down the avenue when Michael moves on. And Michael supports that.” It helps that Waltrip is too busy taking a delight in forward to perceive within the attend of. Waltrip, who owns a Busch team he runs out of a store in his attend yard, will topic a Nextel Cup team for 5 races this season with outdated fashion Kenny Wallace riding. That‘s the predominant step of a grasp contrivance in which Waltrip sees himself phasing out of DEI and proper into a job as elephantine-time owner. “I‘d make a selection to thrill in that in 5 years I would maybe have a Cup team or two that competes continually,” Waltrip stated. “I‘d make a selection to proceed to elope Busch for myself and proceed to elope for DEI unless that deal runs itself out, perchance have a Cup team the place someone else would force for me. I‘ve loved proudly owning and growing a team more than folk know.” Gilmore stated Truex would maybe elope some Cup races this season within the DEI #1 Chevrolet beforehand driven fragment-time by John Andretti.(St Petersburg Events)(4-25-2004)
- StockCarFans.Com — Rumblings — Talladega: To advise that we resulted in controversy will most definitely be the understatement of the 365 days…..Jeff Gordon became as soon as in entrance of Dale Earnhardt Jr (at the very least within the eyes of NASCAR) “for the time being of warning” this day at Talladega Superspeedway and obtained the Aaron‘s 499 (the place‘d that mile wander?). As a wreck took place within the attend of them coming out of flip 3, somewhat than a wander speed to the commence/carry out line, we had a couple laps of “what‘d you inquire of” to assemble out the result. More on that later….
Jeff Gordon‘s victory became as soon as #65 for his profession (he‘s seventh on the all-time salvage list) and first since he obtained at Atlanta final October. It became as soon as his seventh plate salvage and first since he obtained this occasion in 2000. Oh yeah, it became as soon as price a paltry $320,258 from the over $5.7M in posted awards.
Now, we‘re now not gonna condone what took place at the speed‘s cease by the followers, but it without a doubt shouldn‘t were surprising. NASCAR followers aren‘t slow. They know that “freezing the topic for the time being of warning” isn‘t well price the PR paper it‘s printed on! ‘Splain me how they might be able to freeze a topic at Nashville a couple weeks ago within the Busch speed whenever you‘ve got four vehicles sliding by means of the grass on the backstretch in a cloud of mud? Oh, we carry out it as soon as they obtain attend as much as scurry vehicle hotfoot……but don‘t wander anybody below the yellow, both. NASCAR doesn‘t have the expertise…..straightforward & straightforward. And, the followers are mindful about it. The followers shouldn‘t have accomplished what they did, however the final time this took place NASCAR grew to change into more impending (the final red flag lap) with their rules. And, since no person from NASCAR became as soon as gonna exit there and stand in entrance of that Gadsden grandstand and tell it, the followers expressed their displeasure. It‘s essentially a shame too, trigger up unless lap 183 we‘d had about as factual a speed as we can obtain….plate or now not.
There‘ll be a selection of discuss how this affords our sport a dim perceive, but it became as soon as a moment admire this that many delight in the defining moment in NASCAR history….a fist wrestle in flip 3 at Daytona World Speedway. Out of that, enchancment came…..expectantly we‘ll inquire of the equal after this day. What a hot speed…..lotsa overheating this day.
The “Mountainous One” came on lap 84….11 vehicles sent spinning when Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch made contact.
Jeff Burton (seventh) had his most attention-grabbing carry out since he became as soon as seventh at Rockingham final November. He‘s the 26th driver to rating a Top-10 this season….we‘ve unexcited got a solutions to head to reach final 365 days‘s preference of 42.
Brendan Gaughan (13th) had his profession-most attention-grabbing carry out this week. He became as soon as 17th at Martinsville final week.
Johnny Sauter (14th) tied his profession-most attention-grabbing carry out this day. He became as soon as 14th at Rockingham in February.
Ricky Rudd (17th) had his most attention-grabbing carry out since he became as soon as 15th at Martinsville final October.
Jimmy Spencer (20th) had his most attention-grabbing carry out since he became as soon as 14th at Rockingham final November.
Eric McClure (26th) did a commendable job in his first Nextel Cup commence.
Kerry Earnhardt (35th) had his profession-most attention-grabbing carry out this day. He became as soon as 43rd in his easiest diversified Cup commence at Michigan in August of 2000.
STREAKIN….
Jeff Gordon has 4 Top-10‘s in a row.
Jamie McMurray has 4 Top-10‘s in a row.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. has 5 Top-10‘s within the final 6 races.
Jimmie Johnson has 5 Top-10‘s within the final 6 races.
This Week‘s Elevator…UP: The Operator of the Week is a lonely Jamie McMurray (+26). DOWN: The Mountainous Dropper became as soon as Ward Burton (-30), Scott Riggs (-29), Joe Nemechek (-28), and Tremendous Marlin (-22).
With 55 lead adjustments amongst 23 drivers it comes as no surprise that….Trace Martin led this day for the predominant time since he led as soon as for one lap at Richmond final September. Dale Jarrett led this day for the predominant time since he led twice for 25 laps at Kansas final October. Jimmy Spencer led this day for the predominant time since he led as soon as for 9 laps at Residence final November. Brian Vickers led this day for the predominant time since he led as soon as for 11 laps at that identical Residence speed. And, Eric McClure led this day in his first Nextel Cup speed. Which manner we‘ve now had 36 leaders this season…..final 365 days‘s number became as soon as 48.
Jeff Burton (33rd to 28th) made the right kind wander forward within the standings, while brother Ward (19th to 25th) went within the opposite manner.(StockCarFans.Com Nextel Cup E-newsletter)(4-26-2004) - Cingular helps Battle Vet to inquire of speed: When the golf green flag drops in Talladega on Sunday, James Mayne will be one in all the most enraged followers at the speed no topic which driver crosses the carry out line first. That‘s attributable to the lifelong motor sports activities fan from Fyffe, Alabama, will be attending his first ever stock vehicle speed VIP-fashion because the spacious prize winner within the ‘Closing Cingular Sports Experience‘ sweepstakes. Mayne, a Vietnam Battle outdated fashion, submitted his qualified sweepstakes entry at the Scottsboro, Alabama, Cingular retailer and acquired the tips that he became as soon as randomly chosen because the competition winner on Thursday. Due to Cingular, he can even obtain the probability to have a VIP expertise at his 2nd stock vehicle speed ever, because the ‘Closing Cingular Sports Experience‘ also involves airfare to inquire of the substantial speed in Indianapolis on August 8th. Mayne‘s perks encompass:
VIP expertise to the stock vehicle speed in Talladega on April 25th and the speed in Indianapolis on August 8th
Roundtrip airfare for 2 to Indianapolis
Three days, two nights lodge accommodations in Indianapolis
A Meet and Greet with Physique of workers Cingular‘s NASCAR driver Robby Gordon
The ‘Closing Cingular Sports Experience‘ sweepstakes became as soon as performed within the course of Alabama from April 1-19th. Entry solutions incorporated text to salvage “RG31” for Cingular prospects and register to salvage at taking part Cingular retail outlets in Alabama. The sweepstakes became as soon as supported with in-retailer POP and radio spots/on-air mentions.(Occupation Sports & Entertainment PR)(4-25-2004)
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April 25, 2003
- Steve Park wins the pole at California: #1-Steve Park wins the pole for the Auto Membership 500 at California Speedway with a hotfoot of 186.838, his third pole of his profession and first since Residence in Nov 2000. Effective to inquire of with the entire rumors floating spherical. #9-Invoice Elliott became as soon as the predominant to exit in qualifying and held the pole unless Park went out 37th, Elliott hangs on to the delivery air pole, 2nd. #20-Tony Stewart starts third, his most attention-grabbing initiating jam of 2003. Lacking the speed are #66-Hideo Fukuyama and #83-Kerry Earnhardt. View Jayski‘s California Qualifying Web page for the outcomes, lineup hyperlinks, who takes provisionals and who skipped over the speed, alongside with notes and diversified jayski oddities.(4-25-2003)
- Some California Qualifying Notes: #29-Kevin Harvick had a essentially sluggish 1st lap and pulled off the discover after the predominant lap, when he exited the vehicle, Harvick stated the vehicle became as soon as so free he couldn‘t force it. #22-Ward Burton went out and pulled the vehicle attend in with an engine advise, a left engine head head gasket, NASCAR went out and inspected the discover.(4-25-2003)
- The Mountainous Mac [a jayski fave] Cup? McDonald‘s is negotiating with NASCAR for naming rights to the Winston Cup Series, per a Bloomberg Files document. McDonald‘s has steadily been amongst the businesses regarded as as that it’s most likely you’ll presumably presumably imagine replacements for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco because the sequence‘ title sponsor, a deal stated to be price between $40 million and $60 million. “Are we fervent? Sure,” John Lewicki, head of sports activities advertising and marketing for McDonald‘s, urged Bloomberg. “Whether it’s a ways knowing for us, we‘ll fully perceive at it.” NASCAR vice president for communications Jim Hunter stated Friday the sanctioning body is having discussions with loads of corporations about title sponsorship of its high sequence, but would now not touch upon any relate corporations eager.(ThatsRacin.com)(4-25-2003)
- Robby Gordon to elope Indy? UPDATE: hearing there’ll be an announcement soon referring to #31-Robby Gordon‘s try to elope the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on Could well even 25th, no observe on the team or sponsor…yet.(4-25-2003)
UPDATE: Indianapolis 500 outdated fashion Robby Gordon will replace Dario Franchitti within the #27 Alpine/Archipelago/Motorola/Budweiser Dallara/Honda/Firestone for Andretti Green Racing within the course of the 87th operating of the Indianapolis 500. Gordon, who has eight profession Indianapolis 500 starts, will elope each the ‘500‘ and NASCAR‘s Coca-Cola 600 on Could well even 25, marking the fourth time in his profession he has attempted to elope each events in in some unspecified time in the future. Closing season Gordon successfully performed “the Memorial Day double,” ending eighth within the Indianapolis 500 and 16th within the 600-mile Winston Cup occasion held yearly at Lowe‘s Motor Speedway in Concord, NC. “I‘m extremely contented to have the probability to strive one in all the closing racing challenges yet any other time this 365 days and expectantly salvage each races,” stated Gordon. “I‘ve elope the Indy 500 eight times and been competitive and elope reach the entrance each 365 days. I without a doubt haven‘t given up on the goal of qualified each races and hope 2003 will be my 365 days to carry out it. Working in an Andretti Green prepared-vehicle will no query give me a factual shot at having one salvage down and one to head when I head to Charlotte that afternoon.” Gordon, who drives the #31 Cingular Wi-fi entry for Richard Childress Racing, is presently in 14th place within the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup point standings and accomplished sixth at the season-opening Daytona 500. He obtained the 2001 season-ending Winston Cup speed at New Hampshire World Speedway. “I deserve to thank Richard, all of the guys on the Cingular Wi-fi team, and each person at RCR for letting me flow one in all my dreams,” stated Gordon. Gordon owns 5 high-10 finishes in his eight Indianapolis 500 starts, one in all which became as soon as a fourth place elope in 1999 when he ran out of gas while main with lower than two laps to head. Gordon‘s entry is fragment of a four-vehicle Indianapolis 500 effort by Andretti Green Racing which is owned by Michael Andretti, Kim Green and Kevin Savoree. Andretti is looking out for to qualify for his 14th Indy 500 and obtain the closing commence of his racing profession within the attend of the wheel of the #7 Physique of workers 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone. Tony Kanaan, who’s nursing a damaged left arm sustained in a rupture within the course of the Indy Japan, plans to qualify the #11 Physique of workers 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone. Rookie Dan Wheldon, who handed rookie orientation final week within the #26 Klein Tools/Jim Beam Dallara/Honda/Firestone, is taking a delight in to change into the predominant British driver since Nigel Mansell to delivery the Indy 500. “Having Robby in our vehicle for the month of Could well even presents us a spacious shot to salvage the Indy 500, despite the truth that we inquire of all four of our vehicles to compete for the salvage,” stated Michael Andretti. “It‘s merely peace of mind for us, lustrous we‘ve added yet any other outdated fashion in our lineup who knows his manner spherical the Speedway and knows learn the very top arrangement to space up for the most attention-grabbing speed of the 365 days.”
Indy 500 Occupation Summary
Starts — 8
Total Laps — 1,367
Most attention-grabbing Birth up — third (2001)
Most attention-grabbing Stop — 4th (1999)
Top 5 — 3
Top 10 — 5
Races Led — 5
Laps Led — 53
Winnings $1,615,283(RCR PR)(4-25-2003) - Gordon‘s reach depart out: Jeff Gordon‘s victory within the Virginia 500 would were lots tougher to pull off if NASCAR officers hadn‘t been superior. They called for Gordon‘s crew chief, Robbie Loomis, twice at the commence of the drivers‘ meeting earlier than Loomis indirectly materialized, barking “Right here” as he stormed into the meeting and took a seat. The the relaxation of the drivers and crew chiefs joined in a chorus of “Oooooooh” and laughed at the reach depart out. NASCAR would maybe have sent Gordon to the attend of the topic if Loomis had been slack for the an primary meeting. “I became as soon as getting a diminutive bit worried,” Gordon stated. “On the entire it‘s the diversified manner spherical — he‘s procuring for me, going `The place‘s Jeff?‘ — and I prove up merely within the reduce of time. He became as soon as merely getting me attend.”(Mercury Files)(4-25-2003)
- Earnhardt Automobile Cruise Saturday: Organizers boom they expect thousands to prove up Saturday for Kannapolis‘ [NC] ‘Remembering Dale Icy Automobile Cruise and Stammer.‘ The occasion falls on the birthday of Kannapolis native and racing tale Dale Earnhardt. The prove opens at 8: 00am at Cannon Village with entertainment initiating at 10: 00am. Larger than 200 vehicles, vans and motorcycles will be on tell from all across the distance, stated Patti Rader of the Kannapolis Swap Council. The industry council is selling the occasion to lift cash for the Dale Earnhardt Tribute living.(Impartial Tribune)(4-25-2003)
- Rudd, Elliott to be honored: On Sunday, Ricky Rudd and Invoice Elliott will be offered with personalized belt buckles commemorating their first Winston Cup victory 20 years ago at Riverside World Raceway. California Speedway govt Les Richter became as soon as overall manager at RIR at the time earlier than joining NASCAR.(Inland Valley Each day Bulletin)(4-25-2003)
- More on a most likely tire war: adding yet any other tire maker to the Winston Cup garage, a pattern that would maybe presumably merely be in NASCAR‘s future, is regularly a nightmare for groups, despite the truth that it would maybe presumably without a doubt add surprising aspects to each speed. On the tip of the final NASCAR tire war, with Hoosier eight years ago, Goodyear became as soon as custom-designing tires for each discover within the Winston Cup sequence. That supposed that groups needed to remove up with more than 50 tire designs, a plush prospect for team owners and a serious headache for crew chiefs. And tire designs usually modified even for the equal discover from speed to speed. But within the course of the past two years, Goodyear has trimmed the preference of tire codes to merely 18, mixed and matched for the 23 tracks. Alternatively Goodyear has minimize attend on its NASCAR trying out within the course of the past six months, which some Winston Cup groups are questioning.(Winston Salem Journal)(4-25-2003)
- Rock n‘ Roll at Richmond in Sept: #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. that contains the band Staind; #33 [Truck]-Tony Stewart that contains the band Diamond Rio; #15 or #99 Busch -Michael Waltrip that contains the band Hootie & The Blow Fish; will elope at Richmond in Sept. Supposedly the “Chevy Rocks” program is stated to be equivalent to the Looney Tunes program ran at Richmond the final couple of years in that this can encompass many Chevy groups from Cup and perchance some Busch and Truck Series.(4-25-2003)
- Robby Gordon map: #31-Robby Gordon will elope a particular Cingular FDNY paint map in August at Watkins Glen.(4-25-2003)
- Elliott Map at the Brickyard: 2002 Brickyard 400 winner, #9-Invoice Elliott will elope a speical 10th Working of the Brickyard map at Indianapolis in August. View my Paint Schemes Gallery — Automobile #‘s 0-23 for the image.(4-25-2003)
- Charity Auction Files: NASCAR.com will accomplice with The Hendrick Marrow Program to host a charity auction that contains NASCAR memorabilia. For five days, initiating April 24, contributors will be in a insist to articulate on eBay for NASCAR memorabilia such as an autographed Jeff Gordon Bustle-Lag Bumper, an autographed Jimmie Johnson Bustle-Lag Hood and an autographed Lithograph from seven-time Winston Cup Champion, Dale Earnhardt. For the elephantine list and hyperlinks, inquire of my Racing Charities web voice.(4-25-2003)
- Bass off to Chicago: Sharpie, the realm‘s most neatly-liked household of eternal markers made by Sanford, is proud to welcome Sam Bass, the predominant officially licensed artist of NASCAR, as its customer on Could well even 2 from 10: 00am to 12: 00noon (Gross sales jam No. 1808) at the Nationwide Art Supplies Swap Affiliation (NAMTA) annual conference held at the Hyatt Regency Chicago Could well even 1 — Could well even 3. Bass will be showcasing his works and autographing gorgeous art posters of his most modern advent, a fragment depicting one in all NASCAR‘s “young guns” — Sharpie subsidized driver, Kurt Busch (#97 Ford). For more than 20 years, Bass has been immortalizing the legends of NASCAR alongside with his realistic illustrations utilizing Sharpie markers and his watercolor originals. From the slack Dale Earnhardt to Jeff Gordon to Kurt Busch, Bass has captured the personalities that catapulted NASCAR into the fastest growing spectator sport within the US.(Sam Bass PR), inquire of elephantine PR on my Collectibles Hyperlinks and Files web voice.(4-25-2003)
- Looney Tunes for Gordon and others at Phoenix: Jeff Gordon will make a selection time from racing this day to head Hollywood. At Warner Bros. Studios, the “Looney Tunes — Wait on in Action” film will be formally launched to the entertainment media at a press conference that will encompass an look by Gordon and the unveiling of the DuPont #24 Fire & Flames prove vehicle decked out with Looney Tunes photos. Closing 365 days Gordon and the #24 vehicle filmed a cameo scene within the film, playing opposite animated Looney Tunes characters Yosemite Sam, Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny and others. The image will debut nationally for vacation audiences in November. To promote the inaugurate of this sleek WB prove, with the Looney Tunes gang, the graphic contrivance of the DuPont Fire & Flames #24 Monte Carlo and Jeff‘s Fire & Flames uniform will lift photos of Looney Tunes characters within the course of the Sunday, November 2 Winston Cup speed at Phoenix. Besides to, a DuPont Motorsports Community Sponsor imprint, Zodiaq quartz surfaces, looks on the #24 vehicle TV panel for this particular theme speed at Phoenix.(DuPont Put apart of living — on account of many readers for the heads up)(4-24-2003)
UPDATE: Within the Looney Tunes: Wait on In Action NASCAR Winston Cup speed, #24-Jeff Gordon will team up with Yosemite Sam on his Looney Tunes-branded Chevrolet, alongside with driver #25-Joe Nemechek who will function graphics of Bugs Bunny on his #25 UAW-Delphi Chevrolet. Kerry Earnhardt will be half of forces all over yet any other time with Yosemite Sam within the NASCAR Busch Series speed the place he’s going to force his #12 Supercuts Chevrolet, and for the predominant time ever, a NASCAR Craftsman Truck occasion will be arrangement more animated when Kevin Harvick hooks up alongside with his favourite Looney Tunes teammate, the Tasmanian Devil on his #6 Chevrolet truck.(Action PR), inquire of a image of Gordon‘s vehicle on my 2003 Winston Cup Paint Schemes Gallery — Cars #‘s 24-99.(4-25-2003) - Some Politics — Jesse Jackson and NASCAR UPDATE: getting more questions on this [since is was mentioned last Thursday night on the Fox News O‘Reilly Factor show], have something that became as soon as posted attend on April third, inquire of my Previous NASCAR Files/Rumors web voice.
AND MORE NLPC vs. NASCAR: The Nationwide League and Policy Center pushed its direct of NASCAR‘s contributions to Jesse Jackson to television final week. Peter Flaherty, president of the NLPC, contends Jackson abuses his nonprofit privileges and that NASCAR has made $250,000 in donations within the final two years to his organizations to carry out the guise of selection. “Our message to NASCAR is you don‘t make a selection rapid cuts to selection by paying off Jesse Jackson,” Flaherty urged The O‘Reilly Factor host Invoice O‘Reilly. “This entire thing started in 1999, when Jesse Jackson complained to NASCAR that they’d no dim drivers at the Winston Cup level, which is the predominant league of stock vehicle racing.” Flaherty stated IRS records prove NASCAR is Jackson‘s high contributor amongst professional sport organizations. “I delight in what (NASCAR) is attempting to carry out is insulate themselves from charges of racism,” Flaherty stated. “I delight in it’s a ways an insult to the NASCAR fan.” O‘Reilly, who stated if Jackson is “shaking down” NASCAR it‘s an insult to “every American,” asked NASCAR to participate within the prove, however the racing organization declined.(Augusta Account)(4-24-2003)
UPDATE inquire of NASCAR‘s response and a essentially honest appropriate column at NASCAR.com: A reluctant foray into political writing by Marty Smith; and NASCAR assertion on Rainbow/PUSH Conference.(4-25-2003) - Harvick on the pole at California: the Buschwackers continiue to have sucess within the Busch Series, as Winston Cup driver, #21-Kevin Harvick obtained the pole for the 1-800-PITSHOP.COM 300 at California Speedway, with a hotfoot of 183.941 (2mph fastest then the 2nd fastest). Starting up 2nd is #99-Michael Waltrip at 181.745, followed by #2-Ron Hornaday at 181.479, #87-David Reutimann at 181.077, and #59-Stacy Compton at 181.046.
For results/lineup, inquire of BGNRacing.com and NASCAR.com.(4-25-2003) - Followers to support out Wallace: Via Gearhead Racing Followers, NASCAR followers now have the selection to change into eager with high notch groups within the NASCAR Busch Series. So as to lift consciousness for the want of sponsorship within the Busch Series, Gearhead Racing Followers has joined Biagi Bros. Racing as an affiliate sponsor of the No. 4 GEICO Racing Chevrolet of Mike Wallace for Saturday‘s operating of the 1-800-Pit-Store.com 300 from California Speedway. “Gearhead Racing Followers is a growing neighborhood of NASCAR followers dedicated to serving to Busch Series groups financially by means of sponsorship,” stated team owner, Fred Biagi. “We’re thankful that the followers have reach collectively to make stronger our team. NASCAR followers have made this sport what it’s a ways this day and the followers are what this sport is all about.” Gearhead Racing Followers is a membership organization from which charges are pooled and outdated to sponsor remove out speed groups. Sponsor advantages are then handed by means of to the contributors allowing the opportunity to acquire autographed merchandise, V.I.P. obtain entry to to Busch Series events and the probability to meet the drivers. “The sponsorship of Mike Wallace at California continues our make stronger of tremendous Busch Series drivers in 2003. Mike is a fan favourite and this prove of make stronger from NASCAR followers is neatly deserved,” stated Tom Myers, president and founder of Gearhead Racing Followers. “Mike and the Biagi Bros. Racing team have made spacious strides with their program in 2003 and Gearhead acknowledges their most likely. We await a prolonged relationship with Mike and Biagi Bros. and hope to contrivance on our relationship because the 365 days goes on.” For more recordsdata on Gearhead Racing Followers, please wander to www.gearheadfans.com or electronic mail Tom Myers at tom@gearheadfans.com.(PR)(4-25-2003)
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- TRAC Cars UPDATE 2: TRAC officers will unveil their three sleek speed vehicles and there can even be loads of diversified predominant bulletins followed by a inquire of-and-solution session at Lowe‘s Motor Speedway on Wednesday, April 24th. For more recordsdata on the sequence, inquire of my TRAC Web page or the TRAC web living.(4-17-2002)
UPDATE: hearing the vehicle makes are a Viper, Mustang and a Corvette.(4-18-2002)
UPDATE 2: The Physique of workers Racing Auto Circuit [TRAC], which nearly a 365 days ago announced its intentions to delivery a brand sleek stock-vehicle racing sequence in 2003, will unveil three prototypes of its vehicles at a recordsdata conference on Wednesday at Lowe‘s Motor Speedway at Charlotte. TRAC has performed a pair of checks on the vehicles, which were built by Indianapolis-essentially based Riley & Scott. Drivers Tony Ave and Andy Hillenburg examined them at Atlanta Motor Speedway this week. One of many vehicles became as soon as examined at the 5-eighths-mile discover at Indianapolis Raceway Park final week. Riley & Scott officers and veteran Winston Cup champion Cale Yarborough are scheduled to be at Wednesday‘s media occasion to talk concerning the come of the vehicles and the sequence, which will within the origin encompass 10 three-vehicle groups positioned in predominant cities in which motorsports venues will most definitely be found. Every team will signify its city or space within the TRAC sequence season.(ThatsRacin.com)(4-21/24-2002)
UPDATE at Texas in 2003: Texas Motor Speedway will withhold two Physique of workers Racing Auto Circuit (TRAC) races within the course of the stock vehicle sequence‘ debut season in 2003. The events are scheduled for Could well even 3 and July 19 at Texas. TRAC, a completely-owned subsidiary of Physique of workers Sports Entertainment Inc, announced this day an agreement to speed at 5 predominant products and companies owned by Speedway Motorsports (NYSE:TRK). Besides to to the two Texas Motor Speedway dates, the sequence can even appear twice each at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Lowe‘s Motor Speedway in Charlotte. TRAC‘s total 2003 agenda is anticipated to be announced within the following couple of months. TRAC announced the sleek sequence in spring of 2001. Although labeled as a stock vehicle sequence, somewhat than the passe sedans, followers will inquire of Corvettes, Mustangs and Vipers representing the three predominant automakers. Initially, the league will encompass 10, three-vehicle groups that will be positioned in predominant U.S. cities with predominant motorsports venues. Every team will signify its city and space and will take part in a season-prolonged agenda of team races as well to an all-superstar occasion and concluding with a season-ending championship speed.(TMS PR)(4-24-2002)
Las Vegas: Las Vegas Motor Speedway is the most attention-grabbing facility that will host three TRAC events within the course of the 365 days [2003]. In a joint announcement, TRAC and Speedway Motorsports officers announced Wednesday that the sleek racing sequence will habits 11 events at 5 SMI products and companies within the course of its first season. Three of those events will be held on LVMS‘ 1.5-mile tri-oval. Dates have now not been announced.(LVMS PR)
Bristol: The inaugural 2003 TRAC season will encompass two events at Bristol Motor Speedway. Dates have now not been announced.(BMS PR)
Atlanta: Atlanta Motor Speedway will host two Physique of workers Racing Auto Circuit (TRAC) races in 2003, the sleek sequence announced Wednesday. The sequence has already examined at Atlanta, operating a Dodge Viper in a three-day session April 16-18. The Viper reached speeds equivalent to a NASCAR Winston Cup vehicle, with a most attention-grabbing lap at 29.70 (186.666 mph), Dates have now not been announced.(AMS PR) — inquire of my TRAC Web page for some photos.(4-25-2002) - Johnson fastest at Sears Point on Wednesday: Rookie [#48] Jimmie Johnson, who had never raced a NASCAR Winston Cup vehicle at Sears Point Raceway, recorded the fastest time within the course of a two-day test session on the 12-flip avenue direction. Johnson grew to change into a time of 1 minute, 17.2 seconds [93.264mph] over the 2-mile direction to lead a neighborhood of six NASCAR drivers who spent Tuesday and Wednesday shaking down the direction for the upcoming Dodge/Assign Mart 350, June 20-23. Fellow rookie #12 Ryan Newman became as soon as merely within the attend of Johnson at 1: 17.22 [93.240], on account of about a instructing from avenue-speed specialist Scott Pruett over the two days. Newman, admire Johnson, became as soon as getting his first taste of Sears Point Raceway in a Cup vehicle. Diversified times were recorded by #87-Ron Fellows (1: 17.30 — 93.144), #28-Ricky Rudd (1: 17.50 — 92.903]), #97-Kurt Busch (1: 17.50 — 92.903) and #17-Matt Kenseth (1: 17.82 — 92.521). Kenseth had posted the rapid time within the course of the predominant day of trying out on Tuesday.(Sears Factors PR)(4-25-2002)
- Ward Honored: #22-Ward Burton became as soon as honored at South Boston Speedway Saturday, April 13 as fragment of the “Ward Burton Appreciation Day,” an occasion held alongside with the NASCAR Winston Cup speed in Martinsville 60 miles away. As fragment of the occasion, South Boston Speedway even renamed its entrance 500 Ward Burton Design after their hometown hero. Burton, winner of February‘s Daytona 500, is a native of South Boston and the predominant Virginian to salvage the present 500-mile occasion in Daytona Seaside. With the exception of being honored by longtime friends, neighborhood contributors and the discover which helped inaugurate his profession, Burton also sought make stronger for “Membership 22.” This contrivance is fragment of The Ward Burton Plants and fauna Foundation and affords memberships for $22 somewhat than the outdated fashion $25. WD-40 Company, who honest recently signed a partnership with Burton, showed their make stronger by presenting a $2,500 donation to the Plants and fauna Foundation. They also supplied a WD-40/NASCAR beverage huggie to each particular person that joined Membership 22 at the occasion.(WD-40 PR)(4-25-2002)
- No Chicago or replacment speed: In step with Winston Cup Scene, drivers were urged at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway that there’ll be no replacement occasion for the canceled speed at Chicago MotorSpeedway. That leaves this 365 days‘s agenda at 22 events.(Daytona Seaside Files Journal)(4-25-2002)
- 32 somewhat than 31: the predominant 32 spots within the topic will be essentially based on hotfoot, pondering four provisionals. Previously, 31 spots were stuffed essentially based on hotfoot.(Daytona Seaside Files Journal)(4-25-2002)
- Chevy will get support: Chevrolet groups were granted a 2-ride kickout of the entrance valence initiating with subsequent month‘s speed at Gateway World Raceway.(Daytona Seaside Files Journal)(4-25-2002)
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- No More Winston in ‘Winston Cup‘? R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., stands accused of violating the 1998 multi-billion dollar tobacco settlement with insist governments by advertising and marketing 365 days-spherical at speed tracks. If the signage is struck down, it would maybe presumably trigger RJR to re-overview its monetary make stronger of racing, which change sources say approaches $40 million a 365 days. View elephantine tale at the CNN/SI living: RJR accused of violating tobacco settlement, to worthy recordsdata to scale wander into reverse or post right here AND also at the CNN/SI living: What‘s in a popularity? — Design forward for ‘Winston‘ Cup remains hazardous some highlights: If by some prolonged-shot, R. J. Reynolds decides to withdraw its NASCAR sponsorship after the season, who‘ll occupy the Winston Cup void? That you simply can inquire of loads of corporate giants — admire comfy-drink producers, for starters — to eagerly line up and quit tens of thousands and thousands, change sources boom. It‘s also a honest appropriate wager NASCAR would ignore the substantial-cash guys tied to edgier products, such as predominant beer corporations Anheuser-Busch and Miller Brewing.(4-25-2001)
- Radio on the Web: NASCAR.com now has a selection of radio reveals readily within the market by means of the web at their living. From PRN — Performance Racing Community: Storage Hasten, Fast Remark, hosted by Benny Parsons(boy carry out I depart out him on TV), The Pit Newshounds(which I even did as soon as). From MRN — Motor Racing Community: NASCAR This day and NASCAR Are living. Hearken to them at NASCAR.com Broadcasts, readily within the market in Loyal Audio(4-25-2001)
- Lepage To Trace Up? UPDATE 2 now not after California: Kevin Lepage is anticipated to impress a contract soon to force for #4 Morgan-McClure Motorsports the relaxation of the season. Lepage joined the team after Robby Gordon ‘s departure after Darlington final month(Roanoke Events)(4-22-2001)
UPDATE: Kevin Lepage has been supplied the elephantine-time driver place with Morgan-McClure Motorsports and its #4 Chevy. Lepage, 38, is anticipated to impress a three-365 days contract with owner Larry McClure. A proper announcement of Lepage‘s hiring is planned for subsequent weekend at California, sources stated. Lepage has stuffed in on a non eternal foundation attributable to the team and it‘s fashioned driver, Robby Gordon, ruin up after 5 races. Lepage has 100 profession Winston Cup starts. His most attention-grabbing carry out became as soon as fifth in September 1999 at Darlington. He also has one pole, November 1999 at Atlanta(That‘s Racin‘)(4-23-2001)
UPDATE 2: hearing that that Morgan-McClure Motorsports will NOT have an official announcement at California this weekend referring to the signing of Kevin Lepage on account of the team trying out and a tight agenda to acquire to California. Lepage will be doing double responsibility, attempting to compete within the BGN speed and the Winston Cup speed. A contract, nonetheless, need to be signed and announced within the course of the Richmond speed weekend(4-25-2001) - #36 and Snickers: To promote its most modern candy imprint, Snickers Cruncher, M&M/MARS, Inc. has a particular paint map this weekend at California Speedway. The “M” Characters are taking a one-week ruin while the #36 Pontiac with driver Ken Schrader, shows the chocolate and caramel colors on the Snickers Cruncher wrapper.(MRN Radio Put apart of living), also inquire of a image of the map on my Paint Schemes Gallery(4-25-2001)
- Compton Goes to College: #92-Stacy Compton had an appointment at Sears Point Raceway for Tuesday evening with riding trainer Invoice Cooper. Compton made some laps in a Dodge Viper avenue vehicle, on account of this truth now not burning one in all his allotted seven checks allowed by NASCAR(NASCAR.com Buzz)(4-25-2001)
- The Mummy Returns? hearing that #26 Jimmy Spencer will force a Mummy Returns (the sequel to The Mummy) / Kmart Ford at California to promote the inaugurate of the film. The vehicle will supposedly function characters from the film, most notably Duane Johnson better known to WWF Followers because the ROCK, (he‘ll be playing the “Scorpion King”) and be be dim and gold(4-25-2001)
- Kranefuss Buys Into BGN Physique of workers: Brad Akins has fashioned a partnership with Michael Kranefuss on the #98 Starter/Hot Tamales BGN team. Kranefuss can even bring his veteran overall manager from the #12 Winston Cup team Marty Gaunt and his son Dan Kranefuss to work with him. Kranefuss, a veteran worldwide chief of Ford Motor Company racing packages and Winston Cup team owner(#84-Shawna Robinson), is eager on this probability. “Brad has built a spacious program that now needs more time and expertise than he has to present to it. I‘ll be jumping proper into a factual team operation and this would merely allow me to return on a day to day foundation to what I were doing for decades,” stated Michael Kranefuss. Prolonged time Akins Motorsports driver Elton Sawyer will be entirely contented. “Michael Kranefuss has accomplished almost about the complete lot it’s most likely you’ll presumably presumably carry out in motorsports with spacious success. The #98 team has been within the Top 5 differ the past three years and I delight in Michael can support make a selection us to the championship level. Brad has steadily wanted to present this team the complete lot we now must salvage a championship, but he can now not be right here day-after-day to cease awake to the designate, and Michael can. I delight in this is liable to be the closing fragment within the puzzle to acquire us there.”(Akins Mororsports PR)(4-25-2001)
- Sears Point Completes More Work — REPOST — UPDATE Attempting out this week: Construction crews have performed work on the modified Chute and NASCAR Winston Cup drivers will obtain their first opportunity on the re-configured segment within the course of a two-day test session, April 24-25. The sleek Chute, which connects Turns 4 and 7 on the avenue direction, will be outdated for the predominant time in competition at the Dodge/Assign Mart 350 NASCAR Winston Cup occasion, June 21-24. Drivers confirmed for the NASCAR test are: #2-Rusty Wallace, #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr., #5-Terry Labonte, #29-Kevin Harvick, #17-Matt Kenseth, #31-Mike Skinner, #55-Bobby Hamilton, #01-Jason Leffler and #87-Ron Fellows. The entire segment will span 1,170 toes, nearly 300 toes more than the distinctive Chute (890 toes). Construction crews have also damaged ground on 40 eternal garages that will be prepared for the Dodge/Assign Mart 350. Within the past, groups have worked on their vehicles below the hot sun, but that will no longer be the case. Every garage will be 12 toes huge and 25 toes deep, giving speed groups spacious room to work on their vehicles. Sears Point Raceway will contrivance extra garages for the 2002 season to take care of all of the qualifying topic. The fashioned 12-flip, 2.52-mile avenue direction will unexcited be outdated for all avenue-racing events at Sears Point Raceway that are now not NASCAR-sanctioned(Sears Point PR)(4-7/23-2001)
UPDATE: #2-Rusty Wallace became as soon as the fastest driver within the course of a two-day test session at Sears Point Raceway as discover officers spread out the modified Chute for the predominant time. Wallace, a two-time winner at Sears Point Raceway in 1990 and 1996, grew to change into the 10-flip, 2-mile avenue direction in 1 minute, 17.31 seconds(93.132mph) to file the fastest lap over the two-day session. He became as soon as followed by #29-Kevin Harvick (1: 17.70 — 92.664mph) and #87-Ron Fellows (1: 18.10 — 92.190mph). The modified Chute, which connects Turns 4 and 7 on the avenue direction for all NASCAR-sanctioned events, will be outdated for the predominant time in competition at the Dodge/Assign Mart 350, June 21-24. Diversified drivers who competed within the two-day test were #5-Terry Labonte, #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr., #01-Jason Leffler, #17-Matt Kenseth, #31-Mike Skinner and #55-Bobby Hamilton. The Chute became as soon as initially constructed in 1998 with the scheme of giving followers better visibility of the avenue direction. The fashioned wander also shortened the direction — from 2.52 to 1.95 miles — and supplied followers with 40 extra laps, that manner more alternatives to inquire of the celebrities. The third goal became as soon as to provide better competition. The first two targets were met, however the third didn‘t work, which is why officers are in point of fact correcting it, with the aid of drivers. The modified Chute aspects the following aspects: A 300-foot straightaway from Turn 4 to what’s going to change into the sleek Turn This segment will function straight-line braking earlier than entering Turn 4a; A pointy 70-level merely-hand flip from Turn 4a into the Chute. There can even be 150 toes of runoff room readily within the market delivery air Turn 4a; Once out of Turn 4a, drivers will navigate an 870-foot pure straightaway, which will function speeds in arrangement more than 110 mph. This might be one in all the fastest segments of the discover; Turn 7 will boast a 90-level merely-hand flip positioned 100 toes beyond the most fresh Turn 7 apex. The flip will function 120 toes of runoff. The modification will lengthen the length of the avenue direction from 1.95 to 1.99 miles. The preference of turns remains the equal (10). Diversified high times for the two-day test session were: Hamilton (1: 18.10 — 92.190mph); Labonte (1: 18.20 — 92.072); Kenseth (1: 18.39 — 91.849); Skinner (1: 18.51 — 91.708), Earnhardt Jr. (1: 19.41 — 90.669) and Leffler (1: 19.45 — 90.623). The fashioned 12-flip, 2.52-mile avenue direction will unexcited be outdated for all avenue-racing events at Sears Point Raceway that are now not NASCAR-sanctioned(Sears Point PR)(4-25-2001) - #55 Sponsor Files: MGE UPS SYSTEMS, the expertise chief in Uninterruptible Energy Offers (backup vitality techniques), will make stronger the Sq. D Racing Physique of workers at this weekend‘s NAPA AUTO PARTS 500. The #55 Sq. D Chevy will tell the MGE logo on the decklid(trunk) of the vehicle within the course of the speed for the speed held on Sunday, April 29th at California Speedway in Fontana, CA. MGE UPS SYSTEMS‘ logo will be featured on the decklid of the Sq. D vehicle within the course of the speed. MGE‘s Uninterruptible Energy Offers (UPSs) attend up 90 percent of the Fortune 500, in conjunction with most of the realm‘s biggest Web Webhosting and Web Services corporations.(Swap Wire)(4-25-2001)
- Attempting out Files: #20-Tont Stewart and #93-Dave Blaney completes a two-day Goodyear tire test this day at Michigan and #10-Johnny Benson participated in a two-day Goodyear tire test Monday and Tuesday at Pocono(Roanoke Events), no speeds reported. Commenst by Benson: The #10 Valvoline Pontiac team feels admire it purchased a high compliment this week when Goodyear asked the team to make a selection fragment in Goodyear‘s tire test on Monday and Tuesday in Pocono. Besides to to gaining discover time without having to make use of 1 in all his seven NASCAR-allotted checks within the course of the season, driver Johnny Benson stated taking fragment within the test, usually restricted to the easier NASCAR Winston Cup groups, is a compliment to his crew. Benson stated the work accomplished by Goodyear has produced better and safer racing within the 2001 season. “Its an honor for us as neatly as an opportunity for us to acquire on the discover without costing us a test. As a driver this would support me obtain a factual stability and a factual essentially feel for Pocono as neatly as support Goodyear out and I delight in most speed followers know how primary Goodyear is to all of us. Goodyear has a factual contrivance as a ways as what they need to bring to the discover, but I delight in they need to perceive for sure what they need to carry out. They want someone to envision the tire and obtain obvious there aren‘t any issues. By that I mean we can elope and expectantly prove them the form of tire wear and tire temperatures they need to inquire of. It‘s a security thing. They have to acquire obvious there don’t appear to be any issues when each one will get to Pocono in June. We can obtain laps for them this week. I delight in we can contrivance diminutive bits of recordsdata. It‘s now not a elephantine-blown test the place you obtain to switch springs, change shocks and the relaxation to acquire your vehicle sooner. Goodyear is procuring for us to flip consistent rapid laps to permit them to overview their tire. We’re going to Pocono with about a much less crew guys than we most regularly would at a conventional test. This unexcited presents me a factual essentially feel as a ways because the discover goes and the tires wander. Now we must obtain the vehicle to the place it’s a ways balanced. So we can work some there. To acquire merely appropriate down to it, if the vehicle is decent we can bring it to Pocono in June. If it isn‘t then we can bring yet any other vehicle. This week will give us a factual thought of what we desire when we speed there.”(MBV Motorsports PR)(4-25-2001)
- Humorous Man: Mike Calinoff, spotter for #17-Matt Kenseth, will be a customer performer at the Comedy Store, a membership on Sundown Blvd. in LA on Thursday April 26th from 9: 30-10: 00pm(modified from 8: 00pm). Calinoff, a veteran get up comic, will obtain his probability to shaggy dog tale about racing within the membership the place comedians admire Robin Williams and David Letterman started off, hearing this will most definitely be proven in fragment on the Fox pre-speed coverage(4-25-2001)
- #66 Closes: Citing what he called an untenable industry proposition in persevering with to topic a CTS team, Dale Phelon on Tuesday morning urged his workers he became as soon as closing his truck store right here. Phelon, a multi-million-dollar industry operator who has competed within the truck sequence since 1997, has supplied his crew positions engaged on his quick of vintage speed vehicles, in conjunction with Ford Mustangs and Cobras and a Chevrolet Corvette. Phelon beforehand drove his cling vehicles within the SCCA Trans-Am Tour earlier than initiating his truck team. Driver Rick Carelli gave Phelon his first victory as a truck owner final September at Richmond World Raceway. The victory became as soon as in particular primary for Carelli after he suffered life-threatening injuries the outdated season at Memphis Motorsports Park. Phelon urged the team he would do the Richmond speed qualified truck, a Ford, and one diversified avenue speed-equipped F-150. Crew chief John Monsam stated the team had as many as 15 vans in its store, in conjunction with two imprint-sleek Hopkins Ford chassis, 5 total Ford vans and yet any other unraced Chevrolet chassis. Between the 2000 and 2001 seasons, Phelon switched his program from Ford to Chevrolet. The team has the sleek Chevy chassis, two total Chevrolet vans and three Chevrolet engines, in conjunction with one that became as soon as never raced. The the relaxation of the team‘s stock includes Ford products. Monsam stated he would wander back and forth to California Speedway this weekend to support Carelli with a NASCAR Winston West vehicle fielded by RE/MAX significant Davy Liniger. Carelli and Monsam collaborated for a fourth-place carry out in a fresh RE/MAX Self-discipline Series speed at Nashville Superspeedway. The crew chief, who has obtained races within the truck sequence with Carelli and Ron Hornaday, within the NASCAR Busch Series with Ricky Craven and in ARCA with Joe Bessey, also became as soon as Jerry Nadeau‘s crew chief when he made his NASCAR Winston Cup debut with Richard Jackson Motorsports. He stated he became as soon as most enraged about discovering jobs for his workers who wanted to proceed in NASCAR racing. Monsam stated as well to pursuing his cling future alternatives in California, his truck chief, Mitch Jarrett, and mechanic/tire changers, Flip Estrada and Jason Meeks, were anxious to assemble sleek positions with NASCAR groups(NASCAR.com)(4-25-2001)
- #72 Files UPDATE: Listening to that avenue racer David Murry is speaking with MacDonald Motorsports about filling the seat within the #72 truck, which became as soon as left vacant by Randy MacDonald after a rupture at Daytona in February. It is liable to be a speed-to-speed deal or for the relaxation of the season. Jimmy Hensley became as soon as the most modern driver to replace for MacDonald, at Martinsville, two weeks ago. Experiences are that MacDonald underwent neck surgical treatment in Florida the outdated day to restore lingering injuries suffered within the rupture. Murry is presently competing within the American Le Mans Series with a Porsche speed team. An Atlanta resident, Murry has ARCA and Winston Cup expertise, the latter coming at Watkins Glen in 1999 when he certified 31st, ran as high as eighth, earlier than ending 36th after an oil line advise.(4-18-2001)
UPDATE: MacDonald Motorsports is unexcited procuring for a driver with sponsorship backing to force the #72 at Gateway World Raceway. Contact Doc MacDonald, inquire of my Physique of workers Tackle/Pgone web voice for number at (336) 476-0118(Keldan Media Community PR)
AND Randy MacDonald is resting with ease at Miami College Sanatorium after undergoing surgical treatment final week to restore three herniated discs in his neck, which he suffered in a rupture at the season-opening Daytona 250..(Daytona Seaside Files Journal)(4-25-2001) - #73 Files: The #73 Tagsby team and driver Jason Cramped have had an amicable parting of solutions. Tagsby Racing is interviewing skilled drivers for the St. Louis speed.(Daytona Seaside Files Journal), #73-Tagsby Racing Truck Physique of workers and driver Jason Cramped have had an amicable parting of the solutions. Tagsby Racing is presently interviewing any skilled drivers for the Gateway speed, Could well even 6. .If fervent call Joey Sonntag, inquire of my CTS Physique of workers Tackle/Mobile phone web voice for numbers(4-25-2001)
- #23/Richardson fragment: Loni Richardson and Physique of workers 23 have parted solutions and Loni will Lag Gateway World within the Intensitee Bustle Attach on #0 or moderately presumably yet any other truck(4-25-2001)
- #03 Driver: Physique of workers EJP Racing owners Peter and Steve Prescott announced the signing of Tom Carey Jr. to pilot the #03 truck for at least eight races this season(Daytona Seaside Files Journal)(4-25-2001)
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April 25, 2000
- No #41 at California UPDATE: Larry Hedrick‘s #41 Chevy team is now not planning to acquire the outing to California Speedway this weekend. Gary Bradberry has been riding for the team since Rick Mast left after the speed at Bristol on March 26. Crew chief Phillipe Lopez and engine builder David Evans followed Mast to A.J. Foyt‘s operation. The veteran crew chief, Donnie Disharoon has been named crew chief for Hedrick. The team is taking the weekend off to regroup(Events-Dispatch)
UPDATE: hearing that the team would maybe merely have closed up store on account of lack of sponsorship. Supposedly most of the crew has gone with Lopez to the #14 team(4-25-2000) - Attempting out? hearing that #94-Invoice Elliott, #12-Jeremy Mayfield and #4-Bobby Hamilton were trying out at Pocono this day(4-25-2000)
- California Notes: All three Winston Cup Series races at California were obtained from a high-5 origin. Darrell Waltrip posted his most modern high-5 carry out within the 1998 California 500 when accomplished fifth. Jeff Gordon and Terry Labonte have each posted three high-10 finishes at California, the most attention-grabbing drivers to carry out so. Brett Bodine and Kyle Petty have accomplished 26th or worse in all three races at California(Slide Journal)(4-25-2000)
- Shrimp SW Sponsor: RacingOne.com, an on-line neighborhood of Web sites that caters to auto racing followers by offering them with unfiltered motorsports recordsdata and data, has announced that this will most definitely be the predominant sponsor of Chad Shrimp‘s vehicle in upcoming NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series races(RacingOne)(4-25-2000)
- Lacking Child Featured: Joe Nemechek and his Mobile One Racing team will make a selection fragment so as to lift consciousness surrounding a missing child within the Las Vegas, Nev. dwelling. The peril will be highlighted by a hood decal on Nemechek‘s #87 vehicle that will elope in this weekend‘s Auto Membership 300 Busch Series speed at the California Speedway in Fontana, CA(TachZone)(4-25-2000)
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April 25, 1999
- Most attention-grabbing Finishes Rookie Tony Stewart(5th) and Jerry Nadeau(8th) had their most attention-grabbing profession finishes at Talladega within the Diehard 500(4-25-1999)
- 2000 Monte Carlo UPDATE 1: The proposed 2000 Monte Carlo returns to the Lockheed wind tunnel in Marietta, Ga., on Tuesday. The test results will be in contrast with results from a test final month, after which NASCAR officers will yet any other time obtain a call on approving the model(Events-Dispatch)(4-24-1999) — UPDATE 1: yet any other article at PitNow — New Monte Carlo prepared for wind-tunnel trying out(4-25-1999)
- Martin in a Chevy? Jack Roush says he would maybe merely put Trace Martin in a Busch tour Chevrolet later this 365 days attributable to NASCAR‘s rules put the Busch Taurus at too worthy of a quandary. Martin certified sixth for this day‘s Winston Cup speed but failed to acquire the outdated day‘s Busch speed(at Talladega)(PitNow)(4-25-1999)
- Penalty: On Lap 68 within the BGN Talladega speed, Kelly Denton hit pole-winner Ken Schrader reach the commence/carry out line and started a series-response accident that aloof 23 vehicles, leaving a line of wrecked vehicles stretching neatly into Turn 1. Denton became as soon as penalized 5 laps by NASCAR for initiating the incident(That‘s Racin‘)(4-25-1999)
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April 25, 1998
- Danny “Chocolate” Myers, the prolonged-time gasman for seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt‘s Richard Childress Racing team, plans to pull double responsibility on “Bustle Day.” His first halt is Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the place he‘ll gas one in all A.J. Foyt‘s three entries within the Indianapolis 500, then he‘ll jet to North Carolina to gas Earnhardt‘s Goodwrench Carrier Plus Chevrolet within the Coca-Cola 600 that evening at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Most attention-grabbing one diversified competitor has performed the irregular racing each day double. John Andretti, who drives Richard Petty‘s STP Pontiac, participated within the riding doubleheader in 1994. Unconfirmed rumors are that Andretti will force Foyt‘s IRL vehicle at Indianapolis, then head for Charlotte to wheel the STP-subsidized Petty Enterprises Pontiac.(iRace), inquire of Sweets living at: Chocolate Myer‘s Legit Homepage.(4-25-98)
- Fourteen groups requalified Saturday for the DieHard 500. Dennis Setzer became as soon as the fastest within the Invoice Elliott owned #89 McRib Thunderbird within the course of 2nd spherical qualifying with a lap of 192.332mph(would were 18th fastest on 1st day) within the McRib Ford Thunderbird. All four Thunderbirds that attempted to acquire the speed quaified and will commence the DieHard 500. #89-Setzer, #47-Standridge, #97-Shrimp and #77-Pressley. To perceive who skipped over the topic and who needed to make a selection Provisionals, inquire of Jayski‘s Provisional Residing Web page, which also has as much as this point owners points. By the very top arrangement, spacious elope by Dave Marcis who made the speed and ran third fastest!(4-25-98)
- Jimmy Foster, who drives the BGN #50 Dr Pepper Ford owned by Julius Erving and Joe Washington, performed a hit foot surgical treatment Thursday morning. Foster, who became as soon as injured at Texas Motor Speedway, had a pin and a screw put into the entrance of his foot. He‘s expected to return for the Could well even 9 speed in New Hampshire and is being spelled by Rick Wilson.(Richmond-Events Dispatch) Win neatly Jimmy (4-25-98)
- Having already misplaced a fabricator to Roush Racing, Richmond, Va.-essentially based Donlavey Racing had a chassis specialist lured away this week by the predominant-365 days team owned by Invoice Elliott and Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino. Physique of workers manager Jeff Kirk is frustrated by the defections, however the outdated day flatly denied a rumor circulating by means of the garage dwelling he‘s brooding about leaving the single-vehicle organization. As a replacement, Kirk talked of prolonged-differ plans for the vehicle owned by Junie Donlavey and driven by Dick Trickle. He stated he would maybe inquire of a day when he would maybe delight in getting proper into a overall manager role and produce in yet any other particular person to abet as team manager. For now, his goal remains to carry out the season amongst the tip 25 groups within the points standings and thus punch Donlavey‘s ticket to the awards ceremonial dinner in New York.(Richmond Events-Dispatch)(4-25-98)
- The #82 Carolina Shoe BGN team of Trace McFarland examined at Loudon, NH on 4/20-23 and rans a transient time of 30.2 seconds, now not rotten brooding concerning the BGN discover file is 30.419.(4-25-98)
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April 25, 1997
- More particular paint schemes for The Winston on Could well even 17th. Mike Waltrip‘s #21 Citgo will elope a dalmatian dogs paint map, white with dim dots in make stronger of Walt Disney‘s “101 Dalmatians.” Tremendous Marlin to elope particular paint map with Kodak(that he’s going to do because the conventional paint map), Jeremy Mayfield within the Kmart Child‘s In opposition to Medicine particular paint for each the Winston Rating out and the Coca Cola 600(4-30-97). I also hear that Texaco at a conference at Opryland in Nashville, TN, unveiled the vehicle Ernie Irvan will force within the Coca Cola 600 at Charlotte, 5/25/97 for the 10 365 days anniversary of Robert Yates Racing — I hear the vehicle looks admire Davey Allison‘s vehicle did in 1987 with the white, dim and gold paint map. Jeff Gordon within the Jurrasic Park/Misplaced World vehicle, Earnhardt within the orange Wheaties #3(4-25-97)
- Goodyear has signed a three 365 days take care of NASCAR Winston Cup to be the habitual tire supplier for the Winston Cup, Busch Kindly Nationwide and NASCAR Craftsman Truck sequence. That ought to place to bed any rumor that Firestone will return anytime soon. Additionally per the Richmond Events-Dispatch: Goodyear officers boom they foresee no present issues as a result a strike by the United Steelworkers (the union also represents rubber workers). The strike, which began at the midnights Saturday(4-19-97), have an affect on the firm‘s Akron, Ohio, plant, the place all racing tires are made(4-25-97). Invoice France has stated that Firestone/Bridgestone have never approached NASCAR, formally or informally, about getting thinking concerning the sequence yet any other time(Firestone became as soon as thinking concerning the 60‘s and 70‘s). Additionally there is liable to be some form of a ‘merchandising occasion‘ which will encompass a NASCAR passenger tire(4-26-97)
- US District Establish William Osteen ruled in Greensboro, NC, on Friday that the FDA can do watch over tobacco as a drug. But he stated it might maybe not do watch over cigarette advertising and marketing, that manner that tobacco firm sponsorship of stock vehicle racing can proceed.(4-25-97)
- The JournalNow also reviews that Kenny Irwin, Jr. is the Ford approach to be the 2nd Penske driver in 1998(4-21-97) Hmmm….crew chief Robin Pemberton is quoted within the Birmingham PostHerald as announcing, “Multiply and overcome? I don‘t but that at all, many groups try to elaborate their offers by pointing to the extra test dates they obtain. But I don‘t know if the entire most likely headaches and negative stuff that comes alongside with just a few groups obtain the trying out an advantage.(4-25-97)
- Per NASCAR Fansite: Jimmy Spencer and Smoking Joe‘s to fragment solutions in 1998. Interior NASCAR sources boom that Spencer and Smoking joes will fragment solutions in 1998. There’ll be a factual possibility that Spencer will now not force for Travis Carter subsequent 365 days as neatly. The stress on the Smoking Joe‘s image is stated to be the advise with Camel in NASCAR. They’re expected to bow to the stress.(4-25-97)
- As for Brett Bodine‘s cash woes, my sources with Catalyst Communications and Frontier (who put the Shut Call deal collectively) can‘t assemble any recordsdata both manner(4-25-97)
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