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The Hall of Fame: Did NASCAR get it right?
by Chuck Abrams
I am sure by now that all of you fans have heard about the NASCAR hall of Fame selections for the first inductees. Read the rest of Chuck’s article at motorsportsnews.net/archives/4160
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Johnson Captures LMS Pole
by Amy Henderson
Jimmie Johnson captured the pole at Lowe’s Motor Speedway with a blistering lap of 28.079 seconds (192.376 miles per hour) on a cold and damp Thursday night, setting the fastest time ever for the new car at LMS, and the third fastest pole speed ever at the track. Johnson bested the spring pole speed by a fraction under four miles per hour. It is Johnson’s third pole of the year and the 22nd of his career.
“The old track really suited my style,” says Johnson, who has five wins at LMS but none since 2005. “When tracks are repaved, it brings the field together. In the last couple of years we’ve lost our advantage, and we’d like to get it back. The more I can have cool things happen and win races, the more I become aware of my place in the sport.”
Mark Martin was second with a lap of 28.152 seconds, making a sweep of the front row for Hendrick Motorsports. Kasey Kahne, Matt Kenseth, and Tony Stewart rounded out the top five. Among the Chase contenders, Ryan Newman and Jeff Gordon also had top ten efforts while Carl Edwards and Brian Vickers have their work cut out for them on Sunday after qualifying 28th and 30th respectively. Mike Bliss had the fastest lap of the drivers needing to qualify on speed with a 28.360 second run, good for seventh on the grid.
Johnson has five wins in 16 races at LMS. He currently leads the points, but his team has a slight unknown quantity-a new rear tire changer after regular Jeremy West injured his back at Bristol. “We’re certainly concerned about it,” Johnson admits. “Team chemistry is an important part of what we do week in and week out…we’ve worked hard on those positions and the guys have been so good to us over the years. It’s unfortunate that Jeremy had a back issue.” Johnson’s pit crew has had a few bobbles in the last few weeks; however, Johnson won last week at Fontana despite a small miscue in the pits, and says that the team is confident that they can contend for a sixth LMS win on Saturday night.
PRACTICE NEWS AND NOTES
Johnson Paces First Cup Practice
Jimmie Johnson picked up where he left off Thursday, dominating the first Cup practice as his bid for four straight titles continues to pick up steam.
Pacing a session delayed nearly four hours by rain, Johnson’s time of 28.054 seconds beat teammate Mark Martin by nearly two-tenths of a second. The top two in points put up the first and second-fastest speeds, respectively, with Clint Bowyer, Greg Biffle, and Tony Stewart rounding out the top 5.
Among the surprises further back in the field was Mike Bliss, seventh-fastest in the TRG Motorsports Chevrolet expected to go the distance Saturday night. Freshmen Brad Keselowski (12th) and Joey Logano (14th) also impressed, with a pneumonia-stricken Kyle Busch hanging tough in 16th.
Juan Pablo Montoya, third in points, led the list of Chasers who struggled, posting just the 15th fastest speed. Denny Hamlin (19th), Kurt Busch (20th), Carl Edwards (36th), and Brian Vickers (38th) were also well off the pace.
The biggest surprise were the speeds themselves, with the top 11 cars breaking the 190 MPH barrier as a preview of what would be the fastest ever qualifying times turned in by the new car at this track.
Track Talk: On-Site Notes From Your Frontstretch Experts
Edwards Expecting First Child
Carl Edwards made it official Thursday, confirming rumors wife Kate is pregnant with their first child, a girl.
“We went in there for the ultrasound, the first one, and I had seen all the pictures of what the baby was supposed to look like,” he said. “And we were sitting there and all of a sudden she started moving and I almost passed out. It was wild.”
The baby is due in mid-February, causing Carl to joke they’ll name her Daytona “depending on how [the race] goes.”
Logano, Biffle Feud Continues
One week after Joey Logano and Greg Biffle traded paint on the race track, the feud between the two drivers continues. Biffle held court in an extensive media center press conference this afternoon, making it clear there’s still bad blood that dates all the way back to Kansas the end of last month, when the two made contact and crumpled Biffle’s front fender in a Nationwide race.
“I talked to Joey after that race and I said, ‘What’s the most disappointing for me is to race a young guy like yourself that has a lot of talent and ability, and something like that goes on on the race track and you don’t come over and say anything to a guy,” he explained. “[Something like] ‘Hey, sorry I messed your race up, sorry I ran into you, didn’t think we would get together, thought we had more room’ – something like that.”
“I said, I think you need to pay a little more respect to the veterans of this sport.”
According to Biffle, Logano didn’t take too well to the advice. “That’s pretty disappointing,” he continued. “I got talked to by Sterling Marlin and a few other guys [when I was younger] and I learned a lot from it because there were things I was probably doing on the race track, being a younger guy and not realizing probably what I was doing.”
The veteran retaliated at Kansas last week, hitting Logano’s fender on the backstretch in an incident that nearly cost the No. 20 car a win. That caused a brief confrontation with Logano’s father, Tom, on pit road that wound up costing the elder Logano his hard card. But Biffle claims that particular incident was overblown.
“It really got taken out of context,” he explained, although he noted Tom Logano hasn’t called to apologize. “He was jogging down pit road headed for Victory Lane, and he kind of swerved out into [my] lane and gave me the sign that I was number one, and kind of veered back over and continued on down to Victory Lane. That was it.”
Hamlin On Working With Other Drivers
Still recovering from his mental mistake that took him all but out of title contention at California, Denny Hamlin was open and honest during a press conference Thursday in which he talked about trying to improve as a driver while gaining respect amongst his peers.
“Mark Martin, he took me out my rookie year at Martinsville and I talked to him afterwards and he said, ‘Well, you raced me hard so I took you out.’” Hamlin claimed in a revealing look at how he’s looked to get better. “Since then, I’ve communicated through text messages, phone calls to most of my competitors and I’ve said, ‘What do you expect from me?’”
“I think that’s important for young guys. They can either learn the hard way, or they can go out and try to find out themselves by reaching out to the veterans and figuring it out.”
As for last week’s incident, Hamlin pulled no punches in explaining his frustration at himself.
“It’s just one of those things that immediately when it happens you’re thinking, ‘WTF.’ It just frustrates you for about two days and then you get over it [until you] hear someone say, ‘Hey man, sorry about last weekend.’”
“You have to put it out of your mind and just try to hope for the best in the future.”
Quick Hits
- All four RPM cars are running Dodges this weekend, but the question is for how much longer? I talked to a source today that echoed the same thing we’ve been hearing for weeks: “No one knows what’s going on.” Even with the Roush visit to RPM this week, no definitive timetable for the switch has been announced.
“Well, I think there’s a lot to be done still, from what I’ve heard,” said Kasey Kahne when asked Thursday. “Are we going to move to Concord [next to the Roush shops]? I think that’s 50/50 … and then you look at the Ford part, are we going to run Yates engines and switch to Ford cars, and I would say it’s more like an 80 percent chance we do that. And maybe we stay in Statesville … and that’s where I’m at with what I’ve heard.”
- With David Gilliland focused on qualifying the No. 02 Cup car for Joe Gibbs Racing, Sterling Marlin filled in and practiced James Finch’s No. 1 Chevy he’ll drive this weekend on the Nationwide side. Gilliland will qualify and race the car Friday.
- Dave Blaney had the Denny Hamlin Foundation on his No. 66 Toyota Thursday, a new paint scheme designed to publicize the charity that supports children suffering from debilitating illnesses. However, the sponsorship was more awareness than funding, with the car not expected to go the distance Saturday night.
Jeff Burton Expects Kevin Harvick To Leave RCR
Following rumors that Kevin Harvick asked to be let out of his contract and that he was going to leave after his contract runs out in 2011, Jeff Burton strongly suggested in a press conference at Lowe’s that he also believes that Harvick will be moving on.
“Sometimes you’re better off going to the dentist and getting it over with,” Burton said at the press conference. “I think that everybody is behaving in a very professional manner, and everybody understands that Kevin has a year left on his contract, and he’s going to do everything in his power to do the best job for RCR. RCR is going to do everything in their power to do the best job for him.”
Harvick had told ESPN that he felt it might be time to “turn the page”. He has not won a Sprint Cup race since winning in the 2007 Daytona 500.
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2009 Bank of America 500 Starting Lineup
Race Date October 17, 2009
Lowe’s Motor Speedway
Pos Car Driver Make Team Time Speed Behind
1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s 192.376 28.070 Leader
2 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Pop-Tarts/Carquest 191.816 28.152 -0.082
3 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 191.056 28.264 -0.194
4 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Carhartt 190.550 28.339 -0.269
5 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Old Spice/Office Depot 190.469 28.351 -0.281
6 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Transformers/U.S. Army 190.416 28.359 -0.289
7 171 Mike Bliss Chevrolet TaxSlayer.com 190.409 28.360 -0.290
8 25 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 190.362 28.367 -0.297
9 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Transformers/DuPont 190.248 28.384 -0.314
10 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M’s 190.248 28.384 -0.314
11 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Scary Count Chocula 190.221 28.388 -0.318
12 20 Joey Logano* Toyota The Home Depot 190.027 28.417 -0.347
13 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Clorox/Kingsford 189.980 28.424 -0.354
14 202 David Gilliland Toyota Farm Bureau Insurance 189.727 28.462 -0.392
15 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 189.673 28.470 -0.400
16 82 Scott Speed* Toyota Red Bull 189.607 28.480 -0.410
17 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 189.567 28.486 -0.416
18 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Lysol 189.467 28.501 -0.431
19 7 Robby Gordon Toyota Freightliner Trucks 189.215 28.539 -0.469
20 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Jeremiah Tea Vodka 189.168 28.546 -0.476
21 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine 189.129 28.552 -0.482
22 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 189.096 28.557 -0.487
23 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 188.917 28.584 -0.514
24 96 Bobby Labonte Ford Ask.com 188.739 28.611 -0.541
25 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet DJ Hero 188.679 28.620 -0.550
26 44 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Best Buy 188.646 28.625 -0.555
27 12 David Stremme Dodge Penske Racing 188.574 28.636 -0.566
28 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 188.554 28.639 -0.569
29 6 David Ragan Ford UPS 188.488 28.649 -0.579
30 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 188.206 28.692 -0.622
31 98 Paul Menard Ford Johns Manville/Menards 188.180 28.696 -0.626
32 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell/Pennzoil 188.029 28.719 -0.649
33 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA 187.983 28.726 -0.656
34 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 187.885 28.741 -0.671
35 187 Joe Nemechek Toyota NEMCO Motorsports 187.780 28.757 -0.687
36 21 Bill Elliott Ford Warriors in Pink 187.669 28.774 -0.704
37 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge Super 8 187.533 28.795 -0.725
38 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Stanley 187.376 28.819 -0.749
39 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Amp Energy 187.117 28.859 -0.789
40 113 Max Papis* Toyota GEICO 186.896 28.893 -0.823
41 34 John Andretti Chevrolet Taco Bell 185.707 29.078 -1.008
42 07 Casey Mears Chevrolet Jack Daniel’s 184.773 29.225 -1.155
43 08 Terry Labonte Toyota Carter/Simo Racing Champion’s Provisional
Going Home
44 36 Michael McDowell Toyota Wave Energy Drink 186.851 28.900 -0.830
45 09 Sterling Marlin Dodge Miccosukee Resort 186.529 28.950 -0.880
46 66 Dave Blaney Toyota Denny Hamlin Foundation 186.432 28.965 -0.895
47 37 Travis Kvapil Dodge Long John Silver’s 185.153 29.165 -1.095
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Lisa Kennedy Most Powerful Woman In Sports
International Speedway Corporation (“ISC”) today announced that Forbes has named ISC Chief Executive Officer Lesa France Kennedy the Most Powerful Woman in Sports. In selecting its list, Forbes focused primarily on individuals “whose decisions affect the largest sports-related revenue streams — be they from teams, leagues or corporate sponsors.” The article dated October 14, 2009, states France Kennedy’s “26-year career at ISC spans a period that expanded the sport past its Southern base.” The article added, “She rose to president in 2003 and to CEO this June. Analysts say she’s played a big role in most all of the company’s acquisitions and improvement projects dating back to the 1990s.”
Lowe’s Goodyear Tire Notes
Teams in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series will be running the same combination of left-and right-side tires at Charlotte this weekend — this is the same tire combination that NASCAR teams ran at Charlotte this past May — this is the only track at which teams will run this left-side tire code (D-4248), though they did run this right-side code (D-4234) at Las Vegas earlier this season — Goodyear did conduct one tire test at Charlotte this year, that being before the May races — Sprint Cup drivers participating in that March 17-18 test were Marcos Ambrose (Toyota), Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet), Kasey Kahne (Dodge) and Paul Menard (Ford) — as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Charlotte — air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire. Estimated Pit Window: Every 50-55 laps, based on fuel mileage (Sprint Cup).
Kahne Stands By Bogus Caution Statement
During the NASCAR video teleconference on Tuesday, Kasey Kahne answered a few questions for Insider Racing News. The questions and answers are below:
Q. Sometimes in the heat of the moment, we all say things that we shouldn’t say. Do you still stand by your statement that NASCAR threw a phantom caution to make the race more entertaining?
KASEY KAHNE: I never said phantom. I think other people may have said that. But I was frustrated. We had a Budweiser Dodge. We made adjustments to get it to where it was. We were a 25th place car at the start of the race and we figured out how to get in the top six, top five. Kurt Busch made a mistake and got me in Biffle, and then I was in another wreck right after that. So I was frustrated. I was disappointed and kind of what had happened to us in the Chase, we have had top ten cars in each race and had a few different problems now that we couldn’t do anything about. I said that, and yeah, I didn’t see anything on the track. My eyes are wide open, so at the time I was definitely frustrated. But we also need exciting races and we need exciting finishes, and a track like that, the tire we are racing on there, there’s things that make that race, to me, pretty boring, and we needed a caution there at the end to make it exciting and I guess that’s what the fans got.
Q. You’ve had some problems with Ford in the past and we all are aware of the problems. How are you going to deal with that and have you had any discussions yet with anyone about it?
KASEY KAHNE: Well, yeah, things that happened in the past, I’m glad that we can put things behind us and get over stuff like that. So you know, I know there’s a new group there that’s very excited to have Richard Petty Motorsports and Ford cars. So if that happens, then I look forward to it. I look forward to running Yates engines and the power that they have put out, and just trying to do the best job I can for Ford. It’s been neat to race for Dodge. We have run some big races and really enjoy what we have done with Dodge in the past. If that ends, I go where the team goes and that will be to Ford maybe.
Q. Have you talked to anybody there yet?
KASEY KAHNE: Yeah, they have talked to me a few times, some of the guys that go to the racetrack, some of the Ford racing guys, and they seem really excited and want to do whatever it takes to get our No. 9 car winning races on that side, as well.
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Courtesy of Jayski
Where the 2009 Chase Drivers start at Lowe’s Motor Speedway:
(by the drivers Chase standing)
1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, starts 1st on the pole
2) #5-Mark Martin, 2nd
3) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 18th
4) #14-Tony Stewart, 5th
5) #24-Jeff Gordon, 9th
6) #2-Kurt Busch, 15th
7) #16-Greg Biffle, 23rd
#99-Carl Edwards, 28th
9) #11-Denny Hamlin, 17th
10) #39-Ryan Newman, 6th
11) #9-Kasey Kahne, 3rd
12) #83-Brian Vickers, 30th.(10-15-2009)
2010 #1 driver to be named soon: Earnhardt Ganassi Racing is close to naming a driver for the #1 car next season and it apparently won’t be Jamie McMurray, as has been widely speculated. A source close to the situation said McMurray, whose contract at Roush Fenway Racing is up after this season, no longer is in the picture and that two people are in the mix. Rumored drivers include: Bobby Labonte, Reed Sorenson, David Stremme, David Gilliland and Casey Mears.(see full post at ESPN Insiders)(10-16-2009)
insider.espn.go.com/rpm/features/rumors?date=20091015
Gordon says back is doing better: #24-Jeff Gordon met with media Thursday at Lowe’s Motor Speedway and discussed many items, including the llatest on his back problems: SPEAKING OF TREATMENTS, HOW IS YOUR BACK DOING?
“I’m happy to report nothing. Everything is good. I haven’t had any issues. The last little scare was Watkins Glen and I didn’t know how long it was going to take to recover from that and I feel like I’m fully recovered from that and I haven’t had any back issues. I mean it’s still there, but I haven’t had pain or anything that’s been too uncomfortable or any distraction in the car, so I’m happy about that. We’ve basically been doing the same things. During the week I would go to a chiropractor and get different types of treatments that they call manipulation, where they just stretch you out as much as they can, literally stretching each spinal cord in the lumbar area to try to just give it some relief; as well as the stem treatment. I mentioned that last week. It is electric-static stuff making the muscles do things which is the best way I can describe it (laughs). It’s supposed to loosen the muscles up. So I do that during the week. I’ve been able to incorporate some of that on the weekends because I like what that does and some adjustments as well.”(Chevy Racing)(10-16-2009)
Doug Yates confirmed that the new FR9 Ford engine will debut at Talladega Superspeedway in two weeks. “We had our sights on Charlotte, to run it here,” Yates said. “We just wanted to take our time and make sure everything was right. We’re fortunate to have the luxury to do that. We’re looking forward to Talladega but you know how much I love restrictor plate racing anyway.”(FoxSports)(10-16-2009)
Burton says decision on crew chief is near: #31-Jeff Burton met with members of the media at Lowe’s Motor Speedway and discussed his thoughts on the status of his team: HOW CLOSE WOULD YOU SAY YOU GUYS ARE TO RESOLVING THE CREW CHIEF SITUATION ON THE #31 FOR NEXT YEAR? “We’re real close. I don’t have a definite date but we’re real close to having all that figured out. There’s a lot of things that are changing at RCR. There’s a new way of doing business going into next year and in the midst of that crew chief search for the #31. We’re really optimistic that we have that put to bed and we’ll be able to talk about that fairly soon.”(Chevy Racing)(10-16-2009)
Kulwicki Family Gifts to Fund Scholarships, Motorsports Facilities: To honor the legacy of former NASCAR racing champion Alan Kulwicki, his family is making a gift commitment of nearly $1.9 million to support engineering education at UNC Charlotte. A trust fund created by the late driver’s mother since the age of 14, Thelma H. Kulwicki, will benefit the Motorsports Engineering Program in the William States Lee College of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Sciences. Considered the largest individual gift ever received by the engineering school, the funds will be used for student scholarships and to construct a new motorsports engineering facility on the UNC Charlotte campus. The Kulwicki family also is contributing nearly $630,000 to his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The gift also will be used for scholarships and to create the Alan Kulwicki Memorial Student Center in the university’s engineering building. In recognition of the Kulwicki family’s generosity, the UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees has approved naming the university’s existing motorsports research laboratory in honor of Kulwicki, who died in a plane crash several months [April 1, 1993] after he won the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup championship. The facility will be called the Alan D. Kulwicki Motorsports Laboratory. For her part, Thelma Kulwicki said she was struck by how much the students in the motorsports engineering program have in common with her son, who earned a mechanical engineering degree from UWM in 1977. Alan Kulwicki was the first college graduate to win stock car racing’s premier title, the Winston Cup Series championship. It is now called the Sprint Cup Series.(UNC Charlotte)(10-15-2009)
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Johnson Rolls To Pole At Lowe’s Motor Speedway
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
Concord, N.C. – With clouds hanging low and rain seemingly in no hurry to leave the Lowe’s Motor Speedway area, many involved in the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship were put into grumpy moods. They were worried that qualifying would be washed out and that points-leader Jimmie Johnson would [...]
www.racintoday.com/archives/11074
Shepherd Moves On As A Driver And A Cause
By Jeff Hood | Senior Writer
Concord, N.C. – As a steady drizzle fell over Lowe’s Motor Speedway, NASCAR driver Morgan Shepherd found time Thursday afternoon to disclose how he celebrated his 68th birthday on Monday.
www.racintoday.com/archives/11065
NASCAR Notes: Johnson And Team Face Changing Times
www.racintoday.com/archives/11070
Minter: Are Two Frances Too Many In First Hall Class?
\http://www.racintoday.com/archives/11050
Current Drivers Give First Hall Class Thumbs Up
www.racintoday.com/archives/11056
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Courtesy of Jayski
Bliss fastest in practice: #11-Mike Bliss was quickest during the only practice session at Lowes with a speed of 181.959mph. He was followed by: #43-Kasey Kahne. The rest of the top 10: #6-Erik Darnell, #18-Kyle Busch, #16-Matt Kenseth, #12-Justin Allgaier, #17-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., #20-Joey Logano, #5-Tony Stewart, and #88-Brad Keselowski. Slowest were: #89-Morgan Shepherd and #61-Matt Carter. #81-Kevin Hamlin wrecked during the sessioin, hitting the wall in turn 2, and will have to go to a backup car. Complete results are posted on the Lowes race page.(10-15-2009)
www.jayski.com/nationwide/2009/next/31lowes.htm#practice
JR Motorsports’ Richard Boswell making NNS debut at Memphis: JR Motorsports announced it will enter its #5 Chevy in the Oct. 24 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Memphis Motorsports Park to give its late model driver of three years, Richard Boswell, the opportunity to make his Nationwide Series debut. Boswell’s car will be sponsored by RCCA, which is owned and operated by Motorsports Authentics. RCCA is the premier club for motorsports fans and collectors and exclusive supplier of RCCA Elite diecasts.(JR Motorsports PR)(10-15-2009)
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Richard Childress Racing will run a memorial decal on its race cars this weekend at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in honor of Sgt. Mickey Hutchens, the Winston-Salem, N.C., police officer who passed away October 12, 2009, after being critically wounded October 7 in the line of duty. RCR will donate $1 to the Hutchens family for every mile completed by its four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams and one NASCAR Nationwide Series team. A total donation of $2,300 will be made if each team completes every lap, 500 miles per Sprint Cup Series team and 300 miles for the Nationwide Series team.(RCR) (10-15-09)
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Hermie Sadler & The Virginia Lottery team up at Martinsville: Former NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year and current analyst for NASCAR on SPEED Hermie Sadler will make his third appearance in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series next Saturday, October 24 at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia. Sadler will pilot the #48 Chevrolet owned by Andy Hillenburg that will be sponsored by The Virginia Lottery. Sadler and The Virginia Lottery have worked together in the past to promote the Lottery through NASCAR, and both are excited to team up again for Martinsville.(Hermie Sadler PR)(10-15-2009)
Park returning to series at Talladega: Bebida Beverages is proud to announce that former NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Steve Park will be behind the wheel of the #02 Corrie Stott Racing Koma Unwind Chevy for the October 31st race at Talladega Super Speedway. CEO Brian Weber and Steve Park have a relationship that goes all the way back to their racing roots in New York. “Steve and I have known each other for quite some time. We raced together when we were both just kids, and I am pleased that he has agreed to get in the seat for us at Talladega” said Brian. Park has been a fan favorite in NASCAR for many years and Bebida Beverage Company is proud to be a part of his comeback in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.(Reuters.com)(10-14-2009)
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Steve Park Set To Return At Talladega
10-14-2009 | Greg Engle, TruckSeries.com
Former Sprint Cup Series driver Steve Park is returning to NASCAR’s top three touring divisions behind the wheel of a Chevy Silverado for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega on October 31st.
www.truckseries.com/cgi-script/NCTS_09/articles/000013/001390.htm
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2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series Championship Awards Banquet
The 2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series Championship Awards Banquet, honoring the stars of ARCA, will take place on Saturday, December 5, 2009, at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington, Kentucky. For tickets, call (734) 847-6726.
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Jeff Gordon says it’s frustrating that we’re not living up to our potential. Also talks about fading down stretches of races, Martinsville, and if he thought it would take his this long to win another championship:
Insider Racing News
insiderracingnews.com/Writers/DD/101509.html
Remaking Fontana into Talladega West
by Doug Demmons
Hall of Fame spotlight: Dale Earnhardt
Lowe’s brings milestones for Burton, Keselowski
Charlotte up next for Chasers
www.examiner.com/x-11775-Louisville-NASCAR-Examiner~y2009m10d15-Charlotte-up-next-for-Chasers
Insider Racing News
insiderracingnews.com/Writers/RG/101609.html
Where’s the Love for NASCAR’s Jimmie Johnson?
by Rebecca Gladden
The Nascar Insiders
Why Not Try a Lower Series?
As NASCAR has struggled through the last year, and teams have closed up shop leaving drivers without a ride, I had to ask myself why more out of work drivers didn’t make the jump to a lower series?
feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNascarInsiders/~3/Yl0sTjYA5i0/
I Was Just Wonderin’…: Brian France Hall-of-Famer Before Jeff Gordon?
By Carol Einarsson | 10/16/2009
Kevin Harvick said there were enough cars testing at Rockingham that they could have had a race. I wonder how many people would come out to watch if NASCAR revised the testing rules to just make them into exhibition events. Anyone who wants to run, can, the winner gets a dollar and a trophy, and fans can watch in the stands for ten bucks. Proceeds go to Speedway Children’s Charities.
www.racejournalonline.com/index.php?page=read&article=510
Fantasy Picks: Fantasy Picks – NASCAR Banking 500
By Rob Quillen | 10/15/2009
Fact #1 I try and try to get excited about this race, I really do, but the reality is this is just a short version of the Coke 600, and we all know how fun that long race can be. What if we just ran this race like it was the All Star Race instead?
www.racejournalonline.com/index.php?page=read&article=509
Drivers Use TV To Deliver “Think Pink” Message
dalyplanet.blogspot.com/2009/10/drivers-use-tv-to-deliver-think-pink.html
Powerful TV Coverage For Hall Of Fame
Unless you live under a rock, you know that NASCAR has been struggling with TV ratings and coverage issues as the Sprint Cup Series heads down the homestretch.
dalyplanet.blogspot.com/2009/10/powerful-tv-coverage-for-hall-of-fame.html
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Courtesy of Race Fan TV
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16
1:00P-2:30 SPEED FIA Formula One PRACTICE, Grande Premio Do Brasil (Brazilian Grand Prix), Sao Paulo, Brazil, L
3:00P-5:00 espn2/TSN NASCAR Nationwide Series QUALIFYING, Dollar General 300, Lowe’s Motor Speedway Concord, NC, HD, L
5:00P-6:00 SPEED NASCAR Sprint Cup PRACTICE, Banking 500, Lowe’s Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, CA, HD, L
6:00P-6:30 espn2 NASCAR Now, HD, L
6:30P-7:30 espn2 NASCAR Sprint Cup FINAL PRACTICE, Banking 500, Lowe’s Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, CA, HD, L
7:30P-8:00 espn2/TSN2 NASCAR Nationwide Series COUNTDOWN, Dollar General 300, Lowe’s Motor Speedway Concord, NC, HD, L
8:00P-11:30 espn2/TSN2 NASCAR Nationwide Series Dollar General 300, Lowe’s Motor Speedway Concord, NC, HD, L (expect green at 8:16P)
8:00P-9:00 SPEED MONTEREY HISTORIC AUTOMOBILE RACES, featured marque is Porsche, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA, Aug 14-16/09, HD, N
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17
10:00A-11:00 espn2 NASCAR Now, pre-race, HD, L
12:55P-2:00 TSN FIA Formula One QUALIFYING, Grande Premio Do Brasil (Brazilian Grand Prix), Sao Paulo, Brazil, 16:9, L
1:00P-2:30 SPEED FIA Formula One QUALIFYING, Grande Premio Do Brasil (Brazilian Grand Prix), Sao Paulo, Brazil, L (may be blacked out in Canada)
2:00P-3:00 TSN NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Z-Line Designs Furniture 250, Kawartha Speedway, Fraserville, ON, Sept 26/09, HD, N
5:00P-7:00 SPEED NASCAR RaceDay, preview of today’s Banking 500 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, HD, L
7:00P-7:25 ABC/TSN NASCAR Sprint Cup COUNTDOWN, Banking 500, Lowe’s Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, CA, HD, L
7:25P-11:30 ABC/TSN NASCAR Sprint Cup Banking 500, Lowe’s Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, CA, HD, L (expect green at 7:41P)
9:00P-11:00 SPEED Knoxville Nationals Late Model Races, Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, IA, Oct 1-3/09, N
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18
12:15A-1:15 espn2 NASCAR Now, post-race, HD, L
11:30A-2:00P SPEED FIA Formula One Grande Premio Do Brasil (Brazilian Grand Prix), Sao Paulo, Brazil, L (may be blacked out in Canada)
11:55A-2:00 TSN FIA Formula One Grande Premio Do Brasil (Brazilian Grand Prix), Sao Paulo, Brazil, 16:9, L
5:00P-6:00 SPEED FIM 250 World Championship Iveco Australian Grand Prix, Phillip Island Raceway, Victoria, Australia, HD, SDD, N
6:00P-7:00 SPEED FIM MotoGP World Championship, Iveco Australian Grand Prix, Phillip Island Raceway, Victoria, Australia, HD, SDD, N
7:00P-8:00 SPEED The SPEED Report, HD, N
8:00P-9:00 HD Theater World Rally Championship, 2009 FxPro Cyprus Rally, Mar 13-15/09, HD, N
8:00P-9:00 SPEED NASCAR Victory Lane, Banking 500, Lowe’s Motor Speedway, Oct 18/09, HD, N
9:00P-10:00 SPEED Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain, HD, L
We do not list all the programming offered by SPEED; for complete listings go to their website, www.speedtv.com/schedule/
Always CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS!
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