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Track Trash – CHARLOTTE Motor Speedway
by Racing Maniac
All you JJ fans must be pretty smug about now, with visions of ‘4 peat’ dancing through your head. There’s no question that the JJ/dasKnaus/Hendrick combo is a fantastic pairing, and is privately causing Gordo a huge amount of heartburn. Read more at http://motorsportsnews.net/archives/4164
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Johnson Takes Win At Lowe’s, Expands Points Lead
Perfection (n.): An unsurpassable degree of accuracy or excellence.
Saturday night, no other word could better describe the No. 48.
Completing a weekend of dominance at Lowe’s, Johnson led 92 of 334 laps in taking the checkered flag for the first time in four years at the 1.5-miler. Surviving some late-race restarts with teammate Jeff Gordon, Johnson was able to use clean air to pull away to a victory that gives him a comfortable 90-point lead in his bid for a fourth straight championship. But just like last week at California, the fight was fast and furious up front, with Gordon taking his best shot after a two tire stop left him second just prior to the race’s final caution with 20 to go.
“That last restart, I had my hands full,” Johnson said of a tense few minutes, where both cars ran side-by-side before Gordon squeaked out to the lead with sixteen laps left. “I was loose on the inside of him. I had a couple of moments… I had to fall behind him, collect my thoughts, and try to find another way by.”
“Once I cleared him, I knew we’d be in good shape. But if he could have held on three or four more laps in front of me, I could have gotten too tight and not been able to get by. So I wasn’t desperate to get by him, but I was doing all I could.”
Johnson’s moves eventually paid off, as Gordon slipped into dirty air and faded to fourth. That left no challengers as the No. 48 cruised to a 2.3 second victory over Matt Kenseth and Kasey Kahne.
“I don’t think there’s much that team hasn’t done,” Kenseth said after acknowledging the winner’s “perfect” weekend: first in all practices, qualifying, and then the race itself. “Since them two got together, they’ve been, in my opinion, the group to beat every single year.”
Kahne had the only car capable of running with Johnson through the race’s midpoint, building up a seven-second lead at one time over the entire field. But when a caution came for Max Papis’ blown engine with 43 laps remaining, the No. 9 team lost a battle on pit road by inches to the No. 48. That left them on the outside groove, with Johnson in control of the restart and Kahne simply left in the dust once the green flag dropped.
“I always have a problem when I start off the front row,” he said in frustration. “This whole year, with restarts, I just spin my tires. I try not to give it throttle and don’t spin my tires, and I get pushed from behind.”
Gordon and rookie Joey Logano rounded out the top 5, an impressive comeback for the rookie after missing his pit early in the race. Clint Bowyer, Casey Mears, Kyle Busch (recovering from an early spin), Martin Truex, Jr., and Kurt Busch rounded out the top 10.
It was a tough night for some of the Chasers, in particular Johnson’s two biggest rivals for the championship: Mark Martin and Juan Pablo Montoya. Both were caught up in the same incident on a Lap 125 restart, when Clint Bowyer’s car was slow to get going, causing a chain reaction where Montoya slammed into his right rear. Martin came in right behind, leaving both cars a handling nightmare the rest of the race.
“They all kind of went and then they checked up and I checked up and I don’t know, somebody didn’t slow down and just ripped the whole rear of the car,” said Montoya, who finished 35th, fell to sixth in points and saw his title hopes all but go up in smoke. “Then I got hit into the car in front of us. Just one of those deals.”
Martin made out the better of the two, but was only able to scrape together a 14th-place effort, on the lead lap to fall 90 behind in second place.
“On green flag runs, we got super tight,” he said. “But we had a lot of issues tonight, could have given up but none of them did.”
Other Chasers that had problems included Carl Edwards and Denny Hamlin (engine failure) along with Brian Vickers (handling). Just four Chasers finished in the top 10, by far the lowest total in the five playoff races this season.
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Johnson Wins Again
Jimmie Johnson continues to rewrite the NASCAR Sprint Cup record books. Over the race weekend, Johnson led all three practice sessions, posted the fastest lap in qualifying this year at any track and simply started the Banking 500 and then went out a ran away with the victory. It was Johnson’s sixth win this year, and the 46th victory of his 286 race career. Johnson led five times for a total race high 92 laps. The only concern on Johnson’s part was on a restart with 15 laps to go. Jeff Gordon got a good start on the outside of Johnson and actually took the lead but Johnson fought back on the inside. Johnson repassed Gordon with eleven laps remaining and never looked back.
“He (Gordon) was real quick, but when he was mired in traffic he didn’t have the speed that he needed,” said Johnson. “So in my opinion I needed to suck it up and get all that I could those first two or three laps to get out in front of him, and once I did that he didn’t have the benefit of clean air and it hurt his car and he started slipping back. But that last restart I had my hands full. I was loose on the inside of him. I had a couple moments, I had to fall in behind him, collect my thoughts and try to find another way by him. Once I cleared him, I knew we’d be in good shape, but if he could have held on three or four more laps in front of me, I could have then got too tight and not been able to get by. Not that I was able to desperate to get by him, but I was doing all that I could.” — Johnson extended his lead in the Chase standings to 90 points over second place Mark Martin and 135 over Jeff Gordon with five races remaining in the 2009 season.
Matt Kenseth finished second, Kasey Kahne was third and Jeff Gordon nailed down the fourth spot. Ater a mistake in the pits and falling deep in the field, rookie Joey Logano fought back to fifth place followed by Clint Bowyer, Casey Mears, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr. and Kurt Busch to round out the top-ten. — The Sprint Cup Series moves to Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia, next Sunday, October 25th, for the TUMS QuikPak 500, the sixth race in the Chase for the Championship. The race will also be broadcast live on MRN Radio and SIRIUS Satellite Radio Channel 128.
2009 Bank of America 500 Final Results
Race Date October 17, 2009
Lowe’s Motor Speedway
Pos Start Car Driver Make Sponsor Points/Bonus/Laps Status
1 1 48 Jimmie Johnson ** Chevrolet Lowe’s 195/10 334 Running
2 4 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Carhartt 175/5 334 Running
3 3 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 170/5 334 Running
4 9 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Transformers/DuPont 165/5 334 Running
5 12 20 Joey Logano * Toyota The Home Depot 155/0 334 Running
6 11 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Scary Count Chocula 150/0 334 Running
7 42 07 Casey Mears Chevrolet Jack Daniel’s 146/0 334 Running
8 10 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M’s 142/0 334 Running
9 25 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet DJ Hero 138/0 334 Running
10 15 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 139/5 334 Running
11 6 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Transformers U.S. Army 130/0 334 Running
12 8 25 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 127/0 334 Running
13 5 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Old Spice/Office Depot 124/0 334 Running
14 34 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 121/0 334 Running
15 21 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine 118/0 334 Running
16 23 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 115/0 334 Running
17 2 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Pop-Tarts/Carquest 117/5 334 Running
18 32 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell/Pennzoil 109/0 334 Running
19 27 12 David Stremme Dodge Penske Racing 106/0 334 Running
20 29 6 David Ragan Ford UPS 103/0 334 Running
21 37 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge Super 8 100/0 334 Running
22 13 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Clorox/Kingsford 97/0 334 Running
23 26 44 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Best Buy 94/0 334 Running
24 7 171 Mike Bliss Chevrolet TaxSlayer.com 91/0 334 Running
25 14 202 David Gilliland Toyota Farm Bureau Insurance 88/0 334 Running
26 38 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Stanley 85/0 332 Running
27 31 98 Paul Menard Ford Johns Manville/Menards 82/0 332 Running
28 16 82 Scott Speed * Toyota Red Bull 79/0 332 Running
29 36 21 Bill Elliott Ford Warriors in Pink 76/0 332 Running
30 19 7 Robby Gordon Toyota Freightliner Trucks 73/0 332 Running
31 24 96 Bobby Labonte Ford Ask.com 70/0 331 Running
32 33 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA 72/5 331 Running
33 20 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Jeremiah Tea Vodka 64/0 331 Running
34 30 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 61/0 330 Running
35 18 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Lysol 58/0 330 Running
36 41 34 John Andretti Chevrolet Taco Bell 55/0 330 Running
37 43 08 Terry Labonte Toyota Carter/Simo Racing 57/5 329 Running
38 39 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Amp Energy 49/0 304 Running
39 28 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 46/0 301 Out of Race
40 22 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 43/0 298 Running
41 40 113 Max Papis * Toyota GEICO 40/0 286 In Pit
42 17 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 42/5 192 Out of Race
43 35 187 Joe Nemechek Toyota NEMCO Motorsports 34/0 26 In Pit
** Led Most Laps
* Rookies
All Results Unofficial
2009 Top-40 Sprint Cup Points After Bank of America 500
Race Date October 17, 2009
Lowe’s Motor Speedway
POS +/- DRIVER POINTS/BEHIND STARTS POLES WINS TOP 5/TOP 10
1 — Jimmie Johnson 5923 31 3 6 13 20
2 — Mark Martin 5833 -90 31 7 5 12 18
3 +2 Jeff Gordon 5788 -135 31 0 1 15 22
4 — Tony Stewart 5768 -155 31 0 4 15 21
5 +1 Kurt Busch 5746 -177 31 0 1 8 18
6 -3 Juan Montoya 5728 -195 31 2 0 6 16
7 — Greg Biffle 5655 -268 31 0 0 9 14
8 +2 Ryan Newman 5635 -288 31 1 0 5 14
9 +2 Kasey Kahne 5592 -331 31 0 2 6 13
10 -2 Carl Edwards 5582 -341 31 0 0 7 13
11 -2 Denny Hamlin 5551 -372 31 1 2 11 16
12 — Brian Vickers 5438 -485 31 6 1 4 13
Top 12 Drivers In The Chase For The Championship * Points Reset After 26 Race
13 +1 Matt Kenseth 3774 -2149 31 1 2 6 11
14 -1 Kyle Busch 3755 -2168 31 1 4 8 11
15 — Clint Bowyer 3699 -2224 31 0 0 4 14
16 — David Reutimann 3644 -2279 31 2 1 5 9
17 — Marcos Ambrose 3371 -2552 31 0 0 4 7
18 +1 Casey Mears 3269 -2654 31 0 0 0 4
19 -1 Jeff Burton 3256 -2667 31 0 0 2 6
20 — Joey Logano* 3197 -2726 31 0 1 2 6
21 — Kevin Harvick 3141 -2782 31 0 0 3 6
22 — Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2986 -2937 31 0 0 2 5
23 +2 Martin Truex Jr. 2985 -2938 31 2 0 0 4
24 — A.J. Allmendinger 2959 -2964 31 0 0 1 4
25 -2 Jamie McMurray 2941 -2982 31 0 0 0 3
26 +1 Elliott Sadler 2891 -3032 31 0 0 1 4
27 -1 Sam Hornish Jr. 2850 -3073 31 0 0 2 7
28 — David Ragan 2776 -3147 31 0 0 0 2
29 — Reed Sorenson 2758 -3165 31 0 0 0 1
30 — David Stremme 2753 -3170 31 0 0 0 0
31 — Bobby Labonte 2684 -3239 31 0 0 1 1
32 — Paul Menard 2611 -3312 31 0 0 0 0
33 — Michael Waltrip 2388 -3535 29 0 0 0 1
34 — Robby Gordon 2350 -3573 30 0 0 1 1
35 — Scott Speed* 2283 -3640 30 0 0 1 1
36 — John Andretti 2192 -3731 29 0 0 0 0
37 — David Gilliland 1649 -4274 27 0 0 0 0
38 — Regan Smith 1260 -4663 15 0 0 0 0
39 +2 Brad Keselowski 1183 -4740 11 0 1 1 3
40 -1 Joe Nemechek 1179 -4744 26 0 0 0 0
* Rookies
RCR Making Changes
Team owner Richard Childress has never shied away from shaking things up when he deemed changes necessary to make his organization better. It appears that more changes are on the way. Childress, speaking on Saturday at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, addressed the struggles of Richard Childress Racing and the possible departure of Kevin Harvick when the driver’s contract expires at the end of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Harvick, along with RCR’s other three Cup drivers, failed to make NASCAR’s Chase For The Sprint Cup this season and Harvick is mired in the midst of the longest winless streak of his career. RCR, which expanded to four teams this season, placed all three of its cars in the Chase in 2007 and 2008 but none this season. The organization is also still searching for its first Cup victory of 2009. “All I’ve got to say is we are making a lot of changes,” said Childress, who won the last of his six Cup championships with the late Dale Earnhardt in 1994. “We’ll probably be announcing more changes next week coming. We’re using these last races to get prepared for 2010. We know we have to be better. We’ve seen some improvements. I think if you look, we’ve been up front with the different [RCR] cars in the last few weeks. This [new] car is very touchy and right now Hendrick [Motorsports] is right up on top of it. They’ve got it figured out for the most part
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UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CLASSIC – the OLD way – Driver Points Standings
[after Lowe's, race 31 of 36]:
pos, car#, driver, points, behind
1). #14-Tony Stewart, 4544
2). #48-Jimmie Johnson, 4427, -117
3). #24-Jeff Gordon 4405, -139
4). #5-Mark Martin, 4084, -460
5). #2-Kurt Busch, 4058, -486
6). #11-Denny Hamlin, 4022, -522
7). #42-Juan Montoya, 3979, -565
#39-Ryan Newman, 3907, -637
9). #16-Greg Biffle, 3904, -640
10). #99-Carl Edwards, 3862, -682
11). #9-Kasey Kahne, 3852, -692
14). #17-Matt Kenseth, 3774, -770
13). #18-Kyle Busch, 3755, -789
14). #33-Clint Bowyer, 3699, -845
15). #00-David Reutimann, 3644, -900
16). #83-Brian Vickers, 3631, -913
(10-17-2009)
NASCAR History: Oct. 18 — 1998: Dennis Setzer wins the Dodge California Truck Stop 300 at Mesa Marin Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif., for his first Truck Series victory. Setzer beats Jack Sprague by .99 seconds in the 300-lap race on the half-mile track. Stacy Compton finishes third.(NASCAR.com)
Many schemes added from Lowe’s Motor Speedway including: #02-Farm Bureau Insurance, #1-Guitar Hero DJ Hero, #7-Freightliner, #18-M&M’s / Susan G. Komen, #19-Stanley Tools / Susan G. Komen, #21-Warriors in Pink, #24-Transformers II / Megatron, #26-Jeremiah Weed Southern Style Sweet Tea, #33-General Mills Monsters Cereal, #36-Wave Energy Drink, #39-Transformers II / Optimus Prime, #42-Lysol, #43-Super 8 Motel, #55-NAPA / Susan G. Komen, #66-Denny Hamlin Foundation, #96-Ask.com/Search for the Cure. See links to them on my Paint Scheme Gallery or 2009 Sprint Cup Paint Schemes pages.
http://jayski.com/schemes/paintschemes.htm
http://jayski.com/schemes/2009cup.htm
#55 Jackman injured in pits UPDATE: Michael Waltrip Racing jackman Tony Cardamone was taken to a local hospital after colliding with another crew member during a pit stop for #55-Michael Waltrip during the NASCAR Banking 400 on Saturday night at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, team and NASCAR officials said. The nature of his injuries were not specified, but he was awake and alert when he was taken to the infield medical center.(SceneDaily)(10-17-2009)
UPDATE: Michael Waltrip Racing jackman Tony Cardamone was taken to a local hospital after colliding with another crew member during a pit stop for Michael Waltrip during the NASCAR Banking 400 on Saturday night at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, team and NASCAR officials said. An MWR spokesman reported that Cardamone suffered a high ankle sprain and will be out for the remainder of the season.(SceneDaily)(10-18-2009)
Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 NASCAR Banking 500: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Saturday’s race. ABC was the broadcast team for this event.
Total number of commercials: 118
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 63
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 30
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:34 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:28 PM
Total minutes: 234
Minutes of race broadcast: 184
Minutes of commercials: 50
Number of missed restarts: 1
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0
NASCAR.com Superstore (Jeff Gordon) 3
NASCAR Cup Champions’ Week in Las Vegas 2
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1
NASCAR.com/Chase 1
NASCAR.com performance and AASA (Steve Letarte, Jeff Gordon) 1
Martinsville Speedway 1
Nationwide Series (Steve Wallace) 1
Texas Motor Speedway (Tony Stewart) 1
Total race brdcst time 184 Total comm. brdcst time 50
See driver focus, past races, links to full reports on my 2009 TV Commercials page.(CawsnJaws.com).(10-18-2009)
http://jayski.com/pages/commercials2009.htm
Sad News – Bobby Rowe: Robert “Bobby” Rowe, 64, resident of Memphis, TN, U.S. Vietnam Army Veteran died Thursday at the Memphis Veteran’s Hospital. Visitation 1 to 2 p.m. Monday [10/19], services with Military Honors to follow at 2 p.m. at Peebles West Funeral Chapel at Oakland. Bobby was a former NHRA world record holder who enjoyed spending time with his family and friends [Rowe also worked for NASCAR Owners James Finch and Rick Hendrick in various capacities]. Survivors include children, Jerene Rowe of Memphis and Robert Rowe, Jr. (Jennifer) and granddaughter Brielle of Santa Clara, CA ; his siblings: Jerene Sykes of Hickory Withe; Tina Dugan of Memphis and Doug Rowe of Cordova. He was preceded in death by his parents Floyd D. Rowe Jr. , Ruth Rowe Mckenzie and brother Terry Rowe, all of Memphis. Peebles Fayette County Funeral Homes & Crematory West ChapelOakland, TN 901-465-3535.(Memphis Commercial Appeal)(10-18-2009)
Hendrick leans toward keeping McGrew: Rick Hendrick is committed to Lance McGrew remaining #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s crew chief for the rest of the Sprint Cup season and appears to be leaning toward keeping them together in 2010. “My philosophy has always been if you can fix something rather than start all over then I’d whole lot rather fix it,” the owner of Hendrick Motorsports said before Saturday night’s Sprint Cup race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. “When I see the car as the best car out there in my group for two or three of the races and then just have crappy luck, it’s almost like, ‘Hey, let’s focus on the little things that can make it better.’ ” Hendrick’s comments came 24 hours after Earnhardt expressed frustration with how his season has gone since switching from long-time crew chief Tony Eury Jr. to McGrew in June. Hendrick said he is encouraged with the performance of the team, noting again bad luck has contributed to six straight finishes of 17th or worse that has Earnhardt buried at 22nd in points. Hendrick said Earnhardt’s struggles have made it tough for him to enjoy the success of his other three drivers. Jimmie Johnson entered Saturday’s race first in points, followed by Mark Martin in second and Jeff Gordon in fifth. Hendrick said he has no timetable for when he will make a decision on Earnhardt’s crew chief for next season. He wasn’t quite sure what his driver meant when he said he needed a “dictator” like he had when Tony Eury Sr. was his crew chief in the Nationwide Series and early in the Cup series. But Hendrick didn’t sound like a man that was ready to make a major change. “All I can look for in a team is we’re getting better rather than backing up, and we’re getting better,” he said. “This is a hard deal. Sometimes, when you start to doing good and then you have a problem, it’s worse than when you’re steady Eddie. We haven’t made any decisions other than we’re going to try to do the best we can.”(ESPN.com)(10-18-2009)
Did Not Finish Streak and stats: #14-Tony Stewart has the longest current streak of finishing races at 54 races of drivers who have ran all the races. The next driver with the most is: #39-Ryan Newman & #00-David Reutimann with 37 straight races without a DNF.
Five drivers have run all the 2009 races and not had a DNF: #14-Stewart, #39-Newman, #42-Montoya, #00-Reutimann and #07-Mears
The all-time record for the longest streak of NOT having an DNF is 84 races held by Herman Beam from April 30, 1961 thru March 10, 1963 [Beam didn't run all the races, but did not have a DNF in 84 straight consecutive races that he ran].
Clint Bowyer holds the modern day (1972-present) at 83, next is Kevin Harvick at 81 [also had a 2nd streak of 58], then Jeff Gordon at 56 and Dale Earnhardt at 53.
The Most in 2009: #66-Blaney has the most DNF’s in 2009 with 25 [in 27 starts], followed by #87-Nemechek who has 23 [in 26 starts]. Both of these teams are start-and-parkers for most races. The most DNF’s among drivers who have run all the races in 2009: #96/#71-BLabonte with 6.(10-17-2009)
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Montoya Takes Shot, Gives Shot
Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
Juan Pablo Montoya has been called a lot of things during his driving career. Shy? Not one of those things he’s been called. And certainly not a thing he will be called following Saturday night’s Sprint Cup race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
After having major blows struck to his car and his hopes for a Cup [...]
http://www.racintoday.com/archives/11133
Johnson Makes It Two Straight Wins, Takes Aim At Fourth Title
By Mike Harris | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
Concord, N.C. – For Jimmie Johnson, it was the perfect race weekend. For the rest of NASCAR’s Sprint Cup competitors, it was a recurring nightmare.
http://www.racintoday.com/archives/11124
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Busch wins at Lowes: #18-Kyle Busch won the Dollar General 300 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway for his sixth win of the year and his 28th Nationwide race. #11-Mike Bliss finished second. The rest of the top 10: #87-Dave Blaney, #32-Brian Vickers, #60-Carl Edwards, #88-Brad Keselowski, #33-Ryan Newman, #43-Kasey Kahne, #29-Jeff Burton, and #34-Tony Raines. There were 6 cautions for 31 laps and 12 lead changes among 8 leaders.
Driver standings following Lowes:
1) #18-Kyle Busch 5004
2) #60-Carl Edwards 4809 -195
3) #88-Brad Keselowski 4732 -272
4) #38-Jason Leffler 4019 -985
5) #12-Justin Allgaier 3632 -1372
6) #66-Steve Wallace 3523 -1481
7) #11-Mike Bliss 3514 -1490
#27-Jason Keller 3495 -1509
9) #62-Brendan Gaughan 3403 -1601
10) #96-Michael McDowell 3185 -1819
Landon Cassill to drive at Memphis: UPDATE: 2008 ROTY winner Landon Cassill will be piloting the Phoenix Racing Team #1 Miccosukee Resort Gaming Chevy, owned by James Finch in the “Kroger on Track for the Cure 250″ at Memphis Motorsports Park.(LandonCassill.com)(10-7-2009)
UPDATE: It’s been 11 months since his last appearance in a NASCAR series, but Landon Cassill will finally start to put a frustrating season behind him next week when he returns to the Nationwide Series at Memphis. Cassill will drive Phoenix Racing’s #1 car at Memphis, marking the first start for the defending Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year since the Phoenix race last November. So will he race full-time next year, perhaps with Phoenix? Cassill said he was “working on things” but offered no details. “It’s just a unique time with the economy,” he said. “Nobody’s out there to hold me back from any opportunity. I know [Hendrick is] working on creating some opportunities within. Hopefully some things will come up.” Phoenix Racing owner James Finch uses Hendrick engines, has a relationship with Hendrick and needed a driver for Memphis, which is how Cassill’s chance to drive came about.(SceneDaily)(10-16-2009)
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Ryan Newman returned to the wheel of the No. 33 Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) Hungry-Man Chevrolet for 200 laps of action under the lights at Lowe’s (N.C.) Motor Speedway on Friday night. Starting the Dollar General 300 from the 15th position, Newman ran most of the night solidly in the top 15 before crossing the finish line in the seventh position. The finish marked Newman’s third top-10 finish in four NASCAR Nationwide Series starts this season for KHI.“I have to thank these guys for giving me the opportunity to drive this car,” said Newman following the race. “We struggled a little in practice, but the guys made adjustments and gave me a good car for the race. This is one of my favorite tracks and it was a lot of fun.”(KHI) (10-18-09)
Nick Joanides is ready for the next step. The California native has had an historic 2009 year thus far, claiming the NASCAR AC Delco Super Late Model Championship,the NASCAR AC Delco Late Model Championship, the NASCAR California State Championship, the Lucas Oil Slick Mist Championship and second runner-up honors in the NASCAR National Championship points.Joanides will make his debut at the Memphis Motorsports Park on October 24th in the #31 Rick Ware Racing entry
Post-race quotes from Racewinner, Kyle Busch- It’s awesome to come out here on such a cold night and have this many people in the stands so I appreciate their support. There wasn’t much that was going to stop this Z-Line Camry tonight. It was really, really good. Just a phenomenal race car, it was a great job by this whole team. We worked on it in practice trying to make it better. We quit early because I got it where I wanted it .” Are you thinking about the championship yet? “There’s still a few to go. Carl’s (Edwards) best track comes up next week. He’s won the last two or three there. It’s not over, it’s definitely any man’s race right now as far as Carl (Edwards) or myself or even the 88 (Brad Keselowski). Unfortunately, there last week, I have to apologize to my fans and all these guys – I had to step out. I didn’t feel good and unfortunately Denny (Hamlin) got caught up in a mess I don’t know if any of us could have gotten out of. He did a great job driving for us. He could have won the race and almost won the race for us, but unfortunately we lost some points. .” How sick were you last weekend? “The sickness I had started on Sunday after Kansas and it felt like a cold was coming on and then I got a really, really bad fever and got cold chills and everything. Then it started to subside about Thursday or Friday and then Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday night I had chills again and a fever. I went to the doctor on Monday, which was pneumonia so I went from the flu to pneumonia and now I’m just getting over the final cases of pneumonia with some antibiotics and stuff like that.
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We are attempting to get sponsorship for the Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville, VA on October 24th. The contact with reference to sponsorship for BnB Racing will be the Marketing Director whose email address is wcf34c@hotmail.com.
Maria Bamburak
Nascar Team Owner
Truck #34
www.BnBRacingNJ.com
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Courtesy of ARCA
http://www.arcaracing.com
2009 Championship Awards Banquet Next Up…..
TOLEDO OH (10-18-09) – From the racetrack to tuxedos, the ARCA RE/MAX Series is shifting gears from race season to banquet season.
That means it’s time to formally honor the ARCA RE/MAX Series teams who performed at the top of their game in 2009. In the series most competitive era and with s host of compelling story lines, the series will take center stage Saturday night, December 5th at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington, Kentucky, just south of Cincinnati, Ohio.
[Read More] – http://www.arcaracing.com/news.cfm?contentid=8974
Winchester Weekend Plans for ARCA Rookie Long
(10-17-09) – ARCA RE/MAX Series rookie and 2009 Blizzard Series late model champion Johanna Long is doing everything she can to keep her skills sharp behind the wheel of a racecar.
[Read More] – http://www.arcaracing.com/news.cfm?contentid=8973
ARCA Champ Lofton Camped Out at Charlotte; Contemplates Future…….
CONCORD NC (10-16-09) – 2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series driving champion Justin Lofton is going camping this weekend – at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Lofton, who secured the ’09 crown last weekend at Rockingham by a slim five point margin over Parker Kligerman, is taking this weekend off, sort of.
“I look at this as a vacation/networking opportunity,” said Lofton.
[Read More] – http://www.arcaracing.com/news.cfm?contentid=8972
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Hall of Fame spotlight: Bill France
http://www.examiner.com/x-11775-Louisville-NASCAR-Examiner~y2009m10d16-Hall-of-Fame-spotlight-Bill-France
Insider Racing News
http://insiderracingnews.com/Writers/BB/101709.html
In The Face Of Calamity, Earnhardt Jr. Is Optimistic, Again and Again
by Brenda Benedict
Busch ends Nationwide winless steak
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-11775-Louisville-NASCAR-Examiner~y2009m10d17-Busch-ends-Nationwide-winless-streak
Johnson wins again
http://www.examiner.com/x-11775-Louisville-NASCAR-Examiner~y2009m10d18-Johnson-wins-again
Insider Racing News
http://insiderracingnews.com/Writers/RF/101809.html
Johnson Just Can’t Lose For Winning
by Ron Felix
The Nascar Insiders
The NASCAR Week That Was: Oct. 11-17
As NASCAR rolls into Charlotte for the second time this season, the new Hall of Fame led the news this week.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNascarInsiders/~3/wHfYsTyAPRE/
Insider Racing News
http://insiderracingnews.com/Writers/KR/101909.html
Real Men Wear and Drive Pink
by Kim Roberson
Insider Racing News
http://insiderracingnews.com/Writers/MP/101909.html
Is Montoya’s Recent Success a Surprise?
by Matthew Pizzolato
Your Turn: Sprint Cup Series From Lowe’s Motor Speedway on ABC
http://dalyplanet.blogspot.com/2009/10/your-turn-sprint-cup-series-from-lowes.html
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http://www.racefantv.com/
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19
6:00P-7:00 espn2 NASCAR Now, HD, L
7:30P-8:00 SPEED NASCAR Race Hub: news of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, L
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20
2:00P-3:00 SPEED SCCA SPEED World Challenge, GT and Touring Car, Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA, Sept 25/09, N
5:00P-5:30 espn2 NASCAR Now, HD, L
7:30P-8:00 SPEED NASCAR Race Hub: news of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, L
11:00P-11:30 VS Quest for the NASCAR Sprint Cup
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21
5:00P-5:30 espn2 NASCAR Now, HD, L
5:00P-5:30 VS Quest for the NASCAR Sprint Cup
7:30P-8:00 SPEED NASCAR Race Hub: news of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, L
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22
5:00P-5:30 espn2 NASCAR Now, HD, L
7:30P-8:00 SPEED NASCAR Race Hub: news of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, L
11:00P-11:30 VS Quest for the NASCAR Sprint Cup
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23
11:30A-1:00P SPEED NASCAR Sprint Cup PRACTICE, TUMS Fast Relief 500, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA, HD, L
1:00P-2:00 SPEED NASCAR Camping World Truck Series PRACTICE, Kroger 200, Martinsville Speedway, HD, L
3:00P-4:30 TSN NASCAR Sprint Cup QUALIFYING, TUMS Fast Relief 500, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA, HD, L
4:30P-6:00 espn2 NASCAR Nationwide Series FINAL PRACTICE, Kroger ‘On Track for the Cure’ 250, Memphis Motorsports Park, HD, L
6:00P-6:30 espn2 NASCAR Now, HD, L
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24
10:00A-10:45 espn2 NASCAR Sprint Cup PRACTICE, TUMS Fast Relief 500, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA, HD, L
10:30A-12:00n TSN2 NASCAR Nationwide Series QUALIFYING, Kroger ‘On Track for the Cure’ 250, Memphis Motorsports Park, HD, L
10:45A-12:00n espn2 NASCAR Nationwide Series QUALIFYING, Kroger ‘On Track for the Cure’ 250, Memphis Motorsports Park, HD, L
11:30A-12:00n TSN 2009 Canadian Rally Championship: Pacific Forest Rally, Merritt, BC, Oct 2-3/09, HD, N
12:30P-1:00 SPEED NASCAR Camping World Truck Series SETUP, Kroger 200, Martinsville Speedway, HD, L
1:00P-3:30 SPEED NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kroger 200, Martinsville Speedway, HD, L (expect green at 1:16P)
3:00P-3:30 TSN2 NASCAR Nationwide Series COUNTDOWN, Kroger ‘On Track for the Cure’ 250, Memphis Motorsports Park, HD, L
3:30P-6:30 TSN2 NASCAR Nationwide Series Kroger ‘On Track for the Cure’ 250, Memphis Motorsports Park, HD, L (expect green at 3:45P)
5:00P-6:00 SPEED IHRA Nitro Jam Drag Racing North American Nationals, New England Dragway, Epping, NH, Sept 13/09, HD, N
6:30P-7:30 espn2 NASCAR Sprint Cup FINAL PRACTICE, TUMS Fast Relief 500, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA, HD, SDD, N
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25
10:00A-11:00 espn2 NASCAR Now, pre-race, HD, L
11:00A-1:00P SPEED NASCAR RaceDay, preview of today’s TUMS Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway, HD, L
1:00P-1:30 ABC/TSN NASCAR Sprint Cup COUNTDOWN, TUMS Fast Relief 500, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA, HD, L
1:30P-6:00 ABC/TSN NASCAR Sprint Cup TUMS Fast Relief 500, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA, HD, L (expect green at 1:43P)
3:00P-4:00 SPEED FIM World Superbike, Portimão, Portugal, Race #1 HD, SDD, N
4:00P-5:00 SPEED FIM World Superbike, Portimão, Portugal, Race #2 HD, SDD, N
5:00P-6:00 SPEED FIM 250 World Championship, Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix, Sepang, Malaysia, HD, SDD, N
6:00P-7:00 SPEED FIM MotoGP World Championship, Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix, Sepang, Malaysia, HD, SDD, N
7:00P-8:00 SPEED The SPEED Report, HD, N
8:00P-9:00 HD Theater World Rally Championship, Vodafone Rally de Portugal, Apr 2-5/09, HD, N
8:00P-9:00 SPEED NASCAR Victory Lane, TUMS Fast Relief 500, Martinsville Speedway, HD, N
9:00P-10:00 SPEED Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain, HD, L
10:00P-11:00 SPEED Dave Despain on Assignment: Talladega, Dave Despain chronicles the efforts of NASCAR pioneer Bill France Sr. in his attempt to build something bigger and faster than his original masterpiece, Daytona, N
10:00P-11:00 espn2 NASCAR Now, post-race, HD, L
We do not list all the programming offered by SPEED; for complete listings go to their website, http://www.speedtv.com/schedule/
Always CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS!
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