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Good morning to you all.
I shared here that I did get a new job. I start that job about 120 miles from home on tomorrow morning. After one week at the office, I will be in Portland, Oregon for two weeks straight for training, then back for a weekend, then off to Portland again for another week.
I’ll be back in the office (again, 120 miles from home) for Thanksgiving week, then off to Portland again for two more weeks of training, home a weekend, and back to Portland for another week.
Why am I telling you this? It will definitely impact the Stock Car Gazette and the website updating. I’m the only one who can update the website, unless there’s someone out there who’s an expert in Wordpress and wants to volunteer to help out!
So I’m asking you to please hang with us during this transitional time. Things ought to settle down after the 1st of the year, the good Lord willing, but it will be kind of chaotic until then.
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Track Trash – The Paper Clip
by Racing Maniac
The Playoffs are all but over. Everyone else seems to be racing to become the First Loser. Read about it at motorsportsnews.net/archives/4195
More from RM is at motorsportsnews.net/archives/category/track-trash
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Sprint Cup Race Recap
By Jay W. Pennell
Hamlin Scores Career-High Third Win of Season At Martinsville
From the drop of the green flag on Sunday’s TUMS Fast Relief 500, it was clear the race was going to be a battle between points leader Jimmie Johnson and fellow Chasers Juan Pablo Montoya and Jeff Gordon. But in the end, it was Virginia native Denny Hamlin able to hold off Johnson on a green-white-checkered finish to score his third win of 2009 and second at the short track in his home state.
Not a major factor during the first hundred laps of Sunday’s race, Hamlin was one of the only cars to hit pit road under the fifth caution of the day on Lap 158. Taking two tires and getting off sequence with the rest of the field, Hamlin was able to get track position and take the lead for the first time on Lap 183 once the leaders came in for service. Able to get back on sequence following a long green-flag run, Hamlin went on to lead three times for 206 laps and looked to make up for his second-place finish to Johnson in the Spring.
A string of cautions at the end threatened to steal the win from Hamlin as the field bunched up for double-file restarts. Yet despite Johnson, Montoya, and Gordon surrounding him, the No. 11 Fed Ex car jumped out to an advantage and was able to hold them off on each one.
“I know all those guys are going to be aggressive and try and get a win,” Hamlin explained after climbing from his Toyota. “We just had the best car there at the end. The 48 didn’t do anything that he shouldn’t have, and made sure he protected his points lead. He gave us a little respect as well.”
It was a bittersweet moment for a man whose own title bid has already slipped away. Despite having strong cars the last two weeks, a self-inflicted wreck at Kansas and an engine issue in Charlotte resulted in two straight DNFs for the first time in his four-year career. Those poor finishes dropped Hamlin to eleventh in the standings and out of contention for the championship.
“It’s a good bounce back,” he said. “I’ve just got to thank all the fans sticking with me on Twitter, and everyone giving me some hope that the last two weeks were in the past.”
Coming home in second place, Johnson extended his lead in the Chase to 118 over teammate Mark Martin, who finished eighth. Leading five times for a total of 164 laps, he had one of the strongest cars but just did not have enough for Hamlin at the finish despite plenty of chances.
“I just lacked a little bit of forward bite,” Johnson explained. “We had it turning, which is hard to make it do here. It was just a little too much. Denny (Hamlin) had the best car there on that last run, and maybe the two runs before that he had the best. I knew at the end of the race that No. 11 car was going to be there and was going to be strong. Congratulations to him. It was a great day for us. I wish we could have won, but second, there’s nothing wrong with that.”
Having a car that was beat up in true short track fashion, Juan Pablo Montoya held off a hard-charging Jeff Gordon to score a third-place finish. Racing hard from the start, Montoya was able to work his way from his 21st-place starting spot to the top-10 by Lap 26. But that early aggressiveness seemed to hurt his chances to win late in the race. Wearing out his brakes and battling an ill-handling car, a potential win slipped away as Hamlin and Johnson wound up deciding it amongst themselves.
“We lost our balance there a little bit there right before the long run. We got it a little bit back, but not all back,” he said in notching his fifth top 5 finish in six Chase races to date.
Meanwhile, some hard racing with Jeff Gordon around the 100-lap mark ruffled the feathers of the four-time champion, who was none too happy with the driver of the No. 42. After Montoya bumped his way past Gordon for the fourth spot, Gordon keyed his radio saying, “He has the best car I’ve seen, but he doesn’t know what to do with it.”
Running in the top-5 for much of the first 150 laps, Gordon was mired in traffic when varying pit strategies allowed a number of cars to stay out on Lap 178. Restarting 23rd, Gordon struggled to pass cars and spent the rest of the race fighting his way back to the front. Charging hard during the last two runs of the day, he made his way up to fourth late in the going, but lost a spot to Kyle Busch as the field came to the checkered flag.
“We got way behind at times, and it didn’t look like we were going to make our way back to the front,” he said. “But we needed more long runs, and we finally got it — that long run is what got us back into it. We drove all the way back up to third or fourth. Real happy. Wish we could have won it, but we’ll take it.”
Coming home fourth was Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch. Although he has struggled at Martinsville (he has finishes of 38th, 29th, and 24th in his last three starts there), Busch took advantage of a late-race pit stop and two fresh tires to score his first top-5 at Martinsville since 2007.
“Tires were the name of the game,” Busch explained. “We just seemed to be on the right strategy when we could come get tires and drive back through some guys. We had a good enough car to do that with. Glad we came down there with like 15 or 18 to go, whatever it was, and put right sides (tires) on it because that probably gained us about eight spots today. Real proud of the effort.”
Jamie McMurray was sixth (his season-best performance), with Ryan Newman, Martin, Tony Stewart, and Kevin Harvick rounding out the top 10. Joey Logano was the highest-finishing rookie in 12th.
Sunday’s TUMS Fast Relief 500 saw twenty-one lead changes among twelve different drivers and was slowed fifteen times by the yellow flag. With only four races left on the year, the series heads to the high banks of Talladega next week for what many consider the “wild card” race of the Chase.
Jay W. Pennell is a freelance writer. His blog can be seen at jaywpennell.blogspot.com.
Point Standings (Top 12)
By Phil Allaway
Jimmie Johnson did not claim victory on Sunday, but he did the next best thing. His second place finish on Sunday, while teammate Mark Martin came home in eighth, allowed him to increase his point lead to 118, a pickup of 28 over the previous week. Try as he might, Martin’s Chevy just never had the handling or the overall speed to challenge his major rival.
“We need to pick it up,” he said afterwards. “You know, eighths, sevenths, that won’t get it right now. But you know what; we gave it everything we had.”
Martin’s perhaps the only driver remaining capable of catching Johnson should he avoid the dreaded Talladega “Big One.” Jeff Gordon held onto to his third spot after a fifth place finish, but he is now 150 points behind and would need a small miracle to climb back in it. Tony Stewart also maintained his fourth position after finishing ninth, but he’s 192 back and over a full race’s worth of points behind the leader.
Juan Pablo Montoya is up one spot to fifth after a strong run to third on Sunday. However, his run at Charlotte has really killed any championship aspirations, as he’s now 200 points behind the Hendrick driver. Montoya’s gain in the points came at the expense of Kurt Busch, who simply did not have a good weekend at Martinsville. A bad qualifying effort left him starting 37th, then handling problems hampered the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge all day. An eventual 17th place finish wasn’t what the doctor ordered to stay inside the top 5 in points.
Leading off the bottom six Chasers, Ryan Newman is up one place to seventh after a seventh place finish. However, he’s 312 points behind Johnson and 112 outside a coveted spot inside the top 5. Greg Biffle is down a spot to eighth after a 25th place finish, one lap down. Biffle was never really in contention, and pit strategy on old tires designed to give him track position instead left him suffering a lap off the pace.
Denny Hamlin’s victory moved him up two places to ninth in points, 352 out of the lead and just two points behind Biffle for eighth. Carl Edwards is still tenth after finishing 20th on Sunday. The AFLAC Ford ran better than it finished, but the rear end apparently broke on the car right at the end of the race, causing him to hit the wall and limp it home with less than two laps to go.
If only it were that easy for Kasey Kahne, who slid back down two places to 11th after a terrible day. A pit road speeding penalty, a cut tire that resulted in wall contact, a Free Pass being taken away because he caused a caution, and other issues resulted in a 32nd place finish, six laps back. Last but not least, Brian Vickers brings up the rear of the Chasers, but had a fairly good run to finish 11th — his first top 15 since Loudon to start the Chase.
As for the battle for “Best of the Rest,” Kyle Busch’s fourth place finish from 41st at the start allowed him to jump over Matt Kenseth and claim 13th in points. The margin between Busch and Kenseth currently stands at 25, with Clint Bowyer 115 back in 15th.
Tracking the Top 35
For both of the teams battling for the final guaranteed starting spot for the first five races of 2010, Sunday’s TUMS Fast Relief 500 was a missed opportunity to pick up a great finish. For Scott Speed and the No. 82 team, they had a chance to snag a top 20, on the lead lap, after running as high as fourth place. Speed had gotten lucky and got a caution to fall before he made his final pit stop while everyone else had pitted under green, leaving him with a lead lap cushion when he was running well outside the top 25.
Following that stop, Speed held on to 16th place. However, the brakes were starting to go on the No. 82 slowly but surely. This ended with a spectacular crash into the wall in turn 1, one where the car simply did not slow down. As a result of that wreck, Speed fell to 31st, unable to finish the race.
As for John Andretti, he had an eventful day to say the least. Qualifying 27th, he ran in the lower third of the field for about the first half of the day. But after getting lapped, he used the wave around to his advantage when Sam Hornish, Jr. crashed on the frontstretch to get back in contention. Then, Andretti was spun out on lap 275 by Kasey Kahne in turn 2… but he stayed on the lead lap. That’s when Scott Speed’s No. 82 eventually fell back to the pack, and the two raced together for awhile before Andretti dispatched him. Ahead of their rivals, Front Row Motorsports then decided to go off-sequence on their pit strategy from the leaders. After staying out during a yellow flag on Lap 306, Andretti restarted in fifth but dropped like a stone, eventually being lapped by the leaders once again. However, he stabilized around 25th. With the exchange of pit stops under green, Andretti actually moved up to 20th. Unfortunately, that’s when he was then spun out by Elliott Sadler… drawing the 12th caution of the afternoon.
Following that spin, Andretti ambled around at the back of the cars one lap down until the last restart. Coming to the white flag, the cars bunched up to avoid the stricken No. 99 of Carl Edwards. Making contact with Paul Menard while trying to avoid the incident, Andretti ended up spinning into the inside wall and drawing the yellow right at the finish. He was eventually scored 26th, two laps down, allowing him to pick up 20 points on Speed (Andretti also led a lap under caution early in the race). That leaves margin at the 118 points with four races to go. However, both the Nos. 34 and 82 gained on the No. 7 of Robby Gordon, who finished 37th after retiring with driveshaft failure. The No. 34 is now only 77 points behind Gordon’s No. 7, with Speed a manageable 195 behind.
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Hamlin Wins At Martinsville
Finally, someone stepped up to the plate and took on Jimmie Johnson at Martinsville Speedway. Denny Hamlin has been waiting seven months to get back to this track. He and Johnson tangled in the spring race while Hamlin was leading that race and with 16 laps to go, Johnson put the bumper to Hamlin, moving Hamlin up the track and driving on to the win. Hamlin couldn’t wait to get back to Martinsville. Johnson was on Hamlin’s bumper again this year but didn’t have enough to get by him and had to settle for second place. — The 28-year-old Chesterfield, Va., native led a total 205 laps of 501 on the way to his third victory of the year. It also was Hamlin’s seventh win in 147 career races.
“We don’t have any weak spots anymore in our race team, that’s how I figured I could say that I knew we were going to win another race regardless,” said Hamlin. “Even last week after our troubles, I said, we’re going to win another race, because every single week, whether it be a superspeedway, a short track or intermediate (track), we can win. Obviously when you put yourself in position like we have over the last few weeks, you’re going to win races. You know, it’s just great to have that feeling, able to go to a race track and know that you can win no matter what type of race track that you’re on. I just had a lot of confidence in the team, and I knew if we just got past a few hurdles here and there, had some good stops at the end of the races then we would win. Obviously it came true.”
Juan Pablo Montoya finished third and Kyle Busch battled his way to the fourth spot. Jeff Gordon was fifth followed by Jamie McMurray, pole sitter Ryan Newman, Mark Martin, Tony Stewart and Kevin Harvick to round out the top ten. — Joey Logano finished 12th and was named Rookie of the Race for the 23rd time this year. — Hamlin’s victory marks the 20th win for Toyota in the Cup Series since 2007 and the 10th win for a Camry in 2009. — The Sprint Cup Series moves to Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama, next Sunday, November 1st, for the AMP Energy 500, the seventh race in the Chase for the Championship. The race will also be broadcast live on MRN Radio and SIRIUS Satellite Radio Channel 128.
2009 TUMS Fast Relief 500 Final Results
Race Date October 25, 2009
Martinsville Speedway
Pos Start Car Driver Make Sponsor Points/Bonus/Laps Status
1 17 11 Denny Hamlin ** Toyota FedEx Freight 195/10 501 Running
2 15 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s 175/5 501 Running
3 21 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 170/5 501 Running
4 41 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M’s Halloween 165/5 501 Running
5 2 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet NationalGuard.com/DuPont 160/5 501 Running
6 23 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal 150/0 501 Running
7 1 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army 151/5 501 Running
8 4 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Kellogg’s/Carquest 147/5 501 Running
9 13 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Old Spice/Office Depot 138/0 501 Running
10 10 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell/Pennzoil 134/0 501 Running
11 24 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 130/0 501 Running
12 7 20 Joey Logano * Toyota Farm Bureau Insurance 127/0 501 Running
13 8 96 Bobby Labonte Ford DLP 124/0 501 Running
14 32 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Dewalt 121/0 501 Running
15 22 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 123/5 501 Running
16 5 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine 120/5 501 Running
17 37 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 112/0 501 Running
18 6 07 Casey Mears Chevrolet Jack Daniel’s 109/0 501 Running
19 19 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet BB&T 106/0 501 Running
20 29 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 103/0 501 Running
21 40 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Best Buy 100/0 500 Running
22 14 6 David Ragan Ford UPS 97/0 500 Running
23 30 98 Paul Menard Ford Schrock Cabinetry/Menards 94/0 500 Running
24 9 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge McDonald’s Monopoly 91/0 500 Running
25 20 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M Filtrete 93/5 500 Running
26 27 34 John Andretti Chevrolet A&W All American Food 90/5 499 Accident
27 34 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Little Debbie/Kingsford 82/0 499 Running
28 3 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Vaseline Men Body Lotion 79/0 499 Running
29 12 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Amp Energy/National Guard 76/0 499 Running
30 36 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA Adaptive One 73/0 497 Running
31 18 82 Scott Speed * Toyota Red Bull 70/0 495 Accident
32 26 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 67/0 494 Running
33 11 12 David Stremme Dodge Penske Racing 64/0 439 Rear End
34 16 44 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Coleman Natural Foods 61/0 414 Running
35 38 09 Sterling Marlin Dodge Miccosukee Resort 58/0 355 Brakes
36 31 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 55/0 248 Accident
37 33 7 Robby Gordon Toyota Schrock Cabinetry/Menards 52/0 130 Drive Shaft
38 28 187 Joe Nemechek Toyota NEMCO Motorsports 49/0 52 Overheating
39 35 171 David Gilliland Chevrolet TRG Motorsports 51/5 48 Brakes
40 39 66 Dave Blaney Toyota Prism Motorsports 43/0 38 Overheating
41 42 36 Michael McDowell Toyota Wave Energy Drink 40/0 36 Brakes
42 43 64 Derrike Cope Toyota Gunselman Motorsports 37/0 31 Brakes
43 25 37 Travis Kvapil Dodge Long John Silver’s 34/0 30 Brakes
** Led Most Laps
* Rookies
All Results Unofficial
2009 Top-40 Sprint Cup Points After TUMS Fast Relief 500
Race Date October 25, 2009
Martinsville Speedway
POS +/- DRIVER POINTS/BEHIND STARTS POLES WINS TOP 5/TOP 10
1 — Jimmie Johnson 6098 32 3 6 14 21
2 — Mark Martin 5980 -118 32 7 5 12 19
3 — Jeff Gordon 5948 -150 32 0 1 16 23
4 — Tony Stewart 5906 -192 32 0 4 15 22
5 +1 Juan Montoya 5898 -200 32 2 0 7 17
6 -1 Kurt Busch 5858 -240 32 0 1 8 18
7 +1 Ryan Newman 5786 -312 32 2 0 5 15
8 -1 Greg Biffle 5748 -350 32 0 0 9 14
9 +2 Denny Hamlin 5746 -352 32 1 3 12 17
10 — Carl Edwards 5685 -413 32 0 0 7 13
11 -2 Kasey Kahne 5659 -439 32 0 2 6 13
12 — Brian Vickers 5568 -530 32 6 1 4 13
Top 12 Drivers In The Chase For The Championship * Points Reset After 26 Race
13 +1 Kyle Busch 3920 -2178 32 1 4 9 12
14 -1 Matt Kenseth 3895 -2203 32 1 2 6 11
15 — Clint Bowyer 3805 -2293 32 0 0 4 14
16 — David Reutimann 3764 -2334 32 2 1 5 9
17 — Marcos Ambrose 3453 -2645 32 0 0 4 7
18 +1 Jeff Burton 3379 -2719 32 0 0 2 6
19 -1 Casey Mears 3378 -2720 32 0 0 0 4
20 — Joey Logano* 3324 -2774 32 0 1 2 6
21 — Kevin Harvick 3275 -2823 32 0 0 3 7
22 +3 Jamie McMurray 3091 -3007 32 0 0 0 4
23 — Martin Truex Jr. 3064 -3034 32 2 0 0 4
24 -2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3062 -3036 32 0 0 2 5
25 -1 A.J. Allmendinger 3020 -3078 32 0 0 1 4
26 — Elliott Sadler 2991 -3107 32 0 0 1 4
27 — Sam Hornish Jr. 2905 -3193 32 0 0 2 7
28 — David Ragan 2873 -3225 32 0 0 0 2
29 — Reed Sorenson 2849 -3249 32 0 0 0 1
30 — David Stremme 2817 -3281 32 0 0 0 0
31 — Bobby Labonte 2808 -3290 32 0 0 1 1
32 — Paul Menard 2705 -3393 32 0 0 0 0
33 — Michael Waltrip 2461 -3637 30 0 0 0 1
34 — Robby Gordon 2402 -3696 31 0 0 1 1
35 — Scott Speed* 2353 -3745 31 0 0 1 1
36 — John Andretti 2282 -3816 30 0 0 0 0
37 — David Gilliland 1700 -4398 28 0 0 0 0
38 — Regan Smith 1260 -4838 15 0 0 0 0
39 +1 Joe Nemechek 1228 -4870 27 0 0 0 0
40 -1 Brad Keselowski 1183 -4915 11 0 1 1 3
* Rookies
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Race Fast Facts – Martinsville Speedway:
#11-Denny Hamlin won the TUMS Fast Relief 500 (61st Running), his seventh victory in 147 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his third victory and 17th top-10 finish in 2009.
This is his second victory and eighth top-10 finish in nine races at Martinsville Speedway.
#48-Jimmie Johnson (second) posted his 15th top-10 finish in 16 races at Martinsville Speedway. It is his 21st top-10 finish in 2009.
#42-Juan Pablo Montoya (third) posted his second top-10 finish in six races at Martinsville Speedway.
#20-Joey Logano (12th) was the highest finishing rookie.
#48-Jimmie Johnson leads the point standings by 118 points over Mark Martin.(NASCAR Statistics)(10-25-2009)
UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CLASSIC – the OLD way – Driver Points Standings
[after Martinsville, race 32 of 36]:
pos, car#, driver, points, behind
1). #14-Tony Stewart, 4682
2). #48-Jimmie Johnson, 4602, -80
3). #24-Jeff Gordon 4565, -117
4). #5-Mark Martin, 4231, -451
5). #11-Denny Hamlin, 4217, -465
6). #2-Kurt Busch, 4170, -512
7). #42-Juan Montoya, 4149, -533
#39-Ryan Newman, 4058, -624
9). #16-Greg Biffle, 3997, -685
10). #99-Carl Edwards, 3965, -717
11). #18-Kyle Busch, 3920, -762
12). #9-Kasey Kahne, 3919, -763
13). #17-Matt Kenseth, 3895, -787
14). #33-Clint Bowyer, 3805, -877
15). #00-David Reutimann, 3764, -918
16). #83-Brian Vickers, 3761, -921
(10-25-2009)
Where the 2009 Chase Drivers finished at Martinsville Speedway:
(in points order at start of the race)
1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, finished 2nd
2) #5-Mark Martin, 8th
3) #24-Jeff Gordon, 5th
4) #14-Tony Stewart, 9th
5) #2-Kurt Busch, 17th
6) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 3rd
7) #16-Greg Biffle, 25th
#39-Ryan Newman, 7th
9) #9-Kasey Kahne, 32nd
10) #99-Carl Edwards, 20th
11) #11-Denny Hamlin, 1st/Won
12) #83-Brian Vickers, 11th.(10-25-2009)
Top-35 in Owner Points and guaranteed a starting spot at Talladega Superspeedway:
No changes, but the spread between 35th and 36th now up to 123 points (was 98)
34) #7-Gordon/Robby Gordon: 2493, +195
35) #34-Andretti/Earnhardt Ganassi: 2421, 123 points ahead of 36th
these teams/drivers must qualify by speed but are close to the top-35:
36) #82-Speed/Red Bull: 2298, 123 points out of 35th
(no other teams are within 500 owners points of 35th)
The teams are NOT locked in past the next race as the owners points change after each race.
Goodyear to test ‘Big’ Tire again: Goodyear is set to test the larger tire it is developing on Dec. 8-9 at Phoenix International Raceway. Roush Fenway Racing, which did the test at Richmond earlier this month, will again do the test since it has a car to accommodate the larger dimensions.(Roanoke Times)(10-26-2009)
Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Tums Fast Relief 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 Sunday’s race. ABC was the broadcast team for this event.
Total number of commercials: 107
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 54
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 34
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 1:30 pm
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:22 pm
Total minutes: 232
Minutes of race broadcast: 182
Minutes of commercials: 50
Number of missed restarts: 0 however two restarts occurred right as the race returned from commercialstoo close to call
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 1
Number of debris cautions (debris shown): 1
Total race brdcst time 182 Total comm. brdcst time 50
See more drivers info and links on my 2009 Commercials page.(10-26-2009)
jayski.com/pages/commercials2009.htm
Most consecutive top-10 finishes at a track: #48-Jimmie Johnson has a little streak of 14 [now 15] straight top-10 finishes at Martinsville. After finishing 35th there in his debut, Johnson finished sixth and ninth, then pulled off a little run of 11 top-5 finishes in 12 races. That’s a record for the most consecutive top-10 finishes at Martinsville. With another on Sunday, Johnson [did] will become the sixth driver to have a run of 15 or more top-10 finishes in a row at a track. The list, courtesy of none other than Mike Forde, NASCAR’s Sultan of Stats:
Dale Earnhardt, 18, North Wilkesboro
Richard Petty, 18, North Wilkesboro
Dale Earnhardt, 15, Richmond
Benny Parsons, 15, Bristol
Richard Petty, 15, Dover
Jimmie Johnson, 15, Martinsville
(ESPN)(10-23/26-2009)
added some schemes from Martinsville to the Paint Scheme Gallery: #1 Vasoline Men’s, #2 Miller Lite / Operation Warrior, #7 Schrock Cabinetry, #18 Halloween M&M’s, #24 National Guard.com, #33 BB&T, #33 Cheerios Hauler, #34 A&W Rootbeer, #37 Long John Silver’s, #43 McDonald’s Monopoly, #44 Coleman Natural Foods and #73 Dodge of Josh Wise added to the Paint Scheme Gallery
jayski.com/schemes/paintschemes.htm
Did Not Finish Streak and stats: #14-Tony Stewart has the longest current streak of finishing races at 55 races of drivers who have ran all the races. The next driver with the most is: #39-Ryan Newman & #00-David Reutimann with 38 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 26 [in 28 starts], followed by #87-Nemechek who has 24 [in 27 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.(10-25-2009)
Top-5’s, Top-10’s: #24-Jeff Gordon leads all drivers after 32 races in 2009 with 16 Top-5 finishes, followed by #14-Tony Stewart with 15 and #48-Jimmie Johnson with 14. #24-Gordon has the most Top-10’s after 32 races with 23. #14-Stewart is next at 22 and #48-Johnson next with 21.
Two drivers have run all the races in 2009 and have not scored a top-10 finish: #12-Stremme and #98-Menard. Seven drivers have not scored a Top-5 and ran all the races: #98-Menard, #12-Stremme, #07-Mears, #1-Truex Jr., #43-Sorenson, #26-McMurray and #6-Ragan.(10-25-2009)
New crew chief for Kyle Busch? Joe Gibbs Racing is looking at several things to improve the performance of #18-Kyle Busch’s team in 2010, including the possibility of replacing crew chief Steve Addington. “There’s not a lot we can say on it,” team president J.D. Gibbs said before Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway. “We just want to evaluate on what makes us the best, how do we capitalize on the resources we have, personnel, technology? How do we utilize that? You look at everything. It’s frustrating because we know … we’ve had some good runs. We just should be better than that week in and week out.” Busch failed to make the Chase for the first time since his rookie season in 2005. He has only one win over the last 21 races and nine finishes of 20th or worse after winning three of the first 10 races. He has only 11 top 10s on the season after registering 21 a year ago and 20 in 2007. “Rarely do you go from running OK to now all of a sudden you’re out of the box,” said Gibbs, reminding no decision has been made on Addington’s future. “Tony [Stewart] when he missed the Chase [in 2006], he was coming on strong consistently at the end of the season.” Asked if the performance of Busch and Addington over the final four races would determine whether they stay together, Gibbs said, “It probably has more to it than the next four weeks.”(ESPN)(10-25-2009)
Gibbs has no plans to return to Redskins: Hall of Fame former Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs said Sunday he has no plans to return to the struggling team. Gibbs laughed when asked at Martinsville Speedway about rumors and Internet reports that he could return to the team as an adviser or even general manager. “That’s what it is. Talk,” the owner of three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams said. “Right here’s where I’m GMing.”(Associated Press)(10-25-2009)
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Courtesy of Racin’ Today
The Monday Morning Crew Chief: USF1 To Grow With Busch? – www.racintoday.com/archives/11390
Hamlin Wins Race But Johnson Makes His Points – www.racintoday.com/archives/11368
Flag to Flag: Martinsville – www.racintoday.com/archives/11364
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Keselowski wins at Memphis: #88-Brad Keselowski won the Kroger on Track for the Cure 250 at Memphis Motorsports Park. It is his first win at Memphis, his 4th of the year and the 6th of his career. #18-Kyle Busch finished second. The rest of the top 10: #38-Jason Leffler, #11-Mike Bliss, 62-Brendan Gaughan, #60-Carl Edwards, #40-Scott Wimmer, #99-David Reutimann, #29-Stepehen Leicht, and #1-Lason Cassill. There were 14 cautions for 72 laps and 13 lead changes among 8 leaders. The race ended under a green-white-checker finish. After the race, #66-Steve Wallace bumped #16-Matt Kenseth’s car on pit road, in retaliation for contact by Kenseth late in the race. Wallace was ordered to the NASCAR hauler. Complete results are posted on the Memphis race page.(10-24-2009)
www.jayski.com/nationwide/2009/next/32memphis.htm#results
Memphis Race Fast Facts:
Brad Keselowski won the Kroger On Track For The Cure 250, his sixth victory in 101 NASCAR Nationwide Series races.
This is his fourth victory and 26th top-10 finish in 2009.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in four races at Memphis Motorsports Park.
Kyle Busch (second) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Memphis Motorsports Park. It is his 27th top-10 finish in 2009.
Jason Leffler (third) posted his second top-10 finish in seven races at Memphis Motorsports Park.
Brendan Gaughan (fifth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Kyle Busch leads the point standings by 215 points over Carl Edwards.
(NASCAR Statistics)(10-24-2009)
Driver standings following Memphis:
1) #18-Kyle Busch 5179
2) #60-Carl Edwards 4964 -215
3) #88-Brad Keselowski 4922 -257
4) #38-Jason Leffler 4184 -995
5) #12-Justin Allgaier 3743 -1436
6) #11-Mike Bliss 3684 -1495
7) #66-Steve Wallace 3626 -1553
#27-Jason Keller Ford 3574 -1605
10) #15-Michael Annett 3298 -1881
Complete standings are posted on the Memphis race page.(10-24-2009)
www.jayski.com/nationwide/2009/next/32memphis.htm#standings
Latest on McClure: Due to the severity of the accident at Memphis, #24-Eric McClure was taken to the infield care center for a possible injury to his left foot. He was then taken to a local hospital for an x-ray that showed no broken bones, only a bone bruise and ankle sprain. The driver will follow up with his regular doctor before returning to the track at Texas Motor Speedway.(McClure PR)(10-25-2009)
Tagliani to run Texas race: Translated by google from RDS.ca: The Canadian driver Alex Tagliani will participate in the race for the Nationwide Series Texas Motor Speedway on Nov. 7. On his blog on the website Autonet.ca, Tagliani says he will drive the same Dodge car that allowed him to participate in the race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal on 29 and 30 August. “It was a nice surprise for me when the team of #81-Randy McDonald asked me to participate in the race in Texas. In Montreal, I got a good result with the car and hopefully do the same in Texas.” Tagliani, who has never raced at Texas Motor Speedway stock car, is excited for this new challenge. “I am pleased to have this opportunity and gain more experience in my career without too much pressure.”(RDS.ca)(10-25-2009)
Toyota clinches manufacturer’s chamipnship: When Kyle Busch’s Camry crossed the finish line second in Saturday’s Nationwide Series race at Memphis Motorsports Park, it enabled Toyota to clinch its second consecutive NNS manufacturer’s championship in just its third year of series competition. This marks the fifth time that Toyota has earned a NASCAR manufacturer’s title since its NASCAR entry in 2004. Last year, Toyota captured its first NNS title, and in each of the past three years (2006, 2007 and 2008) Toyota has won the manufacturer’s championship in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS). The performance of six full-time teams fielding eight Camrys — Braun Racing, CJM Racing, Germain Racing, Joe Gibbs Racing, JTG Daugherty Racing and Michael Waltrip Racing — all contributed to the 2009 title earning Toyota the Bill France Performance Cup. Camry Nationwide Series drivers have combined to produce 13 victories, 62 top-five finishes, 114 top- 10 results and 12 pole positions in the first 32 events of the 2009 season. (Toyota PR)(10-24-2009)
2010 plans for Raines and Wallace not set: #34-Tony Raines and #28-Kenny Wallace still have unknown plans for next season. Speaking during a press conference at Memphis Friday morning, Raines jokingly said team owner Bob Jenkins was the kind of owner that would make a decision a couple weeks before Daytona, so plans for next year were not settled. Kenny Wallace stated that this year’s sponsor, the U.S. Border Patrol did not commit to this years sponsorship until December 23 of last year so it will be a while before anything is know about them. He said that team owner Jay Robinson told him the team would go to Daytona, with or without sponsorship.(10-23-2009)
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Courtesy of The Hot Lap
Post-race quotes from MATT DIBENEDETTO, No. 20 Pizza Ranch Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing Finishing Position: 14th Can you talk about your first Nationwide Series race? “It was probably the most eventful race I’ve ever had in my entire life. I passed 100 cars in a 40 car field. We were okay at the beginning, drove it to second and then all of a sudden the car started falling off really bad. It was not like it was yesterday. I was really worried. I had doubts and we fell back to fifth. We had a pit stop, pulling out I thought we had a clear spot to get out but Dave Rogers, the crew chief came over the radio and said, ‘Stop, stop,’ but it was too late. We locked them up and got into a little fender deal with the 99 (David Reutimann). That put us down to the tail of the field. We were stuck back there for a little bit. The car was way off. We pitted and they worked on it, put on tires and made a change and it absolutely came to life. We drove all the way from 20-something, way on back there to sixth and were running faster than the leaders consistently every lap and got turned around on the back straight away when Carl (Edwards) wrecked. Then, we finished 14th — it was a long day.(TR) (10-25-09)
Post-race quotes from second place finisher,Kyle Busch-“I should be ecstatic with a second-place finish seeing as though we didn’t have a car that should have finished in the top-10. Real frustrated that we came home second again today. I gave it all I had there in those last few laps. I could have spun him out and wrecked but I couldn’t put myself to do it. I set another record for most second-place finishes in a season – that’s great, whatever. Lost a lot of money today for the ‘Dash4Cash’ deal because apparently the 88 (Brad Keselowski) took it all for himself. It sucks, sucks real bad.” Can you talk about your lead in the points? “He (Carl Edwards) drove through everybody to get back up to sixth. It’s still any man’s race. Him or I could win in the next three races. I’d like to thank FedEx, appreciate their support. Thank all the team members for being out here today with 35,000 strong employees and everybody. Sorry we didn’t get one spot better. I couldn’t put it to myself to spin him (Brad Keselowski) out.” (TR) (10-25-09)
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Courtesy of Jayski
Peters picks up 1st win at Martinsville: It was a sweet-homecoming for Timothy Peters and the #1-Strutmasters/RHR Toyota as local driver Timothy Peters took the checkers to win the Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway. It was Peters first career win in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 64 starts. Rounding out the top ten were; #30-Todd Bodine, #6-Colin Braun, #33-Ron Hornaday Jr., #4-Kevin Harvick, #51-Denny Hamlin, #8-Dennis Setzer, #24-David Starr, #88-Matt Crafton, #25-Terry Cook. There were 3 lead changes among 3 drivers, with 8 caution flags for 39 laps. Complete race results are posted on the Martinsville Race Page.(Unofficial)(10-24-2009)
www.jayski.com/cts/next/2009/21martinsville2009.htm#results
Driver point standings following the Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway:
1) #33-Ron Hornaday Jr., 3375
2) #88-Matt Crafton, 3151 – 224
3) #5-Mike Skinner, 3049 – 326
4) #30-Todd Bodine, 2815 -560
5) #16-Brian Scott, 2805 – 570
6) #6-Colin Braun, 2797-578
7) #1-Timothy Peters, 2768 – 607
#13-Johnny Sauter, 2762 – 613
9) #24-David Starr, 2694 – 681
10)#14-Rick Crawford, 2694 – 681
Complete driver point standings are posted on the Martinsville Race Page.(Unofficial)(10-24-2009)
www.jayski.com/cts/next/2009/21martinsville2009.htm#standings
Gosselin & sponsor, MyTireMonkey.com to debut at Talladega: Talladega marks the official start to a partnership between Gosselin’s #12 Chevy Silverado DGM Racing team and primary sponsor MyTireMonkey.com, a leading online tire superstore offering the Internet’s lowest tire prices. On Thursday, October 29, at 3:00pm, SPEED Channel will capture the unveiling at the track. Dressed in monkey costumes, Gosselin’s young daughters, Megan and Madison, will assist as his team whips the cover from the #12 pickup and reveals a colorful new racing theme destined to capture audience attention. Although DGM Racing competed in a handful of Camping World Truck Series races last year in a quest for sponsorship, the support of MyTireMonkey.com has given the team its first chance at the complete 25-race series circuit. “We’re a starting team in the Camping World series, and this is like a dream come true,” Gosselin said. “This is what this young racing team needed to go forward, to be able to go to the races and have the funding that we need to compete.” Launched in December 2008, MyTireMonkey.com is a relatively new entry to the corporate starting line. But with 1,500 dealer locations and nearly 90 independent distribution centers scattered across 48 states, the Edenton, North Carolina-based startup is quickly expanding operations and revolutionizing the way customers regard the online tire-buying process.(DGM Racing PR)(10-25-2009)
Lofton looking toward Truck Series for 2010: Fresh off winning the 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series championship, Justin Lofton appears to be headed to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for 2010. Lofton said Friday at Memphis Motorsports Park that he has sponsorship for a full Truck season through his family’s Lofton Cattle company and associated vendors. Lofton had hoped to race in the Nationwide Series next season but doesn’t have enough backing for a full season. “But I have it for the Truck series,” Lofton said. “We’ve been talking to a couple Truck teams. I was really hoping to have something secured up this weekend, and I was planning on going to Martinsville originally. But it’s kind of been postponed since I’ve been here.” Lofton went to Memphis to serve as a backup for Roush Fenway Racing’s Matt Kenseth in case Kenseth couldn’t make it from Martinsville Speedway. Lofton said he hopes teams notice that Roush Fenway picked him, sparking future interest for a Nationwide ride. But the Truck series is the likely destination for Lofton. Lofton said he’ll run the Truck schedule for one of three Toyota teams next year. Toyota and Triad Racing Development helped Lofton’s team in ARCA this year.(SceneDaily.com)(10-24-2009)
Future uncertain for several drivers for next season: As the 2009 campaign reaches the homestretch with just five races left, many drivers find themselves in a race to secure the funding to return to their team or move to a new one.
[Timothy] Peters, who moved from Premier Racing to Red Horse earlier this year, is one of those looking for a commitment. His agreement with Red Horse is only through the end of 2009 and he says he hasn’t even discussed whether sponsor Strutmasters.com might return or go with him elsewhere. Peters’ situation is no more stable than that of many of his competitors, including teammate T.J. Bell.
The longer a driver goes without firming up plans for the coming season, the harder it can be to find a ride. Just ask Terry Cook. “The end of 2006 was the first year that I really had to start looking for opportunities to race the next year and unfortunately every year thereafter I’ve done that,” said the HT Motorsports driver, noting that his Martinsville-based organization is expected to evaluate his future in the offseason. “And that’s the frustrating part of this business – the unknowns.
It takes about $3 million annually to fully fund a Truck team, according to Wyler Racing driver Stacy Compton. Compton says he’s about 95 percent sure he’ll return to his seat in a full-time role next season but that the team needs an additional sponsor to chip in about $500,000. Compton isn’t ready to completely rule out the possibility of a part-time schedule.
More certainty exists among drivers at or near the top of this year’s points standings. Team owner Kevin Harvick said on Friday that points leader and three-time champion Ron Hornaday will return to the #33 Chevrolet full-time and that Harvick and Ryan Newman will share time in the second Kevin Harvick Inc. truck.
ThorSport Racing teammates Matt Crafton (second in points) and Johnny Sauter (fifth) are also set to rejoin their respective organizations. That also appears to be the case for Randy Moss Motorsports’ Mike Skinner (3rd), HT Motorsports’ David Starr (10th) and GunBroker.com Racing’s Jason White (14th).
Starr is also entertaining the possibility of a part-time Nationwide schedule with a team that he would not disclose yet. Possibly joining him in the Nationwide ranks will be Circle Bar Racing rookie James Buescher, who says he expects an announcement regarding his future in the next two weeks.(SceneDaily.com)(10-24-2009)
KHI plans for 2010: During a post-qualifying interview, Kevin Harvick was asked the following:
Q: Can you talk about where you are as far as funding or sponsorship or plans for your two trucks for next season?
A: Well his (Hornaday) truck will race regardless. It’s going to race for a championship. We’ll probably do a lot like we did this year with the second truck. Hopefully we won’t have the third truck. We had to fulfill some commitments and wound up with the third truck on the track more than I would have wanted to but for the most part it will be myself and (Ryan) Newman and we’ll see how the rest of it falls on the second truck.”(Team Chevy PR)(10-23-2009)
Sauter resigns with ThorSport Racing for 2010: Johnny Sauter isn’t just coming to Martinsville Speedway this weekend off of his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory, but he’s also arriving with a new contract with ThorSport Racing to return in 2010. Sauter, who has 76 starts in what is now the Sprint Cup Series and 195 in what is now the Nationwide Series, won his first Truck race in 20 career starts four weeks ago at Las Vegas. Sauter said team owner Duke Thorson already had the paperwork done to sign him for another year prior to the Vegas race, but winning obviously didn’t hurt. Sauter has five consecutive top-five finishes – three fifths, a second and a first – in his last five races. What’s made the difference? Well at least part is new crew chief Joe Shear, whom Sauter has worked with at various times in his career. “He’s obviously a huge part of the equation,” Sauter said. “One of the biggest things he has done coming in is lean on our teammate [Matt Crafton] as far as setups. I have all the confidence in the world in him, and he believes in me, and it just works.”(SceneDaily.com)(10-23-2009)
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Courtesy of TruckSeries.Com
Peters Wins First At Martinsville
10-24-2009 | Tom Jensen, SPEEDtv.com
Peters Wins at Martinsville Timothy Peters, who lives within 15 minutes of Martinsville Speedway, captured Saturday’s Kroger 200 at the historic Virginia short track, in his Strutmasters/Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra. It was the first career victory for Peters in 64 career starts in the Truck Series. He has followed to the checkered flag by Todd Bodine, Colin Braun, Ron Hornaday Jr. and Kevin Harvick.
www.truckseries.com/cgi-script/NCTS_09/articles/000014/001446.htm
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Parsons To Host ARCA Awards Banquet
(10-26-09) – SPEED TV commentator and NASCAR/ARCA veteran driver Phil Parsons will host the 2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series championship awards banquet Saturday night, December 5th at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington, Kentucky. Parsons, the younger brother of the late Benny Parsons, serves as color commentator for all the ARCA RE/MAX Series telecasts on SPEED as well as all the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series broadcasts. In addition to making over 200 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts and nearly 300 Nationwide Series starts, Parsons posted one ARCA victory during his career at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
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Ford debuts new engine
www.examiner.com/x-11775-Louisville-NASCAR-Examiner~y2009m10d23-Ford-debuts-new-engine
Insider Racing News
insiderracingnews.com/Writers/BB/102409.html
Give Us A Three-Wide, Door Banging Drag Race
by Brenda Benedict
Peters gets win number one at home track
Keselowski cashes in
www.examiner.com/x-11775-Louisville-NASCAR-Examiner~y2009m10d24-Keselowski-cashes-in
Insider Racing News
insiderracingnews.com/Writers/KR/102509.html
Almost Everything You’ve Wanted To Know About Martinsville
by Kim Roberson
The Nascar Insiders
The NASCAR Week That Was: Oct. 18-24
After a season of struggles, Richard Childress Racing led the headlines this week as they made some personnel changes in an effort to help performance.
feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNascarInsiders/~3/6yvxJgVSwrk/
Insider Racing News
insiderracingnews.com/Writers/RF/102609.html
Hamlin Knew He Was Going To Win At Martinsville
by Ron Felix
Insider Racing News
insiderracingnews.com/Writers/MP/102609.html
Can Jimmie Johnson be Stopped?
by Matthew Pizzolato
Insider Racing News
insiderracingnews.com/Writers/CF/102609.html
Martinsville Speedway Notebook – Sunday
by Connie Felix
Hamlin wins at Martinsville
www.examiner.com/x-11775-Louisville-NASCAR-Examiner~y2009m10d25-Hamlin-wins-at-Martinsville
The Nascar Insiders
The State of TNI
I know it’s Monday and you’re probably expecting a post, sorry, but we wanted to ask you, our loyal readers, some questions.
feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNascarInsiders/~3/NmeSdJE_H5c/
Just Sayin’…: Thoughts from Martinsville
By Rob Quillen | 10/26/2009
An excerpt:
During this week’s nine-hour pre race, the only thing that I learned is that Jeff Gordon owns more than one pair of racing shoes. Who would have thought that a guy who makes 20 million a year has more than one pair of shoes?
www.racejournalonline.com/index.php?page=read&article=516
Hamlin Shows Social Media Impact On NASCAR
The biggest growing movement in NASCAR does not involve the COT, the Chase or even the pink Martinsville hotdogs. Instead, it is the groundswell of teams, drivers, bloggers, reporters and officials who use Twitter to get their messages out to the fans instantly.
dalyplanet.blogspot.com/2009/10/hamlin-shows-social-media-impact-on.html
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 26
5:00P-6:00 espn2 NASCAR Now, HD, L
7:30P-8:00 SPEED NASCAR Race Hub: news of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, L
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27
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
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28
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
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29
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
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30
9:00A-10:30 SPEED FIA Formula One PRACTICE, Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, L
2:00P-3:30 SPEED NASCAR Sprint Cup PRACTICE, AMP Energy 500, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL, HD, L
3:30P-4:00 SPEED NASCAR Live from Talladega Superspeedway, HD
4:00P-5:00 SPEED NASCAR Sprint Cup FINAL PRACTICE, AMP Energy 500, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL, HD, L
5:00P-7:00 SPEED NASCAR Camping World Truck Series QUALIFYING, Mountain Dew 250, Talladega Superspeedway, HD, L
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31
1:00A-1:30 espn2 NASCAR Now, HD, N
8:55A-10:00 TSN FIA Formula One QUALIFYING, Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 16:9, L
9:00A-10:30 SPEED FIA Formula One QUALIFYING, Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, L (may be blacked out in Canada)
12:00n-3:00P SPEED/TSN2 NASCAR Sprint Cup QUALIFYING, AMP Energy 500, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL, HD, L
3:30P-4:00 SPEED NASCAR Camping World Truck Series SETUP, Mountain Dew 250, Talladega Superspeedway, HD, L
4:00P-6:30 SPEED NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Mountain Dew 250, Talladega Superspeedway, HD, L (expect green at 4:22P)
8:00P-10:00 SPEED Super Dirt Week, New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, NY, Oct 7-11/09, N
10:00P-12:00m espn2 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing QUALIFYING, Las Vegas Nationals, Las Vegas, NV, HD, SDD, N
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 – (DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS)
2:00A EDT **** DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS. TURN CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR AT 2:00A EDT
7:30A-10:00 RDS Les Grands Prix de Formule 1: Abu Dhabi, 16:9, L
7:30A-10:00 SPEED FIA Formula One Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, L (may be blacked out in Canada)
7:55A-10:00 TSN FIA Formula One Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 16;9, L
10:00A-12:00n SPEED NASCAR RaceDay, preview of today’s AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, HD, L
10:00A-11:00 espn2 NASCAR Now, pre-race, HD, L
12:00n-1:00P ABC/TSN2 NASCAR Sprint Cup COUNTDOWN, AMP Energy 500, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL, HD, L
1:00P-5:00 ABC/TSN2 NASCAR Sprint Cup AMP Energy 500, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL, HD, L (expect green at 1:19P)
7:00P-8:00 SPEED The SPEED Report, HD, N
7:00P-10:00 espn2 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing ELIMINATIONS, Las Vegas Nationals, Las Vegas, NV, HD, SDD, N
8:00P-9:00 HD Theater World Rally Championship, Rally Argentina, Apr 24-26/09, HD, N
8:00P-9:00 SPEED NASCAR Victory Lane, AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, HD, N
9:00P-10:00 SPEED Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain, HD, L
10:00P-11:00 espn2 NASCAR Now, post-race, HD, L
11:00P-12:00m HD Theater World Rally Championship, Rally Argentina, Apr 24-26/09, HD, R
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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