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Reviews I’ve read of the Cup awards banquet said it was “better” than in the past, but still not great. I didn’t even watch it, mostly because I’m not a David Spade fan.
Your full TV schedule is included for this week, in case the production of the Stock Car Gazette gets more occasional during the off season. We’ll probably check in with you again on Wednesday.
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C’mon, Mr. France… Earnhardt’s Fault??
by: Mick Charles
Earlier this week I read an article quoting Brian France, after he appeared at the Reuters Media Summit in New York last Tuesday.
He actually inferred that the 13% downturn in ratings was partially Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s fault.
Huh?
For more of this very popular article, visit motorsportsnews.net/archives/904
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TV Times - “Wide Open Coverage” On Tap For Next Season’s Coke 400
by: Lou Modestino
Turner Sports and TNT have greenlit a reprise of this past NASCAR season’s July 7 Wide Open Coverage race, a television first that featured no commercial interruptions but used branded content for 10 advertisers that appeared sporadically via a small on-screen window.
For more, visit motorsportsnews.net/archives/905
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Kyle Busch and Steve Wallace disqualified at Snowball Derby
Steven Wallace and Kyle Busch’s cars were both disqualified in post-qualifier tech after initially making it into the field. Kyle Busch wasn’t too happy. He was tossed from the event due to a height infraction. Both Busch and Steven Wallace were very irate in the pit area and told Speed51.com that they are displeased with [...]
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Jeff Gordon Loves Being a Hands-On Dad
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NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon and his wife, Ingrid Vandebosch, are relishing life with their five-month-old daughter Ella Sofia. As a first-time dad, Gordon, 36, tells PEOPLE he loves being hands-on with the feeding and diaper duty, but finds giving baths to little Ella the most rewarding. “The baths are the best! She’s so happy in the bathtub,” said Gordon. The NASCAR and Daytona 500 racecar driver has experienced some big milestone moments with his daughter. “She got spoon fed for the first time [recently],” said Gordon at the Sprint Nextel and Tiffany & Co. NASCAR celebration in New York City Wednesday night. “I can’t say she’s gone a long way with that, though.” Another milestone occurred when Gordon and Vandebosch celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary in Mexico with their daughter earlier this month. “She got to swim for the first time. Well, she was floating,” Gordon said. “She loved it.” Asked if Gordon thinks his daughter might follow his career path onto the racetrack one day, “I’m not necessarily expecting her or pushing her,” he said. “I’d be surprised if she becomes a racecar driver.”
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SPEED™ Names 12 Finalist For Second Annual SPEED Performer Of The Year - Nine Series Represented In Quest For Prestigious Mario Andretti Trophy -Danica Patrick, Tommy Kendall To Host SPEED Performance Awards: The 15-member SPEED voting panel has named 12 finalists for the 2007 SPEED Performer of the Year honor, with the winner to be announced as part of the SPEED Performance Awards one-hour television special hosted by racers Tommy Kendall and Danica Patrick in February. Two-time NASCAR Nextel Cup Series champion and inaugural winner of the SPEED Performer of the Year last season, Jimmie Johnson, is on a ballot that represents nine different racing series. The top six vote-getters will be featured on the special. Johnson is joined by back-to-back World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series champion Donny Schatz, AMA Supercross champ James Stewart, IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti, four-time Champ Car World Series titlist Sebastien Bourdais, MotoGP champ Casey Stoner, Formula One rookie sensation Lewis Hamilton, Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series champions Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty, USAC National Midget Series champion Jerry Coons Jr., USAC sprint car driver Jon Stanbrough, F1 champion Kimi Raikkonen and NASCAR Nextel Cup Series runner-up Jeff Gordon. The second annual SPEED Performer of the Year will be selected by a panel including “Wind Tunnel” host Dave Despain, veteran broadcasters Bob Varsha and Ralph Sheheen, SPEEDtv.com writers Robin Miller and Tom Jensen and versatile racers Tommy Kendall and Dorsey Schroeder. The winner will receive the Mario Andretti Trophy, created by bronze artist Elie Hazak. - SPEED TV, Press Release
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ANDY CAGLE: Award Time: A Few That Weren’t Presented in New York
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Earnhardt steers to Supercars
NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr has put his hand up to switch to V8 Supercars if a team is prepared to hire him.
Earnhardt Jr has caught the V8 bug after making a surprise visit to the final round of the V8 championship at Phillip Island yesterday as part of a two-week holiday to Australia.
Voted America’s most popular NASCAR driver, Earnhardt Jr said he would definitely give consideration to making a move to the Aussie tourers.
www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22857595-10389,00.html
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Nascar champ keen on Supercars
December 03, 2007 From: The Australian
ONE of the biggest names in world motorsport wants to get behind the wheel of a V8 Supercar.
Nascar champion Dale Earnhardt Jnr was so impressed with the marque at the championship decider at Phillip Island yesterday that the American now wants to drive one of the cars.
Earnhardt was at the Victorian circuit as part of a two-week Australian holiday with friends.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22858216-5012433,00.html
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The perfect season: Washington’s Matt Greiner wins three track …
Washington Evening Journal - IA,USA
It was quite the week of racing.” Greiner, who is president and co-owner of Greiner Buildings, loves racing. He estimated that he drove his stock car in …
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Kelley making her local racing mark
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Stacy Kelley remembers the first time, as a little girl, she went to the local short track to watch stock car racing. The 19-year-old from Minooka also …
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Despite failed deal, NASCAR still confident it will sell site
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While disappointed a $100 million deal to sell its former NASCAR site on Staten Island fell through, International Speedway Corp. officials remain confident …
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Earnhardt ‘p***ed off’ after going winless in 2007 - Nascar
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He’d just won nascar’s Most Popular Driver award for the fifth straight year and was hours from a vacation that will take him far away from the pressures …
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Nick And Vanessa At The NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Champion’s Party
By Kelly
Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo along with her crew attended the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Champion’s Party last night at the exclusive Marquis Club in New York. Surprisingly they were there together although they did their own …
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NASCAR on Fox awards: Owner of the year
FOXSports.com - USA
To be able to put as many cars in the Chase for the Nextel Cup as he did, was pretty impressive. But probably more importantly, all four of his teams won a …
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Nascar champ keen on Supercars
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
One thing that has stuck out to me, is that when Marcos came into the Busch Series he was very respectful and very understanding of his position as a rookie …
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22858216-5012433,00.html
SPEED casting for… yet another NASCAR show
By Merritt Johnson
It seems that Speed TV is looking to expand its NASCAR broadcast lineup (as the series has yet to take up all 24 hours of available time). The net has placed a casting call on its website for passionate and charismatic NASCAR fans with …
www.autoblog.com/2007/12/02/speed-casting-for-yet-another-nascar-show/
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Johnson Will Represent USA In ROC
Sixteen of the best road/oval racing and rally drivers from across the world will be heading to Wembley Stadium in the United Kingdom. They come for an end-of-season gladiatorial style motorsport event on the 16th of December 2007. This exciting event, where drivers will race in identical track conditions against each other with a selection of five cars, is expected to draw 80,000 spectators. The parallel tarmac track will be specially constructed in Wembley stadium for the Race of Champions (ROC); it will be the first motorsport event at the new venue. Now in its 20th year, ROC drivers will gather again to compete in a straight shootout to win the Champion of Champions title as well as the Nations’ Cup, a team event. Team USA pairs 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup champion Jimmie Johnson (Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet) with the Subaru/Vermont SportsCar driver and 2006 Rally America champion Travis Pastrana. Both American drivers are previous entrants in the ROC, Johnson is a former off-road racer and aided in achieving the Nations’ Cup win in 2002 for the American team
Marlin To Tennessee Sports HOF
Long before Sterling Marlin became the third driver to win back-to-back Daytona 500s, Brud Spickard recognized Marlin was an unusual athlete. “Sterling was coachable. He would listen and do what you’d tell him,” said Spickard, who coached Marlin when Marlin was a standout quarterback at Spring Hill High. “He could have gone on and played a little football, but with his family background, we pretty much knew he wanted to go into racing. But the athletic skills he had in football — soft hands and good peripheral vision — helped in racing, too. He’s given lots of thrills to lots of people.”
Marlin will be inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame on Feb. 29. Among the 11 inductees are:
Former TSU track star Madeline Manning Mims, a 1968 Olympic gold medalist.
The late Ronald Lawson Sr. of Nashville, a high school All-American and UCLA basketball player who coached at Cameron High and Fisk.
Nashville’s Margaret Sexton Gleaves, an eight-time AAU basketball All-American and 2002 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductee.
NASCAR Drivers DQ’ed From Snowball Derby
The three big NASCAR names that were planning on racing the Snowball Derby are not going to be in the show. The #49 team decided to load up the car that Joey Logano was going to attempt to get in the field after Stanley Smith spun it in qualifying. Steven Wallace and Kyle Busch’s cars were both disqualified in post-qualifier tech after initially making it into the field. Steven Wallace was found to be light when crossing the scales after tech. They let the team roll off the scales and roll back on. During that time he was caught trying to put sockets in his pockets. The team has been excused from tech and will be loading up to go home. Wallace will not be in the 40th Annual Snowball Derby. Kyle Busch wasn’t too happy, he was tossed from the event due to a height infraction. Both Busch and Steven Wallace were very irate in the pit area and told Speed51.com that they are displeased with Ricky Brooks (head tech inspector) and his philosophies. Speed51 has interviewed both drivers and will have more on this situation over the coming days. …Daily Headlines
UPDATE…
Statement from Steven Wallace….Following is a statement from Rusty Wallace Racing driver, Steve Wallace, on recent happenings in the “Snowball Derby” short track race. Wallace participated in that event on behalf of Richie Wauters Racing.
“I just want to make it clear that although our car supposedly missed one of the inspection criteria in Pensacola, it was in no way done in an attempt to get around the rules. From day one, I have had a deep respect for the sport and its integrity. As far as I’m concerned, that respect carries over to any team for which I drive, as was the case with Richie Wauters Racing in this weekend’s race. We definitely had the car to beat in Pensacola, but for one reason or another, the officials were really hard on both of our teams all week long. We got disqualified because they claimed that we missed one of the inspection criteria by a razor thin margin; a margin small enough that it could have been due to almost anything. It’s definitely disappointing, but with this behind us now, my focus is totally on Daytona and getting our No. 66 Nationwide Series car up front where it belongs.”
Free Indy Museum Dec. 23rd
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum is offering the public free admission to the Museum and the narrated track tour Sunday, Dec. 23, the second consecutive year IMS is participating in the popular “12 Free Days of Indy Christmas.” As part of the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association holiday promotion, the Hall of Fame Museum is among a group of leading Indianapolis-area attractions offering free admission to the public for one day. The promotion provides easy access to one of the world’s premier collections of race cars, classic automobiles, motorsports artwork and artifacts. More than 75 automobiles and motorcycles, representing the Indianapolis 500, stock car racing, sports car racing, and vintage luxury passenger models, are on display at the Hall of Fame Museum at all times. Cars that are part of the Museum’s collection include: the Marmon “Wasp,” winner of the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in 1911; A.J. Foyt’s four Indianapolis 500-winning cars; Smokey Yunick’s famed “side car;” the one-of-its-kind 1957 SSI Corvette; a Benetton F1 car driven by Michael Schumacher; and Tony Stewart’s 2005 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard-winning Chevrolet.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr guest at Phillip Island [Australia]: America’s biggest motor sport star, Dale Earnhardt Jr, was the guest of honour at Phillip Island [Sunday]. Earnhardt is the most popular driver in NASCAR racing and earns more money than the entire V8 Supercar field combined. But unlike the media circus that surrounded David Beckham’s recent visit to Australia, Earnhardt was able to slip under the radar. The only people clamouring to meet the racing celebrity were the V8 Supercar drivers and team managers as he walked down pit lane. The American had a close look at the cars and was impressed with the technology and craftsmanship. “I didn’t anticipate the cars to have so much preparation because they race them so hard,” Earnhardt said. Having just signed a multi-million dollar deal with NASCAR’s leading team, Hendrick Motorsport, Earnhardt is highly unlikely to quit any time soon but admitted he would like to try his hand at V8 Supercars. “In a perfect world, I would come and race in the V8 series for a year and I would enjoy it,” he said.(Herald Sun [Australia])(12-3-2007)
Augie Grill has been around the Snowball Derby since the first time he was carried into Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, FL as a one-month-old son of Derby car owner Frankie Grill in 1976. He had been to victory lane in the Snowball Derby two times with family-owned cars, but both times as a crew member on Wayne Anderson and Butch Lindley�s efforts. But in the 40th Annual Snowball Derby at Five Flags on Sunday, December 2nd, it was finally time for the now-31-year-old Dolomite, Alabama native to make it to victory lane as a driver of the 300-lap race. Grill took the lead for the final time on lap 267 from defending Snowball Derby Champion Clay Rogers and checked out from the field late in the race, even despite front bumper cover damage suffered early in the going, to take the laurels as the 30th different winner of the prestigious short track event.(Speed51.com PR)(12-3-2007)
Reutimann Raises over $70K at Golf Tournament: David Reutimann�s third annual golf tournament at Silverado Golf and Country Club in his home town of Zephyrhills, Fla. raised $71,300.00 for All Children�s Hospital on Saturday, November 24th. �I really want to thank Toyota, Aaron�s, Michael Waltrip Racing, my family and everyone who contributed to making the event a huge success,� Reutimann said.(Michael Waltrip Racing)(12-2-2007)
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Should They Stay Or Should They Go?
Dunn Daily Record - Dunn,NC,USA
The most recent driver to have left NASCAR competition too soon is undoubtedly Ward Burton. His on-track performance was deserving of a better ride than …
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NASCAR: The Motorsport Destination (Eventually.right?)
It all started in 1967, when a world famous talent named Mario Andretti came into a little known southeast stockcar series called NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing). Andretti won the 1967 …
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Champions Week wraps up a year to remember
What a year it was for NASCAR and all of its fans. Who would have thought that it would come to an end so quickly. It always seems to happen too fast, and the shortest off-season in professional sports, always seems to last too long. …
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In New York, the ceremony is only the beginning of it
The velvet rope isn’t really a rope at all, but one of those metal barriers police use to keep crowds at bay. On this Wednesday morning it’s separating the throng in Times Square from the 10 Nextel Cup cars lined up along 44th Street, the starting line for the sport’s annual lap around Midtown Manhattan. As the firesuit-clad drivers emerge, fans and media members are all pushed back to clear the way. That is, until a NASCAR representative appears out of nowhere, orders you to follow him, and virtually thrusts you into a temporary passenger seat wedged into Kevin Harvick’s No. 29 Chevrolet.
www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/11/30/dcaraviello.champs.week.events/index.html
Johnson earns $7.3 million in 2007 point fund awards
After a season of achievements and memorable competition, the payoff for the Nextel Cup Series drivers came Friday in the form of the presentation of the final point fund awards.
www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/11/30/champions.week.day.5.jjohnson/index.html
Laughs and tears present at Cup awards banquet
Surrounded by his peers and the opulence of one of New York’s most historic venues, Jimmie Johnson collected his second consecutive Nextel Cup trophy and a check for $7,317,499, the largest ever awarded in NASCAR.
www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/11/30/awards.banquet.recap/index.html
No need to change sport’s New York state of mind
It was a little before 4 o’clock on Saturday morning when the carpenters and electricians arrived to dismantle the television lights, take down the signs and video boards, and roll up the carpet that led into the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The three-hour Nextel Cup awards ceremony and four-hour afterparty finally concluded — it was time for NASCAR to go into a brief winter hibernation that will end when preseason testing begins at Daytona International Speedway in January.
www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/12/01/dcaraviello.new.york.banquet/index.html
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NASCAR awards show better, but not there yet
N.Y. gathering still missing key ingredients to successful endeavor
Credit NASCAR for how much it has improved its Nextel Cup awards ceremony over the past two years. This year’s soiree at the Waldorf-Astoria on Friday night had more warmth and personality than the annual festivities have had in a long time.
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Slideshow | NASCAR Awards Ceremony 2007
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It was a long road, but Bill Elliott proved he was well up to the trip
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Junior going more corporate? ‘Nah’
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Not all of NASCAR’s TV ratings falling
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On top, and getting better
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A Ford Mustang in NASCAR in 2009? Maybe.
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A source at Ford Motor Company says the motorsports division expects the Ford Mustang to replace the Taurus in the NASCAR Busch series. “We’re expecting to run the Mustang in 2009,” the source said. It’s the first confirmation from a. …
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Herd on asphalt
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Herd Racing, LLC, a West Virginia based NASCAR-sanctioned Nationwide Series stock car race team, approached officials at Marshall about six weeks ago with a …
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More on Pony Cars in the Nationwide Series: A source at Ford Motor Company says the motorsports division expects the Ford Mustang to replace the Fusion in the Busch series. “We’re expecting to run the Mustang in 2009,” the source said. It’s the first confirmation from a manufacturer what I first reported in early 2006 - that the cars in the Busch series, which will be called the Nationwide series in 2008 and beyond - may soon be substantially different from the cars in the top-tier Nextel Cup series. NASCAR is expected to require the Busch cars to be built to a safety specification similar to the Nextel Cup “Car of Tomorrow,” which becomes the standard car after the Daytona 500 in February. If a makeover will be required anyway for the 2009 season, logic suggests that would be a good time for a nameplate change, as well. That said, it may not be a done deal. Reportedly Chevyt is balking at running the Camaro in the NASCAR series. Rumors suggest that Dodge is considering a Busch series version of the Challenger. Also, the move to “pony car” coupes could cause a problem for Toyota. The Camry Solara, a two-door sedan version of the top-selling car in the United States, may disappear after the 2008 model year. If the move to the Mustang, et al, is to be made for 2009, that announcement would be expected soon after the first of next year.(Orlando Sentinel)(11-30-2005)
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The three big NASCAR names that were planning on racing the Snowball Derby are not going to be in the show. The No. 49 team decided to load up the car that Joey Logano was going to attempt to get in the field after Stanley Smith spun it in qualifying. Steve Wallace and Kyle Busch’s cars were both disqualified in post-qualifier tech after initially making it into the field. The Snowflake 100 ran on Saturday night with Richard Johns and Cale Gale both having troubles. Ryan Crane won the event. (Speed51) (12-02-07)
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Truck Series viewers jump, mostly among young men
The Craftsman Truck Series was seen by more total viewers in 2007 than in any other season since moving to SPEED in 2003, according to Nielsen Media Research. With an average total viewer count of 686000, the Truck Series also saw …
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Spears Team is Gone…
By JMD(JMD)
The Spears Manufacturing team, one of the original Craftsman Truck series teams and before that they raced in the Winston West and tried the waters of Winston Cup has shut its doors this past week. The team which always was a self …
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NCTS delivers strong numbers in 2007; banquet to air Dec. 7: The Craftsman Truck Series was seen by more Total Viewers in 2007 than in any other season since moving to SPEED in 2003 according to Nielsen Media Research. With an average Total Viewer count of 686,000, the Truck Series also saw impressive growth in younger demos, posting its best numbers in Men 18-34, Men 18-49 and Men 25-54. To increase exposure of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and its participants, SPEED made two races from 2007 available to FOX (Martinsville and Mansfield) and developed a new popular pre-race program, NCTS Setup, hosted by Krista Voda. In 2008, the effort will continue as the plans are to again air a pair of Truck races on FOX, with the remainder live and exclusive to SPEED. SPEED will wrap up the 2007 NCTS season on Dec. 7, with coverage of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Banquet from Florida (9:00pm/et), as well as re-airs of the Trucks ‘07: A Rivalry Renewed (8:00pm/et) and Bobby Hamilton: Live to Race, Race to Live (10:00pm/et).(SPEED/tv PR)(11-30-2007)
#75 Spears Mfg. team ceases operations: Ray Dunlap from SPEED/tv is reporting that the #75 Spears Craftsman Truck team closed its doors today. All employees were released immediately.(11-30-2007)
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Confessions of a Yankee NASCAR Fan
by Steve Earley
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NASCAR Nextel Cup Awards Banquet Much Improved
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This Week In NASCAR: Jimmie Johnson Is Fifteen Million Dollar Man
by Ron Felix
NASCAR TV Needs One Little Thing: Diversity
By Daly Planet Editor(Daly Planet Editor)
JR Todd is the Kyle Busch of the series, a feisty driver with a hot foot that likes to go fast. He is a fan favorite. Mr. Todd is black. Antron Brown, pictured above, is graduating from the motorcycles to Top Fuel Dragster next season. …
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Time For Your “NASCAR TV Best And Worst” Of The 2007 Races
By Daly Planet Editor(Daly Planet Editor)
Before the memories fade of the 2007 NASCAR season, let’s try to bring back some of those classic TV moments that really got our attention. They would be divided into two categories, the good and the bad. …
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Courtesy of Race Fan TV
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 3
8:00A-9:00 SPEED The SPEED Report, R
9:00A-9:30 SPEED UIM Powerboat P1 Series: An international field of competitors race highly powered twin-engine machines at specially chosen venues, Season Preview, R
9:30A-10:30 SPEED UIM Powerboat P1 Series: Grand Prix of Malta, Valletta, Malta, May 6/07, R
10:30A-11:00 SPEED IHBA Drag Boat Racing: T-Shirts Unlimited Nitro Nationals, Top fuel hydroplanes and super eliminators drag the ‘liquid quarter-mile.’, Red Bluff, CA, May 27/07, R
11:00A-12:00 ESPN-CL 2004 NHRA Route 66 Nationals, Joliet (Chicago), IL, May 23/04
12:00n-1:00P SPEED German Touring Cars (DTM), Round #1, Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany. Apr 22/07, R
1:00P-2:00 SPEED Australian V8 Supercars, Round #1, The Clipsal 500, Adelaide, South Australia, AUS, Mar 4/07, R
2:00P-2:30 SPEED 2007 Monterey Historic Automobile Races, “IMSA GT Cars”, Laguna Seca, CA, Aug 17- 19/07, R
2:30P-3:00 SPEED 2007 Monterey Historic Automobile Races, “Can-Am”, Laguna Seca, CA, Aug 17- 19/07, R
3:00P-4:00 SPEED Le Mans Endurance Series, 1000 km de Spa, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium,Aug 19/07, N
8:00P-8:30 SPEED Ferrari Legends & Passions: The Canadian classic car seller RM holds its first all-Ferrari sale at the Fiorano track in Italy, May 20/07, Part #2
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4
3:00A-4:00 SPEED Le Mans Endurance Series, 1000 km de Spa, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, Aug 19/07, R
4:00A-4:30 SPEED Mazda MX-5 Cup, Round #1, Houston, TX, Apr 22/07, R
4:30A-5:00 SPEED Mazda MX-5 Cup, Round #2, Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA, Apr 29/07, R
11:00A-12:00 ESPN-CL 2004 O’Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals, Heartland Park, Topeka, KS, May 30/04
12:00n-1:00P SPEED SunTrust Moto-ST Endurance Racing, Inaugural 8 Hours At Daytona Part #3, Daytona, FL, Oct 20-21/07, N
1:00P-2:00 SPEED AMA Supermoto, Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford Springs, CT, Aug 27/07, N
2:00P-4:00 SPEED A1 Grand Prix, Zandvoort, Netherlands, Sept 30/07, R
6:00P-6:30 espn2 NASCAR: Chasing Glory, #11, a behind-the-scenes look at the Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup, HD
10:00P-11:00 ESPN-CL 2007 Russo & Steele Car Auction, Monterey, CA, Sept 17/07
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5
3:00A-5:00 SPEED A1 Grand Prix, Brno, Czech Republic, Oct 14/07, R
11:00A-12:00 ESPN-CL 2004 Pontiac Excitement NHRA Nationals ,Columbus, OH, June 13/04
12:00n-1:00P SPEED SCCA Runoffs, Formula 500, Heartland Park, Topeka, KS, Oct 12/07, N
1:00P-2:00 SPEED SCCA Runoffs, Touring 3, Heartland Park, Topeka, KS, Oct 13/07, N
2:00P-2:30 SPEED Mazda MX-5 Cup, Round #1, Houston, TX, Apr 22/07, R
2:30P-3:00 SPEED Mazda MX-5 Cup, Round #2, Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA, Apr 29/07, R
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6
3:00A-4:00 SPEED SCCA Runoffs, Formula 500, Heartland Park, Topeka, KS, Oct 12/07, R
4:00A-5:00 SPEED SCCA Runoffs, Touring 3, Heartland Park, Topeka, KS, Oct 13/07, R
11:00A-12:00 ESPN-CL 2004 K&N Filters NHRA Supernationals, Englishtown, NJ, June 20/04
12:00n-2:00 SPEED A1 Grand Prix, Sepang Circuit, Malaysia, Nov 25/07, N
2:00P-3:00 SPEED World Series of Off-Road Racing, Round #1, Owatonna, MN, May 19/07, R
3:00P-4:00 SPEED World Series of Off-Road Racing, Round #2, Owatonna, MN, May 20/07, R
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7
3:00A-4:00 SPEED German Touring Cars (DTM), Round #1, Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany. Apr 22/07, R
4:00A-5:00 SPEED Australian V8 Supercars, Round #1, The Clipsal 500, Adelaide, South Australia, AUS, Mar 4/07, R
11:00A-12:00 ESPN-CL 2004 Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals, Denver, CO, July 18/04
12:00n-12:30P SPEED Porsche Supercup. Rounds 6-7, at the British GP (July 8/07) and the German GP (July 22/07), N
12:30P-1:00 SPEED Porsche Supercup. Rounds 8-9, at the Hungarian GP (Aug 5/07) and the Turkish GP (Aug 26/07), N
1:00P-2:00 SPEED SunTrust Moto-ST Endurance Racing, Inaugural 8 Hours At Daytona Part #3, Daytona, FL, Oct 20-21/07, N
2:00P-3:00 SPEED Dream to Zoom: The Mazda Robo Pong 200 Karting Championship New Castle Motorsports Park, New Castle, IN, Oct 14/07, R
3:00P-4:00 SPEED Le Mans Endurance Series, 1000 km of Monza, Monza, Italy, Apr 15/07, R
8:00P-9:00 SPEED Trucks ‘07: A Rivalry Renewed (2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season) R
9:00P-10:30 SPEED NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Banquet, Hard Rock Hotel, Hollywood, FL, Nov 19/07, N
10:30P-11:00 SPEED Bobby Hamilton: Live to Race, Race to Live. A look back on the life and career of Bobby Hamilton, a rise from the streets of Nashville to NASCAR’s top series.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8
12:00m-1:00A SPEED Trucks ‘07: A Rivalry Renewed (2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season) R
1:00A-2:30 SPEED NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Banquet, Hard Rock Hotel, Hollywood, FL, Nov 19/07, R
1:00A-2:00 Outdoor FIM Motocross
2:30A-3:00 SPEED Bobby Hamilton: Live to Race, Race to Live, R
3:00A-5:00 SPEED A1 Grand Prix, Sepang Circuit, Malaysia, Nov 25/07, R
11:00A-11:30 SPEED Champboat Grand Prix Series Grand Prix of Augusta, Augusta, GA, May 20/07, N
11:30A-12:00n SPEED IHBA Drag Boat Racing: T-Shirts Unlimited Nitro Nationals Part #2, Red Bluff, CA, May 27/07, N
12:00n-1:00P SPEED German Touring Cars (DTM), Round #2, Oschersleben, Germany, May 6/07, N
1:00P-2:00 SPEED Australian V8 Supercars, Round #2, BigPond 400, Barbagallo Raceway Wanneroo, Western Australia, Mar 25/07, N
1:30P-3:00 NBC Championship Off Road Racing, Pro 2/Pro 4, Primm. NV, Nov 4/07
2:00P-3:00 VS Lucas Oil Motorsports Hour: Pro-2 Wheel Drive and Pro-4 Wheel Drive Off-Road Truck racing special, Crandon International Off-Road Raceway
2:00P-2:30 SPEED Mazda MX-5 Cup, Round #3, Laguna Seca, CA, June 10/07, N
2:30P-3:00 SPEED Mazda MX-5 Cup, Round #4, Portland, OR, June 23/07, N
3:00P-4:00 SPEED World Series of Off-Road Racing, Round #5, Bark River, MI, June 23/07, N
4:00P-5:00 SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP OFF ROAD RACING, Rounds 7 & 8 of the Pro 4 class from Antelope Valley Raceway, Lancaster, CA, Sept 16/07, N
6:30P-7:00 SPEED Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, MO, May 11-12/07, N
10:00P-11:00 Outdoor FIM Motocross
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9
11:00A-12:00n SPEED UIM Powerboat P1 Series: Grand Prix of Italy, Naples, Italy, May 27/07, N
12:00n-1:00P SPEED Summer Shootout, Legends Car, Bandolero and Thunder Roadster racing, Round #2, Lowes Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, June 19/07, N
1:00A-2:30 SPEED NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Banquet, Hard Rock Hotel, Hollywood, FL, Nov 19/07, R
2:00P-3:00 VS Lucas Oil Motorsports Hour: Lucas Oil ASA Modified racing series 2007 season finale, I-10 Speedway, Blythe, CA
7:00P-8:00 SPEED The SPEED Report, N
Race Fan TV does not list all the programming offered by SPEED; for complete listings go to their website, www.speedtv.com/schedule/
DISC-HDT = Discovery HD Theatre
ESPN-CL = ESPN Classic, US
HDNet = High Definition Network available on DirecTV (Channel 79) and DISH, etc.
Outdoor = Outdoor Channel (US)
VS = Versus (formerly known as OLN, Outdoor Life Network)
Always CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS!
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