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Hamlin Speeds to Pole Position at Pepsi 500 Qualifying
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San Bernardino County, Calif. (Oct. 9, 2009) – Denny Hamlin had the best Friday of his season, and it couldn’t have come at a better time during qualifying for the Inaugural Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race -- the Pepsi 500 at the Auto Club Speedway. Audrina Patridge of MTV’s “The Hills” will wave the Green Flag for the race Sunday at Noon PT. Hamlin (No. 11 FedEx Ground Toyota) took the pole position with the top time of 183.870 mph around the two-mile oval, his first of the year. “It definitely comes at a good time,” Hamlin said. “You like to keep streaks alive, and one is to have a pole each year. Qualifying has just been so bad
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Denny Hamlin takes pole at Fontana
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Denny Hamlin won the pole for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Auto Club
Speedway. Hamlin averaged 183.870 mph during his qualifying run around the 2-mile ...
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NASCAR prefers to play it safe, irregardless of Chase status
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Brad Keselowski approves of NASCAR warning drivers for aggressive driving.
He just isn't sure if he deserved such a warning last week at Kansas Speedway. ...
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/2009-10-09-driver-warnings_N.htm
California (Fontana) Q&A: NASCAR Sprint Cup - Jeff Gordon
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If I said anything, I would totally be speculating, I don't have all the poles and the stats and the data that NASCAR
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NASCAR shrinks restrictor plates at Talladega
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NASCAR is reducing the size of the restrictor plates used by Sprint
Cup cars at Talladega in hopes of making it safer for drivers. ...
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Montoya wishing he would have won some races
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Earnhardt would welcome Patrick in NASCAR
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway - Race Line-Up
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Reutimann's Time Disallowed
David Reutimann qualified in the second spot for Sunday's Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway but will have to start in 42nd place because a shock failed post-qualifying inspection found an issue with a rear shock. Apparently the gas level was too high and the shock measurement was out of spec. Reutimann's time was disallowed. According to NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston, no further penalties will be issued. ...Daily Headlines
Hamlin On California Pole
Denny Hamlin, took the third car out for qualifying at Auto Club Speedway and put it on the pole for Sunday's Pepsi 500 Sprint Cup Series race. Hamlin laid down a lap of 39.158 seconds around the 2-mile track, translating to a speed of 183.870 mph. It was Hamlin's seventh pole in 145 career tries. David Reutimann will start alongside Hamlin, he turned a lap of 39.321 second for a speed of 183.108 mph. Greg Biffle will roll off in the third position and Jimmie Johnson qualified fourth. Jaun Pablo Montoya nailed down the fifth spot followed by Martin Truex Jr., rookie Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer and Mark Martin to round out the top ten. Two drivers failed to qualify, Tony Raines and Mike Wallace. ...Daily Headlines
For Full Starting Lineup... (Insider Racing News)
J.C. France Arrested
The France family is the biggest name in NASCAR and race car driver J.C. France, who is the grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France, is facing drunk driving and drug charges and has been suspended from racing. A statement from NASCAR says J.C. France is being treated like any other racer and he has now been suspended indefinitely from all races. “J.C. France was arrested last night in Daytona Beach, Fl, for driving under the influence. He was also charged for possession of cocaine. JC is a driver in Grand American Road Racing series. Grand Am has issued a penalty notice and suspended JC indefinitely from all competition for actions detrimental to racing. The penalty is not appealable. JC is being treated like any other competitor. His suspension is immediate and indefinite,” NASCAR said in a statement issued Thursday afternoon. ...More
ISC Profits Sink
Race tracks owner International Speedway Corp. reported Thursday a decline in third-quarter profit, reflecting a sharp decrease in revenues as well as a hefty asset impairment charge. On an adjusted basis, earnings per share came in below analysts' estimate by 5 cents. The company also lowered the top-end range of its earlier guidance for fiscal 2009. For the third quarter, net income dropped to $4.41 million or $0.09 per share from $38.79 million or $0.79 per share in the previous year. The results of the latest quarter included $13.7 million after-tax impairment charge of long-lived assets. ...More
Darlington Cuts Prices
Darlington Raceway says it will offer some 40,000 tickets at reduced price for next year’s NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide series events at the track. Tickets, which will go on sale to the public this Saturday, will start as low as $35 for the Cup event. The Southern 500 Sprint Cup race on May 8 will be preceded by a Nationwide race, the Diamond Hill Plywood 200, on the previous night. ...More
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· Hamlin on pole at Auto Club: #11-Denny Hamlin won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway with a lap of 183.870mph for his 1st pole of the season and 7th career pole. #00-Reutimann was 2nd fastest followed by #16-Biffle, #48-Johnson, #42-Montoya, #1-Truex, Jr., #20-Logano, #29-Harvick, #33-Bowyer, and #5-Martin.
The non Top-35 drivers who made the race: #87-Nemechek, #13-Papis, #82-Speed, #09-Bliss, #78-Smith, #71-Gilliland, #66-Blaney and #36-McDowell.
The two drivers who failed to qualify: #37-Raines and
#64-Wallace.
See starting lineup, qualifying results, pole progression on my Auto Club Starting Grid/Qualifying Results-Order page.(10-9-2009)
· Reutimann's time disallowed: UPDATE: #00-David Reutimann, who was second fastest in qualifying, had his time disallowed after the rear shock was determined to have a gas level too high. He will now start the race in 42nd. No other penalties are expected.(10-9-2009)
UPDATE: Michael Waltrip twittered Friday night that there were 25psi more than the maximum allowed in the shock. Michael Waltrip Racing checked their gauge against NASCAR's and found that
MWRs was off.(10-10-2009)
· Qualifying Fast Facts - Auto Club Speedway:
Denny Hamlin won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Pepsi 500 with a lap of 39.158 seconds, 183.870 mph.
This is his seventh pole in 145 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. Hamlin's last pole came at Richmond International Raceway on May 3, 2008.
This is his first pole and 14th top-10 start in 2009.
This is his first pole in eight races at Auto Club Speedway.
David Reutimann (second) posted his 12th top-10 start of 2009 and his second in six races at Auto Club Speedway.
Greg Biffle (third) posted
his seventh top-10 start at Auto Club Speedway. It is his 12th in 30 races this season.
Joey Logano (seventh) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
(NASCAR Statistics)(10-9-2009)
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Live from California on ABC: The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup continues this weekend as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races for 500 miles on Sunday, Oct. 11, at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. ESPN's live, flag-to-flag coverage of the Pepsi 500 will air on ABC. The telecast begins with NASCAR Countdown presented by Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on DVD at 2:30pm/et and the race's green flag is at 3:31pm/et. ESPN's coverage of the final 11 races of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule will air on ABC, including all 10 races in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. ESPN's coverage from California includes NASCAR Sprint Cup final practice on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 3:00pm/et airing on ESPN2. Dr. Jerry Punch will be lap-by-lap announcer for ESPN's coverage, with analysis by Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree. Reporting from the pits will be Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Shannon Spake and Vince Welch, with Tim Brewer in the ESPN Craftsman Tech Garage. Allen Bestwick will host the pre-race NASCAR Countdown program with analysis by Rusty Wallace and Brad Daugherty in the ESPN pit studio
Goodyear says all teams can test tires at Daytona: Goodyear and potentially as many as 30 NASCAR Sprint Cup teams will head to Daytona International Speedway on Nov. 2-3, the Monday and Tuesday after Talladega, to try to figure out a tire for the 2010 Daytona 500. The test is open to all teams, and about 25-30 are expected, Stu Grant, Goodyear's manager of worldwide racing, said Friday at Auto Club Speedway in California. Goodyear expects that some multicar organizations will only send some of their drivers and teams. Typical Goodyear tests have only four teams, but it's hard to simulate conditions and tire wear in the draft with so few cars. It will be the only chance Sprint Cup teams will have to run at Daytona prior to
February as NASCAR has extended its moratorium on testing at tracks in its three national series through 2010
· NASCAR shrinks restrictor plates at Talladega: NASCAR will reduce the size of the restrictor plate and allow teams an optional change as a way to slow the cars and try to keep them from getting airborne at Talladega. Sprint Cup Series Director John Darby [said] Friday at Auto Club Speedway that the restrictor plate will be reduced 1/64 of an inch. The new size will be 59/64 of an inch. Darby estimates it will shave 12 horsepower off the engines. Teams also have been given an option on side wickers, something they hadn't been allowed to use before at Talladega. Darby said that teams "will be able to add the same little side wicker to the end plate (on the rear wing) much like they do at the downforce tracks. If you look at all the cars in the garage right now on that end plate, all the way out on the back edge they've got a little half by half piece of aluminum. That's eight inches long. It helps in yaw or when the cars are turned. It kind of settles the back of the car down a little bit."(Virginian Pilot)(10-10-2009)
· Goodyear happy with test of larger tire: UPDATE: Goodyear's Stu Grant, the veteran racing boss, says this week's first on-track test of the proposed new 17-inch NASCAR racing tire-and-wheel, at Richmond International Raceway, was a success, and he is planning a second test in later this fall, probably at Phoenix International Raceway (where the Sprint Cup tour races Nov. 15, providing a good baseline). "We got it on the ground for the first time, and we plan to put it on a short track, like Phoenix, sometime later this year,
before January 1st," Grant said. "And then we will sit down with NASCAR and say 'Okay, here we are looking at 2010&.and how aggressive do we want to be with this thing?'" Grant said "We don't have a firm timetable for implementation" of the new tire in NASCAR racing. "And obviously NASCAR is in step with us in this whole process." But Grant made very clear the 17-inch tire concept was a decided plus for Goodyear. Paul Menard and Travis Kvapil tested the new, larger tires in Jack Roush Fords, against baseline runs on Goodyear's current 15-inch NASCAR tires. "Travis said the 17-inch was very similar to the 15-inch from a handling standpoint," Grant said. "Paul thought it was more forgiving and easier to drive; that you could get back in the throttle quicker. "The nice thing is it ran cooler. So with a bigger footprint on the ground, more rubber, that's nice, because that gives us some room to play with, from a compound standpoint." Another issue here
is the larger tire requires some chassis changes to make the tire fit under the fenders -- and keeping those changes to a minimum economically as well as technically may be the biggest challenge. Still, the key so far is that the test confirmed the theory that a larger tire would run cooler and offer more grip.(MikeMulhern.net)(10-9-2009)
UPDATE: Listen to Roush's own reaction to the prospect of racing a new, larger tire: "There is no 17-inch tire coming&.and you can quote me on that. It would be too expensive&.it's unnecessary& There is maybe only one tire company in the world that could do that, as seen by me. And based on my conversations with NASCAR, I don't think there is any 17-inch tire coming. The things that Goodyear is learning
through the 17-inch-tire excusion, or experiment, is intended to benefit the tires we have today." Yes, Roush confirms he is Goodyear's lead in this program. "But there is no 17-inch tire in our future," Roush insists.(Mike Mulhern.net)(10-10-2009)
· NASCAR clarifies warning to Brad Keselowski at Kansas: NASCAR officials clarified their intent in warning Hendrick Motorsports' #25-Brad Keselowski during last week's race at Kansas Speedway. NASCAR Vice President of Competition Robin Pemberton said Friday afternoon that Keselowski was not warned because of contact with a competitor in the Chase For The Sprint Cup; the warning was one that NASCAR often gives to competitors when it feels contact is unnecessary. Keselowski had contact with #42-Juan Pablo Montoya during the race, drawing the attention of NASCAR. At the time, NASCAR said that Keselowski was told to be "aware and cognizant of who he was racing against at this particular point in the race." Friday, Pemberton clarified what NASCAR meant and that it did not refer to racing against drivers in the championship hunt. "We warn drivers all the time," Pemberton said prior to qualifying at Auto Club Speedway in California. "It wasn't a Chase warning whatsoever. The previous week we warned the 14 [of Tony Stewart] and somebody else about beating on each other, too. When we see things going on around the race track that could affect the outcome of innocent bystanders, drivers who don't have a fight, we'll take and call a driver out on. That's basically what we did."(SceneDaily)(10-10-2009)
· Earnhardt Jr. hopes to sign Danica: Dale Earnhardt Jr. said Friday he has the utmost respect for Danica Patrick, the driver he hopes to sign to race a few Nationwide Series events next season for his JR Motorsports team. "I like Danica a lot," Earnhardt said. "I consider myself friends with her. It's interesting to see her interest in NASCAR. It's interesting for all of us. If we're a piece of that and we play a part in that, we'll have to see going down the road." Earnhardt said it is all in the hands of his sister, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, his business manager. "Kelley's been managing the conversations between Danica and our team," Earnhardt said. "It's still in the early stages. I haven't really gotten in the middle of it." JR Motorsports is trying to reach a deal for Patrick to drive in eight to 10 Nationwide races next year. She is expected to continue to race full-time in the IndyCar Series for Andretti Green Racing.(ESPN.com)(10-10-2009)
· No solid plans for Stremme: David Stremme [who is out of the Penske #12 at the end of the year to make way for Brad Keselowski] on his future: "I think there are a couple of things. When you look at the teams that are going away and don't have sponsors, I think there is going to be so much change for our sport with the teams. We are talking to some people. I don't have nothing solid. I can't even say, "Hey, I feel good about stuff.' Our sport is going through a lot of changes and the thing is if I've got to run Nationwide, Truck, whatever it is, I'm willing to do it. Last year, I had a lot of fun driving for Rusty (Wallace) in the Nationwide. It was a blast and I'd do it again."(Virginian Pilot)(10-10-2009)
· Childress Honoring Chevy's Manufacturer's Championship: A decal honoring Chevy's 2009 Manufacturer's Championship in NASCAR's premier division will be affixed to all four Richard Childress Racing entries [#07, #29, #31, #33] for this weekend's Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway. Chevy earned its 33rd Manufacturer's crown when Tony Stewart won last weekend's Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway, and continues to lead all other manufacturers in the sport with the most championships. The congratulatory decals are prominently displayed on all RCR-prepared Sprint Cup Series Chevrolet's above the B post, directly behind the driver's name.(RCR PR)(10-10-2009)
· Warriors in Pink on the #21 at Lowes: Ford Motor Company, with the help of Wood Brothers Racing, is giving new meaning to "racing for the cure." The Wood Brothers Racing #21 Ford driven by Bill Elliott will feature a special Ford Motor Company Warriors in Pink paint scheme in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The new paint scheme will debut at Lowe's Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Banking 500 only from Bank of America on October 17. Elliott will also be wearing a specially-designed Ford Warriors in Pink fire suit and helmet during the race that will be auctioned off online after the Race. One hundred percent of auction proceeds will go to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.(Ford PR), see an image of the scheme on my #21 Team Schemes page.(10-10-2009)
· Kevin Hamlin not approved to run at California: Kevin Hamlin had been scheduled to drive the Front Row Motorsports #37 this weekend at Auto Club Speedway. However, according to SPEED's qualifying coverage, NASCAR did not approve him to race. Even though he has driven at California before and on superspeedways, NASCAR determined that he did not have enough experience in the COT to make his first Sprint Cup start at California. Tony Raines took over the ride, but did not qualify.(10-10-2009)
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Bayne A Rising-Star Attraction in Garages
Sat, 10/10/09 – 8:00 | No Comment
By Jeff Hood | Senior Writer
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Fontana, Calif. – Seconds after flashing his boyish, All-American smile, 18-year-old Trevor Bayne stood in the NASCAR Nationwide Series garage on Friday and calmly delivered a bold prediction about today’s Copart 300 at Auto Club Speedway.
“I think a top-five finish is a good expectation for me,” said Bayne, who will [...]
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Hamlin To Start From Pole At Auto Club Speedway
Fri, 9/10/09 – 21:18 | No Comment
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Denny Hamlin won his first pole of the season Friday when he laid down the fastest lap in qualifying at Auto Club Speedway, site of Sunday’s Pepsi 500 Sprint Cup race.
Hamlin, a two-time winner this year and a participant in the Chase, had a lap of 183.870 mph and 39.16 seconds.
“http://www.racintoday.com/archives/10825It definitely comes at a [...]
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Auto Club Speedway Track Facts
Track Length: 2 Miles
Race Length: 250 laps/500 miles
Grandstand Seating Capacity: 92,000
Banking in Corners: 14 degrees
Banking on Frontstretch: 11 degrees
Banking on Backstretch: 3 degrees
Frontstretch: 3,100 feet
Backstretch: 2,500 feet
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J.C. France Arrested
The France family is the biggest name in NASCAR and race car driver J.C.
France, who is the grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France, is facing drunk driving and drug charges and has been suspended from racing. A statement from NASCAR says J.C. France is being treated like any other racer and he has now been suspended indefinitely from all races. “J.C. France was arrested last night in Daytona Beach, Fl, for driving under the influence. He was also charged for possession of cocaine. JC is a driver in Grand American Road Racing series. Grand Am has issued a penalty notice and suspended JC indefinitely from all competition for actions detrimental to racing. The penalty is not appealable. JC is being treated like any other competitor. His suspension is immediate and indefinite,” NASCAR said in a statement issued Thursday afternoon.
ISC Profits Sink
Race tracks owner International Speedway Corp. reported Thursday a decline in third-quarter profit, reflecting a sharp decrease in revenues as well as a hefty asset impairment charge. On an adjusted basis, earnings per share came in below analysts' estimate by 5 cents. The company also lowered the top-end range of its earlier guidance for fiscal 2009. For the third quarter, net income dropped to $4.41 million or $0.09 per share from $38.79 million or $0.79 per share in the previous year. The results of the latest quarter included $13.7 million after-tax impairment charge of long-lived assets.
Darlington Cuts Prices
Darlington Raceway says it will offer some 40,000 tickets at reduced price for next year’s NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide series events at the track. Tickets, which will go on sale to the public this Saturday, will start as low as $35 for the Cup event. The Southern 500 Sprint Cup race on May 8 will be preceded by a Nationwide race, the Diamond Hill Plywood 200, on the previous night.
California Rookie News
Scott Speed was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the October 4 Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway. Speed scored a 27th-place finish and took top rookie honors for the seventh time this season and for the second consecutive race. Joey Logano leads Scott Speed by 23 points (218-195) in the Raybestos® Rookie standings entering the October 11 Pepsi 500 at Auto Club (Fontana, Calif.) Speedway. DID YOU KNOW? All three members of the 2009 Raybestos® Rookie class have scored at least one top-10 finish. Patrick Carpentier was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the 2008 Pepsi 500, claiming an 18th-place finish.
DID YOU KNOW? A Raybestos® Rookie has finished in the top-five in three of the five previous fall races at Auto Club
Speedway.
DID YOU KNOW? Brian Vickers (2004) is the only Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole in five previous fall races at Auto Club Speedway.
DID YOU KNOW? At least one Raybestos® Rookie has led a lap in four of the five fall races at Auto Club Speedway. Kyle Busch became the first Raybestos® Rookie to win at Auto Club Speedway when he captured the 2005 Pepsi 500. Busch scored his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory by .554 seconds over Greg Biffle. He is the only Raybestos® Rookie to win in 17 races at the 2.0-mile speedway.
300th Start For Bowyer
Richard Childress Racing driver Clint Bowyer will make his 300th NASCAR start when he runs this weekend’s Copart 300 Nationwide Series race at Auto Club Speedway in California. Bowyer has made 154 starts in the series, in addition to 138 Sprint Cup starts and seven in the Camping World Truck Series. Bowyer is the defending Nationwide champion and has eight wins, 60 top-fives and 101 top-10s in the series. In the Cup series, he has two wins, 20 top-fives and 57 top-10s.
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Live from California on ABC: The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup continues this weekend as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races for 500 miles on Sunday, Oct. 11, at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. ESPN's live, flag-to-flag coverage of the Pepsi 500 will air on ABC. The telecast begins with NASCAR Countdown presented by Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on DVD at 2:30pm/et and the race's green flag is at 3:31pm/et. ESPN's coverage of the final 11 races of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule will air on ABC, including all 10 races in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. ESPN's coverage from California includes NASCAR Sprint Cup final practice on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 3:00pm/et airing on ESPN2. Dr. Jerry Punch will be lap-by-lap announcer for ESPN's coverage, with analysis by Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree. Reporting from the pits will be Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Shannon Spake and Vince Welch, with Tim Brewer in the ESPN Craftsman Tech Garage. Allen Bestwick will host the pre-race NASCAR Countdown program with analysis by Rusty Wallace and Brad Daugherty in the ESPN pit studio.
The Entry List for the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway is posted, 45 teams/drivers [for 43 spots] are listed, including:
Not in top 35 of 2009 owners points:
#09-Mike Bliss (2009 Race Winner as owner)(38 in owners pts/29 attempts)
#13-Max Papis (44/15)
#36-Michael McDowell (42/29)
#37-Kevin Hamlin (45/21)
#64-Mike Wallace (49/16)
#66-Dave Blaney (41/29)
#71-David Gilliland (37/29)
#78-Regan Smith (40/15)
#82-Scott Speed (36/29)
#87-Joe Nemechek (39/29)
In the event qualifying is rained out or cancelled:
the eight who would make it [8]: #'s 09,71,82,87,66,36,37,64
missing the race would be [2]: #'s 78,13
Top-35 in Owner Points and guaranteed a starting spot at Auto Club Speedway:
No changes, but the spread between 35th and 36th now down to 111 points
34) #7-Gordon/Robby Gordon: 2319, +270
35) #34-Andretti/Earnhardt Ganassi: 2160, 111 points ahead of 36th
these teams/drivers must qualify by speed but are close to the top-35:
36) #82-Speed/Red Bull: 2049, 111 points out of 35th
(no other teams are within 400 owners points of 35th)
The teams are NOT locked in past the next race as the owners points change after each race.
Danica asking for $8 million? Is Danica Patrick asking for $8 million to run eight Nationwide Series races in 2010? The simple answer: Nobody has confirmed that to ESPN.com. If that is the case, unless GoDaddy.com or another sponsor is willing to step up to the plate at a time when most sponsors are stepping away, the IndyCar Series star may have a tough time finalizing a deal. There are teams that run an entire Nationwide schedule on $8 million.(read more at ESPN Insider)(10-9-2009)
http://insider.espn.go.com/rpm/features/rumors
Federal rules could affect NASCAR endorsements: When #99-Carl Edwards broke his foot playing Frisbee last month there were jokes about how fortunate he was to be sponsored by AFLAC, which sells disability insurance. Edwards even made reference to the obvious irony and talked about filing a claim and getting a check. NASCAR fans are so used to drivers hawking their sponsors' products - and dropping the sponsor's name in every TV interview - that they rarely think twice about it. That's what drivers do when they aren't driving. But pretty soon drivers might have to do something else if they find themselves endorsing a sponsor's product. They might have to disclose that the sponsor is paying them to do it. The Federal Trade Commission this week issued new guidelines for those who endorse products. There is a new requirement that endorsers - whether it's a lowly blogger or a high-profile actor or athlete - must say if they are being paid by that company. So, how would this affect NASCAR, the most blatantly commercial sport around? Depends on the context. So says David Zetoony, an attorney specializing in consumer product-liability cases with the firm Bryan Cave. For instance, when Edwards does a commercial for AFLAC, it is understood by not only NASCAR fans, but also by the public at large that he's being paid to do so or that it's part of his obligation to his sponsor. And when he gives an interview standing in front of his AFLAC Ford, wearing his AFLAC driver suit and says something like "the #99 AFLAC Ford Fusion was awfully fast today," he's also in the clear. That's considered product placement, Zetoony said, and it won't get a driver in hot water with the FTC. What will cause trouble is when an athlete takes it a step further and endorses a product. But again, context is important. So if Tony Stewart gives a TV interview and is asked to name his favorite hamburger and he says "I never eat anything but flame-broiled Burger King Whoppers," he'd be required to disclose his relationship to BK. If he said, "I never eat anything but those juicy Whoppers my sponsor Burger King makes," he'd be OK. Confused? You aren't alone. It's going to take time and probably litigation to sort out where the lines will be drawn.(Alabama Live)(10-9-2009)
Auto Club Rookie Notes: #82-Scott Speed was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the October 4 Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway. Speed scored a 27th-place finish and took top rookie honors for the seventh time this season and for the second consecutive race. #20-Joey Logano leads Scott Speed by 23 points (218-195) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the October 11 Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway. All three members of the 2009 Raybestos Rookie class have scored at least one top-10 finish. A Raybestos Rookie has finished in the top-five in three of the five previous fall races at Auto Club Speedway. Brian Vickers (2004) is the only Raybestos Rookie to win a pole in five previous fall races at Auto Club Speedway. Kyle Busch became the first Raybestos Rookie to win at Auto Club Speedway when he captured the 2005 Pepsi 500. Busch scored his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory by .554 seconds over Greg Biffle. He is the only Raybestos Rookie to win in 17 races at the 2.0-mile speedway.(Camp & Assoc./Raybestos)
Auto Club Speedway Tire Notes: Teams in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series will be running the same combination of left- and right-side tires at California this weekend . . . this is the same tire combination that teams in these two series ran at California earlier this season and at Kansas last weekend . . . as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at California . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire. The estimated pit window is every 42-45 laps, based on fuel mileage.(Goodyear PR)
Sad News - Rich Shafer: Richard R. Shafer, of Stockbridge, Ga., was pronounced dead at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga Saturday, Oct. 3 after being airlifted there from Jackson County, Ala., where he was involved in a single-car incident at the Crow Mountain Hill Climb, sanctioned by Sports Car Club of America's Tennessee Valley Region. He was 66. Witnesses reported that Shafer's modified Chevrolet Camaro left the road at the third corner of the course that was approximately two miles in length. He was initially conscious at the scene and transported via helicopter. He later succumbed to his injuries. Hill Climbs are one of the oldest forms of motorsports competition in the United States, and are set up on challenging pieces of road closed to public traffic. The course is
marked with a start and a finish, with drivers trying to complete the course in the lowest possible time. Shafer was making his second run at the time of the incident.
Known as "Mr. Cool Shirt," Shafer was the founder and CEO of Cool Shirt, a company that developed a cooling vest initially for surgeons in the operating room. The company later expanded its line of vests and shirts to cater to racecar drivers, football players, fire/emergency services/hazmat, military and industrial workers. "Rich Shafer was dedicated to making racers better and safer and his passing is a loss for the industry," SCCA President and CEO Jeff Dahnert said. "Our thoughts are with his family and friends." Shafer is survived by his wife, Eileen and their two children. Services will be held Sunday, Oct. 11 at 2 p.m. at the Christ Our Hope Lutheran Church, 2165 Highway 138 SW, Riverdale, GA. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, a donation be made to that church in
Shafer's name. The church has a web site at www.christourhope.org (SCCA), some of Cool Shirt customers include Dale Jarrett Racing Adventure, part time NASCAR drivers Andy Pilgrim & Johnny O'Connell, Richmond International Raceway, Firefighters as well as the US Military.(10-9-2009)
J.C. France arrested on drug charges: A grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France has been arrested on drug charges. According to a Daytona Beach police report, J.C. France was arrested early Thursday morning on charges of possession of narcotics and driving under the influence. The report states that an officer found a small bag containing a "white cakelike substance" during a traffic stop. France is the son of NASCAR board member Jim France and a driver in NASCAR's Grand-Am Series. According to a statement from NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston, he has been indefinitely suspended from all competition. Poston says Frace is being treated "like any other competitor." France posted $4,500 bond and was released from Volusia County jail on Thursday.(Associated Press), additonal posts at
Daytona Beach News Journal and wftv.com.(10-8-2009)
http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/news/story?id=4543577
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/breakingnews/france100809.htm
http://www.wftv.com/countybycounty/21242628/detail.html
ABC's live coverage of Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway earned a final national household rating of 3.2, down from the 3.5 rating for last year's race that also aired on ABC. Sunday's telecast averaged 5,252,060 viewers. The rating rose from the 2.6 overnight rating that was reported Monday.(ESPN PR)(10-8-2009)
NASCAR not interested in moving chase races to Saturday nights:
From Wednesday's NASCAR teleconference on standardized start times:
Q. We've seen the ratings have dipped a little bit here, and I think the blame, obviously, can be levied against the competition. It's tough to go up against the NFL. We can make great ideas of maybe moving some races during the Chase to this Saturday night. Have you guys talked about that idea? The possibility of more races on Saturday nights into the Chase? And I guess for John [Skipper], the difficulty that that would be for you guys to balance all your other programming?
BRIAN FRANCE: Of course we talked about it. There are lots of issues. Saturday night from a level standpoint, I think it's the lowest night on television. It comes with
other issues and you would still have college football which is pretty strong programming. So there's that. Then you have the host track who may not want to run it at night. So David Hill [Fox Sports] said traditions, and we have a lot of traditional things that happen in terms of Sunday afternoons that worked quite well. So we're not, obviously, when the ratings go up or down, you're taking note of that. We are, but we're not going to make any big, rash changes to try to chase that. We'll just keep building our story lines and try to look at good racing.
JOHN SKIPPER [ESPN]: We could find times. We do have some nationwide races Saturday night, the Richmond races. We have multiple networks. But I don't think there are any plans to move to more Saturday night races, but we talk about everything.(NASCAR PR)(10-8-2009)
No new Dodge teams in 2010? Despite the announcement this week of Dodge's continued commitment to NASCAR in the wake of a managerial shake-up, don't look for any additional Chrysler teams in the 2010 Sprint Cup lineup. New president and CEO Ralph Gilles intends to continue the manufacturer's support in the sport but only Penske Racing's three Dodge entries [#2, #12, #77] are expected to be on the grid next year.(CBS Sports)(10-8-2009)
Furniture Row headed to California with eye on 2010: The preparation to be one of the top 35 teams in points following the fifth race in 2010 continues for driver #78-Regan Smith and Furniture Row Racing this weekend in Fontana, Calif., site of the Pepsi 500 Sprint Cup event at Auto Club Speedway. Furniture Row Racing announced in August that it will run a full Sprint Cup schedule in 2010, compared to a part-time slate of 20 races this season. Teams, which are secured in the top 35 in points following the fifth race (Bristol) next year, will have the luxury of gaining an automatic qualifying berth, something the young Furniture Row organization has never experienced. "With California being the second race in 2010, we added it to our schedule recently so we can acquire data for our
important return trip in February," said team general manager Joe Garone. "We wanted to make sure that we'll have a good data book for each of the first five races next year. Our goal is to be in the top 35 and not have to worry about qualifying for the main event." Furniture Row's original 2009 schedule included two of the first five races of the season -- Daytona and Las Vegas. The organization added the other three sites -- Atlanta, Bristol and Fontana -- once the decision was made to run the 36-race Cup schedule next season.(Furniture Row Racing PR)(10-8-2009)
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Woody: Bottom-Feeders Need To Chow Down
Larry Woody | Senior Writer
Going into this 6th edition of the Chase for the Championship I thought this 12-car field was the strongest in history, top to bottom.
I thought we’d see tight, tense battles and exciting position-shuffling week after week.
I thought the stage was set for one of the most wide-open, dramatic title fights in [...]
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Joe Nemechek Fans Show Their Support
What do you think of when you hear the name Joe Nemechek? Passionate, giving, caring, supportive, hardworking, dedicated, and selfless are just a few adjectives that fans think of right away. Nemechek has been in NASCAR since 1989 and has proven to be a respectable driver on and off the track. He is a Busch (now Nationwide) series champion, a winner of the most popular driver award, a rookie of the year winner, a qualifying expert, and a four time winner in the Sprint Cup series. Nemechek has been a great advocate for supporting US troops and has truly set an example for all to follow. He has driven for multiple teams including Hendrick Motorsports, MB2, Furniture Row Racing, and even his own team. After the implosion of Ginn Racing in 2007, Nemechek was left to find his own way in the sport. Nemechek drove the #08 car owned by John Carter. This grassroots team was a perfect fit for Nemechek. In the Michigan race of ‘07, fans showed=2 0their support and created the Fans On Board campaign. Fans came together and donated money to help support Nemechek and the team. The car also featured a FOB logo during the race. Currently this season, Nemechek has opened his NEMCO garage again supporting cars in both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup series. He has proven that he is worthy to compete in this sport. Nemechek has qualified for all but three races (missing by .005 seconds) this season in the Sprint Cup series and has had his #87 Nationwide car compete in every race this season, staying in the top 30 in owner standings. This may seem like an easy task but for a driver running on limited funds and resources it is very commendable. He is working with very few employees and even works on the cars himself. This is a truly dedicated driver who is the epitome of what NASCAR is all about. NASCAR is made up of caring fans who come out to support their drivers and drivers who they know have made a huge impact on the sport and even their own personal lives. This is the reason why Joe Nemechek fans are once again calling upon all fans to start yet another Fans On Board campaign. Fans of Joe from the interactive forum website, www.joenemechek.net, have organized this campaign specifically to help Nemechek run the Sprint Cup race at Talladega. So far members of these forums have raised close to $1000 of their own money. Now we are asking all fans to show support in any way by donating any amount that you wish. Joe is very appreciative of the support of his fans and is looking forward to giving us a good show at Talladega. If you would like to donate please send donations to:
Nemco Motorsports/c/o Master Machine & Tool Co
PO Box 277
Mulberry, FL 33860
Please write in the memo or in the envelope FOB campaign. If you have any questions please visit www.joenemechek.net for more information. Thank you for showing your support.
James Donnellon
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: Copart 300, 4:30 pm/et, Saturday, October 10, 2009 at Auto Club Speedway
· Qualifying delayed: Nationwide Series practice in California is currently being delayed because of fog. It is now expected to get underway at approx 12:30pm/et.(10-10-2009)
· Nationwide Series Live from California on ESPN2: ESPN2 continues its season-long coverage of the NASCAR Nationwide Series this weekend as the series races at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. The live, flag-to-flag telecast airs Saturday, Oct. 10, at 4 p.m. ET, with the green flag at 4:46 p.m. ESPN2 is the home of the NASCAR Nationwide Series all season, with selected races on ESPN and ABC. Marty Reid will be lap-by-lap announcer for ESPN's coverage, with analysis by Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree. Reporting from the pits will be Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Shannon Spake and Vince Welch, with Tim Brewer in the ESPN Craftsman Tech Garage. Allen Bestwick will host the pre-race NASCAR Countdown program with analysis by Rusty Wallace and Brad Daugherty in the ESPN pit studio.(ESPN PR)(10-5-2009)
- Biffle fastest in lone practice session: #16-Gregg Biffle had the fastest lap with a top speed of 175.511 mph to lead the only practice session for the Copart 300 at Auto Club Speedway. Rounding out the top ten were; #1-David Gilliland, #60-Carl Edwards, #32-Brian Vickers, #66-Steve Wallace, #33-Kevin Harvick, #18-Kyle Busch/Denny Hamlin, #12-Justin Allgaier, #6-David Ragan, #99-Scott Speed. Complete results are posted on the California race page.(10-9-2009)
· Entry List: There are 49 cars on the preliminary entry list for Saturday's Copart 300 at California Speedway. Some notes:
Jeremy Clement is back in the #0;
Brad Coleman is again listed in the #1 but that's assumed to be an error;
Danny O'Quinn will be in the #07, with Jarit Johnson in the #44;
The #52 is TBA;
Sean Murphy returns to the #81;
Michael McDowell is entered in the #96;
Mike Bliss is not on the prelimiary list.(10-5-2009)
UPDATE: Confirmed that Brad Coleman will not be in the #1.(10-5-2009)
UPDATE 2:
David Gilliland will be back in the #1 this weekend.(10-6-2009)
UPDATE 3: The #92 team with Dennis Setzer has withdrawn and Mike Bliss will be in the #81 for MacDonald Motorsports. Chase Austin has also been added in the #58 for Xxxtreme Motorsports.(10-7-2009)
UPDATE 4: Andy Ponstein and the #02 team have withdrawn.(10-7-2009)
UPDATE 5: The #52 Jimmy Means team and the #58-Chase Austin team have both withdrawn. The entry list is now 46 cars.(10-8-2009)
UPDATE 6: Michael McDowell has moved to the #26 car and is now locked into the race. Dennis Sezter will be in the #96.(10-9-2009)
See the complete list on the California race page.(10-5-2009)
· Bayne working on full-time ride for 2010: Trevor Bayne is scheduled to compete in two of this year's final five Nationwide Series races. He'll return to the wheel of MRW's #99 Camry in Texas and Phoenix next month. But with guidance from former NASCAR team owner Gary Bechtel, it's a pretty good bet that Bayne will wind up in a competitive ride on a full-time basis in the Nationwide Series in 2010. "Anything's a possibility right now," said Bayne, when asked if he'll wind up in the #11 or No. 99 next season. "We're definitely working toward every opportunity to see what the best thing is.(Racin' Today</A)(10-10-2009)< P>
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Martinsville Speedway - Kroger 200, Saturday, October 24, 2009, 1:00 pm Eastern
SPEED/TV: Prerace - 12:30pm; Race - 1:00pm
Chrissy Wallace lands ride for Talladega: UPDATE 2 Father/daughter Wallace duo compete at Talladega: From The Hot Pass: Chrissy Wallace will drive a truck for Rick Ware Racing at Talladega Superspeedway next month. And if her father, Mike, gets his wish, he'll be racing alongside her. Mike Wallace is searching for sponsorship so the Wallace's can be the first father-daughter combination to compete against each other in one of NASCAR's top three divisions.(FoxSports.com)(9-26-2009)
UPDATE: Chrissy Wallace will be in at Talladega; most likely in a RWR truck. Number TBA. Crew Chief will be Dave Fuge Jr.(RWR PR)(10-8-2009)
UPDATE 2: For the first time in the history of a NASCAR national touring series, a father and daughter duo will compete against each other…and it's all happening at Talladega Superspeedway. Mike Wallace announced today that he and daughter Chrissy will compete against each other during the Mountain Dew 250 fueled by Fred's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on Oct. 31. "NASCAR, the sport and the series, has been good for the whole Wallace family. It's personally very rewarding to have the opportunity to compete against Chrissy at Talladega, but the biggest reward is seeing a young person follow her dream and pursue her career. I'm happy that she's picked this avenue, but more importantly, this is what she wants to do." Wallace said Chrissy has everything she needs to be successful in NASCAR, but cited a tough economy as one of his concerns for race weekend. "We could also use some help with sponsorship dollars. We are both going to compete regardless, but anybody that would like to come along, we'd love to have them." [Truck # TBA](Talladega Superspeedway PR)(10-9-2009)- Brown making debut at Martinsville: UPDATE in the #08 for SS Green Light Seven-time Bowman Gray Stadium Modified track champion, Tim Brown will now embark on the NASCAR Camping World Series in front of his native Virginians at the Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway on October 24th driving for Rick Ware Racing. Fastwax.com sponsorship will be on the hood and quarter panels. Brown finished second in the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour championship standings three consecutive seasons, 2006-2008. Brown currently works with Michael Waltrip Racing as a suspension specialist as he prepares the next step as a NASCAR driver.(WareRacing.com)(9-26-2009)
UPDATE: Tim Brown will be behind the wheel of the SS Green Light Racing's #08 with sponsor Fastwax.com on board. Brown has been spotlighted in 2009 on the new television show "Madhouse" about NASCAR Modified drivers at the Winston-Salem, North Carolina track, Bowman-Gray. The show will air in January. Both Rick Ware Racing and Michael Waltrip Racing will add technical and race day support to SS Green Light Racing for Brown's debut.(RWR PR)(10-8-2009) - Buescher returning in 2010 with new team UPDATE more... During the Sunday night Speed Report broadcast on SPEEDtv, Ray Dunlap reported that James Buescher will be returning to the series in 2010, however it will be with a new team. Buescher is headed to Turner Motorsports. Dunlap also said that it will be a two truck team.(9-27-2009)
UPDATE: During an interview on Sirius NASCAR Radio's Sirius Speedway broadcast Wednesday, Rick Crawford was asked if James Buescher would be leaving Circle Bar Racing…Crawford's response was that "unofficially there's a bit of truth to that" and went on to say that he's really going to let James report on it. "James and Steve Turner from Steve Turner Motorsports have spoken to me unofficially and confirmed that he'll be moving along next year. We'll let them announce that when the time is right for them, and then we'll announce that the Circle Bar Racing #10 Ford F-150 is open for next year." Asked whether the #10 Truck will definitely return to the series in 2010, Crawford said, "Whether or not it comes back is going to be determined by a sponsor. It's going to take money. What I don't need is a bombardment of drivers with nothing but a helmet."(10-7-2009) - Piquet & Meira to test with Red Horse Racing: UPDATE 3 Meira not contemplating move to NASCAR: Nelson Piquet Jr., who became the source of a recent scandal known as 'crash-gate', will be testing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with an eye towards a future in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series with in two years. Piquet Jr., will get behind the wheel of a Toyota Tundra for Red Horse Racing on October 12th. He is expected in the team's Mooresville North Carolina shop Monday for a seat fitting. The Renault F1 team fired the 23-year-old Brazilian earlier this season for underperformance. Shortly after details emerged that Piquet had been ordered to cause a crash in the
2008 Singapore Grand Prix that allowed his teammate Fernando Alonso to win. After an investigation and hearing, Formula One's governing body, the FIA, held a hearing and banned Renault F1's team boss Flavio Briatore for life and the team's technical engineer Pat Symonds for five years. They also placed the team on a 'suspended ban' for two years. Piquet Jr., was given immunity from sanctions in exchange for his testimony and many in Formula One now consider the son of two time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet to be 'damaged goods'.(SPEEDtv)(10-4-2009)
UPDATE: Piquet is understood to be eyeing a year in the Camping World Truck Series in 2010 followed by a year in the Nationwide Series in 2011, before moving to the headlining Sprint Cup Series in 2012.(Crash.Net)(10-5-2009)
UPDATE 2: Brazilian natives, Nelson Piquet, Jr. and Vitor Meira will test a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Toyota Tundra at Little Rock for Red Horse Racing. The one day test scheduled for Monday, October 12th, will be the first time behind the wheel of a stock car for Formula 1 driver, Nelson Piquet, and IndyCar Series driver, Vitor Meira. Red Horse Racing will field two Toyota Tundras (both displaying #1) for Piquet and Meira to test on the short track at Rockingham Speedway. Red Horse Drivers Timothy Peters and TJ Bell will also be on hand to help the open wheel drivers acclimate to their first stock car test. Both Piquet and Meira plan to use this test with Red Horse Racing to evaluate a future career among the NASCAR ranks. Both extremely successful in their respective series, Piquet and Meira look forward to a new challenge. Pacific Mobile will be a sponsor of the test as they are also evaluating NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Racing.(Red Horse Racing PR)(10-5-2009)
UPDATE 3: Vitor Meira wishes to make it clear that he is not contemplating a move to NASCAR now. "I plan to run in the IndyCar Series as long as it possible to do so," said Meira. "I love racing the Indy cars and I hope to do it for as long as I am able. The opportunity to test a truck along with Nelson Piquet Jr. came up and it sounded like fun. I thought I might be able to give Nelson some pointers on running an oval because this will be his first time on an oval track. Before I agreed to do it, I asked both A.J. and Larry Foyt about it, and they gave their permission. It doesn't mean I'm looking to go NASCAR racing now because my priority is racing with A.J.'s team in the IndyCar Series. I've really enjoyed working with A.J., Larry, our sponsor ABC Supply and Honda Racing this year and I want to continue to work with them as long as they want me. And we have some unfinished business at Indy."(Victor Meira PR)(10-6-2009) - White & GunBroker.com Racing readying for 2010: During an interview on the Sirius Speedway radio program, Jason White said that he and the GunBroker Racing team will be returning in 2010 and have already started preparing for the new season. The team, which formed just prior to the 2009 Daytona race, has worked hard to build a strong team, and Jason stated their goal for 2010 is to "finish in the top five in points and win a couple of races."(10-5-2009)
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ROCKINGHAM NC (10-10-09) - The tech line is open at Rockingham Speedway where 47 ARCA RE/MAX Series teams have assembled in the garage area in preparation for Sunday's American 200, the final race of the 2009 season. Warm temps and overcast skies prevail with the possibility of rain here Saturday. The weather forecast is much improved, thankfully, for raceday Sunday; however, rain today could have major implications regarding the championship chase between point leader Justin Lofton and Parker Kligerman, separated by just 15 points. Considering there are qualifying points up for grabs (15 for 1st, 10 for 2nd & 5 for 3rd) today's Menards Pole Qualifying presented by Ansell becomes ever more crucial to the championship contenders. Coverage of Championship Weekend at Rockingham will be featured in live streaming audio at ARCAracing.com. In addition to live timing and scoring, live steaming audio coverage begins Saturday afternoon with practice from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM followed by Menards Pole Qualifying presented by Ansell at 2:30. The Sunday afternoon American 200, scheduled for 1:00 PM, will also feature live streaming audio coverage at ARCAracing.com. The American 200 will also air same-day on SPEED at 10:00 PM. |
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Clay Rogers Turns Engine Change Into Rockingham Pole; Point Leader Drew Herring Qualifies 2nd
October 9th, 2009
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. (October 9, 2009) – After missing Friday’s final practice session due to an engine change, Clay Rogers edged Drew Herring by 0.096-second to claim the pole for Saturday’s USARacing Pro Cup Series Aaron’s 150 presented by Black’s Tire & Auto Service at Rockingham Speedway and place himself in prime position to claim the $15,000 WIX Challenge Award.
The WIX Challenge Award goes to the driver who earns the pole and then wins the race during the USAR Pro Cup Championship Series. The award is worth $5,000 per race, but the $5,000 rolls over to the next event if no one claims it. In order to be eligible for the award, a driver must have competed in 60 percent of the USAR Pro Cup Series regular season races and all of the events in the four-race Championship Series. With $8,000 for the win, that means Rogers has the opportunity to leave Rockingham with $23,000, the largest winner’s payout in the series this season.
“WIX has got a great program there,” Rogers said after capturing his third Strutmasters.com Pole Award this season and the 25th of his Pro Cup career with a lap of 148.118 mph, 24.305 seconds, in his C&C Boiler Sales & Service Chevrolet Impala. “I want to win it, but if I can’t win it, at least I’m on the pole so nobody else can get it.
“Our big picture racing here, we’re racing for a championship, and if nobody wins that money, it goes to the champion at the end of the year. Hopefully, we’ll put it out one way or another.”
Rogers, who is seeking his second straight Rockingham victory, trails Herring by two points entering the third USAR Pro Cup Championship Series race. The season finale is Oct. 31 at South Boston, Va.
Herring, who took the points lead with his second-place finish at Iowa on Sept. 19, earned the outside front row starting position with a 147.535-mph, 24.401-second lap, in his BTS Tire & Wheel Distributors Ford Fusion.
“I definitely would have loved to come in here with a little bigger point lead, but we came into the Championship Series at a deficit,” Herring said. “So, for us to even gain all that back, going into Iowa we were 50 points back, and for us to come outta there even with a lead is pretty good. Hopefully, we can get another 50 points in this weekend and maybe put some cushion there.”
Herring, who led Friday’s practice sessions, thought heading into qualifying he would gain his second straight pole, but he fell short.
“Clay (Rogers) slipped up there and got us, but today ain’t what pays the money,” Herring said. “We’re gonna focus on the race now and just get in a rhythm tomorrow and ride and save some tires. Hopefully, at the end (of the race) this thing will be as good as it’s been all day and we’ll grab that win.”
A.J. Frank said he felt good about his third starting position.
“We’re right up there where we need to be with two of the best cars – Clay (Rogers) and Drew (Herring) – right there,” Frank said after posting a 147.354-mph, 24.431-second lap in his Speedco Tire & Lube Chevrolet Impala SS. “We were right there with them qualifying and I felt like, even in practice, we were as good as them on old tires. So, looking at what we ran compared to them, I didn’t think we had that good of a qualifying car, but we did, so I’m pretty pumped.
“I qualified third here for a Late Model race earlier in the year and led the whole thing until I burned a spark plug wire. We’re third again here today, so maybe I can change my luck around here tomorrow.”
Rounding out the top five, respectively, were Mike Garvey, Midwest Whitetail Adv. Ford, 146.502 mph, 24.573 seconds, and Jeff Agnew, Team &/Mark IV Suzuki Ford, 146.300, 24.607.
Saturday’s Aaron’s 150 presented by Black’s Tire and Auto Service at Rockingham Speedway is slated to receive the green flag at 4:15 p.m. An autograph session with the drivers will be held on Saturday, Oct. 10, beginning at 2:45 p.m. in the track’s frontstretch grandstand. It will conclude at 3:25 p.m.
October 9th, 2009
Aaron’s 150 presented by Black’s Tire & Auto Service
Rockingham Speedway
Rockingham, N.C.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 | ||
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12:00m-2:00A |
SPEED |
NASCAR Nationwide Series FINAL PRACTICE, Copart 300, Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA, HD, SDD, N |
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1:00P-4:00 |
SPEED |
Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, FL, HD, L |
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3:00P-4:00 |
espn2 |
NASCAR Sprint Cup FINAL PRACTICE, Pepsi 500, Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA, HD, L |
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4:00P-7:00 |
VS |
IRL IndyCar Series Firestone Indy 300, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, FL, HD, L |
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4:00P-4:30 |
espn2/TSN2 |
NASCAR Nationwide Series COUNTDOWN, Copart 300, Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA, HD, L |
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4:30P-7:00 |
espn2/TSN2 |
NASCAR Nationwide Series Copart 300, Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA, HD, L (expect green at 4:46P) |
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7:00P-9:00 |
TSN2 |
IRL IndyCar Series Firestone Indy 300, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, FL, HD, SDD |
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11:00P-1:00A |
espn2 |
NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing QUALIFYING, Virginia Nationals, Richmond, VA, HD, SDD, N |
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11 | ||
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10:00A-11:00 |
espn2 |
NASCAR Now, pre-race, HD, L |
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12:30P-2:30 |
SPEED |
NASCAR RaceDay, preview of today’s Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway, HD, L |
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2:30P-6:30 |
SPEED |
American Le Mans Series The Monterey Sports Car Championships, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA, Oct 10/09, HD, N |
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2:30P-3:15 |
ABC/TSN2 |
NASCAR Sprint Cup COUNTDOWN, Pepsi 500, Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA, HD, L |
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3:15P-7:30 |
ABC/TSN2 |
NASCAR Sprint Cup Pepsi 500, Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA, HD, L (expect green at 3:31P) |
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7:00P-10:00 |
espn2 |
NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing ELIMINATIONS, Virginia Nationals, Richmond, VA, HD, SDD, N |
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7:00P-8:00 |
SPEED |
The SPEED Report, HD, N |
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8:00P-9:00 |
SPEED |
NASCAR Victory Lane, Pepsi 500, Auto Club Speedway, HD, N |
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8:00P-9:00 |
HD Theater |
World Rally Championship, 2009 Rally Norway, Feb 13-15/09, HD, N |
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9:00P-10:00 |
SPEED |
Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain, HD, L |
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10:00P-12:00m |
SPEED |
ARCA RE/MAX Series American 200, Rockingham Speedway, Rockingham, NC, SDD, N |
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10:00P-11:00 |
espn2 |
NASCAR Now, post-race, HD, L |
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 (THANKSGIVING DAY – CANADA) | ||
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5:00P-6:00 |
espn2 |
NASCAR Now, 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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