NASCAR Sprint Cup - The AAA 400 at Dover, 'The Monster Mile', Sept 30, 2012 1pm ET ESPN

Welcome to this week's Nascar at FR race thread!

This Week - The AAA 400 at Dover

September 30, 2012

Dover International Speedway
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Dover International Speedway

The way to best illustrate the early history of Dover International Speedway would be to look at the list of winners in the track's early years as a site for Cup racing. From 1969 through '80, 21 of the 22 Cup races at Dover International Speedway were won by drivers who either already had or would go on to win championships in NASCAR's top series.

The names of those winners are part of the fabric of the sport -- Richard Petty, Bobby Allison, David Pearson, Cale Yarborough, Benny Parsons and Darrell Waltrip. Allison and Petty rank first on the all-time winner's list at Dover International Speedway with seven victories apiece.

About 3,200 seats were added in 1982. Each following year until 1998, more seats were added.

In 1995, the track's surface was switched to concrete -- making it the first all-concrete superspeedway in the sport. The unique look of the white concrete surface still makes Doverýs appearance unique among the sport's bigger tracks.

Dover hosted the first Cup race held after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. Dale Earnhardt Jr. got the win that day and took a giant American flag on a victory lap.

Track Facts
Banking/Turns: 24 degree
Distance: 1 mile
Shape: Oval

FRFL'ers - Deadline to select your drivers is September 29 2:00am PDT

1 posted on 09/27/2012 7:10:45 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

To: NormsRevenge; glock rocks; Pete-R-Bilt; NYTexan; WestCoastGal; tubebender; A Cyrenian; ...

Dover race thread is up Ping!

2 posted on 09/27/2012 7:11:47 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)

To: NormsRevenge

uddennnnn......udddennnnnnn

3 posted on 09/27/2012 7:24:00 PM PDT by jmax (Full mag inserted, round in chamber, safety is off.)

To: NormsRevenge

4 posted on 09/27/2012 7:46:01 PM PDT by AZamericonnie

To: NormsRevenge

Bada bing, bada boogity.

5 posted on 09/27/2012 8:00:02 PM PDT by umgud (No Rats, No Rino's)

To: NormsRevenge

I’m sure Obama will be there since the “polls” show that NASCAR fans prefer him over Romney / sarc off

6 posted on 09/27/2012 8:00:45 PM PDT by anoldafvet

To: AZamericonnie

Gettting to the end of the road..

You still up for the Phoenix race thread? 2nd to the last of the year..

Should be a real burner to the end!

7 posted on 09/27/2012 8:21:00 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)

To: anoldafvet; All

They should poll the FR Canteen crew. :-)

Don't Forget to Visit

almost forgot..

The FR Canteen
24 by 7

8 posted on 09/27/2012 8:22:39 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)

Hi! Remember me?

DaDDy just got a LazyBoy for the dogs!

Track Smack

9 posted on 09/27/2012 8:26:26 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)

To: NormsRevenge

Clearly in before Whazziz name! This time!

10 posted on 09/27/2012 8:41:00 PM PDT by MtnClimber (I did not vote for Zero. Someone else did that.)

I hate Nascar the Polls say they support Obama

sarc

11 posted on 09/27/2012 9:15:08 PM PDT by scooby321 (AMS)

I see it’s safe to post now!

13 posted on 09/27/2012 9:40:19 PM PDT by tubebender (Evening news is where they begin with "Good Evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.)

To: DeepInTheHeartOfTexas

FRFL = Free Republic Fantasy League

Hamlin has a real good shot,, Keselowski and JJ should make it interesting.

14 posted on 09/27/2012 10:50:46 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)

To: NormsRevenge

Are you saying I don’t have a shot at the title??????

15 posted on 09/28/2012 9:16:42 AM PDT by tubebender (Evening news is where they begin with "Good Evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.)

To: NormsRevenge; AT7Saluki

The 2013 Sprint Cup schedule: what’s new is, well, largely the same

As tracks started announcing their upcoming race dates, the 2013 schedule was beginning to be pieced together, and NASCAR gave the complete answer on Tuesday when it released the official 2013 Sprint Cup Series schedule. And it's pretty much the same as this year's schedule.

All 10 Chase tracks remain the same, and eight of them keep their order in the Chase. The only swap comes between Kansas and Talladega, as Kansas moves up to the fourth Chase race after being the sixth Chase race this year.

With Easter weekend falling on the final weekend of March, the spring Martinsville race remains on the first Sunday in April. The last off weekend of the season will be Sunday, July 21st.

The complete 2013 Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series schedules will be released later in the fall. The complete Cup Series schedule is below:

February 16: Shootout (Saturday night)
February 24: Daytona 500
March 3: Phoenix
March 10: Las Vegas
March 17: Bristol
March 24: Auto Club
April 7: Martinsville
April 13: Texas (Saturday night)
April 21: Kansas
April 27: Richmond (Saturday night)
May 5: Talladega
May 11: Darlington (Saturday night)
May 18: All Star Race
May 26: Charlotte (Sunday night)
June 2: Dover
June 9: Pocono
June 16: Michigan
June 23: Sonoma
June 29: Kentucky (Saturday night)
July 6: Daytona (Saturday night)
July 14: New Hampshire
July 28: Indianapolis
August 4: Pocono
August 11: Watkins Glen
August 18: Michigan
August 24: Bristol (Saturday night)
September 1: Atlanta (Sunday night)
September 7: Richmond (Saturday night)
September 15: Chicagoland
September 22: New Hampshire
September 29: Dover
October 6: Kansas
October 12: Charlotte (Saturday night)
October 20: Talladega
October 27: Martinsville
November 3: Texas
November 10: Phoenix
November 17: Homestead

16 posted on 09/29/2012 10:17:07 AM PDT by Libloather (The epitome of civility.)

Congratulations Tork for your first Full Pull that earned you 19 (nineteen) perfect points in the FRFL!!!

17 posted on 09/29/2012 5:32:11 PM PDT by tubebender (Evening news is where they begin with "Good Evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.)

To: NormsRevenge; All

Just heard while watching the ceromonies before the truck race, Chris Economaki passed yesterday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/29/sports/chris-economaki-rumbling-voice-of-auto-racing-dies-at-91.html

18 posted on 09/29/2012 5:41:14 PM PDT by Roccus

19 posted on 09/29/2012 5:44:52 PM PDT by Roccus

Thanks for the post. I had seen a teaser on his death before I left on a busy day and had forgotten about it by the time I got home.

20 posted on 09/29/2012 6:29:29 PM PDT by tubebender (Evening news is where they begin with "Good Evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.)

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