NASCAR OFF SEASON WITHDRAWAL THERAPY THREAD (post news updates here)

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[WestCoastGal]

Hoping to add news and DAILY rule changes by Nascar to this thread as they come along.

Awards banquet information and any other silly off season rumors etc.

[WestCoastGal]

24 Hour Daytona results for the Cup drivers and one announcer.

#4-Jimmie Johnson, 2nd
#20-Tony Stewart, 3rd
#02-Jamie McMurray, 4th
#03-Casey Mears, 6th
#01-Scott Pruett, 7th - pole sitter
#44-Bobby and Terry Labonte, 9th
#67-Boris Said, 18th
#74-Wally Dallenbach, 19th
#49-Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle, Matt Kenseth, 27th
from the grand-am.com site.(2-6-2005)

[WestCoastGal]

Just a note re: last nights stories about Flash, seems there are many women who think he is sexy and he's even beating Jr so far in that category.

Thanks for voting in the 2005-Edition of Nascar's Sexiest Driver. Come back everyday and vote for your choice. Voting ends February 14.

Nascar's Sexiest Driver

Who is Nascar's sexiest driver..???? [15047 votes total]
Dale Jarrett (463)	3%
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (3971)	26%
Jeff Gordon (4085)	27%
Bobby Labonte (166)	1%
Tony Stewart (708)	5%
Kevin Harvick (124)	1%
Kasey Kahne (3390)	23%
Jimmie Johnson (396)	3%
Ryan Newman (45)	0%
Elliott Sadler (306)	2%
Jamie McMurray (547)	4%
Rusty Wallace (84)	1%
Michael Waltrip (120)	1%
Ricky Rudd (477)	3%
Casey Mears (165)	1%

Click Here for FREE Web Polls, Guestbooks, and Forums.

Guess who's not on the list? ::giggle::

[Wolfstar]

Hi, WCG. Although you know how put off I am by the thought of Kurt Busch being such a phony champion, I thought you'd like to see these from the WH today. It wasn't a big delegation, just Helton and the pseudo-champion team owner, driver, crew chief, etc.

President Bush, center, is presented with a helmet from Kurt Busch, right, 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Champion, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday. Also in the photo are, from left to right, Joseph Galli Jr., Mike Helton, Jimmy Fennig, Jack Rousch, and Geoff Smith.

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks for posting the White House photos.. and all the rest of the stuff! :)

It's almost time to dust off the old remote, put in new batteries and get ready to go racin'!

[SouthTexas]

Looks like you're slackin' girl!!!

[WestCoastGal]

Thank you Wolfstar for the pics, I'm with you on the champ. He is predicted to only finish eighth or ninth this year. (I think he will do better but will not get the number one position) He is a good driver but had a lot of luck riding with him last season. That last race where he lost the tire which went happily rolling down the racetrack instead of pit road, causing the caution that saved him was LUCK. Also, that he missed hitting the end of the pit road wall by inches was also LUCK. That incident right there would have lost him the championship.

4 DAYS TO THE SHOOTOUT!!! WOOOOO

[WestCoastGal]

There's a bunch of us tryin!! lol

(poor Newman has 0%, I personally think he has sex appeal for his guts, no fear qualifying runs) Mikey and Harvick have 1% and they are both cute! (proves polls don't work)

Today it's JG 28% Jr 27%

In a way I hope Jeff wins. He gets a bad rap sometimes, as did Jr for a while during the F-911 stuff. That's why I call myself the defender of Nascar drivers. I'm always having to set things straight for folks who like to spread unconfirmed or erroneous information about some of them.

[WestCoastGal]

Finally!!!!

Dusted off:

remote/trackpass/speakers
wireless keyboard/mouse
#2 computer for screen caps
Pages and pages of track notes for FRRL
Rear #8 bumper for Steve ;-)
small fridge for refreshment during race
porta potty (just kidding)
Jacks chair & dog bones for assistance when CK is at work
oxygen for plate races!
autographed Jr hat for luck when needed.

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Jr's supposed to be on CNN this morning, haven't heard them mention he's coming up yet. Should be this hour.

[Wolfstar]

That incident right there would have lost him the championship.

Too bad it didn't.

Anyway, enough of last year's anger. I hope Junior, Jimmie and Jeff have their game faces on this season, because I want to see them fight it out at the end.

Jeff was on our local Channel 5 (KTLA) TV happy news program this morning. He looks GREAT! But he seemed subdued and his tone was more serious than I can ever recall. If it means he's serious about this season, that will make me happy.

[Wolfstar]

Another photo of Kurt Busch with the President yesterday. This is from the White House website. Got to say this much for Kurt -- at least he looks genuinely happy to meet GWB. (Smoke would probably refuse to bathe or shave, and would growl at the President. At which point the Secret Service would growl at him, LOL!)

[WestCoastGal]

Sixth-Generation Corvette to Pace the Daytona 500

Pace car unveiled on national TV morning show

NEW YORK – This morning, during the national broadcast of Fox & Friends, Chevrolet unveiled a new 2005 Corvette that will pace NASCAR’s most prestigious event -- the Daytona 500 -- on Feb. 20. Dale Earnhardt Jr., the 2004 Daytona 500 champion, was on-hand to introduce the pace car.

“The pace car is based on the new 2005 production Corvette, which brings more power and precision to drivers than any Corvette in history,” said Brent Dewar, Chevrolet general manager. “The Daytona 500 provides a good opportunity to showcase the capabilities of the Corvette.”

The design of the Daytona 500 Corvette pace vehicle includes elements that reflect the heritage and attitude of historic winning Corvette race cars. It is painted in millennium yellow with a black racing stripe centered across the hood, roof and trunk lid. The Daytona 500 logo is displayed on each door along with Chevy’s “An American Revolution” slogan on the rear spoiler.

“We are proud to once again have our good partners at Chevrolet pace the field at NASCAR’s signature event,” said Robin Braig, president of Daytona International Speedway. “We are looking forward to showing off the 2005 Corvette pace car on national television and in front of millions of fans.”

The Corvette pace car is nearly identical to the production version. Both are powered by a 6.0–liter V-8 LS2 engine that produces 400 horsepower at 6,000 rpm. They have a top speed of 186 mph on a race track and reach 0-60 in 4.2 seconds.

Chevy returns to the Daytona 500 with an impressive win record – 17 victories, the most of any manufacturer. Chevrolet also kicks off the 2005 racing season as the defending manufacturer’s champion, a feat it has achieved 28 times. In 2004, Chevy drivers captured 22 wins to tie a record for most wins in a single season during NASCAR’s “modern era.”

“We’ve worked with our Monte Carlo teams during the off-season, particularly on aerodynamics and engine development, and feel very good about going into this race,” said Dewar.

This will be the 34th consecutive year General Motors has provided the Official Pace Car for the Daytona 500. The Daytona 500 will be one of 60 NASCAR events Chevrolet will pace in 2005, including 28 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup, 17 Busch Series and 15 Craftsman Truck Series races.

Picture Link-Junior and the yellow Vette!!

[SouthTexas]

Good for you!!!

Personally I could care less who wins as long as they get with the program, get on the track and RACE!!! :)

Time for CK clock again: http://freehost03.websamba.com/chefkeith/count.html

[steveegg]

Guess who's not on the list? ::giggle::

What do you mean Shawna Robinson's not on the list? (then again, she would win by default even though nobody's seen her in a couple years :-)

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In somewhat related news, I stopped up at the Matt Kenseth Fan Club Headquarters. It is a sweet setup. I wish I had a digital camera so I could show you just what bump-drafting can do to a car (the 2004 IROC car's there, complete with cracked rear bumper). Also there are the chassis he clinched the Cup in (with the 2004 Rockingham-winning body on it), the cars he won his first Busch and Cup races and his old Camaro race car.

[steveegg]

While I'm posting, NASCAR has the entry list for the Bud Shootout up (the Daytona 500 entry list is expected tomorrow or Thursday):

Car	Driver	Hometown	Make	Sponsor	Owner
#01	Joe Nemechek	Lakeland, FL	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	Nelson Bowers
#2	Rusty Wallace	St. Louis, MO	Dodge	Miller Lite	Roger Penske
#6	Mark Martin	Batesville, AR	Ford	Kraft - Guess Who's Got The Groceries	Jack Roush
#8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Kannapolis, NC	Chevrolet	Budweiser	Teresa Earnhardt
#9	Kasey Kahne	Enumclaw, WA	Dodge	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Ray Evernham
#12	Ryan Newman	South Bend, IN	Dodge	ALLTEL	Roger Penske
#16	Greg Biffle	Vancouver, WA	Ford	National Guard	Geoff Smith
#18	Bobby Labonte	Corpus Christi, TX	Chevrolet	Interstate Batteries	Joe Gibbs
#19	Jeremy Mayfield	Owensboro, KY	Dodge	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Ray Evernham
#20	Tony Stewart	Rushville, IN	Chevrolet	The Home Depot	Joe Gibbs
#21	Ricky Rudd	Chesapeake, VA	Ford	Motorcraft	Glen Wood
#24	Jeff Gordon	Pittsboro, IN	Chevrolet	DuPont	Rick Hendrick
#25	Brian Vickers	Thomasville, NC	Chevrolet	GMAC	Mary Hendrick
#39	Bill Elliott	Dawsonville, GA	Dodge	Coors	Floyd Ganassi
#41	Casey Mears	Bakersfield, CA	Dodge	Target	Chip Ganassi
#48	Jimmie Johnson	Los Gatos, CA	Chevrolet	Lowe's	Jeff Gordon
#49	Ken Schrader	Fenton, MO	Dodge	Schwan's Home Service	Elizabeth Morgenthau
#88	Dale Jarrett	Hickory, NC	Ford	UPS	Robert Yates
#97	Kurt Busch	Las Vegas, NV	Ford	Crown Royal	Georgetta Roush
#193	Geoffrey Bodine	Chemung, NY	Chevrolet	Global Industrial Contractors	James Whitener

P.S. - My Speedweeks food should be here by Friday; thanks again CK/WSG

[tubebender]

P.S. - My Speedweeks food should be here by Friday; thanks again CK/WSG

It is a Federal Offense to ship Armadillos across state lines...

[steveegg]

It is a Federal Offense to ship Armadillos across state lines...

Shhhh, the federales don't need to know that. They should, however, be concentrated in keeping Geoffrey Bovine north of the Mason-Dixon.

[WestCoastGal]

Thanks for the link to Matt's website it's really great. His cats are cute, I can imagine the playtime between his cat and Jr's (see pic of Jr's cat at the bottom of my profile page)

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ping flutters to Matt's website.

[WestCoastGal]

"It is a Federal Offense to ship Armadillos across state lines..."

Only if they're alive!!

[SouthTexas]

I know a Ranger that might be very interested in this conversation.

Now if you are picking up all the roadkill, that would be another issue, but you do realize all of our buzzards are going to have to go on welfare.

[WestCoastGal]

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Trail ride breakfast.