Posted on 07/10/2014 6:54:55 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
Welcome, JR digging in the Family Archives again
Back in the Day, when life was simple(r).
Goodyear Tires Notes / Fast Facts
Tire: Goodyear Eagle Intermediate Radials:
Set limits: 5 sets for practice/qualifying and 8 sets for the race
Tire Codes: Left-side — D-4564; Right-side — D-4566
Tire Circumference: Left-side — 87.52 in. (2,223 mm); Right-side — 88.27 in. (2,242 mm)
Technical Inspection Inflation:
Left Front — 20 psi; Left Rear — 20 psi;
Right Front — 30 psi; Right Rear — 30 psi
Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front — 12 psi; Left Rear — 12 psi
; Right Front — 30 psi; Right Rear — 27 psi
Notes: NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series teams will run the same tire codes at New Hampshire this weekend . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires these teams have run at New Hampshire since 2012 . . . this is the only track at which either of these two tire codes will be run in 2014 . . . as on most NASCAR ovals one mile or less in length, teams will not run inner liners in their tires at New Hampshire.
NASCAR president:
no animosity towards RTA:
NASCAR president Mike Helton says there is no animosity from the governing body toward the recently formed nine-team Race Team Alliance that will collaborate on initiatives and issues facing the sport. Michael Waltrip Racing co-owner Rob Kauffman was elected chairman of the RTA on Monday. The goals of the RTA include lowering costs for NASCAR teams and creating one voice on issues facing the teams. Kauffman insisted the RTA is not a union. Speaking Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Helton says every car owner has a voice in the garage. Helton says NASCAR will "continue to do business the way we've done business." Helton says he did have notice from the RTA that it was forming. Helton says "we believe the way we do our form of motorsports has worked."(Associated Press)(7-11-2014)
Bruton Smith blasts Race Team Alliance:
Speedway Motorsports Inc. chairman Bruton Smith, a longtime critic of NASCAR, became the sanctioning body's biggest supporter Friday, blasting the recent formation of the Race Team Alliance. "What I know about it, of course I don't like it," Smith said after Sprint Cup practice at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, which is one of eight SMI-owned tracks that play host to NASCAR's premier series. "I don't know anything about it that's good for what we do. I don't see anything that's going to be good for the sport. Nothing. What little bit I know about it right now, it seems it will damage the sport. If NASCAR needs us, we're there with NASCAR on the deal. We're there every day, every hour, if they need us."
Announced Monday, the RTA is comprised of nine teams that have aligned with the objective of saving costs. Smith, though, said it won't improve NASCAR and likely would hurt it, though he was vague when pressed about how. "If you're NASCAR or Speedway Motorsports, show me one thing that's going to help the sport," Smith said. "I don't see anything I've heard or read about it."
Smith often feuded with former NASCAR chairman Bill France Jr. about race scheduling and the sport's direction, and there was speculation that the RTA might view him as an ally, given his maverick streak and vast business holdings. But Smith snuffed any such perception. "Absolutely not," he said. "I'll be standing shoulder to shoulder with NASCAR on this one. I know (the RTA isn't) going to like it. I like this sport. I've been in it forever. We have a huge investment around $4 billion. I don't sit up at night worrying about it, but I do not like the people to damage the sport."(see full story at the USA Today)(7-12-2014)
i heard that
Johnson would like to see a shorter season:
#48-Jimmie Johnson, met with media at New Hampshire and discussed many things including the upcoming off-weekend and the newly-formed RTA, the transcript in part:
Q) OFF-WEEKEND IS COMING UP. IS IT ONE YOU WANT TO SEE OR NOT WANT TO SEE BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SO GOOD LATELY?
Johnson: "I'm happy to see it. I think we could use six or seven more of them. I think everybody in the room would agree. Get down to a 25-race schedule or something with more weekends off would be awesome. I'm excited. Even if we were winning and didn't want it to stop from that momentum stand point, I can't wait to chill out with family and relax."
Q) WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? DO YOU HAVE PLANS?
Johnson: "As little as possible."(see the full transcript at Team Chevy)(7-12-2014)
Good Morning Sir!
And Everybody else as well.
Sorry on the late/lack of News this Thread, been a strange & busy week.
'mornin... what, a, whiner!
6whiner to be precise;)
I’m thinking that the death of the BiL may be adding some extra pressure.
I’m fairy sure that neither one of them would have to work and they would still be living large
On this day in 1993, we lost Davey AllisonPic is a working link.
Race Day PING 1PM EST on TNT.
DarthDilbert- Nice Logo, Thank You.
raining pretty steady here right now and moving east...
Rot Ro!!! I haven't gone to WeatherLand yet
Uncle Chode! I'm bored, when does the Race start?
well find something to play with, i’m busy right now... 8^)
http://www.newsgarden.org/compost/images/chodesix.jpg
Sorry for the late ping Race Fans. Race on.
-PJ
Nice photo!
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