NASCAR NEXTEL CUP AUTO CLUB 500 FONTANA CALIFORNIA_____February 27, 2005 2pm ET FOX

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[WestCoastGal]

AUTO CLUB 500 CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2005 2pm ET

Busch Race- Stater Bros. 300 FX Sat. 5:30 p.m.
Auto Club 500 Bud Pole qualifying FX Sat. 3 p.m.
Truck Race American Racing Wheels 200 SPEED Fri. 9 p.m.

All Times are ET

CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY, FONTANA CALIFORNIA

Track Facts

Land
Total Site	568 acres
Speedway Interior	130.7 acres
Track Information
Track Size	Two-mile D-shaped oval
Track Width	75 feet wide with 15-foot apron
Turns 1-2; 3-4	14-degree banking
Front Stretch	11-degree banking; 3100 feet in length
Back Straightaway	3-degree banking; 2500 feet in length
	21 turns, 2.36 miles
Garages	3 garages with 100 spaces
Composition	Asphalt track, pit lane and parking areas; concrete pit stalls
Pit Road	2200 feet in length with 44 individual pit areas

[tubebender]

WOW!!! Glad you made it through all of that. I have to work tomorrow morning and my son wont let me have me have cable TV down there. Something about childhood repression or something...

[NYTexan]

G'night WCG

Don't let the spark plugs bite!

[tubebender]

Darn...Benson got caught up in that mess

[Roccus]

'Till tomorrow.

[NYTexan]

#75, How loose can ya get?

[tubebender]

He got a twofer...

[Roccus]

Ws it me or was Bliss slowing down before the comm?

[NYTexan]

Looked like pinpall to me!

[NYTexan]

pinpall=pinball

[tubebender]

and he didn't apologize to Benson and the other truck...

and Bliss is out of gas...

[Roccus]

AAAARRRRGGGGHHH!!!!

[NYTexan]

outta gas! Someones gonna pay!

[WestCoastGal]

I had to stay up for this.

WooHoo Steve Park!!!!!!!!

I am SO happy for him. :)

[Roccus]

Went for the track position. Needed a few more laps on yellow. Oh well, see you folks tomorrow.

[tubebender]

I was thinkin, how can I break the news to WCG. Glad you saw the win...

[Roccus]

I'll give you my pick after qualifying.
Hasty banana.

[WestCoastGal]

One of the good guys finally has some good luck.

[steveegg]

Time to find out of my prediction of Robby (Crash) Gordon missing every race that has at least 48 entries holds any water.

[steveegg]

Spun? Yikes (there had to be either rain or a curve involved).

Glad you're all right. Sort of reminds me of when I lost the halfshaft, along with tire and wheel, on a GMC van. The thing started feeling very squirrely on the freeway, so I pulled over. As I got up on the raised shoulder, there went the left rear of the van. Managed to keep the thing straight (slowed down to a near-stop before I actually got on the shoulder; good thing).

[WestCoastGal]

Yep it was raining.

Could have been worse if I had ended up further off the side of the freeway when I finally stopped because it's sloped and probably would have turned over.

I should have replaced that tire, I had a feeling it was bad it was my own fault. God is always teaching us new lessons. Listen to that little voice in your head.