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

[steveegg]

I'd hate to even think about flipping. That isn't a 5-point harness you're wearing, and while the body structure of recent Suburbans are pretty good, they aren't roll cages tested and approved by Rusty, Rocket Man, Sadler and Wimmer :-)

[tubebender]

Crash has hit the Jackpot with Harrahs as sponsor. Obviously Harrahs didn't check with their Odds Makers...

[steveegg]

Crash has hit the Jackpot with Harrahs as sponsor. Obviously Harrahs didn't check with their Odds Makers...

They also don't remember their previous driver, Larry Foyt.

[WestCoastGal]

Yes Wimmer being the most recent.

((I'm thinking this is a good opportunity to include some pics for those that think these cars drive themselves around in a circle. :)

I didn't find Rusty's but this is a good one...

The worst part was that Jack was not belted in. I used to have a seatbelt attachment for my Lab when he rode in the truck because he liked to sit in the passenger seat facing forward. Going to have to find that or get a new one for the little guy!!

[WestCoastGal]

Todays Qualifying order for Cup. ON FX at 3pm ET.

Busch qualifying is on Speed at 1pm ET.

Order	Car	Driver	Make	Sponsor
1	11	Jason Leffler	Chevrolet	FedEx Express
2	7	Robby Gordon	Chevrolet	Harrah's
3	41	Casey Mears	Dodge	Target
4	192	Stanton Barrett	Chevrolet	Front Row Motorsports
5	66	Hermie Sadler	Ford	Peak Fitness
6	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	USG Sheetrock/DeWalt
7	5	Kyle Busch*	Chevrolet	CARQUEST
8	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge	Dodge Dealers/UAW
9	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont
10	34	Randy LaJoie	Chevrolet	Mach One Inc.
11	07	Dave Blaney	Chevrolet	Jack Daniel's
12	6	Mark Martin	Ford	Viagra
13	20	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	The Home Depot
14	2	Rusty Wallace	Dodge	Miller Lite
15	32	Bobby Hamilton Jr.	Chevrolet	Tide - Give Kids The World
16	0	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet	NetZero Best Buy
17	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench
18	179	Stan Boyd	Chevrolet	Conely Racing
19	40	Sterling Marlin	Dodge	Coors Light
20	14	John Andretti	Ford	VB/APlus at Sunoco
21	45	Kyle Petty	Dodge	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny
22	22	Scott Wimmer	Dodge	Caterpillar
23	37	Kevin Lepage	Dodge	Carter's Royal Dispos-all
24	18	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	Interstate Batteries
25	12	Ryan Newman	Dodge	ALLTEL
26	4	Mike Wallace	Chevrolet	Lucas Oil Products
27	27	Kirk Shelmerdine	Ford	Freddie B's
28	97	Kurt Busch	Ford	Sharpie/IRWIN Industrial Tools
29	88	Dale Jarrett	Ford	UPS
30	15	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	NAPA Auto Parts
31	77	Travis Kvapil*	Dodge	Kodak/Jasper Engines
32	38	Elliott Sadler	Ford	Pedigree
33	25	Brian Vickers	Chevrolet	GMAC
34	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Cingular Wireless
35	01	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	U.S. Army
36	91	Bill Elliott	Dodge	Stanley Tools
37	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	Post-it/National Guard
38	49	Ken Schrader	Dodge	Schwan's Home Service
39	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Budweiser
40	42	Jamie McMurray	Dodge	Texaco/Havoline
41	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Office Depot
42	21	Ricky Rudd	Ford	Motorcraft Genuine Parts
43	43	Jeff Green	Dodge	General Mills Whole Grain
44	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	Dodge Dealers/UAW
45	44	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	Kellogg's
46	10	Scott Riggs	Chevrolet	Valvoline
47	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's
48	173	Eric McClure*	Chevrolet	ARC Dehooker/joinrfa.com

* Denotes Rookie

[WestCoastGal]

For fans of 8,6,24 and 48...the live updating garage cams appear to be working today. (time shown is ET)

[AGreatPer]

Excellent home page you have there. Besides being talented and smart, your beautiful too.

[WestCoastGal]

Well thank you so much, you made my day!!

I've put a lot of work into that profile page. LindaSOG was the one who got me started on it about a year ago. She appeared one day and asked if I wanted help fixing it. :)

Thanks Linda.

[WestCoastGal]

Busch qualifying so far...

Stewart (asked if he would be racing the #33 in Mexico, he said "NO".
Harvick (will race the #33 in Mexico)
Green
Truex
J. Labonte
Bowyer
Edwards
Kenseth

[WestCoastGal]

Update, Mikey one and done, squirrely in the turn on first lap...qualified 19th.

[steveegg]

I'm here, FX is here, but nascar.com checked out.

[WestCoastGal]

I've got Trackpass up.

[steveegg]

And Leffler's out there now. Green flag.

[steveegg]

And Leffler turns a slower speed than qualifying (39.431).

[WestCoastGal]

I think 38.542 was the fastest practice lap yesterday by Biffle.

[steveegg]

Pole progression (so far) - Leffler with a 39.431, Crash with a 38.954 (FX misses the Harrah's Chevy). Back in time for the Slow Casey.

[WestCoastGal]

Crash just had a pretty good lap, hopefully he can make it in.

[WestCoastGal]

Harrah's his new sponsor, which he was supposed to announce yesterday.

[steveegg]

Slow Casey isn't exactly slow (38.734 - faster than practice). New pole-sitter-for-the-moment.

[WestCoastGal]

He was pretty consistent in both practice sessions yesterday.