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]

He's got a full-year sponsor now? I thought all he could get was a series of part-year sponsors.

[steveegg]

Speaking of consistent, Stanton Barrett's consistently bad (39.759; 4th of 4). He's also the first to improve lap times.

[WestCoastGal]

Part time sponsor with Jim Beam and Fruit Of The Loom.

Well I had to check to be sure, here is what his website says.

2005 – NASCAR owner/driver Robby Gordon will hit the track this year sporting a lucky No. 7 and a casino logo on his car.

Harrah’s Operating Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: HET), announced today that it has reached agreement in principle to sponsor Robby Gordon Motorsports throughout the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup season. Subject to a definitive agreement, the arrangement calls for Harrah’s to be the primary sponsor for 14 Cup races and an associate sponsor for 13 races.

The sponsorship includes a multi-faceted marking program and exposes several Harrah’s-owned brands to the more than 75 million NASCAR fans in the United States. In addition to the Harrah’s logo, Gordon’s car hood will feature the World Series of Poker logo for select races.

[steveegg]

I admit it; I upgraded the Robot with rockets. 1 lap is enough with a 38.503.

[WestCoastGal]

Good run for Matt, I actually took a look at him for this week.

[steveegg]

Figures.

Shrub with a 38.248. New track record.

[WestCoastGal]

Who lit the shrub on fire?

[steveegg]

Dunno. Maybe he and Flash switched cars (Jeff sideways coming to the green - 38.987).

[WestCoastGal]

Well my other qualifying hope still lies with the Rocket.

I waffled between him and KK for that spot. I hate that they put KK in "A".

[WestCoastGal]

Robot has rockets. :)

I'm not saying yet what the Budmobile has.

[steveegg]

Blaney spins it in 2, smashes the wall with the back end of the bottle.

[steveegg]

I'm not saying yet what the Budmobile has.

Hope it's not a case of Jack in the back :-)

[WestCoastGal]

Blaney hits hard.

[steveegg]

Hey hey, SWimmer's going to be a dad. Congrats, Scott and wife.

[WestCoastGal]

Jack in the bottle or Jack on 4 legs pushing? :)

Where is everyone, do we need to do a ping and wake them up?

[WestCoastGal]

That was a pretty good Christmas gift he gave his family!!

[steveegg]

Looking at the times, he needs the 4-legged Jack.

Lepage's car was confiscated, but he found another. Nice black Impact racecuit.

[steveegg]

List of things the teams can adjust at 8 am Sunday -

• Oil
• Fuel
• Tire pressure
• Wedge
• Track bar

We're green again, and Martin's out there (38.773).

[WestCoastGal]

Yeah they have put LePage through the wringer.

Here's the impound garage.

[steveegg]

New 1-transmission rule screws Smoke (he'll be headed to the back of the field after changing the transmission and turning a 39.084).