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

[NYTexan]

Got yer pics in yet?

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Hey TX! I have to figure out how to change them... thanks for reminding me.

[NYTexan]

Auto Racing Futures - NASCAR Auto Club 500

Jeff Gordon +700
Jimmie Johnson +700
Kasey Kahne +700
Ryan Newman +800
Kurt Busch +1000
Tony Stewart +1000
Dale Earnhardt Jr +1200
Elliott Sadler +1200
Mark Martin +1200
Matt Kenseth +1200
Jamie McMurray +1500
Greg Biffle +1500
Dale Jarrett +2000
Jeremy Mayfield +2000

http://www.365dayssportsbetting.com/searchAlline.asp?leagueid=60&leaguename=Auto%20Racing%20Futures%20-%20NASCAR%20Auto%20Club%20500&sportID=7

[tubebender]

NASCAR ON SPEED now. Lot's of problems for the cars without owner points...

[WestCoastGal]

A lot of the field fillers didn't even practice in the early practice this afternoon. P-2 coming up shortly. I'm really interested to see what the new spoiler height and tire are going to do to the cars.

[WestCoastGal]

They just explained you go through inspection by points so the guys at the end of the line didn't make first practice.

LePage wasn't allowed through tech at all because they didn't like the way the car looked, they have taken the engine out now and are changing a lot of things.

That's the pits for a poor guy with hardly any sponsors or points!! He did well at Daytona though.

[tubebender]

LePage wasn't allowed through tech at all because they didn't like the way the car looked,

I caught that. Sounds like Nascar didn't ever put the templates on it???

[tubebender]

BTW...I have a bad premonition that this new impound rule is going to be disastrous for some teams...

[WestCoastGal]

Yeah me too, I think it's going to also affect all of us having to pick 4 drivers for Sunday.

Sounds like they can only untape and take wedge out after the car is impounded. Can't even jack it up!

I always loved qualifying and Happy Hour, I hate whoever is making all these changes.

[WestCoastGal]

Now LePage has to get the back up car off the hauler. Sheesh

[WestCoastGal]

Truck Race lineup this evening...American Racing Wheels 200

9pm ET on Speed Channel.

(Sure was exciting last week)

Pos.	Car	Driver	Make	Sponsor	Speed	Time	Behind
1	5	Mike Skinner	Toyota	Toyota Tundra	178.218	40.400	Leader
2	75	David Starr	Chevrolet	Spears Manufacturing	177.949	40.461	-0.061
3	17	David Reutimann	Toyota	NTN Bearings	177.866	40.480	-0.080
4	12	Robert Huffman	Toyota	Toyota Tundra	177.419	40.582	-0.182
5	38	Brandon Whitt	Toyota	Cure Autism Now/McMillin Homes	177.009	40.676	-0.276
6	2	Jimmy Spencer	Dodge	Team ASE	176.939	40.692	-0.292
7	50	Todd Kluever*	Ford	Shell ROTELLA T	176.700	40.747	-0.347
8	23	Johnny Benson	Toyota	TRD	176.700	40.747	-0.347
9	10	Terry Cook	Ford	Power Stroke Diesel	176.683	40.751	-0.351
10	88	Matt Crafton	Chevrolet	Menards	176.652	40.758	-0.358
11	16	Jack Sprague	Chevrolet	Chevy Trucks	176.626	40.764	-0.364
12	22	Bill Lester	Toyota	Rally's	176.561	40.779	-0.379
13	6	Ron Hornaday	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench	176.510	40.791	-0.391
14	14	Rick Crawford	Ford	Circle Bar Motel/RV Park	176.414	40.813	-0.413
15	30	Chad Chaffin	Toyota	Toyota Tundra	176.384	40.820	-0.420
16	1	Ted Musgrave	Dodge	Mopar	176.315	40.836	-0.436
17	46	Dennis Setzer	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Silverado	176.112	40.883	-0.483
18	04	Bobby Hamilton	Dodge	Bailey's	175.966	40.917	-0.517
19	13	Tracy Hines	Chevrolet	ThorSport Racing	175.901	40.932	-0.532
20	18	Chase Montgomery	Dodge	Bobby Hamilton Racing	175.635	40.994	-0.594
21	77	Brendan Gaughan	Dodge	American Racing Wheels	175.584	41.006	-0.606
22	99	Ricky Craven	Ford	Superchips	175.157	41.106	-0.706
23	9	Shigeaki Hattori*	Toyota	AISIN / AISIN AW	175.131	41.112	-0.712
24	19	Regan Smith*	Chevrolet	Xpress Motorsports	174.778	41.195	-0.795
25	62	Steve Park	Dodge	Orleans Hotel & Casino	174.448	41.273	-0.873
26	66	Todd Bodine	Toyota	BowTech Archery/Sportcoins.com	174.018	41.375	-0.975
27	08	Ken Weaver	Chevrolet	1-800-4-A-Phone	173.527	41.492	-1.092
28	4	Casey Atwood	Dodge	Bailey's	173.210	41.568	-1.168
29	8	Deborah Renshaw	Dodge	Easy Care Service Contracts	173.056	41.605	-1.205
30	02	Kelly Sutton	Chevrolet	Team Copaxone	172.994	41.620	-1.220
31	29	Brad Keselowski	Ford	SUBcrews.com	172.832	41.659	-1.259
32	15	Kerry Earnhardt*	Chevrolet	Kraft Foods/Stater Bros.	172.348	41.776	-1.376
33	07	Sean Murphy*	Chevrolet	Auto Air Colors	169.635	42.444	-2.044
34	21	Mike Harmon	Chevrolet	Global Pigeon Supply	168.725	42.673	-2.273
35	24	Wayne Edwards	Chevrolet	Mighty Motorsports	-	-	-
36	59	Robert Pressley	Dodge	Lucas Oil/Harris Trucking	172.865	41.651	-1.251

[tubebender]

Does Skinner drive for DW...

[WestCoastGal]

My notes say he drives for Gail Davis

[WestCoastGal]

Oops wait you mean in the truck series....It's Bill Davis.

[SouthTexas]

They pulled LePage's engine and dropped it in the back-up or are attempting to anyway.

[WestCoastGal]

Poor guy has a total of 2 laps of practice so far.

[WestCoastGal]

Jimmy Spencer is so funny, he says he's only afraid of two things, his mother and his wife!! lol, as it should be.

[glock rocks]

as it should be.

I see you've met my mom and wife.

... she who must be obeyed...

[tubebender]

How many times have you changed your drivers today...

[glock rocks]

Change em, heck, I just barely picked em.