NASCAR - Food City 500 - from Bristol - on FOX, Sunday 3/26 at 2:00pm ET (LIVE THREAD)

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Food City 500

Sunday 2:00 pm Eastern

from Bristol Motor Speedway

SPEED Pre-race show at 11:00 Eastern (90 min)FOX Pre-race show at 1:30 Eastern

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[SouthTexas]

LOL, we normally mow year round. Don't think I've had it out of the garage since November!

Do remember a time when I had to raise the settings all the way up to keep the blade out of the water.

[michigander]

Somebody dropped his whole exhaust header off his motor yesterday.

I saw that.
I think they'll try to be a bit more discreet than that today though. :-)

[NormsRevenge]

Them pits are as dangerous as the track..

Looks like mid-40s with partly cloudy skies today at Bristol.

Get yur Bengay ready.. Everybody gets a stiff neck after Bristol.

FoRtunately, FRosty the Snowman will NOT be singing the National Anthem today. Whew!

[NormsRevenge]

FRom Jayski's That'sRacin'.com news ..
http://www.jayski.com/cupnews.htm


Five Purple Heart Recipients to Attend Bristol Race:

The #16 National Guard team will have the privilege of being accompanied this Sunday by five Purple Heart recipients from the Tennessee National Guard. SPC Wesley Bullington, SGT Tony Anderson, SPC Jamey Smith, SGT Christopher Cartwright and SPC Anthony Lambert have all received a Purple Heart for the sacrifices they made while in the line of duty. These soldiers all come from the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment.

The 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment is the only enhanced Armored Cavalry Regiment within the National Guard, and one of only two Armored Cavalry Regiments in the United States Army. It is headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, with units throughout the East and Central Tennessee Area.

The Purple Heart is a U.S. military decoration awarded in the name of the President of the United States to those who have been wounded or killed while serving in or with the U.S. military after April 5, 1917. The Purple Heart is the oldest military decoration in the world in present use and the first American award made available to the common soldier.(Roush Racing PR)(3-24-2006)

[don-o]

We lost a lot of men from the 278. Great on Bristol to put them in the opening.

Diamond Rio is doing the Anthem today. They will be hard pressed to come up to the Higher Ground Baptist Church's (Kingsport) rendition from yesterday.

Best I have ever heard - save George Bitsaz at the UT football. Now, that was a set of pipes!

[GRRRRR]

Pit directions: Don't forget to send to Mark Martin TOO!!

Looks like we'll get this one in...cold weather...hot tars...fast laps!

I'm going with 21 cartions today!

[don-o]

I'm going with 21 cartions today!

Whoa - High opener. Lemme give that a think!

[NormsRevenge]

21 cautions may be way low today.. could be a new record after today..

Kudos and a Salute to the 278th...

[SouthTexas]

Here's an earlier opening shot:

To: SouthTexas
13 cautions yesterday.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm?
I'll guess 16 with 5 happening during commecials. I'll be in and out so I can't keep track of them today. :-(

329 posted on 03/26/2006 9:29:38 AM CST by michigander

[SouthTexas]

Kudos and a Salute to the 278th...

Is that also your pic? :)

[GRRRRR]

YEP! Jacks or better to the bettor! Yee Haw!!

Bristol from 20,000 feet...GoogleEarth doesn't have HIResolution pics of this part of the country...flyover don't ya know!

[don-o]

.flyover don't ya know!

The more who flyover the better. Place is getting crowed fast enough.

We love the two race weeks- but people need to go on back home. (Excluding Freepers, of course)

[NormsRevenge]

I sat Biffle this week-end.. :(

[don-o]

Bill on WJCW reporting track and pits are dry. Radar showing stuff up the mountains, which can sneak into the valley.

12:00 report from TRI is 39 degrees.

[don-o]

Place is getting crowded

Too much on the typos today. Sorry.

I took Viagra. Just a gut feeling. He got the Key to the City of Kingsport on Thursday.

[budman_2001]

G'mornin roundy-rounders.

Are we ready for the ??????

Weather OK?

[SouthTexas]

I'm breaking out some of the Hendricks boys. Still saving the 24, for what, I don't really know.

STR has the 48, 8, 5, & 18.

Posted early so ya'll know who NOT to pick.

[don-o]

Funny - I had all them 8's last week. Just kept Junebug for this 'un.

Weatherwise - I believe we are good - cold, but good to go.

[don-o]

Bill, interviewing a local cop reports that they estimate around half of the spectators here are campers.

So that helps with traffic getting into the place.

[don-o]

Just kept Junebug for this 'un.

oops - Wish now I had. I sat him. I think I was thinking to save him for the supers.

Got the 88.

I love the Old Farts!