Nascar SCS The Profit on CNBC at Phoenix Int'l Raceway Sunday March 2 on FOX at 3:00 PM ET

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[ican'tbelieveit]

Welcome to the 2014
Nascar at FR race thread!

The Profit on CNBC

Sunday March 2 at 3:00 PM ET on FOX

at the

Phoenix International Raceway

Phoenix International Raceway Website

Qualifying: Friday, Feb 28 at 6:40 PM ET on FS1

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Congratulations to the Daytona 500 winner: Dale Earnhardt, Jr. !

Congratulations to the DRIVE4COPD 300 winner: Regan Smith !

Congratulations to the NextEra Energy Resources 250 winner: Timothy Peters !

Broadcast Schedule
MRN
PRN
TVRacer.com (has a summary of all televised racing sports)

FRFL’ers: Deadline to select drivers for this week is:

Friday, Feb 28 at 5:00 AM ET ( 2:00 AM PT)

Jayski site for race prep info

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Nationwide and Camping World Schedule

Series	Race	Track	Qualifying Time Channel	Race Time Channel
Nationwide	Blue Jeans Go Green 200	Phoenix International Raceway	Sat March 1 12:10 PM ET FS2	Sat March 1 3:45 PM ET ABC
Camping World	No Race

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[ican'tbelieveit]

Wow, was that a wonderful race or what. Ok, a bit long, but still, to see Jr. race so good and to actually get the win. Beautiful. And what a great thread, thanks to all of our contributors and mabarker1 for all of those news updates!

Chase Standings:

Driver	Points	Change
Dale Earnhardt Jr	48	-
Denny Hamlin	43	-
Brad Keselowski	42	-
Jeff Gordon	40	-
Jimmie Johnson	40	-
Matt Kenseth	38	-
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	37	-
Greg Biffle	37	-
Austin Dillon	36	-
Casey Mears	34	-
Joey Logano	34	-
Kevin Harvick	31	-
Jamie McMurray	30	-

Fantasy Top 10 Segment Standings:

Team	Segment Points	Season Points	Change
SgtBob's Privates	368	368	-
paydirt15	358	358	-
Jake from State Farm	348	348	-
Mofo99	344	344	-
Lime City Racing	330	330	-
Jana's Raiders	316	316	-
Richmond Rocker	300	300	-
Bender's De Fenders	290	290	-
SHSRacing	284	284	-
Junkheap	282	282	-

[ConservativeStatement]

That was an interesting race and especially the finish.

[umgud]

bumpity

[Yogafist]

And with that win Junior made the chase. Unless they defy history and more than 16 drivers post a win

[ican'tbelieveit]

Nationwide Standings:

Driver	Points	Change
Regan Smith	47	-
Trevor Bayne	41	-
Elliott Sadler	39	-
Brendan Gaughan	38	-
Ty Dillon	37	-
Dylan Kwasniewski	36	-
Joe Nemechek	32	-
Mike Wallace	31	-
Chase Elliott	29	-
James Buescher	28	-
Brian Scott	27	-
Ryan Reed	26	-
Mike Bliss	24	-

Campingworld Standings:

Driver	Points	Change
Timothy Peters	43	-
Johnny Sauter	41	-
Ron Hornaday Jr	39	-
Ryan Blaney	38	-
Jeb Burton	37	-
Jimmy Weller III	35	-
German Quiroga Jr	34	-
Ryan Sieg	33	-
Tyler Reddick	32	-
Matt Crafton	31	-
Ben Kennedy	31	-
John Wes Townley	30	-
Justin Jennings	28	-

[mountn man]

So far Richard Petty is right.

[biff]

Wasn’t her fault.

The Petty’s are not known for their intelligence. They suffer from that disease my father always accused me of, “engage brain before operating mouth”.

He needs to thank her because she is one of the major drawing cards for taxi-cab racing spectators. Even at that nascrap is still losing track spectators as well as viewers and many of the tracks are having financial close calls.

The cost of racing has gone thru the roof and sponsors keep getting harder and harder to get.

Besides, Petty should know there are realistically approx. 10 cars that can win on any given day. The other 33 are fillers to provide “sizzle”, Danica included. After all, who wants to watch a race with 10 cars in it?

[tubebender]

Thanks for da Ping...

[mabarker1]

Good Morning Race Fans!!!

Round 2 2014 PHOENIX

Now we move to Sir Chode Qualifying Rules for the remainder of the Season.

Entry List for the The Profit on CNBC 500(k) Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway is posted, 46 teams/drivers [for 43 spots] are listed, including: #32-Kvapil, #66-Nemechek, #87-Shepherd, #95-McDowell, #33-Scott. With 46 cars entered, 3 drivers will miss the race. #41-Busch has no owners points (until the 4th race), so he must qualify on speed or he could use a past champions provisional as long as #14-Stewart or #2-Keselowski do not need to use it. Two drivers must qualify via speed and do not have a provisional available: #26-Whitt and #77-Blaney. See the full entry list at my Entry List

Patrick passes 1 million Twitter followers:

Daytona 500 winner #88-Dale Earnhardt, Jr. may be known as NASCAR's most popular driver, but when it comes to Twitter, he's got some catching up to do. #10-Danica Patrick became NASCAR's first driver with over 1 million Twitter followers in the days leading up to Sunday's big race, ranking her among the top racing drivers and female athletes in the world. Of course, Dale Jr. didn't even have a Twitter account before the Daytona 500, but celebrated his second win there by opening an account and quickly attracted over a quarter of a million followers.(as of this Post, Jr has 507K and counting) The 1 million mark easily tops all NASCAR drivers. Next highest is six-time champion #48-Jimmie Johnson's 530,000 followers. Juan Pablo Montoya leads all IndyCar drivers with just under 800,000. Patrick's boyfriend, fellow NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr., has 126,000 followers.(Associated Press)(2-26-2014)

[Chode]

[mabarker1]

LOL! I just knew You would be Honoured to have that Title;)

[mabarker1]

It’s almost 3/16

I’ll take the questions after that so You can run the F1 Threads.

[mabarker1]

[mabarker1]

EVENT SCHEDULE
(Sprint Cup Series)

Times are local to the Track

Thursday, February 27
4:30 PM NSCS HAULERS ENTER

Friday, February 28
6:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS & INSPECTION BEGINS
11:00 AM NSCS ROOKIE & SPOTTER MEETINGS & RANDOM DRAWING
12:00 - 1:30 PM NSCS PRACTICE
4:40 PM NSCS QUALIFYING
6:30 PM NSCS GARAGE CLOSES

Saturday, March 1
7:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
9:00 - 9:55 AM NSCS PRACTICE
12:00 - 12:50 PM NSCS FINAL PRACTICE
1:45 PM NNS RACE
4:00 PM NSCS GARAGE CLOSES

Sunday, March 2
7:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
11:00 AM NSCS DRIVER/CREW CHIEF MEETING
12:30 PM NSCS DRIVERS INTRODUCTION
1:00 PM NSCS RACE

NSCS = Sprint Cup Series
SUBJECT TO CHANGE

All times above are listed in LOCAL Time

[mabarker1]

PRACTICE & QUALIFYING
Dates / Times / TV coverage
(times in eastern time)

Practices:
Friday, February 28, 2:00 - 3:30pm/et, TV-FS1
Saturday, March 1, 11:00 - 11:55 am/et, TV-FS1

Happy Hour ‘Final’ practice: Saturday, March 1, 2:00 - 2:50 pm/et, TV-FS2

Qualifying: groups for positions 1-36, Friday, February 28 at 6:35pm/et, TV-FS1, no re-air scheduled.

[mabarker1]

Track Specifications:
Track/Race Length: 1.0 mile oval, 312 laps, 312 miles/500km
Degree of Banking: Turns 1-2: 11 degrees; Turns 3-4: 9 degrees
Front stretch: Length: 1,179 feet, Banking: 3 degrees
Back stretch: Length: 1,551 feet, Banking: 9 degrees
Pit Road: Length: 1,140
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Grandstand seating: 55,000 [was 76,812] Opened: 1964 (first NASCAR Sprint Cup event was 1988)
Last Repave: 2011

[mabarker1]

2013 March Race Winner: #99-Carl Edwards, 105.187mph, started 15th

2013 November Winner: #29-Kevin Harvick, 105.733mph, started 9th

Race Record: Tony Stewart, Nov 1999, 118.132mph

Slowest Race Record: Alan Kulwicki, 1988, 90.457mph

Oldest Race Winner: Mark Martin, 50 years, 3 months, 9 days, 4/18/2009

Youngest Race Winner: Kyle Busch, 20 years, 5 months, 11 days, 11/13/2005

2013 March Pole Sitter: #55-Mark Martin, 138.074mph, finished 21st

2013 November Pole Sitter: #48-Jimmie Johnson, 139.222mph, finished 3rd

Track Qualifying Record: Jimmie Johnson, 11/8/2013, 139.222mph

Oldest Pole Winner: Mark Martin, 54 years, 1 month, 23 days, 3/1/2013

Youngest Pole Winner: Kyle Busch, 20 years, 11 months, 20 days, 4/22/2006

[mabarker1]

More details on Qualifying

[nascarnation]

With “polar vortex” temps forecast for the next 10 days and a big snow/ice storm for the weekend, Phoenix sounds d@mn good right now.