Posted on 06/10/2014 7:03:13 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
just damn...
i do NOT remember that...
whoa... that will NOT buff out! hope he makes out OK
LOLOL...
Goodyear Tires Notes / Fast Facts
Tire: Goodyear Eagle Speedway Radials:
Set limits: Sprint Cup: 5 sets for practice/qualifying and 10 sets for the race
Tire Codes: Left-side — D-4558; Right-side — D-4586
Tire Circumference: Left-side — 87.48 in. (2,222 mm); Right-side — 88.50 in. (2,248 mm)
Technical Inspection Inflation:
Left Front — 30 psi; Left Rear — 30 psi;
Right Front — 55 psi; Right Rear — 50 psi
Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front — 26 psi; Left Rear — 26 psi;
Right Front — 57 psi; Right Rear — 54 psi
Notes: Teams in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series will run different tire set-ups at Michigan this weekend . . . in Sprint Cup, teams will run the same left-side tire code (D-4558) they ran twice at this track last season . . . this is the first time they have run this right-side code (D-4586) at Michigan, though they did run it earlier this season at Kansas . . . compared to what was run in 2013, this right-side tire features just a slight compound change . . . another change from last year is an increase of two psi (LF), four psi (LR) and six psi (RF & RR) in the minimum recommended air pressure in all four tires . . . Goodyear tested at Michigan on April 10-11 . . . teams and drivers participating in that test were the No. 15 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota with Clint Bowyer, No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford with Greg Biffle, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford with Trevor Bayne, No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet with Ryan Newman and No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet with Dale Earnhardt Jr. . . . as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Michigan . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.
TRACK/RACE NEWS
Track Specifications:
Superspeedway: 2.0-mile D-shaped oval
Banking: turns: 18 degrees; straights: front stretch 12 degrees, backstretch 5 degrees
Front stretch Length: 3,600 feet
Backstretch Length: 2,242 feet
73 feet wide with 10-foot apron in turns, 45 feet wide with 12-foot apron on straightaways
Pit lane is 50 feet wide and contains space for 44 individual pit areas
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Pace Car Speed: 55mph
Seating: 84,000 [was 108,000, and 137,243]
Opened: 1968
Race Festivities/Officials:
Grand Marshal: TBA
Command to start engines: TBA
Honorary Starter/Wave Green Flag: TBA
Invocation: TBA
National Anthem: Karen Newman “Voice of the Detroit Red Wings”
Flyover: TBA
EVENT SCHEDULE
(Sprint Cup Series)
Times are local to the Track
Thursday, June 12
6:00 PM NSCS HAULERS ENTER
Friday, June 13
6:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS & INSPECTION BEGINS
10:00 AM NSCS ROOKIE & SPOTTER MEETINGS & RANDOM DRAWING
11:00 AM - 12:20 PM NSCS PRACTICE
3:40 PM NSCS QUALIFYING
6:00 PM NSCS GARAGE CLOSES
Saturday, June 14
8:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
9:30 - 10:20 AM NSCS PRACTICE
12:30 - 1:20 PM NSCS FINAL PRACTICE
4:00 PM NSCS GARAGE CLOSES
Sunday, June 15
7:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
11:00 AM NSCS DRIVER/CREW CHIEF MEETING
12:30 PM NSCS DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS
1:00 PM NSCS RACE
NSCS = Sprint Cup Series
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
All times above are listed in LOCAL Time
PRACTICE & QUALIFYING
Dates / Times / TV coverage
(times in eastern time)
Practices:
Friday, June 13, 11:00am - 12:20 pm/et, TV-FS1
Saturday, June 14, 9:30 - 10:20am/et, TV-FS2
Happy Hour ‘Final’ practice: Saturday, June 14, 12:30 - 1:20pm/et, TV-FS2
Qualifying: group qualifying for positions 1-36, Friday, June 13 at 3:40 pm/et, TV-FS1, re-air scheduled 4:40am/et on FS1; 8:00am/et on FS2.
Mama saw this and She likes the list w/JR at the top.
She has disappeared with the truck/cammo/and the Night Vision gear (firearms still hear but She did take the Phazer and Photon Torpedo Crossbow)
Lynda Petty named first-quarter recipient of the NMPA’s Spirit Award.:
Lynda Petty, one of the founding members of the Racing Wives Auxiliary, was named first-quarter recipient of the National Motorsports Press Association’s Spirit Award. Petty, who passed away on March 25 at the age of 72, started the charitable organization, providing assistance to those in need in the racing community. Now know as the Women’s Auxiliary of Motorsports, the group seeks to enrich the lives of women, children and families through education and wellness initiatives. The wife of seven-time NASCAR champion Richard Petty raised a family of four and was active in numerous community and civic endeavors. Defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson and fellow premier series driver Denny Hamlin also received votes for the first-quarter award. The NMPA Spirit Award recognizes character and achievement in the face of adversity, sportsmanship and contributions to motorsports. Each year, quarterly winners are chosen, and an overall winner is selected by a vote of the NMPA membership.(NASCAR.com)(6-11-2014)
Haas thinks Danica could succeed in F1:
With #10-Danica Patrick still struggling in NASCAR, could she be headed back to open-wheel racing as one of the drivers for her boss, Gene Haas, who will launch a North Carolina-based Formula One team in 2016? That question was posed to Haas Saturday afternoon following qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix, and while he sounded intrigued by the possibility, he also sounded as though it would be unlikely to actually happen. Asked if Patrick would be a good candidate for the Haas Formula One team, Haas said, “I think she would. I think she would. She would bring an awful lot of viewership. I think it would be great for America. I think she would be a great candidate.” Haas then quickly added, “Whether that's going to happen or not ... that's, that's, that's ... you know I think that's kind of a long shot there, too.”(FoxSports)(6-8-2014)
Group plans movie about iconic Plymouth Superbird:
A group of producers and obviously die-hard gearheads are attempting to raise money also through crowdfunding to make a movie about the fabled Plymouth Superbird. The tentative working title for the movie is quite appropriate: “Winged Warriors.” The producers are trying to raise enough money through an initiative on KickStarter.com to not only make the film, but also to build or buy several replica cars, including the original Dodge #88 Daytona test car that spawned the Superbird, as well as Petty’s #43 Plymouth Superbird, James Hylton’s #48 Dodge Charger and the #99 Dodge Charger Daytona owned by Charlie Glotzbach and Richard Brickhouse. The fundraising pledge effort kicked off June 1, but admittedly is going slowly: As of 7 pm ET Saturday, producers had raised just under $14,000, or about three percent of their goal. The fundraising effort continues until June 30.(more info at NBC Sports)(6-8-2014)
Nascar has him as #1. He has 2 wins along with JJ, Joey and Kevin, but factoring in points, he has more points than JJ (one to be exact):
i notice he said nothing about her talent or being able to compete let alone win any points the girl is 32 years old, not the age you START an F1 attempt
and i don't know anybody stooopid enough to waste the kind of $$$$$ it takes to get a Super License even if she was qualified to apply for one, which she isn't... talk is cheap, F1 isn't
Requirements[edit]
To qualify for an FIA Super Licence the requesting driver must already be the holder of a Grade A competition licence, and additionally meet the requirements of the 2013 FIA International Sporting Code, Appendix L.[1][2] These requirements state that the driver must be either the reigning champion in a lower category of motor sport, for example Formula 3 (British, Italian or Japanese championship, or Euro Series), Formula 2, or GP2 Series (formerly known as Formula 3000), or must have consistently finished well in these categories. For example, a driver finishing in the first three positions five times within the last two years in GP2 will be eligible for a Super Licence.
Additionally, drivers who have competed in the IndyCar Series are eligible for a Super Licence if they finished within the first four places of the driver's championship. This allows drivers from the United States domestic series to move into Formula One without first taking part in other FIA sanctioned events. Under exceptional circumstances Appendix L also allows the FIA to award a Super Licence to a driver who does not meet the normal criteria if a vote reveals unanimous agreement by the members, and provided that the driver has completed 300 kilometers of testing at racing speeds in a current car.
More information on that. The chase isn’t strictly points this year, it is the combo of points and wins. So that is what I am posting now.
i'll take it...
Texas Special Pre-Sale Opportunity on Friday:
Texas Motor Speedway will offer a special one-day, pre-sale opportunity to the public Friday for individual frontstretch tickets to November’s AAA Texas 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that will be available for as low as $24.
The price point will be the lowest available for the AAA Texas 500 scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 2, and offers a 20% discount on the lowest frontstretch seating currently available for Sprint Cup Series races at Texas Motor Speedway.
The AAA Texas 500 pre-sale begins at 12:01 a.m. CT (late Thursday evening/early Friday morning) and continues until 11:59 p.m. Friday night online at www.texasmotorspeedway.com or from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. by calling the Texas Motor Speedway ticket office at (817) 215-8500.
After this one-day, pre-sale event, individual tickets for the AAA Texas 500 will not be available again until the official on-sale date of Friday, Aug. 15.(TMS)(6-12-2014)
Anyone who looked at the winnings from the Pocono 400 probably did a double take. Dale Earnhardt Jr., the winner of the race, earned $198,965. Brad Keselowski, who finished second, earned $213,783. NASCAR, in order to encourage teams to run every race, decades ago created a winner's circle program. Teams that win can enter the program for a couple of years. NASCAR gives the team extra money in exchange for the driver going to a track for an appearance to promote an event a few weeks before the race. Every organization is limited to two drivers that are eligible for this bonus money. Earnhardt is not one of Hendrick Motorsports' two winners circle drivers. Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon are the two Hendrick drivers on the program. The winner's circle program is not the only program that can cause confusion in winnings. Manufacturers often offer bonus money for a top finisher among their ranks. And several sponsors offer contingency awards as long as the team has the decal of that sponsor on the car. Some teams can't run certain decals because of a conflict with team sponsors and therefore are not eligible for the award. For instance, Tony Stewart won the 3M lap leader award even though he ranked well behind Keselowski in laps led at Pocono because Penske chooses not to run the 3M sticker to avoid conflict with its sponsors.(see full story at Sporting News)(6-12-2014)
In a fitting tribute to the continuing 50-year celebration of the iconic pony car, the all-new 2015 Ford Mustang is about to make its pace car debut at Michigan International Speedway. A Mustang GT fastback will lead the field to the green flag for the Quicken Loans 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race June 15. Joe Hinrichs, Ford Motor Company president of The Americas, will drive the Race Red fastback equipped with 5.0-liter Ti-VCT V8 engine around the track in Brooklyn, Michigan. Built in nearby Flat Rock, Michigan, Mustang is all-new from the ground up. This sixth-generation, rear-wheel-drive car has the long hood and short rear decklid proportions of its most iconic predecessors, as well as that low, wide stance, but its design is very much 21st century, with state-of-the-art engineering and technology. Among the many new features on the 2015 Mustang GT is an independent rear suspension engineered specifically for this new platform and car. It also features an all-new state-of-the-art front suspension. Mustang GT's 5.0-liter Ti-VCT V8 engine generates more than 420 horsepower and more than 390 lb.-ft. of torque. Two other engines - a 3.7-liter V6 and 2.3-liter EcoBoost - will also be available when the car hits showrooms later this year.(Ford Racing), see an image of the pace car on the 2014 Pace Car page.(6-12-2014)
Michigan Notes & Facts - Thursday - track history:
· Michigan International Speedway sits on more than 1,400 acres in the “Irish Hills” of Southeastern Michigan. Ground-breaking took place on Sept. 28, 1967.
· The first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan was held June 15, 1969 - won by Cale Yarborough at a speed of 139.254 mph.
· The track was known as Michigan Speedway during the time Roger Penske was the primary owner (1996-99).
· The two-mile speedway underwent a repave in 2012.
· There have been 89 NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Michigan International Speedway since the first race there in 1969. Other than 1973, which had just one race, there have been two races each season since 1969.
· The first race was 500 miles in length; the second was scheduled for 600. The track was re-measured to 2.04 miles for the last race in 1970 and both races in 1971 - with the race distance being 402 miles. All other races have been scheduled for 400 miles.(NASCAR)(6-12-2014)
yup, it's a complicated formula
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