Posted on 07/10/2014 6:54:55 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
Thanks for the stats on the Sunday race etc...
you are welcome, sorry I’ve been slow/behind on News/Info here lately.
Sad News - Gary Lee:
Longtime motor sports broadcaster Gary Lee, 63, was found dead in his Indianapolis home today [Monday], likely the result of a heart attack, friends confirmed. Lee, who lived on the city’s Eastside near Shadeland Avenue, was synonymous with ESPN’s earliest televised events. He teamed with former driver Larry Rice to broadcast the “Thunder” short-track series that featured drivers such as a young Jeff Gordon at what was then Indianapolis Raceway Park in the late 1980s and early 1990s. “Larry and Gary were ‘Thunder,’” said fellow broadcaster Bob Jenkins, who helped start the weekly traveling motor sports show along with Larry Nuber. “They got along so well.” Lee worked on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network through the 1990s and owned Whiteland Raceway Park for a time.(Indianapolis Star)(7-15-2014)
Earnhardt Jr. and Keselowski clinch Chase spot:
#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. and #2-Brad Keselowski have clinched a spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, assuming they attempt to qualify for the remaining seven races in the regular season. Both Earnhardt and Keselowski have fulfilled two of the three requirements to guarantee their spot in the Chase - multiple wins and locking in to the top 30 in points. With Keselowski’s third win of the season this past weekend he could be seeded first in the Chase - each win is worth three Chase bonus points. A number of other drivers can join Earnhardt and Keselowski as Chase clinchers. #24-Jeff Gordon has already clinched a top 30 spot, but with a single win has yet to clinch the “wins” portion of the criteria. A win at Indy would clinch him a spot. To clinch a top 30 spot, the clinching driver must be 289 points ahead of 31st place after Indianapolis.(NASCAR Wire Service)(7-15-2014)
NASCAR Introduces Special Paint Scheme Elements For Chase Contenders:
Celebrating the accomplishments of those drivers who will contend for the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship, NASCAR has released several new elements to the paint schemes of race cars making the 16-driver Chase Grid.
Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup-eligible cars will have the roof number, the front splitter / front fascia and the windshield header colored yellow, as well as have a Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup logo affixed to the front-quarter panel of their race car.
As part of NASCAR's emphasis on winning races all season long, this celebratory paint scheme will be placed on a driver's car to begin the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, at Chicagoland Speedway on Sept. 14. Once a driver is eliminated after one of the Chase's first three rounds, the paint scheme will be removed from the car.
These changes serve as a visible symbol of the new Chase format. In addition, the paint scheme elements will ensure that fans are able to easily identify each championship contender as NASCAR's playoffs progress. Announced by NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France in January, the new championship format expands the Chase field to 16 drivers, up from 12 in previous years, and implements a new round-by-round advancement format that ultimately will reward a battle-tested, worthy champion. A victory in the first 26 races all but guarantees a berth in the 10-race Chase, which will air exclusively on the ESPN family of networks. The number of championship drivers in contention for the championship decreases after every three Chase races, culminating with four drivers racing for the title at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship, scheduled for November 16.(NASCAR)(7-15-2014)
yellow??? what the hell... should be bright dayglow red
O, My, GOD... that'll leave a mark
If the new Race Team Alliance wants to communicate with NASCAR and its sister company International Speedway Corp. it will have to do so through attorneys. NASCAR President Mike Helton said Friday there is no animosity between the team owners and NASCAR, although NASCAR has had no conversations with Kauffman as part of the RTA. "I wanted to dispel the perception of animosity to start with and then back that up with saying we're going to do business as usual," Helton said Friday. "I think everybody in the garage area knows how we do our business and the role they play in it, and so we'll continue to do it that way." But apparently no NASCAR officials will be talking directly with the RTA. NASCAR confirmed Wednesday that in a move they say is done for legal prudence and not as a sign of animosity, it has directed that all communication between NASCAR and the RTA be done through lawyers. After the Sporting News published a column on the RTA Tuesday saying the development is a sign of an increased lack of trust between NASCAR and the teams and vice versa, Kauffman tweeted that ISC also has issued a lawyer-only edict.
The RTA has hired the legal firm of Jones Day, which provides representation on financial issues to almost half of the Fortune 500 companies. And they apparently need to be. Gary Roberts, a noted sports law expert and current professor at Indiana University, said last week that the organization could open itself up to a lawsuit depending on how it operates. There is nothing wrong with the teams working together for better purchasing power as long as the people they purchase from are not dependent solely on NASCAR teams for their business. The danger comes if the RTA represents the teams in any sort of negotiations with NASCAR and tries to use its collective leverage to force NASCAR's hand. "You have a monopolist, NASCAR, dictating terms to a group of entities that it does business with," Roberts said. "And the entities then (are) saying, 'We want to get together and create counter-veiling market power so we're on equal footing.'(Sporting News)(7-17-2014)
Hey Boss! Are we gonna have a Thread this Week for Busch/Trucks ? Or use this one ?
so we've gone from the silly season to the stooopid season? is that it???
I just got up early to put a thread together, :-D.
Sorry, life has been a bit chaotic the last few weeks. Kiddo has a new job that gives him nights and weekends off. Now I have to go to work to get some rest. Work is a bit crazy. By the time I get home at night...
Plus, it is summer, water the grass, mow the lawn (notice I didn’t say mow the weeds because the weeds met mr. ground clear this year), admire the flowers and veggies.
We have had a lot of moisture since Monday night which has cleared the pond, cooled off the Koi a bit. Last night they were in full-on silly mode, getting themselves up above the sides of the pond and flopping around a bit.
No $&!t
Goodyear Tires Notes / Fast Facts
Tire: Goodyear Eagle Speedway Radials
Set limits: 7 sets for the event
Tire Codes:
Left-side — D-4392; Right-side — D-4410
Tire Circumference:
Left-side — 87.40 in. (2,220 mm);
Right-side — 88.43 in. (2,246 mm)
Technical Inspection Inflation:
Left Front — 30 psi; Left Rear — 30 psi;
Right Front — 48 psi; Right Rear — 45 psi
Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front — 23 psi; Left Rear — 21 psi;
Right Front — 48 psi; Right Rear — 44 psi
Notes: This is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that NASCAR Nationwide Series teams have run at Chicagoland since 2011 . . . this is also the same tire set-up that these teams ran at Homestead from 2011-2013 . . . Nationwide teams have also run this left-side tire code (D-4392) with a different right-side code at both Texas and Darlington earlier this season . . . as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Chicagoland . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.
Qualifying:
4:10 pm/et, Saturday, July 19
Fox Sports 2 4:00 pm/et
Don’t forget Wednesday 9pm EDT is the Truck race on dirt from Eldora, that was a good one last year.
On it like a Duck on a Junebug!
MudSummer Classic II
Now I’ll move to this weeks Thread.
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