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Nascar SCS GoBowling.com 400 at Pocono Raceway Sunday August 3 on ESPN at 1:00 PM ET
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Posted on 07/29/2014 7:06:22 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit



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2014 NASCAR Television Ratings

The Indianapolis market saw a big increase: from 13.8 last year to 15.0 this year. The national number wasn't so kind to IMS and NASCAR. There was a decrease in overnight rating, from 3.4 last year to 3.2 this year. Last year's final national rating was 3.6. That information will be available Tuesday.(Indianapolis Star).(7-29-2014)

UPDATE: ESPN's live telecast of the Brickyard 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, July 27, earned a 3.4 U.S. rating, averaging 5,196,000 viewers, according to Nielsen Media. The rating and viewership were down from the 2013 race, which earned a 3.6 rating and averaged 5,460,000 viewers, but were up from 2012, when the telecast earned a 3.3 rating and averaged 5,055,000 viewers. Indianapolis led the nation's metered markets with a 15.0 rating, up from a 13.7 rating last year, while Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville was second with a 9.4 rating. North Carolina's Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem market was third nationally with an 8.7 rating while Charlotte and Richmond tied for fourth at 7.7. The rest of the nation's top 10 markets for the race were Louisville, 6.9; Nashville, 6.5; Birmingham and Raleigh-Durham, 6.3; and Tampa/St. Petersburg and Orlando, 5.5. ESPN's live telecast of Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series race at IMS earned a 1.3 rating, averaging 1,988,000 viewers. Viewership was up over last year's race, which averaged 1,913,000 viewers with a 1.4 rating.(ESPN)(7-29-2014)

Gordon approaching some records

Starting with his Cup debut in the final race of the 1992 season, #24-Jeff Gordon hasn't missed a race in 22 years. At Indianapolis on Sunday, he started his 745th straight event. Assuming Gordon stays in the seat of the #24 Chevrolet in every race through the 2015 season, he will break Ricky Rudd's series-record 788 consecutive starts in the 28th race next year.

Gordon led 40 laps on Sunday, bringing his career total to 23,949, sixth most all-time. If he drives for two more seasons beyond the current one, he has a realistic shot at leading 25,000 laps, perhaps catching the next driver on the list, Pearson, who racked up 25,159 laps led. Richard Petty led the most with 51,380.(NASCAR Wire Service)(7-29-2014)

21 posted on 07/31/2014 3:51:42 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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TRACK/RACE NEWS

Track Specifications:
Superspeedway: 2.5 mile tri-oval
Track/Race Length: 2.5 tri-oval, 160 laps, 400 miles
Banking: turn 1: 14 degrees, [tunnel] turn 2: 8 degree, turn 3: 6 degrees;
Straights: Front - 3740 feet;
Long Pond (between turns 1 and 2) - 3055 feet;
North(between turns 2 and 3) - 1780 feet
Grandstand Seating: 70,000 [was 100,000]
Pit Road Speed: 55mph
Pace Car Speed: 65mph
Last Re-paved: early 2012
Opened: 1974

Race Festivities/Officials:
Grand Marshal: Richard Petty
Command to start engines: Richard Petty
Honorary Starter/Wave Green Flag: TBA
Invocation: TBA
National Anthem: Eric Lee Beddingfield
Flyover: TBA

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Qualifying Rules


22 posted on 07/31/2014 3:57:57 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: ican'tbelieveit

Pocono isn’t my favorite race by far but the remodel is done, the boxes are unpacked and I’m looking forward to breaking my streak of scoring less than 200 points in each of the last three races. The Raiders will be running:

Gordo
Stewart
Kaz
Larson


23 posted on 08/03/2014 6:13:21 AM PDT by happydogx2 ( Her eyes were beautiful, her soft wet kisses were heavenly..but to be honest she had me at "woof")
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To: All

Weather could be a factor today.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/long-pond-pa/18610/weather-forecast/2181710

Let’s hope not.


24 posted on 08/03/2014 6:31:00 AM PDT by McGruff (Seems like some are more interested in protecting Ukraine's border than ours)
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Yeah, I just read an another article saying the same thing. When weather delays have happened in the past ESPN will move the race to ESPN 2. Darn it.


25 posted on 08/03/2014 6:34:48 AM PDT by happydogx2 ( Her eyes were beautiful, her soft wet kisses were heavenly..but to be honest she had me at "woof")
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To: 21stCenturion; 4kids dad; Abigail Adams; advertising guy; al baby; al_c; Alaska Wolf; ...

Good Morning Race Fans!

Thought I would ping before I ran out to do things, otherwise I always “forget” and ping when the race has started!

We had a quite successful fantasy qualifying run this week. Go Kyle Larson!

Hope that we get a race on today - weather.com moisture forecast has green to yellow just west of the track area, very ominous looking by 3 or so ET.


26 posted on 08/03/2014 6:50:44 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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Episodes of rain, thunderstorms and mist will threaten to cause delays and postponements of racing activities at Long From Pond, Pennsylvania, this weekend.
http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/long-pond-pa/18610/weather-forecast/2181710

According to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Dave Dombek, “A very unsettled weather pattern is setting up shop along the Atlantic Seaboard into Sunday.”

The green flag is set to drop for Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at 1:18 p.m. EDT at Pocono Raceway, sometimes called the Tricky Triangle.


27 posted on 08/03/2014 7:37:02 AM PDT by Las Vegas Dave (The democ"RAT"ic party preys on the ignorant..!)
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Oh man. Keselowski and Bush are gonna have a talk about that move some time.


28 posted on 08/03/2014 10:11:16 AM PDT by McGruff (Seems like some are more interested in protecting Ukraine's border than ours)
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29 posted on 08/03/2014 10:12:00 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: happydogx2

MC is running:

Flash
Smoke
B-Kow
Larson


30 posted on 08/03/2014 10:18:49 AM PDT by MtnClimber (Just doing laps around the sun and shaking my head that progressives can believe what they do!)
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To: happydogx2

Looks like we are running the same drivers today.


31 posted on 08/03/2014 10:41:25 AM PDT by MtnClimber (Just doing laps around the sun and shaking my head that progressives can believe what they do!)
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Just got back from church and checking into the board to see if we’re racing today.

Since we’re running the same 4 drivers I’ll apologize in advance….


32 posted on 08/03/2014 11:47:07 AM PDT by happydogx2 ( Her eyes were beautiful, her soft wet kisses were heavenly..but to be honest she had me at "woof")
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To: happydogx2

Just had the big one.


33 posted on 08/03/2014 12:12:54 PM PDT by McGruff (Seems like some are more interested in protecting Ukraine's border than ours)
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To: McGruff

#14 ends up on top of #27


34 posted on 08/03/2014 12:15:01 PM PDT by McGruff (Seems like some are more interested in protecting Ukraine's border than ours)
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To: happydogx2

Took a break at the yellow to do 3 cuts on a pine tree with the chain saw. Of the 10 trees that blew over last fall I have 3 left to cut up. Trying to see who is out of the race. Did we just lose half of our drivers?


35 posted on 08/03/2014 12:33:38 PM PDT by MtnClimber (Just doing laps around the sun and shaking my head that progressives can believe what they do!)
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To: happydogx2

Will today be the day when I have no drivers finishing the race? There are many who mave more points than they need while I have not. Maybe dear leader can redistribute points for social justice.


36 posted on 08/03/2014 12:41:31 PM PDT by MtnClimber (Just doing laps around the sun and shaking my head that progressives can believe what they do!)
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To: MtnClimber

Down to the Biff and Jr. now.


37 posted on 08/03/2014 1:00:17 PM PDT by Trueblackman (As a Conservative, I am proud to be on the Obama's enemy list and on the right side of history..)
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Caution, maybe no fuel concerns now. Gordon (pronounced Gor- Don) catches up......


38 posted on 08/03/2014 1:09:17 PM PDT by MtnClimber (Just doing laps around the sun and shaking my head that progressives can believe what they do!)
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To: MtnClimber

I won I won I won!!!


39 posted on 08/03/2014 1:10:38 PM PDT by tubebender (Evening news is where they begin with "Good Evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.)
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To: MtnClimber

Got home with 5 to go. Jr leading. I mised the race...dang! At least I get to see the restart.


40 posted on 08/03/2014 1:11:54 PM PDT by prisoner6 (Stop the Stupid!)
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