Nascar SCS Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway May Sun. 24 on FOX at 7:00 PM ET

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Here is the latest photo of Bronson the German Shepherd puppy. We got him at 8 weeks at 17 lbs. at 12 weeks he was 41 lbs!

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That photo looks alot like our Josie, a Border Collie/St Bernard mix. She is now 9 years old and really does not like cameras! Every photo of her looks like she is frightened.

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You can tell Tubebender’s dog is from California because of the silver stud tooth hanging from the left side of its mouth. Could be an optical illusion but....

I will house-sit Bronson for free. Fair warning though - he and I will most likely be gone when you return.

Good on Denny Hamlin and JGR for the win. Maybe it’ll be the spark to ignite Denny’s season.

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6whine and cheater chief are at it again!

#48 team may face penalty for all-star race violation: NASCAR officials are investigating #48-Jimmie Johnson’s Hendrick Motorsports team for a possible rules violation during the Sprint All-Star Race on Saturday night. A NASCAR official said after the race that a Johnson crewman was being investigated for modifying the side skirt on Johnson’s car during the race. NASCAR implemented new rules prior to this season preventing teams from modifying the side skirts during a race. NASCAR also has new video cameras monitoring pit road, making such rules violations easier to detect. Any possible penalties would be announced next week.(Sporting News)(5-17-2015)

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Track News and Announcements

AMS files request for new NASCAR race date: After losing its Labor Day race date and being moved to the second race of the season, Ed Clark, president of Atlanta Motor Speedway, confirmed he has filed a formal request as part of NASCAR’s schedule realignment process to move its race date to a different spot on the schedule. “Ideally, I’d like to be later and we’ve talked about that,” Clark told Kickin’ the Tires. “But I am not somebody who advocates somebody who has a good date giving up their date just to help me. It needs to be good for whatever you do. In an ideal world, I would love to see them go to the West Coast and come back to us. The way it works, they (NASCAR) send all the tracks a letter saying, ‘if you desire to change your date, we need to have a formal request back” so, I did that. I didn’t ask for a specific date. I just asked NASCAR to look at it. Marcus (Smith, general manager) and Bruton (Smith, CEO) pretty much handle all of that but they knew I was doing it.” Clark said from a selfish standpoint he wants his track’s race in a better place on the schedule. Once that happens, he said he hopes they can stick with that date to build momentum but there is no way he would want any track operator to lose a date they like. “I’ve always said that if I could handpick my dates, I would run the last week of April and the last week of September,” Clark said. “They are beautiful weather conditions there. But we are roughly 120 miles from Talladega and you can’t get those two events close together. If it was all done in a vacuum, I would never in a million years advocate taking somebody’s date that they are happy with just to help us. If there was a win-win situation then, yeah, it would make sense.” In the days following the Atlanta race weekend [March 1st], there was speculation and jokes the track was in a downward spiral. Speculation by some was it might lose its lone Sprint Cup Series date because of poor attendance - that caused Clark to bristle. He said Atlanta coming off the schedule has not been discussed. “Anything is a possibility but there has been no talk of it,” Clark said. “And I can’t see NASCAR pulling out of a traditional market, you know, that was one of the markets that built NASCAR and has so many sponsors headquartered there. There’s a bunch.”(Kickin’ the Tires)(5-17-2015)

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THE SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE

Eligibility rules for Sprint All-Star Race:
1st criteria: Drivers who have won races in the current and preceding year. If a driver leaves a team with which he has won a race, he remains eligible (through the last race before The All-Star Race), the team does NOT
2nd criteria: Drivers who are past Sprint Cup champions
3rd criteria: Drivers who have won The All-Star Race
4th criteria: The winning driver of the Sprint Showdown
5th criteria: Driver who finishes 2nd in the Sprint Showdown
6th criteria: Driver voted in by the fans
The Current UNOFFICIAL Field
Driver Eligibility
Race winners (drivers) in the preceding and current season
1 #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. February 2014 Daytona 500
won event 2000
2 #4-Kevin Harvick March 2014 Phoenix
won event 2007
3 #2-Brad Keselowski March 2014 Las Vegas
2012 champ
4 #19-Carl Edwards March 2014 Bristol
won event 2011
5 #18-Kyle Busch March 2014 Auto Club
6 #41-Kurt Busch March 2014 Martinsville
2004 champ
won event 2010
7 #22-Joey Logano April 2014 Texas
8 #11-Denny Hamlin May 2014 Talladega
9 #24-Jeff Gordon May 2014 Kansas
won event 1995,1997,2001
1995,1997,1998,2001 champ
10 #48-Jimmie Johnson May 2014 Charlotte
won event in 2003, 2006, 2012, 2013
2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2013 champ
11 #43-Aric Almirola July 2014 Daytona
12 #47-AJ Allmendinger August 2014 Watkins Glen
13 #5-Kasey Kahne August 2014 Atlanta
won event in 2008
14 #20-Matt Kenseth April 2015 Bristol
won event 2004
2003 champ
Previous NASCAR Sprint Cup champions
(not a 2014/2015 winner)
15 #14-Tony Stewart won event 2009
2002, 2005, 2011 champ
Previous Winners of
The Sprint Cup All-Star Race
(not a 2014/2015 winner or past series champ)
16 #1-Jamie McMurray won event in 2014
17 #31-Ryan Newman won event in 2003
Showdown winner, Showdown 2nd place and Fan Vote Winner
18 Sprint Showdown Segment One Winner #16-Greg Biffle
19 Sprint Showdown Winner #15-Clint Bowyer
20 Fan Vote Winner #10-Danice Patrick

Active Sprint Cup past race winners not in the Sprint All-Star race(year of last win, notes):
#55-David Ragan (2013)
#16-Greg Biffle (2013)
#78-Martin Truex Jr. (2013)
Brian Vickers (2013)(out with illness)
#15-Clint Bowyer (2012)
#6-Trevor Bayne (2011)
Regan Smith (2011) - full time NXS
#27-Paul Menard (2011)
Juan Pablo Montoya (2010), Indycar / part time Cup
David Reutimann (2010)(unknown)
Joe Nemechek (2004)(part time)
Elliott Sadler (2004), full time NXS
#32-Bobby Labonte (2003, Champ in 2000) - part time
#55-Michael Waltrip (2003, won event in 1996) - part time
SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE RESULTS

Hamlin wins Sprint All-Star Race: #11-Denny Hamlin won the Sprint All-Star Sprint Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway for his first All-Star win, the first All-Star race win for Joe Gibbs Racing and first Toyota team to win the All-Star race. #11-Hamlin is the fourth driver to win from race from the pole and the fifth time it has happened. #11-Hamlin beat #2-Keselowski off pit road during the final pit stops between segment 4 & 5, but Keselowski sped off pit road and had to restart at the rear on the restart. Hamlin held off #40Harvick who put on a charge early in the final segment before fading and finishing 2nd.
#4-Harvick finished 2nd (for the 2nd year in a row) followed by #41-Busch, #24-Gordon, #20-Kenseth, #18-Busch, #5-Kahne, #22-Logano, #2-Keselowski and #88-Earnhardt Jr.
The three drivers who transferred into the race via the Sprint Showdown, #15-Bowyer (finished 12th), #16-Biffle (finished 13th) and #10-Patrick (finished 20th/last, had engine problems).(5-16-2015)

Sprint All-Star Race Penalty Report (pdf)http://www.jayski.com/stats/2015/pdfs/allstar2015infractions.pdf

Sprint All-Star Race Fast Facts:
#11-Denny Hamlin won the 31st Annual NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, his first victory in the annual non-points race.
This was Hamlin¡¦s ninth start in the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. His previous best finish was fourth, in 2009 and 2010.
This is the first win in the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race for Joe Gibbs Racing. The organization¡¦s previous best finish was second, four times (1997, ¡¦98, ¡¦99, 2011).
This is Toyota¡¦s first victory in the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.(NASCAR Statistics)(5-16-2015)

Sprint All-Star Race Segment 5 (of 5) Results (110 of 110 laps completed:
1) #11-Denny Hamlin (1), FedEx Express Toyota, led 26 laps
2) #4-Kevin Harvick (20), Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevy
3) #41-Kurt Busch (16), Haas Automation Chevy, 24 lap led
4) #24-Jeff Gordon (9), Axalta Chevy
5) #20-Matt Kenseth (17), Dollar General Toyota
6) #18-Kyle Busch (19), M&M’s Red Nose Day Toyota
7) #5-Kasey Kahne (5), Time Warner Cable Chevy, led 11 laps
8) #22-Joey Logano (11),Shell Pennzoil Ford
9) #2-Brad Keselowski (3), Miller Lite Ford, 49 laps led
10) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.(7), Mountain Dew Baja Blast Chevy
11) #47-AJ Allmendinger (13), Kingsford Chevy
12) #15-Clint Bowyer (4), Cherry 5-Hour Energy Toyota
13) #16-Greg Biffle (2), Ortho Ford
14) #43-Aric Almirola (8), Smithfield Ford
15) #48-Jimmie Johnson (12), Lowe’s Patriotic Chevy
16) #1-Jamie McMurray (14), Bass Pro Shops Chevy
17) #19-Carl Edwards (10), ARRIS Toyota
18) #31-Ryan Newman (18), Cat/Quicken Loans Chevy
19) #14-Tony Stewart (15), Bass Pro Shops/Arctic Cat Chevy
20) #10-Danica Patrick (6), Mobil1 / Aspen Dental Chevy, -32 laps
starting spot in parens.

Sprint All-Star Race Segment 4 (of 5) Results (100 of 110 laps completed:
1) #41-Kurt Busch (16), Haas Automation Chevy, 1 lap led
2) #4-Kevin Harvick (20), Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevy,
3) #11-Denny Hamlin (1), FedEx Express Toyota, led 14 laps
4) #2-Brad Keselowski (3), Miller Lite Ford, 24 laps led
5) #5-Kasey Kahne (5), Time Warner Cable Chevy, led 11 laps
6) #19-Carl Edwards (10), ARRIS Toyota,
7) #24-Jeff Gordon (9), Axalta Chevy,
8) #47-AJ Allmendinger (13), Kingsford Chevy,
9) #18-Kyle Busch (19), M&M’s Red Nose Day Toyota,
10) #20-Matt Kenseth (17), Dollar General Toyota
11) #31-Ryan Newman (18), Cat/Quicken Loans Chevy,
12) #48-Jimmie Johnson (12), Lowe’s Patriotic Chevy,
13) #14-Tony Stewart (15), Bass Pro Shops/Arctic Cat Chevy,
14) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.(7), Mountain Dew Baja Blast Chevy,
15) #1-Jamie McMurray (14), Bass Pro Shops Chevy,
16) #22-Joey Logano (11),Shell Pennzoil Ford,
17) #16-Greg Biffle (2), Ortho Ford,
18) #43-Aric Almirola (8), Smithfield Ford,
19) #15-Clint Bowyer (4), Cherry 5-Hour Energy Toyota, -1 (lucky dog back on lead lap segment 4)
20) #10-Danica Patrick (6), Mobil1 / Aspen Dental Chevy, -32 laps
starting spot in parens.

Sprint All-Star Race Segment 3 (of 5) Results (75 of 110 laps completed:
1) #2-Brad Keselowski (3), Miller Lite Ford, 24 laps led
2) #4-Kevin Harvick (20), Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevy,
3) #41-Kurt Busch (16), Haas Automation Chevy, 1 lap led
4) #22-Joey Logano (11),Shell Pennzoil Ford,
5) #5-Kasey Kahne (5), Time Warner Cable Chevy, led 11 laps
6) #24-Jeff Gordon (9), Axalta Chevy,
7) #20-Matt Kenseth (17), Dollar General Toyota
8) #19-Carl Edwards (10), ARRIS Toyota,
9) #48-Jimmie Johnson (12), Lowe’s Patriotic Chevy,
10) #15-Clint Bowyer (4), Cherry 5-Hour Energy Toyota,
11) #1-Jamie McMurray (14), Bass Pro Shops Chevy,
12) #47-AJ Allmendinger (13), Kingsford Chevy,
13) #11-Denny Hamlin (1), FedEx Express Toyota, led 14 laps
14) #14-Tony Stewart (15), Bass Pro Shops/Arctic Cat Chevy,
17) #31-Ryan Newman (18), Cat/Quicken Loans Chevy,
16) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.(7), Mountain Dew Baja Blast Chevy,
17) #16-Greg Biffle (2), Ortho Ford,
18) #43-Aric Almirola (8), Smithfield Ford,
19) #18-Kyle Busch (19), M&M’s Red Nose Day Toyota, -1 (lucky dog back on lead lap segment 4)
20) #10-Danica Patrick (6), Mobil1 / Aspen Dental Chevy, off, 57 laps
starting spot in parens.

Sprint All-Star Race Segment 2 (of 5) Results (50 of 110 laps completed:
1) #2-Brad Keselowski (3), Miller Lite Ford, 24 laps led
2) #41-Kurt Busch (16), Haas Automation Chevy, 1 lap led
3) #24-Jeff Gordon (9), Axalta Chevy,
4) #22-Joey Logano (11),Shell Pennzoil Ford,
5) #5-Kasey Kahne (5), Time Warner Cable Chevy, led 11 laps
6) #4-Kevin Harvick (20), Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevy,
7) #18-Kyle Busch (19), M&M’s Red Nose Day Toyota,
8) #11-Denny Hamlin (1), FedEx Express Toyota, led 14 laps
9) #20-Matt Kenseth (17), Dollar General Toyota
10) #47-AJ Allmendinger (13), Kingsford Chevy,
11) #15-Clint Bowyer (4), Cherry 5-Hour Energy Toyota,
12) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.(7), Mountain Dew Baja Blast Chevy,
13) #48-Jimmie Johnson (12), Lowe’s Patriotic Chevy,
14) #1-Jamie McMurray (14), Bass Pro Shops Chevy,
15) #14-Tony Stewart (15), Bass Pro Shops/Arctic Cat Chevy,
16) #10-Danica Patrick (6), Mobil1 / Aspen Dental Chevy,
17) #19-Carl Edwards (10), ARRIS Toyota,
18) #31-Ryan Newman (18), Cat/Quicken Loans Chevy,
19) #43-Aric Almirola (8), Smithfield Ford,
20) #16-Greg Biffle (2), Ortho Ford,
starting spot in parens.

Sprint All-Star Race Segment 1 (of 5) Results (25 of 110 laps completed:
1) #5-Kasey Kahne (5), Time Warner Cable Chevy, led 11 laps
2) #11-Denny Hamlin (1), FedEx Express Toyota, led 14 laps
3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.(7), Mountain Dew Baja Blast Chevy,
4) #2-Brad Keselowski (3), Miller Lite Ford,
5) #41-Kurt Busch (16), Haas Automation Chevy,
6) #24-Jeff Gordon (9), Axalta Chevy,
7) #22-Joey Logano (11),Shell Pennzoil Ford,
8) #16-Greg Biffle (2), Ortho Ford,
9) #48-Jimmie Johnson (12), Lowe’s Patriotic Chevy,
10) #4-Kevin Harvick (20), Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevy,
11) #15-Clint Bowyer (4), Cherry 5-Hour Energy Toyota,
12) #1-Jamie McMurray (14), Bass Pro Shops Chevy,
13) #20-Matt Kenseth (17), Dollar General Toyota
14) #18-Kyle Busch (19), M&M’s Red Nose Day Toyota,
15) #19-Carl Edwards (10), ARRIS Toyota,
16) #47-AJ Allmendinger (13), Kingsford Chevy,
17) #10-Danica Patrick (6), Mobil1 / Aspen Dental Chevy,
18) #43-Aric Almirola (8), Smithfield Ford,
19) #31-Ryan Newman (18), Cat/Quicken Loans Chevy,
20) #14-Tony Stewart (15), Bass Pro Shops/Arctic Cat Chevy,
starting spot in parens

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PROGRAMING ALERT!!!

ABC 1PM INDY DAY 2Q DAY 1 WAS A RAIN OUT

FS1 1:30PM RACEDAY in Iowa

FS1 2PM BUSCH (xfinity) RACE IOWA

CBS=SN 1PM Aussie V8 SUPERCARS from Perth

CBS-SN 2PM ARCA at Toledo, OH

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Qualifying delayed after Carpenter’s crash

Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials have pushed back qualifying until mid-afternoon Sunday and have eliminated the pole shootout following another frightening crash in the morning practice session.

It’s the third time this week a car has gotten upside down and this one prompted a closed-door meeting in Gasoline Alley between IndyCar Series officials and team owners from the Chevrolet-powered teams as track workers tried to fix the damaged catch-fence in the second turn.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/8734718420de4daa8ae90bebec2729c8/ed-carpenter-crashes-during-indianapolis-500-practice

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Dang it!!!
That sucks for Everybody
Thanks for the update

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ARCA IN RAIN DELAY AT TOLEDO

Programming changed to flog:(

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The new Chevy Camaro, which was originally made to combat Ford's success with the Mustang and is again competing with the new resurgence of Mustang interest, looks a lot like......a Ford Mustang.

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I just read that Chevrolet is building a 285 HP 4 cylinder engine for the Camero

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YUCK!

Mama is gonna be Pissed when she see’s that!

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What happened to Danica in the All-Star Race: A mechanical failure left Danica Patrick and the #10 Mobil 1/Aspen Dental Chevy team for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) with a 20th-place finish in Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte. Patrick qualified sixth for the event, but she had to drop to the rear of the field prior to the start of the race because the team changed engines following Friday's Sprint Showdown. In the first All-Star segment, Patrick raced her way up to the 17th position. She reported that the car was over-rotating a bit too much, so crew chief Daniel Knost called for a four-tire stop with packer, wedge and air pressure adjustments when the field hit pit road. Patrick started the second segment from the 19th position and worked her way up to 16th before the caution flag waved at lap 50. The team changed four tires and added fuel between segments, and Patrick lined up in the 14th position when the field took the green flag for the third segment. A left-front wheel hub failure sent Patrick to the garage a few laps into the third segment. The team replaced the hub and Patrick rejoined the field at lap 88. She completed the remainder of the race and was credited with a 20th-place finish. "Overall, I feel positive about tonight," Patrick said. "You obviously never want to have a mechanical failure like we did, but my guys busted their butts to get me back out, and we were able to get a few more laps in to help us prepare for next weekend. You'd never turn down nearly 25 extra laps of practice, and we were able to get back out there and see what the Mobil 1/Aspen Dental Chevrolet would do. I feel like we made some good changes tonight and were able to gain experience and information that should help us for next weekend."(SHR)(5-17-2015)

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• Keselowski comments about speeding penalty:From a NSCS Notes and Quotes by Ford Performance regarding #2-Brad Keselowski's speeding penalty on the last pit stop between segment 4 & 5 at the NASCAR Sprint All-Star race:
  Q) WOULD YOU HAVE HAD ANYTHING FOR THE 11 IF YOU HADN'T GOT THE SPEEDING PENALTY?
  Keselowski: "Oh no. Whoever gets the clean air with this format and this rules package is gonna drive away. We've seen that for the last three years and with this particular car it's probably even more so. I thought the 41 and the 4 were probably two or three tenths faster than everybody without clean air and it doesn't matter. I knew when I came out of my pit stall and the 11 was pulling out with me that I either beat him to that line or lose the race, and the penalty was I was three-tenths of a mile an hour over the speed limit, but I told my crew chief I'd rather go down swinging than take a strike and wonder what might have been. I swung and missed. The 11 team did a great job. Congrats to Denny. Their pit stops were phenomenal. They easily won him this race, but they've got a lot to be proud of and so does my team. We've just got to keep working to be better."
  Q) EVEN IF YOU COME OUT SECOND YOU DON'T THINK YOU WIN THAT?
  Keselowski: "No. Harvick and Kurt were two or three tenths faster than the 11 car and myself. With this rules package you're not gonna pass in clean air because clean air is worth two or three tenths. I was probably maybe a half-tenth faster than the 11, which wasn't enough to make up the difference with starting second."
  Q) SO YOU'RE LITERALLY THINKING AS YOU'RE GOING YOU HAVE TO BEAT HIM TO THE LINE?
  Keselowski: "I have to beat him to that line or don't win the race. I'll take the penalty and strike out, but that was the race."
  IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS CLEAN AIR PROBLEM ?
  Keselowski: "Always. You've just got to go to work."
  Q) YOU'LL HAVE LONGER RUNS IN THE 600 THAT SHOULD CREATE SOME COMING AND GOING, RIGHT?
  Keselowski: "Yeah, it always does, but that's part of it."(Ford Performance)(5-17-2015)

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Did Denny Hamlin jump the final restart of All-Star Race? #41-Kurt Busch and #4-Kevin Harvick weren't exactly sore losers Saturday night, but they did accuse winner #11-Denny Hamlin of bending the rules to win the Sprint All-Star Race. Both Busch and Harvick said Hamlin jumped the final restart of the 110-lap race. Hamlin won the final race off pit road, putting him in the lead for the final 10-lap segment. He jumped out to a quick lead on the final restart while Harvick passed Busch for second. Harvick tried to run Hamlin down over the final 10 laps, but Hamlin was able to hold him off for his first all-star victory. Busch and Harvick said Hamlin took off too soon on the final restart.
"We'll have to go to the tape to see if Denny went too soon," said Busch, who finished third. "His car went two car lengths before (the line), in my mind. I was asleep at the wheel."
Harvick, who finished second, also said it appeared Hamlin may have restarted too soon. "It just depended on how everything shook out on the restart," Harvick said. "Denny sped up, slowed down and took off way early."
Hamlin admitted he might have restarted just a bit early, but not enough to matter.(Sporting News)(5-17-2015)

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Track News and Announcements

• Indianapolis officials planning to renovate track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway Officials are planning to renovate the historic track in time for the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 next May. That doesn't leave a lot of time, given that there are races scheduled at the Brickyard in July and August and the construction won't begin until after those are run. "It's intensive," Hulman & Co. CEO Mark Miles said. "There's some things that we can do in the beginning stage to get ready, but basically all of this work has to be done from the end of this racing season this year before May of 2016. It's a lot of work to do." The next phase of this roughly $90 million project will improve gateway entrances, grandstand seating, and the overall fan experience. It's all part of a broader plan to modernize the facilities. Upgrades started last offseason with the installation of large, high-definition video boards and a new LED scoring pylon on the main straightaway - all part of the track's historic image that officials are trying to preserve. Now the plan is to replace the upper-deck bench seating in the front straight with seats with backs and add better wireless internet capabilities. An estimated five elevators will be added, too, for better handicapped accessibility to the sections overlooking the area between the start-finish line and the first turn of the 2.5-mile oval. Miles also said there are plans to change some suites near the fourth turn to give them a more club-level feel. The track's entrance gateways will receive a makeover, too, including the gate between the first turn and the street outside the ticket office. Both entrances will have large, colored pylons and a structural look that gives the entrance a historic feel.(Associated Press)(IMS)(5-18-2015)

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PRN's Doug Rice Set to Make History with Double Broadcast: Memorial Day weekend has long been synonymous with motorsports tradition. Two crown-jewel races in their respective series, the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600, have enticed many to attempt the 1,100 mile marathon known as the double. John Andretti, Tony Stewart, Robby Gordon and Kurt Busch have all done it, but not like this. Doug Rice, president of the Performance Racing Network, is set to become the first broadcaster to complete the double, covering the Indy 500 from pit road at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the IMS Radio Network and co-anchoring the Coca-Cola 600 for the Performance Racing Network from Charlotte Motor Speedway that same evening. With logistical support from Shell Oil Company, Rice will be able to attempt what no other broadcaster in the history of the two major events has done. "We are very happy to help Doug and our friends at PRN make this happen," said Heidi Massey-Bong, Sr. Business Advisor - NASCAR Sponsorship, Shell Oil Company. "This effort with Doug along with other activities taking place over the Memorial Day race weekend are going to help us showcase some exciting news for Shell." Though this will not present the same challenges Andretti and other drivers have faced, Rice knows doing anything for 1,100 miles is going to be a challenge, whether it's wheeling a race car or calling the action. "I've always been in awe of the drivers who were able to survive the impact of the double," said Rice. "And even though this will be different kind of double, it will still be a challenge. I'm betting on energy and adrenaline to keep me going through the day in Indy and during the night for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte."(PRN)(5-18-2015)

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Todd Gilliland becomes youngest ARCA winner in history: Todd Gilliland briefly doubted himself Sunday afternoon during the closing laps of the Menards 200 at Toledo Speedway. Any doubts he had were quickly erased, however, when the 15-year-old sailed to the win in the ARCA Racing Series race. In doing so, he became the youngest winner in ARCA Racing Series history - the win coming just two days after his 15th birthday. "Wow, I can't believe this is happening," Gilliland said following the race. "Just, wow." He eclipsed the youngest race winner mark previously held by Kyle Benjamin. Gilliland - the son of NASCAR Sprint Cup driver #38-David Gilliland - was making his ARCA debut. He took the lead for the first time on lap 197 of the 200 lap race and beat Tom Hessert and Josh Williams to the finish line. Hessert held on for second with Williams trailing in third. A.J. Fike finished fourth and Kyle Weatherman finished fifth. Gilliland was fastest in Saturday's practice session and qualified fifth. He stayed near the front all day Sunday, surviving two red flags, one for a brief rain shower and the other for a late-race accident involving the leaders. Austin Wayne Self finished sixth, Brian Finney a career-best seventh, Bobby Hamilton Jr. eighth, David Levine ninth and Matt Wallace 10th in his ARCA debut.(ARCA Racing)(5-18-2015)