(From JR Twitter Page)
Posted on 06/03/2015 4:44:36 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 1:20pm/et
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NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: at 11:30am/pt on FoxSports1 (90 minutes)
Television Race Coverage: FoxSports1 (FS1), 1:00pm/et
In the Booth: Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds
Pit Reporters: Chris Neville, Jamie Little, Matt Yocum
Hollywood Hotel/Host: Chris Myers, Michael Waltrip, Darrell Waltrip
Rules Analyst: Andy Petree
Scheduled Race Re-Air Dates/Times:
none scheduled
TV Listings, Links and Info:
Jayski's TV Listings Page
Fox Sports TV Listings
FoxSports1 (FS1) TV Schedule
NBC Sports - TV Times
TV Racer
Armed Forces Network - Search NASCAR
Schedule TSN Race - Canada
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Motor Racing Network (MRN) and SiriusXM Satellite NASCAR Channel 90
ONLINE STREAMING |
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FOX Sports GO. All NASCAR programming on FOX and FOX Sports 1 is streamed live through the FOX Sports GO app that provides live streaming video of FOX Sports content. Requires a participating TV provider.
Radio: MRN Live Streaming
SiriusXM Internet Radio is available via any internet connected device, with a subscription.
EVENT SCHEDULE
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Event Schedule times are local to the track
Thursday, June 4
6:00 PM NSCS HAULERS ENTER
Friday, June 5
7:00 AM - 6:30 PM NSCS GARAGE OPEN & INSPECTION BEGINS
11:00 AM NSCS ROOKIE & SPOTTER MEETINGS & RANDOM DRAWING
12:00 - 1:25 PM NSCS PRACTICE
1:30 PM NSCS QUALIFYING INSPECTION BEGINS
4:45 PM NSCS QUALIFYING
Saturday, June 6
7:30 AM - 3:00 PM NSCS GARAGE OPEN
9:00 - 9:55 AM NSCS PRACTICE
11:30 AM - 12:25 PM NSCS FINAL PRACTICE
Sunday, June 7
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 event schedule times above are listed in LOCAL track time
PRACTICE & QUALIFYING
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(these times in eastern time)
Practices:
Friday, June 5, 12:00 - 1:25pm/et, TV-FS1
Saturday, June 6, 9:00 - 9:55am/et, TV-FS1
Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Saturday, June 6, 11:30 am - 12:25pm/et, TV-FS1
Qualifying: group qualifying for positions 1-36, Friday, June 5 at 4:45 pm/et, TV-FS1, no re-air scheduled.
Dover penalties announced:
The #97 team has been penalized for an infraction occurring during practice on May 29. It is a P3 level penalty (Sections 12.1 and 20.17.2.1b NASCAR rule book). Crew chief John Monsam has been fined $15,000, suspended from the next championship points race, and placed on NASCAR probation through Dec. 31. Car chief David Jones has been suspended from the next championship points race and placed on NASCAR probation through Dec. 31. Driver Peyton Sellers and owner Victor Obaika lose 15 series championship driver and owner points, respectively.
The #33 car failed post-race inspection on May 30. This is a P2 level penalty (Sections 12.1 and 20.17.3.2.2b NASCAR rule book). Crew chief Nick Harrison has been fined $7,500 and placed on NASCAR probation through Dec. 31. Car owner Richard Childress loses 10 series championship owner points.(NASCAR)(6-3-2015)
Entry list: There are 27 trucks on the preliminary entry list for Friday's WinStar World Casino 400k at Texas Motor Speedway. A few notes:
The #1 is TBA;
Austin Theriault is in the #29;
Timmy Hill is in the #94;
(5-30-2015)
UPDATE: Adam Edwards to replace Caleb Roark in the #0; Donnie Neuenberger named driver of the #1; Jordan Anderson added in the #74;
(6-2-2015)
See the complete list on the Texas entry list page.
Ellis, MAKE promote Moonlight Fund in Texas: Ryan Ellis will be driving the #50 Burnie Grill Chevy Silverado at Texas Motor Speedway. Ellis will be making his third NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start at the famed wild asphault circus known as Texas Motor Speedway. The #50 will be representing the Moonlight Fund during the WinStar World Casino & Resort 400. The Moonlight Fund provides 24/7 assistance to burn survivors and their family members, as well as families who have lost a loved one to a burn injury. The Moonlight Fund addresses the financial, emotional and physical needs in the hour of need. The Moonlight Fund is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. In attendance with the MAKE Motorsports team on behalf of the Moonlight Fund will be military veteran Hardy Mills IV. Hardy was injured in the battle of Fallujah. He is a highly decorated war hero, including the Purple Heart. The Moonlight Fund stepped in this year to pay for Hardy's education. Everywhere he turned for help, he was shut down, until he contacted the Moonlight Fund. Hardy lives in the Dallas area with his wife and two children.(MAKE Motorsports)(6-3-2015)
Cobb visits with NASCAR officials following Dover incident UPDATE 2: NASCAR officials beckoned Camping World Truck Series driver Jennifer Jo Cobb to the infield hauler following an incident in Friday's Lucas Oil 200 at Dover International Speedway. Cobb was involved in a wreck on Lap 14. It was unclear from TV replays if she made contact with Tyler Reddick or not, but Cobb apparently felt that was the case. On Reddick's next lap around the one-mile, all-concrete track, Cobb stepped onto the racing surface and appeared to shout at Reddick. NASCAR passed new rules last season that prohibit drivers from stepping onto the racetrack to confront a driver while racing is underway, even under yellow caution situations. The rule change came shortly after Kevin Ward Jr. was killed while walking down on a racetrack when he was struck by NASCAR driver Tony Stewart's car during a sprint car race in upstate New York last August. Ward appeared as if he wanted to confront Stewart in the belief that Stewart forced Ward to crash into a wall. NASCAR has the option to issue penalties against Cobb for her actions. If that occurs, the penalties would be announced next week, most likely Tuesday or Wednesday.(NBC Sports)(5-29-2015)
UPDATE: Jennifer Jo Cobb could become the first driver to be penalized under a rule NASCAR revised last year following the Tony Stewart-Kevin Ward Jr. tragedy. Cobb left her wrecked truck Friday on the fronstretch at Dover International Speedway and walked about halfway across the racing surface toward Tyler Reddick's truck as Reddick and the other trucks drove by on the high line under caution. Reddick was attempting to lap Cobb when her car hooked left and crashed into the inside wall just 13 laps into the Lucas Oil 200. Reddick went on to win the race for his second victory of the season. NASCAR created a new rule six days after Stewart struck and killed 20-year-old Ward, who approached Stewart's sprint car during an Empire Super Sprints race Aug. 9 at Canandaigua Motorsports Park in New York. The rule is that drivers should remain in wrecked vehicles, unless there are extenuating circumstances such as fire, until safety personnel get to the driver. Also included in the rule is the directive "at no time should a driver or crew member(s) approach any portion of the racing surface or apron." The rule is considered a "behavioral rule" with any penalties determined on a case-by-case basis. While NASCAR has generally still allowed drivers to leave their vehicles before safety personnel arrive and has allowed them to take a couple of steps to gesture at others while safety personnel watched, Cobb was the first driver to take several steps toward the vehicles running under caution. NASCAR instructed Cobb to meet with series officials after the race Friday. Typically, if NASCAR issues any penalties, they would not be determined until Tuesday.
"We take safety very serious and discussed it with her. ... It's a serious infraction," NASCAR Camping World Truck Series director Elton Sawyer said. "She understands what she did, and there will be consequences."
Cobb, who owns her truck team and runs it on a $300,000 annual budget (the top teams spend $3-4 million a year), said she has a reputation of giving respect to the lead-lap trucks and had given Reddick plenty of room to pass her. Damage on the right-rear corner of her truck shows that Reddick made contact with her, she said. "I completely forgot [the rule]," Cobb said. "And the fact that I forgot is such a shame because the reason it is in place likely stems from a tragedy that none of us should forget. ... It was a huge error in judgment on my part. "The fact that we had a very stern meeting [after the race] will keep it top of mind with me for sure." Cobb indicated she would be penalized for her reaction. "We'll see what happens," Cobb said. "There's repercussions, and I hope it didn't make a bad day worse. It wasn't that I knew and didn't care. I forgot. In the moment you're just like, 'What just happened?' ... I wasn't thinking about any of that. I was just mad."
Reddick said he didn't believe he had contact with Cobb but, as a former owner of the car he raced on dirt tracks, he can relate to the frustration a driver/owner feels in that situation. "We were lapped traffic early on in the race and Jennifer was trying to pass another vehicle and she looked like she was going to give me three-wide and then she closed the door so I whoa'd up to try and avoid from getting in the back of her," said Reddick, who drives for Brad Keselowski Racing.(ESPN)(5-30-2015)
UPDATE 2:Jennifer Jo Cobb, driver of the #10 truck, has received a penalty for her actions during the May 29 race (Sections 12-1, 12.8 b and 10.4.2.1 NASCAR rule book). Cobb has been fined $5,000 and placed on NASCAR probation through Dec. 31.(NASCAR)(6-3-2015)
(From JR Twitter Page)
I guess throwing your helmet isn't allowed anymore.
Maybe from safely behind pit wall is still ok. Test it out Tony. :)
Now of course One can't go to Charlotte without first getting the all important "Key to Concord" your very own
Bobblehead!
And be in an Article
(cut off in scan)crazy to
I'll bet Tony could do it from the Car;)
i'm gonna try to be there
Cool! In House Reporter.
Don’t forget Your FRPJ Media Creds.;)
Whoa - did it in the right direction... court, marry, family...
Scary Ain’t ? Who da thunk that still happens
It’s hard not to notice, with all the babies being born lately with NASCAR fathers, that the mother is a girlfriend & not the wife. Just an observation....
Sprint Cup Series hits midpoint of regular season: The comforting term "It's still early" doesn't really apply anymore - not when discussing opportunities to lock into the 2015 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Thirteen down, 13 to go. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series regular season officially reached its midpoint as the checkered flag dropped at Dover to give #48-Jimmie Johnson his series-leading fourth victory of the season. It was a storyline-rich first half...
" Nine different drivers have won a race, all but locking up a spot in the Chase.
" #4-Kevin Harvick opened the season with five consecutive finishes of second or better. Dating to the end of the 2014 season, Harvick cobbled together a string of eight consecutive top-two finishes, the longest streak since 1975.
" Johnson is closing in on a hallowed NASCAR number - 76. That's Dale Earnhardt's career win total, which currently is good for seventh on the all-time list. Johnson's four wins thus far puts his career total at 74.
" After a rough 2014, #78-Martin Truex Jr. is in the midst of a career-year. Though still searching for his first victory, Truex is second in the points and is on pace to obliterate his career-high of 19 top-10 finishes. He currently has 12.
" Through 13 races, there have been a total of 55,701 green flag passes, the second-highest total through 13 races since the inception of loop data in 2005.
Each manufacturer - Chevy, Toyota and Ford - has at least two victories.(NASCAR)(6-5-2015)
Childers signs contract extension with Stewart-Haas: Stewart-Haas Racing has signed crew chief Rodney Childers to a multiyear contract extension, maintaining the successful pairing with 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Kevin Harvick. In his inaugural season as crew chief for Harvick and the #4 Budweiser/Jimmy John's team in 2014, Childers oversaw an outfit that won five races, scored eight poles and led 2,137 laps en route to the championship. The Childers-led squad became only the third Sprint Cup team to lead more than 2,000 laps in a single year since 2000, and of the 24 track qualifying records set during the 2014 season, the #4 Budweiser/Jimmy John's team accounted for six of them. No other team had more than four. Childers and Harvick haven't let up in 2015. They have a commanding lead in the championship point standings 13 races into the season thanks to two wins, nine top-two finishes and 12 top-10 finishes. They've also led 1,123 laps this season, or 25.99 percent of the laps available. The next closest driver in laps led this season is Harvick's SHR teammate Kurt Busch, who has led 659 laps in his #41 Haas Automation Chevy SS. Childers is a native North Carolinian who turns 39 on June 7.(Stewart-Haas Racing)(6-5-2015)
Pocono to install video screen towers: Pocono Raceway announced two new video screen towers will be installed at the track. Each tower will feature two high-definition quality video screens to provide all fans with new visuals of live action, entertainment, real-time statistics, and fan engagement. The new video towers are being designed, engineered, installed and operated by ANC Sports Enterprises, LLC, a full service technology service provider specializing in designing video display systems. Most recently, ANC designed and integrated the Cleveland Cavaliers scoreboard, which is the largest arena center-hung scoreboard in the country and the Seattle Mariners, the largest high-definition display in Major League Baseball. Pocono Raceway will be the first major NASCAR track to feature ANC's award-winning technology. The video screens will stand on the top of two new 60' standalone structures. Each of the four video screens will measure 24.15' high by 30.45' wide. Specifically designed for the tricky-triangle, the double-sided displays will stand at either side of pit row, providing fans in the grandstand, club boxes or camping in the infield with a clear view of one of the sides of displays. The new screens will be deployed and operational for the Pennsylvania 400, July 31- August 2.(Pocono Raceway)(6-5-2015)
Crafton fastest in final practice: #88-Matt Crafton was fastest in final practice for the WinStar World Casino 400k at Texas Motor Speedway with a speed of 178.566mph. He was followed by #19-Tyler Reddick, #51-Daniel Suarez, # 98-Johnny Sauter, #4-Erik Jones, #14-Daniel Hemric, #33-Brandon Jones, #23-Spencer Gallagher, #17-Timothy Peters, #05-John Wes Townley. 28 drivers practiced during the session. See complete results on the Texas practice 2 speeds page (pdf).(6-4-2015)
Gallagher fastest in first practice: #23-Spencer Gallagher was fastest during opening practice at Texas Motor Speedway with a speed of 178.406mph. #98-Johnny Sauter was second, followed by #19-Tyler Reddick, #4-Erik Jones, #13-Cameron Hayley, #05-John Wes Townley, #29-Austin Theriault, #33-Brandon Jones, #11-Ben Kennedy, #17-Timothy Peters. 24 drivers practiced during the session. See complete results on the Texas practice 1 speeds page (pdf).(6-4-2015)
Entry list: There are 27 trucks on the preliminary entry list for Friday's WinStar World Casino 400k at Texas Motor Speedway. A few notes:
The #1 is TBA;
Austin Theriault is in the #29;
Timmy Hill is in the #94;
(5-30-2015)
UPDATE: Adam Edwards to replace Caleb Roark in the #0; Donnie Neuenberger named driver of the #1; Jordan Anderson added in the #74;
(6-2-2015)
UPDATE 2: Michael Affarano has been added in the #03; BJ McLeod has been added in the #45;
(6-4-2015)
See the complete list on the Texas entry list page.
New pit road rules raise concern, cost for teams: The new NASCAR rule that goes into effect Friday requiring over-the-wall crewmen to wear extensive fireproof clothing comes with concerns about dehydration, mobility and peripheral vision. It likely will cost a multicar organization more than $10,000 to outfit its crew, and it will cost the glove manufacturer possibly $250,000. It will cost the crewmen more than 10 pounds in sweat on hot days. The cost in time on pit road remains a mystery. Not that anyone will complain too much about a rule intended to protect them from fire, but those whom the rule impacts the most certainly have angst, starting with the Camping World Truck Series race Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway and the Sprint Cup Series race Sunday at Pocono Raceway. NASCAR mandated in mid-May that starting this week, anyone who goes over the wall (including engine tuners and mechanics) must have fireproof underwear, a fireproof head sock that covers the nose and face, and -- likely the biggest impact -- fireproof gloves. Violating the rule will result in immediate ejection from pit road for the remainder of the race.The gloves cause the most hand-wringing. Teams participate in a contingency award program by glove manufacturer Mechanix Wear, which provides gloves to any team that runs the company's sticker on the car that also makes the pit crew eligible for a $100,000 prize at the end of the season. In turn, the crewmen must wear the gloves provided by no one other than Mechanix Wear. Mechanix Wear racing director Ted Abdon said that his company, as of Wednesday, had manufactured nearly 1,600 pairs of gloves since NASCAR announced the rule. At $85 at a pair, that comes to $136,000. With approximately $100,000 in now-obsolete inventory and additional cost of continuing to develop new gloves, it likely will cost the company at least $250,000. The fireproof gloves have 2-millimeter thickness in the palms and fingertips, compared to a half-millimeter for nonfireproof gloves.SELL THEM AS BBQ/OVEN Gloves!!! (Idea by Mabarker1)
Most tire changers wear glasses for protection from flying lugnuts. With the increased clothing comes the possibility of glasses fogging during a pit stop. With cars whizzing by them on pit road, optimizing peripheral vision with the head sock also ranks as a concern along with whether to go with protective eyewear or shields. Teams are looking at helmets with fireproof socks in them or more luge-style helmets than the BMX-type helmets many use. "They're all afraid of the helmet," said Tom DeLoach, a truck series team owner and co-owner of a pit road crew training school. "They want to be able to see around the corners. The changer down there likes to see the carrier reaching in at the right moment so he knows when to follow the wheel in. DeLoach's Red Horse Racing, a three-truck operation, has its own pit crews and it will cost him $300 to $500 individually to outfit each of the crewmen - the six who go over the wall plus any additional mechanics -- before possibly buying new helmets. What would really impact DeLoach is if NASCAR begins to require a one-piece firesuit rather than a two-piece. The form-fitting one-piece suits go for $1,200 -- a possible $30,000 investment -- and often can't be used from one crew member to the next. DeLoach regularly has crew members who leave for better Cup opportunities, so a one-piece firesuit would come with a significant cost.(ESPN.com)(6-4-2015)
Riley's Brewing Company joins Forrister: Riley's Brewing Company will join Korbin Forrister on the #08 Tilted Kilt Pub and Eatery Chevy Silverado for this Friday night's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series WinStar World Casino 400k at the Texas Motor Speedway. Riley's is a Madera, California brewer that creates fine craft beers in small batches with distribution on the West coast.(SS Green Light Racing)(6-4-2015)
Cobb visits with NASCAR officials following Dover incident UPDATE 3: NASCAR officials beckoned Camping World Truck Series driver Jennifer Jo Cobb to the infield hauler following an incident in Friday's Lucas Oil 200 at Dover International Speedway. Cobb was involved in a wreck on Lap 14. It was unclear from TV replays if she made contact with Tyler Reddick or not, but Cobb apparently felt that was the case. On Reddick's next lap around the one-mile, all-concrete track, Cobb stepped onto the racing surface and appeared to shout at Reddick. NASCAR passed new rules last season that prohibit drivers from stepping onto the racetrack to confront a driver while racing is underway, even under yellow caution situations. The rule change came shortly after Kevin Ward Jr. was killed while walking down on a racetrack when he was struck by NASCAR driver Tony Stewart's car during a sprint car race in upstate New York last August. Ward appeared as if he wanted to confront Stewart in the belief that Stewart forced Ward to crash into a wall. NASCAR has the option to issue penalties against Cobb for her actions. If that occurs, the penalties would be announced next week, most likely Tuesday or Wednesday.(NBC Sports)(5-29-2015)
UPDATE: Jennifer Jo Cobb could become the first driver to be penalized under a rule NASCAR revised last year following the Tony Stewart-Kevin Ward Jr. tragedy. Cobb left her wrecked truck Friday on the fronstretch at Dover International Speedway and walked about halfway across the racing surface toward Tyler Reddick's truck as Reddick and the other trucks drove by on the high line under caution. Reddick was attempting to lap Cobb when her car hooked left and crashed into the inside wall just 13 laps into the Lucas Oil 200. Reddick went on to win the race for his second victory of the season. NASCAR created a new rule six days after Stewart struck and killed 20-year-old Ward, who approached Stewart's sprint car during an Empire Super Sprints race Aug. 9 at Canandaigua Motorsports Park in New York. The rule is that drivers should remain in wrecked vehicles, unless there are extenuating circumstances such as fire, until safety personnel get to the driver. Also included in the rule is the directive "at no time should a driver or crew member(s) approach any portion of the racing surface or apron." The rule is considered a "behavioral rule" with any penalties determined on a case-by-case basis. While NASCAR has generally still allowed drivers to leave their vehicles before safety personnel arrive and has allowed them to take a couple of steps to gesture at others while safety personnel watched, Cobb was the first driver to take several steps toward the vehicles running under caution. NASCAR instructed Cobb to meet with series officials after the race Friday. Typically, if NASCAR issues any penalties, they would not be determined until Tuesday.
"We take safety very serious and discussed it with her. ... It's a serious infraction," NASCAR Camping World Truck Series director Elton Sawyer said. "She understands what she did, and there will be consequences."
Cobb, who owns her truck team and runs it on a $300,000 annual budget (the top teams spend $3-4 million a year), said she has a reputation of giving respect to the lead-lap trucks and had given Reddick plenty of room to pass her. Damage on the right-rear corner of her truck shows that Reddick made contact with her, she said. "I completely forgot [the rule]," Cobb said. "And the fact that I forgot is such a shame because the reason it is in place likely stems from a tragedy that none of us should forget. ... It was a huge error in judgment on my part. "The fact that we had a very stern meeting [after the race] will keep it top of mind with me for sure." Cobb indicated she would be penalized for her reaction. "We'll see what happens," Cobb said. "There's repercussions, and I hope it didn't make a bad day worse. It wasn't that I knew and didn't care. I forgot. In the moment you're just like, 'What just happened?' ... I wasn't thinking about any of that. I was just mad."
Reddick said he didn't believe he had contact with Cobb but, as a former owner of the car he raced on dirt tracks, he can relate to the frustration a driver/owner feels in that situation. "We were lapped traffic early on in the race and Jennifer was trying to pass another vehicle and she looked like she was going to give me three-wide and then she closed the door so I whoa'd up to try and avoid from getting in the back of her," said Reddick, who drives for Brad Keselowski Racing.(ESPN)(5-30-2015)
UPDATE 2:Jennifer Jo Cobb, driver of the #10 truck, has received a penalty for her actions during the May 29 race (Sections 12-1, 12.8 b and 10.4.2.1 NASCAR rule book). Cobb has been fined $5,000 and placed on NASCAR probation through Dec. 31.(NASCAR)(6-3-2015)
UPDATE 3: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Jennifer Jo Cobb won't appeal a $5,000 penalty and probation for the remainder of the season after walking onto a hot track in last Friday's Lucas Oil 200 at Dover (Del.) International Speedway. "I believe NASCAR has acted in a fair and necessary manner," Cobb told CATCHFENCE.com. "The irony is that there are no consequences to turning someone head first into a wall. NASCAR is diligent about our safety and that is something I have always appreciated. I hope we can continue to see improvements in rules and policies that best benefit the entire NASCAR community. "We will not appeal and now can fully shift our focus on Friday night's race at Texas." Cobb will make her 100th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway.(Catchfence.com)(6-4-2015)
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