*** NASCAR Subway 400 at Rockingham *** LIVE THREAD

NASCAR ^ | 2/23/03

[NormsRevenge]

North Carolina Speedway- Rockingham,NC A joint venture between Darlington Raceway builder Harold Brasington and landowner Bill Land, North Carolina Speedway's first race was held in 1965. Over time, the track came under control of L.G. DeWitt, a local trucking company executive who supervised reshaping the original flat mile track into the present, banked 1.017-mile oval in 1969.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I was wondering about that. Sounds reasonable to me!

[glock rocks]

oh, so jr. done it?

[steveegg]

Dale Jr. up to 28th. KEEP DIGGING!

He just dug into Nadeau.

[CougarGA7]

Whoops. Dale got into the back of Nadeau.

[jern]

Gusting winds put parachutists in peril
Associated Press


ROCKINGHAM, N.C. -- Three Army skydivers were injured Sunday when strong wind knocked them to the ground before a NASCAR race.

A group of eight jumpers from the U.S. Army Special Operations Command Parachute team from Fort Bragg came sailing into the track area, trailing red smoke as part of the pre-race activities for the Subway 400 at North Carolina Speedway.

With wind up to 40 mph, one jumper was carried away from his landing target on the into the infield, where he appeared to bounce off the top of a tractor-trailer before landing on the ground, his chute caught on the antenna of a van.

He was airlifted to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.

Another jumper sailed into the garage area and bounced off the top of Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s hauler. He landed between race team trucks and a fence.

That jumper, as well as a third who landed hard on the asphalt of the track, were taken to Womack Army Hospital in Fayetteville for treatment of minor injuries.

Track personnel did not immediately have their names or any other information about them.

At least two jumpers nailed their landings on the front stretch of the race track. Another skydiver never made it to the track, landing outside the Turn 1 grandstands.

[BushCountry]

With all the accidents there might not be 30 cars left by the time this is done!

[Clintons Are White Trash]

I remember at a Bristol race listening to the scanner and after a hectic round of pit stops Jeff's only comment was "next time could you put a little less lemon in my water". That did it for me....we laughed for 1/2 hour over that and I couldn't root for him if I tried after that.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Interesting car-cam footage was shown on TV.

[tubebender]

At this rate there will be 12 cautions for this race. 4 per 100 laps

[steveegg]

Yep.

Race off pit road...Rusty, Martin (though it looked like Martin beat Rusty to me), Bobby, Busch, Craven

[glock rocks]

dang. nasty wind did em in. hope they'll be okay.

[CougarGA7]

On the replay you can hear Dale letting off the gas and he still got into him. Nadeau must have really been fighting the car in that corner.

[BushCountry]

Joe is ninth from 39th, yea!

[Tijeras_Slim]

Is the paint dry yet? ;-)

[steveegg]

As the bad drivers get off the track, the green flag will fly better.

Looks like it was Andretti that spun Mayfield.

[NormsRevenge]

Paratroopers hurt in NASCAR pre-race show..

Thanks Jern. :-)

[Mo1]

Mark Martin gets points for being a cool dad

The first time I started liking Martin was years ago at Sears Point when his car rolled over .. Mark ran back to the pits waited for it to be towed back and he jumped back in the car to race

There is a diehard race car driver .. now if he could only start driving a Chevy, I'd be in heaven

[tubebender]

Will they get a Purple Heart Medal for that. My brother got his that way, Aug 15, 1944 over weisbaden...

[CougarGA7]

Still drying.

[BushCountry]

This race is going to be won in the pits it looks like.