NASCAR Cup- Mountain Dew Southern 500, Sunday 11/14/04 1:30PM EST on NBC

NASCAR ^ | 11/12/04 | ChefKeith

[ChefKeith]

WINSTON CUP NASCAR WINSTON CUP

Mountain Dew Southern 500

Kevin Harvick shows battle damadge at the Lady in Black

Track Facts:Darlington Raceway
Banking/Turns: 25° / 23°
Distance: 1.366mi
Shape: Oval

(Cup) Mountain Dew Southern 500 NBC Sunday 1:30 PM EST

(Busch) BI-LO 200 TNT Saturday 1 PM EST

(Trucks) Darlington 200 SPEED Friday 8 PM EST

Mountain Dew Southern 500 Bud Pole qualifying SPEED Friday 3:10 PM EST

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Records;

Cup 500-Mile Race Record Dale Earnhardt 139.958 03|28|93

Cup 400-Mile Race Record David Pearson 132.703 05|11|68

Truck Race Record Bobby Hamilton 133.645 03|14|03

Cup Qualifying Record Ward Burton 173.797 1996

Busch Qualifying Record Ryan Newman 170.301 2001

Truck Qualifying Record Carl Edwards 167.745 2004

2003 Race Results:

Cup Series 2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 03|16|03 Ricky Craven

2003 Mountain Dew Southern 500 08|31|03 Terry Labonte

Busch Series 2003 darlingtonraceway.com 200 03|17|03 Todd Bodine

2003 Winn-Dixie 200 08|30|03 Brian Vickers

Craftsman Truck Series 200 Craftsman 2003 03|14|03 Bobby Hamilton

[ChefKeith]

O.K. Folks here we go - 2nd to last race of the 2004 season and the "?final?" Southern 500.

Post Season Therapy Threads will start after the Banquet Thread in December

[ChefKeith]

PING-a-ROO

[Hank All-American]

Who among us does not love NASCAR?

[ChefKeith]

Wrangler Unveils Retro Paint Scheme for Truex/Busch Race



Wrangler Unveils Retro Paint Scheme for Truex, Jr. at Darlington
MOORESVILLE, NC – When Martin Truex, Jr. rolls on to the historic track of Darlington Raceway this weekend, history will be on his car, as well.
He'll have a blue and yellow No. 8 Chevrolet with the Wrangler paint scheme like the one seven-time champion Dale Earnhardt carried for years. It was in 1980 that Dale Earnhardt earned his first NASCAR championship with the same scheme and sponsor on board.

The original scheme was driven by Dale Earnhardt beginning in 1981, but it made its debut in the final race of the 1980 season at Ontario Speedway when Dale beat Cale Yarborough for the title by 19 points. The Wrangler colors remained on the car through 1987 with several variations and owners along the way.

Earnhardt, Jr. personally chose the 1981 version to run at Darlington this weekend. Truex, Jr. will be decked out in an early 1980's style-race uniform and his crew will also sport the yellow and blue team colors. They're even going to don throwback “trucker” mesh style hats.

" Darlington has 50 years of history and tradition in NASCAR and this paint scheme represents the history and tradition of the Earnhardts,” Earnhardt, Jr. said. “My dad had a great association with Wrangler and I'm proud of my association with them, as well. Dad won two championships with the Wrangler car. This weekend would be great for Martin to bring the Wrangler yellow and blue to another championship.”

"It is truly an honor to be driving the Wrangler car with a retro-paint scheme honoring Dale Earnhardt,” Truex, Jr. said. “Just to have the opportunity to win my first championship with this paint scheme is beyond anything any driver could ever dream. I would like to thank Teresa, Dale Jr. and the Wrangler Corporation for making this possible. I just hope the history of Wrangler and NASCAR championships repeats itself this weekend."

Wrangler Jeans Company signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. this year. Part of the revitalized partnership includes sponsorship of several NASCAR Busch Series races through Chance 2 Motorsports and a new line of men's carpenter and cargo jeans, co-designed by Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Dale Earnhardt, Inc. and Chance 2 Motorsports are two premier racing organizations headquartered in Mooresville , NC . DEI currently operates two NASCAR Nextel Cup teams with Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Michael Waltrip as their drivers. The company also has one NASCAR Busch Series team with Paul Menard as the driver and co-owns Chance 2 with Martin Truex, Jr as the driver. For further info rmation on DEI and its teams go to www.DaleEarnhardtInc.com

[ChefKeith]

john kerry?

But he's not one of "Us"

[Hank All-American]

I read somewhere that Lurch actually said that at a campaign stop in a lame attempt to prove he was a good ole' boy.

[South40]

After leading in the points for most of the season and winning 3 of the last 4 races Jimmie Johnson deserves it.

[ChefKeith]

ANYBODY BUT the Shrub! What's your take on this points "play-off"?

[ChefKeith]

That doesn't suprise me

[South40]

I think the new points thing stinks. Of course, I'm a Johnson fan (he's from my hometown here in El Cajon, CA) so I'd hate to see him lose after leading most of the season. He's a great driver, he may just pull it off yet. And, I agree...ANYBODY BUT SHRUB!

[South40]

[ChefKeith]

cool! Yours?

[South40]

I wish. It belongs to Skip Honaker.

[WSGilcrest]

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3	Rainbow Freeping Warriors	247	332	234	304	230	277	315	258	274	255	310	272	199	235	208	232	0	0	9159
4	Thundering Herd of Turtles	306	202	252	252	288	242	219	191	216	331	349	253	265	165	308	271	0	0	9103
5	20 Wins Again	288	217	202	294	248	252	282	271	160	261	228	253	267	260	345	236	0	0	9072
6	fnord not ford	258	345	274	310	292	211	259	259	298	273	263	318	172	252	265	237	0	0	9039
7	Rexford's Rollers	323	295	294	208	192	240	243	293	266	335	276	377	296	202	247	266	0	0	9028
7	Norms Bar&Grill	281	264	354	312	214	289	276	279	220	300	332	275	213	200	309	222	0	0	9028
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12	Deadeye Racing	303	264	346	294	304	270	299	297	270	257	321	272	316	279	327	224	0	0	8864
13	Dog Gone has fender damage	227	276	216	148	200	236	244	279	248	281	177	321	275	253	303	272	0	0	8751
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20	Dog Breath Racing	316	272	270	272	202	190	303	363	168	159	303	338	242	234	261	245	0	0	8558
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27	firewallfoward	263	281	199	146	324	260	240	161	230	290	297	209	226	314	223	196	0	0	8009
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29	burning08	310	219	214	274	162	254	225	221	192	247	223	314	208	171	234	190	0	0	7806
30	Budman Racing	256	303	231	180	268	192	331	210	146	278	264	307	135	211	235	194	0	0	7790
31	Seaside 3 wide sideslide (FBD)	185	331	189	126	268	254	181	160	184	254	179	167	208	195	287	220	0	0	7445
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42	Uzimati Racing	0	10	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	2611
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44	Bonforte Motorsports	5	0	0	0	0	0	10	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	2339
45	Rodney King's Team	5	0	74	0	0	0	45	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	48	0	0	0	2083

[Genyous]

[Fierce Allegiance]

Thanks for running this weeks thread.

It's a total bummer that there will no longer be a Southern 500. I am well aware that NASCAR wants to keep expanding, but this is one of the real "roots" tracks of Winston Cup (or whaterver they have decided call it now) racing. Such is progress, i guess, as much as I hate it.

Darlington outh to be another awesome race!

As for the winter blues, they do run the Paris-Dakar rally the first 3 weeks of January. Cars, trucks (real trucks, not just pickup trucks), bikes and quads running in all conditions! If any one is interested, FReepmail me, maybe we can start up a thread or 2 when the time comes.

[steveegg]

C-H-A-R-G-E-!-!-!

[tubebender]

Don't look now but you and Norm are side by side at 180 mph with 2 laps to go and no drafting partner...

[WestCoastGal]

Chase leader garage cam....page reloads on refresh.

Tech inspection line.......

[NormsRevenge]

Don't look now but you and Norm are side by side at 180 mph with 2 laps to go and no drafting partner...

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Jaaa... a real silk pony race to the finish! lol

But I got better hair.. ;-]