NASCAR 03|20|05 - Golden Corral 500 Cup Race @ Atlanta Pre-Race Tribute - US Special Ops Command

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[ChefKeith]

NASCAR Cup Golden Corral 500

Race time is 18:20 GMT

(Attn: Tubebender & GlockRocks you must do your own time conversions)

Atlanta Motor Speedway Specs.
Banking/Turns: 24°
Distance: 1.54mi
Shape: Oval

Friday, 3/18 on SPEED

1 p.m. ET: NASCAR Live! on SPEED 1:30 p.m. ET: Nextel Cup Happy Hour on SPEED 6 p.m. ET: NASCAR Live! on SPEED 7 p.m. ET: Nextel Cup qualifying on SPEED 9 p.m. ET: Craftsman Truck race on SPEED 11:30 p.m. ET: Trackside Live! on SPEED

Saturday, 3/19 on SPEED/FX

Noon ET: Busch qualifying on SPEED 2:30 p.m. ET: Busch prerace on FX 3 p.m. ET: Busch race on FX 6:30 p.m. ET: NASCAR Performance 7 p.m. ET: SPEED News on SPEED

Sunday, 3/20 on SPEED/FOX

11 a.m. ET: NASCAR This Morning on SPEED 12:30 p.m. ET: Nexel Cup prerace on FOX 1:20 p.m. ET: Cup race on FOX 7 p.m. ET: SPEED News on SPEED 8 p.m. ET: NASCAR Victory Lane on SPEED 9 p.m. ET: Wind Tunnel on SPEED

JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY TO SING NATIONAL ANTHEM AT SUNDAY'S GOLDEN CORRAL 500

HAMPTON, GA - Multi-platinum country recording artist John Michael Montgomery will sing the national anthem for the March 20 Golden Corral 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, capping off a heart-swelling military demonstration scheduled for pre-race by the U.S. Special Operations Command.

Special operations forces to be honored at NASCAR race March 20 U.S. Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office Wednesday, February 9 2005

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service) - For the second consecutive year, warriors from the U.S. Special Operations Command will be honored during the pre-race excitement of NASCAR's Golden Corral 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway March 20.

Race fans will be treated to a demonstration by special operations forces that will be capped off with the scheduled arrival of the race's official pace car inside an MH-47 Chinook helicopter from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne). Demonstration participants will include special operators from the Army, the Navy and the Air Force.

Leading the special operations demonstration will be Lt. Gen. Philip R. Kensinger Jr., commanding general of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command here.

In addition to the 160th SOAR (Abn), the storied Green Berets will represent the Soldiers of USASOC. Air commandos from the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Fla., and Navy SEALS from the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command, San Diego, Calif., will also be represented.

In addition to the Chinook helicopter, other aircraft scheduled to be included in the demonstration include MH-60 Black Hawk and MH-6 Little Bird helicopters and an MC-130 Combat Talon aircraft.

Additional information on U.S. special operations forces can be found at the U.S. Special Operations Command's Web site at http://www.socom.mil/ and at Operation Tribute to Freedom.

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This race thread is always dedicated to our men and women in the military who stand in harms way every day protecting us from those evil forces who wish do to us harm. They keep us safe, they protect us, some gave the ultimate sacrifice for us so that we have the freedom to enjoy our lives each and every day. We will remember them always, we will never forget!!!!

[ChefKeith]

O.K. everybody, I'm posting the thread early 'cause I have school on Friday out of town and will be on vacation this weekend and may or may not be around for the race so everybody be nice on the thread or Norm will put on his boots and start goose steppin;o)

[ChefKeith]

Early ping

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

What is your tale on all of the penalties and suspensions for rule infractions? Do you think it will continue until eventually they take away wins? I am just looking for opinions.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

tale = take. Duh, my fingers have a mind of their own.

[ChefKeith]

My opinion is the old days if you got caught cheating they took the win away or pulled you from that finishing spot and everybody else moved up to fill those finishing positions but now NUTSCAR is more interested in $$$ than doing what is RIGHT.

Also look at the end of this

[ChefKeith]

Off to work now will check in after I get home.

[WestCoastGal]

WCG will be in the hot tub.

[Fierce Allegiance]

06:20 GMT Nice, now where did I put my GMT Conversion Chart.

Thanks for running the thread this week. Enjoy your vacation!

[al baby]

wow

[ChefKeith]

Just use the Windoze clock,adjust date/time and select the time zone that applies.

[Fierce Allegiance]

With the way NASCAR has changed rules lately, there is no real answer to the question.

That said, Berrier should have been suspended for the season.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

I think what Berrier did was wrong, I agree that the suspension should have been longer. I think that the win should have been taken away from Johnson. Technically the first legal car was Kurt Bush. I am no fan of his, but he was the first to cross the finish line with a legal car since his brother failed inspection also.

[Fierce Allegiance]

Both the 48 & 5 became illegal as a result of jacking the car around (adjusting wedge) if I am not mistaken. It has to be real hard for a crew chief to placate a driver of an ill handling car and know to the millimeter if you will be in violation of a roof or fender height rule. I hardly blame them.

[NYTexan]

That looks relaxing!



Any hope that Jr. will pull it together for this race?

Out of the 5 races he's been in here, he's won once & finished in top 5 twice more.

[Jackknife]

WhoooHooo!!!!! Heading to the track after work Friday for qualifying and the Truck race!!! May head back down Sunday, if I get a good deal on tickets in the parking lot Friday.

[NYTexan]

Sortable Stats (10 year history)

Name Races Poles Wins Top 5 Top 10 DNF Avg Start Avg Finish
Kasey Kahne 1 0 0 1 1 0 12.0 3.0
Ryan Newman 3 2 0 1 3 0 1.3 8.3
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5 0 1 3 3 0 13.2 10.0
Greg Biffle 2 0 0 0 1 0 16.5 10.5
Jeff Gordon 10 0 2 5 7 1 12.6 10.5
Dale Jarrett 10 2 1 5 6 1 10.2 10.7
Terry Labonte 10 0 0 3 4 0 20.9 11.7
Morgan Shepherd 3 0 0 1 2 0 23.3 13.0
Jimmie Johnson 3 0 0 2 2 1 9.7 13.0
Bobby Labonte 10 1 2 6 6 1 14.2 13.1
Tony Stewart 6 0 1 2 3 2 16.8 14.2
Sterling Marlin 9 0 0 0 2 1 22.3 16.3
Robby Gordon 5 1 0 0 0 0 21.2 17.2
Mark Martin 10 0 0 2 5 3 14.7 17.7
Dave Blaney 5 0 0 0 1 0 16.2 18.0
Matt Kenseth 5 0 0 2 3 2 25.6 18.2
Kurt Busch 4 0 0 0 1 1 17.2 18.2
Joe Nemechek 10 0 0 1 2 1 18.9 19.2
Ricky Rudd 10 0 0 0 3 1 26.3 19.7
Brian Vickers 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 21.0
Rusty Wallace 10 0 0 1 3 3 21.2 21.6
Elliott Sadler 6 0 0 0 1 0 18.3 21.7
Michael Waltrip 10 0 0 0 3 3 22.9 21.7
Jeff Burton 9 0 0 2 3 3 28.4 21.9
Jeff Fuller 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.0 22.0
Ken Schrader 10 0 0 0 2 2 32.9 22.0
Bill Elliott 9 1 0 0 2 4 19.1 22.2
John Andretti 9 1 0 0 0 1 16.4 22.3
Jimmy Spencer 9 0 0 0 2 2 20.0 22.7
Kevin Harvick 4 0 1 1 1 1 9.5 22.8
Jeremy Mayfield 10 0 0 3 3 4 16.8 23.0
Mike Skinner 7 0 0 0 2 2 19.9 23.7
Scott Riggs 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.0 25.0
Geoffrey Bodine 5 0 0 0 0 2 14.2 26.6
Kevin Lepage 4 0 0 0 0 0 28.5 26.8
Kenny Wallace 8 0 0 0 1 3 28.1 27.0
Scott Wimmer 1 0 0 0 0 0 37.0 27.0
Kyle Petty 10 0 0 0 0 3 32.1 27.3
Jeff Green 3 0 0 0 0 1 27.3 28.3
Casey Mears 2 0 0 0 0 1 21.0 28.5
Greg Sacks 3 0 0 0 0 1 27.0 29.0
Johnny Sauter 1 0 0 0 0 0 39.0 30.0
Derrike Cope 6 0 0 0 0 4 25.0 30.7
Jason Leffler 1 0 0 0 0 1 22.0 32.0
Mike Wallace 4 0 0 0 0 3 35.5 34.8
Jamie McMurray 2 0 0 0 0 2 26.5 36.5
Andy Belmont 1 0 0 0 0 1 41.0 39.0
Randy LaJoie 1 0 0 0 0 1 41.0 39.0
Kirk Shelmerdine 1 0 0 0 0 1 42.0 40.0
Scott Pruett 1 0 0 0 0 1 20.0 41.0

http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/nextel/stats/bycategory?time=4&type=0&subtype_id=29&sort=AVG_FINISH

[WestCoastGal]

I agree. KB is not my favorite either but his was the first legal car. He was even required to come in to the pits during the race to correct what was thought to be illegal fenders. According to reports Biffle complained during the race to Nascar about this and they agreed. He was just lucky that a debris caution occurred just in time for him to make this correction. Things that make you go hmmmmm.

IMO they would not have fined Knaus $35,000 which is $10,000 more than Berrier if they didn't find a big problem.
The car is only allowed to be 51" with a 1/4" tolerance and failed that measurement. What convinced me other than the fine amount is that Knaus has been penalized before for having a car too low in post-race tech with another team.

Here is his bio......

Following the 1997 season, Knaus joined Dale Earnhardt, Inc. as car chief. During the 1998 season, he moved to Tyler Jet Motorsports, and in 1999, the call came that would lead Knaus to Dodge, Melling Racing and his ultimate career goal. Ray Evernham wanted Knaus to lead the Dodge Development team, an opportunity he quickly seized."

He also had quite a bit to do with Gordon's success in the mid 90s... This just strengthens my opinion that the #48 is about to go on a run like #24 did in the mid and late 90s, sadly. Fortunately, the "Chase" will mess with it.

"After cutting his teeth with Stanley Smiths stock car team, Knaus landed a job working on the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports team led by crew chief Ray Evernham and driver Jeff Gordon. From 1993 to 1997, Knaus advanced from a general fabricator to manage the entire chassis and body construction program for the No. 24 team. Serving as a tire changer on the original Rainbow Warriors pit crew, Knaus was an integral part of the 1995 and 1997 NASCAR Cup Series Championship teams."

"Being creative is my job," crew chief Chad Knaus said when he earned his first major penalty in 2002. "If I am going to get fined and penalized for being creative, then that's just part of it.

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If you flagrantly violate a rule by putting a jacking device in the car that makes it go up or down, then you're obviously trying to cheat. I read that JJ said the jack bolt broke. Well, maybe it did or is it convenient for it to break? More things that make you go hmmmm.

[WestCoastGal]

This IS his place to redeem himself, it's now or never so to speak.

His father loved this track and so does he, I'm counting on him to make a big comeback this week. :)

[NYTexan]

Vegas Odds makers:

http://www.vegasinsider.com/visports/racing/auto/vinascarodds.htm

[westmichman]

Go Jeff G.!!!