Nascar Nextel Cup USG Sheetrock 400 , Sunday on NBC - Racetime ~~~ 3pm ET

Nascar.com ^ | 7/6/05 | NascaR and NR

[NormsRevenge]

Join us this weekend at tracks in the heartland of America.

God bless our troops and families and nation.

Keep your spirit up, young warriors, and Godspeed.

[AGreatPer]

Beautiful FR Car at #70. Thank you.

[steveegg]

Damn. Dunno if Bill Elliot's tornado-at-the-track advice would've worked with that kind of damage.

[steveegg]

Dennis is up to a category 4 and about to nail Cuba (not going to hit Havana dead-on, though). The current (5 am) track is set to take it into Pensacola, then all the way to southeast Missouri before making the right hook as a tropical depression (unfortunately, the hook is going to be too much to make it all the way up to my parched environs).

[SouthTexas]

I'm having much better luck with grandkids than kids in creating new 24 fans. Sure does agitate son-in-law, who is a Jr fan. heehee

[SouthTexas]

Bad thing is, this Dennis is tracking into Alabama and I have family on the coast.

Off to work, see ya later.

[steveegg]

Ouch. Hope they stay safe.

[xp38]

I would say for Atlanta Motor Speedway the caution is out.

[steveegg]

So who gets the lucky dawg?

[tubebender]

Off to work, see ya later.

Work is the curse of the drinking class...

[Jackknife]

You should have seen some of the footage that our local news coverage had of the track on last night's news. The weather service said that the shape of the facility caused the tornado to increase in strength after it formed. Winds over 100 mph.

[WestCoastGal]

It looks like there may be a lot of hurricanes this year. I think the state of Texas could use a little rain but not that much all at once. I hope everyone along the Gulf coast is prepared.

Talladega received some damage last year from a tornado as well.

[WestCoastGal]

Hey, Nascar paper towels........what next?

[WestCoastGal]

Wed, Jul. 06, 2005


Billy Venturini ready to get rolling at Kentucky Speedway

The Associated Press


Nearly 41/2 months after breaking his neck in a crash during the ARCA season opener at Daytona International Speedway, Billy Venturini is ready to race again.
The third-generation race car driver is entered in Friday's ARCA stock car race at Kentucky Speedway.

"Nobody really knew what to expect after Daytona," Venturini said. "I just knew I wasn't gong to give up and I was going to do everything in my power to prepare myself for this moment. I never once lost sight of driving a race car again. This is what I love to do."

The medical team of neurosurgeon Jerry Petty and spinal injury specialist Dom Coric of the Neurological and Spinal Injury Clinic in Charlotte, N.C., examined Venturini earlier this month and gave him medical clearance to drive again.

Venturini tested last week at both Toledo and Kentucky Speedways.

"It felt great to be back in the car again," he said. "I feel very strong and have no doubt about competing at the same level as I did before my accident."

Jason Jarrett, son of NASCAR Nextel Cup star Dale Jarrett, has substituted for Venturini and is expected to remain in the No. 25 car for the rest of the 2005 season while Venturini drives a limited schedule in a second Venturini Motorsports entry.


http://www.thatsracin.com/mld/thatsracin/12069035.htm

[WestCoastGal]

Chicagoland garage

[WestCoastGal]

QUALIFYING ORDER

Order	Car	Driver	Make	Sponsor
1	22	Scott Wimmer	Dodge	Caterpillar
2	12	Ryan Newman	Dodge	Mobil 1/ALLTEL
3	45	Kyle Petty	Dodge	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny
4	151	Stuart Kirby	Chevrolet	Marathon Multipower-3 HD Motor Oil
5	44	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	Pizza Hut
6	175	Wayne Anderson	Dodge	Rinaldi Air Conditioning
7	01	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	U.S. Army
8	32	Bobby Hamilton Jr.	Chevrolet	Tide
9	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Budweiser/MLB All-Star game
10	21	Ricky Rudd	Ford	Motorcraft Genuine Parts
11	40	Sterling Marlin	Dodge	Coors Light
12	25	Brian Vickers	Chevrolet	GMAC/ditech.com
13	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	Post-it/National Guard
14	18	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	Boniva
15	5	Kyle Busch*	Chevrolet	Kellogg's
16	4	Mike Wallace	Chevrolet	Lucas Oil Products
17	192	Kenny Wallace	Chevrolet	State Fair Corn Dogs
18	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Office Depot
19	200	Carl Long	Chevrolet	Sunquest Vacations
20	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont
21	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops/Cingular
22	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	USG
23	43	Jeff Green	Dodge	Cheerios/Betty Crocker
24	6	Mark Martin	Ford	Viagra
25	66	Mike Garvey*	Ford	Jani-King
26	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	Dodge Dealers/UAW
27	0	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet	NetZero Best Buy
28	39	David Stremme	Dodge	Navy "Accelerate Your Life"
29	38	Elliott Sadler	Ford	M&M's
30	37	Kevin Lepage	Dodge	Patron Tequila
31	11	Jason Leffler	Chevrolet	FedEx Express
32	41	Casey Mears	Dodge	Target/Kraft
33	7	Robby Gordon	Chevrolet	Menards
34	42	Jamie McMurray	Dodge	Home123 Corp.
35	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench
36	20	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	The Home Depot
37	07	Dave Blaney	Chevrolet	Jack Daniel's
38	88	Dale Jarrett	Ford	UPS
39	97	Kurt Busch	Ford	Sharpie/IRWIN Industrial Tools
40	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge	Dodge Dealers/UAW
41	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's
42	10	Scott Riggs	Chevrolet	Valvoline
43	49	Ken Schrader	Dodge	Schwan's Home Service
44	2	Rusty Wallace	Dodge	Miller Genuine Draft
45	15	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	NAPA Auto Parts
46	77	Travis Kvapil*	Dodge	Jasper Engines/Kodak
47	34	P.J. Jones	Chevrolet	Mach One Inc.

* Denotes Rookie

[WestCoastGal]

Looks like Smoke is going to a backup car, some kind of incident during practice. Wrecked!

[WestCoastGal]

Stewart taken to hospital for precautionary X-rays

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Tony Stewart was taken to a local hospital for precautionary X-rays Friday after bouncing off the wall during practice for the USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.

NASCARTV on SPEED: Chicagoland
Fri., July 8: Cup qualifying, 4 p.m. ET
Sat., July 9: Cup Happy Hour, Noon ET

Stewart, the winner of the last two NASCAR Nextel Cup events and the defending race champion, was complaining of pain in one of his shoulders after hitting the wall with the right side of his No. 20 Chevrolet and sliding into the infield grass.
He was helped from the car by speedway safety personnel and walked to the waiting ambulance for the mandatory ride to the infield care center. The Joe Gibbs Racing team was rolling his backup Chevrolet to the gas pumps when Stewart was taken to the hospital.

A year ago, Stewart also crashed in Friday's practice. He was not injured and wound up qualifying his backup car 10th. Qualifying for Sunday's race

[steveegg]

Ouch. I knew there was a reason why the Shredded Wheels didn't take him this week.

I'm pissed that NA$CAR didn't announce when the pre-qualifying practice would be. They only showed the Busch boys (and girl) practcing today.

In other news (hat tip Jayski)...

• ppc immediately looking for new sponsors, including primary, for Kenny Wallace's Busch ride. No word on what is happening to Stacker2, which has a long relationship with Kenny.
• Speaking of Kenny, he'll be driving the 92 Front Row Motorsports Chevy instead of the 00 Michael Waltrip Racing one in the Cup race. He'll be carrying over the sponsor (State Fair Corn Dogs) and the motor (DEI instead of Pro-Motors). With no rain in the forecast, the fact that the 92 would have made it on attempts while the 00 wouldn't doesn't matter.
• Rront Row Joe and GI Joe (Nemechek and US Army) re-up with MB2. The Army's now signed through 2006, and Nemechek has a multyear extension.

[WestCoastGal]

Does Front Row Motorsports =Joe?

Stacker 2 would make a big mistake not continuing with Kenny.

Someone is practicing the #20 car which wound up 16th in practice.

[steveegg]

No; that's the name of the #92 team (run mostly by Stanton Barrett).