Nascar Nextel Cup - Auto Club 500 at California Speedway - Sunday 02-25-07 - Fox 3pm ET ^

Nascar.com ^ | 2/21/07

[NormsRevenge]

Week 2, and it's Off to California with a banjy on muh knee..

What'll happen this week?

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[NormsRevenge]

wow,, HaPPy has to yank a patch off?

Did ya see where a GM VP wants Nascar to go ethanol or other renewable fuels...

GM executive, others urge NASCAR to explore renewable fuels..

[WestCoastGal]

Too many changes, COT, unleaded fuel then ethanol. I wouldn't want to be an engine builder. My least favorite job after spotter.

[NormsRevenge]

I hear ya,, if they made ya take a drink for every change they make during each race , ya'd never be able to drive home from the race, much less find your car in the aprking lot. ;-)

[NormsRevenge]

I hope that whoever took that 'dillo pic didn't use petroleum gel.. might get penalized points. ;-)

[GRRRRR]

FORGET IT NASCAR...

Shell is the SPONSOR!!! Too Bad 4 U!

[don-o]

you on the NASCAR ping list. If not, see Norms Revenge.

[WestCoastGal]

Hey Nascar was founded in 1948 on this date!! Woohoo

[tubebender]

Eureka has had 3.5 inches of rain in the past 36 hours and now the good news...It's heading south with much lower temps!

[NormsRevenge]

We been getting lots of clouds today, maybe tonight and tomorrow it'll finally get wet .. SoCal may get a splash Friday .. should be OK this week-end..

[NormsRevenge]

Oops,, almost forgot this..
Attention FR Fantasy Leaguers...

the weekly email..
Yahoo! Fantasy Sports will perform scheduled server maintenance beginning Thursday, February 22nd, at 10:00pm PST, and ending Friday, February 23rd, at 4:00am PST. You will not have access to Yahoo! Fantasy Sports games at this time, so please choose your drivers for the Auto Club 500 by Thursday, February 22nd, at 10:00pm PST. Thank you for your understanding.

-- Fantasy Auto Racing Commissioner

[NormsRevenge]

Power Rankings at Yahoo Sports
Rank Name -- Comments

1. Kevin Harvick - His Daytona win may not have been enough to secure the top spot, but combined with his finish last year, Harvick's rolling.

2. Jeff Burton - From outside the top 10 to No. 2 in our rankings might be a record. Of course, Burton easily could have held a top-10 spot last week.

3. Tony Stewart - Can he be ranked this high after finishing last? Just remember how good he really was at Daytona. And where he finished there in '02 title season.

4. Kasey Kahne - He wasn't that strong Sunday, but he finished well without Kenny Francis. Heading to Fontana and Vegas, that's plenty good enough.

5. Mark Martin - Once upon a time, the Ginn/MB2 cars were terrific at places like California. Martin could be capable of following Daytona heartbreak with another top-five.

6. Matt Kenseth - If Stewart gets the benefit of the doubt after a bad finish, Kenseth's unlucky 27th is plenty enough to keep him here. Like Kahne, good tracks on horizon.

7. Jimmie Johnson - His day ended badly. Actually, his day never really went all that well at any point. But a six-spot drop is all we can stomach for the defending champ.

8. Jeff Gordon - He wasn't all that strong on Sunday, either. But the horsepower tracks became a strength for this team last year, so a Daytona top-10 could be plenty.

9. David Gilliland - He won the pole, he was solid in his qualifier, he put together a big comeback Sunday and finished in the top 10. Can't ask for more.

10. Elliott Sadler - By a nose over Denny Hamlin. And Kurt Busch. And Dale Earnhardt Jr. And Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle. And Kyle Busch. Maybe we should rank the top 15?

[glock rocks]

Fontana Doppler

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks!

[SouthTexas]

Slow out of the pits, but rollin now!

[SouthTexas]

Where's the Lone Star bottle?

[tubebender]

Mine is prettier than yours... Be thankful I can post a link

[glock rocks]

Welcome.

[NYTexan]

Where's the Lone Star bottle?

It must have got lost in the crash...

[tubebender]

I think this may be related... Road Rage

[NYTexan]

Scumbag crackheads, hope they spend a long time in prison and they each get a big bubba boyfriend!