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NASCAR Nextel Cup UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at LVMS - Sunday 3/11/07 - Fox 4:30pm/et
NASCAR.com / Jayski.com | March 6, 2007 | NYTexan

Posted on 03/06/2007 3:23:59 PM PST by NYTexan


FREE REPUBLIC NASCAR THREAD

UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400

Las Vegas Motor Speedway


Welcome all to the the 3rd Nextel Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway!

(Click on the highlighted links for related news & info.)

Smaller Fuel Cells for LVMS on the new 20-degree banking track

Qualifying Info/Practice Dates/Times/TV

Practice: Friday, March 9, 2:30 - 4:00pm/et, TV-SPEED
and Saturday, March 10, 12:00 - 12:50pm/et
Happy Hour Practice: Saturday, March 10, 1:20 - 2:20pm/et
(on TV-SPEED via tape at 5:30pm/et)

Qualifying Draw: Friday, March 9, 9:30am/et
Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-43, Friday, March 9 at 6:10pm/et, TV-SPEED

Race: Sunday, March 11, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV
TV: FOX 4:30pm/et
FOX Pre-Race Show: FOX - 4:00pm/et
Speed's NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 2:00pm/et
Green Flag Scheduled: 4:40pm/et
Race Re-Air: Thursday, March 15 at 3:00pm/et on Speed

Current & Historical Track info

Track Details
Distance: 1.5 miles
Shape: D-shaped oval
Banking: 20° turns, 9° frontstretch, 9° backstretch
Frontstretch: 2,275 feet, Backstretch: 1,572 feet
Seating: 142,000

Thunderbirds open the race
The United States Air Force Thunderbirds fly over the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the start the UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400 Nextel Cup race
(March 13, 2006)

The Thunderbirds are based at Nellis AFB, Nev.
(across the highway from the track)






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KEYWORDS: chat; lasvegas; nascar; nextel; nextelcup; nytnascarthread
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To: SouthTexas
watched = watching

I'm claiming the after dark exemption. Whoever is "saving" the daylight can come out now.

361 posted on 03/11/2007 7:50:07 AM PDT by SouthTexas (Man made global warming is a man made LIE!)
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To: GRRRRR
CAUTIONS TODAY? - Pre-Caution Poole (GRRRRR): 18 and a RED Flag, GWC finish??? Throw everything in for cautions today? Gloves, padding, helmets, water bottles...

Put me down for 22 (along with a red, and a GWCaution to wrap it up).

I have absolutely no feel on who to take today because BadYear brought a bunch of crap to the track and nobody took into account the fact that they're in the middle of a fragging desert. I AM positive that someone will "accidentally" get a set of real tires at the end of the race, though there might only be 5 undamaged cars left on the track.

362 posted on 03/11/2007 8:09:02 AM PDT by steveegg (Now playing in Hell - the Hussein family reunion, produced by President Bush, directed by the Iraqis)
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To: steveegg

Man, after qualifying, practice, and the Busch race, there's no telling how many crashes they'll be. I'll go with yesterday's numbers and say a baker's dozen - 13.


363 posted on 03/11/2007 8:37:55 AM PDT by Jackknife ( "It's not a real party 'til somebody breaks something.")
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To: NYTexan

We're starting early........

CAUTIONS TODAY? - Pre-Caution Pool

(GRRRRR): 18 and a RED Flag, GWC finish??? Throw everything in for cautions today? Gloves, padding, helmets, water bottles...

steveegg - Put me down for 22 (along with a red, and a GWCaution to wrap it up)

Jackknife - I'll go with yesterday's numbers and say a baker's dozen - 13

WCG - Lucky #11


364 posted on 03/11/2007 9:11:08 AM PDT by WestCoastGal (Dale Jr~ 5-31-07 ~ MIDNIGHT GIT-R-DONE --- Member of the F-I-R-M)
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To: WestCoastGal
CAUTIONS TODAY? - Pre-Caution Pool

(GRRRRR): 18 and a RED Flag, GWC finish??? Throw everything in for cautions today? Gloves, padding, helmets, water bottles...

steveegg - Put me down for 22 (along with a red, and a GWCaution to wrap it up)

Jackknife - I'll go with yesterday's numbers and say a baker's dozen - 13

WCG - Lucky #11

SouthTexas - 12 yellers and 1 red

365 posted on 03/11/2007 9:23:42 AM PDT by SouthTexas (Man made global warming is a man made LIE!)
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To: SouthTexas; WestCoastGal

CAUTIONS TODAY? - Pre-Caution Pool
(GRRRRR): 18 and a RED Flag, GWC finish??? Throw everything in for cautions today? Gloves, padding, helmets, water bottles...

steveegg - Put me down for 22 (along with a red, and a GWCaution to wrap it up)

Jackknife - I'll go with yesterday's numbers and say a baker's dozen - 13

WCG - Lucky #11

SouthTexas - 12 yellers and 1 red

NYT - 14


Gotta make a chore run. BBL to ping the list.


366 posted on 03/11/2007 10:22:07 AM PDT by NYTexan
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To: NYTexan

I will chime in on this one. I predict 15.


367 posted on 03/11/2007 10:31:41 AM PDT by CougarGA7 (I really dont know what I want to put here.)
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To: NYTexan

CAUTIONS TODAY? - Pre-Caution Pool
(GRRRRR): 18 and a RED Flag, GWC finish??? Throw everything in for cautions today? Gloves, padding, helmets, water bottles...

steveegg - Put me down for 22 (along with a red, and a GWCaution to wrap it up)

Jackknife - I'll go with yesterday's numbers and say a baker's dozen - 13

WCG - Lucky #11

SouthTexas - 12 yellers and 1 red

NYT - 14

Roccus - 16 yellow, 2 red (one early, one at the end) GWCrash.


368 posted on 03/11/2007 10:51:01 AM PDT by Roccus (Fighting politicians IS the war on terror!)
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To: CougarGA7; tubebender
CAUTIONS TODAY? - Pre-Caution Pool

(GRRRRR): 18 and a RED Flag, GWC finish??? Throw everything in for cautions today? Gloves, padding, helmets, water bottles...

steveegg - Put me down for 22 (along with a red, and a GWCaution to wrap it up)

Jackknife - I'll go with yesterday's numbers and say a baker's dozen - 13

WCG - Lucky #11

SouthTexas - 12 yellers and 1 red

NYT - 14

CougarGA7 - 15

369 posted on 03/11/2007 10:51:53 AM PDT by SouthTexas (Man made global warming is a man made LIE!)
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To: Roccus

CAUTIONS TODAY? - Pre-Caution Pool
(GRRRRR): 18 and a RED Flag, GWC finish??? Throw everything in for cautions today? Gloves, padding, helmets, water bottles...

steveegg - Put me down for 22 (along with a red, and a GWCaution to wrap it up)

Jackknife - I'll go with yesterday's numbers and say a baker's dozen - 13

WCG - Lucky #11

SouthTexas - 12 yellers and 1 red

NYT - 14

Roccus - 16 yellow, 2 red (one early, one at the end) GWCrash.

CougarGA7 - 15


370 posted on 03/11/2007 10:52:27 AM PDT by Roccus (Fighting politicians IS the war on terror!)
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To: Roccus

CAUTIONS TODAY? - Pre-Caution Pool
(GRRRRR): 18 and a RED Flag, GWC finish??? Throw everything in for cautions today? Gloves, padding, helmets, water bottles...

steveegg - Put me down for 22 (along with a red, and a GWCaution to wrap it up)

Jackknife - I'll go with yesterday's numbers and say a baker's dozen - 13

WCG - Lucky #11

SouthTexas - 12 yellers and 1 red

NYT - 14

Roccus - 16 yellow, 2 red (one early, one at the end) GWCrash.

CougarGA7 - 15

T Bender - 17 + 1 red


371 posted on 03/11/2007 10:55:19 AM PDT by tubebender ( Everything east of the San Andreas fault will eventually plunge into the Atlantic Ocean...)
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To: All


Please remember our soldiers far and near serving our country. They stand in harms way so we can enjoy our freedom today. Prayers for healing of body mind and spirit to those at Walter Reed, Bethesda, and BAMC.




372 posted on 03/11/2007 11:12:42 AM PDT by WestCoastGal (Dale Jr~ 5-31-07 ~ MIDNIGHT GIT-R-DONE --- Member of the F-I-R-M)
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To: WestCoastGal

NICE!


373 posted on 03/11/2007 11:15:48 AM PDT by Roccus (Fighting politicians IS the war on terror!)
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To: WestCoastGal; tubebender; SouthTexas; steveegg; GRRRRR; CougarGA7; Roccus; All
Hi All !

So, this thing is lookin' like a real yellow-fest today? Oughtta be over about 10pm ET? :-))))

I caught a little bit of some replays last evening and some comments from Smoke; doesn't seem like anyone is very pleased about the new blackstuff......check this from Autosport:

Former champion Stewart said both parties generated the situation that saw a record twelve cautions during the Busch Series race, with nearly as many crashes caused by drivers spinning and losing control of their cars due to the conditions.

"It's a domino effect. Phase one was changing the racetrack and then phase two was tyre troubles. Didn't they learn anything last time they did something like this?" Stewart told reporters.

The track was modified for this year with the aim of creating better and closer racing for the fans. The banking on the corners was increased and the whole 1.5-mile oval was resurfaced.

However Stewart believes track officials did the wrong thing to achieve their objectives.

"Hey, I didn't go to college and I'm not an engineer, I don't know anything but I've sat my butt in a race car for 27 years of my life.

"I think I'm somewhat qualified to know that this wasn't the right change. This wasn't going to accomplish their goal," he added.

The former Nextel Cup champion also claimed Goodyear do not care about the performance of their tyres when changing compounds to make them safer.

"As long as they don't blow tyres and as long as they don't get bad press because they blow tyres, they're happy, they couldn't care less about the rest of it - they don't care how hard the tyre is," said Stewart.

"They've made it harder at Daytona, they've been making it harder all last year. Half the tracks we went to we had a harder tyre than we had before.

"They don't care about the performance. All they care about is they don't blow tyres and don't get bad press because of it."

When asked about any possible solutions to the situation ahead of today's Nextel Cup race, he joked he could only get himself ready for a likely crash.

"I want to put pillows on the right side of my car and basically all around in case I get wrecked. I mean, there's nothing you can do," Stewart said.

"All I want to tell them to do is see if they can get to put some airbags in there and pillows in the outside and we'll go from there."

Greg Stucker, Goodyear's racing tyre sales director, defended the manufacturer's product and claimed Stewart's comments are biased because of his dislike of the track

"He's one that's pretty vocal about not liking too much of anything this weekend. I don't think he likes the racetrack. I don't think he likes the harder set-up. There's no question it is a harder set-up, we acknowledge that," Stucker said.

 


374 posted on 03/11/2007 11:22:01 AM PDT by budman_2001 (Budman's Wrong Wray Wracing Wrules)
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To: WestCoastGal; NYTexan

Very Nice, WCG!


NYT, Looking Good!!!


375 posted on 03/11/2007 11:22:06 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ......)
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To: budman_2001

Smoke 'smoked' Goodyear, but good.

We'll see soon enough who is right.


376 posted on 03/11/2007 11:23:24 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ......)
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To: WestCoastGal

20 yellers, and a red (or two).


377 posted on 03/11/2007 11:25:55 AM PDT by vox_freedom (John 16:2 yea, the hour come, that whosoever killeth you, will think that he doth a service to God)
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To: NormsRevenge

Yeah, that and the "pillows" remark were pretty classic Tony.


378 posted on 03/11/2007 11:26:00 AM PDT by budman_2001 (Budman's Wrong Wray Wracing Wrules)
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To: Roccus; NormsRevenge

Thank you! :)


379 posted on 03/11/2007 11:30:09 AM PDT by WestCoastGal (Dale Jr~ 5-31-07 ~ MIDNIGHT GIT-R-DONE --- Member of the F-I-R-M)
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To: budman_2001

Here's hoping it's not a Red Flag Sunday. Temps will be in the high 70s , close to 80 at race time..


380 posted on 03/11/2007 11:30:23 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ......)
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