NASCAR Nextel Cup UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at LVMS - Sunday 3/11/07 - Fox 4:30pm/et

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[NYTexan]

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UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400

Las Vegas Motor Speedway

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

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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)

[michigander]

But they could always throw us for a loop and keep the cautions to a minimum.

[NYTexan]

[NormsRevenge]

A Repeat performance coming soon?

Jeff Burton crosses the finish line to win the NASCAR Busch Series' Sam's Town 300 auto race as Kyle Busch spins out behind him Saturday, March 10, 2007, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Samantha Clemens)

[NormsRevenge]

Race fans watch as cars line up for inspection just before the start of the NASCAR UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Sunday, March 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison)

[NYTexan]

That was a great finish!

[B4Ranch]

Who is going to cross the Finish Line sideways or backwards? Kyle did a fantastic job yesterday.

[WestCoastGal]

Michigan 1999 as far as I can see. DJ won.

I had to look it up.

Apparently a very boring race.

[NYTexan]

CAUTIONS TODAY? Caution Pool is open
(cut -n- paste yours in)

(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

vox_freedom - 20 yellers, and a red (or two)

umgud - 25 yellers and a whole bunch of folks falling in points

racing fan - 9

NR - 10 cautions, 2 red flags

[michigander]

Race fans watch ...

Pretty sparse crowd there Norm. :-)

[NormsRevenge]

I missed the race , he ended up in a crunched car ,, and still got 2nd.. a tough trick to pull,, I'm hoping for a snowplow finish.. :-)

[WestCoastGal]

Out of 147,000 seats I read they had over 100,000 for the Busch race which is darn good.

[NYTexan]

[GRRRRR]

Sorry 'bout that...did NOT mean to actually start the Caution Pool today...just speculation!!

[NormsRevenge]

Oops, no pic with that caption..

Race fans watch as cars line up for inspection just before the start of the NASCAR UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Sunday, March 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison)

[michigander]

Can you take them in the fantasy league?

[NormsRevenge]

No problemo on the Caution Pool!

GRRRRR, I sensed your intent on gespectulating and never even reached for the Black Flag. folks are always itching to start it anyway.. lolol

Now if it was Tork or Grok, Oh man. ;-)

[NYTexan]

No worries. It's all for Fun!

[NormsRevenge]

I wish I had Burton today. I'm sucking bad wind in the FRFL.. from 1st to 15th.. Ouch!

Ya see Glock? :-\ What the..?

[NYTexan]

LOL!

[WestCoastGal]