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

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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)

[glock rocks]

1-3-11-16 yeeee

[SouthTexas]

Don't wreck me when you go by, I'm falling like a rock!

[revtown]

He got lucky there's more than 10 laps left.. He started 13th.. He'll be ok, lost himself 5-8 spots or so. It could of been worse.

[glock rocks]

Don't wreck me when you go by, I'm falling like a rock!

I'll draft you.

[tubebender]

Would you repeat that. The battery in my hearing aid just died...

[SouthTexas]

Better watch out, i done lost two cylinders and have another one missing.

White flag!

[NormsRevenge]

whoa shrub stuck his nose in on smoke and newman,, yyiiiii

[glock rocks]

900.

[don-o]

I got Shrub And he almost wrecks my A driver.

[NormsRevenge]

JJ wins it going away!!!

[glock rocks]

Chevy takes 1-2-3.

[SouthTexas]

You don't have a recharger that you can plug itto the side of your head?

JJ takes the checkers with Flash 2nd!

[tubebender]

He coulda won better if the tar didn't get away...

[Roccus]

I tanked late as well.

[don-o]

873

[SouthTexas]

873

[glock rocks]

You hexed Yay Yay dincha.

[SouthTexas]

LOLOL

[glock rocks]

Hold on, the buzzer on the dryer just went off...

[NormsRevenge]

Lap-by-Lap: Las Vegas
By NASCAR.COM
March 11, 2007
07:55 PM EDT

http://www.nascar.com/2007/races/lapbylap/03/11/lasvegas/index.html

CHECKERED FLAG: Jimmie Johnson wins the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at Las Vegas, his third consecutive victory at the track.

Lap 267 -- WHITE FLAG: Jimmie Johnson is cruising at 1.771 seconds ahead of Jeff Gordon.

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complete race recap at the link