Posted on 05/22/2007 7:31:39 PM PDT by glock rocks
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Lowe's Track Specs:
Superspeedway: 1.5-mile quad oval
Race Length: 334 laps, 501 miles
Banking: turns: 24 degrees; straights: 5 degrees
Straights: Frontstretch - 1952.8 feet; Backstretch - 1360 feet
Grandstand Seating: 171,000
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Pace Car Speed: 55mph
Practice Dates/Times/TV
- Practice: Thursday, May 24, 3:00 - 4:30pm/et; and Saturday, May, 26, 3:00 - 3:50pm/et
- Happy Hour Practice: Saturday, May 26, 6:20 - 7:20pm/et on TV-SPEED
Qualifying Info
- Qualifying Draw: Thursday, May 24, 8:00pm/et
- Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-43, Thursday, May 24 at 7:10pm/et, TV-SPEED, re-air Friday, May 25 at 2:00pm/et; AND live via radio at PRN Radio and Sirius Satellite NASCAR Radio.
Info courtesy Jayski.com
Busch Series:
CARQUEST Autoparts 300 7:30pm/et, Saturday, May 26 at Lowe's on ESPN-2
Craftsman Truck Series: Ohio 250 1:00pm/et Saturday, May 26 at Mansfield on SPEED
Weekend TV/radio race coverage and calendar for all series, all events
Going to be a good weekend. Going to a Tigers game on Saturday and going to relax at home for a long race on Sunday.
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Thanks for the thread.
Again??
I can not possibly do as bad as I did a couple weeks ago.. (knock on wood)
I had 3 of the 4 drivers you picked.
and then there was this today.. the COT program is getting accelerated a year.
NASCAR to use COT exclusively in 2008 ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1838106/posts
Posted by NormsRevenge
On General/Chat ^ 05/22/2007 4:39:07 PM PDT · 13 replies · 97+ views
AP on Yahoo ^ | 5/22/07 | Jenna FRyer - ap
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - NASCAR will use the Car of Tomorrow exclusively in 2008, a year earlier than planned. The COT was scheduled to run 16 races this season and be phased into competition during the next two years. But costs skyrocketed while car owners tried to maintain two programs the current car, and the COT and NASCAR said Wednesday it will move up the date if teams agreed. “The majority of car owners actually came to us and said ‘Now that we are up and running the car, it doesn’t make sense to have two parallel programs moving...
You are on the 8 ball this week with early Q at hand.
I was just doin' research for the Dover thread when my Beeber rang.
Nascar seems about as organized and thoughtful as the democrat party lately.
Hendrick stable too full for Earnhardt
Shrub may be on thin ice..
Sigh..
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