Nascar Sprint Cup Pepsi 500 at California's Auto Club Speedway - Sun. Aug. 31 - ESPN - 7pm ET

Nascar.com ^ | 8/27/08

[NormsRevenge]

Getting down to the last couple races , 2 to go, and the Chase for The Keg .. Uuhh .. Chase for the Cup. :-]

Join us this Labor Day week-end and unwind after the Obama Slamma Jamma Fest.

As Always , This thread is dedicated to the men and women that serve and have served us so proudly. Let their labor and sacrifice not be in vain.

God Bless Our Troops and Their Families!

[NormsRevenge]

Welcome to this week's 2008 Nascar at FR race thread!

This Week - Sunday's Pepsi 500 at SoCal's Auto Club Speedway

August 31 , 2008



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Sprint Cup Pepsi 500 - 08|31|08 - ESPN Sun. 7pm ET /~/ Qualifying 08|29|08 - Speed - 630pm ET

Nationwide Series Camping World RV Service 300 - 08|30|08 - ESPN2 Sat. 945pm ET /~/ Qualifying 08|30|08 - Speed - 530pm ET

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California Speedway
Broadcast Schedule for the weekend series

California Speedway California Speedway has a history that you might expect a track just 50 miles from Hollywood to have.

The speedway sits on a 568-acre site that once hosted the first steel mill located west of the Rocky Mountains, Kaiser Steel Mill. The mill produced the steel that helped build the Liberty ships used by the Allies to win World War II.

Kaiser Steel went out of business in 1983. Following that, the site fell into such disrepair that it was used in the movie The Terminator to portray a post-Apocalyptic world where men and machines battled each other for supremacy and survival.

Penske Motorsports Inc. purchased the land and completed the track in 1997. The first race held on the track was a Winston West Series race won by Ken Schrader on June 21, 1997. Later that day, Mark Martin won an International Race of Champions event at the new facility. Jeff Gordon won the track's first Cup race the following day.

California Speedway has also played host to races in the NASCAR Busch and Craftsman Truck Series, as well as events in the IndyCar Series and what is now the ChampCar World Series on its oval and road racing and motorcycle events on its road courses.

In 1999, Penske Motorsports Inc. merged with International Speedway Corporation, bringing California Speedway into the ISC family of tracks. Beginning in 2004, California Speedway's two-mile oval became the host of two NASCAR Cup Series races each year, adding a Labor Day weekend event to is roster of activities.

Track Facts
Banking/Turns: 14 degrees
Distance: 2.0 miles
Shape: D-shaped Oval

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The FR Canteen

24 X 7

[NormsRevenge]

FRFLers ..--.. Deadline to select or edit your drivers is Aug 29 2:00am PDT

[NormsRevenge]

Labor Day at Fontana, weather looks to be in the upper 80s,, Pepsi 500 Ping.

[flutters]

Wishing all of you a great Labor Day.

Go 17!

[TexasCajun]

How much was Crybaby Busch fined for last week's attack on Cousin Carl?

What a brat! ..ok for him to move people out of the way, but no one else.

[NormsRevenge]

Busch, Edwards placed on probation for Bristol antics

http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headlines/cup/08/27/cedwards.kybusch.probation.bristol/index.html

NASCAR announced on Wednesday that it has placed Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards on probation for the next six races in the Sprint Cup Series, as a result of their on-track incident Saturday night at the conclusion of the race at Bristol.

Busch and Edwards violated Section 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing; hitting another competitor’s car after the race had concluded) of the 2008 NASCAR rule book.

The probation takes effect beginning with this weekend’s event at Fontana, Calif.

Executing an adroit bump and run on Lap 470, Edwards passed for the lead and pulled away over the final 30 laps, winning by 1.969 seconds over Busch.

[NormsRevenge]

Nascar needs to be real careful with its image, yaknow... bunch of weinies.. lol.

They only gave out probation.

[NormsRevenge]

Done proper way, nothing wrong with bump-and-run

http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/opinion/08/27/dcaraviello.cedwards.kybusch.bump.n.run/index.html

What’s with all the fuss?

You’d think that Carl Edwards had taken a tire iron to Kyle Busch’s front bumper, or keyed the side of his No. 18 Toyota. You’d think he had done something dastardly, the equivalent of beaning a batter in the helmet or hitting a quarterback after the whistle. Busch was upset. Busch’s fans were upset. Some of Edwards’ fans were embarrassed. There was talk of payback, and warnings that you reap what you sow. It was as if an episode of The Sopranos had unfolded at Bristol Motor Speedway, and everyone had a vendetta they wanted to unleash on somebody else.

And over what, exactly? A completely legal and expertly executed move on the racetrack, that’s what. Every time somebody wins using the bump-and-run, there’s an uproar. Drivers get angry. Fans get angry. Harsh words, old memories and veiled threats are bandied about. Amid all the noise and recrimination, nobody seems willing to appreciate the move for what it is — a fundamental tactic of short-track racing that, when done correctly, is as devastatingly effective as the deep post route or the 3-point shot.

Enough of the outrage already. Jeff Gordon did it to beat Rusty Wallace, Dale Earnhardt did it to beat Terry Labonte, Jeremy Mayfield did it to beat Earnhardt, and list goes on and on and on. Over the years we’ve seen different incarnations, like Busch banging the back of Jimmie Johnson’s car on the restart before his shootout victory in July at Chicagoland, or Gordon giving Johnson a few good shots in his unsuccessful attempt to get by at Martinsville last year. It’s not cheating, it’s not dirty, it’s not out of line. It’s more difficult than it used to be, given the matched bumpers on the new car. And it’s a completely legal way to win a race, despite the fact that it’s been bastardized by unwritten rules and partisanship.

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[NormsRevenge]

Logano officially named to replace Stewart in No. 20
http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headlines/cup/08/25/jlogano.jgibbs.20.car/index.html

NASCAR changes format of Shootout at Daytona
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080826/SPORTS/808269995/-1/RSS04

[NormsRevenge]

Radical new look in works for Cup testing in 2009
http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headlines/cup/08/25/cup.testing.landscape.2009/index.html

[TexasCajun]

Probation is ok.

Now we have White-Hat Carl & Black-Hat Kyle.

I'm rooting for the Good-Guy!

[TexasCajun]

Busch was upset. Busch’s fans were upset

All two of them. :)

[tubebender]

You’re on a roll Norm. Keep it up...

[B4Ranch]

I think the bunch of weinies is in the announcers booth. They make such a fuss everytime someone bumps another driver, you’d think it was a cardinal sin.

Actually, I am prejudiced against the 2nd half of the season announcers. I don’t like any of them.

[B Knotts]

The whole thing was pretty silly. Kyle seems to think he’s the one guy who can’t be bumped. But he found out different, I reckon.

[MountainDad]

#8

Very well put!

[NormsRevenge]

You’re on a roll Norm. Keep it up...

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Thanks,
A California Roll. :-)

[TexasCajun]

I only remember one driver rubb'n & fussing AFTER the checkered flag.

During the race, if you're not rubb'n you're not race'n.

Rowdy's nickname should be Crybaby.

[NormsRevenge]

I hear ya ,, this split coverage from here to mauna loa is not all its cracked up to be.

Loyalty to anyone or anything is out the window. It’s all about the buck.

Remember, Change is good. ;-)

part of the reason I posted the article links ,, more Change ahead.

[NormsRevenge]

Yup, when I read that, had to post it.

Bumping is nothing new... Heck, these guys are racing in tanks out there as is.