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Posted on 01/31/2009 11:13:59 AM PST by WestCoastGal
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I like those, but must say, some are a tad weird. LOL
Bottom of the article. Jr. blasts NASCAR... Love it! ~ TAB
Earnhardt would also be happy if less were expected of drivers. Case in point. At a recent round-table discussion involving the track promoters of Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI), several stressed that they'd like to see drivers do more to help the fans and the tracks in order to sell more tickets at those facilities. Upon hearing that during a break in his commercial shoot, Earnhardt fired back with a message of his own.
"The race track owners want drivers to do more? Yeah, right. They need to go back to work," he said. "They forgot what it's like to sell tickets. That's their problem. They ain't had to sell tickets for a long time and none of them remember how or knew how or ever learned how. "They need to get back to working hard and doing their promotions and putting packages together for race fans. They don't want to cut the ticket price but they probably should and get these hotels to quit gouging these people. They can dump that responsibility on drivers all they want but the responsibility really lies in their hands to sell race tickets and they have to get creative in doing it. We already do a lot. We do [bleeping] plenty and they are full of [bleep]."
Earnhardt believes the risk versus reward for a driver offering his opinion often leads to ridicule. That is why some drivers don't open up to the fans and the media. "There are a lot of great guys in this sport," Earnhardt said. "We do what we do, man. We race as hard as we can race. I don't know what else we can do. I'm not going to be a part of no circus. I'm out there going to race and that is what we do. The cars drive the way they drive and we are driving them as hard as we can and get side-by-side and make it a show. We're driving our butts off.
"I've just got to get it done this year and make it happen" (No kidding, Jr’s gotta find some jump – TAB). If Earnhardt can make it happen on the track as easily as he makes it happen filming commercials, then he should have a very successful 2009 season.
FlAttorney’s FR “Straight Talk” Motor Racing Section
TAB
Wooeee, thank you very much.
I’m in (Jana’s Raiders) and you’ll be glad to have me as I used up all my luck last year (also my first year playing).
Ended up in the 93% bracket and after that I’ll probably stay where I’m at on the roster of players - at the bottom.
I’m ready, lets go!
NASCAR NEWS...Jeff Gordon fires his entire pit crew
This announcement followed Gordon’s decision to take advantage of the government’s scheme to employ inner-city youngsters.
The decision to hire them was brought about by a recent documentary on how unemployed youths from the inner-city were able to remove a set of wheels in less than 6 seconds without proper equipment, whereas Gordon’s existing crew could only do it in 8 seconds with millions of dollars worth of high tech equipment. It was thought to be an excellent and bold move by Gordon’s management team as most races are won or lost in the pits. However-Gordon got more than he bargained for!
At the crew’s first practice session, not only was the inexperienced crew able to change all 4 wheels in under 6 seconds, but within 12 seconds they had changed the paint scheme, altered the Vin and sold the car to Dale Jr. for 10 cases of Bud, a bag of weed, and some photos of Jeff Gordon’s wife in the shower.
Fine lookin’ lad.
I didn’t know FR had its own Yahoo league!
Is the Yahoo fantasy group open to all Freepers?
I would love to join.
Yes it’s open to everyone. :)
Did you get the number above and password?
Yes I have it.
Thanks WestCoastGal!
You’re welcome ~ good luck.
The “C” group is really lousy and tough this year. :)
SCHEDULE OF RACES AND PRACTICE LEADING UP TO 500
Thursday February 5th
At 7:30 a.m. sharp the gates will swing open wide and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series haulers will enter the infield Daytona International Speedway. And there begins the start of the 2009 NASCAR season.
At 9 a.m. the garage opens and inspection begins for cars in the Budweiser Shootout.
At 7 p.m. on the Speed Stage outside of Turn Four drivers in the Budweiser shootout will draw for starting positions.
Friday February 6th
At 7 a.m. inspection will begin for Daytona 500 cars.
Friday morning at 9:30 a.m. spotters will gather in the Daytona media center for the mandatory spotter’s meeting
Also at 9:30 a.m. a drawing will be held for qualifying order for the Daytona 500.
Friday afternoon at 4:15 p.m. the Budweiser shootout cars will take to the track for 45 minutes of practice. Then again at 6:30 p.m. cars will be on the track for one hour of final practice for the Budweiser Shootout.
Saturday February 7th
At 10:30 a.m. Sprint Cars will be on the track for a two-hour practice.
At 1:30 p.m. a second practice will begin for Sprint Cup cars for 90 minutes.
The driver and Crew Chief meeting for the Budweiser Shootout will begin at 6:30 p.m. In the media center.
Driver introductions for the Budweiser Shootout begin at 7:50 p.m.
The green flag goes in the air for the Budweiser Shootout at 8:10 p.m.
Sunday February 8th
Daytona 500 qualifying begins at 1:10 p.m. each driver will be given two lap and the top two qualifiers will be locked in for the front row.
Wednesday February 11th
Sprint cup practice from 11 a.m. until 11:55 a.m.
2:00 p.m. until 2:50 p.m. final practice before the Gatorade Dual 150s.
Thursday February 12
Driver introductions for the Gatorade duels begins at 1:40 p.m.
At 2 p.m. the first of two Gatorade 150 mi. qualifying races begins.
Friday February 13th
A one-hour Sprint cup practice begins at 1:40 p.m.
NASCAR on FOX 2009 Schedule
Date Track Event Time
Sat. Feb. 7 Daytona Int’l Speedway Budweiser Shootout 8:00 PM
Sun. Feb. 8 Daytona Int’l Speedway Daytona 500 Qualifying 1:00 PM
Sun. Feb. 15 Daytona Int’l Speedway Daytona 500 2:00 PM
Sat. Feb. 21 California Speedway NASCAR Truck Series 3:00 PM
Sun. Feb. 22 California Speedway NASCAR Racing from Fontana 5:00 PM
Sun. March 1 Las Vegas Motor Speedway NASCAR Racing from Las Vegas 3:30 PM
Sun. March 8 Atlanta Motor Speedway NASCAR Racing from Atlanta 1:30 PM
Sun. March 22 Bristol Motor Speedway NASCAR Racing from Bristol 1:30 PM
Sat. March 28 Martinsville Speedway NASCAR Truck Series 2:00 PM
Sun. March 29 Martinsville Speedway NASCAR Racing from Martinsville 1:30 PM
Sun. April 5 Texas Motor Speedway NASCAR Racing from Fort Worth 1:30 PM
Sat. April 18 Phoenix Int’l Speedway NASCAR Racing from Phoenix 8:00 PM
Sun. April 26 Talladega Superspeedway NASCAR Racing from Talladega 1:00 PM
Sat. May 2 Richmond Int’l Raceway NASCAR Racing from Richmond 7:00 PM
Sat. May 9 Darlington Raceway NASCAR Racing from Darlington 7:00 PM
Sun. May 24 Lowe’s Motor Speedway NASCAR Racing from Charlotte 5:00 PM
Sun. May 31 Dover Int’l Speedway NASCAR Racing from Dover 1:30 PM
Thank you for the info.
Sounds like you will be busy at the various race venues. :) Wish I could meet you all at Dega.
Have you seen the NHRA website with John Force walking into the screen?
There will be a pop quiz later. :)
NASCAR - Sprint Cup - Budweiser Shootout at Daytona Preview
Date: Saturday, February 7th
Start Time: 8:30 p.m. (et)[So far everyone has a different start time.]
Site: Daytona International Speedway; Daytona Beach, Florida
Track: 2.5-mile tri-oval speedway
Laps: 75 (25 laps in 1st segment; 50 laps in 2nd segment)
Miles: 187.5
Capacity: 168,000
Total purse: $1,217,154 (2008 figures)
Payouts: 1st Place - $215,000; 2nd Place - $115,000; 3rd Place - $64,500
Year: 31st
On TV: FOX
Announcers:
On Radio: MRN/SIRIUS Satellite
Race record:
Qualifying record:
2008 Finish
Defending champion: Dale Earnhardt Jr
Runner up: Tony Stewart
Pole winner: Kurt Busch
Top 10:
. (Start: )
1. Dale Earnhardt Jr (7)
2. Tony Stewart (10)
3. Jimmie Johnson (18)
4. Jeff Gordon (22)
5. Reed Sorenson (6)
6. Casey Mears (24)
7. Dave Blaney (19)
8. Mark Martin (2)
9. Denny Hamlin (12)
10. Kasey Kahne (8)
I was just reading about this somewhere else.
Very fuzzy stuff going on. They must be using 0bama’s election rules for radicals andhow to win at any cost.+.
Mayfield was given the car number from Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, but he did not get the owner points that will put him in the top 35 that are guaranteed a starting position.
The owner points for the 41 have been shifted to Brad Keselowski in the 09 owned by Phoenix Racing. Keselowski is slated to drive 10 races for Phoenix Racing and seven in a fifth car at Hendrick Motorsports.
http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cup/news/story?id=3881103
Also.....
#09. BRAD KESELOWSKI-STERLING MARLIN-MIKE BLISS- KEN SCHRADER. MICCOSUKEE INDIAN GAMING CHEVROLET AND DODGE. PHOENIX RACING.
James Finch, owner of Phoenix Racing, is planning on running the entire 2009 Sprint Cup schedule with a variety of drivers in both Chevrolets and Dodges. For at least ten races this operation will be a driver development program for Brad Keselowski the young Hendrick Motorsports protege who drives Dale Earnhardt Jr’s Nationwide Series car. Because of Keselowski’s contractual affiliation with Hendrick, Phoenix Racing will have to field Chevrolets for those ten races. The remainder of the season will have the team fielding a Dodge with veteran drivers Mike Bliss, Sterling Marlin and Ken Schrader.
The gray area here is sponsorship. Miccosukee Indian Gaming, Finch’s long time sponsor on his Nationwide Series team, has committed to covering the cost of ten Sprint Cup races. Sponsorship for the remaining 26 events on the schedule is very much in the air with time running out.
http://www.whowon.com/sresults.asp?SanctionID=230&StoryID=264550
AND>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Nascar no longer allows an owner to “buy points”. there must be some kind of “ownership” in order for the points to be transferred per Jayski
” NASCAR does not allow a team to sell points outright but generally will approve offseason transfers as long as the original owner has some sort of ownership stake in the car going forward.”
Somebody is gonna have to ‘splain this a little better.
Maybe it is Omamanomics.
Stories and recipes from Dale Earnhardt’s mother and Jeff Gordon’s mother.
“It’s a good combination between Martha and myself,” Carol
In the book, Martha mentions her husband, Ralph, liked his pound cake to be “sad” or flat and would stomp around the kitchen to make the cake fall.
“The first time I made a Sun Drop Pound Cake after Ralph died, it went flat. There was not another soul in the house when I put that cake in the oven, but it did not rise; it fell flat as a platter. Sad,” she writes.
“I’d made that cake so many times I figured this was just a fluke. I tried it again one day and darn if the same thing didn’t happen again. It was weird.”
Finally, she told herself, “I’ll try it just one more time; if this one falls, I ain’t never going to try to make one again.”
After she put the cake in the oven, she said aloud, “OK, Ralph, stay out of my kitchen while this cake is baking.”
This time the cake didn’t fall, and Martha was satisfied though somewhat mystified: “I don’t believe in ghosts, and I never saw Ralph. But I’ve never had a cake fall again.”
Secret Cake
Makes 1 sheet cake. “As bullheaded as Dale (Sr., left) could be, he was also that tender-hearted,” Martha Earnhardt writes in “Pit Stop in a Southern Kitchen: Two Moms of Racing Legends ServeUup Stories and Recipes” (Revell, $19.99). “My Secret Cake was one of his favorite desserts. You put the icing on it while everything’s hot. The ‘secret’ is that it gets better and moister each day. This is also called 30 Minute Sheet Cake.”
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1 cup margarine
2/3 cup shortening
1 cup water
3 1/2 tsp. cocoa
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 tsp. salt
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. baking soda
Heat oven to 400 degrees. In mixing bowl, mix flour and sugar. In pan, heat margarine (2 sticks), shortening, water and cocoa and let come to boil. Let cool and pour over flour and sugar. Mix well. Add buttermilk, salt, eggs, vanilla and baking soda. Mix together and pour into 11x16x1-inch jelly roll pan. Bake for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, make Icing (recipe below). Pour over cake while hot.
Icing
1/3 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup margarine
3 1/2 Tbsp. cocoa
1 lb. powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup pecans
In pan, boil buttermilk, margarine, and cocoa until thickened, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and add sugar, vanilla and chopped pecans.
Sun Drop Pound Cake
Makes 1 cake. From “Pit Stop in a Southern Kitchen: Two Moms of Racing Legends Serve Up Stories and Recipes” (Revell, $19.99).
1 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup pure vegetable shortening
3 cups sugar
5 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
6 oz. Sun Drop citrus soda
1 tsp. lemon flavoring
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Icing
Heat oven to 325 degrees. In mixing bowl, cream softened butter or margarine (2 sticks) and shortening together; add sugar while mixing. Add eggs individually, combining well after each addition. Add flour and Sun Drop or other light citrus soda, alternating between them. Add lemon flavoring and vanilla extract. Mix well. Bake in greased and floured 10-cup Bundt pan for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare Icing (recipe below). When cake is done, cool in pan for 5 minutes, then turn out onto plate. Pour Icing over cake, as for glaze, while cake is hot.
Icing
2 Tbsp. butter
2 cups powdered sugar
2 oz. Sun Drop citrus soda
In pan over medium-low heat, heat butter until melted, then mix in powdered sugar along with Sun Drop.
Martha’s Potato Salad
Makes at least 10 generous servings. From “Pit Stop in a Southern Kitchen: Two Moms of Racing Legends Serve Up Stories and Recipes” (Revell, $19.99).
5 lbs. Idaho potatoes
5 hard-boiled eggs
1 medium onion
1 green pepper
1 cup bread-and-butter pickles
1 1/2 cups Miracle Whip salad dressing
2 Tbsp. mustard
1 Tbsp. pickle juice
In large pan, cook potatoes (washed, peeled, and cubed) in boiling water until done, then drain and run cold water over them. Set aside and let cool. In large baking pan (for ease in stirring) mix chopped hard-boiled eggs, diced onion, diced green pepper, diced bread-and-butter pickles, salad dressing, mustard and pickle juice. Pour in drained potatoes; mix well. Serve family style in large bowl.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Lifestyle/Food/entFOOD01020409.htm
Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. wrote the forewords for “Pit Stop in a Southern Kitchen,” and here’s a bit of each:
· Carol Gordon Bickford’s best dish, as far as Gordon is concerned is her lasagna. “Nobody makes lasagna like my mom . . . She claims it’s her secret ingredient. I wouldn’t know about that. What I can tell you is, it’s great.”
· Earnhardt refers to his grandmother Martha as Mamaw and says, “I don’t get to see Mamaw as often as I’d like because things are busy and I’m gone so much. But I know she’s always pulling for me on Sundays. So it’s cool that now I get to pull for her and see people come to appreciate her more when they read the stories in this book. I think she’s awesome, and I know you’ll think so, too.”
Mamaw Earnhardt broke her leg in a fall a few weeks ago, sending well wishes, prayers and hopes for a speedy recovery. It was reported that it will take some time to recover from this.
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