Nascar Sprint Cup - Auto Club 500 at California Speedway - Sunday 02-22-09 - Fox 5pm ET

Nascar.com ^ | 2/17/09

[NormsRevenge]

Race #2 from SoCal .. fingers crossed.

Bring your slickers and galoshies.

“House” Star Hugh Laurie is the Grand Marshal For Auto Club 500 At Auto Club Speedway On Feb. 22.

Pray for our troops in harm's way around the globe. God bless their families.

[NormsRevenge]

Welcome to the weekly Nascar at FR thread!

This Week - The Auto Club 500 at California Speedway

February 22, 2009



Click for Nascar race & news threads at FR

Sprint Cup --- Auto Club 500 - 02|22|09 - FOX Sun. 330pm ET /~/ Qualifying 02|20|09 630pm ET SPeed

Nationwide --- Stater Bros. 300 - 02|21|09 - ESPN2 Sat. 7pm ET /~/ Qualifying 02|21|09 1230pm ET SPeed

Trucks --- San Bernardino County 200 - 2|21|09 - FOX Sat. 3pm ET /~/ Qualifying 02|20|09 Sat. 430pm ET SPeed

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California Speedway
TUNE IN NASCAR Broadcast Schedule

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.





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

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The FR Canteen
24 by 7

[NormsRevenge]

Entertainment and more info here from http://www.autoclubspeedway.com/

http://www.autoclubspeedway.com/Articles/2009/02/FanZone-Entertainment.aspx

and a poll..

Who do you think will win the 2009 Auto Club 500?

Total Votes: 3671
16%

Carl Edwards
18%

Dale Earnhardt Jr.
21%

Jeff Gordon
21%

Jimmie Johnson
3%

Juan Pablo Montoya
21%

Other

[AGreatPer]

I love this track.

[NormsRevenge]

Think HaPPy Thoughts and Sunny Skies in SoCal Sunday .. Ping..

Race thread is up.

a brief note -

I’m gonna ask that we give peace a chance on this thread.

If ya want to smack someone down over , including drivers and fellow FReepers of any fan persuasion for whatever happens on the track or in the pits, take it offline or go take a walk, Please.

The loss of civility is not a pretty thing to watch , much less have recorded on the threads. That was never the intent of the threads from the gitgo.

Thanks.

[NormsRevenge]

It’s like racing on an airport runway, wider as all,get out .. just watch out for the hotdog wrappers.

[B Knotts]

just watch out for the hotdog wrappers.

And falling caution lights!

[NormsRevenge]

lol.. lucky no one got hurt.

[meandog]

I just hope Kyle and Kurt give to “Junior” what the Allison brothers gave to Cale back in 69. That wreck yesterday was intirely Junior’s fault and he needs his Earnhart kicked!

[tubebender]

Please... I haven’t drunken enough to fully recover from my League disasster Sunday

[NormsRevenge]

How’s your motor skill reaction time at 190 mph in a car that is built and drives like a tank? ;-)

[o_zarkman44]

Ping for the cali race! Will be off to mardi gras so I won’t be watching. But my driver roster has been updated.
Have fun! Go 99!

[cleveland gop]

Well said, my FRiend!!!!

Let’s get SOCAL dried out so we can have some racin’ and 4 rounds of golf in LA.

[McGruff]

I’ll be watching. Thanks for the ping. (and it was 1979)

[LasVegasMac]

Thanks, Norm!

gettin' closer to Vegas!

[NormsRevenge]

Time flies... and so do fists sometimes. Thanks!

We need rain here, it may be a touch and go weather scene ,, fire up the jet dryers (I just hope they aren’t banned to help prevent global warming).

[vox_freedom]

Thanks NR.

The least you can do is provide sunshine and a dry track. Come on...

[happydogx2]

Speaking of jet dryers my wife and I went to see the New Hampshire Sylvania 300 (fall ‘08) and it was pouring cats and dogs when we got to the track three hours before the race. When it was still raining 1 hour before the race I thought “no way”. Ha. Jet dryers are LOUD and EFFECTIVE! Btn 5 towed jet-dryers and the guys & gals w/the hand units working the “weepers” that race was ready to go. It was an impressive display or coordinated work...

[buffyt]

I think that is the track that we got to drive our Porsche on. We were there with the San Gabriel Valley Porsche club. It was FUN.

[buffyt]

We have been to the Houston Grand Prix and the Long Beach Grand Prix. I really like the DRIFTING cars. But it is all good. Speed is a blast! We got into Monte Carlo the day after the Grand Prix there in 1980! We want to go back and this time BE THERE FOR THE RACE!

[WSGilcrest]

I’ll try to behave this week. ;)