yawwwn.. the music is attrocious and the sound as well.. just race..
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and now , the All-Star Lap by Lap
Lap-by-Lap: Sprint All-Star Race
http://www.nascar.com/lap-by-lap/120519/allstarlbl/index.html
8:41 p.m. ET — Driver introductions for the Sprint All-Star Race are lasting longer than the Showdown. Know what? That’s cool.
8:40 p.m. ET — David Ragan’s fan is ... happy?
8:39 p.m. ET — Matt Kenseth’s fan was totin’ a tire in his video.
8:37 p.m. ET — Three drivers in, and so far, Brad Keselowski’s fan video is the best.
8:34 p.m. ET — Driver introductions for the Sprint All-Star Race are starting. Each is being brought out with a video made by a fan.
8:19 p.m. ET — Bobby Labonte is the fan vote entrant. How cool for team owners Tad and Jodi Geschickter and Brad Daugherty!
8:16 p.m. ET — So ... Dale Earnhardt Jr. and AJ Allmendinger have made it into the main event. Now who’s going to get in on the fan vote?
12:03 p.m. ET — This year’s edition of the Sprint All-Star Race will consist of five segments for the first time in the history of the event. Four 20-lap sprints will set up a 10-lap finale. The winners of each of the first four segments will start first through fourth for the final dash for the cash, with the rest of the field determined by how they roll off pit road.
11:50 a.m. ET — Kyle Busch is on the pole for the Sprint All-Star Race after a three-lap qualifying effort Friday that included a mandatory pit stop. The 136.006 mph average for the trio of circuits put Busch atop the field, just ahead of Ryan Newman. Denny Hamlin will start third, followed by Greg Biffle and Kevin Harvick in the top five. Jimmie Johnson, Paul Menard, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and Regan Smith are sixth through 10th.
Three more entires will be added to the 20-car field following the Sprint Showdown and announcement of a fan vote. The first two finishers in the qualifying race make the move into the main event, while the top vote getter also transfer. If that driver finishes first or second, the final spot would go to the competitor with the next-highest total.
There’s a catch. The winner of the vote must finish on the lead lap in the Showdown with a car in race-ready condition.
9:04 p.m. ET — After the presentation of colors by the 14th Weather Squadron, US Air Force, Asheville, N.C., the invocation is given by Joe Gibbs. He looks familiar ...
8:59 p.m. ET — Five minutes to the start of the invocation and national anthem.
8:50 p.m. ET — Dale Earnhardt Jr. is being introduced. He doesn’t have a video. Dang. That would have been fun.
8:47 p.m. ET — Kevin Harvick’s video was the first to feature a kid. You gotta go with a kid, right?
8:44 p.m. ET — So far, Mark Martin’s crew is winning the battle of what they’re tossing out to the crowd. Most teams are throwing out hats, but Martin’s had him sign each one as he walked across the stage.
8:43 p.m. ET — Regan Smith’s fan sported what appeared to be an Alan Kulwicki crew shirt.
8:41 p.m. ET — Driver introductions for the Sprint All-Star Race are lasting longer than the Showdown. Know what? That’s cool.
8:40 p.m. ET — David Ragan’s fan is ... happy?
8:39 p.m. ET — Matt Kenseth’s fan was totin’ a tire in his video.
8:37 p.m. ET — Three drivers in, and so far, Brad Keselowski’s fan video is the best.
8:34 p.m. ET — Driver introductions for the Sprint All-Star Race are starting. Each is being brought out with a video made by a fan.