** NASCAR 4/27 - Sunday on Fox - 1130am PT/230pm ET ** President Bush to visit California next week

NASCAR.com ^ | 4/26/03

[NormsRevenge]

Just a heads on tomorrow's Winston Cup race in California. Tune in and see all the flags!

Support Our Troops

God Bless America

California Speedway and the Auto Club 500

Sunday 4/27 on Fox 230 PM PT

EXTRA!! EXTRA!!

Bush to overnight on USS Abe Lincoln as it returns to California

CA: Bush coming to Santa Clara to give policy speech (Bay Area Alert)

California: Bush's Popularity, Davis' Woes Loosen (Democrat ) Party's Tight Grip on State

[NormsRevenge]

California Speedway and the Auto Club 500

Sunday 4/27 on Fox 230 PM PT

Situated on the site of the former Kaiser Steel mill approximately 40 miles east of Los Angeles, California Speedway is a great place to watch a race and experience the thrills of NASCAR. It is one of the premier auto racing venues in the country, hosting six major racing weekends, which includes the largest attended sporting event in the state.

Track Facts
Banking/Turns: 14 degrees
Distance: 2 miles
Shape: D-shaped oval

Pos.		Car		Driver		Make	Sponsor	Speed		Time	Behind
1	#1	Steve Park	Chevrolet	Pennzoil	186.838	38.536	Leader
2	#9	Bill Elliott	Dodge	Dodge Dealers	186.824	38.539	-0.003
3	#20	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Home Depot	186.732	38.558	-0.022
4	#12	Ryan Newman	Dodge	ALLTEL	186.649	38.575	-0.039
5	#38	Elliott Sadler	Ford	M&M's	186.393	38.628	-0.092
6	#01	Jerry Nadeau	Pontiac	U.S. Army	186.157	38.677	-0.141
7	#2	Rusty Wallace	Dodge	Miller Lite	185.830	38.745	-0.209
8	#8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Budweiser	185.706	38.771	-0.235
9	#25	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	UAW/Delphi	185.510	38.812	-0.276
10	#99	Jeff Burton	Ford	CITGO	185.414	38.832	-0.296
11	#19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge	Dodge Dealers	185.390	38.837	-0.301
12	#0	Jack Sprague*	Pontiac	NetZero	185.366	38.842	-0.306
13	#43	John Andretti	Dodge	Cheerios	185.362	38.843	-0.307
14	#24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	185.257	38.865	-0.329
15	#32	Ricky Craven	Pontiac	Tide	185.138	38.890	-0.354
16	#97	Kurt Busch	Ford	Rubbermaid	185.128	38.892	-0.356
17	#41	Casey Mears*	Dodge	Target	185.128	38.892	-0.356
18	#77	Dave Blaney	Ford	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	185.123	38.893	-0.357
19	#18	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	Interstate Batteries	185.109	38.896	-0.360
20	#48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	184.734	38.975	-0.439
21	#5	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	Kellogg's/got milk?	184.653	38.992	-0.456
22	#6	Mark Martin	Ford	Viagra	184.511	39.022	-0.486
23	#17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	DeWalt Power Tools	184.478	39.029	-0.493
24	#7	Jimmy Spencer	Dodge	Sirius Satellite Radio	184.469	39.031	-0.495
25	#42	Jamie McMurray*	Dodge	Havoline	184.393	39.047	-0.511
26	#31	Robby Gordon	Chevrolet	Cingular Wireless	184.148	39.099	-0.563
27	#15	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	NAPA Auto Parts	184.139	39.101	-0.565
28	#4	Mike Skinner	Pontiac	Kodak	183.795	39.174	-0.638
29	#16	Greg Biffle*	Ford	Grainger	183.786	39.176	-0.640
30	#40	Sterling Marlin	Dodge	Coors Light	183.669	39.201	-0.665
31	#23	Kenny Wallace	Dodge	Stacker 2	183.655	39.204	-0.668
32	#10	Johnny Benson	Pontiac	Valvoline	183.458	39.246	-0.710
33	#74	Tony Raines*	Chevrolet	Staff America	183.421	39.254	-0.718
34	#154	Todd Bodine	Ford	Army National Guard	183.127	39.317	-0.781
35	#21	Ricky Rudd	Ford	Motorcraft Quality Parts	182.992	39.346	-0.810
36	#45	Kyle Petty	Dodge	Georgia Pacific	182.992	39.346	-0.810
Provisional
37	#29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench Service	170.523	42.223	-3.687
38	#88	Dale Jarrett	Ford	UPS	182.690	39.411	-0.875
39	#22	Ward Burton	Dodge	Caterpillar	-	-	-
40	#30	Jeff Green	Chevrolet	America Online	182.570	39.437	-0.901
41	#49	Ken Schrader	Dodge	BAM Racing	182.274	39.501	-0.965
42	#14	Larry Foyt*	Dodge	Harrah's	181.520	39.665	-1.129
43	#37	Derrike Cope	Chevrolet	TBA	181.415	39.688	-1.152
Did not Qualify
44	#66	Hideo Fukuyama*	Ford	Kikkoman	177.458	40.573	-2.037
45	#183	Kerry Earnhardt	Chevrolet	Supercuts	181.772	39.610	-1.074

* Denotes Rookie

Some headlines and other stuff!

Bud Pole worth the wait for Park

Park defends himself against critics

Park captures first Bud Pole Award since 2000

Top runners take big qualifying hit at Fontana

[NormsRevenge]

Bush bashers will be black flagged and assessed a nice, slow drive down the pit lane penalty . ;-) Just kidding, folks. Keep it civil!

Weather looks good for both today's and tomorrows races.!

Let's Roll!!!

Will President Bush declare the war over in Iraq and that the war is now begun for California in 2004 8-?

[steveegg]

Unlike those East Coast races, I should be here for the entire race this time.

I hope the pole will do Park some good; the safest place to be is out front, after all.

[steveegg]

Bush bashers will be black flagged and assessed a nice, slow drive down the pit lane penalty . ;-) Just kidding, folks. Keep it civil!

I thought it was a stop-and-go, or a 1-lap penalty under yellow :-)

[NormsRevenge]

A pre-Sunday NASCAR week-end Ping and Heads Up!

[NormsRevenge]

NASCAR has almost as many books as does the Bible, let me check :-)

Which one would be a bigger penalty? the 1-lap under yellow or .. hmmm? Depends on the size of the track,, and who done it,;-)

NASCAR is political , after all, yaknow LOL

[lainie]

I will be there tomorrow. My first NASCAR race. I can't imagine what it's going to be like.

[lainie]

But it's not 2:30 PT, it 11:30 PT. (I hope, because otherwise I'm leaving at 6 a.m. for nothing.)

[NormsRevenge]

Have a blast and make sure to wave a flag at the cameras so we know it's you! ;-) There should only be about 200,000 or so there. and take ear plugs!!

PS ALL... The correct time for the race on FoX on Sunday is 1130 am PT 230 am ET. (I have asked the AM to correct title)

The Busch race is on Fox today at 1100 am PT 2 pm ET.

[lawdude]

No blacks?

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks. Got it! I am so bad sometimes.. :-) at proof reading , that is!

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks for all you do!!!

Who do you like tomorrow in the race?

[lainie]

I'll be on FRS channel 4 sub 19, or if that's too crowded 12 sub 15.


:)

[n1f2ns]

Just your first? Well you have to start sometime. You'll love it, the sport is exciting and the people are great. I myself will be at Richmond next week. Go DEI!

[NormsRevenge]

ARRGGHHH!!!

The Busch race is on Fox today at 1100 am PT 2 pm ET.

No IT's NOT!!!

Fox Busch race is at 1 PM PT 4 PM ET !!!

I am cone stold sober! Honest!

But not for long, at this rate! 8-)

[WestCoastGal]

I am soooo happy to see Steve Park on the pole!!! It's time for his luck to turn, I hope to see a top 5 finish for him. Both Jr and Mickey said prior to qualifying that Park had the best car I guess they were right but I wouldn't count either of them out. Also better watch out for the rocket man Ryan Newman.

[deport]

LOL.........

BUSCH @ 3pm CDT on Fox according to my tv listings

NASCAR practice @ 2pm CDT on Fox FX for one hour (taped)

[pnz1]

I like Ryan and Tony. But I was glad to see Steve get the pole.

[NormsRevenge]

Park wins pole

Me, too! He is truly a survivor on the NASCAR circuit.

Let's just hope rocket man Newman doesn't get launched again. :-)

[Sunshine55]

Thanks for the ping!