***NASCAR UAW-GM Quality 500 at Lowe's Speedway - Sat. Night Oct. 11 - NBC 4pm PT / 7pm ET***

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[NormsRevenge]

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NASCAR and the UAW-GM Quality 500

at Lowe's Motor Speedway

NBC at 4 pm PT / 7 pm ET on Saturday, October 11, 2003

Lowe's Motor Speedway

Built more than four decades ago, the largest sports facility in the Southeast has 167,000 permanent seats, including 121 executive suites, and capacity for nearly 50,000 more spectators in the infield area. Lowe's Motor Speedway was the first superspeedway to host night racing in 1992 and was the first sports facility in America to offer year-round living accommodations when it released 40 condominiums for sale high above Turn One in 1984.

Track Facts
Banking/Turns: 24 degrees
Distance: 1.5 mile
Shape: Quad-Oval

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[NormsRevenge]

Qualifying for the race is on the Speed Channel right now as I post this thread.

I will post the starting lineup shortly when qualifying is complete.

[Support Free Republic]

Hi mom!

[NormsRevenge]

A couple of stories ..

Ward out, Wimmer in #22 car as of Oct. 26
W. Burton signs to drive No. 0 Pontiac in 2004

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NASCAR pulls highest rating vs. NFL

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Earnhardt Jr. signs five-year deal with DEI

[Xthe17th]

NEWMAN CHEATS!!

[NormsRevenge]

Yaknow, I din't mean to steal yur thunder in my opening post. :-\ LOL

Thanks to your Mom, btw. She bakes some mean cookies.

We use 'em to make wedge adjustments on some of the cars at the racetrack. :-|

They ain't bad with a beer chaser, either. :-D

[NormsRevenge]

Newman does it again at Lowe's

8th Bud Pole of season.

[NormsRevenge]

Starting Lineup

Pos.	Car	Driver	Make	Sponsor	Speed	Time	Behind
1	#12	Ryan Newman	Dodge	ALLTEL	186.657	28.930	Leader
2	#24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	186.207	29.000	-0.070
3	#48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	185.497	29.111	-0.181
4	#9	Bill Elliott	Dodge	Dodge Dealers	185.173	29.162	-0.232
5	#4	Kevin Lepage	Pontiac	Kodak	184.900	29.205	-0.275
6	#20	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Home Depot	184.887	29.207	-0.277
7	#38	Elliott Sadler	Ford	M&M's	184.862	29.211	-0.281
8	#154	Todd Bodine	Ford	National Guard	184.767	29.226	-0.296
9	#29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench Service	184.748	29.229	-0.299
10	#01	Mike Skinner	Pontiac	U.S. Army	184.641	29.246	-0.316
11	#8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Budweiser	184.464	29.274	-0.344
12	#18	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	Interstate Batteries	184.464	29.274	-0.344
13	#32	Ricky Craven	Pontiac	Tide	184.307	29.299	-0.369
14	#2	Rusty Wallace	Dodge	Miller Lite	184.131	29.327	-0.397
15	#31	Robby Gordon	Chevrolet	Cingular Wireless	183.749	29.388	-0.458
16	#88	Dale Jarrett	Ford	UPS	183.742	29.389	-0.459
17	#97	Kurt Busch	Ford	Rubbermaid	183.517	29.425	-0.495
18	#23	Kenny Wallace	Dodge	Stacker 2	183.486	29.430	-0.500
19	#42	Jamie McMurray*	Dodge	Havoline	183.449	29.436	-0.506
20	#60	Brian Vickers	Chevrolet	Haas Automation	183.374	29.448	-0.518
21	#5	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	Kellogg's/got milk?	183.299	29.460	-0.530
22	#16	Greg Biffle*	Ford	Grainger	183.237	29.470	-0.540
23	#10	Johnny Benson	Pontiac	Valvoline	183.181	29.479	-0.549
24	#0	Jason Leffler	Pontiac	NetZero HiSpeed	183.175	29.480	-0.550
25	#7	Jimmy Spencer	Dodge	Sirius Satellite Radio	183.045	29.501	-0.571
26	#30	Steve Park	Chevrolet	America Online	182.970	29.513	-0.583
27	#6	Mark Martin	Ford	Viagra	182.908	29.523	-0.593
28	#41	Casey Mears*	Dodge	Target	182.890	29.526	-0.596
29	#17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	DeWalt Power Tools	182.877	29.528	-0.598
30	#15	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	NAPA Auto Parts	182.809	29.539	-0.609
31	#44	Christian Fittipaldi	Dodge	Bugles	182.735	29.551	-0.621
32	#19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge	Dodge Dealers	182.587	29.575	-0.645
33	#40	Sterling Marlin	Dodge	Coors Light	182.581	29.576	-0.646
34	#77	Dave Blaney	Ford	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	182.494	29.590	-0.660
35	#74	Tony Raines*	Chevrolet	Staff America	182.469	29.594	-0.664
36	#43	Jeff Green	Dodge	Cheerios	182.279	29.625	-0.695
Provisional
37	#99	Jeff Burton	Ford	CITGO	182.119	29.651	-0.721
38	#22	Ward Burton	Dodge	Caterpillar	181.318	29.782	-0.852
39	#21	Ricky Rudd	Ford	Motorcraft Quality Parts	181.117	29.815	-0.885
40	#25	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	UAW/Delphi	179.892	30.018	-1.088
41	#1	John Andretti	Chevrolet	Pennzoil	181.598	29.736	-0.806
42	#45	Kyle Petty	Dodge	Georgia Pacific	180.983	29.837	-0.907
43	#37	Derrike Cope	Chevrolet	TBA	180.439	29.927	-0.997
Did not Qualify
44	#49	Ken Schrader	Dodge	BAM Racing	181.690	29.721	-0.791
45	#02	Hermie Sadler	Chevrolet	Zapf Creation	181.360	29.775	-0.845
46	#14	Mark Green	Dodge	Harrah's	180.892	29.852	-0.922
47	#155	Jeff Fultz	Ford	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	179.886	30.019	-1.089

* Denotes Rookie

[NormsRevenge]

Don't Forget the Race is Saturday Night Ping

See ya here or there or somewhere. :-)

[NormsRevenge]

RocketMan won the Bud Pole again, his 8th pole this year, and he did it without stretching fuel mileage and he set a track record to boot. :-)

The car is a 3 year old ARCA car, btw. :-\

[GOPrincess]

I don't know much about NASCAR but Ward Burton is my son's favorite -- would Ward have the same CAT sponsor next year when he changes teams, or will that change too? Thanks --

[SelmaLee]

No, Caterpillar will stay with Bill Davis and be the sponsor for Scott Wimmer in the #22 car. Ward's sponsor will be Net Zero.

Too bad too, since my husband is also a fan of Ward and has a lot of CAT gear and diecasts. Oh well...

[WestCoastGal]

I can't believe I missed qualifying. : (

Go Ryan (Not a cheater) I have to give Jimmy Spencer credit. On one of the Speed Channel shows he said that he was tired of the drivers talking about each other like they do.

I personally call it whining when they lose.

[NormsRevenge]

I caught about the last half of qualifying, RocketMan looks tough.

[tubebender]

I missed the qualifying today because I was helping Arnold balance the budget. (I was at the local Indian casino losing money at the black jack tables)

Don't know what to think about Ward changing teams at this time...

[GOPrincess]

Thanks for the info. My son has been a construction nut since he was a toddler and he is crazy about all the CAT stuff. He will be really sorry Ward's no longer the CAT driver.

[Peace4EarthNow]

Thanks for the reminder!

I'm really looking forward to seeing that Victory Lap ceremony honoring Dale Earnhardt (& Jeff Gordon).

The black #3 car will be brought back out on the track again. Should be an emotional time.

[ChefKeith]

Thanks NR

I was going to go to this one but the damned gout has struck My right foot and can't make it so I will be here and glued to the tube.

[fnord]

I need to remember this time that the race is Saturday night :-)

I hope they change the scoring system next year ... 8 wins and 8 poles, and not much of a chance at the Cup, whattajoke.

[CAfraudPI]

Thanks for the ping...I can't wait...hopefully the 17 will faulter again.