NASCAR- Darlington Dodge Charger 500 (Happy Mothers Day to All Mothers)

Self/NASCAR ^ | 05/04/05 | ChefKeith/WCG/Jack(the office helper)/NASCAR

[ChefKeith]

Welcome to:

2005 NASCAR Dodge Charger 500

Dodge Charger 500 FOX Sat. 7:10 p.m.
Diamond Hill Plywood 200 FX Fri. 8 p.m.
Dodge Charger 500 Bud Pole qualifying SPEED Fri. 5:10 p.m.

All Times are ET

This Thread is Dedicated to:

Our Military all around the World

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And to All Mothers (thanks for putting up with us)

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Jr said that for the first time his Mother Brenda will be with him during driver introductions and giving the green flag command along with the other Mom's listed in the article.

Quote "She likes to stay out of the limelight but I told her I would try to get her a good starting position so she could be up front."

Darlington Raceway

Banking/Turns: 25° / 23° Distance: 1.366mi Shape: Oval

The Lady in Black is Back

[NYTexan]

Yep, i'm here.

I see he's running in the busch race too.

[ChefKeith]

I'm beat, gonna be heading off to bed here soon. Call me when You got time tommorrow night.

[steveegg]

DJ's baaaack!!!

In that case, allow me to make a special ping. Methinks the Big Brown Truck will stay in the hunt all year.

[steveegg]

The #18 or the #17 will win this weekend...

Wouldn't you know; I got both of them in the stables.

[steveegg]

A couple of quick tidbits from Jayski -

• Jimmie Johnson To Join Rumsfeld At Troop Support Concert.Lowe's Chevrolet driver Jimmie Johnson will join Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and country music stars Thursday afternoon at the Pentagon for the first "America Supports You" Salute to Our Military Men and Women concert. Johnson will be at Darlington Raceway preparing for Saturday night's NASCAR Nextel Cup race, but will join the Pentagon concert via satellite....
• #11 Rumors out again: (Denied by the team, but garage rumors have Scott Wimmer or Martin Truex Jr replacing Jason Leffler).
• Harvick in DC to give Driving tips: Washington, DC area residents have the unique opportunity to receive a driving lesson from Kevin Harvick, driver of the #29 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet Monte Carlo, when General Motors brings AutoShow in Motion to FedEx Field.... Kevin Harvick will appear on Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 11 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. AutoShow in Motion Public Days will be Thursday, May 12 to Sunday, May 15....

[beeler]

Haha! Now that's an idea.

[WestCoastGal]

We are lucky again this week to have practice before the league deadline. I'm kind of waiting to see how they do.

First practice is up on trackpass in about 45 minutes, weather permitting. I haven't looked at that yet or the garage cams.

[WestCoastGal]

Wimmer to the 11, what about his current ride? Are they giving it back to the Southern Burton?

Truex will not leave DEI unless Jr does.

[WestCoastGal]

Good Morning FRiend...

Here is the story of that accident, he will admit when he's at fault. That is one of the reasons I like him as a driver and is one of my favorites.

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But on Sunday at Las Vegas, Earnhardt ended the race on the wrecker's hook for the third time in the past eight races.

He didn't have the handling problems that plagued his No. 8 Chevrolet last year. Worse, only 12 laps into the event, he got into the back of Brian Vickers, triggering a four-car accident that also created victims out of Bobby Labonte and Ricky Rudd.

Earnhardt took the blame for the accident, saying he was surprised when he suddenly caught Vickers in Turn 1.

"[Vickers] had been on my ass for about three laps, so I was going to let him go, I just got into him," Earnhardt said. "I don't know what the hell happened over there.

"I went into the corner like I thought he should and he got into there a little easier than I expected. I got all over him. I apologized to him."

Vickers and Earnhardt had both qualified poorly Friday and were moving through the field when the wreck occurred.

"You know, we just got wrecked," Vickers said. "It's a shame. Junior apologized, which is good. Stuff happens and guys make mistakes."

LINK

[WestCoastGal]

lol

[countrydummy]

Hello!!!! LOL LOL Night's! Bobby!!!!!! lol

[WestCoastGal]

Weather does NOT look good today. They are trying to unload equipment and cars from the haulers now.

Tech aka $$$$ (penalty) area is here.

[Dad yer funny]

I luv this place

[Pete-R-Bilt]

looks like you lost a center command in the table somewhere...

[Dad yer funny]

so has it been resurfaced or sealed in 4yrs??

[AGreatPer]

Finally, racing on Mother's Day week-end. I always thought it was stupid to take this week off. If it were up to me I would make them race 48 weeks in a row and then a month off for vacation.

[steveegg]

The forecast doesn't look good until Saturday. Rain pretty much through late tomorrow evening, with temps holding right around 60. I'll have the Cup "rain-out" lineup shortly (and the Busch one a bit after that, if I can remember if it's the same as Cup's).

[WestCoastGal]

On the ground report from SC......



I'm in upstate SC and the weatherman says


that - rain today and tonight and tapering off in the morning. He says we might even see a little sunshine tomorrow afternoon in SC. AT the coast, it will still be cloudy. Darlington is about halfway between me in Spartanburg and the coast.

[AGreatPer]

Yes, that weather looks nasty until Saturday morning.

What is it with Kenseth this year? Luck? Crew? Him? Car?
It makes you nervous to pick him.

I pick 15th out of 16 in our $ league here this week and nobody will take him. Should I chance it?

[steveegg]

If qualifying for the Dodge Charger 500 is rained out, the 8 lucky dogs will be (in order):

Scott Wimmer (9 team attempts, 36th in owners' points)
Bobby Hamilton Jr (9 attempts, 37th in points)
Kevin Lepage (9 attempts, 38th in points)
Robby Gordon (9 attempts, 39th in points)
Hermie Sadler (9 attempts, 40th in points)
Stanton Barrett (9 attempts, 42nd in points)
Jeff Fuller (8 attempts)
Johnny Sauter (7 attempts)

Out because of a lack of attempts - Carl Long, Morgan Shepherd, Shane Hmiel, Kenny Wallace, Tony Raines, Greg Sacks.