Posted on 02/19/2008 8:55:10 PM PST by NormsRevenge
The 2008 Auto Club 500 weekend will mark the highly anticipated Southern California debut of the Car of Tomorrow and feature a special pre-race concert by blues-rock legends ZZ Top.
Actor And Comedian Brad Garrett To Serve As Grand Marshal For California Speedway's Auto Club 500
FRFL'rs --- Deadline to select or edit your drivers is Feb 22 2:00am PST
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Yes you’re right I just checked.
LOL. Sometimes it takes a long time to find a lost lug nut.
We had nothing but rain and thunder here at the house. My office had most of the windows blown out though. I work on the top floor of the 4 story bank building they were showing on a lot of the TV broadcasts. Luckily none of our equipment was damaged.
Yes, fX is a Fox channel.
WHAT?!?
We're not back on here!
They should be on at the top of the hour to say yay or nay.
MRN says 7mins to airtime
David Poole...
FONTANA, Calif. – This place just ain’t working.
A lot of good people have worked hard to make Auto Club Speedway something more than a giant waste of stock car racing’s time.
Bless their hearts, as we’d say in the South. But it’s time to give it up.
For each thing that went well for NASCAR during Speedweeks, about three have gone wrong here this weekend. The dénouement came Sunday evening when rain finally provided euthanasia to an Auto Club 500 that some of those competing in it said never should have started.
Here’s a quick summary.
It rained all morning. It stopped. NASCAR dried the track – well, at least most of it.
The race started.
Water started leaking through the track. A half-dozen or cars got wrecked, with one getting knocked upside down and another catching on fire.
The race got stopped.
People sawed grooves in the track.
The race resumed.
It rained some more. It stopped again. They raced a little while.
It got dark. It rained again. It stopped.
And then it rained again. The cars were brought to pit lane after 87 laps. It rained hard for about 20 minutes, and then to the horror of all that is right and holy, jet dryers were sent back onto the track.
The idea of resuming a race in the wee hours of the morning Eastern time is insane.
If, on the other hand, someone finally grew a brain, the race would be resumed Monday. That is unless locusts, frogs or rivers that turn to blood come along to further plague this God-forsaken place.
LOL AMEN!
I’m up and waiting. We skipped over to other garbage for the last hour or so but I was about to go home and go to bed when I checked the thread. Guess I’ll try to hang in for a few more minutes.
ROFL Ain’t that the truth?
Oh no midnight et............another hour. I’m done.
recap back on Fox.
Race announcement at 12(midnight)ET...rain has cleared the area....
Still waiting. Will restart at midnight/9 PT.
Yeah, this is getting downright stupid. Although, Fontana is the only big track I’ve seen a race. In fact, I got to see Dale sr. race there!!
Despite all the delays the Oscars will probably end after the NASCAR race.
I have work tomorrow.....later you all...
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