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Nascar Sprint Cup - Auto Club 500 at California Speedway - Monday 02-25-08 - Fox 1pm ET
Nascar.com ^ | 2/19/08

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


TOPICS: Extended News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: autoclub; california; nascar; nrnascarthread
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To: NormsRevenge
Thanks for the ping and for hosting this week's race.

41 posted on 02/20/2008 5:53:46 PM PST by vox_freedom
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To: guinnessman

Feel free to jump in whenever you wish.


42 posted on 02/20/2008 6:24:07 PM PST by SouthTexas (We are here.)
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To: tubebender; glock rocks

Good shot, too bad it doesn’t count.


43 posted on 02/20/2008 6:26:18 PM PST by SouthTexas (We are here.)
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To: vox_freedom

Not looking good for the race...Accuweather says 100% chance or rain. Looks like another race on Monday that I wont be able to watch :-(


44 posted on 02/20/2008 6:53:42 PM PST by shafnutz05 (A citizen of RED Pennsylvania)
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To: SouthTexas
What kind of camera did you use at Daytona and how do you combine the digital and zoom telephoto?
45 posted on 02/20/2008 7:06:31 PM PST by tubebender
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To: shafnutz05; NormsRevenge
Not looking good for the race...Accuweather says 100% chance or rain. Looks like another race on Monday that I wont be able to watch :-(

Al Gore and his global warming campaign is causing it.

46 posted on 02/20/2008 7:27:51 PM PST by vox_freedom
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To: tubebender
It's a Canon A630, 8 meg, 4 + 4 zoom. Combining the two zooms was just something I found playing with it. It uses the same lever as the normal zoom, just let go and hit it again and it will keep zooming. Maybe someone that actually understands it can 'splain it better. LOL

It is hard with that magnification unless the camera is fixed.

47 posted on 02/20/2008 7:33:28 PM PST by SouthTexas (We are here.)
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To: vox_freedom

He was busy down here today. Was further north and they go 1 1/2” in about two hours.


48 posted on 02/20/2008 7:35:19 PM PST by SouthTexas (We are here.)
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To: WestCoastGal

Ashley who? Say hello to Ingridby: David Newton
posted: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 | Print Entry

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So what’s next for Vandebosch? Perhaps a dress on pit road.

Gordon said his wife couldn’t help but notice that Ashley Judd, the movie star wife of rookie Dario Franchitti, was allowed to wear a dress in the garage during Sunday’s qualifying for the Daytona 500.

NASCAR has a rule restricting women from wearing tank tops, open-toed shoes and, until Judd, dresses.

“She likes to push the issue,” Gordon said of his wife. “She likes to push the issue on the shoulders. I got her past the open-toed shoes part. The skirts, she kind of gave up on all of it. Then she heard about Ashley and said, ‘Oh, I’m bringing the skirts back now.’ “

Gordon said he actually had a conversation with NASCAR on the issue a couple of years ago.

“They were bringing out the topic of do we need to be strict on this when it’s driver introduction,” he said. “I can understand if the engines are fired up and the cars are going down pit road and you’re on the box.

“But when you’re walking out there for qualifying or for driver introductions, is it really that big of a deal? I think it’s petty. The problem is they’ve been so strict on it — if they allow her to do it then they’re going to have to allow others to do it. Then if they don’t they’re going to have some issues.”

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3244660&name=nascar


49 posted on 02/21/2008 3:14:51 PM PST by WestCoastGal (I’ve got to get my dukes up. Be ready, I tell you. Got to watch those hands.” Jr........)
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To: WestCoastGal; Pete-R-Bilt
Getting closer! I think I'm going to haul butt home, collect the boy then to the track and greet them as they arrive. Nice way to start race weekend!

Hauler's on Parade!

50 posted on 02/21/2008 4:27:26 PM PST by LasVegasMac (Islam: Bringing the world death and destruction for 1400 years!)
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To: LasVegasMac

The article in the RJ said that the Speedway was paying for 30 some traffic cops to escort and that the traffic lights on the Las Vegas Blvd would be preempted for the parade...


51 posted on 02/21/2008 4:32:44 PM PST by LasVegasMac (Islam: Bringing the world death and destruction for 1400 years!)
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To: biff
I hear yer complaints about NASCAR. I sure miss the '65 to '75 era.

I attended the very first California 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway way back in '70. Indy cars -- Foyt, the Unser brothers, Rutherford, (Mario) Andretti, etc. Al (Sr.) had it won but stripped 3rd gear with a few laps to go and Jim McElreath went on to take the checkered. Blazing hot summer day in the "inland empire" -- triple digits.

52 posted on 02/21/2008 4:35:03 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: WestCoastGal; SouthTexas; All
My son clued me in to this one...

R GORDON FINED 100 POINTS CREW CHEIF SUSPENDED 6 RACES

53 posted on 02/21/2008 6:46:10 PM PST by tubebender
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To: tubebender

Total bunk. Let ‘em race!


54 posted on 02/21/2008 6:51:44 PM PST by SouthTexas (We are here.)
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To: SouthTexas

If I still had a $100,000,000 I would give it to Robby...


55 posted on 02/21/2008 6:55:36 PM PST by tubebender
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To: tubebender

Yeah, me too, but I spent it last weekend.


56 posted on 02/21/2008 7:03:19 PM PST by SouthTexas (We are here.)
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To: tubebender

Guess I better change my tagline.


57 posted on 02/21/2008 7:04:47 PM PST by SouthTexas (We are home.)
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To: LasVegasMac

Are you a week early for this parade?


58 posted on 02/21/2008 7:05:06 PM PST by tubebender
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To: SouthTexas
Yeah, me too, but I spent it last weekend.

Now that is damn funny!!! but true...

59 posted on 02/21/2008 7:08:17 PM PST by tubebender
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To: tubebender

More than you know! I’ll probably be on their mailing list next year. LOL


60 posted on 02/21/2008 7:11:39 PM PST by SouthTexas (We are home.)
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