Posts Tagged ‘Darlington Raceway’
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
An all-new Saturday edition of NASCAR Link Roundup.
- Dustin Long: The $2.5 million mystery
No one has been saying how much the loss of support from GM means to the teams that run Chevys in NASCAR, but thanks to legal documents, we now know how much at least one team currently gets from General Motors. According to court documents, RCR was slated to receive $2.5 million from GM on June 15. Richard Childress didn’t have any comment about the payment, or whether he even received it, and we have no information about how what kind of duration that payment that would be for (one month, two months, four months, etc.), but it is an interesting nugget of information regarding just how much money comes from manufacturer support in NASCAR.
- Fast Machines: The empire strikes back - FIA to sue FOTA
The F1 mess we mentioned yesterday keeps getting messier. The FIA, Formula 1’s sanctioning body, is now suing FOTA, the breakaway group of teams. Driver Fernando Alonso melodramatically said that he feels “Formula One is dead.” Time will tell, but it isn’t looking good right now.
- ESPN/AP: Vickers edges Kyle Busch for pole
We mentioned this yesterday, but Scott Speed will sit in Joe Nemechek’s seat for Sunday’s race at Sonoma. This is the second time they’ve done this for a DNQ by Scott. They did the same thing at Darlington earlier this year. Someone asked why would Nemechek keep doing this? Money, of course. If Red Bull pays NEMCO enough money for his ride, Nemechek can race unsponsored another week.
- Jayski: New Ford engine?
Jayski points to an ESPN Insider (pay site) article about the new FR9 Ford engines that were announced before the season began. The theory is about who’s going to get it first. Ford was apparently considering the Wood Brothers, since they didn’t have Chase aspirations anyway, but now with Jamie McMurray and David Ragan on the outside looking in, they may be prime candidates now. Expect the new engine possibly in August.
Tags: Darlington Raceway, David Ragan, Formula 1, Infineon Raceway, Jamie McMurray, Joe Nemechek, mini, NEMCO Motorsports, Red Bull Racing, Richard Childress, Richard Childress Racing, Scott Speed, Wood Brothers Racing
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Don't nit-pick. I know it's a rack for cribbage, not eight-ball.
The Pocono 500 is at
Pocono Raceway this weekend, also known as the world’s largest eight-ball rack. I always loved how it’s called “eight ball” when there are 15 of them. And, yes, I know, it’s because the eight ball is to be dropped last, but it’s confusing how nine ball has nine balls and eight ball has, well, 15.
Look, I don’t know. What other random things can I use to talk about Pocono? It’s perfectly situated, equidistant between the edge of nowhere and the middle of nowhere. And I already burned through the only other Pocono idea I had for the preview post.
They can’t all be winners. And neither can the field. (Ha! Back to NASCAR! Nice save!)
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Tags: Atlanta Motor Speedway, Bill Elliott, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, Casey Mears, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Darlington Raceway, Denny Hamlin, Dover International Speedway, Greg Biffle, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Phoenix International Raceway, Pocono Raceway, Richard Childress Racing, Ryan Newman, Sam Hornish Jr., Talladega Superspeedway, Tony Stewart
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Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Of course I'm after your lucky charms! I need them more than you do!
Okay, I had a good run for a while, but I’ve been stinking things up recently. To be fair, you can’t pick who will benefit because of weather—it was more likely for you to win the lottery than it was for us to get the Top 10 last week.
So, I’m breaking out the rabbits feet, the four-to-seven-leaf clovers and my lucky underwear, to divine some positive mojo for my picks this week.
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Tags: Carl Edwards, Casey Mears, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Darlington Raceway, David Reutimann, Denny Hamlin, Dover International Speedway, Greg Biffle, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Nationwide Series, Phoenix International Raceway, Richard Childress Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart
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Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
Time for another radiant metaphor.
As promised, here are your fantasy NASCAR picks for Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte. This week, we hit the farm to untangle Charlotte’s Web.
Oh, crap, I already used that metaphor in a post title. Well, too late now. Gotta run with what I got, Wilbur.
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Tags: Bristol Motor Speedway, Carl Edwards, Casey Mears, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Darlington Raceway, Denny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, Jack Roush, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, Kasey Kahne, Katie Kenseth, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Marcos Ambrose, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Richard Childress Racing, Ryan Newman, Talladega Superspeedway, Tony Stewart
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Sunday, May 10th, 2009
Mark Martin is still chasing Harry Gant, just in a different way now.
Why let Harry Gant have all the fun in the Centrum Silver set? Harry Gant may have won eight Cup races after the age of 50, but Mark Martin seems determined to give him a run for his money. First he wins at Phoenix, then he signs for another year, and then he wins at Darlington.
And while Mark Martin winning the race is definitely the headline, there were quite a lot of other storylines from a wild race at Darlington.
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Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Bobby Labonte, Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Darlington Raceway, David Ragan, Daytona International Raceway, Denny Hamlin, Elliott Sadler, Greg Biffle, Harry Gant, Hendrick Motorsports, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joe Nemechek, Joey Logano, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr., Martinsville Speedway, Matt Kenseth, Michael Waltrip, Paul Menard, Phoenix International Raceway, Reed Sorenson, Ryan Newman, Scott Speed, Stewart-Haas Racing, Talladega Superspeedway, Tony Stewart, Watkins Glen International
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Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Mayfield didn't qualify for this weekend's race.
As we
just mentioned, NASCAR has suspended a Sprint Cup driver for violation of NASCAR’s substance abuse policy. It has been announced that it was
Jeremy Mayfield.
Tania Ganguli and
Dustin Long were the first to report this on Twitter. Mayfield will be suspended immediately and indefinitely. He did not qualify for this weekend’s race at
Darlington so he wasn’t in the field tonight anyway. Jeremy Mayfield is the first Sprint Cup driver to be suspended for violating the substance abuse policy. More details as we hear them.
UPDATE: Has been verified by NASCAR. Drug has not been identified and we do not know if it was an illicit substance or performance-enhancing of some variety. Was reported as not being alcohol. NASCAR was randomly selected to take the test of two samples. After the first sample failed, the second sample was run for verification and also failed. The suspension is for Mayfield as both driver and owner. Mayfield is not here this weekend as he did not qualify for Darlington. There is no appeal for this test.
UPDATE 2: Test was from Richmond. Final results arrived at noon today, which is why Mayfield was allowed to attempt to qualify this weekend. Tests were not based on suspicion, but were random tests. Mayfield can reapply to NASCAR to be reinstated, but this is done on a case-by-case basis. Remember, Shane Hmiel was reinstated twice. NASCAR’s policy is about abuse of any drug, even legal ones.
UPDATE 3: Worth noting that Mayfield Motorsports is co-owned by Mayfield and Gary Smith, Chairman and CEO of Big Red, Inc. Have heard no response from Mayfield or the team about this yet.
UPDATE 4: Tania Ganguli via Twitter has said that Mayfield said via press release that he thinks a combination of prescription and over the counter medicine reacted to cause him to test positive. Here is the release via the Orlando Sentinel.
Tags: Darlington Raceway, Jeremy Mayfield, mini, Richmond International Raceway, Shane Hmiel
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Saturday, May 9th, 2009
According to the Charlotte Observer and That’s Racin’, NASCAR has announced today that a Sprint Cup driver will be suspended immediately and indefinitely for a violation of NASCAR’s substance abuse policy. No driver has been named specifically yet and we are waiting for a press conference at Darlington Raceway in 30 minutes. I’m not going to speculate on this matter at all. As soon as we find out, we’ll pass on the information.
That’s Racin’: NASCAR suspends Sprint Cup driver under terms of drug policy
Tags: Darlington Raceway, mini
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
This won't work in NASCAR.
leads 143 of 152 laps at the Diamond Hill Plywood 200
Nationwide race at
Darlington, but ends up losing the race because of a flat tire right at the end.
Matt Kenseth ended up winning the race. The rest of the Top 10 were
Jason Leffler,
Carl Edwards,
Erik Darnell had a great run in fourth,
Justin Allgaier,
Ryan Newman,
Mike Bliss,
Jeff Burton,
Scott Wimmer and
Brian Vickers.
Kyle ended up finishing 16th.
NASCAR.com: Nationwide Race Leaderboard
Tags: Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, Darlington Raceway, Erik Darnell, Jason Leffler, Jeff Burton, Justin Allgaier, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Mike Bliss, mini, Nationwide Series, Ryan Newman, Scott Wimmer
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Kenseth's up and down season (literally, in some respects) is definitely up at the moment.
is your pole-winner at
Darlington in impressive fashion, setting a new track record of 179.514 mph.
Jeff Gordon will start 2nd and
Ryan Newman will start 3rd.
Sam Hornish, Jr. had a phenomenal run, qualifying 4th and
Joey Logano clearly learned something from his ridealong with
Cale Yarborough because he qualified 5th! The rest of the Top 10 include:
Jeff Burton,
Kasey Kahne,
Kurt Busch,
Carl Edwards and
Marcos Ambrose with a strong qualifying run in 10th.
Jimmie Johnson wrecked during his run and will start at the back in a backup car.
Jeremy Mayfield and
Scott Speed failed to make the field.
NASCAR.com Cup Qualifying Leaderboard
Tags: Cale Yarborough, Carl Edwards, Darlington Raceway, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jeremy Mayfield, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, Kasey Kahne, Kurt Busch, Marcos Ambrose, Matt Kenseth, mini, Ryan Newman, Sam Hornish Jr., Scott Speed
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Rain, rain, go away.
qualifying has been rained out for tonight’s Diamond Hill Plywood 200 at
Darlington Raceway. As such, the race starting order will be set by owners points. So, your pole sitter is once again
Kyle Busch with
Ryan Newman, who is driving that 33
KHI effort, on the outside of the front row. The rest of the top 10 will be:
Carl Edwards,
Joey Logano,
Erik Darnell (who will be in the car
David Ragan has been driving all year, that’s why he’s so high),
Matt Kenseth,
Jason Leffler,
Brad Keselowski,
Jeff Burton and
Brian Vickers.
Jayski.com: Diamond Hill Plywood 200 Starting Lineup
Tags: Brad Keselowski, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, Darlington Raceway, David Ragan, Erik Darnell, Jason Leffler, Jeff Burton, Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick Incorporated, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, mini, Nationwide Series, Ryan Newman
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