Posts Tagged ‘Lowe’s Motor Speedway’
Sunday, July 26th, 2009
*smooch*
won the Brickyard 400 at
Indy but that wasn’t the big story if you followed the crowds online. A late-race speeding ticket given to
Juan Pablo Montoya who had dominated the race up to that point ended his shot at a win.
That has a lot of people calling foul for some reason, including Kyle Petty. I don’t really see why though. Montoya was angry and swore he didn’t do it, but basically it’s his word versus two electronic scoring monitors. That wouldn’t overturn a speeding ticket in any court of law that I’m familiar with.
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Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, Casey Mears, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., David Reutimann, David Stremme, Denny Hamlin, Elliott Sadler, Greg Biffle, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, John Andretti, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway, Reed Sorenson, Richard Petty Motorsports, Ryan Newman, Scott Speed, Talladega Superspeedway, Texas Motor Speedway, Tony Stewart
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Monday, June 22nd, 2009
NASCAR's version of Fumé Blanc.
Kasey Kahne held off Tony Stewart to pick up an unexpected win at Infineon Raceway. How unexpected was it? It was Kahne’s first Top 10 at Sonoma, his first Top 20 at Sonoma, his first Top 10 at any road course in Cup Series and actually his first Top 10 at any road course at any level of NASCAR.
So, yeah, if you picked Kasey Kahne to win today, you either are crazy, clairvoyant or you couldn’t decide on a pick and you paid good money to hold a double-elimination tournament between 43 liquored-up lemurs and the lemur representing Kasey Kahne won.
I dunno. It’s late. Drunk lemurs are funny. No, I’m not drunk myself. Just tired.
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Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Bobby Labonte, Boris Said, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, Casey Mears, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., David Gilliland, David Ragan, David Reutimann, Daytona International Speedway, Denny Hamlin, Elliott Sadler, Greg Biffle, Infineon Raceway, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, John Andretti, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Marcos Ambrose, Mark Martin, Martinsville Speedway, Matt Kenseth, Max Papis, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Patrick Carpentier, Reed Sorenson, Richard Petty, Richard Petty Motorsports, Robby Gordon, Ron Fellows, Ryan Newman, Scott Speed, Tony Stewart, Watkins Glen International
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
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Tags: Carl Edwards, Casey Mears, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., David Reutimann, Denny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, Infineon Raceway, James Finch, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Marcos Ambrose, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Michigan International Speedway, Nationwide Series, Pocono Raceway, Richard Childress Racing, Ron Fellows, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Watkins Glen International
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Sunday, June 14th, 2009
Raise your hand if you're Ensure.
Nearly out of gas, Mark Martin won the LifeLock 400 at Michigan, making it to the end as other drivers fell away in the final laps. But Mark is hardly “running on empty,” picking up his third win over the age of 50, but unlike the song (back in ‘65, Mark was, well, seven, not seventeen), Mark seems to know exactly where he’s headed. Although the part about “I don’t know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels,” probably fits just fine.
We’ve joked about Martin in the past and about how he’s trying to be something of a second Harry Gant, but Martin looks to be serious about it. Gant had eight wins in his 50s and now Martin has three. The question we jokingly asked before, we ask once again more seriously: can Mark Martin beat Harry Gant’s record for wins over age 50?
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Tags: Bill Elliott, Brad Keselowski, Brian Vickers, Bristol Motor Speedway, Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., David Ragan, David Reutimann, David Stremme, Daytona International Speedway, Denny Hamlin, Elliott Sadler, Greg Biffle, Harry Gant, Hendrick Motorsports, Infineon Raceway, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, John Andretti, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Mark Martin, Martinsville Speedway, Matt Kenseth, Michigan International Speedway, Phoenix International Raceway, Richmond International Raceway, Robby Gordon, Roush Fenway Racing, Ryan Newman, Scott Speed, Talladega Superspeedway, Tony Stewart, Watkins Glen International
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Thursday, June 11th, 2009
Cause I'll be rockin this party eight days a week.
Sometimes I struggle with a tie-in for pick and preview posts, sometimes they just fall into my lap. NASCAR is at
Michigan International Speedway this weekend, which is in Brooklyn—albeit not one of the five boroughs, but what better way to present who I feel good about racing in Brooklyn than by being inspired by the rapsmiths who created the
seminal song about insomnious journey to a New York borough.
Thusly, we present our week’s Fantasy NASCAR picks: Beastie Boys Edition.
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Tags: Brian Vickers, Dale Earnhardt Jr., David Ragan, David Reutimann, Denny Hamlin, Dover International Speedway, Greg Biffle, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Michigan International Speedway, Paul Menard, Penske Racing, Pocono Raceway, Red Bull Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports, Roush Fenway Racing, Ryan Newman, Sam Hornish Jr., Tony Stewart
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Monday, June 8th, 2009
The best free-range links, hand-picked at the peak of freshness…usually.
- ESPN: Penske says he’s set with Dodge deal
A case where the headline really misses the boat in terms of what’s really going on. Roger Penske, soon to be a part-owner of Saturn (pending approval), said that he plans to stick with Dodge as a manufacturer for at least the three remaining years of his contract with them. People who read that might consider that a vote of confidence for Dodge, but it’s not. Three years from now, Penske will finally have his Renault-powered Saturn Aura being sold across the country and will be in a position with R&D to develop brand new engines for his team. He went on to say that the Saturn Aura is “tailor-made for NASCAR,” which is about as big a hint as I’ve ever seen as to what Penske’s aims are with Saturn and NASCAR.
- NASCAR.com: NASCAR files countersuit against driver Mayfield
You have have seen this already, it slipped by on Friday without my being able to mention it. However, NASCAR has gone ahead and filed a countersuit against Jeremy Mayfield. This is definitely a vindictive move. NASCAR can use this as leverage to keep Mayfield out of the sport almost as long as they want. They keep Mayfield’s money tied up in the courts sorting all this out for as long as his own suit against NASCAR remains active. If Mayfield’s suit gets settled, this will disappear.
- Jayski: Long speaks to Dave Despain on Wind Tunnel
Carl Long spoke to Dave Despain on Wind Tunnel about everything that’s been going on with him. Jayski has a transcript of the interview up.
- cawsnjaws: Commercial breakdown, driver focus, and links related to the 2009 Pocono 500
I don’t usually link to these things. If you’re interested in the serious commercial breakdown, you probably know about this. I only link to this for one reason, for people who were really holding FOX to the fire for all the commercial breaks. They haven’t posted data for Dover yet, but at Charlotte, commercials composed 24% of the lengthy broadcast (110 minutes in a 458-minute broadcast), yet for TNT’s first go at NASCAR coverage, commercials composed 28% of their broadcast (67 minutes in a 237-minute broadcast). I only mention this to point out that most people have been silent about the number of commercials for TNT’s coverage, which probably means that FOX’s coverage was fine in this specific regard.
Tags: Carl Long, Dover International Speedway, Jeremy Mayfield, Lowe's Motor Speedway, mini, Roger Penske
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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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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Good job, NASCAR. Bravo.
NASCAR has upheld the suspension of poor
Carl Long, whose only sin was buying a used engine that blew up on him at the Sprint Showdown at
Charlotte. Unfortunately for him, his day job is working for
Front Row Motorsports, so he’s going to be sitting at home for the next 12 races, but the suspension only applies for the Cup garage, so hopefully someone can give him a job, maybe in
Nationwide or something. Unfortunately for his crew chief, Charles Swing, who was fined $200,000, he’s got to pay that or he can’t come back at all. And if he can’t do it by the end of the year, NASCAR won’t give him a license for 2010.
So, good work NASCAR—way to keep vanquishing the hoi polloi.
UPDATE: NASCAR released a statement. It’s the usual dreck, but this quote stands out:
The Commission reaffirms that the race team is ultimately responsible for all components on the race car, including any supplied by third-party vendors.
They did not add “unless you’re Robby Gordon, if you were Robby Gordon, that’d be okay.”
ESPN: NASCAR upholds Long’s suspension
Tags: Carl Long, Front Row Motorsports, Lowe's Motor Speedway, mini, Nationwide Series, Robby Gordon
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
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Tags: Bill Elliott, Carl Edwards, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Kasey Kahne, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Milwaukee Mile, Pocono Raceway, Richard Petty, Trenton Speedway
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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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