know this is reaching but…here goes…
If the season ended today(26 races) and they started "The Chase for the Championship" it is the top 10 or any driver within 400 pts. …
Well there are 36 drivers within 400 pts right now…wouldn’t that BLOW up in NASCAR’s face
Prior to this week, my rating was below 100. After yesterday’s race it is
now over 100. Do I have to swap drivers to get below 100 or can I get by
with the LOCKED rating?
Thanks in advance.
-Bill
I am visiting North Caroliner From England to see friends in may, and i am
hoping to the racing there can you help, is this Darlington Raceway. I was
at the tennese meeting last year " Just Awsome "
Here ya’ go Marty…..
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> No Beer For Clergy Race..This Time
> Summerville (South Carolina) Speedway will feature another clergy car
> race
> next month, but it won’t sell beer this time so local churchgoers feel
> comfortable at the track. Owner Charles Powell said beer sales
> "wouldn’t be
> practical" after meeting with local pastors planning "Godspeed Week"
> at the
> 6,500-seat, NASCAR- sanctioned track. However, fans will be able to
> bring
> coolers, and nobody will check what they’re drinking, Powell said.
> Ministers
> will race in the Faster Pastor 100, open only to ordained clergy who
> are not
> professional drivers.(Indy Star)(2-29-04)
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Random thoughts following an off weekend:
I’ve seen a bunch of F-15′s, F-16′s and F-18′s with the occasional
A-10 or B-2 do the flyover before a race.
However, I don’t ever recall seeing the Harrier jump jet. Has anyone
ever seen such a flyover? I’ve seen them perform at air shows and
they’re simply fascinating to watch.
A normal flyover is finished in just a few seconds. I was just
thinking it would be way too cool to see four Harriers come down the
front stretch low and slow in a line stretching from turn 4 to turn 1.
Let them hover there for a few seconds, then thunder off.
Now back to your regularly scheduled programming…..
looking for tickets and lodging for the spring richmond race, can anyone
help?
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I’m in a fun Fantasy league and don’t know who to start this week end. We
start 3 of our 4 drivers each week.
I have Tony Stewart who came from behind and finished 2nd in the 125
yesterday, I have Mark Martin who I think was 4th in the 125 and seems to be
happy with his car and usually can be counted on for a decent finish if he
doesn’t get caught up in a mess, I have Elliott Sadler who won one of the 125′s
and Greg Biffle who ran strong and then laid back in the 125 and is on the
pole. Greg has gotten around the Daytona track pretty well and won last July.
Tony hasn’t always had the best luck at Daytona…I wonder…maybe… Well,
you see the problem (I can’t spell perdicament).
Just wondered what some of you might think about this?
Best wishes AND pray for a safe race this week end, Jim P.
Wow…just saw JG took a provisional for the big race.
Isn’t this the first time he has taken a provisional in several years?
There was all that hype about the 500 being broadcast in HD but lately
nothing. Just curious who’s actually going to see it in HD. It doesn’t
look like any Dish Network or Direct TV viewers will get it and most OTA NBC
affiliates can’t relay it. So I’d like to know what percentage of people
that spent all that money on HD tvs are going to get a chance to see the
race in HD or even enhanced widescreen.
Walt