I hope everyone has a safe holiday!  Don’t forget the true meaning of
Christmas!  Remember those less fortunate than us and take time to make their
holidays, one for them to remember!  Diana

Just a quick update to pick up a couple things I missed. Regular update in a
day or so (I hope

Happy Holidays!
Bill

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12:00AM = 0000 hours = start of day
all entries are 30 minutes long unless otherwise indicated

TIME(Eastern, USA)    EVENT                                   NETWORK

               - FRIDAY –    12/24/99

2:00PM   WINSTON CUP, SAVE MART 350, SONOMA (T)  [3h]           ESPN2
         The Year In Racing (SpeedVision Challenge)  [1h]       SV
5:00PM   WINSTON CUP, PEPSI 400, BROOKLYN (T)  [3h]             ESPN2
7:00PM   MONSTER JAM I, HOUSTON (T)  [1h]                       TNN
8:00PM   MARK COLLIE CELEBRITY RACE (T)  [2h]                   FSS
         Lost Drive-In: Road Scholar  [2h]                      SV
         Ultimate Autos (Ferraris)  [1h]                        HIST
9:00PM   Victory Lane, 1979 Daytona 500  [2h]                   ESPNC
         Ultimate Autos (Rollers)  [1h]                         HIST
10:00PM  Ultimate Autos (Packard)  [1h]                         HIST
11:00PM  MONSTER JAM V, SAN ANTONIO (T)  [1h]                   TNN
         Ultimate Autos (Duesenberg)  [1h]                      HIST

               - SATURDAY –    12/25/99

12:00AM  Lost Drive-In: Road Scholar  [2h]                      SV
         Ultimate Autos (Ferraris)  [1h]                        HIST
1:00AM   Victory Lane, 1979 Daytona 500  [2h]                   ESPNC
         Ultimate Autos (Rollers)  [1h]                         HIST
2:00AM   Inside NASCAR w/Ned Jarrett & friends  [1h]            TNN
         Ultimate Autos (Packard)  [1h]                         HIST
3:00AM   Ultimate Autos (Duesenberg)  [1h]                      HIST
4:00AM   CRAFTSMAN TRUCK AWARDS BANQUET (T)  [1h]               ESPN2
5:00AM   Victory Lane, 1979 Daytona 500  [2h]                   ESPNC
11:00AM  WINSTON CUP, GOODY’S 500, BRISTOL (T)  [3h]            ESPN2
12:00PM  SCCA VALVOLINE RUNOFFS, DAY 1 (T)  [4h30m]             SV
1:30PM   Trucks w/Mel Fair & Stacey David                       TNN
2:00PM   WINSTON CUP, WINSTON 500, TALLADEGA (T)  [3h]          ESPN2
         Car & Driver Television w/Jim Scoutten                 TNN
2:30PM   My Classic Car w/Dennis Gage                           TNN
3:00PM   Horsepower TV w/Joe Elmore & Chuck Hanson              TNN
3:30PM   Shadetree Mechanic w/ Sam Memmolo & Dave Bowman        TNN
4:00PM   Inside NASCAR w/Ned Jarrett & friends  [1h]            TNN
4:30PM   SCCA VALVOLINE RUNOFFS, DAY 2 (T)  [4h]                SV
5:00PM   WINSTON CUP, NAPA 500, HAMPTON (T)  [3h30m]            ESPN2
8:30PM   SCCA VALVOLINE RUNOFFS, DAY 3 (T)  [4h30m]             SV

               - SUNDAY –    12/26/99

3:00AM   Lost Drive-In: Hot Rod Gang  [2h]                      SV
8:00AM   Raceline w/Joe Moore                                   HTS
9:00AM   Shadetree Mechanic w/ Sam Memmolo & Dave Bowman        TNN
9:30AM   Shadetree Mechanic w/ Sam Memmolo & Dave Bowman        TNN
10:00AM  Inside NASCAR w/Ned Jarrett & friends  [1h]            TNN
11:00AM  RaceDay w/Rick Benjamin (L)  [1h]                      TNN
12:00PM  NASCAR Garage w/Chris McClure & Leslie Gudel           TNN
12:30PM  Trucks w/Mel Fair & Stacey David                       TNN
1:00PM   Car & Driver Television w/Jim Scoutten                 TNN
1:30PM   My Classic Car w/Dennis Gage                           TNN
2:00PM   Horsepower TV w/Joe Elmore & Chuck Hanson              TNN
         GOODWOOD HISTORICS, RACE 2 (T)  [1h]                   SV
2:30PM   Shadetree Mechanic w/ Sam Memmolo & Dave Bowman        TNN
3:00PM   MONSTER JAM V, SAN ANTONIO (T)  [1h]                   TNN
         The Year In Racing (Formula Ford 2000)                 SV
4:00PM   NASCAR Garage w/Chris McClure & Leslie Gudel           TNN
         Speed Demons  [1h]                                     TLC
4:30PM   Trucks w/Mel Fair & Stacey David                       TNN
6:00PM   Thrills & Spills                                       ESPN
6:30PM   Thrills & Spills                                       ESPN
9:00PM   RPM 2Night                                             ESPN2
         Worst Drivers  [1h]                                    TLC
9:30PM   Street Rodder                                          ESPN2
10:00PM  BAJA 1000 (T)  [1h]                                    SV
11:00PM  My Classic Car w/Dennis Gage                           TNN
11:30PM  NASCAR Garage w/Chris McClure & Leslie Gudel           TNN

i am looking for a message board or a news group that i might be able to
sell my nascar stuff but not at an action . i am new to the internet and
not sure how to do it .my address is  frydwi…@webtv.net thanks for any
help you can give me. Dwight

Caught some of this show tonight for the first time.

Hated it.

I really don’t enjoy watching people’s equipment get torn to pieces.

The wrecks also meant nothing to me without a context to understand
them.  The only two that really interested me were the
Earnhardt/Labonte spinout at Bristol and the Erwin/Stewart spin at
Martinsburg (I was there).

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(T)=Taped  (L)=Live  (SD)=Same Day  (?)=beats me

12:00AM = 0000 hours = start of day
all entries are 30 minutes long unless otherwise indicated

TIME(Eastern, USA)    EVENT                                   NETWORK

               - SUNDAY –    12/26/99

11:30PM  NASCAR Garage w/Chris McClure & Leslie Gudel           TNN

               - MONDAY –    12/27/99

12:00AM  PENNZOIL WORLD OF OUTLAWS, LAS VEGAS (T)  [2h]         TNN
         RPM 2Night                                             ESPN2
         Very Best of the World’s Worst Drivers  [1h]           TLC
         U.S. Vintage Grand Prix (T)  [1h]                      SV
2:00AM   Car & Driver Television w/Jim Scoutten                 TNN
2:30AM   Horsepower TV w/Joe Elmore & Chuck Hanson              TNN
3:00AM   RPM 2Night                                             ESPN2
11:30AM  RPM 2Night                                             ESPN2
12:00PM  U.S. Vintage Grand Prix (T)  [1h]                      SV
1:00PM   WORLD FORD CHALLENGE, JOLIET (T)  [1h]                 SV
2:00PM   BAJA 1000 (T)  [1h]                                    SV
6:00PM   Street Rodder                                          ESPN2
6:30PM   Legends of the Road                                    ESPN2
7:00PM   Inside Winston Cup Racing w/Allen Bestwick (L)  [1h]   SV
8:00PM   24 Hours of Le Mans Highlights  [2h]                   SV
10:00PM  FIA, GT CHAMPIONSHIP, ZHUHAI (T)  [1h]                 SV

               - TUESDAY –    12/28/99

12:00AM  24 Hours of Le Mans Highlights  [2h]                   SV
2:00AM   FIA, GT CHAMPIONSHIP, ZHUHAI (T)  [1h]                 SV

               - WEDNESDAY –    12/29/99

2:30AM   Street Rodder                                          ESPN2
1:00PM   Formula 1 Highlights: Season  Review  [1h]         FSCN,FSOH
8:00PM   Extreme Machines  [1h]                                 TLC
11:00PM  Extreme Machines  [1h]                                 TLC

               - THURSDAY –    12/30/99

2:30PM   FORMULA OF THE AMERICAS, GUADALAJARA (T)               SV
3:30PM   High Octane                                            EMP
4:30PM   High Octane                     FSCN,FSOH,FSP,FSS,HTS,NESN
8:00PM   This Week In NASCAR (L)                                SV

               - FRIDAY –    12/31/99

5:30AM   High Octane                                            FSD
12:00PM  24 Hours of Le Mans Highlights  [2h]                   SV
2:00PM   FIA, GT CHAMPIONSHIP, ZHUHAI (T)  [1h]                 SV
1:00PM   High Octane                                            FSNY
7:00PM   MONSTER JAM II, HOUSTON (T)  [1h]                      TNN
8:00PM   OFF-ROAD RACING, TERRIBLE’S TOWN 250 (T)  [1h]         SV
11:00PM  MONSTER JAM XIX (T)  [1h]                              TNN
11:30PM  Autofest 2000, Moroso Park  [1h]                       SUN

               - SATURDAY –    1/1/00

12:00AM  OFF-ROAD RACING, TERRIBLE’S TOWN 250 (T)  [1h]         SV
2:00AM   Inside NASCAR w/Ned Jarrett & friends  [1h]            TNN
12:00PM  WRC, MONTE CARLO (T)                                   SV
12:30PM  WRC, SWEDEN (T)                                        SV
1:00PM   WRC, AFRICA (T)                                        SV
1:30PM   Trucks w/Mel Fair & Stacey David                       TNN
         WRC, PORTUGAL (T)                                      SV
2:00PM   Car & Driver Television w/Jim Scoutten                 TNN
         WRC, CATALUNYA (T)                                     SV
2:30PM   Shadetree Mechanic w/ Sam Memmolo & Dave Bowman        TNN
         WRC, CORSICA (T)                                       SV
3:00PM   Horsepower TV w/Joe Elmore & Chuck Hanson              TNN
         WRC, ARGENTINA (T)                                     SV
3:30PM   My Classic Car w/Dennis Gage                           TNN
         WRC, ATHENS (T)                                        SV
4:00PM   Inside NASCAR w/Ned Jarrett & friends  [1h]            TNN
         WRC, NEW ZEALAND (T)                                   SV
4:30PM   WRC, FINLAND (T)                                       SV
5:00PM   WRC, CHINA (T)                                         SV
5:30PM   WRC, SAN REMO (T)                                      SV
6:00PM   WRC, OZ (T)                                            SV
6:30PM   Thrills & Spills, 1997  [1h]                           ESPN2
         WRC, GREAT BRITAIN (T)                                 SV
7:30PM   Thrills & Spills, 1998  [1h]                           ESPN2
8:00PM   Year in Racing, SpeedVision GT World Championship [1h] SV
8:30PM   Thrills & Spills, 1999  part 1                         ESPN2
9:00PM   Thrills & Spills, 1999  part 2                         ESPN2
         Year in Racing, SpeedVision Touring World Champs. [1h] SV
10:00PM  FIA, GT CHAMPIONSHIP, ZHUHAI (T)  [1h]                 SV
11:00PM  Lost Drive-In: The Driver  [2h]                        SV

               - SUNDAY –    1/2/00

2:00AM   FIA, GT CHAMPIONSHIP, ZHUHAI (T)  [1h]                 SV
2:30AM   High Octane                                         FSD,MSG
3:00AM   Lost Drive-In: The Driver  [2h]                        SV
9:00AM   Shadetree Mechanic w/ Sam Memmolo & Dave Bowman        TNN
9:30AM   Shadetree Mechanic w/ Sam Memmolo & Dave Bowman        TNN
10:00AM  Inside NASCAR w/Ned Jarrett & friends  [1h]            TNN
11:00AM  RaceDay w/Rick Benjamin (L)  [1h]                      TNN
12:00PM  NASCAR Garage w/Chris McClure & Leslie Gudel           TNN
         Lost Drive-In: The Driver  [2h]                        SV
12:30PM  Trucks w/Mel Fair & Stacey David                       TNN
1:00PM   Car & Driver Television w/Jim Scoutten                 TNN
         CORR OFF-ROAD SERIES, CRANDON (T)  [1h]                ESPN2
1:30PM   My Classic Car w/Dennis Gage                           TNN
2:00PM   Horsepower TV w/Joe Elmore & Chuck Hanson              TNN
         OFF-ROAD RACING, TERRIBLE’S TOWN 250 (T)  [1h]         SV
2:30PM   Shadetree Mechanic w/ Sam Memmolo & Dave Bowman        TNN
3:00PM   Shadetree Mechanic w/ Sam Memmolo & Dave Bowman        TNN
         Extreme Machines  [1h]                                 TLC
3:30PM   Trucks w/Mel Fair & Stacey David                       TNN
4:00PM   MONSTER JAM II, HOUSTON (T)  [1h]                      TNN
6:00PM   Autofest 2000, Moroso Park  [1h]                       SUN
8:00PM   DODGE VINTAGE SPECIAL (T)  [1h]                        SV
9:30PM   RPM 2Night                                             ESPN2
10:00PM  BTCC, DONINGTON PARK, ROUND 1 (T)  [1h]                SV
11:30PM  Car & Driver Television w/Jim Scoutten                 TNN

                  ———-COMING EVENTS———-

BUSCH GN AWARDS BANQUET (T)           1/16     12:00PM          ESPN2
IRL, MICKYARD (L)                     1/29     12:00PM          ABC
GRAND-AM, ROLEX 24 HOUR START, DAYTONA (L) 2/5 12:30PM  [3h30m] ESPN2
GRAND-AM, ROLEX 24 HOUR FINISH, DAYTONA (L) 2/6 7:00AM  [6h30m] ESPN2
NHRA, AUTOZONE WINTERNATIONALS, POMONA2/6      tba              tba
WINSTON CUP, BUD SHOOTOUT, DAYTONA (L)2/13     12:00PM          CBS
NASCAR 2000: Families of NASCAR       2/13     4:00PM  [2h]     ESPN
WINSTON CUP, TWIN 125′S, DAYTONA (L)  2/17     12:30PM          CBS
Grand-Am, Rolex 24 Hour, Highlights   2/17     1:30PM  [1h30m]  ESPN
CRAFTSMAN TRUCK, DAYTONA (L)          2/18     tba              ESPN
BUSCH GN, DAYTONA (L)                 2/19     tba              tba
WINSTON CUP, DAYTONA 500 (L)          2/20     12:00PM          CBS

Abbreviations
A1TV     America One TV
A&E      Arts & Entertainment Network]
ABC      American Broadcasting
ABCW     American Broadcasting, USA left coast
ALMS     American Le Mans Series
AMC      American Movie Classics
ASTC     Australian Super Touring Car Series
CBCE     Canadian Broadcasting, East
CBCF     Canadian Broadcasting, French
CBCM     Canadian Broadcasting, Montreal
CBCW     Canadian Broadcasting, West
CBS      Columbia Broadcasting Something
ESPN     ESPN Sports Network
ESPN2    ESPN Sports Network 2 (aka “the deuce”)
ESPNC    ESPN Classic Network
ESPNPPV  ESPN Enterprises pay-per-view
FAM      The Family Channel
FOX      The Fox Network (note: NOT the same as Fox Sports)
FSBA     Fox Sports Bay Area
FSCH     Fox Sports Windy City
FSCN     Fox Sports Cincy
FSD      Fox Sports Detroit
FSM      Fox Sports Midwest
FS       Fox Sports
FSN*     multiple Fox Sports affiliates. Please check local listings
FSNE     Fox Sports New England
FSNW     Fox Sports Northwest
FSNY     Fox Sports New York
FSOH     Fox Sports Ohio
FSP      Fox Sports Pittsburg
FSRM     Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
FSS      Fox Sports South
FSSW     Fox Sports Southwest
FSW      Fox Sports West
FWOR     Fox Sports World
HBO      Home Box Office
HIST     The History Channel
HTS      Regional Sports Network (Baltimore & DC)
IMS      Indianaplis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana
IRP      Indianapolis Raceway Park in Clermont, Indiana
MAX      Cinemax
MPT      Maryland Public TV (producers of “MotorWeek”)
MSC      Midwest Sports Channel
MSG      Madison Square Garden
NBC      
NESN     New England Sports Network
SHOW     Showtime
SSNE     SSN Extra
SUN      Sunshine Network ( SE USA)
SV       SpeedVision
TBS      Ted & Jane’s "Super Station", Atlanta
TLC      The Learning Channel
TMC      The Movie Channel
TMS      Texas Motor Speedway
TNN      The Nashville Network (East & Central)
TNNW     The Nashville Network (Mountain & Pac.)
TNT      Ted & Jane’s other station
WoO      World of Outlaws

Did anyone have the opportunity to place any bets on DJ’s
championship? What were the odds going in last year ?

There is a site with the odds posted per race…can someone post it
please?

How about the fantasy leagues. Has anyone here won anything….besides
gloating/bragging rights ?

My mother gave me her hand-me-down January issue of "Inside NASCAR" to
read on the long drive home after Christmas and I found this, which I’ve
shortened to a *Reader’s Digest* condensed version:

Well Oiled….
Each track has its own recycling center, where the crewmen will go clean
auto parts, dispose of used lubricants, and toss used filters.  Saftey
Kleen, a company that makes its living recycling lubricants and hadling
materials that are best kept out of landfills, will typically leave a
race with 500 to 600 gallons of used oil.
—
Cindy Murray
Dallas, Texas
NASCAR, Crochet, Genealogy, and Girl Scouts
http://cindym3.home.mindspring.com

Just trying to generate some discussion, lest the list should die in the
off-season.  Had a thought.  Another list I belong to (not NASCAR
related) does a "Question of the Week" thing.  So here’s one unless
someone can think of something better:

What NASCAR related Christmas gifts did you give OR receive this year?

My answers:  I got some major computer upgrades that will allow me to
better surf for NASCAR and read the rasnm!  Oh, and my NASCAR Nut Mom
renewed my subscription to NASCAR Illustrated.  Santa gave my 6yo son a
Mark Martin comforter for his bedroom (thanks for the emails telling me
where to find one, and THANK YOU BIG TIME to Motorsports by MAIL for
getting it here in time for Christmas even though I waited to the last
minute to order it!).  My mom got my son the Darrell Waltrip KMART Leggo
car.  My sister bought my DH a new Rusty Wallace hat and t-shirt.  Oh,
and hubby painted me a lexan body for my HO slot car that was the DE #3
from last year’s Japanese race.
—
Cindy Murray
Dallas, Texas
NASCAR, Crochet, Genealogy, and Girl Scouts
http://cindym3.home.mindspring.com

Congratulations to Lamar Horton of Houston, Texas for winning this weeks
trivia contest!  Lamar’s prize and other opportunities for winning can
be seen at http://www.racefever2000.com.

This weeks contest was a little late being posted but there is still
time to join in for a chance to win.  Remember on Monday, January 3,
2000 we will not only announce the weekly winner but also the monthly
winner.  Monthly winners receive 2 tickets to the Touchstone 300 and
DieHard 500 in April at Talladega.

Visit http://www.racefever2000.com to enter.

Have a Happy New Year!

George
http://www.aidb.org
The Official Charity of the Talladega Superspeedway

P.S. A hearty thank you to the moderators of this newsgroup. It is nice
to read posts not filled with vulgarity.

6.1 – Why is rasnm moderated?

Even though all Big 8 Usenet newsgroups have a Charter, in an unmoderated
newsgroup there is no way to ensure that posts to the newsgroup abide by
the Charter. Everyone is on the "honor system". Unfortunately, that
oftentimes results in a newsgroup becoming a dumping ground for spam,
profanity, off-topic posts, and (in the case of rasn –
rec.autos.sport.nascar) flaming/bashing/personal attacks directed towards
other posters, race teams, drivers and/or their families as well as the
sport’s media.

rasnm (rec.autos.sport.nascar.moderated) was created to provide a forum
where all topics related to NASCAR (and stockcar racing in general) can be
discussed without these distractions. The tools exist to ensure that the
discussion remains civil and follows the rasnm Charter guidelines via a
team of human moderators and a robo-moderation software called S.T.U.M.P.  

6.2 – What does it mean, registration?

Before you are permitted to post to rasnm, you must register your agreement
with the moderators to abide by the rasnm Charter. This simply consists of
an e-mail to rasnm-m…@carracing.com in which you clearly state that you
have read the Charter and agree to abide by it. You also must list all
e-mail addresses from which you intend to post to rasnm. Please note that
any address you use to post to rasnm must be a respondable address,
although it may be munged to defeat the spambots. If munged though, it must
be decipherable by a human. For example, the address
jtmar…@spartanburg.net could be munged as: jtmartinNOS…@spartanburg.net

6.3 – What specifically is considered off-charter?

Per the charter, the following are unacceptable:

1) Bashing
2) Flames
3) Trolls
4) Commercial and Money-Making Posts
5) Profanity/Racial Slurs
6) Crossposts
7) Binaries
Posts without a respondable email address
9) Quotes of more than a few lines of copyrighted material

Also, if the post is not related to NASCAR, stockcar racing or rasner
activites, it is considered off-charter. However, it is impossible to
anticipate every attempt at finding a loophole in the charter. Therefore,
the spirit of all the rules should be followed as opposed to looking for
leaks and loopholes.

For more information about what is and what is not on-charter, please refer
to the Charter itself at http//rasnm.carracing.com

6.4 – So how does the rasnm moderation process work?

The first time you attempt to post to rasnm, the software recognizes that
you have not yet registered, and forwards your article to a moderator to
await your registration agreement. The software then e-mails you a copy of
the charter along with a registration form and a posting FAQ. Once you
register your agreement with the moderators to abide by the charter, the
article posted to rasnm and you are added to preapprove status. Once you
are placed on "preapprove" status you are essentially on the "honor system"
to abide by the Charter. The articles you submit to rasnm are posted
directly to the newsgroup without going through a human moderator for
approval. However, the robo-mod software does scan each article before
posting it to rasnm, looking for any keywords such as profanity. If a
keyword is found, it will forward your post to a moderator for approval.

There are two other categories that moderators use in upholding the
Charter: "hand-moderate" and "auto-reject". "Hand-moderate" status means
that every article you attempt to post is forwarded to a moderator for
approval. Posters who repeatedly violate the Charter guidelines may be
placed on "hand-moderate" status until such time as the moderation team
agrees that the poster should be returned to "preapprove" status.
"Auto-reject" status means that the software will bounce all attempts by
you to post to rasnm. This category is used in extreme cases where a poster
demonstrates that they have no intention of abiding by the rasnm Charter,
as well as for spammers and mail-bombers. "Auto-reject" requires a 2/3
majority vote of the moderation team before it can be imposed.

In addition to these tools, the moderators are also able to mark a specific
thread for "hand-moderate" status if the topic or tone of the thread has
become off-charter.

6.5 – So does this mean I will never see an off-topic or
off-Charter post on rasnm?

No, it does not mean that. Since 99.9% of the posters to rasnm are on
"preapprove" status, the moderators do not see their posts until it is on
the newsgroup. A poster on "preapprove" status could in fact begin to post
off-charter material to the newsgroup. If that happens though, the
moderators have the tools necessary to respond to these off-Charter
violations – by either e-mailing the poster, placing them on
"hand-moderate" status or placing them on "auto-reject" status.

6.6 – What do I do if I see an off-charter post on rasnm?

Nothing. Responding to off-charter posts is the job of the moderation team.
Responding to off-Charter posts with another post to rasnm serves only to
perpetuate the thread, so let the moderation team do their job. Also note
that the moderators do not normally respond publicly to off-charter posts,
preferring to work quietly behind the scenes to make rasnm a better
newsgroup for us all.

If however, you are concerned about a particular post or thread which
appears to you off-charter, then by all means voice your concerns to the
moderation team via e-mail at rasnm-m…@carrcaing.com Just realize that
they don’t need to get 50 e-mails telling them about a flame or spam post
that they would have already seen anyway.

6.7 – Do the moderators treat all participants on rasnm the
same?

Yes and no. The rasnm Charter requires that the moderators treat all
participants equally regardless of personal likes or dislikes, but it also
instructs the moderators to evaluate each situation individually when
responding to Charter violations.

What this means is that while two separate violations of the rasnm Charter
may *appear* to be the same type of violation, the past history of the
parties involved make each violation unique. Therefore the action taken by
the moderators is determined by what the situation warrants. For instance,
a violation of Charter by someone who has a history of abiding by the
Charter in their posts may be ignored the first time. However, the same
exact offense by someone who has repeatedly demonstrated their
unwillingness to abide by the charter may be dealt with more strongly.

6.8 – If I don’t agree with a moderator’s decision, what is my
recourse?

You may appeal decisions to the moderation team by emailing them at
rasnm-m…@carracing.com

6.9 – Who are the moderators?

The moderation team consists of:

Eric O. Troldahl – etr…@carracing.com
Bob Paxton – bpax…@carracing.com
Lisa A. Carbrey – lcarb…@carracing.com
John Martin – jtmar…@carracing.com
Martin Moleski – mole…@canisius.edu
Chris Watkins – C_Watk…@carracing.com

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The rest of the RASNM FAQ, which is more general about NASCAR and stock car
racing, is available on the web at http://rasnm.carracing.com.

The moderators and charter committee would like to thank carracing.com
(http://www.carracing.com) for the equipment and connectivity they provide
that runs this newsgroup.