Friday, February 27, 2015
44 Car Stolen Outside Hotel
Thursday, February 26, 2015
2015 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Weekend Schedule
1:00 PM - 2:25 PM NSCS Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 OPEN TEST (NO TV)
3:00 PM - 4:55 PM NSCS Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 OPEN TEST (NO TV)
Friday, February 27
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM, NXS Hisense 250 Practice, FS1
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM, NASCAR Race Hub, FS1
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, NXS Hisense 250 Final Practice, FS1
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM, NSCS Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Practice, FS1
2:30 PM - 5:30 PM, NCWTS Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 Final Practice, FS1
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, NSCS Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Qualifying, FS1
Saturday, February 28
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM, NXS Hisense 250 Qualifying, FS1
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM, NCWTS Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 Qualifying, FS1
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, NSCS Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Final Practice, FS1
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM, NXS RaceDay, FS1
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM, NXS Hisense 250 Race, FS1
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM, NCWTS SetUp, FS1
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, NCWTS Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 Race, FS1
Sunday, March 1
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, NASCAR RaceDay, FS1
12:30 PM - 5:00 PM , NSCS Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Race, FOX
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM, NASCAR Victory Lane, FS1
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
ISC to review safety at all facilities
Monday, February 23, 2015
Logano caps spectacular race with Daytona 500 victory
But the notation of that final caution does no justice to the memory of a race that produced some of the most scintillating restrictor-plate racing in the history of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
From a restart on Lap 182 of a scheduled 200, fans standing—not sitting—in a packed front grandstand were treated to 16 straight laps of close-quarters, three-wide racing that saw the lead change from one lap to the next, as one line or another would inch ahead. Indeed, NASCAR's loop data statistics said Sunday's race set a Daytona record for green flag passes (12,677 in all).
The final two-lap sprint, on the other hand, was no contest. Logano picked the outside lane for the restart on Lap 202 and surged ahead of second-place Jimmie Johnson when the bottom lane didn’t move as quickly as expected.
Kevin Harvick was second when NASCAR threw the final caution and froze the field. Defending race winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. charged from eighth to third before the yellow. Denny Hamlin ran fourth, followed by Johnson and Casey Mears.
But it was Logano who earned the trip Victory Lane, continuing unabated from a breakout 2014 season that saw him win five times in the Sprint Cup Series and qualify for the final round of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup before finishing fourth in the final standings.
If Logano streaked away on the final restart, it was Clint Bowyer who helped move him into position to win the race during the 16-lap green-flag run that preceded the sixth caution on Lap 198.
Logano could barely contain himself when recalling the action of the closing laps. With a shove from Bowyer, Logano took the lead from Jimmie Johnson on Lap 191 and held it until NASCAR called the caution for Justin Allgaier’s spin seven laps later.
"I keep looking at this trophy, and it’s amazing," Logano said after climbing from his No. 22 Team Penske Ford. "What a beauty. ... Now I lost my train of thought. I’m sorry. I’m so distracted right now.
"We got the push that got us out front and that was just Clint pushing hard. He wasn’t lifting before he got to my bumper, he was slamming into the back bumper and that is what we needed to get this Ford out front and here in Victory Lane."
Logano’s ninth win in the Cup series in all likelihood will mean a return trip to the Chase. It’s also the second victory for team owner Roger Penske in the Great American Race, the first coming in the 50th edition of the event in 2008, with driver Ryan Newman.
Logano’s victory also extended a remarkable four-race streak for Ford, which won the Rolex 24 Hours in January and swept the NASCAR weekend with triumphs in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series on Friday (Tyler Reddick) and NASCAR XFINITY Series on Saturday (Ryan Reed).
Earnhardt felt he had the strongest car in the field, but a mistake on the Lap 182 restart shuffled him from third all the way out of the top 15. For the balance of the race, the driver of the No. 88 Chevrolet fought his way back toward the front but wasn’t in position to make a play for the win at the end.
Earnhardt had planned to tuck in behind Johnson, his teammate, after the restart, but didn’t have room to make the move.
"Jimmie was on the quarter panel ... he was in a great spot on the guy in front of me," Earnhardt said. "And I thought if I could get in behind him, he was going to shoot past to the lead, I could tuck on the quarter panel a little bit as soon as I got on that right rear quarter panel.
"I didn't think they were that close on the outside line. I thought we had a couple car-lengths on the outside line, but they were right there. Just one of them moves. You make some good ones, you make some bad ones. I made a bad one too late."
Harvick, the defending series champion, was philosophical about the runner-up finish.
"Yeah, definitely, for us it was a good, solid day to start the season," Harvick said. "Obviously, you want to try to win the race. But sometimes you're just happy to keep rolling and going out of here and head to Atlanta (next Sunday) with a solid day.
"I thought we were going to have at least a chance, back up to the 88 there, come up to the 22 coming off of Turn 4. But in the end, that didn't all pan out with the caution. Still, a good weekend for us."
Polesitter Jeff Gordon, racing in the Daytona 500 for the last time, was a victim of the wreck that brought out the final caution. Gordon dominated early, leading a race-high 87 laps, but the late wreck dropped him to 33rd at the finish.
"This was an amazing week and an amazing day," Gordon said. "I’m just in a different place that is so foreign to me, but so incredible--to just be taking it all in and enjoying every moment.
"Yeah, right now I’m a little bit sad this is my final Daytona 500, but I’m more upset we didn’t have a shot at winning there at the end."(NASCAR Media)
Friday, February 20, 2015
Kurt Busch suspended by NASCAR
Kurt Busch has been suspended indefinitely, according to ESPN's Marty Smith and multiple reports. Earlier Friday it was ruled that Busch smashed his ex-girlfriend Patricia Driscoll's head against his motor home wall Sept. 26 at Dover International Speedway, according to the conclusions of a Kent County (Del.) family court commissioner who granted Driscoll's request for a protective order Monday. Busch was scheduled to race Sunday at Daytona International Speedway, where he was slated to start 24th in the Daytona 500, the sport's biggest event.(ESPN)
Daytona 500 Starting Lineup
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Daytona 500 Starting Lineup
Daytona International Speedway
Provided by NASCAR Statistics
REVISED
Daytona 500 Starting Lineup
Daytona International Speedway
Provided by NASCAR Statistics
REVISED
Starting Position | Car# | Driver | Sponsor / Manu | Qualifying Speed | Reason for making Daytona 500 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 24 | Jeff Gordon (PC7) | Drive to End Hunger Chevy | 201.293 | Pole |
2 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's Chevy | 201.135 | Outside Pole |
3 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Nationwide Chevy | 0.000 | Finished 1st in Duel 1 |
4 | 18 | Kyle Busch | M&M's Crispy Toyota | 201.216 | Finished 2nd in Duel 2 |
5 | 22 | Joey Logano | Shell Pennzoil Ford | 198.812 | Finished 3rd in Duel 1 |
6 | 19 | Carl Edwards | Arris Toyota | 202.315 | Finished 3rd in Duel 2 |
7 | 14 | Tony Stewart (PC4) | Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevy | 197.698 | Finished 4th in Duel 1 |
8 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ortho Ford | 199.075 | Finished 4th in Duel 2 |
9 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | 5-hour Energy Toyota | 194.995 | Finished 5th in Duel 1 |
10 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row/Visser Precision Chevy | 199.738 | Finished 5th in Duel 2 |
11 | 4 | Kevin Harvick (PC1) | Budweiser/Jimmy John's Chevy | 197.994 | Finished 6th in Duel 1 |
12 | 21 | Ryan Blaney(i) | Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford | 199.084 | Finished 6th in Duel 2 |
13 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Farmers Insurance Chevy | 200.691 | Finished 7th in Duel 1 |
14 | 44 | Reed Sorenson | Golden Corral Chevy | 194.978 | Finished 7th in Duel 2 |
15 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Cessna/McDonald's Chevy | 202.247 | Finished 8th in Duel 1 |
16 | 66 | Mike Wallace | Crazy Vapors/X8 Energy Gum Toyota | 192.509 | Finished 8th in Duel 2 |
17 | 40 | Landon Cassill | CarsForSale.com Chevy | 193.299 | Finished 9th in Duel 1 |
18 | 51 | Justin Allgaier | Brandt Chevy | 196.532 | Finished 9th in Duel 2 |
19 | 35 | Cole Whitt | Speed Stick Ford | 194.012 | Finished 10th in Duel 1 |
20 | 10 | Danica Patrick | GoDaddy Chevy | 197.959 | Finished 10th in Duel 2 |
21 | 27 | Paul Menard | Peak/Menards Chevy | 198.325 | Finished 11th in Duel 1 |
22 | 31 | Ryan Newman (E) | Caterpillar Chevy | 198.177 | Finished 11th in Duel 2 |
23 | 95 | Michael McDowell | Thrivent Financial Ford | 195.300 | Finished 12th in Duel 1 |
24 | 41 | Kurt Busch (PC5) | Haas Automation Chevy | 197.976 | Finished 12th in Duel 2 |
25 | 23 | JJ Yeley(i) | MAXIM Fantasy App/Dr. Pepper Toyota | 199.256 | Finished 13th in Duel 1 |
26 | 38 | David Gilliland | Love's Travel Stops Ford | 195.346 | Finished 13th in Duel 2 |
27 | 46 | Michael Annett | Pilot/Flying J Chevy | 196.554 | Finished 14th in Duel 1 |
28 | 34 | David Ragan | Kentucky Fried Chicken Ford | 194.452 | Finished 14th in Duel 2 |
29 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Target Chevy | 195.588 | Finished 15th in Duel 1 |
30 | 3 | Austin Dillon | DOW Chevy | 201.108 | Finished 15th in Duel 2 |
31 | 33 | Ty Dillon(i) | Cheerios/Kroger Chevy | 200.678 | Finished 16th in Duel 1 |
32 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Fastenal Ford | 202.334 | Finished 16th in Duel 2 |
33-SPD | 43 | Aric Almirola | Smithfield Ford | 202.370 | 1st fastest speed |
34-SPD | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota | 201.392 | 5th fastest speed |
35-SPD | 20 | Matt Kenseth (PC6) | Dollar General Toyota | 200.602 | 10th fastest speed |
36-SPD | 83 | Johnny Sauter(i) | Dustless Blasting Toyota | 199.574 | 12th fastest speed |
37-OP | 6 | Trevor Bayne (B) | AdvoCare Ford | 199.031 | #99 2014 owners points 8th |
38-OP | 9 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Twisted Tea Ford | 199.119 | 2014 owners points 23rd |
39-OP | 2 | Brad Keselowski (PC3) | Miller Lite Ford | 199.062 | 2014 owners points 5th |
40-OP | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | Kroger/USO Chevy | 198.212 | 2014 owners points 13th |
41-OP | 13 | Casey Mears | GEICO Chevy | 197.946 | 2014 owners points 26th |
42-OP | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Express Toyota | 0.000 | 2014 owners points 3rd |
43-PC | 32 | Bobby Labonte (PC8) | C & J Energy Services Ford | 199.067 | Past Champion |
44-DNQ | 7 | Alex Bowman | Toy State/Nikko Chevy | 198.229 | Did not qualify |
45-DNQ | 62 | Brian Scott(i) | Shore Lodge Chevy | 197.828 | Did not qualify |
46-DNQ | 26 | Jeb Burton | LiveDeal.com Download the App Toyota | 195.004 | Did not qualify |
47-DNQ | 29 | Justin Marks(i) | American Born Moonshine Toyota | 194.675 | Did not qualify |
48-DNQ | 98 | Josh Wise | Phoenix Construction Ford | 193.386 | Did not qualify |
49-DNQ | 30 | Ron Hornaday Jr. | Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff Chevy | 190.791 | Did not qualify |
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Gordon has no plans to race in Sprint Cup Series in 2016
Jeff Gordon is backing away from the possibility of running more races after this year. Gordon announced last month this will be his final year as a full-time driver, but he did not use the word retirement. On Thursday, he said it's "highly unlikely" he'll race a Sprint Cup car in 2016. He says it is difficult to put together a ride for one race and be competitive enough to win. He said trying to get a one-off ride with Hendrick Motorsports would be disruptive to the organization.(Associated Press)
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Charlotte Motor Speedway's jet dryers helps teams get to Daytona
With inclement weather threatening the Charlotte area and many NASCAR teams trying to reach the Daytona International Speedway (where Sprint Cup practice resumes Wednesday), Charlotte Motor Speedway pitched in to ensure smoother travel southward.The track sent three jet dryers down the road to Concord Regional Airport, helping dry the runways covered by snow and sleet over the past 18 hours. More than a dozen flights transporting 700 members of the NASCAR industry were scheduled to head to the Daytona Beach, Fla., area over the next two days.Charlotte Motor Speedway president Marcus Smith dispatched the jet dryers through his track’s operations staff after a NASCAR team called Tuesday morning with concern about the icy conditions.
After being dark Monday and Tuesday, Daytona’s Sprint Cup garage will reopen at noon Wednesday with practice beginning at 2 p.m.
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Dale Earnhardt Candlelight Tribute Feb 18th
Team Xtreme's backup plan includes a backup car for the Duels
Reed Sorenson thought his opportunity to race in the Daytona 500 would be one and done entering qualifying on Sunday. After Sorenson blocked #15-Clint Bowyer - and went into the spin cycle process - it appeared the #44 Golden Corral Chevy and Team Xtreme Racing's hopes to run in the 500 were over. "We don't have a backup car as of now," Sorenson said on Sunday after the wreck. But Sorenson got a reprieve. "We had a car back at the shop we weren't going to bring it unless we needed it," Team Xtreme owner John Cohen told Motorsport.com on Tuesday. "The car will be coming down tonight." Sorenson will start 20th (but fall to the rear of the field for using a backup car) in the second Duel for Team Xtreme Racing. In July, he started second in the Daytona Cup race. His best finish on the 2.5-mile track is fifth - in the 2008 Daytona 500.(Motorsport)
Monday, February 16, 2015
Budweiser Duel #2 Starting Lineup
Starting Line Up by Row
Daytona International Speedway
Budweiser Duel #2
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Provided by NASCAR Statistics
Daytona International Speedway
Budweiser Duel #2
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Provided by NASCAR Statistics
Pos | Car# | Driver | Sponsor / Manu | Reason | Fastest Speed | Owners Points Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's Chevy | outside pole | 201.135 | 11 |
2 | 18 | Kyle Busch | M&M's Crispy Toyota | 4th in qualifying | 201.216 | 10 |
3 | 19 | Carl Edwards | Arris Toyota | 6th in qualifying | 202.315 | 56 |
4 | 3 | Austin Dillon | DOW Chevy | 8th in qualifying | 201.108 | 20 |
5 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row/Visser Precision Chevy | 10th in qualifying | 199.738 | 24 |
6 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ortho Ford | 12th in qualifying | 199.075 | 14 |
7 | 9 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Twisted Tea Ford | 14th in qualifying | 199.119 | 23 |
8 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Fastenal Ford | 16th in qualifying | 202.334 | 27 |
9 | 21 | Ryan Blaney(i) | Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford | 18th in qualifying | 199.084 | 43 |
10 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota | 20th in qualifying | 201.392 | 22 |
11 | 32 | Bobby Labonte (PC8) | C & J Energy Services Ford | 22nd in qualifying | 199.067 | 38 |
12 | 7 | Alex Bowman | Toy State/Nikko Chevy | 24th in qualifying | 198.229 | 33 |
13 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Caterpillar Chevy | 26th in qualifying | 198.177 | 2 |
14 | 41 | Kurt Busch (PC5) | Haas Automation Chevy | 28th in qualifying | 197.976 | 14 |
15 | 10 | Danica Patrick | GoDaddy Chevy | 30th in qualifying | 197.959 | 28 |
16 | 62 | Brian Scott(i) | Shore Lodge Chevy | 32nd in qualifying | 197.828 | 35 |
17 | 51 | Justin Allgaier | Brandt Chevy | 34th in qualifying | 196.532 | 29 |
18 | 38 | David Gilliland | Love's Travel Stops Ford | 36th in qualifying | 195.346 | 30 |
19 | 26 | Jeb Burton | LiveDeal.com Download the App Toyota | 38th in qualifying | 195.004 | 31 |
20 | 44 | Reed Sorenson | Golden Corral Chevy | 40th in qualifying | 194.978 | 44 |
21 | 34 | David Ragan | Kentucky Fried Chicken Ford | 42nd in qualifying | 194.452 | 48 |
22 | 98 | Josh Wise | Phoenix Construction Ford | 44th in qualifying | 193.386 | 37 |
23 | 66 | Mike Wallace | Crazy Vapors/X8 Energy Gum Toyota | 46th in qualifying | 192.509 | 39 |
24 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Express Toyota | Time disallowed | 0.000 | 3 |
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