2014 Fedex 400 Benefiting Autism Awareness Weekend Schedule

Friday, May 30
11:00 AM - 12:20 PM Fedex 400 PRACTICE (FS1)
12:40 PM Lucas Oil 200 QUALIFYING (FS1)
3:40 PM Fedex 400 QUALIFYING (FS1)
5:30 PM APPROX. 2014 Lucas Oil 200 (FS1)

Saturday, May 31
9:30 - 10:20 AM Fedex 400 PRACTICE (FS1)
10:40 AM Buckle Up 200 QUALIFYING (ESPN2)
12:30 - 1:20 PM Fedex 400 FINAL PRACTICE (FS1)
2:00 PM 2014 Buckle Up 200 Presented by Click It or Ticket (ESPN)

Sunday, June 1
1:00 PM 2014 Fedex 400 Benefiting Autism Awareness (FOX)

ALL POSTED TIMES LOCAL TO TRACK

2014 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway Weekend Schedule

Thursday, May 22nd
2:30 - 3:50 PM Coca-Cola 600 PRACTICE (FS1)
4:00 PM-5:00 PM History 300 PRACTICE (FS1)
5:30 PM-6:50 PM History 300 FINAL PRACTICE (FS1)
7:10 PM Coca-Cola 600 QUALIFYING (FS1)

Saturday, May 24
9:30 - 10:20 AM Coca-Cola 600 PRACTICE (FS1)
10:40 AM History 300 QUALIFYING (ESPN2)
1:00 - 2:00 PM Coca-Cola 600 FINAL PRACTICE (FS1)
2:45 PM 2014 History 300 (ABC)


Sunday, May 25
6:00 PM 2014 Coca-Cola 600 (FOX)

(ALL POSTED TIMES LOCAL TO TRACK)

2015 NASCAR Hall Of Fame Class Announced

NASCAR announced the inductees who will comprise the 2015 class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. The five-person group - the sixth in NASCAR Hall of Fame history - consists of Bill Elliott, Fred Lorenzen, Wendell Scott, Joe Weatherly and Rex White. In addition, NASCAR announced that Anne B. France won the inaugural Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR. Next year's Induction Day is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, broadcast on NBC Sports Network from Charlotte, NC. The NASCAR Hall of Fame Voting Panel met today in a closed session in Charlotte to vote on both the induction class of 2015 and the Landmark Award. NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France made the announcements this afternoon in the NASCAR Hall of Fame's "Great Hall."
Next year's class was determined by votes cast by the Voting Panel, which for the first time included the reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion - in this case, Jimmie Johnson. The panel also included representatives from NASCAR, the NASCAR Hall of Fame, track owners from major facilities and historic short tracks, media members, manufacturer representatives, retired competitors (drivers, owners, crew chiefs), recognized industry leaders and a nationwide fan vote conducted through NASCAR.com - which counted for the 54th and final vote. In all, 54 votes were cast, with two additional Voting Panel members recused from voting as potential nominees for induction (Jerry Cook and Robert Yates). The accounting firm of Ernst & Young presided over the tabulation of the votes.
Voting for next year's class was as follows: Bill Elliott (87%), Wendell Scott (58%), Joe Weatherly (53%), Rex White (43%) and Fred Lorenzen (30%). The next top vote-getters were Jerry Cook, Robert Yates and Benny Parsons.
Results for the NASCAR.com Fan Vote, in order of votes received, were Wendell Scott, Bill Elliott, Benny Parsons, Rex White and Terry Labonte.(NASCAR)

Dogecoin and reddit to sponsor the #98 and Wise at Talladega

One week after voting NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Josh Wise and the #98 Phil Parsons Racing team into the All-Star Race, the Dogecoin and reddit communities kicked off another collective effort in support of Wise's NASCAR team. This time, the group focused on primary sponsorship for a second Sprint Cup Series race. With their fundraising goals met in less than a week, Dogecoin and reddit will again sponsor Wise's #98 Ford Fusion at Talladega Superspeedway on October 19. With widespread demand for the Dogecoin shirts worn by the Phil Parsons Racing team throughout the Talladega Superspeedway and Sprint All-Star race weekends, the team agreed to not only produce similar t-shirts, but also to utilize the proceeds of the sales for another primary race sponsorship. Needing to sell at least 5,000 t-shirts, they were able to meet their goal within just six days to confirm sponsorship for the Geico 500 at Talladega Superspeedway later this year. Earlier this year, reddit user and tech fan Denis Pavel noticed a plain black car with a driver he felt 'raced the wheels off the car' during a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. The lack of sponsorship caused Pavel to think of some of the significant fundraisers that he's witnessed on the reddit platform, and drove the 16-year-old to utilize the Dogecoin currency to raise sponsorship funds for Wise. Setting and exceeding their goal within the opening week, Dogecoin and reddit partnered with Phil Parsons Racing for the May race at Talladega Superspeedway.(Phil Parsons Racing)

Internet voters have new target in Most Popular Driver award

Now that a pair of websites found a loophole to manipulate the voting in last week’s Sprint All-Star race, they now have set their goals for a loftier goal – taking down Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the Most Popular Driver award.

Dogecoin and reddit.com, fresh off a stunning victory that earned Josh Wish a spot in the sport’s all-star race last Saturday at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, already are laying out plans to flood the internet with votes for a driver who’s never had a top-10 finish in 79-career starts.

By using steps to get around the intended format to vote for the all-star race, a group of fans were able to rig the vote – one fan voted as many as 82,000 times – to get a starting spot in the all-star race. According to reddit.com, it boasted of being able to get its “shibes” to get Wise 98,000 votes in the final 11 hours of the balloting.

The same web site now wants Wise to beat Earnhardt, who’s won the most popular vote for 11 consecutive years. According to reddit.com, Wise supports the project.

The voting format for the most popular driver award was posted on the web site, with suggestions of how to beat the intended system again. (Florida Times Union)