Archive for August, 2008
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Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
After the short track experience of Bristol last week NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series is headed out to Fontana, California this week.
The Auto Club Speedway, as it is now called, is another D-shaped mile oval. It is most similar to Michigan International Speedway in my opinion, with one exception; it [...]
Last Day For Contest
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
This is your last chance to enter the “Win An Autographed Kevin Harvick Hat” contest.
Follow the link for all of the details, but hurry time is running out.
What are you doing?
Stop reading this, and enter now!
I said stop it!
Get going!
Move it!
That’s it.
I’m not writing anymore …
Now get going!
I give [...]
The Bristol Bash and Gash
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
Here are a few tidbits that are floating around here after the Bristol race:
1) Kyle Busch really acted like an immature young twenty-something after the race when he ran into Carl’s car to show his displeasure int he way Carl passed him - wait a minute … he is [...]
“Thunder Valley” Revs Up The Weekend
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
This week all three of NASCAR’s top racing series will be at Bristol Motor Speedway, otherwise known as “Thunder Valley”.
If you want to see a ton of close racing with some beatin’ and bangin’ then this is the track for you.
Bristol is a ½-mile concrete oval with variable banking [...]
The “Win An Autographed Kevin Harvick Hat” Contest
Submitted by http://4ever3canadianeh.blogspot.com/
As promised from yesterday, here is the “Win An Autographed Kevin Harvick Hat” contest.
I’ve got 5 of these head-friendly hats to give away and all you have to do is follow these instructions:
- Answer the following 2-part question: “In what year did Shell win its first NASCAR race as a primary sponsor and [...]
American LeMans Series Drivers Coming To Lowes in Hamilton
Submitted by http://4ever3canadianeh.blogspot.com/
American LeMans™ drivers Adrian Fernandez and Luis Diaz will be at the Hamilton, Ont. Lowes on Thursday Aug. 21 from 4-5pm.
See here for all of the details.
Photo Credit: lowesracing.com
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All The Good NASCAR Contests Are In The States … Or Are They?
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
Sometimes I wish I lived in the States. All of the good NASCAR Contests are for US residents only.
You wouldn’t believe the email and free offers that get sent my way that I can’t capitalize on because I don’t live in the U.S. of A.
I’ve even had people recind [...]
Carl Edwards’ Post Race Interview From MIS Nationwide Race
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
Carl Edwards captured his third Nationwide Series victory of the season Saturday with a win in the Carfax 250 at Michigan International Speedway.
Carl Edwards:
It’s not easy at all. You know Tony Stewart with his car and Brian Vickers is very fast, it’s just pretty awesome man to win a [...]
Fuel Mileage Gamble Might Pay Off Big For Some at Michigan
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
If you can pry yourself away from the Olympics this Sunday (isn’t Phelps amazing?), the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway might prove to be an interesting alternative.
No, I don’t foresee a lot of crashes, spins, or collisions. What I do see is some creative race strategies [...]
Start of Gumball 3000 Rally 2008
Submitted by Auto Junkies
Here they go again…. ONLY $120K to enter this year (plus cost of your vehicle and gas, etc..) SOmething tells me David “Night Rider” Hasselhoff won’t be driving the route.
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Turn up your sound… Great 911 exhaust note!
Submitted by Auto Junkies
From the 3 rally isla mallorca 2007
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classic porsche 911 RS burnout
Submitted by Auto Junkies
Probably a clone but cool nevertheless
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Stewart’s Special Paint Scheme for Special Kids
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
On August 16, during the CARFAX 250 NASCAR Nationwide series race at Michigan International Speedway, the #20 Old Spice Car will have a new look as it races to help special children from around the world. Give Kids The World, the nonprofit organization that provides week-long, cost-free vacations to [...]
Here Is Something That Never Really Makes The Headlines
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
“Back in July Kevin Harvick paid a surprise visit to Chris and Jim Lamb who have a huge collection of antique Shell Oil Company signage and collectibles.
Several weeks before these folks sent a note to Kevin at his race shop in Kernersville, North Carolina telling him of their collection [...]
A Gentleman
Submitted by NASCAR Eclectic
Photo by me at Daytona in Feb. ‘08
I have to give Jeff Hammond a big kudos. I recently emailed him some photos I took of Patty and Jeff at Daytona. It was a hilarious few minutes. There is a post about it in my archives…
Frazzled
Jeff answered my email and remembers that day. [...]
NASCAR.com Reports That Newman Will Be at Stewart/Haas Next Year
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
NASCAR.com has a report up that Newman will make it official on Friday at MIS that he will be racing for Stewart/Haas next year.
Honestly, this isn’t a too surprising is it? He was the media’s leading candidate after all.
The report states that he will be driving the #4 car.
No [...]
Michael McDowell Needs Bigger Shoulders
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
Michael McDowell needs to accept responsibility for his actions that led to a 9 car pile up which sent Bobby Labonte to hospital. All that McDowell has done is said that it was just a result of “hard racing” with Gilliland and offered up the excuse that he is [...]
Smores
Submitted by NASCAR Eclectic
From our camping trip this past weekend.
We went up to Rogers’ Rock Campground on Lake George Thursday 8/7. We no more than got things done and the rain came. I had engineered a tarp tied to trees and stretched it over 2 tents and a screen room/tent, so we stayed dry for [...]
The Chase ‘Points’ Out to Drivers the Next Five Races are Crucial
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
The Race For the Chase is starting to heat up as the NASCAR ‘Cupsters’ head into the second road race of the season at Watkins Glen in the Finger Lakes region of New York State.
Only the top 12 drivers in the points will be allowed to compete in the [...]
Should NASCAR Use Rain Tires on All of Their Tracks?
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
There has been somewhat of a debate in the media and over the web about using rain tires in NASCAR all of the time.
Should they or shouldn’t they?
They shouldn’t.
They can use them on their lower speed tracks like Martinsville (provided it drained properly), but to use them at Daytona, [...]
Q&A with Ron Fellows
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
The following is a Q&A with Ron Fellows winner of this week’s NASCAR Nationwide Series NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Saturday:
Announcer: With drivers using wet-weather tires for the first time since they were built in 1999, Canadian Ron Fellows raced through the rain to victory [...]
Hey Rusty!!!!
Submitted by NASCAR Eclectic
A tribute to Rusty Wallace, although my dog’s snout is too good for him.
Why does he whine like a baby and act like he’s Holier than Thou? Based on his assumptions he and only he claims that Roger Penske fired Ryan Newman and even if it’s fact, who is he to drag [...]
Montreal Moisture Madness
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
Well, I really enjoyed the Montreal race again this year. I know it didn’t run the full length, but it was pretty cool to watch those cars go around the track in the rain and on Goodyear Racing Rain Tires.
I noticed that not all of the cars had the [...]
Color
Submitted by NASCAR Eclectic
Night shot of Lake George Village, NY… 7/31/08
Posting my own photo… yeah well it’s because I always post a photo from one source or another and night shots are among my personal favorites. Of course you have to be a photographer to fully appreciate why. These shots take time and patience… a [...]
Pocono Race Preview
Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
NASCAR hopes to put tire fiasco behind it with a couple of big races”
NASCAR is trying to get the egg off its face as it heads into the second race at Pocono this week.
Last weekend’s race was an embarrassment to NASCAR, and rest assured it won’t forget it, nor [...]
