2014 Bristol - Food City 500 - Pre Race Thread

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Friday, zero % chance of rain.

Saturday, ten %.

Sunday
Cloudy skies with periods of rain later in the day. High 51F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70%.
Rain Chance
6AM 10%, 12 Noon 20%, 6PM 70%, 12 Midnight 70%
 
Johali said:
Friday, zero % chance of rain.

Saturday, ten %.

Sunday
Cloudy skies with periods of rain later in the day. High 51F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70%.
Rain Chance
6AM 10%, 12 Noon 20%, 6PM 70%, 12 Midnight 70%
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Bristol in the spring..... I've had my water freeze to my RV and I've been sunburnt sitting in the stands watching the race. I've seen snowball fights on pit road and I've had to take extra ice to keep my adult beverages cold. Seen Kurt Busch lay down and do snow angels on the track after a victory. Bad celebration by the way. You never know what you're going to get with that place.
 
beantownkid10 said:
I hate the high groove racing at Bristol. Leads to less bump and runs. Hope it gets fixed.
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Not me. I hate the chiken**** bump and runs. Stalk a driver do some rubbing, or incendental contact that's all good
stuff (ex Craven/Kurt at Darlington). But the Gordon bump and runs and Earnhardt dumps to Labonte were cheap.

There is a science to wearing down a driver making him use up his tires and forcing a mistake. But it takes about 15 minutes or more to materialize, it a beautiful thing to watch. Gordon performed it masterfully on Johnson at Martinsville spring 2012.
I wouldn't trade one of those for a million cheap bump and runs crutched by phantom cautions.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
Bristol in the spring..... I've had my water freeze to my RV and I've been sunburnt sitting in the stands watching the race. I've seen snowball fights on pit road and I've had to take extra ice to keep my adult beverages cold. Seen Kurt Busch lay down and do snow angels on the track after a victory. Bad celebration by the way. You never know what you're going to get with that place.
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YEP :D
 
SCHEDULE:
Friday, March 14th:
  • 12:00 – 1:30pm ET: Sprint Cup Series practice (FOX Sports 1)
  • 4:40pm ET: Sprint Cup Series qualifying (FOX Sports 1)
Saturday, March 15th:
  • 9:00 – 9:50am ET: Sprint Cup Series practice (FOX Sports 1)
  • 12:00 – 1:00pm ET: Sprint Cup Series practice (FOX Sports 2)
Sunday, March 16th:
  • 1:00pm ET: Food City 500 (Green flag at 1:13pm ET) (FOX)
TRACK INFO:
  • 0.533-mile concrete oval
  • 500 laps, 266.5 miles
  • Degree of banking in corners: 24 to 30 degrees
  • Degree of banking in straights: 4 to 9 degrees
  • Straightaways: 650 feet long
  • Concrete racing surface: 43 feet wide
  • Seating capacity: 160,000
  • Bristol has two pits roads: 22 pit stalls on the front stretch and 21 on the back stretch
  • Pit Stall Size: 25.5 feet long, 15.5 feet wide
  • Pit Road Speed: 30 mph
  • Pace Car Track Speed: 35mph
  • Track Opened: 1960
  • First Cup race: 1961
ENTRY LIST:
EntryNo.DriverSponsor
1 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's
2 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite
3 3 Austin Dillon Bad Boy Buggies / Realtree
4 4 Kevin Harvick Budweiser
5 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance
6 7 Michael Annett Pilot / Flying J
7 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley
8 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy - Get Found
9 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight
10 13 Casey Mears GEICO
11 14 Tony Stewart Bass Pro Shops / Mobil 1
12 15 Clint Bowyer 5-Hour Energy
13 16 Greg Biffle Meguiar's
14 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Nationwide Insurance
15 18 Kyle Busch Skittles
16 20 Matt Kenseth Home Depot / Husky
17 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil
18 23 Alex Bowman Dr. Pepper
19 24 Jeff Gordon Axalta
20 26 Cole Whitt Swan Energy
21 27 Paul Menard Richmond / Menards
22 30 Parker Kligerman Swan Energy
23 31 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Billion Dollar Bracket Challenge
24 32 Travis Kvapil TBA
25 33 Timmy Hill Little Joe's Auto
26 34 David Ragan Dockside Logistics
27 35 David Reutimann MDS Transport
28 36 Reed Sorenson TBA
29 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver's
30 40 Landon Cassill Hillman Racing
31 41 Kurt Busch Hass Automation
32 42 Kyle Larson Target
33 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield
34 44 J.J. Yeley TBA
35 47 A.J. Allmendinger Bush's Grillin' Beans
36 48 Jimmie Johnson Kobalt Tools
37 51 Justin Allgaier SEM
38 55 Brian Vickers Aaron's Dream Machine
39 66 Joe Nemechek TBA
40 77 Dave Blaney TBA
41 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row
42 83 Ryan Truex Borla Exhaust
43 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard
44 95 Michael McDowell K-Love
45 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing
46 99 Carl Edwards Kelloggs / Frosted Flakes
 
The bump and run was a consequence of drivers being utterly unable to pass . Lapped traffic had no chance to get out of the way because it was a one groove track .Faster cars had no way to get by slower cars . The bump and run was simply a necessary evil which created bullies out of some cars and victims out of others . All of the drivers that I ever heard , preferred to be able to make a clean pass rather then wreck their competitors . Fans thought it was fun when their driver was doing the bumping but not so much when their driver was bumped into the wall.
 
ted@economy said:
The bump and run was a consequence of drivers being utterly unable to pass . Lapped traffic had no chance to get out of the way because it was a one groove track .Faster cars had no way to get by slower cars . The bump and run was simply a necessary evil which created bullies out of some cars and victims out of others . All of the drivers that I ever heard , preferred to be able to make a clean pass rather then wreck their competitors . Fans thought it was fun when their driver was doing the bumping but not so much when their driver was bumped into the wall.
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The lapped and slower cars preferred to be moved rather than get out of the groove?
 
Unfortunately the weather forecast for Sunday is worsening. Based on several sites I've looked at, now a 70-90% chance of rain with some snow even possible, and Monday not looking a whole lot better :(
 
ToyYoda said:
Unfortunately the weather forecast for Sunday is worsening. Based on several sites I've looked at, now a 70-90% chance of rain with some snow even possible, and Monday not looking a whole lot better :(
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Rain tires!

j.k but I really wish they could figure out some way to race in the rain. I know super speedways would be out but short track racing and road courses....-sigh- Just miss racing.

/end soapbox
 
DanicaFreak said:
Rain tires!

j.k but I really wish they could figure out some way to race in the rain. I know super speedways would be out but short track racing and road courses....-sigh- Just miss racing.

/end soapbox
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Damn straight! That would be one helluva show! Put some grooves in those tires and have at it. That would be awesome.

While we're at it I'll go out on a limb and predict that Brett Bodine will lead the most laps in that race.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
Damn straight! That would be one helluva show! Put some grooves in those tires and have at it. That would be awesome.

While we're at it I'll go out on a limb and predict that Brett Bodine will lead the most laps in that race.
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I hear what you are saying, but it would be sheer skill to drive around that that track even if speeds were down. Guess thats why I liked ARCA indentical cars, pure driver skill.
 
Friday zero %

Saturday zero until 3PM then 30%

Sunday
Showers early, becoming a steady rain later in the day. High 51F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch.
HOURLY 6AM 10%, 12 NOON 80%, 6PM 90%
 
Monday
Rain and snow in the morning. Mostly cloudy in the afternoon. High around 50F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50%.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy after midnight. Low 32F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.
HOURLY 6AM 60%, 12 NOON 30%, 6 PM 10%
 
Well ****.... :( I was looking forward to some good ol' short track racing too.
 
My only hope is that around this time two weeks ago, we all thought the Cup race at Phoenix was gonna be a washout, and it turned out that weather wasn't a factor. Hopefully that'll be the case this Sunday too.
 
Johali said:
Monday
Rain and snow in the morning. Mostly cloudy in the afternoon. High around 50F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50%.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy after midnight. Low 32F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.
HOURLY 6AM 60%, 12 NOON 30%, 6 PM 10%
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