2014 Las Vegas - Kobalt Tools 400 - Pre Race Thread

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Times are local to the Track
Wednesday, March 5
6:00 pm NSCS Hauler parade on Las Vegas Blvd.
7:00 PM NSCS HAULERS ENTER
Thursday, March 6
10:30 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
12:00 PM 4:00 PM NSCS TESTING
7:00 PM NSCS GARAGE CLOSES
Friday, March 7
6:00 AM NSCS GARAGE & INSPECTION BEGINS
10:00 AM NSCS ROOKIE & SPOTTER MEETINGS & RANDOM DRAWING
11:00 AM 12:30 PM NSCS PRACTICE
3:40 PM NSCS QUALIFYING
5:30 PM NSCS GARAGE CLOSES
Saturday, March 8
7:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
8:30 - 9:20 AM NSCS PRACTICE
11:30 AM 12:30 PM NSCS FINAL PRACTICE
1:15 PM NNS RACE
4:00 PM NSCS GARAGE CLOSES
Sunday, March 9
6:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
8:30 - 9:30 AM Speedway Children's Charity Track Walk
10:00 AM NSCS DRIVER / CREW CHIEF MEETING
11:30 AM NSCS DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS
12:00 PM NSCS RACE
NSCS = Sprint Cup Series
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
All times above are listed in LOCAL / Pacific Standard Time

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PRACTICE & QUALIFYING
Dates / Times / TV coverage

(times in eastern time)
  • Practices:
    Thursday, March 6, 3:00 - 7:00 pm/et, TV-none scheduled
    Friday, March 7, 2:00 - 3:30 pm/et, TV-FS1
    Saturday, March 8, 11:30 am - 12:25 pm/et, TV-FS2
  • Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Saturday, March 8, 2:30 - 3:30pm/et, TV-FS2
  • Qualifying: group qualifying for positions 1-36, Friday, March 7 at 6:35 pm/et, TV-FS1, no re-air scheduled.
 
Top 10 Driver Ratings at Las Vegas:
#48-Jimmie Johnson..................112.3
#24-Jeff Gordon.....................103.8
#14-Tony Stewart....................103.4
#16-Greg Biffle.....................103.0
#18-Kyle Busch......................102.8
#99-Carl Edwards.....................98.8
#20-Matt Kenseth.....................98.7
#29-Kevin Harvick....................94.8
#Mark Martin.........................90.1
#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr................88.2
 
ODDS TO WIN 2014 KOBALT 400 (3/914)
DriverOdds
Jimmie Johnson5/1
Matt Kenseth7/1
Kyle Busch7/1
Kasey Kahne8/1
Kevin Harvick10/1
Brad Keselowski10/1
Denny Hamlin10/1
Dale Earnhardt Jr.10/1
Joey Logano12/1
Tony Stewart12/1
Carl Edwards15/1
Kurt Busch15/1
Jeff Gordon15/1
Ryan Newman30/1
Clint Bowyer30/1
Greg Biffle30/1
Martin Truex Jr.50/1
Brian Vickers60/1
Jamie McMurray75/1
Austin Dillon75/1
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.100/1
Paul Menard100/1
Kyle Larson100/1
Marcos Ambrose300/1
Jeff Burton300/1
Trevor Bayne300/1
Aric Almirola300/1
Casey Mears500/1
Danica Patrick500/1
David Gilliland500/1
David Ragan500/1
Field (Any Other Driver)500/1
Justin Allgaier500/1
AJ Allmendinger500/1
 
Meh I really dont like this race track.

Boring track...........................now comes the lynch mob. :D
 
The Las Vegas Chapter of Speedway Children's Charities will host the annual NASCAR Driver Auction on Thursday, March 6 at Sam's Town Live! inside Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall. Gates open at 5 p.m. and bidding will begin at 6 p.m.
Fans will have the opportunity to bid on the ride of a lifetime - to meet with and ride around the speedway with their favorite NASCAR Sprint Cup Series or NASCAR Nationwide Series hero during the pre-race driver introduction lap for the Kobalt 400 or Boyd Gaming 300.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series star Clint Bowyer will be among the drivers participating in the Las Vegas Chapter of Speedway Children's Charities' annual NASCAR Driver & Memorabilia Auction on Thursday, March 6, at Sam's Town Live! inside Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall. Bowyer will participate in a question-and-answer session with FOX Sports personality Jeff Hammond during the event. Fans will have the opportunity to bid on the ride of a lifetime - to meet with and ride around the speedway with their favorite NASCAR Sprint Cup Series or NASCAR Nationwide Series hero during the pre-race driver introduction lap for the KOBALT 400 or Boyd Gaming 300

Attendees also will have the opportunity to bid on many silent auction items throughout the evening. For more information about the NASCAR Driver Auction and Speedway Children's Charities, please call Paulette Anderson at (702) 632-8242
 
I have my dvr already set and ready to go. I'm taking some friends to the airport on Thur morning so they can attend the Vegas race, but i can't go because i will be at a boat race all weekend. I don't know why a drag race and a boat race here in southern California ended up on the same weekend as the nascar race in Vegas only 250 miles away.:mad:
 
Nitro Dude said:
I have my dvr already set and ready to go. I'm taking some friends to the airport on Thur morning so they can attend the Vegas race, but i can't go because i will be at a boat race all weekend. I don't know why a drag race and a boat race here in southern California ended up on the same weekend as the nascar race in Vegas only 250 miles away.:mad:
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Damn coincidences, they getcha every time.
 
TV TIMES Eastern Standard

SATURDAY 3-8 Nationwide @ Las Vegas on ESPN2

4:00pm-4:15pm (L) -Pre-Race
4:15pm-7:00pm (L) -Race

SUNDAY 3-9

2:30pm-3:00pm (L) -Pre-Race
3:00pm-6:00pm (L) - Race

NASCAR Sprint Cup @ Las Vegas on Fox
 
reck said:
Meh I really dont like this race track.

Boring track...........................now comes the lynch mob. :D
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Great facility to attend. Good racing, lots of passing, generally involves some different pit strategies.
Can't wait :)
 
Nationwide:

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Cup:

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More: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nascar-130000968--nascar.html
 
Johali said:
The weather is good to go until Monday morning, 0% chance of rain, no need to post a long list.
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Very next post....

Johali said:
ODDS TO WIN 2014 KOBALT 400 (3/914)
DriverOdds
Jimmie Johnson5/1
Matt Kenseth7/1
Kyle Busch7/1
Kasey Kahne8/1
Kevin Harvick10/1
Brad Keselowski10/1
Denny Hamlin10/1
Dale Earnhardt Jr.10/1
Joey Logano12/1
Tony Stewart12/1
Carl Edwards15/1
Kurt Busch15/1
Jeff Gordon15/1
Ryan Newman30/1
Clint Bowyer30/1
Greg Biffle30/1
Martin Truex Jr.50/1
Brian Vickers60/1
Jamie McMurray75/1
Austin Dillon75/1
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.100/1
Paul Menard100/1
Kyle Larson100/1
Marcos Ambrose300/1
Jeff Burton300/1
Trevor Bayne300/1
Aric Almirola300/1
Casey Mears500/1
Danica Patrick500/1
David Gilliland500/1
David Ragan500/1
Field (Any Other Driver)500/1
Justin Allgaier500/1
AJ Allmendinger500/1
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:confused:
 
Johali said:
Nope, I gave it up after all of those mental images. :eek:
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Must have been something else. All I heard was clickety click....Clickety click....clickety click * barr rump..... ahhhh * clickety click.....clickety click
 
FenderBumper said:
Must have been something else. All I heard was clickety click....Clickety click....clickety click * barr rump..... ahhhh * clickety click.....clickety click
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I don't know what that means and I don't want to know.
 
(ON THE CHALLENGES OF LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY.): “We tested earlier this year at Nashville (Tenn.), and Las Vegas is a little more high banked compared to Nashville. And Las Vegas is extremely rough going into Turn 1.

“The challenges we will face at Vegas are the same challenges we have faced in the past. We’re up against the loads (of the car) in general at speed but also trying to get over these bumps, and that’s very, very challenging. You can run up high (to avoid bumps in Turn 1), but even then usually your left-side tires are on them.” - Gordon
 
Last night on the local news they showed a nice segment about Jeff Gordon being here in southern California yesterday promoting the Fontana race. The way the Nascar and Nhra schedules are this year i won't be able to make the Fontana race. But, i think i will be able to go to the Nascar hauler parade on Thur because i probably won't fly back to Chicago to get our hauler for our Vegas race until Fri morning. Depending on what time i leave the shop Friday night or Saturday morning, i should meet most of the Nascar haulers on interstate 40 heading back to their shops in NC some where between Amarillo Tx and Albuquerque Nm sometime Monday morning.
 
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