2017 Richmond - Federated Auto Parts 400 - Pre Race Thread

dpkimmel2001

dpkimmel2001

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EVENT SCHEDULE
Event Schedule times are local to the track

Thursday, September 7
6:00 PM-8:00 PM MENCS HAULERS ENTER (EQUIPMENT UNLOAD)

Friday, September 8
7:30 AM-9:30 PM MENCS GARAGE OPEN
10:00 AM-10:55 AM MENCS 1ST PRACTICE
12:00 PM-1:25 PM MENCS FINAL PRACTICE
5:45 PM MENCS QUALIFYING (MULTI-VEHICLE / THREE ROUNDS)

Saturday, September 9
2:00 PM MENCS GARAGE OPENS
6:50 PM MENCS DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS
7:30 PM MENCS RACE (400 LAPS, 300 MILES)

MENCS = Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
 
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I wonder if Hurricane Irma will affect this weeks race plans?

Good luck to those of you in its projected path. I'm assuming you are keeping an eye on this down your way @Johali?
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
I wonder if Hurricane Irma will affect this weeks race plans?

Good luck to those of you in its projected path. I'm assuming you are keeping an eye on this down your way @Johali?
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Yessir. This one is gonna be nasty nasty whichever way it goes. Just ran my checks, hard wired generator is good, filled up the gas tank and 10 five gallon cans. 12 cases of bottled water and 10 cases of gallon jugs of water. And all of the usual preparations. Thanks for asking.
 
Weather permitting.....

Full schedule for Richmond

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series descend upon Richmond Raceway for a doubleheader weekend of NASCAR action. The 16-driver playoff field for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will be set following this race.

Monster Energy Series and XFINITY Series events are also live streamed online on the NBC Sports App, which can be accessed here. Check out the full on-track weekend schedule below.

Note: All times are ET

FRIDAY, September 8

ON TRACK
8-9:55 a.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series practice, NBC Sports App (Follow live)
10-10:55 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, NBCSN (Follow live)
12-1:25 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, NBCSN (Follow live)
4:15 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, NBCSN (Follow live)
5:45 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, NBCSN (Follow live)
7:30 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Virginia529 College Savings 250 (250 laps, 187.5 miles), NBCSN (Follow live)

GARAGECAM (Watch live)
11:30 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

PRESS PASS (Watch live)
6:45 p.m.: Post-Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying
9:30 p.m.: Post-NASCAR XFINITY Series race

SATURDAY, September 9

ON TRACK
7:30 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Federated Auto Parts 400 (400 laps, 300 miles), NBCSN (Follow live)

PRESS PASS (Watch live)
10:45 p.m.: Post-Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race
 
I think this weekend will be OK. What I worry about is all the people in the path of this monster.
I have large numbers of friends not only in Florida, but Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia.

As a totally secondary matter, all the race tracks in the path of this storm when/if it turns north ---
Homestead, Daytona, Atlanta, Darlington, Charlotte and so on.
 
Johali said:
Yessir. This one is gonna be nasty nasty whichever way it goes. Just ran my checks, hard wired generator is good, filled up the gas tank and 10 five gallon cans. 12 cases of bottled water and 10 cases of gallon jugs of water. And all of the usual preparations. Thanks for asking.
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What do you do with the boat in the face of this?
 
Heck I thought you might take the wife and camper and bug out if it looks like it's going to be a direct hit
 
Johali said:
This one is too big. If it's heading anywhere near us I'll take the boat and the camper to my cousins farm about 100 miles NW of here.

I edited the last post.
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My father and another retired Air Force vet ran a pair of 35' charter fishing boats out of Holden Beach NC in the '90s. They'd take those as far up stream as they could, tie them off to the trees on either side as best they could, and cross their fingers.
 
StandOnIt said:
Heck I thought you might take the wife and camper and bug out if it looks like it's going to be a direct hit
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If it's still over a 4 we'll probably go up to my cousins and sneak back in before the winds die down to look after our property. My family has been here for over 200 years and have never left for a storm. But this one is different. I may be old but I aint stupid. :D
 
Charlie Spencer said:
My father and another retired Air Force vet ran a pair of 35' charter fishing boats out of Holden Beach NC in the '90s. They'd take those as far up stream as they could, tie them off to the trees on either side as best they could, and cross their fingers.
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That's what we did when we owned bigger boats before we downsized.
 
Johali said:
If it's still over a 4 we'll probably go up to my cousins and sneak back in before the winds die down to look after our property. My family has been here for over 200 years and have never left for a storm. But this one is different. I may be old but I aint stupid. :D
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I went through Hugo in '89. Landfall as a Cat 4 and just short of Cat 3 when it ran over me 80 miles inland. Never again. I'm now over 100 inland and bug out for anything expected to make landfall over Cat 2. Mother Nature must be a hermaphrodite, 'cause she has bigger coconuts than I do.
 
I know this storm is of great concern to all of us, but can we take the storm talk to the thread in Chit-Chat, please?
And, yes, I'm concerned about all of our members in Florida and in the path of the storm. Please add Whizzer and his
wife to your thoughts.
 
TexasRaceLady said:
I know this storm is of great concern to all of us, but can we take the storm talk to the thread in Chit-Chat, please?
And, yes, I'm concerned about all of our members in Florida and in the path of the storm. Please add Whizzer and his
wife to your thoughts.
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My bad. I thought I was in the storm thread. :confused:
 
TexasRaceLady said:
I know this storm is of great concern to all of us, but can we take the storm talk to the thread in Chit-Chat, please?
And, yes, I'm concerned about all of our members in Florida and in the path of the storm. Please add Whizzer and his
wife to your thoughts.
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Sorry, Boss Lady.
 
beats the hell out of who is screwing around on his wife IMO, :D a hell of a lot more important, but yeah I get it boss, but the question was asked. Thoughts and prayers. BTW first race for the composite bodies on Xfinity. I really wonder if it will even things up a bit. Wouldn't that be something if it worked.
 
Anyone think the 16 currently qualified for the Chase will change? I don't think we are going to see a new winner this week but no doubt risks will be taken by some. Hopefully it will make for an exciting race.
 
^ Watch out for the 22.

You read it here first. :cool:
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
Anyone think the 16 currently qualified for the Chase will change? I don't think we are going to see a new winner this week but no doubt risks will be taken by some. Hopefully it will make for an exciting race.
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As a Kenseth fan, I need them to be locked in .
 
Only team at this point that has a chance for a win would be Logano IMO. And if he doesn't qualify up front on this little track, the odds continue to fall for that to happen.
 
TIRE CODES

Tire: Goodyear Eagle Intermediate Radials

Set limits:
Cup: 4 sets for practice, 1 set for qualifying and 9 sets for the race
Xfinity: 7 sets for the event

Tire Codes:
Left-side -- D-4674 Right-side -- D-4676

Tire Circumference:
Left-side -- 87.20 in. (2,215 mm) Right-side -- 88.27 in. (2,242 mm)

Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front -- 12 psi Left Rear -- 12 psi;
Right Front -- 30 psi Right Rear -- 27 psi

Storyline - High Tire Wear Leads to Great Racing at Richmond: Coming off a race at Darlington Raceway, the NASCAR circuit visits another high tire wear track in Richmond Raceway this week. Goodyear brings a tire combination to Richmond that addresses that and will rubber-in the race track. That, of course, leads to multiple racing grooves. The other interesting thing about Richmond is that while it has traditionally lined up with other tracks of similar length - New Hampshire and Phoenix - it requires a little more stagger (difference in height between the shorter left-side and taller right-side tires) being built into the tire set-up to help the cars turn in the corners.

"Richmond is a tricky track -- not only for drivers and teams, but also for Goodyear," said Greg Stucker, Goodyear's director of racing. "With the wear characteristics of the track surface, our goal when deciding on a tire set-up was to come up with a tread compound that lays down rubber. With the tire recommendation we've brought to Richmond the last couple seasons, we've been able to do that, which then creates multiple lines and makes it incumbent on teams to stay on top of their set-ups and drivers to find the fastest line, which will change over the course of the race."

Notes: Teams in both the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series will run the same Goodyear tire codes at Richmond this week . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires these teams ran earlier this season and twice last season at Richmond . . . this is the only track at which teams in these two series will run these tire codes (Camping World Truck Teams ran this same tire set-up at Gateway) . . . as on most NASCAR ovals one mile or less in length, teams will not run liners in their tires at Richmond.

Tire bill for this weekend? $25,760.00 Plus tax.
 
Know what you mean. brought what used to be an good local off brand and only got 35 thou highway miles on them. Went back to Goodrich T/A's, good for over 60 thou. Hell of a rain tire, never had hydroplaning unless around 10 percent tread left.
 
Pat said:
I cannot, for the life of me, call it the playoffs.
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I am with ya Pat, the Chase , ok, the Playoff's , nope, I call it the final 10 races :laugh:
 
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FRIDAY, September 8

ON TRACK
8-9:55 a.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series practice, NBC Sports App (Follow live) (Canada: TSN GO)
10-10:55 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, NBCSN (Follow live) (Canada: TSN 2)
12-1:25 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, NBCSN (Follow live) (Canada: TSN 2)
4:15 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, NBCSN (Follow live) (Canada: TSN GO)
5:45 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, NBCSN (Follow live) (Canada: TSN 2)
7:30 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Virginia529 College Savings 250 (250 laps, 187.5 miles), NBCSN (Follow live) (Canada: TSN 2)

GARAGECAM (Watch live)
11:30 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

PRESS PASS (Watch live)
9 a.m.: Joey Logano
9:15 a.m.: Matt Kenseth
11 a.m.: Elliott Sadler, William Byron
11:15 a.m.: Denny Hamlin
1:50 p.m.: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2:20 p.m.: Martin Truex Jr.
3:15: Erik Jones
6:30 p.m.: Post-Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying
10 p.m.: Post-NASCAR XFINITY Series race
 
Johali said:
Yessir. This one is gonna be nasty nasty whichever way it goes. Just ran my checks, hard wired generator is good, filled up the gas tank and 10 five gallon cans. 12 cases of bottled water and 10 cases of gallon jugs of water. And all of the usual preparations. Thanks for asking.
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Stay frosty devil dog
 
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