Kevin Harvick Fan Club Meeting

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Happy29

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Well guys, its Daytona Speedweeks, the most exciting time of the year, then afterwards, after the Daytona 500 every race after that is basically crap, until the Pepsi 400, Brickyard 400 and EA Sports 500 but anyway, looks like Kevin has been holding up pretty well so far during speedweeks. During Saturday Night's Budweiser Shootout, Kevin led towards the end of the race until Dale Jarrett and Dale Earnhardt Jr. had their battle for the win, Kevin finished 3rd in that, good job Happy! Kevin then qualified ninth for the Twin 125s race, he will be racing in the second segment, looking to be one of the strongest cars out there, also, teammates Robby Gordon and Johnny Sauter will be racing for the win as well, the entire RCR organization looks to be very very strong heading into the 2004 Nextel Cup Season.

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Pic of Kevin and the crew pushing the car to the positions just before qualifying

The Season has started... time to drop the green flag baby!
 
Man, I too am excited, interesting to see some of the story lines heading into this season.
 
R10F, Havent seen you since last week, whats been going on bud?
 
Nothing really, I havent had the time to post, been loaded down with sooooooo much work!
 
So am I. I have an essay due this Wednesday, matter of fact, two essays due this week for Comp, another essay for Civil Liberties that and I have to get started on a term paper for my Psychology course. All in all, I'm going to be very, very busy.

Well, back to speedweeks, here are the lineups for the Gatorade Twin 125 Qualifying Races:

Pos. Car Driver Make Sponsor Speed Time Behind
1 #16 Greg Biffle Ford Jackson Hewitt/National Guard 188.387 47.774 Leader
2 #8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Budweiser 188.210 47.819 -0.045
3 #88 Dale Jarrett Ford UPS 187.884 47.902 -0.128
4 #9 Kasey Kahne* Dodge Dodge Dealers/UAW 187.766 47.932 -0.158
5 #41 Casey Mears Dodge Target 187.672 47.956 -0.182
6 #42 Jamie McMurray Dodge Texaco/Havoline 187.602 47.974 -0.200
7 #15 Michael Waltrip Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts 187.274 48.058 -0.284
8 #0 Ward Burton Chevrolet NetZero HiSpeed 187.200 48.077 -0.303
9 #99 Jeff Burton Ford NBA All-Star Game on TNT 187.165 48.086 -0.312
10 #77 Brendan Gaughan* Dodge Kodak/Jasper Engines 187.071 48.110 -0.336
11 #1 John Andretti Chevrolet Kraft Foods 186.939 48.144 -0.370
12 #97 Kurt Busch Ford Sharpie 186.648 48.219 -0.445
13 #43 Jeff Green Dodge Cheerios 186.525 48.251 -0.477
14 #30 Johnny Sauter* Chevrolet America Online 186.478 48.263 -0.489
15 #10 Scott Riggs* Chevrolet Valvoline 186.397 48.284 -0.510
16 #5 Terry Labonte Chevrolet Kellogg's 186.193 48.337 -0.563
17 #23 Dave Blaney Dodge Whelen Engineering 185.981 48.392 -0.618
18 #18 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Interstate Batteries 185.536 48.508 -0.734
19 #20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Home Depot 185.219 48.591 -0.817
20 #24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 184.721 48.722 -0.948
21 #50 Derrike Cope Dodge Arnold Development Companies 184.158 48.871 -1.097
22 #14 Larry Foyt Dodge A.J. Foyt Racing 182.567 49.297 -1.523
23 #90 Andy Hillenburg Ford Donlavey Racing 177.515 50.700 -2.926



* Denotes Rookie


Pos. Car Driver Make Sponsor Speed Time Behind
1 #38 Elliott Sadler Ford M&M's 188.355 47.782 Leader
2 #21 Ricky Rudd Ford Motorcraft Quality Parts 188.163 47.831 -0.049
3 #4 Kevin Lepage Chevrolet YokeTV.com 187.876 47.904 -0.122
4 #01 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet U.S. Army 187.750 47.936 -0.154
5 #29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet GM Goodwrench 187.602 47.974 -0.192
6 #40 Sterling Marlin Dodge Coors Light 187.477 48.006 -0.224
7 #48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 187.223 48.071 -0.289
8 #2 Rusty Wallace Dodge Miller Lite 187.176 48.083 -0.301
9 #19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dodge Dealers/UAW 187.095 48.104 -0.322
10 #6 Mark Martin Ford Viagra 186.986 48.132 -0.350
11 #31 Robby Gordon Chevrolet Cingular Wireless 186.652 48.218 -0.436
12 #45 Kyle Petty Dodge Georgia Pacific/Brawny 186.598 48.232 -0.450
13 #25 Brian Vickers* Chevrolet GMAC Financial Services 186.505 48.256 -0.474
14 #17 Matt Kenseth Ford DeWalt Power Tools 186.474 48.264 -0.482
15 #49 Ken Schrader Dodge Schwan's Home Service 186.274 48.316 -0.534
16 #32 Ricky Craven Chevrolet Tide 186.127 48.354 -0.572
17 #22 Scott Wimmer* Dodge Caterpillar 185.575 48.498 -0.716
18 #133 Mike Skinner Chevrolet RCR 185.456 48.529 -0.747
19 #7 Jimmy Spencer Dodge Ultra Motorsports 184.911 48.672 -0.890
20 #09 Johnny Benson Dodge Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts 184.676 48.734 -0.952
21 #12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL 184.057 48.898 -1.116
22 #172 Kirk Shelmerdine Ford Freddie B's 180.523 49.855 -2.073
 

CHEVROLET NOTES & QUOTES

NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES

DAYTONA 500 QUALIFYING

DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY

February 8, 2004




KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 29 GM GOODWRENCH CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO "Yeah, I made a good lap there. I had a good car there, and I did everything I could, and it was a good lap for us, and we'll race hard in the 125."

 

LAST NIGHT ON THE WHITE FLAG YOU WERE LEADING THE BUD SHOOTOUT WITH ONE LAP TO GO. IS THAT THE PLACE YOU WANT TO BE?  If I had it to do over again, I'd do it the same way. So you run second and I'll run first and we'll see how the percentages fall; I think a 50-50 shot, and the outside lane was just a little bit faster."
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Kevin says that the higher lane was a bit faster during the race, bit surprising, I expected the lower lane to be the route to victory lane.
 
Its a restrictor plate track, you could run anywhere you want to and the effects would be little, the two or three lanes probably have the same grip. Maybe the cars are starting to bog down a bit on the lower lane thats why a lot of guys were passing on the outside and in some cases it worked to their advantage.
 
I just hope the fords haven't come up with some kind of trick to domanate this year.
 
It will be hard for them to dominate a season with only 8 Fords in the series.
 
I agree Kat, he was leading the race close to the end of the shootout, he was one lap away from winning it. Well, cant win em all I guess :(
 
Kevin-Harvick related news: Engine tuner John Dennison has left Kevin Harvick's No. 29 team to replace crew member Jeff Clark on Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s No. 8 car. Clark submitted his resignation in January, but he stayed on to help the team through Speedweeks. Brian Englehart will temporarily fill in on the No. 29 crew until a full-time tuner is hired. . . .
 
Well, thats unfortunate, guess he wont reap the benefits of a championship! :) J/K
 
Oh and guys, dont forget, if you have the time, please register at RacingPress.com's Yahoo Fantasy League

Check it out here: Link
GROUP NAME: RacingPress.com
GROUP PW: rp2k4
GROUP NUMBER: 15805
 
Sure, that is if I have the time. I dunno though I am loaded up to nine to three years ago on fantasy leagues
 
Nine to three years ago huh?

Oh and BTW, congrats on winning the league championship R10F.
 
I'm a horrible road racer, short track racer but everything else is ok. I might have to get a new steering wheel though for next season. :D
 
I'm not coming back for next season, I might try Daytona and Talladega, but thats about it. I've been bogged down too many times with homework, uh thats about it that I cant compete that much in the league anymore.
 
Happy, what happened to the board where you were an admin? I can still see it and post if I want, but it's been a LOOOOONG time since it was active.
 
Originally posted by kat2220@Feb 9 2004, 07:08 PM
Happy, what happened to the board where you were an admin? I can still see it and post if I want, but it's been a LOOOOONG time since it was active.
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Kat, I intend to open it again, its my best intention to, however it just fell down and I havent opened it for awhile. I might start it back up soon, I dunno really.

Tonights not a very active night in our meeting, I guess we might as well call it quits early. :(
 
Originally posted by Riggs10Fan@Feb 9 2004, 07:08 PM
Hey, theyre still showing Playmakers on ESPN?
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Really? They are? Damn, I thought the NFL canned that show. Great show, reminds me of the old profanity-ridden shows on HBO.
 
I think the big bonus of the second 125 is that Robby's in there as well as Kevin...maybe they can use some good teamwork (Robby's made some good comments recently at his homepage) and nail down a 1-2 finish...THEN they can dominate the 500. All the extra help in the Kisses 300...you think RG and Harvick will help each other out there? Robby drives for himself in that series. I don't know.
 
Maybe, but I'm not expecting them to help each other when the race comes down to the wire :D
 
Arright, our FINAL fan club meeting will be on Monday, February 16th, the day after the Daytona 500, regardless of what happens. See y'all then.
 
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