Random NASCAR Stuff to talk about.....

dpkimmel2001 said:
I can tell that it 's a Peterbilt truck by the Peterbilt emblem on the door. :D
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Taking this from the Short Track Racing section:

The Snowball Derby will be broadcast live on 51 TV (Speed51.com) next weekend.

The four-day pass to view all of the Snowball Derby and Snowflake 100 feature racing action, plus Snowball and Snowflake qualifying events and feature races for the Five Flags Speedway’s Bombers, Sportsman, Super Stocks, Modified and Pro Truck divisions is the most cost-effective package. However, individual day passes are also available. Fans can tune in to Nash 102.7 Pole Night action, featuring time trials for the Snowball Derby and feature events for the Five Flags Super Stocks and Modifieds, on Friday, December 5 for $14.99. The December 6 Allen Turner Snowflake 100 qualifying and feature events, along with the Snowball Derby last-chance qualifier event and the Pro Truck division feature, is available on Saturday for $19.99. A single-day viewing ticket for the 47th Annual Snowball Derby on Sunday, December 7, is $24.99.

The only way to view the Snowball Derby feature events for the Five Flags Bomber and Sportsman divisions is to purchase the four-day 51 TV ticket for $54.99.
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http://speed51.com/47th-annual-snowball-derby-to-broadcast-live-on-51-tv/
 
ztevans said:
I thought that sounded pricey, then I saw reserved tickets for Sunday are going for $45 and four-day passes are $75. Jeebus.
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And worth every damn penny of it. That's only $20 a day for a whole lotta fun, exhaust thunder and burning rubber smells up close and personal. And as I said in the other thread " It's only 9 miles from my house so I'm here already with passes in hand. :D

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Wednesday Dec 3
Free Admission
9 am Parking of Rigs; 11 am to 5 pm Tech Open
Evening
5-9 pm Cat Country/WEAR TV3
Free Green Flag Party
Autographs, Food, Beverages, Live Music
Qualifying Order Drawing

Thursday Dec 4
10 am-4 pm Snowball /Snowflake Practice
5-6 pm Bomber & Sportsmen Practice
6:15 Bomber & Sportsmen Quals (top 20)
8 pm Bomber & SP B Main 10 Laps (transfer 4)
Butler U-Pull-It Bomber 30 Green Laps
Beef O’Brady’s Sportsmen 50 Green Laps

Friday Dec 5
WXBM 102.7 Pole Night
During Day Practice &
Snowball Derby Time Trials
7:45 pm Pre Race Festivities
8 pm SS & Mods B Mains (if necessary)
Super Stock 50 Green Laps
Modified 50 Green Laps

Saturday Dec 6
Snowball Qualifier 50 laps, (4 transfer)
Snowflake Qualifier 50 laps, (4 transfer)
Pro Truck Feature Race 50 laps
7:30 pm Allen Turner Snowflake 100
100 Green Flag Laps Pro Late Models

Sunday Dec 7
2 pm Snowball Derby 300 laps for Super Late Models
 
Johali said:
And worth every damn penny of it. That's only $20 a day for a whole lotta fun, exhaust thunder and burning rubber smells up close and personal. And as I said in the other thread " It's only 9 miles from my house so I'm here already with passes in hand. :D

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Wednesday Dec 3
Free Admission
9 am Parking of Rigs; 11 am to 5 pm Tech Open
Evening
5-9 pm Cat Country/WEAR TV3
Free Green Flag Party
Autographs, Food, Beverages, Live Music
Qualifying Order Drawing

Thursday Dec 4
10 am-4 pm Snowball /Snowflake Practice
5-6 pm Bomber & Sportsmen Practice
6:15 Bomber & Sportsmen Quals (top 20)
8 pm Bomber & SP B Main 10 Laps (transfer 4)
Butler U-Pull-It Bomber 30 Green Laps
Beef O’Brady’s Sportsmen 50 Green Laps

Friday Dec 5
WXBM 102.7 Pole Night
During Day Practice &
Snowball Derby Time Trials
7:45 pm Pre Race Festivities
8 pm SS & Mods B Mains (if necessary)
Super Stock 50 Green Laps
Modified 50 Green Laps

Saturday Dec 6
Snowball Qualifier 50 laps, (4 transfer)
Snowflake Qualifier 50 laps, (4 transfer)
Pro Truck Feature Race 50 laps
7:30 pm Allen Turner Snowflake 100
100 Green Flag Laps Pro Late Models

Sunday Dec 7
2 pm Snowball Derby 300 laps for Super Late Models
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4 days for $75? Reads like a helluva deal to me. If I only lived about 1000 miles closer I'd give it a go. Instead, I'll stay here and shovel snow. :(

Make sure you post some race reports @Johali
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
4 days for $75? Reads like a helluva deal to me. If I only lived about 1000 miles closer I'd give it a go. Instead, I'll stay here and shovel snow. :(

Make sure you post some race reports @Johali
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This was last Saturday. I hope the weather cooperates for the week of the races.

The annual test and tune session for all seven classes of race cars ended at mid afternoon Saturday when a misty line of light showers made practice too dangerous to continue. The early end dashed the plans of drivers hoping for conditions similar to qualifying in 2 weeks to make mock qualifying runs.
 
Johali said:
And worth every damn penny of it. That's only $20 a day for a whole lotta fun, exhaust thunder and burning rubber smells up close and personal. And as I said in the other thread " It's only 9 miles from my house so I'm here already with passes in hand. :D

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Wednesday Dec 3
Free Admission
9 am Parking of Rigs; 11 am to 5 pm Tech Open
Evening
5-9 pm Cat Country/WEAR TV3
Free Green Flag Party
Autographs, Food, Beverages, Live Music
Qualifying Order Drawing

Thursday Dec 4
10 am-4 pm Snowball /Snowflake Practice
5-6 pm Bomber & Sportsmen Practice
6:15 Bomber & Sportsmen Quals (top 20)
8 pm Bomber & SP B Main 10 Laps (transfer 4)
Butler U-Pull-It Bomber 30 Green Laps
Beef O’Brady’s Sportsmen 50 Green Laps

Friday Dec 5
WXBM 102.7 Pole Night
During Day Practice &
Snowball Derby Time Trials
7:45 pm Pre Race Festivities
8 pm SS & Mods B Mains (if necessary)
Super Stock 50 Green Laps
Modified 50 Green Laps

Saturday Dec 6
Snowball Qualifier 50 laps, (4 transfer)
Snowflake Qualifier 50 laps, (4 transfer)
Pro Truck Feature Race 50 laps
7:30 pm Allen Turner Snowflake 100
100 Green Flag Laps Pro Late Models

Sunday Dec 7
2 pm Snowball Derby 300 laps for Super Late Models
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Too SWEET man!

I have a %$#@&^%$&^%$(*& ing Trade show in Grand Rapids Michigan that weekend, :mad: or I would be there in a flash. Only 8 hours away from me.
 
ztevans said:
I thought that sounded pricey, then I saw reserved tickets for Sunday are going for $45 and four-day passes are $75. Jeebus.
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That's not bad. That's just $10 or $20 more than the 3-day Myrtle Beach 400 last weekend usually runs. The MB 400 is a lot of racing for not much money, but the Snowball for that price is a whole 'nuther level of bang for your buck. Even the single-day rate is pretty good.
 
Daytona International Speedway to no Longer Host the UNOH Battle At The Beach


Statement from Daytona International Speedway President Joie Chitwood III on the UNOH Battle At The Beach

“After much consideration, Daytona International Speedway will not host any future UNOH Battle At The Beach events. For the past two years, the UNOH Battle At the Beach has produced thrilling racing on our backstretch. It was necessary for us to make this difficult decision given that we will open 40,000 new seats during Budweiser Speedweeks 2015 as part of the DAYTONA Rising redevelopment project and will remove the backstretch grandstands prior to 2016 racing season. We are pleased to see the NASCAR K&N Pro Series and the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series will remain in Central Florida during Budweiser Speedweeks at New Smyrna Speedway and encourage fans to attend those exciting races.

“The University of Northwestern Ohio (UNOH) has been a great partner in supporting the Battle At The Beach and we look forward to continuing to work with them to grow our relationship.”


NASCAR Statement from George Silbermann, NASCAR Vice President, Regional and Touring Series, Regarding UNOH Battle At The Beach

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 26, 2014) – “The UNOH Battle at the Beach provided NASCAR’s stars of tomorrow an excellent opportunity to participate at The World Center of Racing, but it isn’t feasible to continue the event given the progress with the DAYTONA Rising project. Fortunately, nearby New Smyrna Speedway is excited to bring the K&N Pro Series East back for the season opener again this year in addition to its week-long slate of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series action; NASCAR fans will still have plenty of opportunities to see exciting short-track action in the Daytona area again this February.”

from here
 
Mr. Gregory said:
Ehh, I disagree. I don't think that Jimmie winning 8 titles would be bad for the sport at all. Roger Federer won more Grand Slams than Pete Sampras and that didn't hurt tennis IMO. Records, even long-standing ones, were made to be broken.

I also never bought into the notion that the champion automatically becomes the new face or ambassador of the sport for a year or however long. I feel like our sport has numerous ambassadors and faces. That being said, if you asked me to pick just one driver that I feel is the face of NASCAR, I'd go with a certain gentleman who hasn't won a championship yet.
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You can remove Bad Brads face from that picture now. LOL
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
Daytona International Speedway to no Longer Host the UNOH Battle At The Beach
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I'm sure the teams involved were excited about racing at Daytona, but they weren't using the whole track anyway. After watching it on the tube, I think this event is better suited to a true short track and not a layout cobbled together on the backstretch.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
I'm sure the teams involved were excited about racing at Daytona, but they weren't using the whole track anyway. After watching it on the tube, I think this event is better suited to a true short track and not a layout cobbled together on the backstretch.
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ditto, sorry excuse for a race track it was. Made Bowman Grey look big.
 
Marcingak said:
Does anyone know what was so special/advanced about the T-Rex car?
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I've never seen exactly what the "problems" were. Nothing was revealed then or since, that I can find. From what I can gather from
various people is that Ray worked in every grey area he could find in the rule book --- pushing the utmost limits in regards to the chassis and body.
Apparently, back then, there were some areas that didn't have the specifics in place that they do now.
 
TexasRaceLady said:
I've never seen exactly what the "problems" were. Nothing was revealed then or since, that I can find. From what I can gather from
various people is that Ray worked in every grey area he could find in the rule book --- pushing the utmost limits in regards to the chassis and body.
Apparently, back then, there were some areas that didn't have the specifics in place that they do now.
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I've heard ray mention it in interviews while laughing and his comments seemed to confirm what you said.
 
oldgoat said:
I hope that Dr. Punch will find a place to be on TV again. He is one of the best as far as I am concerned.
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He's been a pretty loyal ESPN guy his entire career, so I wouldn't look for him to leave. He's done some college football and basketball for them in the past, maybe he'll go that direction again next year.
 
TexasRaceLady said:
I've never seen exactly what the "problems" were. Nothing was revealed then or since, that I can find. From what I can gather from
various people is that Ray worked in every grey area he could find in the rule book --- pushing the utmost limits in regards to the chassis and body.
Apparently, back then, there were some areas that didn't have the specifics in place that they do now.
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I guess that technically it was legal but Nascar told Ray to never bring it back. So I'm guessing that Rick probably has it stashed somewhere for a laugh.
 
oldgoat said:
I guess that technically it was legal but Nascar told Ray to never bring it back. So I'm guessing that Rick probably has it stashed somewhere for a laugh.
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According to the rules at the time, it was legal. All my friends in the business back then, said it showed NASCAR that there were areas where
the rules could be bent just enough to gain an advantage.
And, yeah, I bet it's still around. ;) Although, in the several trips I've made to the Hendrick shops, I've not seen it. Or rather, it was not pointed
out as being the T-Rex. :D
 
Several NASCAR drivers running Snowball Derby: a healthy contingent of drivers, including NASCAR Nationwide Series champion and Super Late Model supporter Chase Elliott, have declared their intentions to enter the event.
From here: http://www.jayski.com/cupnews.htm#20141130a
 
Randy said:
I have seen "T-Rex" in a warehouse on HMS grounds back in 2006(?)...I dunno...it wasn't so much special, all I noticed was that the right side was kinda concave shaped...not much, but one guy said it made a difference in the airflow.
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Makes sense. Especially after all the skirt flares we saw this past season.
 
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