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LAS VEGAS WANTS SECOND CUP DATE
Las Vegas Motor Speedway officials have gone public with their goal
of attracting a second NASCAR Winston Cup event to the 1.5-mile facility.
"We continue to see other speedways going public with their efforts to
land a second yearly NASCAR Winston Cup event," said track GM Chris Powell.
"But there clearly is only one speedway that can offer everything -- a
destination city; more than 125,000 hotel rooms; great weather; excellent
atmosphere and great racing. That's why we sold every seat for the UAW-DaimlerChrysler
400 in March." As for shifting a date from another Speedway Motorsports
Inc. facility, Powell said that is not something SMI boss Bruton Smith
would support.
Roush Racing driver Jeff Burton will sign autographs with noted motorsports artist Sam Bass at the Food Lion supermarket at 3763 Concord Parkway South in Concord, N.C. from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday. The event is designed to promote four limited edition tins, designed by Bass, featuring Burton and three of his Roush teammates, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth and Kurt Busch. The tins are free with the purchase of three-packs of Kraft Deluxe Macaroni and Cheese and Velveeta Shells & Cheese through June.
By JIM UTTER
ThatsRacin.com Writer
Lowe's Motor Speedway near Charlotte hosts Winston Cup teams next week for two days of testing, 5-10 p.m. Eastern Tuesday and noon-10 p.m. Wednesday.
Teams will test in preparation for the May 25 Coca-Cola 600.
NASCAR Truck series teams will test in preparation for the inaugural series race at the track, 3-10 p.m. May 5-6. Busch series teams test 9 a.m.-3 p.m. May 6 and 7.
new and larger facility on U.S. Highway 74 in Indian Trail and plans to
nearly double its employment. The dealership owned by NASCAR driver Dale
Jarrett will add as many as 100 employees to its 115-person staff as the
new, $15 million complex cranks up, says Kirk Stump, company president.
The 30-acre site and 130,000-square-foot building has room for 100 vehicles
in its showrooms and other areas. It also has a 41-bay service area, a
100-seat restaurant called DJ's Diner and eventually will have space for
parking 3,000 vehicles. There's also an indoor playground for children
at the facility. - The Charlotte Business Journal
Also...Shawn Parker Next #88 Crew Chief?: Shawn Parker could become Dale Jarrett's new crew chief, according to sources close to the Robert Yates team. And crew chief Greg Zipadelli says that there is nothing to the rumors that his own boss, General Manager Jimmy Makar, might move on to join the Yates team to work with Jarrett. Parker is a chassis specialist for the Elliott Sadler-Raymond Fox half of the Yates team. Parker was once a key member of the Jack Roush operation before moving on. - The Winston-Salem Journal
Also... McDonald's Courting NASCAR For Cup Naming Rights?: A Bloomberg News report states that McDonald's Corp. is negotiating for naming rights of the Winston Cup series. Winston has sponsored the series since 1971 and said earlier this year that if NASCAR could find another series sponsor it would back out of a five-year extension signed last year. - The Roanoke Times
Robby
Gordon will do 'The Double' again: Robby Gordon will do "The
Double" for the third time, driving in the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola
600 on May 25. Gordon, a regular in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, driving
for Richard Childress Racing, will drive the Andretti-Green Racing car
left vacant when Dario Franchitti was injured in a motorcycle accident.
"I love Winston Cup racing and I'm going to be in Winston Cup racing, but
I love the Indianapolis 500," Gordon said Friday at California Speedway,
where he will race his No. 31 Chevrolet Monte Carlo in Sunday's Auto Club
500. Gordon said his goal is to finish in the top 10 in the Winston Cup
points, and the points he will earn in the 600 are important. He goes into
Sunday's race 14th in the season points. He has had only one top-10 finish
since running sixth in the season-opening Daytona 500. - AP/FOXSports
By Ryan Smithson, Turner Sports Interactive
FONTANA, Calif. -- NASCAR is expected to announce Monday that Brian Rose has been indefinitely suspended from the Craftsman Truck Series, a source said Saturday.
The exact reason for the suspension is unknown.
A penalty notice was sent to Rose, who has competed in two Craftsman Truck Series events in 2003. He ran the full schedule in 2002, finishing 22nd in points.
In NASCAR, an indefinite suspension is not a lifetime ban, but suspended parties must meet certain criteria for reinstatement.
Auto Club 500 winner Kurt Busch stated a revelation Sunday in his post-race media briefing at California Speedway, when he spoke of the possiblity of more banking being added to Homestead-Miami Speedway.
"I guess we're reconfiguring Miami -- a place that I thoroughly enjoy having flat -- but I guess we're gonna put banking to that.
"It's gonna have to go through some winters and some rain down there to help mature the racetrack."
Homestead-Miami Speedway currently has six-degree banking in its corners. The South Florida track has been widely derided for its lack of racing excitement.
Word in the garage is that the FX cable network will begin filming for its NASCAR reality series -- which will feature Kevin Harvick and Kenny Wallace -- next week.
Rusty Wallace and Jamie McMurray were originally considered for the series, which has been planned for some time.
By JIM UTTER
ThatsRacin.com Writer
FONTANA, Calif. - Riverside County Fire Department officials confirmed Sunday that two spectators were killed Saturday night at Perris Auto Speedway in Riverside, Calif., when a sprint car wrecked, went over an interior fence and landed in the infield area.
Paul Bagley, and his wife, Helen, were in the infield near Turn 1 and were struck by the car as it came over the fence. Paul Bagley was killed instantly, while his wife died en route to Riverside County Regional Medical Center.
The driver of the car, Jack DeArmond Jr., lost control of his SCRA sprint car along the front straightaway, causing it to catapult over the fence and into the pits during the B Main event. DeArmond Jr. suffered minor injuries.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Paul Bagley was on the board of directors of the Knoxville Sprint Car Nationals, the largest World of Outlaws race of the year. The Bagleys also had a son, Jeff, who was killed in a sprint car crash at Ascot Park in 1989.
In a 2001 investigation by The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer found more than 260 people, including 29 spectators, died in U.S. auto racing from 1990 through 2001. Since then, 40 more drivers have died.
Three spectators were killed and eight others injured in May 1999 when a tire went into the grandstands during an Indy Racing League race at Lowe's Motor Speedway near Charlotte.
In 1998, three spectators died when a tire went into the stands at Michigan International Speedway during a Championship Auto Racing Teams race.
By JIM UTTER
ThatsRacin.com Writer
FONTANA, Calif. - Winston Cup driver Kevin Harvick won a Late Model race Saturday night at Mesa Marin Speedway in his hometown of Bakersfield, Calif., for the second consecutive year.
NASCAR Busch series driver Ron Hornaday also competed in the race and finished third.
"We have been fortunate to have brand-new cars both years," Harvick said. "We had a lot of fun with Hornaday and myself beating and banging. We also got to teach a couple lessons."
Harvick said this was likely the last year he will compete in the Late Model race during the Winston Cup weekend in Fontana.
"I think that was it for a while. It takes a lot of time, but it was fun," he said.
NASCAR officials polled competitors at California on what changes should be made to Homestead for the redesign of that track, which is expected to take place in mid-May. Winston Cup Series director John Darby says proposed changes involve more than just increasing the banking.
"The engineers are incorporating compound banking into the track," Darby says. "Instead of taking a straight measurement from the inside line and following it up to the wall, every lane has a slight change in the degree of banking."
Although the numbers aren't exact, Darby described the lanes as increasing in banking from 10 to 12 to 14 degrees as they move up the track. It would be similar to the design of Pikes Peak, which allows for three lanes of racing at the same speed. Some drivers believe there will still be a preferred lane. ...
Though Steve Park wrecked on the first lap at California -- he must exercise patience when he has a good car under him -- the team is beginning to show a bit of a spark. Dale Earnhardt Inc. insiders credit crew chief Tony Gibson, 38, for the progress and say he is the "heart of the team." Credit also must be given to the aerodynamics trifecta of Steve Hmiel, Andy Johnson and Chuck Jencks, who were instrumental in designing the new Chevrolet that helped Park win the pole at California. ...
Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s team had to change engines on the No. 8 Chevy the morning before the race at California because water leaked into it. The team also had to change engines before the Talladega race, which Junior won, but the problem wasn't related. Engine builder Richie Gilmore says there was a problem with the head gasket at California.
Though Junior lost a lap because his crew had trouble with the lug nuts on a pit stop, he made up the lap, finished sixth and trimmed Matt Kenseth's points lead to 44. ...
Yates Racing GM Doug Yates says a new crew chief has not been selected for Dale Jarrett despite speculation that Shawn Parker, the car chief for teammate Elliott Sadler, would get the job. Several names outside RYR have been mentioned, including Joe Gibbs Racing team manager Jimmy Makar, who is Jarrett's brother-in-law. However, Greg Zipadelli, crew chief for Tony Stewart in Gibbs' No. 20 car, says he doesn't think Makar will go anywhere. ...
For those on the Todd Parrott watch, one Yates insider says he doesn't expect Parrott, the former team manager, to return. ...
Garage scuttlebutt is that a second date at California might replace the Southern 500 at Darlington on the Winston Cup calendar next season. Members of several teams don't favor such a move because they enjoy Labor Day at home with their families.
The biggest difference between racing at Darlington and California is the additional expense it would create. A team spends $1,000 on average to send a crew member to California; the same trip to Darlington is about one-third of that cost. ...
Robby Gordon will attempt his fourth Indianapolis/Charlotte double May
25. Gordon, who drives the No. 31 Chevrolet for Richard Childress, will
return to the Indy Racing Series in the No. 27 Dallara/Honda, substituting
for Dario Franchitti, who's injured. Gordon believes this is his best chance
to win the Indianapolis 500. He says that each year he has improved his
methods for completing the double.
Lee Spencer covers NASCAR for Sporting News. Email her at lspencer@...
Dale Earnhardt Jr. overcame an engine change and a miscue in the pits to finish sixth Sunday.
Credit: Autostock
Notebook: Junior miffed, but makes comeback
By Dave Rodman, Turner Sports Interactive
Monday, April 28, 2003
FONTANA, Calif. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. said that despite recovering from changing an engine Sunday morning and coming back from a lap down to finish sixth, he was still a little peeved.
After taking the green flag in 38th due to the engine change, Earnhardt was in the top-five after only 46 laps. But his hopes went out the window when a lug nut error on a lap 204 pit stop necessitated a second stop, and lost him a lap.
"I'm mad because we had a great car and we really screwed up in the pits," Earnhardt said. "We cannot keep doing things to beat ourselves like that. I want to apologize to my crew guys because I was really, really hard on them on the radio, but at the same time they need to know that we can't keep doing that."
"On one hand, it was a championship-type day. When we had trouble, we did what we had to do to get back all we could (and) that's what you need to do to win a title."
Breakthrough for Ganassi Racing
As incredible as it seems, Sunday's Auto Club 500 was the first time this season two Ganassi Racing cars had finished in the top 10. Jamie McMurray had a potential race-winning car and led six times for 41 laps before finishing fifth. Sterling Marlin, in a backup car, came back for 10th.
McMurray scored his second top-five but only his third top-10 of the year and Marlin, his third straight top-10 and fourth in the last five races.
"We never could adjust on it and get the balance right," McMurray said. "We freed the car up and it would be too loose at the beginning and too loose at the end (of a run). We just needed the long runs."
Marlin was pleased with his finish, but focused on the big picture.
"That's another top-10 finish, but we still lost a spot in the standings," Marlin said after dropping from 12th to 13th. "We didn't get a lot of practice with this car yesterday and we hadn't raced it since Atlanta (so) I guess that's not too bad starting from the rear of the pack."
Needing a few more laps
Bill Elliott scored only his second top-10 of the season when he guided his No. 9 Dodge into fourth, but he was looking for a few more laps after finishing strong.
"We had some lug nut problems and lost track position," Elliott said. "As good as everybody runs, it's just hard to get up through there, but that last set of tires was really hooked up good. I don't know if I could have beat the 97 (race winner Kurt Busch), but I believe I could have beat those other two cars if I just could have got to 'em."
Team owner Ray Evernham was disappointed when Elliott's teammate Jeremy
Mayfield was
eliminated in a nine-car accident with less than 15 laps to go, but remained
optimistic.
"We're getting our deal turned around," Evernham said. "I know people are saying we're not doing so good and probably we're not, but our deal is stronger than it was last year and these guys are doing a good job. We're just going to shut up and work and get it turned around."
Nadeau a fighting 14th
Jerry Nadeau spun twice in his No. 01 Pontiac but never hit anything and finished 14th, on the lead lap Sunday. Most significantly, his run was in MB2 Motorsports' first in-house chassis, which was fourth in its debut last month at Texas Motor Speedway.
"We had an easy top-10 car, but we had a lot of things happen to us that made it difficult," said Nadeau, who had to give up his sixth-place starting spot after a Saturday engine change. "The guys did a great job and we all hung in there together. We made the best of it and I really feel this team is starting to jell. There will be better days."
"The car was loose and I was on the edge," Nadeau of his two twirls. "I was just happy to finish the race in one piece."
Harvick gets a hometown win
Limits on testing are the talk of the NASCAR Winston Cup garage, but a recent test session paid off for Kevin Harvick when he won a 75-lap Late Model race Saturday night at his hometown Mesa Marin Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif.
Harvick flew with another Mesa Marin icon, Ron Hornaday, to the high-banked half-mile bullring after they both competed in the Busch Series race at California Speedway.
Harvick, who won the Mesa Marin Late Model championship as a 17-year-old
student at
Bakersfield's North High, started near the rear of the 23-car field and
led the final 10 laps after a side-by-side duel with local Mike Riale.
After Riale suffered a flat tire, Harvick prevailed over Brian Richardson and Hornaday, who drove a car entered by local car builder Gary Collins.
Harvick's performance mirrored a similar victory in his last appearance at Mesa Marin, one year ago. He told Bakersfield writer Mike Griffith that he retaliated after local Mike Mason, 16, hit him before a restart. The youngster hit Harvick's car again on the cool-off lap, Griffith reported.
"I don't know who 55 (Mason) was but he was trying to make a name," Harvick said. "He came up and ran into me on the restart and I brake-checked him and he got spun out.
"He was mad. If you're going to mess with the bull, you're going to get the horn. Everybody's got to learn their lesson some time or another."
Andrews a proud poppa
Winston Cup crew chief Paul Andrews was showing some pride from across the country Sunday evening after his son, Busch North Series rookie Tim Andrews, scored a fourth-place finish in that NASCAR Touring division's opener, the Freedom 150 at Lee (N.H.) USA Speedway.
Defending series champion Andy Santerre won the event.
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