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Quote of the Day
"Obviously, he can't handle any pressure or criticism at all. And he fights like a little girl."
-- Robby Gordon, on his pre-race tête-à-tête with Brad Parrott at Sunday's Telcel Motorola 200
-- Robby Gordon, on his pre-race tête-à-tête with Brad Parrott at Sunday's Telcel Motorola 200
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Comments from the Peanut Gallery
from Larry
Momma,
The Mexico City race was about as exciting as watching the snow melt!! "Fer cryin' out loud", we have tracks that are not being used here in the USA! Let's keep OUR sport in OUR country!!
Larry
from Rick
regarding the article that mentioned J.Andretti winning Martinsville in 4/99. I belive that was devine intervintion on that one. My dad was the biggest R. Petty fan ever-he died on the morning of that race.Amazing that the 43 car wins that day.
from Lemas
I have a question and I don't know if you can answer it or not but why in the heck did Fox Sports Network stop running Nascar This Morning on Sunday mornings and switch to the Speed Channel. Unfortunately I do not have the finances to have digital cable and the Speed Channel. Is this another way to make Nascar fans have to pay more to see some good ole racin?
from Larry
Momma,
The Mexico City race was about as exciting as watching the snow melt!! "Fer cryin' out loud", we have tracks that are not being used here in the USA! Let's keep OUR sport in OUR country!!
Larry
from Rick
regarding the article that mentioned J.Andretti winning Martinsville in 4/99. I belive that was devine intervintion on that one. My dad was the biggest R. Petty fan ever-he died on the morning of that race.Amazing that the 43 car wins that day.
from Lemas
I have a question and I don't know if you can answer it or not but why in the heck did Fox Sports Network stop running Nascar This Morning on Sunday mornings and switch to the Speed Channel. Unfortunately I do not have the finances to have digital cable and the Speed Channel. Is this another way to make Nascar fans have to pay more to see some good ole racin?
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Bits and Pieces
Lights possible for 2005 finale at Homestead
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) -- If Homestead-Miami Speedway president Curtis Gray gets his wish, future races at the track will be run at night, beginning with a trio of NASCAR races in November.
To do it, the track will have to install lights and work out the details with local officials and the TV networks that broadcast the races.
"It's something we're seriously looking at," Gray said Sunday during the IRL season-opening Toyota Indy 300. "Our fans have asked for it."
Gray said he thought about the lights last year when the NASCAR Nextel Cup championship came down to the season-finale at Homestead.
"Everything went fine last year but to have a race end early because of darkness in that situation, it's a risky proposition from our standpoint," he said. "And the networks like to have later starts.
"We're talking to the sanctioning bodies and networks to get their input."
The NASCAR season will end here the third week of November with a Craftsman Truck Series race, a Busch Series event and the Cup finale.
Gray also said there is no truth to the rumor that NASCAR is considering moving the July race at Daytona International Speedway to the end of the season instead of finishing at Homestead.
"We feel like we have the perfect track in the perfect market to end the season," he said. "It's a great market for the sponsors and the teams and fans from all over the country like coming down here the third week of November."
Lights possible for 2005 finale at Homestead
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) -- If Homestead-Miami Speedway president Curtis Gray gets his wish, future races at the track will be run at night, beginning with a trio of NASCAR races in November.
To do it, the track will have to install lights and work out the details with local officials and the TV networks that broadcast the races.
"It's something we're seriously looking at," Gray said Sunday during the IRL season-opening Toyota Indy 300. "Our fans have asked for it."
Gray said he thought about the lights last year when the NASCAR Nextel Cup championship came down to the season-finale at Homestead.
"Everything went fine last year but to have a race end early because of darkness in that situation, it's a risky proposition from our standpoint," he said. "And the networks like to have later starts.
"We're talking to the sanctioning bodies and networks to get their input."
The NASCAR season will end here the third week of November with a Craftsman Truck Series race, a Busch Series event and the Cup finale.
Gray also said there is no truth to the rumor that NASCAR is considering moving the July race at Daytona International Speedway to the end of the season instead of finishing at Homestead.
"We feel like we have the perfect track in the perfect market to end the season," he said. "It's a great market for the sponsors and the teams and fans from all over the country like coming down here the third week of November."
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TV Tonight: Lowe's Chevrolet Driver Adrian Ferandez and the Lowe's Busch Series Chevrolet will be part of ABC World New Tonight's story Monday on NASCAR in Mexico City. The telecast airs at 6:30pm/et.
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Busch Series drawing more TV Viewers: NASCAR says the Busch Series has drawn substantially more viewers for its first two races this year than last year. FX's airing of the Feb. 26 Stater Bros. 300 was the highest rated Busch Series event in the cable station's history with 3.305 million viewers, an 83% increase over the 1.424 million who tuned in for FX's airing of last year's second race, which was at North Carolina Speedway at Rockingham. NASCAR says the increases followed a 14% jump in viewers for Fox's broadcast of the season-opening Hershey's Take 5 300 at Daytona International Speedway.(NASCAR Scene Daily Newsletter)
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Harvick battles illness to finish second
Kevin Harvick, battling "Montezuma’s Revenge", was a medical marvel during the race, after getting IVs.
"We didn't need much, because we were fast," Harvick said of his charge at Truex. "Only needed three chances ... but woulda, coulda, shoulda.
"We stuck to our game plan, but Martin caught the yellow just right (with 28 laps to go) and got on pit road before the caution came out. And we had to wait one lap."
I feel a lot better today. I got whatever they call that Montezuma’s Revenge yesterday. I was up all night. I hadn’t eaten in 24 hours and so when you have a good race car it makes it feel a lot better.”
Harvick said he was pleased with the Mexican drivers.
“They did a great job this week. There’s an experience factor that comes into play with these heavy stock cars and I think Adrian and Michel did a good job. Our experience came into play later in the race as the tires wore out and the cars didn’t handle as good. I think with a little more experience they can run fast, but it’s all about being able to run fast for a long time.”
He also said he liked the course but thought it was a little wild.
“I think we’re all just a bunch of lunatics, to tell you the truth. I think everybody was just trying really hard and trying to get everything they could. It’s one of those places where it really doesn’t hurt to run off the course a little bit because it’s flat and it’s just dirt. No harm, no foul. You can run off anywhere on the race track and not get in trouble. Other places we go to like Watkins Glen is a pretty big transition.”
Kevin Harvick, battling "Montezuma’s Revenge", was a medical marvel during the race, after getting IVs.
"We didn't need much, because we were fast," Harvick said of his charge at Truex. "Only needed three chances ... but woulda, coulda, shoulda.
"We stuck to our game plan, but Martin caught the yellow just right (with 28 laps to go) and got on pit road before the caution came out. And we had to wait one lap."
I feel a lot better today. I got whatever they call that Montezuma’s Revenge yesterday. I was up all night. I hadn’t eaten in 24 hours and so when you have a good race car it makes it feel a lot better.”
Harvick said he was pleased with the Mexican drivers.
“They did a great job this week. There’s an experience factor that comes into play with these heavy stock cars and I think Adrian and Michel did a good job. Our experience came into play later in the race as the tires wore out and the cars didn’t handle as good. I think with a little more experience they can run fast, but it’s all about being able to run fast for a long time.”
He also said he liked the course but thought it was a little wild.
“I think we’re all just a bunch of lunatics, to tell you the truth. I think everybody was just trying really hard and trying to get everything they could. It’s one of those places where it really doesn’t hurt to run off the course a little bit because it’s flat and it’s just dirt. No harm, no foul. You can run off anywhere on the race track and not get in trouble. Other places we go to like Watkins Glen is a pretty big transition.”
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Final California TV Ratings up 19.7% Fox's broadcast of last Sunday's Auto Club 500 at California Speedway drew a final Nielsen Media Research rating of 7.9 and a 16 audience share, today's Sports Business Daily reports. The figures represent a 19.7% increase over the 6.6/16 that Fox drew for its broadcast of last year's second Nextel Cup race, the Subway 400 at North Carolina Speedway at Rockingham [the final race at that track]. The 7.9 rating is also 11.3 percent higher than the 7.1 overnight rating the race drew from the nation's largest markets, which Fox says was the highest overnight figure it had ever posted for any race other than the Daytona 500.(NASCAR Scene Daily Newsletter)
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Race in Canada could be next for NASCAR
By SHANNON SHELTON
The Orlando Sentinel
With NASCAR's first major foray into a foreign country deemed a general success, officials discussed international possibilities for next season as well.
By SHANNON SHELTON
The Orlando Sentinel
With NASCAR's first major foray into a foreign country deemed a general success, officials discussed international possibilities for next season as well.
Canada has been pegged as the next possible move for NASCAR, a spot in which NASCAR International Director Robbie Weiss said might be feasible as soon as next summer.
"Unlike down in Mexico, where you pretty much have a full year in which you're guaranteed cooperative weather, in Canada that's probably our biggest challenge," he said. "I think we're committed that we'd like to figure it out before too long, we just have to find the right date and right market. But I think the show up in Canada can be every bit as much as what you saw here."
As for Mexico, Weiss has no qualms about keeping it on the Busch Series schedule.
"All of our contracts are done year to year, but I'd like to think that by having a successful and well-promoted event here, we'll be back next year," he said.
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Mexican course will look different next time
This 2.5-mile course will look different for next year's race. First, the front-stretch chicane will be taken out, car owner Felix Sabates said. Second, NASCAR will have the track owners install soft walls at key part of the track; Pemberton has been mapping out the precise areas. Third, the surface itself might need repaving.
NASCAR added the chicane to slow speeds at the end of the very long frontstretch. "When we came down here to check out the track, we went around the track and hit 185 mph on the frontstretch," Sabates said. "You can't stop these 34,300 pounds cars. The joke was they'd all get airborne and wind up in Acapulco.
"They had to do something. But they'll do something else next year. Most of the accidents have been in the chicane."
The track asphalt was coming up at spots, so the track was coated with a sealer for the race, which made it slicker. NASCAR might want a more permanent fix for the 2006 race.
This 2.5-mile course will look different for next year's race. First, the front-stretch chicane will be taken out, car owner Felix Sabates said. Second, NASCAR will have the track owners install soft walls at key part of the track; Pemberton has been mapping out the precise areas. Third, the surface itself might need repaving.
NASCAR added the chicane to slow speeds at the end of the very long frontstretch. "When we came down here to check out the track, we went around the track and hit 185 mph on the frontstretch," Sabates said. "You can't stop these 34,300 pounds cars. The joke was they'd all get airborne and wind up in Acapulco.
"They had to do something. But they'll do something else next year. Most of the accidents have been in the chicane."
The track asphalt was coming up at spots, so the track was coated with a sealer for the race, which made it slicker. NASCAR might want a more permanent fix for the 2006 race.
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Mark Martin's Official 'Salute to You' Tour Website now open: Mark Martin’s“Salute to You” Tour, which roared to life on the track with back-to-back top-10 finishes in the first two races of the season, has come to life on the Internet. The official Web site of Mark Martin’s “Salute to You” Tour is now online at www.markmartinsalute.com. Featuring race news, vintage photos, a career timeline, exclusive merchandise and more, the site celebrates the career of one of NASCAR’s most beloved drivers, who retires from full-time Nextel Cup competition this year. Martin himself delivers a special video message to visitors when they arrive at the site. The site will serve as the new home of the official Mark Martin fan club. Current fan club members can use their existing fan club log in name and password to access the “Salute to You” site. Fan club membership is free by registering at roushracing.com.(Roush Racing PR)
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Said Angers General Motors Over Dodge Ride: Boris Said is in hot water with General Motors. After finally getting a Chevy deal to run the Cup tour this season, Said, a star road racer, has angered GM execs by jumping in James Finch's Dodge this week. "I got in a lot of trouble," Said said. "Jay Frye, my team manager, was mad. I really tried to get a Chevrolet ride, called and called and called. But they didn't help me. For some reason they've never really wanted to help me. "I was trying to be politically correct. But I didn't have a ride. But this is a good car and a good team, and I've known Marc Reno (the crew chief)." - The Winston-Salem Journal
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Lepage sponsor: #37-Kevin Lepage says that he has a five-race primary sponsorship deal with Patron Tequila on the table, but that they are still negotiating.(NASCAR Scene)
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ILLNESS FORCES STREMME OUT OF NO. 14 NAVY ACCELERATE YOUR LIFE DODGE
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (March 6, 2005) -- An ailing David Stremme was forced to climb out of the No. 14 Navy Accelerate your life Dodge Charger halfway through the Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200 Sunday. J.J. Yeley filled in for the last 40-plus laps and directed the car to a 22nd place finish.
Stremme visited the infield care center prior to the race for flu-like symptoms, but still climbed aboard his Navy Dodge for the beginning of the race. Starting 36th, Stremme slowly climbed through the field over the first quarter of the 80 lap race, reaching as high as 19th on lap 14.
After a green flag pit stop on lap 15, Stremme radioed his crew that his illness was getting worse. He battled the sickness along with the other 42 drivers in the field for the next 20 laps, falling to 36th in the process, before finally yielding the car to Yeley on lap 37.
While Stremme was taken to the infield care center to be treated for the illness, Yeley sailed the Navy Dodge through the field over the final half of the race, finishing in 22nd, one spot behind teammate Tim Fedewa. Carlos Contreras, who wheeled the third FitzBradshaw Racing entry in the race, hovered among the top-10 all day before gear box problems with seven laps to go forced him from the race.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (March 6, 2005) -- An ailing David Stremme was forced to climb out of the No. 14 Navy Accelerate your life Dodge Charger halfway through the Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200 Sunday. J.J. Yeley filled in for the last 40-plus laps and directed the car to a 22nd place finish.
Stremme visited the infield care center prior to the race for flu-like symptoms, but still climbed aboard his Navy Dodge for the beginning of the race. Starting 36th, Stremme slowly climbed through the field over the first quarter of the 80 lap race, reaching as high as 19th on lap 14.
After a green flag pit stop on lap 15, Stremme radioed his crew that his illness was getting worse. He battled the sickness along with the other 42 drivers in the field for the next 20 laps, falling to 36th in the process, before finally yielding the car to Yeley on lap 37.
While Stremme was taken to the infield care center to be treated for the illness, Yeley sailed the Navy Dodge through the field over the final half of the race, finishing in 22nd, one spot behind teammate Tim Fedewa. Carlos Contreras, who wheeled the third FitzBradshaw Racing entry in the race, hovered among the top-10 all day before gear box problems with seven laps to go forced him from the race.
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Burton wants better car; engineer joins RCR: Burton wants better cars: The work of Jeff Burton's pit crew helped his No. 31 gain 18 positions over seven stops at California, but going into Las Vegas, he doesn't believe his Monte Carlos are up to speed. "Pit crews can't be winning races," Burton says. "We've got to get better cars." The cars are sure to improve after Burton is reunited with former Roush senior engineer Nick Ollila, who joined Richard Childress Racing last week. Off the track, despite having a week away from racing, Burton was anything but idle. In a little more than a week, he shot a commercial for Cingular, made appearances for Chevrolet and Coke and had a cameo role on the WB's One Tree Hill.(FoxSports/Sporting News)
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Schrader to run Busch race at Vegas: Ken Schrader will drive the Panasonic #67 for Smith Brothers Motorsports in the Las Vegas Busch race this weekend. (BGNRacing.com)
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Cross' Words: Groingate
NASCAR kneeds to succeed in stemming physical confrontations
It wasn't quite on par with Cale Yarborough-Bobby Allison after the 1979 Daytona 500, or even Lindsay Lohan-Hillary Duff, but the Robby Gordon-Brad Parrott pre-race confrontation could pan out to be a real knee-slapper -- in more ways than one.
Allegedly, Gordon received a knee to the groin from Parrott after making a comment about having to go to the rear of the field to start Sunday's Telcel Motorola 200. Gordon changed engines and was put at the back of the pack, but Parrott's driver, Carl Edwards, was able to keep his ninth-place starting spot despite going to a backup car.
Never one to keep an opinion to himself, Gordon spoke his mind to Parrott and a rodilla a la ingle followed.
Hello, Mexico City -- welcome to NASCAR, which looks to put its best knee ... er, foot forward at every opportunity.
After the race Parrott took umbrage with a report on NASCAR.COM detailing the scuffle with Gordon, but declined to discuss the incident. "I'll explain it to NASCAR, and I'll let NASCAR explain it to you," Parrott said. "Anybody who knows Robby Gordon knows how Robby Gordon is."
Nonetheless, what is clear is that Gordon and Parrott exchanged words, a blow below the belt was delivered and the two had to be separated, and now NASCAR will look into the issue.
In the meantime, talk radio will get a few yucks out of boys being boys. However, the larger question is whether Gordon and/or Parrott will get a seat in the penalty box.
Last year, Tony Stewart was fined $50,000, placed on extended probation and penalized 25 points for taking a shot at Brian Vickers following a race.
In 2003, Jimmy Spencer was suspended for one race after taking a post-race jab at Kurt Busch.
Both of those incidents -- and many other before -- were the end result of on-track issues. The Gordon-Parrott spat happened before the drivers even took their seats.
So how should NASCAR handle this WWE-style feud? For the sake of legitimacy, the Daytona suits should make a hard-line statement to ensure that this type of physical behavior is clearly addressed.
Flags
• Green -- Kurt Busch has posted top-10 starts in all four of his races at Las Vegas. No other driver has scored a top-10 start in every race that they competed in at Las Vegas, but Michael Waltrip and Bobby Labonte lead all drivers each with five top-10 starts in their seven races at Vegas.
• Yellow -- Seventeen drivers have competed in all seven Cup races at Las Vegas. Only four of the 17 drivers that have competed in all seven races at Vegas are ranked in the current Top 10: Mark Martin (third), Rusty Wallace (eighth), Sterling Marlin (ninth) and Jeff Gordon (10th).
• Red -- Jeff Gordon has finished 15th or worse in his last three races at Las Vegas, while Ricky Rudd has competed in all seven races at Vegas without scoring a top-10 finish.
Around the Track
Las Vegas will not have the new impound procedure.
California marked the first weekend that Nextel Cup teams utilized the new post-qualifying procedure, which is supposed to be a cost-containment benefit for teams. Theoretically, the amount of labor on special qualifying setups, plus the expense of special qualifying equipment, will be reduced.
The Saturday impound returns next week at Atlanta.
Here's an overview:
Friday -- Instead of one two-hour practice and afternoon qualifying, teams now will have two one hour-practice sessions.
Saturday -- Instead of two 45-minute practices to tune race setups, teams will qualify, then have their cars immediately impounded in their garage bays. No work will be allowed until Sunday morning.
Saturday's traditional "Happy Hour" -- the two final 45-minute practices -- will be eliminated.
Twelve tracks will use the new impound procedure in 2005, including California (both events), Atlanta (both events) Bristol (both events), Phoenix (both events), Richmond (both events), Pocono (both events), Michigan (both events), New Hampshire (both events), Daytona (in July), Watkins Glen, Kansas and Darlington. Other events may be added during the season.
NASCAR kneeds to succeed in stemming physical confrontations
It wasn't quite on par with Cale Yarborough-Bobby Allison after the 1979 Daytona 500, or even Lindsay Lohan-Hillary Duff, but the Robby Gordon-Brad Parrott pre-race confrontation could pan out to be a real knee-slapper -- in more ways than one.
Allegedly, Gordon received a knee to the groin from Parrott after making a comment about having to go to the rear of the field to start Sunday's Telcel Motorola 200. Gordon changed engines and was put at the back of the pack, but Parrott's driver, Carl Edwards, was able to keep his ninth-place starting spot despite going to a backup car.
Never one to keep an opinion to himself, Gordon spoke his mind to Parrott and a rodilla a la ingle followed.
Hello, Mexico City -- welcome to NASCAR, which looks to put its best knee ... er, foot forward at every opportunity.
After the race Parrott took umbrage with a report on NASCAR.COM detailing the scuffle with Gordon, but declined to discuss the incident. "I'll explain it to NASCAR, and I'll let NASCAR explain it to you," Parrott said. "Anybody who knows Robby Gordon knows how Robby Gordon is."
Nonetheless, what is clear is that Gordon and Parrott exchanged words, a blow below the belt was delivered and the two had to be separated, and now NASCAR will look into the issue.
In the meantime, talk radio will get a few yucks out of boys being boys. However, the larger question is whether Gordon and/or Parrott will get a seat in the penalty box.
Last year, Tony Stewart was fined $50,000, placed on extended probation and penalized 25 points for taking a shot at Brian Vickers following a race.
In 2003, Jimmy Spencer was suspended for one race after taking a post-race jab at Kurt Busch.
Both of those incidents -- and many other before -- were the end result of on-track issues. The Gordon-Parrott spat happened before the drivers even took their seats.
So how should NASCAR handle this WWE-style feud? For the sake of legitimacy, the Daytona suits should make a hard-line statement to ensure that this type of physical behavior is clearly addressed.
Flags
• Green -- Kurt Busch has posted top-10 starts in all four of his races at Las Vegas. No other driver has scored a top-10 start in every race that they competed in at Las Vegas, but Michael Waltrip and Bobby Labonte lead all drivers each with five top-10 starts in their seven races at Vegas.
• Yellow -- Seventeen drivers have competed in all seven Cup races at Las Vegas. Only four of the 17 drivers that have competed in all seven races at Vegas are ranked in the current Top 10: Mark Martin (third), Rusty Wallace (eighth), Sterling Marlin (ninth) and Jeff Gordon (10th).
• Red -- Jeff Gordon has finished 15th or worse in his last three races at Las Vegas, while Ricky Rudd has competed in all seven races at Vegas without scoring a top-10 finish.
Around the Track
Las Vegas will not have the new impound procedure.
California marked the first weekend that Nextel Cup teams utilized the new post-qualifying procedure, which is supposed to be a cost-containment benefit for teams. Theoretically, the amount of labor on special qualifying setups, plus the expense of special qualifying equipment, will be reduced.
The Saturday impound returns next week at Atlanta.
Here's an overview:
Friday -- Instead of one two-hour practice and afternoon qualifying, teams now will have two one hour-practice sessions.
Saturday -- Instead of two 45-minute practices to tune race setups, teams will qualify, then have their cars immediately impounded in their garage bays. No work will be allowed until Sunday morning.
Saturday's traditional "Happy Hour" -- the two final 45-minute practices -- will be eliminated.
Twelve tracks will use the new impound procedure in 2005, including California (both events), Atlanta (both events) Bristol (both events), Phoenix (both events), Richmond (both events), Pocono (both events), Michigan (both events), New Hampshire (both events), Daytona (in July), Watkins Glen, Kansas and Darlington. Other events may be added during the season.
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NASCAR to investigate Gordon, Parrott dispute
Parrott says he'll talk to NASCAR first, Gordon vocal already
By Lee Montgomery, NASCAR.COM
MEXICO CITY -- Robby Gordon said he didn't want to make a "big deal" out of Sunday's pre-race confrontation with Brad Parrott, crew chief for Carl Edwards.
But NASCAR officials said they are looking into the incident and would talk with Parrott later this week about what happened before Sunday's Telcel Motorola 200 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
"Brad was just telling me how much he loves me," Gordon said after his Chevrolet blew an engine after only 56 laps. "No big deal."
According to Gordon, he told Parrott, "You should be going to the back with me," for the start of the race.
Gordon changed engines and was put to the rear of the field, but Edwards was able to keep his ninth starting spot despite going to a backup car.
"And he spun out," Gordon said. "He's got to stay calm more than that. It was no big deal."
Parrott, Gordon said, kneed Gordon in the groin. Gordon then tried to retaliate before onlookers separated the two.
"That is true, and that's where it started," Gordon said. "I will talk to NASCAR about it. Because I say he should go to the back is no reason to get in my face like he did.
"If someone is going to knee me in the groin, I'm going to grab him by the throat. It's that simple. I don't care who he is."
Parrott did not want to talk about the incident, saying a report about the confrontation as described by witnesses was untrue.
"I want to know why on NASCAR.COM there's a full-face blown lie," Parrott said. "My wife just called me and said something happened on NASCAR.COM that I don't believe in."
Asked to explain his side, Parrott declined.
"I'll explain it to NASCAR, and I'll let NASCAR explain it to you," Parrott said. "Anybody who knows Robby Gordon knows how Robby Gordon is."
NASCAR Busch Series director Joe Balash, however, said he had yet to talk to Parrott but would later in the week.
"I haven't talked to Brad yet," Balash said. "We'll talk to both people that were down there. I don't know exactly what happened, but we'll talk to them and see what's going on."
Edwards was one of the first to separate Parrott and Gordon but said he didn't know what started the incident.
"When I came onto the scene Robby was roughing my crew chief up just a little it, so I just stopped Robby from doing that," Edwards said.
"I really didn't know what the situation was. That's all there was, and I was just trying to stop that from happening. I don't think that's the right thing to be doing at any time. I don't understand exactly what happened to be honest with you."
Gordon said he wasn't angry with Parrott or the rulings that kept Edwards in ninth and put Gordon to the rear.
"It's in the rulebook," Gordon said. "That's why it's no big deal for him to pop off because it's in the rulebook.
"I understood what the rule was, but I was just saying what I thought. My opinion obviously doesn't make a difference of whether he goes to the back or doesn't go to the back.
"Obviously, he can't handle any pressure or criticism at all. And he fights like a little girl."
Parrott says he'll talk to NASCAR first, Gordon vocal already
By Lee Montgomery, NASCAR.COM
MEXICO CITY -- Robby Gordon said he didn't want to make a "big deal" out of Sunday's pre-race confrontation with Brad Parrott, crew chief for Carl Edwards.
But NASCAR officials said they are looking into the incident and would talk with Parrott later this week about what happened before Sunday's Telcel Motorola 200 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
"Brad was just telling me how much he loves me," Gordon said after his Chevrolet blew an engine after only 56 laps. "No big deal."
According to Gordon, he told Parrott, "You should be going to the back with me," for the start of the race.
Gordon changed engines and was put to the rear of the field, but Edwards was able to keep his ninth starting spot despite going to a backup car.
"And he spun out," Gordon said. "He's got to stay calm more than that. It was no big deal."
Parrott, Gordon said, kneed Gordon in the groin. Gordon then tried to retaliate before onlookers separated the two.
"That is true, and that's where it started," Gordon said. "I will talk to NASCAR about it. Because I say he should go to the back is no reason to get in my face like he did.
"If someone is going to knee me in the groin, I'm going to grab him by the throat. It's that simple. I don't care who he is."
Parrott did not want to talk about the incident, saying a report about the confrontation as described by witnesses was untrue.
"I want to know why on NASCAR.COM there's a full-face blown lie," Parrott said. "My wife just called me and said something happened on NASCAR.COM that I don't believe in."
Asked to explain his side, Parrott declined.
"I'll explain it to NASCAR, and I'll let NASCAR explain it to you," Parrott said. "Anybody who knows Robby Gordon knows how Robby Gordon is."
NASCAR Busch Series director Joe Balash, however, said he had yet to talk to Parrott but would later in the week.
"I haven't talked to Brad yet," Balash said. "We'll talk to both people that were down there. I don't know exactly what happened, but we'll talk to them and see what's going on."
Edwards was one of the first to separate Parrott and Gordon but said he didn't know what started the incident.
"When I came onto the scene Robby was roughing my crew chief up just a little it, so I just stopped Robby from doing that," Edwards said.
"I really didn't know what the situation was. That's all there was, and I was just trying to stop that from happening. I don't think that's the right thing to be doing at any time. I don't understand exactly what happened to be honest with you."
Gordon said he wasn't angry with Parrott or the rulings that kept Edwards in ninth and put Gordon to the rear.
"It's in the rulebook," Gordon said. "That's why it's no big deal for him to pop off because it's in the rulebook.
"I understood what the rule was, but I was just saying what I thought. My opinion obviously doesn't make a difference of whether he goes to the back or doesn't go to the back.
"Obviously, he can't handle any pressure or criticism at all. And he fights like a little girl."
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Said puts on a show
By Bob Margolis, Yahoo! Sports
MEXICO CITY – With 10 laps remaining in Sunday's Busch Series race in Mexico City, crew chief Tony Liberati got on the radio with driver Boris Said during a caution and thanked him for giving him a great race.
Said responded, "Hey man, it ain't over yet. I've got some unfinished business to do."
What followed was a final sprint to the finish that was an entertaining and at times spectacular show of road racing skill and aggression that only a veteran like Said could give the crowd of more than 94,000 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
When the checkered flag flew, however, Said had gained only four positions and finished the race in fifth.
For most other drivers, that would have been a very good result. But for Said and his entire team, it was the end of a frustrating second half of a race that Said could have won.
"It was still fun," Said said. "I had a good time. I was going real easy in the beginning just thinking I'm gonna charge at the end, and that's what I did. But I didn't want to charge from dead last."
Said's Dodge had been racing with the leaders all afternoon and the game plan was pit on lap 46 for regular service.
As he entered pit road (which starts out of Turn 7), a caution came out just prior to Said crossing what NASCAR calls the commit line. When this happens, the pits are closed to all cars except for those already on pit road or already past that commit line.
Both Said and Liberati thought they had crossed the line before the caution, and Said continued on to his pit box. But a video replay showed otherwise – he had not crossed the line, which NASCAR officials ruled as a penalty.
"Like football, I think it was a bad call, but you never know – video doesn't lie," Said said. "But it cost us the race."
Said was sent to the back of the field – the last car on the lead lap. When the green flag flew on lap 50, he was in 31st with 30 laps remaining.
"We would have lined up behind the 8 car [of eventual race-winner Martin Truex Jr.] when we went out after the pit stop if we hadn't been penalized," Said said. "That's all we would have needed."
A frustrated but determined Said then gave a how-to lesson on passing a large number of cars during a race with an aggressive but smooth driving style.
During his drive through the field, Said had to deal with several incidents and a car under him that he was driving at its limits. At one point, he was behind local favorite and polesitter Jorge Goeters when the Mexican driver's engine gave up on lap 66 in a huge cloud of smoke.
"I told my crew that the 66 was going to blow up laps earlier and when he blew up, I couldn't see anything," said Said. "It covered my windshield completely with oil, and he oiled down the racing line, too.
"When the sun came out it would glisten the whole windshield and it was really bad."
But that didn't slow him down. Said continued his charge forward.
"To come from dead last to fifth, you kind of have to use up your equipment," he said. "I was bowling people out of the way – I had to drive wild. It was fun."
Said also found time for a little side challenge.
"I really wanted Rusty [Wallace]. That was just in my head," he added. "If I could get [past] Rusty it would be a successful day."
Said did finish ahead of Wallace, who came home sixth. But in the end, he fell short against Truex and three others.
"Martin did a great job and I thought he was one of the guys who could win at the beginning of the weekend," Said commented. "I don't know if I could have caught him. I think with a few more laps, I could have caught the guys in front of me, but not Martin. He was in another zip code."
Said's next NASCAR race will put him back in his Nextel Cup car for the race in Texas on April 17.
By Bob Margolis, Yahoo! Sports
MEXICO CITY – With 10 laps remaining in Sunday's Busch Series race in Mexico City, crew chief Tony Liberati got on the radio with driver Boris Said during a caution and thanked him for giving him a great race.
Said responded, "Hey man, it ain't over yet. I've got some unfinished business to do."
What followed was a final sprint to the finish that was an entertaining and at times spectacular show of road racing skill and aggression that only a veteran like Said could give the crowd of more than 94,000 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
When the checkered flag flew, however, Said had gained only four positions and finished the race in fifth.
For most other drivers, that would have been a very good result. But for Said and his entire team, it was the end of a frustrating second half of a race that Said could have won.
"It was still fun," Said said. "I had a good time. I was going real easy in the beginning just thinking I'm gonna charge at the end, and that's what I did. But I didn't want to charge from dead last."
Said's Dodge had been racing with the leaders all afternoon and the game plan was pit on lap 46 for regular service.
As he entered pit road (which starts out of Turn 7), a caution came out just prior to Said crossing what NASCAR calls the commit line. When this happens, the pits are closed to all cars except for those already on pit road or already past that commit line.
Both Said and Liberati thought they had crossed the line before the caution, and Said continued on to his pit box. But a video replay showed otherwise – he had not crossed the line, which NASCAR officials ruled as a penalty.
"Like football, I think it was a bad call, but you never know – video doesn't lie," Said said. "But it cost us the race."
Said was sent to the back of the field – the last car on the lead lap. When the green flag flew on lap 50, he was in 31st with 30 laps remaining.
"We would have lined up behind the 8 car [of eventual race-winner Martin Truex Jr.] when we went out after the pit stop if we hadn't been penalized," Said said. "That's all we would have needed."
A frustrated but determined Said then gave a how-to lesson on passing a large number of cars during a race with an aggressive but smooth driving style.
During his drive through the field, Said had to deal with several incidents and a car under him that he was driving at its limits. At one point, he was behind local favorite and polesitter Jorge Goeters when the Mexican driver's engine gave up on lap 66 in a huge cloud of smoke.
"I told my crew that the 66 was going to blow up laps earlier and when he blew up, I couldn't see anything," said Said. "It covered my windshield completely with oil, and he oiled down the racing line, too.
"When the sun came out it would glisten the whole windshield and it was really bad."
But that didn't slow him down. Said continued his charge forward.
"To come from dead last to fifth, you kind of have to use up your equipment," he said. "I was bowling people out of the way – I had to drive wild. It was fun."
Said also found time for a little side challenge.
"I really wanted Rusty [Wallace]. That was just in my head," he added. "If I could get [past] Rusty it would be a successful day."
Said did finish ahead of Wallace, who came home sixth. But in the end, he fell short against Truex and three others.
"Martin did a great job and I thought he was one of the guys who could win at the beginning of the weekend," Said commented. "I don't know if I could have caught him. I think with a few more laps, I could have caught the guys in front of me, but not Martin. He was in another zip code."
Said's next NASCAR race will put him back in his Nextel Cup car for the race in Texas on April 17.
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Truex Jr. dominates inaugural Mexico event
Mastery on pit road helped defending series champ claim win
By Lee Montgomery, NASCAR.COM
MEXICO CITY -- Martin Truex Jr. proved he was the king of Busch Series racing in the United States by winning the championship in 2004.
On Sunday, he proved he could do just fine outside the United States, too.
Truex Jr. dominated the historic Telcel Motorola 200 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, leading 45 of the 80 laps en route to winning the first Busch Series race ever contested on foreign soil.
"It's been an incredible week," Truex Jr. said. "I'm so proud to be the first winner here. There were so many drivers in the race -- some of the best in the world. To beat those guys makes me really proud.
"This is a huge win -- to be the first time the series has raced out of the country and the first time NASCAR has been in Mexico.
"To beat all these great Mexican drivers and road race drivers makes it one of the biggest wins in my career."
Truex Jr. won six times en route to a runaway title victory over Kyle Busch. Interesting, Busch's No. 5 Chevrolet appeared to be the only match for Truex Jr., but on Sunday, it was driven by Adrian Fernandez.
Fernandez and Truex Jr. swapped the lead midway through the 80-lap race at the 2.52-mile road course, but Truex Jr. took control with a bit of a lucky break just past halfway when he made a pit stop as the leader moments before a caution waved.
The pit stop was legal, and after the remaining leaders pitted, Truex Jr. moved up to fourth.
"As soon as we went to pit road I thought, 'That was perfect,'" Truex Jr. said. "It wasn't planned. I didn't know the caution was coming out. We planned on pitting on that lap some five or 10 laps prior to that.
"We caught a break there and got a little bit lucky. But when we got in the front, we had a good enough car to stay there and that was the key today."
Fernandez and some others weren't so lucky. Fernandez was moved to the rear of the field for entering pit road illegally. Still, the Mexico City native and fan favorite rallied to 10th.
"I was fighting with Martin Truex," Fernandez said. "I made a great pass on him and then he passed me back and my tires were going off at that point. I went to the back again and that was a little bit frustrating. Then I got into the rhythm again."
But no one was a match for Truex Jr. on this day, as he pulled out to as much as a five-second lead late in the race.
Kevin Harvick passed Carl Edwards with three laps to go to finish second, with Edwards coming home third.
Shane Hmiel was fourth, with Boris Said fifth. Rusty Wallace ended up sixth, with Clint Bowyer seventh, Kenny Wallace eighth, Ashton Lewis Jr. ninth and Fernandez 10th.
Harvick was hoping for a late caution flag to catch back up to Truex Jr.
"I thought he was too far out to get to him," Harvick said. "If we had a caution or a green-white-checkered, there wouldn't have been any question -- or there would have been a big wreck or whatever. Who knows?
"But I think we had a good car and we did what we could do. We stuck to our strategy and that's all you can ask for. You can go back and play Monday morning quarterback when you get home.
"But the circumstances are something you can't control, and our pit window was the next lap. So that's what we stuck with and it just worked out one spot short."
Polesitter Jorge Goeters led the first 24 laps before a slow entrance to his pits and then a slow stop relegated him to 25th.
Goeters later spun but worked his way to the top 15 before the engine blew in his Brewco Motorsports' No. 66 Ford.
Another Mexican driver, Michel Jourdain Jr., slammed a concrete barrier to bring out the race's fourth yellow. Under that caution, David Stremme -- suffering from a stomach illness -- got out of the No. 14 Dodge and was replaced by J.J. Yeley.
Mastery on pit road helped defending series champ claim win
By Lee Montgomery, NASCAR.COM
MEXICO CITY -- Martin Truex Jr. proved he was the king of Busch Series racing in the United States by winning the championship in 2004.
On Sunday, he proved he could do just fine outside the United States, too.
Truex Jr. dominated the historic Telcel Motorola 200 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, leading 45 of the 80 laps en route to winning the first Busch Series race ever contested on foreign soil.
"It's been an incredible week," Truex Jr. said. "I'm so proud to be the first winner here. There were so many drivers in the race -- some of the best in the world. To beat those guys makes me really proud.
"This is a huge win -- to be the first time the series has raced out of the country and the first time NASCAR has been in Mexico.
"To beat all these great Mexican drivers and road race drivers makes it one of the biggest wins in my career."
Truex Jr. won six times en route to a runaway title victory over Kyle Busch. Interesting, Busch's No. 5 Chevrolet appeared to be the only match for Truex Jr., but on Sunday, it was driven by Adrian Fernandez.
Fernandez and Truex Jr. swapped the lead midway through the 80-lap race at the 2.52-mile road course, but Truex Jr. took control with a bit of a lucky break just past halfway when he made a pit stop as the leader moments before a caution waved.
The pit stop was legal, and after the remaining leaders pitted, Truex Jr. moved up to fourth.
"As soon as we went to pit road I thought, 'That was perfect,'" Truex Jr. said. "It wasn't planned. I didn't know the caution was coming out. We planned on pitting on that lap some five or 10 laps prior to that.
"We caught a break there and got a little bit lucky. But when we got in the front, we had a good enough car to stay there and that was the key today."
Fernandez and some others weren't so lucky. Fernandez was moved to the rear of the field for entering pit road illegally. Still, the Mexico City native and fan favorite rallied to 10th.
"I was fighting with Martin Truex," Fernandez said. "I made a great pass on him and then he passed me back and my tires were going off at that point. I went to the back again and that was a little bit frustrating. Then I got into the rhythm again."
But no one was a match for Truex Jr. on this day, as he pulled out to as much as a five-second lead late in the race.
Kevin Harvick passed Carl Edwards with three laps to go to finish second, with Edwards coming home third.
Shane Hmiel was fourth, with Boris Said fifth. Rusty Wallace ended up sixth, with Clint Bowyer seventh, Kenny Wallace eighth, Ashton Lewis Jr. ninth and Fernandez 10th.
Harvick was hoping for a late caution flag to catch back up to Truex Jr.
"I thought he was too far out to get to him," Harvick said. "If we had a caution or a green-white-checkered, there wouldn't have been any question -- or there would have been a big wreck or whatever. Who knows?
"But I think we had a good car and we did what we could do. We stuck to our strategy and that's all you can ask for. You can go back and play Monday morning quarterback when you get home.
"But the circumstances are something you can't control, and our pit window was the next lap. So that's what we stuck with and it just worked out one spot short."
Polesitter Jorge Goeters led the first 24 laps before a slow entrance to his pits and then a slow stop relegated him to 25th.
Goeters later spun but worked his way to the top 15 before the engine blew in his Brewco Motorsports' No. 66 Ford.
Another Mexican driver, Michel Jourdain Jr., slammed a concrete barrier to bring out the race's fourth yellow. Under that caution, David Stremme -- suffering from a stomach illness -- got out of the No. 14 Dodge and was replaced by J.J. Yeley.
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Aggressively patient Truex beats Fernandez, field
Darrell Waltrip / AllWaltrip.com
Martin Truex Jr.'s car was just bad fast all day long. He did a great job.
In Victory Lane, someone said what I was thinking, "Who would have thought Truex would win?" I knew he would be good, but I didn't know he would be that good.
The 8 team seemed pretty confident and comfortable all day long though. When Truex passed Stanton Barrett on lap 54, he said, "Adios amigos" and checked out for his seventh career win.
When Truex lost the lead earlier in the race to Adrian Fernandez, he didn't give it to him. He worked him hard. I was surprised how aggressive Truex was with the Mexican open-wheel veteran. Ultimately, Fernandez had some problems that allowed Truex to take the point.
The defending Busch Series champ didn't race anybody other than Fernandez. Truex overcooked the first turn at the start of the race, but he stayed on the course for the rest of the event. His car looked clean as they rolled it onto the hauler.
Truex learned what I found to be true on road courses. Slow down to go faster. Brake early and get your car stopped before you get to the turn. Get off the brake and then accelerate hard. You can teach someone to road race because there is a technique to road racing.
After "Andale, Andale, Arriba, Arriba!" this week, it'll be "Viva Las Vegas" next week.
Oh, by the way... results
2nd: It was only four years ago that Kevin Harvick ran all the races in Busch and Cup. It was one of the best years he's had, winning the Busch title and finishing ninth in the Cup standings. Maybe he ought consider running all of the Busch races again. With Ron Hornaday finishing 12th, Harvick's Busch team is awesome, too.
3rd: Carl Edwards was outbraked for second by Harvick, but after an up-and-down weekend that included the fastest lap in the first practice, a crash and a blown engine in Happy Hour, Edwards said, "Just go ahead. I'm not going to challenge you." The Busch rookie came home with a solid third-place finish.
4th: As Truex pulled away after the third caution, Shane Hmiel was all over the back of Fernandez, and Hmiel hung on for his second consecutive top-five finish in his first road course race since he was a 9-year-old go-kart driver.
5th: Some of these young drivers talk about Boris Said and he goes and tests with them. He really helps them on the road courses. He's a good teacher, and then he goes out and shows them how to do it.
6th: Rusty Wallace was a lot faster on the straightaway, but Said was faster through the turns. Wallace caught him, but he couldn't do anything with him once he got up to him. Russell should be happy with a sixth-place finish.
10th: Adrian Fernandez made a great recovery, starting at the back of the field and falling back there again for pitting early under a caution. He climbed to 10th in the closing laps.
14th: Reed Sorenson is going to be the next big deal. Until he got aggressive and a late spin cost him, he had been running in the top 10 for most of the day.
19th and 36th: With nine laps to go, two of the feel-good stories of the race had trouble in the closing laps. Stanton Barrett led and looked like he would have a top-five finish before spinning out, and Carlos Contreras slowed down with an engine problem after running in the top 10 all day long.
Darrell Waltrip / AllWaltrip.com
Martin Truex Jr.'s car was just bad fast all day long. He did a great job.
In Victory Lane, someone said what I was thinking, "Who would have thought Truex would win?" I knew he would be good, but I didn't know he would be that good.
The 8 team seemed pretty confident and comfortable all day long though. When Truex passed Stanton Barrett on lap 54, he said, "Adios amigos" and checked out for his seventh career win.
When Truex lost the lead earlier in the race to Adrian Fernandez, he didn't give it to him. He worked him hard. I was surprised how aggressive Truex was with the Mexican open-wheel veteran. Ultimately, Fernandez had some problems that allowed Truex to take the point.
The defending Busch Series champ didn't race anybody other than Fernandez. Truex overcooked the first turn at the start of the race, but he stayed on the course for the rest of the event. His car looked clean as they rolled it onto the hauler.
Truex learned what I found to be true on road courses. Slow down to go faster. Brake early and get your car stopped before you get to the turn. Get off the brake and then accelerate hard. You can teach someone to road race because there is a technique to road racing.
After "Andale, Andale, Arriba, Arriba!" this week, it'll be "Viva Las Vegas" next week.
Oh, by the way... results
2nd: It was only four years ago that Kevin Harvick ran all the races in Busch and Cup. It was one of the best years he's had, winning the Busch title and finishing ninth in the Cup standings. Maybe he ought consider running all of the Busch races again. With Ron Hornaday finishing 12th, Harvick's Busch team is awesome, too.
3rd: Carl Edwards was outbraked for second by Harvick, but after an up-and-down weekend that included the fastest lap in the first practice, a crash and a blown engine in Happy Hour, Edwards said, "Just go ahead. I'm not going to challenge you." The Busch rookie came home with a solid third-place finish.
4th: As Truex pulled away after the third caution, Shane Hmiel was all over the back of Fernandez, and Hmiel hung on for his second consecutive top-five finish in his first road course race since he was a 9-year-old go-kart driver.
5th: Some of these young drivers talk about Boris Said and he goes and tests with them. He really helps them on the road courses. He's a good teacher, and then he goes out and shows them how to do it.
6th: Rusty Wallace was a lot faster on the straightaway, but Said was faster through the turns. Wallace caught him, but he couldn't do anything with him once he got up to him. Russell should be happy with a sixth-place finish.
10th: Adrian Fernandez made a great recovery, starting at the back of the field and falling back there again for pitting early under a caution. He climbed to 10th in the closing laps.
14th: Reed Sorenson is going to be the next big deal. Until he got aggressive and a late spin cost him, he had been running in the top 10 for most of the day.
19th and 36th: With nine laps to go, two of the feel-good stories of the race had trouble in the closing laps. Stanton Barrett led and looked like he would have a top-five finish before spinning out, and Carlos Contreras slowed down with an engine problem after running in the top 10 all day long.
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Well, that's all for today. Until the next time, I remain,
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"Don't come here and grumble about going too fast. Get the hell out of the race car if you've got feathers on your legs or butt. Put a kerosene rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up there and eat that candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt – 1998
"It's nothin' personal, it's just racin'
-Dale Earnhardt
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