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Where: Daytona International Speedway
When: February 17, 2005
What: Exhibition
Once qualifying is over, the field is set by merging the highest
ranked 35 teams in the owner standings with the fastest seven cars
not in those 35 positions, in the order of their qualifying speeds.
The 43rd position is reserved for a former champion, provided he is
not already qualified and satisfies the rulebook's criteria. If
unused by a former champion, it goes to the next fastest car in
qualifying. The lone exception is the Daytona 500, which uses
qualifying and two 150-mile races to determine the field.
1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's
2 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet GM Goodwrench
3 01 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet U.S. Army
4 10 Scott Riggs Chevrolet Valvoline
5 136 Boris Said Chevrolet CENTRIX Financial
6 14 John Andretti Ford VB/APlus at Sunoco
7 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Cingular Wireless
8 2 Rusty Wallace Dodge Miller Lite
9 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dodge Dealers/UAW
10 6 Mark Martin Ford Viagra
11 18 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Interstate Batteries
12 22 Scott Wimmer Dodge Caterpillar
13 20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet The Home Depot
14 07 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Jack Daniel's
15 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops
16 40 Sterling Marlin Dodge Coors Light
17 25 Brian Vickers Chevrolet GMAC
18 7 Robby Gordon Chevrolet Jim Beam
19 27 Kirk Shelmerdine Unknown Kirk Shelmerdine Racing
20 37 Kevin Lepage Dodge Carter's Royal Dispos-all
21 173 Eric McClure* Chevrolet ARC Dehooker
22 17 Matt Kenseth Ford DeWalt Power Tools
23 13 Greg Sacks Dodge Daytona Speed
24 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Chevrolet Tide
25 155 Derrike Cope Chevrolet Year One
26 152 Larry Gunselman Ford RPO30.com/Sakai/EPH
27 80 Andy Belmont Ford Hover Motorsports
28 43 Jeff Green Dodge General Mills/Cheerios
http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2005/102/data/lineup.html
Where: Daytona International Speedway
When: February 17, 2005
What: Exhibition Race
Once qualifying is over, the field is set by merging the highest
ranked 35 teams in the owner standings with the fastest seven cars
not in those 35 positions, in the order of their qualifying speeds.
The 43rd position is reserved for a former champion, provided he is
not already qualified and satisfies the rulebook's criteria. If
unused by a former champion, it goes to the next fastest car in
qualifying. The lone exception is the Daytona 500, which uses
qualifying and two 150-mile races to determine the field.
1 88 Dale Jarrett Ford UPS
2 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont
3 11 Jason Leffler Chevrolet FedEx Express
4 97 Kurt Busch Ford Sharpie/IRWIN Industrial Tools
5 21 Ricky Rudd Ford Motorcraft
6 38 Elliott Sadler Ford M&M's
7 45 Kyle Petty Dodge Georgia-Pacific/Brawny
8 23 Mike Skinner Dodge Bill Davis Racing
9 16 Greg Biffle Ford National Guard
10 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dodge Dealers/UAW
11 5 Kyle Busch* Chevrolet Kellogg's
12 42 Jamie McMurray Dodge Texaco/Havoline
13 0 Mike Bliss Chevrolet NetZero Best Buy
14 99 Carl Edwards Ford Office Depot
15 4 Mike Wallace Chevrolet Lucas Oil Products
16 12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL
17 33 Kerry Earnhardt Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops
18 15 Michael Waltrip Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts
19 41 Casey Mears Dodge Target
20 49 Ken Schrader Dodge Schwan's Home Service
21 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Budweiser
22 100 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet Aaron's
23 09 Johnny Sauter Dodge Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts
24 66 Hermie Sadler Ford Peak Fitness
25 77 Travis Kvapil* Dodge Kodak/Jasper Engines
26 192 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet First Trust Portfolios
27 89 Morgan Shepherd Dodge Victory in Jesus/Red Line Oil
28 34 Randy LaJoie Chevrolet Mach One Inc.
29 193 Geoffrey Bodine Chevrolet Big Boar Motorcycles
http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2005/101/data/lineup.html
By Lee Montgomery, NASCAR.COM
February 12, 2005
08:02 PM EST
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The Petty name used to be magical at Daytona
International Speedway.
Lee Petty, the patriarch of racing's first family, won the first
Daytona 500 in a photo finish back in 1959. Son Richard Petty earned
his royal nickname, "The King," in part by winning seven Daytona
500s -- a record that could stand for a long, long time.
History Lesson
Kyle Petty's career record
in the Daytona 500
Year Start Finish
1981 11 32
1982 12 23
1983 7 33
1984 15 40
1985 6 37
1986 7 16
1987 20 35
1988 21 18
1990 22 24
1991 6 16
1992 33 6
1993 1 31
1994 26 39
1995 13 12
1996 29 18
1997 30 14
1998 39 11
1999 24 7
2000 42 25
2001 28 16
2002 34 41
*2003 30 13
2004 33 21
Avg. 21 23
* -- Rain-shortened race
Kyle Petty started his career at Daytona in an ARCA race in 1979,
and, of course, he won it.
But since Kyle was good at Daytona in the early 1990s, not much has
gone right for Petty Enterprises. The lowest blow to the Petty pride
came in the Pepsi 400 in July 2003.
Two of the team's three cars, including the No. 43 Richard made
famous, failed to qualify. And Kyle's No. 45 barely snuck in,
getting the sixth of seven provisionals.
A year-and-a-half later, things seem to be turning around. Powered
by new Evernham Motorsports engines, Kyle Petty cranked out the
third-fastest speed in the final practice before Daytona 500
qualifying.
Jeff Gordon was quickest at 189.849 mph but that was with a draft
off another car, Gordon said. Elliott Sadler, who was fastest in
Saturday's first practice, was second at 188.675.
Petty was a tick behind Sadler at 188.312. Jimmie Johnson was
fourth, with Jason Leffler fifth.
Jeff Green, driving the Pettys' No. 43, was 17th-fastest.
Petty, too, said he got a little help on the fast lap.
"Morgan Shepherd had left and was on his first lap and he was
running not fast enough," Petty said. "I won't say he was slow
because he's faster than a lot of people. Obviously when you've got
a car running 50-second flats and you've got another car running a
48, you catch it at a faster rate, so I caught him on both laps.
"We should have been somewhere around (13th-place) Travis Kvapil and
Jeff (Green). I felt like our lap was close to Jeff's. ... That's a
fast lap. It made that 47.40 that Jeff (Gordon) ran look magical
almost. Jeff (Green) and I both should shake out tomorrow somewhere
in the top 10 or 15."
That's still a lot better than struggling to simply make races. It's
nowhere near where Petty wants his team to be, but all the pieces
appear to be in place.
"We've struggled for two or three years down here," Petty said. "Our
guys at the fab shop have worked their tails off and our guys in the
wind tunnel have worked their rear ends off to build really good
cars.
"We've always felt like we had really good cars when we come down
here. We felt like if we hadn't had the cars we had on numerous
occasions we wouldn't have made the race just from an aero
standpoint. We feel like our aero numbers are pretty good."
But the Pettys' old engine program, Mike Ege Racing Engines, wasn't
producing enough horsepower, perhaps as much as 50 horsepower down
from the top teams.
With Evernham engines, however, Petty and Green are on par with the
best cars.
"None of this counts until you go out tomorrow, but our cars are
pretty good," Petty said. "They're running good, and the reason
they're running good right now is because we've got Ray's engines.
This is basically the same chassis and stuff we raced here in July
and ran 25th or 30th with. We've just got more motor now."
Green would certainly agree.
"I think we've got a good package this year," Green said. "You can't
have a good motor without a good body and vice versa. I think the
guys at Petty (Enterprises) have done their homework on the bodies,
and we've definitely got some good motors."
Petty has a new crew chief in veteran Paul Andrews, and the
combination of Petty/Andrews and Green/Greg Steadman appears to be
working
"For four years we brought in car chiefs from other teams and tried
to train them as crew chiefs," Petty said. "We're past that point.
We needed a crew chief, and Paul was a crew chief who could come in
and get the job done.
"The more we looked at it the reason we'd gone through so many crew
chiefs the last two or three years was not so much the crew chief
couldn't work with Jeff Green or John Andretti or Kyle Petty. It's
we had multiple crew chiefs that wouldn't work with each other."
That's changed. Petty said he wasn't even involved in Andrews'
hiring, preferring to let Steadman, the 43 and 45 teams decide who
would be best with which to work.
"If they can work together, that makes it a stronger team," Petty
said. "That's the way we did it this time. It's kind of abnormal
probably, but that's the way we did it. The other ways weren't
working."
So far, it's working, and it's made Green cautiously optimistic at a
chance for second Daytona 500 pole.
"I think we're pretty good, but everybody holds back a little bit,"
Green said. "I think we've got enough held back where hopefully we
can get pretty close to the top five. I don't know if we've got
anything for those top two or three, but you never know what
everybody else is holding back."
Still, winning the Daytona 500 pole in the famous No. 43 would
be "pretty awesome," Green said.
"It would be huge," Green said. "Anytime you can win a pole anywhere
is huge, and I think we've got more opportunities down the road. To
come to Daytona with the 43 and be on the pole would be awesome. It
would be good for Jeff Green."
Both Green and Petty pointed to Gordon, Sadler and Kurt Busch as the
favorites, and Petty said Johnson has a good shot, too. Petty,
though, would be satisfied with qualifying somewhere in the top 20.
Qualifying is less important in 2005 than past years, as the top 35
in owners' points from 2004 are locked into the Daytona 500.
But Petty, too, is optimistic about qualifying, about the Daytona
500 and about the rest of the season.
"We have to learn how to win," Petty said. "It's been a long time,
and when you've been with teams that get out of the habit of winning
you have to learn how to win. We're getting back to a point where we
can be competitive.
"First you've got to be competitive. Then you've got to take
advantage of a few mistakes, and then you've got to learn when it's
time to kill and when it's not time to kill and not go too quick.
"I'm not saying we won't win this year. I'm saying it will be a huge
surprise if we do. We were 32nd and 35th in points last year. You
don't come from 32nd and 35th to win, but we can get to a point this
year where we could win."
http://www.nascar.com/2005/news/headlines/cup/02/12/kpetty_practice/i
ndex.html
With the superbowl now complete, it is time for the 2005 NASCAR
Nextel Cup to begin. Speedweeks have already kicked into high gear
at the Daytona International Speedway. This year promises to be a
great one for Petty Enterprises now racing with motors supplied by
Evernham. Be sure to stop by weekly for updates on both the 43 and
the 45 teams. Not to mention updates on the Victory Junction Gang
Camp and the Charity Ride across America.
I will try to link or post all stories about Petty Enterprises, but
feel free to update also with any photos or articles I may miss.
Here's to a great PE season!
futurestar52
45fan4ever
as reported on www.jayski.com
Dear Friends:
On behalf of the Hendrick family and the entire Hendrick Motorsports
organization, I'd like to thank you for the outpouring of support
we've received over the past 24 hours. Your encouragement is
sincerely appreciated and welcomed by everyone.
We have scheduled a question-and-answer session in the Atlanta Motor
Speedway media center for Friday, Oct. 29 at 12 p.m. ET. Each
Hendrick Motorsports driver and crew chief will be available at that
time.
Although our foremost concern is for the families and their right to
privacy, please know that we are diligently working to disseminate as
much accurate information as we can. As the facts become available,
we will work with the appropriate authorities to pass them along in a
timely manner.
We will soon have details regarding memorial services, but please
bear with us while specifics are determined. Once plans are
finalized, they will be communicated immediately.
Further inquiries regarding the aircraft investigation should be
directed to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) public
affairs office at 202-314-6100.
Sincere thanks,
Hendrick Motorsports
As a fan of NASCAR and all the drivers and teams, my thoughts and
prayers are with all the family, friends, employees and fans of
Hendrick Motorsports.
Words cannot express the feeling of lost loved ones. Just know that
we are all praying for you.
futurestar52
45fan4ever
Hendrick Motorsports Plane Crashes
Sunday, October 24, 2004
Associated Press
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — A plane owned by the Hendrick Motorsports
(search) organization crashed on its way to a NASCAR race Sunday and
all 10 aboard were killed, federal officials said.
Eight passengers and two pilots died in the crash, a spokesman with
the National Transportation Safety Board (search) said.
A spokesman for a funeral home where the bodies were being taken said
the dead included four relatives of team owner Rick Hendrick — his
son, his brother and twin nieces.
Harry Litten, manager of Moody Funeral Service in Stuart, said the
state police had given him this list of those on the Beech 200:
Ricky Hendrick, Rick Hendrick's son and also a retired NASCAR
(search) driver; John Hendrick, Rick Hendrick's brother and president
of the organization; Kimberly and Jennifer Hendrick, John Hendrick's
twin daughters; Joe Jackson; Jeff Turner; Randy Dorton, the team's
chief engine builder; Scott Latham, a pilot for NASCAR driver Tony
Stewart; and pilots Dick Tracy and Liz Morrison.
Keith Holloway, a spokesman for the NTSB, said investigators were on
their way to the crash site but could not begin their examination
until Monday.
A spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administation, Arlene Murray,
said the plane took off from Concord, N.C., and crashed in the Bull
Mountain area about seven miles west of Martinsville's Blue Ridge
Regional Airport at about 12:30 p.m.
The weather in the area was overcast with a low cloud ceiling at the
time of the crash, according to Jan Jackson of the National Weather
Service in Blacksburg. Murray said the pilot was flying by instrument
flight rules, which is the usual practice in bad weather.
Virginia State Police Sgt. Michael Bailey said rescue workers could
not immediately reach the crash site because of the rough terrain.
However, rescue crews later called the funeral home from the site,
Litten said.
NASCAR has spoken with Rick Hendrick, NASCAR spokesman Jim Hunter
said, adding that neither NASCAR nor the Hendrick organization would
have further comment Sunday night.
Hendrick owns the teams of Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Terry Labonte
and Brian Vickers in the Nextel Cup Series.
Johnson won Sunday's race at Martinsville Speedway.
NASCAR learned of the plane's disappearance during the race and
withheld the information from the Hendrick drivers until afterward,
Hunter said. All the Hendrick drivers were summoned to the NASCAR
hauler immediately after the race and Johnson was excused from
Victory Lane.
Hendrick has been on a season-long celebration of its 20th
anniversary in NASCAR's top series. The organization has won five of
the series' top titles, three truck series titles, and one Busch
series crown.
The team has over 100 Cup series wins, making Hendrick just the
second team owner in NASCAR's modern era to surpass that mark.
Hendrick employs more than 400 workers at the Charlotte-based
Motorsports compound, which includes race shops and a 15,000-square-
foot museum and team store.
He recently began grooming his son, Ricky, for a larger role with the
company.
Ricky began his career driving a Busch car for his father, but
retired in 2002 because of a shoulder injury suffered in a racing
accident.
His father then made him the owner of the Busch car Vickers drove to
the series championship last season, and Kyle Busch currently pilots.
The main sign outside the facility was covered with a gray tarp, and
the gates were barricaded by deputies who allowed only employees
through.
Some of the operation's 460 employees began gathering in small groups
in the parking lot. They headed inside the building at about 7 p.m.,
remaining for about 90 minutes.
The first bouquet of flowers was dropped outside the offices at about
5 p.m. Several accumulated over the next couple of hours, placed on
shrubbery below a sign denoting "Papa Joe Hendrick Boulevard," which
leads into the compound.
One was left by Donnie Floyd, who said he works on the team of
Hendrick driver Terry Labonte.
"It's just very tough," he said. "We are like one big family.
"When you think about what the Hendrick family has gone through, it's
been very difficult. I couldn't think of anyone who would be better
to work for."
Joe McGovern, a self-described racing fan from nearby Concord who
said he knows the family, drove by to pay his respects.
"It's just devastating," he said. "This was just a great racing team
and they are also such nice people."
Race Lineup
Chevy Rock and Roll 400 | Richmond International Raceway
September 11, 2004 | Race 26 of 36Overview
Once qualifying is over, the field is set using a combination of timed laps and
provisionals. The fastest 38 cars earn a place on time, while positions 39-43
are determined by a process which may include last season's final owners
standings, current owners standings and former champions. The provisionals are
assigned in descending order, beginning with the highest ranking owner in the
standings. The lone exception is the Daytona 500, which uses two qualifying
races to determine the field. (now sortable) Related Information
Driver Standings Official
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Pos.CarDriverMakeSponsorSpeedTimeBehind1#12Ryan
NewmanDodgeALLTEL128.70020.979Leader2#6Mark
MartinFordViagra127.40721.192-0.2133#48Jimmie
JohnsonChevroletLowe's127.38821.195-0.2164#01Joe NemechekChevroletU.S.
Army127.20921.225-0.2465#30Jeff BurtonChevroletAmerica
Online127.20921.225-0.2466#21Ricky RuddFordMotorcraft/U.S. Air
Force127.13721.237-0.2587#19Jeremy MayfieldDodgeDodge
Dealers/UAW127.07721.247-0.2688#16Greg BiffleFordNational
Guard/Subway127.04721.252-0.2739#24Jeff
GordonChevroletDuPont127.00521.259-0.28010#43Jeff GreenDodgeGrands
Biscuits126.99921.260-0.28111#9Kasey Kahne*DodgeDodge
Dealers/UAW126.98121.263-0.28412#2Rusty WallaceDodgeMiller
Lite126.74321.303-0.32413#99Carl EdwardsFordRoush
Racing126.72521.306-0.32714#8Dale Earnhardt
Jr.ChevroletBudweiser126.71321.308-0.32915#20Tony StewartChevroletThe Home
Depot126.67121.315-0.33616#17Matt KensethFordDeWalt Power
Tools126.66021.317-0.33817#97Kurt BuschFordIRWIN Industrial
Tools/Sharpie126.63621.321-0.34218#18Bobby LabonteChevroletWellbutrin
XL126.61221.325-0.34619#15Michael WaltripChevroletNAPA Auto
Parts126.55921.334-0.35520#38Elliott
SadlerFordM&M's126.51121.342-0.36321#22Scott
Wimmer*DodgeCaterpillar126.47021.349-0.37022#32Bobby Hamilton
Jr.ChevroletTide126.40521.360-0.38123#5Terry
LabonteChevroletKellogg's126.35721.368-0.38924#40Sterling MarlinDodgeCoors
Light126.33921.371-0.39225#88Dale JarrettFordUPS126.19821.395-0.41626#25Brian
Vickers*ChevroletGMAC Financial Services126.12721.407-0.42827#29Kevin
HarvickChevroletGM Goodwrench126.03321.423-0.44428#31Robby
GordonChevroletCingular Wireless125.89221.447-0.46829#41Casey
MearsDodgeTarget125.81521.460-0.48130#23Shane HmielDodgeBill Davis
Racing125.78621.465-0.48631#45Kyle
PettyDodgeGeorgia-Pacific/Brawny125.76921.468-0.48932#49Ken
SchraderDodgeSchwan's Home
Service125.75721.470-0.49133#180Mike BlissChevroletConAgra/Hunt's
Ketchup125.73321.474-0.49534#127David GreenChevroletTimber
Wolf125.73321.474-0.49535#10Scott
Riggs*ChevroletValvoline125.57021.502-0.52336#42Jamie
McMurrayDodgeTexaco/Havoline125.56421.503-0.52437#77Brendan
Gaughan*DodgeKodak/Jasper Engines125.50021.514-0.53538#0Ward
BurtonChevroletNetZero HiSpeed125.34221.541-0.562 Provisional39#4Jimmy
SpencerChevroletLucas Oil Products124.45821.694-0.71540#50Todd BodineDodgeArnold
Development Companies124.36121.711-0.73241#09Mike WallaceDodgeMiccosukee Gaming
& Resorts125.05221.591-0.61242#198Derrike CopeFordMach One
Inc.124.29821.722-0.74343#172Kirk ShelmerdineFordFreddie B's121.69822.186-1.207
Did not Qualify44#133Johnny Sauter*ChevroletMag-Lite/GM
Card125.12221.579-0.60045#251Tony RainesChevroletGreat Value Food
Stores124.94221.610-0.63146#137Kevin LepageDodgeCarter's Royal
Dispos-all124.78121.638-0.65947#113Greg SacksDodgeARC Dehooker/Vita
Coco123.66021.834-0.85548#02Hermie
SadlerChevroletJenkins & Jenkins Atty At Law122.83921.980-1.00149#192Brad
TeagueFordBroadway Motors122.20022.095-1.11650#200Ryan McGlynnChevroletBuyers
Choice Auto Warranties121.38622.243-1.26451#89Morgan ShepherdDodgeRacing With
Jesus/Red Line Oil120.60022.388-1.40952#280Carl LongFordHover Motorsports---
kylepettyrocks@yahoogroups.combrothersgibbforever@yahoogroups.com
Cheyanne and Travis are getting BIGGER!!!
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Is it me or are there more races on Cable this year then last year?!
Once again, I miss a race, this Saturday because I cant afford CABLE!!!
Damn - at least I have DSL so I can watch the Lap by Lap breakdowns when it
happens
kylepettyrocks@yahoogroups.combrothersgibbforever@yahoogroups.com
Cheyanne and Travis are getting BIGGER!!!
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