This Talladega race should be 'exciting' now than last year

It's going to Be Hendrick Motorsports (One of those Drivers) win this Sunday

Danica is the First Woman to Win IRL Race!

now that Patrick has won a race, IRL is sure to crank up the hype machine ahead of the Indy 500. In two more tries at Indy since the fourth place finish in 2005 where she led for 19 laps, she has finished in 8th twice. (I remember that) If anything, the greatest regret the circuit probably has right now is that Patrick's win had to come on the circuit's one stop in Japan, where the race could never draw a large North American television audience.

Finally, now that she's won a race, one wonders just how much longer it will be before Patrick says goodbye to IRL, and takes a hard look at NASCAR. (NASCAR did want her to join it as she turn down as not ready to do it yet) As well as she's done sponsor-wise in IRL, there's little doubt in my mind that a hop with a NASCAR team would be far more lucrative, a move that many of her former IRL confederates like Dario Franchitti and Sam Hornish, Jr., have already made.

Mo: I knew she will get the win someday and she did it (I'm Proud) !!!!!
Dang! I would love to watch the race (I probably will watch the reply race) and honestly Im not big IRL fan as know few driver names (IRL)
Anyway there are one or two ladies still drives in IRL all I can remember but not as popular like Danica is

Drivers find heartbreak at PIR..............

- the (last)weekend's Top 10 Tums' honors - for Heartbreak.- Let's start with the most obvious: Fox TV forced NASCAR to postpone the already late starting time of the Saturday night race an extra 15 minutes while wading through the final innings of the Red Sox-Yankees baseball game. That meant that the race didn't start until nearly 9 p.m.

So much for NASCAR racing as family-time entertainment; the race didn't finish until after midnight on the East Coast.

NASCAR finally started the race without waiting for Fox to close out the Sox-Yankees game, so TV fans missed the start of the race as well as the last out of the ballgame.

- Hometown hero J.J. Yeley likewise got double-burned when he got caught up in the crash and finished 39th. His team owners also own the Arizona Diamondbacks, and Yeley had been part of the Diamondbacks' pre-race cross-promotion. Yeley dropped out of the top 35 after his finish.

- For the third straight week Kyle Petty's team failed to make the field. He missed Martinsville; substitute driver Chad McCumbee failed to put the No. 45 car in the field at Texas.

- Carl Edwards, the hottest driver on the tour, with three wins going into the Subway Fit Fresh 500, had one of the best cars at the Arizona track until a pit-road penalty put him in a difficult position. He did salvage a fourth.

- And Ryan Newman just can't buy a break. Newman, the Daytona 500 winner, whose fourth at Texas was marred by a post-race inspection violation, rallied to win the Subway Fit Fresh 500 pole - only to trigger a five-car crash and wind up last.

- Elliott Sadler had similar heartburn: His ailing back seems to have healed, he put Ray Evernham's Dodge on the front row, but his motor broke less than halfway through the race and he crashed.

- And there was more bad luck for Matt Kenseth, with a blown right-front tire. He limped home 38th and fell to 15th in the standings.

-That dandy duel between Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Mark Martin, the man who has taken his place at DEI, fizzled in the final miles when they both had to stop for gas.

is winless next? Hope not!
Earnhardt is winless in his last 70 races. On the plus side, he's moved up to third in the standings.

And, while teammate Jimmie Johnson finally got car owner Rick Hendrick on the board for the first time this season with the win - by stretching his gas mileage better than everyone else - Jeff Gordon appears to be legitimately in a slump. Gordon was a zero at Texas, in one of the worst performances of his career, and he was never in the game at Phoenix. He finished 13th, a lap down.

For the year Gordon's average finish is a painful 18.9, though he's led 183 laps. Maybe Gordon can bounce back at Talladega, where he's won six times. He swept both Talladega races last year.

And if the Hendrick bunch doesn't pick things up in the next few weeks, well, the questions may become even more pointed, because Hendrick drivers have done exceptionally well at Talladega (10 wins), Richmond (nine wins), Darlington (12 wins) and Concord's Lowe's Motor Speedway (15 wins), the next four tour stops.

And then perhaps it's a bit too tough to question the Hendrick camp that hard. After all, this season Hendrick Chevys have led 949 laps, more than any other team owner. Joe Gibbs' Toyotas are second, with 887 laps led. Jack Roush's Fords have led 468 laps, and Richard Childress' Chevys have led 230.

Nevertheless, Hendrick conceded that Johnson's win was a relief: "It feels good, and I think it's a sign of things to come.

"But we know there's still work to do. When you're a little behind, it's real easy to get down on yourself, but no one has had that attitude. Everyone has approached it the right way and pushed forward.

"We've been working hard, testing and doing all the things we need to be doing. One win doesn't change that. The big focus is making the (playoff) chase and competing for the championship. We want to be in position to make a push in those last 10 races."

The slump?

"Well, I don't think we went anywhere," Hendrick said. "But it's difficult to come off a season like we had last year, and live up to all the hype and expectations. It's not like we finished up 2007 and said 'OK, we won 18 races ... so now we've got to win 19.' You can't set goals that way.

"We know we won some races last season we shouldn't have. And we knew coming into this year it would be nearly impossible to continue that pace. We had a horseshoe - and held onto it as long as we could ... I'm really proud of our restrictor-plate program and everything our guys have accomplished on that side, so we're looking forward to Talladega. Richmond and Darlington are great tracks. And we always love running at Lowe's.

"We have more testing to do, and more gains to make, with this new car. But we'll be ready."

Newman bounced back Thursday with his 43rd career pole

Winning poles never gets old for Ryan Newman, NASCAR's Rocketman.

Still smarting from the indignity of being penalized 25 points after his fourth-place car was found to be an eighth of an inch too high after last Sunday's race at Texas.

The Daytona 500 winner will start Saturday night's Subway Fresh Fit 500 from the front, a solid chance to get back to Victory Lane.

Newman, who drives for Penske Racing, has won at least one pole in each of his eight seasons in NASCAR and moved into a tie with NASCAR pioneer Buck Baker for 10th on the career qualifying list.

Asked if the thrill of winning poles has lessened over the years, Newman, whose last pole came at Charlotte last October, shook his head and said, `No. It's been a while for me.

"I was really happy. I was as happy after practice as I am now because it's been a while since, even in practice, we were P1 (position one). We've won some poles but we hadn't been P1 in practice. To be P1 in practice and then back it up in qualifying, that shows consistency and I that's a good thing for the race this weekend."

Newman's fast lap on the mile Phoenix oval was 133.457 mph, just 0.045 faster than runner-up Elliott Sadler's 133.412.

"I thought it was a good lap, a bit conservative, but a good lap," Newman said. "Obviously, it wasn't too conservative because it was good enough. I think we've got a good car. It's been a while since we've had a car this good around this racetrack."

Being docked 25 points dropped Newman from eighth to 10th in the standings, but he said that he and the No. 12 Dodge team have put it behind them.

"We learn from our mistakes," he said. "You have to think positive and go forward.

"You never make up points that you lost, but you can make the effort, obviously, to put yourself in position so those points didn't matter," Newman added. "Obviously, we're trying to do that."


Mo: Yeah I saw him won at Michigan International Speedway in 2003
Good Luck Ryan at PIR on Saturday!

#12 team gets 25-point deduction

Ryan Newman and crew chief Roy McCauley got hit by NASCAR with penalties yesterday for their Dodge being too high on the right-rear quarterpanel in post-race inspection after they finished fourth in the Texas Samsung 500.

The sanctions: a $25,000 fine, fairly standard these days; a 25-point deduction, relatively light, all things considered; and McCauley will be on probation the rest of the season, but he got no suspension.

25 point seem not much but it's does hurt drop points
The penalty dropped Newman from eighth to 10th in the Sprint Cup standings.

This Be Dale Jr's Weekend?

Dale Earnhardt Junior and his huge loyal fan base are smiling after Friday's performance at Texas Motor Speedway. Earnhardt Jr. captured the pole for Sunday' Samsung 500.

Junior posted a lap at 190.907 mph to earn his 8th career top spot for a cup race.

The Driver of the #88 car hopes to snap his current winless streak. Junior's last victory was in May of 2006 in Richmond, Virginia.


WOW!
McDowell after his horrifying crash during qualifying at Texas Motor Speedway. He is okay without being hurt. Im sure He will be very sore today!

Quietly, Earnhardt Jr. is living up to all the hype

No wins, but five top-10s have No. 88 firmly in top 12



Jeff Burton and Kevin Harvick are surging, Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson are regrouping, the bunch at Roush Fenway Racing is on its feet again after starting so unsteadily last year. A new car and an old tire are struggling to adapt to one another, familiar faces risk missing races, and a kid from Las Vegas is proving he can win in almost any vehicle on four wheels. Eclipsed by all these dominant storylines from the first few months of the 2008 season, NASCAR's most popular driver goes quietly about his business, each week continuing to live up to the hype.

Last Sunday at Martinsville Speedway brought an under-the-radar sixth-place finish, Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s fifth result of ninth or better in six Sprint Cup starts this year. Everybody's waiting for the end of that now 68-race-long winless streak, which dates back to Junior's last victory at Richmond International Raceway almost two years ago. That will come, eventually. Right now, he's doing the less glamorous but absolutely necessary under-the-basket dirty work of getting himself in contention for the championship, churning out top-10 after top-10 to solidify his place in the Chase.

"The wins will come," Earnhardt said after the Martinsville race. "We just have to be patient and be happy and mindful about the points we are getting in this stretch. We have a little bit of a period in the summer where we go to tracks that we are off and on, hot and cold at. We need to get a good base of points built up as early as we can, in case we have any kind of struggles in mid-season, so we're just trying to be guarded and smart."

Denny Hamlin's bad luck finally ran out

With his win Sunday, Denny Hamlin jumped from 15th to eighth in the Sprint Cup standings

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No driver has been more snake-bitten this season than Hamlin, who won his first race of 2008 on Sunday. Two weeks ago at Bristol, Hamlin held the lead with two laps to go, but on the final restart he had a problem with his fuel pickup, and he wound up sixth. Before that, on March 9 in Atlanta, he was running in second midway through the race when he experienced trouble with his power steering, which caused him to come in 15th. Plus his hometown too SMILE!

Junior's fans blame crew chief

There are a lot of tough jobs in NASCAR, but one of the toughest continues to be the one Tony Eury Jr. has. When Dale Earnhardt Jr. doesn't win, some of his most loyal fans look for somebody to blame. His crew chief is often handy, and there have been times when Eury Jr.'s strategy has been debatable. But there's hardly anybody in racing who gets thrown under the bus faster by his team's fans. At Bristol, Eury Jr. had Earnhardt Jr. stay out on a late caution. When the race restarted with five laps left, the car was third but last among those on old tires. Everybody behind Earnhardt Jr. came in, and that put the No. 88 Chevrolet team in a bad spot. Earnhardt Jr. managed a fifth-place finish, which under the circumstances wasn't terrible. The worst part about Eury Jr.'s call was that it was a defensive move. Instead of making trying to win, Eury Jr. chose to try to protect a decent finish by keeping track position. That's points racing, and fans justifiably hate that, even if it is Earnhardt Jr.

Mo: Yeah I was not happy about that too but he still was top five but could done better if He went in to change at least two right tires (maybe it is the right call who know)

The new Sprint Cup car has reached its first birthday (COT).

(Car for Tomorrow)

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RCR goes 1-2-3

Richard Childress Racing pulled off a feat Sunday that's not quite as easy as 1-2-3. With its first sweep in team history, RCR also became the first team to finish in the top three spots since Roush Fenway Racing did so four times in '05.



The win was Burton's first of 2008 and his 20th of his career. Additionally, it was Chevrolet's first win of 2008

Dale Jarrett's last ride

It is no surprise that a Joe Gibb's car won the Kobalt Tools 500.

Kyle Busch celebrates winning the Kobalt Tools 500 in victory lane at the Altanta Motor Speedway. Busch, who drives a Toyota Camry, became the first driver of a foreign manufactured car to win a U.S. stock-car race since 1954.
that it was Kyle Busch. But seem no surprise to see a less than for Kyle by fans in attendance and at the track.

What this man doing to UPS #44
With a 2.8 second lead over his closest 2nd place in the final lap of the race
What an idiot Kyle decided to take issue with UPS driver, Dale Jarrett, almost wrecking the driver in the turn just to get him out of his way.
Now Kyle was probably in the hurry and wanted to win that race so badly but could have cost him the race and took out him out the race.

He may be fun to watch but still fans or drivers will say something {complaining} to him very soon

Congrat to Kyle

Is that Checker flag or Checkered win?

First, the oil cooler lid incident.

In postrace inspection, NASCAR found the lid in Edwards' oil cooler "off." That's how it was explained. Off.


That means Edwards could have had an advantage. No oil cooler lid means more air, which could mean more speed

I bet Carl & Roush will lose 25 to 100 points each, Osborne is looking at a 6 week suspension. Roush will appeal....stay tuned.

{UPDATE}

Edwards' Penalties Include:

* 100 driver points
* 100 owner points
* 10-point Chase bonus for winning a race
* Six week suspension for crew chief Bob Osbourne
* $100,000 fine for Osbourne
* Probation until Dec. 31 for Osbourne

Fontana, Calif. Washout {and cold} all weekend but

The 72 Hours of Michigan
3M Performance 400

That was hell weekend last year August 2007 in Michigan....

Just last year, on California's sister track in Michigan, what is typically a clean, quick event served up more false starts than a Pop Warner offensive line.

Sunday was a total washout, with so much green on the radar that the normally overly patient NASCAR officials announced a one-day postponement early enough that the 145,000 in attendance still had time to find somewhere in the Irish Hills to have dinner.

On Monday, it was more of the same and another delay.

On Tuesday morning, drivers woke to the promise of rising temperatures and a forecast of clearing skies. But when the green flag finally fell, the Michigan fog was so dense that the spotters and remaining 40,000 fans (the message boards were jammed with fans saying, "I know I'm going to get fired for calling in sick, but what the hell") couldn't see the cars as they disappeared into Turn 1. Nine laps later, the red flag was shown. "Holy crap," Kevin Harvick said over the radio as the cars came down pit road. "Can we just throw the checkers now and go home?"

Thirty-two minutes later, the race resumed under the forecast clearing skies and Kurt Busch survived a green-white-checkered finish to hold off Martin Truex Jr. "Of course we had to run three extra laps,"

Back to Fontana

Slip Slidin' Away was big problem

After waiting nearly five hours for the track to dry, NASCAR officials decided to postpone the remaining 163 laps of the Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 500 until 1 p.m. (ET) on Monday.

The long day began when the start of the race was pushed back to over two hours because of showers over the Auto Club Speedway.

The first red flag of the night, which lasted a little over an hour, was thrown on lap 21 for an incident involving Casey Mears, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Sam Hornish Jr. and Reed Sorenson. The crash started in Turn 2 when Mears lost control and then clipped his teammate Earnhardt Jr. Mears came to a rest on his side after Hornish collided with the back of his No. 5 Chevrolet. A fire erupted in Hornish's No. 77 Dodge, but both drivers escaped unharmed.

That was scary part
car did get on fire

Hey Kerri is that Newman car? LOL

While the cars of Mears and Hornish were destroyed, Earnhardt Jr. and Sorenson were able to rejoin the race later on.

Anyway I missed the race on Monday due work

Edwards finally shines in California (On Monday Afternoon from Sunday delayed) and won the race Notes: Lap 250: CHECKERED FLAG! Carl Edwards wins under caution after Dale Jarrett spins.

He still continues to flip everytime he win the race

Sorry guys

I haven't post for a while

Well I'm here now

Hey NASCAR turn out great at Daytona 500 with the COT &
what a great finished end race too

Newman wins Daytona 500:
#12-Ryan Newman won the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway, getting pushed by his teammate #2-Kurt Busch for the first Daytona 500 winner for owner Roger Penske, first restrictor plate win for Penske and first ever 1-2 finish for Penske Racing in a Cup race. It is Newman's first win since Sept 18, 2005 at New Hampshire, 80 races ago and his 13th career win. #20-Tony Stewart finished 3rd, followed by #18-Kyle Busch, #41-Reed Sorenson, #19-Elliott Sadler, #9-Kasey Kahne, #7-Robby Gordon, #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. and #16-Greg Biffle

I give a A PLUS for Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch :-)

Thanks lot no one helped Jr to get draft
He got hung dry draft but ended up 9th place :-/

ARGH! I can't change black font color for now {got fixed)
Also I will work on new layout on the web site real soon

I'm Back!

I had a great holiday, it's nice to get away from it all every now and then....

Jennifer gave me the best christmas gifts , and .............

I did hate the zune 30 at first because I didn't know the hell how to work with it.........

Now I love it not because the musics only. It's also have the Podcasts on it...

Jennifer like the podcast video too and she keep telling me to rewind it when I'm on the bed watching the shows.. LOL!

Jennifer do hate the Zune when I downloading the shows on the zune software from the computer. It's does slow down or freeze up the computer... oops