Nascar SCS MYAFIBSTORY.COM 400 at Chicagoland Spdwy Sunday September 14 on ESPN at 2:00 PM ET

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[ican'tbelieveit]

Welcome to the 2014
Nascar at FR race thread!

MYAFIBSTORY.COM 400

Sunday September 14 at 2:00 PM ET on ESPN

at the

Chicagoland Speedway

Chicagoland Speedway Website

Qualifying: Friday, September 12 at 6:30 PM ESPN2

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Congratulations to the Federated Auto Parts 400 winner: Brad Keselowski !

Congratulations to the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 winner: Kyle Busch !

Broadcast Schedule
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FRFL’ers: Deadline to select drivers for this week is:

Friday, September 12 at 5:00 AM ET ( 2:00 AM PT)

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Nationwide and Camping World Schedule

Series	Race	Track	Qualifying Time Channel	Race Time Channel
Nationwide	Jimmy John's Freaky Fast 300	Chicagoland Speedway	Sat Sep 13 12:00 PM ET FS2	Sat Sep 13 3:30 PM ET ESPN2
Camping World	Lucas Oil 225	Chicagoland Speedway	Fri Sep 12 3:00 PM ET FS1	Fri Sep 12 8:30 PM ET FS1

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[ican'tbelieveit]

Race Fans! We have reached the Chase. New rules this year:

The number of championship drivers in contention for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship will decrease after every three Chase races, from 16 to start in the Chase Grid; 12 after Chase race #3; eight after Chase race #6; and four after Chase race #9

- The first three races of the Chase (27-29) will be known as the Challenger Round

- Races 30-32 will be known as the Contender Round

- Races 33-35 will be the Eliminator Round and race #36 will be the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship

- A win by a championship-eligible driver in any Chase race automatically clinches the winning driver a spot in the next Chase round

- Four drivers will enter the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship with a chance at the title, with the highest finisher among those four capturing the prestigious NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship.

SprintCup Points Standings:

Driver	Points	Change
Brad Keselowski	2012	+4
Jeff Gordon	2009	-1
Dale Earnhardt Jr	2009	-1
Jimmie Johnson	2009	+2
Joey Logano	2009	-1
Kevin Harvick	2006	+2
Carl Edwards	2006	-
Kyle Busch	2003	+9
Denny Hamlin	2003	+10
Kurt Busch	2003	+11
Kasey Kahne	2003	-
Aric Almirola	2003	+10
AJ Allmendinger	2003	+10
Matt Kenseth	2000	-11
Greg Biffle	2000	-5
Ryan Newman	2000	-7

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Nationwide Standings:

Driver	Points	Change
Chase Elliott	916	-
Regan Smith	897	-
Ty Dillon	874	-
Elliott Sadler	862	-
Brian Scott	859	-
Trevor Bayne	832	-
Chris Buescher	747	-
Brendan Gaughan	720	-
Ryan Reed	686	-
James Buescher	671	-
Landon Cassill	646	-
Dylan Kwasniewski	638	-
Dakoda Armstrong	589	+1

Campingworld Standings:

Driver	Points	Change
Johnny Sauter	524	-
Matt Crafton	517	-
Ryan Blaney	511	-
Darrell Wallace Jr	486	+1
German Quiroga Jr	476	+1
Ron Hornaday Jr	460	-2
Joey Coulter	456	-
Timothy Peters	448	-
Ben Kennedy	441	-
Jeb Burton	420	-
Mason Mingus	346	+1
Bryan Silas	330	+1
Tyler Young	323	+1

[ican'tbelieveit]

Fantasy Top 10 Segment Standings:

Team	Segment Points	Season Points	Change
SHSRacing	3,870	6,831	+1
Rainbow Warriors	3,851	6,991	-1
Shady Bowl Speedway	3,824	6,773	+3
TexasT	3,803	6,827	-
moonshine transport corp.	3,768	6,783	-2
Questforseven	3,737	6,809	-1
bowtieboys	3,670	6,958	+2
Ward Burton's Translator	3,665	6,825	+2
keokuk29fan	3,635	6,575	-1
Jana's Raiders	3,610	6,895	-3

Fantasy Top 10 Season Standings:

Team	Points	Change
Mofo99	7,178	-
Rainbow Warriors	6,991	-
bowtieboys	6,958	+2
Lime City Racing	6,909	-
Jana's Raiders	6,895	-2
SHSRacing	6,831	+2
Richmond Rocker	6,828	-1
TexasT	6,827	+3
Ward Burton's Translator	6,825	+3
Jake from State Farm	6,823	-3

[umgud]

Boogity

[umgud]

Short of a fluke, the last 4 drivers will likely remain the last 4 at the end of the next 3 races.

[mabarker1]

Stewart, Harvick swap pit crews: Stewart-Haas Racing, the championship-winning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team, has swapped the pit crews of it #4 and #14 teams, effective immediately. Beginning with Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois, the #14 team's tire changers, tire carriers and jackmen will switch to the #4 team, and vice versa. "We made this change in the best interests of the entire organization," said Greg Zipadelli, vice president of competition, Stewart-Haas Racing. "Our primary goal is to win races and championships, and this pit crew swap provides championship experience to the #4 team and continued race-winning experience to the #14 team." (Stewart-Haas Racing(9-9-2014)

Well at least this change doesn't happen in the middle of the Race like when chad-the-cheater did with 6whine & Jeffy Crews...

[mabarker1]

• Haas says Kurt Busch can test F1 car if.... Gene Haas did reveal that he has told NASCAR driver #41-Kurt Busch, who races for Stewart-Haas Racing in the Sprint Cup Series, that he can test the F1 car if he wins the championship this year. "Everybody I talk to is interested," Haas said. "I was talking to Kurt Busch last week. He was interested. He said if he wins the NASCAR championship, if could he have a ride in one. I said "for sure!" if he wins the championship." Busch has expressed his excitement for Haas' project in the past, and although his chances of winning the championship do look slim, he could enjoy a brief test in the car at some point. "I said he can get in the car!" Haas said, laughing. "I tell you, an American driver in a Formula 1 car in Europe, that would just knock it out of the ball park. I'll give it to you: Kurt Busch could drive one of these cars."(NBC Sports)(9-10-2014)

  I don't see KB as being in the "age group" for this, and would He fit into the "wine & cheese" club in F1?

[mabarker1]

Johnson feeling better UPDATE: Hendrick Motorsports said Tuesday defending NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson is feeling "much better" after suffering from dehydration at Richmond. A spokeswoman also said crew chief Chad Knaus found nothing wrong in the car that would have caused Johnson's dehydration. The six-time NASCAR champion was assisted to the infield medical center following his eighth-place finish Saturday night. Johnson was lying down next to his car after the race and was helped by his crew to a golf cart. He spent nearly 90 minutes in the care center and needed 5 liters of intravenous fluids and said after he wasn't sure what caused the dehydration. Johnson plans to fulfill all his obligations this week associated with NASCAR's promotion of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. Johnson has a full slate of media activities planned for Wednesday in New York, then again on Thursday in Chicago.(Associated Press)(9-9-2014)
UPDATE: Jimmie Johnson said the cooling system for his helmet was blowing warm air and that likely caused his dehydration following last week's race at Richmond. Johnson said the issue with his cooling system was discovered by his Hendrick Motorsports team on Tuesday. "It's nice to have a good idea as to what went wrong and why I got so hot in the race car," he said in quotes provided by Hendrick Motorsports. "It's a newer system that we've implemented, so we're just going back to our old faithful system that's worked for years and years. We should have the problem rectified." The team earlier Tuesday said crew chief Chad Knaus did not discover anything wrong with the car itself. Johnson said he's feeling much better and traveled late Tuesday to New York to begin media obligations for the beginning of NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.(Associated Press)(9-10-2014)

So which is it? Lies beget lies. I still say 6whine is working on his Broadway show...

[mabarker1]

EVENT SCHEDULE
(Sprint Cup Series)

Times are local to the Track

Thursday, September 11
6:00 PM NSCS HAULERS ENTER

Friday, September 12
7:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS & INSPECTION BEGINS
11:00 AM NSCS ROOKIE & SPOTTER MEETINGS & RANDOM DRAWING
12:00 - 1:30 PM NSCS PRACTICE
5:45 PM NSCS QUALIFYING
8:30 PM NSCS GARAGE CLOSES

Saturday, September 13
8:30 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
10:00 - 10:50 AM NSCS PRACTICE
1:00 - 1:50 PM NSCS FINAL PRACTICE
4:00 PM NSCS GARAGE CLOSES

Sunday, September 14
7:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
11:00 AM NSCS DRIVER/CREW CHIEFS MEETING
12:30 PM NSCS DRIVERS INTRODUCTION
1:00 PM NSCS RACE

NSCS = Sprint Cup Series
SUBJECT TO CHANGE

All times above are listed in LOCAL Time
PRACTICE & QUALIFYING
Dates / Times / TV coverage
(times in eastern time)

Practices:
Friday, September 12, 1:00 - 2:30 pm/et, TV-FS1
Saturday, September 13, 11:00 - 11:50 am/et, TV-FS1

Happy Hour ‘Final’ practice: Saturday, September 13, 2:00 - 2:50 pm/et, TV-FS2

Qualifying: group qualifying for positions 1-36, Friday, September 12 at 6:40 pm/et, TV-ESPN2, no re-air scheduled.

[mabarker1]

Track Specifications:
1.5 mile tri-oval
267 laps for 400.5 miles
Banking:
18 degrees in the turns
11 degrees in the front stretch
5 degrees in the back stretch
Front stretch: 2,400 feet
Back stretch: 1,700 feet
Attendance: ~75,000 another 10,000 in the infield
Opened: 2001

Race Festivities/Officials:
Grand Marshal: 18-year-old pop sensation Austin Mahone
Command to start engines: Austin Mahone
Honorary Starter/Wave Green Flag: TBA
Invocation: TBA
National Anthem: TBA
Flyover: TBA

[mabarker1]

“American Restoration” Features NASCAR Hall of Fame: A new episode of “American Restoration” titled “Dales of Thunder” is scheduled to air on the HISTORY Channel. The episode features the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Charlotte Motor Speedway and numerous NASCAR industry executives and drivers including NASCAR Hall of Fame Executive Director Winston Kelley, Charlotte Motor Speedway President Marcus Smith and NASCAR drivers Kyle Busch, Greg Biffle, Danica Patrick and Kyle Larson. In the episode, NASCAR driver Kyle Busch and Charlotte Motor Speedway’s Marcus Smith commissioned “American Restoration” host Rick Dale to design a trophy inspired by NASCAR’s history and heritage for the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series HISTORY 300 race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Rick met up with Winston Kelley and NASCAR driver Greg Biffle at the NASCAR Hall of Fame for inspiration on the trophy design. The initial showing of the episode garnered 1.8 million viewers. The episode is scheduled to air on the HISTORY Channel on Wednesday, Sept. 10 at 2:00pm/et.(NHOF)(9-9-2014)

[mabarker1]

Who has been too fast on pit road? Chase drivers are among those who have been penalized the most for speeding on pit road this season. With each position critical, any extra time on pit road can cost positions. A penalty could prove devastating to a team's title hopes. No driver has won a Cup race after being penalized for speeding on pit road since Matt Kenseth did so Aug. 2013 at Bristol. Travis Kvapil has been called for speeding on pit road a series-high five times. Next with four such penalties are Chase drivers Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson along with Dave Blaney and David Ragan. Kevin Harvick, also in the Chase, has been caught speeding three times this year along with Michael Annett, Kyle Larson, Casey Mears, Joe Nemechek, Reed Sorenson, Tony Stewart and Brian Vickers. Here's how Chase drivers rank in speeding penalties this season:
4 - #41-Kurt Busch, #18-Kyle Busch, #11-Denny Hamlin, #48-Jimmie Johnson
3 - #4-Kevin Harvick
2 - #43-Aric Almirola, #2-Brad Keselowski
1 - #47-AJ Allmendinger, #24-Jeff Gordon, #5-Kasey Kahne, #20-Matt Kenseth, #22-Joey Logano, #31-Ryan Newman
0 - #16-Greg Biffle, #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., #99-Carl Edwards
(Motor Racing Network)(9-10-2014)

[mabarker1]

Clicky the Picky to take the Quiz

Mama=Dale Jr.

Me=Dale Jr

Happydogx2=“Welcome to Aric Nation”

ican'tbelieveit=it gave me Kyle Busch - and I am not a fan of his. Respect him and his drive, but not a fan.

[mabarker1]

SGTBOB=Says I’m part of NewmanNation.... Hmmm

[MtnClimber]

It will take some time to think about the implications of the new rules.

[MtnClimber]

It looks like we may be getting snow starting this afternoon.

[ican'tbelieveit]

Looks like those predictions are correct - early snow. Will it be snow all year though? That is the question.

Weather pattern is pretty close to last year, raining this week. At least not in the inches and tens of inches this time around.

And we are heading to the mtns for the weekend. Looks to be lovely, better than last year, which was lovely!

[MtnClimber]

Last year was miserable with the highway washouts. It made my commute to work 3 hours each way. The cottonwoods along the lower elevation stream banks are changing colors, but lots of brown instead of bright yellow. The aspens in my yard are just showing signs of changing.

I am here getting the 40,000 mile service done on my Mercedes C300 which is my commuter car for my long drive to Colorado Springs that I have to do several times a week. All that mileage is just in 13 months! So far, with this car I have almost smacked 1 elk, 2 mule deer and 1 antelope. Missed just barely. The elk was in the middle of the road in a mountain curve in the road at night and when my headlights hit, she tried to scramble, but slipped and fell in the road. I was all over the ABS brakes and stopped about 6 feet from hitting her. She was on her side trying to kick my car and then got up and did like a bucking bronco still trying to kick my car. I was just thinking that my insurance agent is not going to believe the story if my car gets damaged!

[ican'tbelieveit]

Wild. We picked up a “new” car for me in the spring, a 2007 model with extremely low miles (older owner). Since I have owned it, it has been in for repairs for 2 months (all under certified pre-owned warranty). Right after that, I put a whole new brake system in it.

About three days after we got it back from the brakes, we were rear-ended on I-25 coming out of Denver. So back for repairs it went.

I am hoping we have no more problems with it.

Since then, my son bought a brand new Mazda. He is wary of used cars.