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Engine change forces Vickers from pole to rear - (Auto Club 500 at Fontana)
Sporting News ^ | 2/20/09 | Sporting News

Posted on 02/21/2009 6:35:16 AM PST by GeorgiaDawg32

FONTANA, Calif. -- What goes around comes around, and in Brian Vickers' case, it came around at pole-winning speed Friday at Auto Club Speedway.

With a lap at 183.439 mph (39.250 seconds) Vickers claimed the top spot for Sunday's Auto Club 500 Sprint Cup race, the second event on the 2009 schedule for NASCAR's foremost series.

Vickers, whose No. 83 Red Bull Toyota was wrecked after contact from Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Chevrolet in last Sunday's Daytona 500, rebounded smartly from that catastrophe, edging three-time defending Cup champion Jimmie Johnson (183.164 mph) by .059 seconds at the 2-mile speedway.

(Excerpt) Read more at nascar.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: autoclub5000; fontana; nascar; racing

1 posted on 02/21/2009 6:35:17 AM PST by GeorgiaDawg32
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Lesson learned - NASCAR sucks too...


2 posted on 02/21/2009 6:44:11 AM PST by TheBattman (Pray for our country....)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
"From pole to rear"

Interesting headline. :)

3 posted on 02/21/2009 6:59:28 AM PST by raybbr (It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
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To: raybbr

Benburch would be pleased (DUmmie FUnnies reference)


4 posted on 02/21/2009 7:10:48 AM PST by GeorgiaDawg32 (A democrat will break your leg, then hand you a crutch and take credit for your being able to walk.)
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