Posted on 01/25/2010 12:57:25 PM PST by WestCoastGal
@danicapatick will not do Nationwide race after Vegas (late Feb) until July & then resume Nationwide sked
7 NW races: Daytona (TBD), Fontana, Vegas, Loudon, Chicago, Michigan, Dover, Fontana, Charlotte, Gateway, Texas, Phoenix, Homestead.
# A change this season is that NASCAR is going to enforce speeding on pit road more. Remember when a wrecked car would come to pit road, the crew would furiously make repairs and the car would fire down pit road faster than the speed limit to stay on the lead lap? Speeding penalty was no big deal because it only put the driver at the rear of the field. He still got to stay on the lead lap. NEW THIS YEAR is that speeding is speeding. NASCAR will not allow such action again. What that means is that crews will have to complete their work sooner knowing they can’t speed on pit road to stay on the lead lap.
# As in the past, teams are allowed a 4.99 mph allowance before being penalized for speeding on pit road. Thus, if pit road speed is 55 mph, they can go 59.99 mph without being penalized. Go 60 mph and it’s a penalty.
# Another change this year is if a car is entering pit road or just entered pit road when the caution comes out (thus closing pit road), the driver can go down pit road (without stopping in his stall) while maintaining pit road speed and NASCAR will put the driver back in his spot when he entered pit road. There have been times guys entered pit road just as it closed because of a caution and never had a chance to react and all but had their day (or a good part of it) ruined with losing a lap. This is NASCAR’s way of trying to help the drivers in those difficult situations.
# You know how sometimes guys have to come back to the pits for lugnut issues? Well, it’s never because they’re loose. The rule book says nothing about loose lug nuts (how could it? There’s no way to check if they’re tight or not). No, the rule book says that all 5 lug nuts must be installed (i.e. on the wheel) before the car takes out of its pit stall. So as long as 5 are on there, that’s all it takes.
# You know how there are times when a NASCAR official in the pits will kick a tire back toward the pit wall and other times they don’t? I often hear after that how NASCAR is favoring one team over the other. Here is what NASCAR tells its officials on those situations: If you (the official) don’t have to move out of the way to knock the tire back, that is fine. If an official has to move out of position to do so, then let it go. The reasoning to allow officials to even knock the tire back is a safety issue. If an official can do so without getting out of position, then it prevents the tire from getting hit by a car and knocked back into that offficial or others on pit road. Plus, if an official moves out of position to get the tire, they may actually be putting themselves in greater harm by making the move.
# NASCAR penalizes drivers for running over air hoses, yet there are cases when a driver won’t be penalized for doing so. Huh? Well, think of it this way: On a four-tire pit stop wher ethe front tire changer comes over to the left side, the air hose might not flip over completley away from the car. If the car runs over a small portion (small the key) then NASCAR more than likely will let it go. Now if, it’s a two-tire stop and the car runs completely over the air hose as its stretched from the pit wall to the right side of the car, that’s a penalty.
Thanks :)
Just got done prepping outside for tornado warning coming up in about an hour. Doesn’t look good what’s headed this way.
Yikes!!! I just looked at your radar...
Hope you get the gate closed before it hits!
That scores a 10!
Please let me know if you don’t have electricity or a house connected to electricity...
Was wet all night but the real rain just started down here.
I guess I could have sent smoke signals :P
The worst is gone - started out like a novel — It was a dark and stormy night.............
I never got past that. :)
for the life of me...I cannot find the durn “Join a group” button...hep me?!?!?!
Once you get past the main Yahoo fantasy racing page there should be a yellow ‘Join private group button - after you click there you use the group # and password
hah...I finally figured it out but somehow created a new Free Republic group...now I can’t DELETE it...stupid me or stupid Yahoo....!!!
Oh well...
You are not the only one who’s done that - my Twitter group had problems too. :)
I thought I had done the same thing because they have changed the format just enough to confuse me but I found I WAS in the FReeper league. I never felt so relieved in my live to find my name amongst my mortal enemies. I see your name at the bottom of the list...
Love it.
What’s the info for the FR fantasy racing again?
Nevermind...found it.
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