Posted on 03/19/2014 8:31:48 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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Auto Club 400 Entry List
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Jamie McMurray |
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Brad Keselowski |
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Austin Dillon |
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Kevin Harvick |
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Kasey Kahne |
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Michael Annett |
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Marcos Ambrose |
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Danica Patrick |
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Denny Hamlin |
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Casey Mears |
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Tony Stewart |
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Clint Bowyer |
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Greg Biffle |
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr |
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Kyle Busch |
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Matt Kenseth |
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Joey Logano |
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Alex Bowman |
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Jeff Gordon |
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Cole Whitt |
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Paul Menard |
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Parker Kligerman |
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Ryan Newman |
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Travis Kvapil |
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Brian Scott |
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David Ragan |
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David Reutimann |
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Reed Sorenson |
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David Gilliland |
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Landon Cassill |
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Kurt Busch |
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Kyle Larson |
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Aric Almirola |
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AJ Allmendinger |
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Jimmie Johnson |
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Justin Allgaier |
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Brian Vickers |
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Joe Nemechek |
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Martin Truex Jr |
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Ryan Truex |
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Dale Earnhardt Jr |
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Josh Wise |
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Carl Edwards |
| Driver | Points | Change |
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| Brad Keselowski |
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| Dale Earnhardt Jr |
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| Carl Edwards |
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| Jeff Gordon |
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| Jimmie Johnson |
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| Joey Logano |
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| Denny Hamlin |
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| Matt Kenseth |
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| Ryan Newman |
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| Ricky Stenhouse Jr |
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| Kasey Kahne |
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| Greg Biffle |
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| Austin Dillon |
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Nationwide Standings:
| Driver | Points | Change |
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| Regan Smith |
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| Trevor Bayne |
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| Ty Dillon |
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| Chase Elliott |
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| Elliott Sadler |
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| Brendan Gaughan |
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| Brian Scott |
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| James Buescher |
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| Dylan Kwasniewski |
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| Landon Cassill |
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| Mike Bliss |
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| Chris Buescher |
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| Mike Wallace |
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| Team | Segment Points | Season Points | Change |
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| Lime City Racing |
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| Mofo99 |
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| SgtBob's Privates |
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| Richmond Rocker |
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| Jake from State Farm |
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| paydirt15 |
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| Drago Racing |
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| Thomas Brothers Country Ham |
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| Rainbow Warriors |
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| Questforseven |
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CA Speedway, my least favorite track.
| Car# | Driver |
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Carl Edwards |
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr |
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Aric Almirola |
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Tony Stewart |
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Marcos Ambrose |
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Denny Hamlin |
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Jeff Gordon |
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Kasey Kahne |
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Brian Vickers |
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Kyle Larson |
If Harvick has another ise with his car he’s going to go off. Just glad I’m not Stweart.
Auto Club Speedway adds SAFER barrier:
When #11-Denny Hamlin returns to Auto Club Speedway this week, he’ll find more of the SAFER barrier in the area where he crashed last year. The Southern California facility has added an additional 1,000 feet of the Steel and Foam Energy Reduction barrier inside Turn 4, according to a track spokesman. The change was made in September, six months after Hamlin sustained a broken back vertebra after crashing into an unprotected area of the wall in the track’s Sprint Cup Series event last March. In the wake of the accident, NASCAR officials said experts would reevaluate that section of the wall and recommend changes if necessary. SAFER barriers are typically first installed along the parts of track walls where impacts are most likely to occur, but it’s not uncommon for the barriers to be added or altered in reaction to accidents. A Jeff Gordon hit at Las Vegas, an Elliott Sadler incident at Pocono and a Jeff Fuller accident at Kentucky each resulted in changes being made to walls or barriers at those facilities.(NASCAR.com)(3-19-2014)
3M Aerospace Honors Military on Biffle’s car:
3M’s Aerospace Division will make its racing debut this Sunday at Auto Club Speedway onboard Greg Biffle’s #16 Ford Fusion. Aerospace products from 3M are used in a wide range of applications, from commercial airlines to business jets to military aircraft. Biffle’s Ford will proudly show 3M’s thanks to those men and women serving the U.S. Armed Forces with a Salute to the Armed Forces. Many of 3M’s employees are proud veterans or actively serve in the guard or reserves. The 3M Ford Fusion hood will showcase the five medallions of the different branches of military service, while the car will feature a vehicle wrap in camo design from 3M Commercial Solutions. Many 3M products are used in military applications. Polyurethane tapes help protect rotor blades from damage caused by rain, sand and debris during landing. Wings sealed with 3M’s polysulfide sealants, a lighter-weight sealant, allow for a more fuel efficient aircraft. 3M’s E-A-R brand thermal acoustic products increase cabin comfort by decreasing noise levels inside the plane. 3M Aviation Window Restoration Systems by Clearfix help the military to repair polycarbonate and acrylic windows in theater, allowing aircraft to return to a mission-ready-status faster.(Roush Fenway Racing), see an image of the car on the #16 team paint schemes page.(3-19-2014)
Goodyear Tires Notes / Fast Facts
Tire: Goodyear Eagle Speedway Radials
Set limits:
Sprint Cup: 5 sets for practice/qualifying, and 11 sets for the race;
Nationwide: 7 sets for the event
Tire Codes:
Left-side — D-4522; Right-side — D-4408
Tire Circumference:
Left-side — 87.5 in. (2,224 mm);
Right-side — 88.4 in. (2,245 mm)
Technical Inspection Inflation:
Left Front — 30 psi; Left Rear — 30 psi
Right Front — 48 psi; Right Rear — 45 psi
Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front — 22 psi; Left Rear — 20 psi;
Right Front — 45 psi; Right Rear — 42 psi
Notes: Teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series will run the same tire codes at Fontana this weekend . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that these teams have run at this track since 2012 . . . this right-side tire code (D-4408) has been run at Fontana since 2011, while this left-side tire code (D-4522) was introduced the following year . . . as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Fontana . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.
EVENT SCHEDULE
(Sprint Cup Series)
Times are local to the Track
Friday, March 21
6:30 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS & INSPECTION BEGINS
11:00 AM NSCS ROOKIE & SPOTTER MEETINGS & RANDOM DRAWING
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM NSCS PRACTICE
4:40 PM (7:40 PM/ET) NSCS QUALIFYING
Saturday, March 22
7:00 AM NNS GARAGE OPENS
9:30 AM - 10:25 AM NSCS PRACTICE
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM NSCS FINAL PRACTICE
Sunday, March 23
6:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
11:25 AM NSCS DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS
12:00 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, March 21, 3:00 - 4:30 pm/et, TV-FS1
Saturday, March 22, 12:30 - 1:20 pm/et, TV-FS1
Happy Hour ‘Final’ practice: Saturday, March 22, 3:30 - 4:30pm/et, TV-FS1
Qualifying: groups for positions 1-36, Friday, March 21 at 7:35 pm/et, TV-FS1, no re-air scheduled.
From Jr's Twitter page.
Brooke Werner steps down as Miss Sprint Cup:
Miss Sprint Cup Brooke Werner announced Wednesday on her Facebook page that she is resigning as Miss Sprint Cup due to personal reasons. Werner posted the following message on Facebook on Wednesday.
“Hey fans, difficult decisions are always tough to communicate to people you love so much...like you guys. I recently made the hard decision to resign as Miss Sprint Cup for personal reasons (all good!) and hang up my firesuit. It’s been one of the greatest times of my life and I have you all to thank for that. I’ll miss you all very much but I know that you’ll all be excited to meet the new Miss Sprint Cup soon!”
Werner, a former Miss Vermont USA, had filled the role of Miss Sprint Cup with Kim Coon and Madison Martin. This is Martin’s first year in the Miss Sprint Cup program, while it’s Coon’s fourth. Werner was beginning her second season on tour. Miss Sprint Cup serves as the representative for Sprint, entitlement sponsor of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.(Autoweek)(3-20-2014)
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I’d say somebody is getting married.
Any bet on what Young Driver is about to get “Brooked” like Jeff Gordon did?
Entry List for the Auto Club 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway is posted, 45 teams/drivers [for 43 spots] are listed, including: #32-Kvapil, #33-Scott, #35-Reutimann, #44-Yeley, #66-Nemechek, #77-Blaney. With 45 cars entered, 2 drivers will miss the race. The drivers who must qualify via speed are: #44-Yeley & #77-Blaney.
#44-Yeley & #77-Blaney have withdrawn. There are now just 43 teams entered.
See the full entry list at my Jayski’s Auto Club Entry List
I’m gonna be in Tortola BVI Sunday...you guys are gonna need to handle it this weekend.
If I’m not back for Martinsville, send lawyers, guns, and money....
Ya need a Porter?
Sorry mabarker1....I hired her as my housekeep/beer fetch....MrsSgtBob keeps tellin’ me to throw my own Sh!+ away, and “Git yer own damn beer!”.
whipped...
Tim could have been one of the big names... RIP
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