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NASCAR - California Speedway SONY HD 500 - Sunday 9-3-06 Pre-Race Show: NBC - 7:00pm/et
Nascar, Jayski, My Photo Archives ^ | 08-30-06 | Me & Jack

Posted on 08/30/2006 3:51:13 PM PDT by WestCoastGal

WELCOME TO FONTANA CALIFORNIA

-THIS WEEKS RACE- SONY HD 500

Pre-Race Show: NBC - 7:00pm/et

Sunday, September 3rd - 250 Laps (500 Miles)

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NASCAR Busch Series AMERIQUEST 300 Saturday, September 2nd, 150 Laps (300 Miles) TV: TNT - 10:00pm/et

Qualifying: Saturday, September 2, 6:40pm/et

Qualifying: 2 laps for all positions. Cars will be impounded. TV coverage live on Speed.

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Friday Practice: Friday, September 1, 3:05 - 4:35pm/et, TV-none - On Trackpass

Saturday Practice: Saturday, September 2, 4:00 - 5:00pm/et, TV-none - On Trackpass

Happy Hour Practice: Saturday, September 2, 5:35 - 6:20pm/et on TV-NONE LISTED - On Trackpass

Cup qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-43, Friday, September 1 at 6:40pm/et, TV-Speed Channel



Make your FRFL picks by Friday 5am et.
This is not an impound race.
Craftsman Truck Series is off this week.


TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: california; fontana; frigginboringrace; nascar; nextel; nextelcup; sony; walterreed; wcgnascarthread
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Love this pic of the track from the old days.

Location Fontana, CA Distance / Track Type 2.0 Mile Oval 14-degree bank Nextel Cup Top Race Speed 155.012 by Jeff Gordon on 6/22/1997 Nextel Cup Top Qualifying Speed 188.245 by Kyle Busch on 2/27/2005 Plotting strategy There likely will be some long green runs when the cars get spread out, and that's when you have to have fuel-mileage strategy. The first time we raced at California, in 1997, Jeff Gordon won on fuel mileage, so it's always a factor at this track.

Gordon and former crew chief Ray Evernham were great at adjusting their car when they were together. Maybe that's why they won two of the first three races at Fontana. Even if you have a good car, you are going to have to work on it all day because the track changes throughout the race. Because the track isn't hard on tires, devising a sound tire strategy is a must. Get that track position, if you can, by changing two tires instead of four. Near the end of the race, definitely go with two or don't pit at all. I'd rather be leading the race on 20- or 25-lap tires than back there in 10th position on fresh tires because you're back in traffic and the car won't run as well.


1 posted on 08/30/2006 3:51:15 PM PDT by WestCoastGal
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To: All
Please give your support to the FR Canteen - Dedicated to our troops, veterans, and their families:
The FR Canteen

2 posted on 08/30/2006 3:51:59 PM PDT by WestCoastGal (Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race Dale Earnhardt Jr. ~ Bristol Baby)
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Hi to everyone at Walter Reed



Ryan, Wild Bill, Rex, Jerry, Arnold, Cole, Brian, John, Joseph, Bobby,

Chris, Chuck, Aaron, Adam, Katey, Brian, Joshua, Bryant, Isaac, Mason,

Issac, Eduardo, Luther, Chris, Derek, Andrew, PD, David, Martin, Anthony,

Alexander, Eugene, Jayme, Tim, Maurice, Bob, Derick, Whephurn, Marian, Lucritia, Lyvell, Hassan, Uziel, William, Sidney, Adrian, Natasha, Zavian, Elijah, James, Verdina and Farai.

Now home with their families.....Bill, Wes [new daddy], Carlos, Jeremy are doing well from our DC FReeper report but Mike continues to need our prayers after a car accident.

Hugs and prayers to all of you!!

Thank you all for your service to our country

God Bless



3 posted on 08/30/2006 3:55:29 PM PDT by WestCoastGal (Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race Dale Earnhardt Jr. ~ Bristol Baby)
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To: NormsRevenge; glock rocks; Pete-R-Bilt; NYTexan; steveegg; WestCoastGal; tubebender; Afronaut; ...

CALIFORNIA PING


4 posted on 08/30/2006 4:00:39 PM PDT by WestCoastGal (Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race Dale Earnhardt Jr. ~ Bristol Baby)
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Looking Good!

Thanks!


5 posted on 08/30/2006 4:12:31 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ......Help the "Pendleton 8' and families -- http://www.freerepublic.com/~normsrevenge/)
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To: WestCoastGal

How West Coast of you :o)


6 posted on 08/30/2006 4:36:31 PM PDT by glock rocks (will you tell me a story?)
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To: WestCoastGal

Thx for the ping.


7 posted on 08/30/2006 4:38:00 PM PDT by umgud (Do moderate muslims luv us infidels and Jews?.... Didn't think so.)
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To: WestCoastGal

Nice job WCG. Everyone seen this thread... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1692560/posts


8 posted on 08/30/2006 4:43:52 PM PDT by tubebender
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To: tubebender

Happy WEDnesday all!

Sunday Night Racing...WoooHooo!


9 posted on 08/30/2006 4:54:43 PM PDT by GRRRRR (Love America? Protect Her, VOTE GOP...they're better than nothing.)
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I know this is the California thread but this is a great story from Bristol.......funny anyway.

There was a guy that was dropping a T-shirt for the drivers to sign! It was soo freakin funny! He had it on a hanger with some cardbourd inside to keep it formed.. with a sharpie hooked to it! We would scream up to him to tell him when the drivers were coming and he'd drop it down with a tape measure... LOL and when they were done signing the shirt he'd hit the button and it would retract.. freakin GREAT!

Then.. Robby came over just as a cop was yelling at the guy saying he couldn't drop the shirt anymore... Robby looked at the cop... At the shirt... up at the guy and back to the cop again... then... He grabbed the pen and signed the shirt! The crowd went wild! it was great!

>

Shared with permission from the person on the scene reporting.

10 posted on 08/30/2006 5:32:26 PM PDT by WestCoastGal (Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race Dale Earnhardt Jr. ~ Bristol Baby)
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BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!


11 posted on 08/30/2006 5:34:27 PM PDT by steveegg (Let's make the deeply-saddened Head KOmmie deeply soddened in Nov. - deny the 'RATs the election)
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>>...from the person on the scene...

I want a plane ticket.

Thanks for the ping

12 posted on 08/30/2006 5:56:58 PM PDT by vox_freedom (Matthew 5:37 But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no)
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To: WestCoastGal

Sony HD 500? Hope they didn't make any of the batteries for the cars.


13 posted on 08/30/2006 6:01:50 PM PDT by Richard Kimball (The most important thing is sincerity. Once you can fake that, everything else is easy.)
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To: WestCoastGal
Thanks, WCG. Did you see the Nascar.com article on Fontana - getting butts in the seats? Interesting.
14 posted on 08/30/2006 6:27:35 PM PDT by LasVegasMac (Islam........not fit for human consumption.)
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To: LasVegasMac; NormsRevenge; glock rocks; Pete-R-Bilt; NYTexan; steveegg; WestCoastGal; tubebender; ..

call me old fashioned but Labor Day weekend should be for the track "too tough to tame" Darlington


15 posted on 08/30/2006 6:50:03 PM PDT by icecold
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To: icecold

I hear ya!


16 posted on 08/30/2006 7:42:21 PM PDT by LasVegasMac (Islam........not fit for human consumption.)
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To: WestCoastGal

Got it, thanks.


17 posted on 08/30/2006 8:58:48 PM PDT by SouthTexas (It's summer, of course it's hot.)
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To: WestCoastGal

I'll be there!!!! Won 2 tixs on Hugh Hewitts show today.

Eeeeehaa!!!!!


18 posted on 08/30/2006 10:16:04 PM PDT by blastdad51 (Proud father of an Enduring Freedom vet, and friend of a soldier lost in Afghanistan)
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To: WestCoastGal
How Funny!

Please add me to the ping list.

Thanks.

19 posted on 08/30/2006 11:18:59 PM PDT by bobbyd (Flyer, I love and miss you...Lords best my FRiend)
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To: bobbyd; NormsRevenge; NYTexan; glock rocks

Welcome to the group!!



Ping for the other ping list holders.


20 posted on 08/31/2006 4:22:56 AM PDT by WestCoastGal (Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race Dale Earnhardt Jr. ~ Bristol Baby)
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