NASCAR Nextel Cup: LENOX Industrial Tools 300 at NHIS, Sunday July 1 - 2:30 PM - TNT

NASCAR.com Jayski.com | June 26, 2007 | NYTexan

[NYTexan]

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LENOX Industrial Tools 300

Welcome all to the Nextel Cup race at New Hampshire International Speedway!

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Sunoco Links With O.C. Choppers For Fall NASCAR Promo

Some of NASCAR's top drivers are lending their names to Sunoco and Orange County Choppers for a promotion that will launch this fall and reward one winner with a custom motorcycle.

Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne and Jimmie Johnson are each designing a motorcycle valued at more than $50,000 as part of the promotion.

The four motorcycles will be unveiled June 29 in Loudon, N.H., at a photo shoot with the four drivers. The photos will be used to create "hero cards" which are similar to baseball cards, only larger. Sunoco's hero cards probably will be 6 inches by 9 inches with a shot of the driver and his bike on the front and statistics and facts on the back.

Schedule for the NASCAR LENOX Industrial Tools 300 at NHIS

New Hampshire Entry List page

Qualifying: Thursday 6/29 3:00 pm Nextel Cup Qualifying (LIVE SPEED)
Race: Sun 7/1 2:30 pm Nextel Cup Race on TNT

Speed's NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 11:30am/et
(Caution Pool opens then!)

Jayski.com TV listings

Track Details with Current & Historical Track info from NASCAR.com

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NASCAR News, Info and Stats from JAYSKI'S silly season site

[WestCoastGal]

Yeah they could be stopped at a gas station or something tweaking the fenders. LOL I'm sure there's JUST ONE MORE inspection tomorrow. :(

You know I just really like all these colors.

:)

[NYTexan]

He’s running a limited schedule this year.

[NYTexan]

I thought Crash had them interested?

[WestCoastGal]

Well if you had that choice and you were them what would you do? :)

Inspector Clouseau

[fideist]

A.B.B.

Anyone but Bud works for me!

[NYTexan]

LOL, poor Crash, maybe he can get Bud Light!

[WestCoastGal]

Ok G’nite......thunderstorm overhead.

[NYTexan]

Stay safe and dry!

[SouthTexas]

Hey, we have sunshine!

There is however, quite a bit coming down the creeks and rivers. :)

[LasVegasMac]

Wow. one / eigth of an inch. And they passed pre-qual inspection ?

That sounds pretty silly. I wonder if they were thinking it was another downforce cheat?

[WestCoastGal]

It is clear now. If it's not, NASCAR is prepared to expand the suspension to car chiefs and engineers -- whatever it takes to get the message across. "It could grow into multiple suspensions," Darby said as he sat outside the hauler otherwise known as the NASCAR principal's office. Teams have understood for years that messing with the gray area in engines will not be tolerated. Now they're discovering that the body is off limits as well.

LINK

[WestCoastGal]

No wonder they wanted Jr.

Two of Ginn’s cars sporting basic black at track, with no sponsorship
By JIM UTTER - The Charlotte Observer
LOUDON, N.H. - Two of the three Ginn Racing entries in the Nextel Cup Series arrived at New Hampshire this weekend without sponsorship.

That alone isn’t usual for the team, which does not have a full schedule of sponsorship lined up for the Nos. 13 and 14 Chevrolets and drivers Joe Nemechek and Sterling Marlin. However, unlike other weekends, the team elected to leave both cars totally black in color.

In several previous races, Ginn Resorts – a company owned by team owner Bobby Ginn – has been used on the cars.

Team public relations representatives confirmed both teams were without sponsorship this weekend.

LINK

[WestCoastGal]

Thanks for putting the hidden links in the header!! :)

I found three.

[Sunnyflorida]

“Earnhardt Nation doesn’t give a fig about anything or anyone else.”

Exactly.

[Sunnyflorida]

Musgrave hit somebody will Busch “almost” hit somebody.

[Sunnyflorida]

“To paraphrase the late Johnnie Cochran, if the templates fit, you must acquit.”

I agree. However, Mikey said on INC that the teams get actual CAD drawings. The implication is that the template is a rough gauge but the CAD specs are the final word.

[Sunnyflorida]

Wolf, you said it better than I, thanks. IMHO, race fans generally like all the good drivers including Jeff and JR. What is hard to take is the stridency of the JR fanatics and people that hate HMS. I cannot imagine how a race fan could not appreciate the skills and team work of the 48 and 24 teams and still see the admirable qualities of JR.

[Sunnyflorida]

I just hope this race is better than last week. Nascar should not set fuel capacities at the margins. If they want cars to make it in two stops, or three stops, then they should do it for all cars. These milage races are boring.

[fideist]

Actually, NASCAR allows a 1/4 inch variance. So the car was a total of 3/8 inch too low.

[SouthTexas]

CAD is little help in the real world. It's a highly overrated program that has made designers out of people that have never been in the field. Far too many times it doesn't address clearances, tolerances, and/or elevations.

And we only have to deal with it building things that DON'T move, much less on a vehicle that is expected to go 190.