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[WestCoastGal]

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Fire up those engines boys and let's go racing

God bless our military. Protecting our freedom.

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RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY - 2009 EVENT SCHEDULE


NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES - NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES FRIDAY, MAY 1

12:00 N - 1:30 PM NSCS PRACTICE - SPEED
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM NSCS FINAL PRACTICE - SPEED

4:10 PM NNS QUALIFYING (TWO LAPS - ALL POSITIONS)- SPEED

5:40 PM NSCS QUALIFYING (TWO LAPS - ALL POSITIONS)- SPEED

7:00 PM NNS DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS - ESPN2

7:30 PM NNS LIPTON TEA 250 RACE -ESPN2 (250 LAPS - 187.5 MILES)

SATURDAY, MAY 2

7:00 PM NSCS DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS - FOX

7:30 PM NSCS CROWN ROYAL PRESENTS THE RUSS FRIEDMAN 400 RACE (400 LAPS-300 MILES) - FOX

Trucks will not be racing again until Lowe's weekend.

NASCAR News, Info and Stats from

Today would be Dale Earnhardt's 58th birthday.

[WestCoastGal]

In memory of David Poole who died yesterday of a heart attack.

David Poole - “Go Rest High On That Mountain” April 28, 2009 Posted by claireblang in 2009 Season. Tags: claire b lang, David Poole, NASCAR, Race track, Sirius NASCAR Radio, Sirius Satellite Radio, Sprint Cup Series trackback

He gave many a reason to get up in the morning

Sadly, today - we mourn the tragic death of a comrade, a friend, and one heck of a motorsports journalist.

The passing of David Poole today - - is a great loss ,of course, to his family which he treasured and talked about often on the road - but also to our sport

The NASCAR media core is a tough group but an extremely close clan ——even as we bicker and debate and wrangle issues on the road and in the media centers at tracks far from home. To all of us —and to everyone who loves racing….we struggle at a lost for words with an ache that won’t go away inside at word of David Poole’s passing.

Poole was a guy who could argue with you on racing until you got mad –or gave up crying uncle or stood your ground until you made him blustery. That was David. No one more than he enjoyed the pure debate on the sport he loved. He was passionate about his views on racing and he was good at it. If you thought David Poole was wrong on an issue, you’d better have the facts to back up your challenge because David was on his game. Behind that columnists’ exterior (columnists are paid to get your blood pumping) he was a writer who gave us all a real great reason to drop in a few coins to pick up the newspaper and read it and react every day. I believe it is that tribute that would mean a great deal to him. You bought the paper because David had something to say. That led to him joining SIRIUS NASCAR Radio.

Behind that columnists’ exterior was also a guy who would give you the shirt off his back —back you up when you didn’t know it - and help you when you were down and out.

Drivers and folks in the sport respected him so much that they’d almost always call his name out, refer to him, or banter with him at the start of news conferences - no matter what the issue. Calling out to David was part of most news conferences held in the sport..no matter what the issue.

I don’t know if anyone ever made much of how hard David Poole worked. He wasn’t a guy who mailed it in, who stayed at home. Week after week, with very few exceptions Poole was at his desk in the media center at a track, or traveling to a race track, to deliver the story to his readers.

At SIRIUS NASCAR Radio he was extremely kind to me when I joined the channel this year . I was formerly the competition, but David even wrote me a note welcoming me when I moved over to SIRIUS and it meant a great deal to me.

I always told David that he had a big heart –but that I wouldn’t tell anyone….He loved playing the tough guy on the radio and being the guy who you wanted to argue with. He actually enjoyed it a great deal.

Inside though, David was a sensitive guy who had many friends in the sport, who was respected by the drivers and the business folks and who loved racing.

I am so sad at his passing. It’s hard to imagine the sport without Poole.

I wish his family strength and I admire that nowhere on this earth was there anyone else exactly like David Poole.

He made his mark. He gave us a reason to get up in the morning to read the paper or listen to the radio and he did what he loved. Someone asked about a charity and there are several you could contribute to in his name - but I think he’d feel good also if you put a few quarters in the box and bought the daily newspaper tomorrow morning in his name - no matter where you live.

We’ll miss you David.

Go rest high on that mountain!

Thanks ClaireB for those eloquent words...

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Im in

[WestCoastGal]

Wow you guys are on the ball. :)

[montomike]

As long as they have a last lap mishap like the last one.

Sheesh...momentum with a lot of mass can be a terribly beautiful thing.

Thank God no one was killed.

[Roccus]

Just FReepin’ when I should be doing chores.

};^)

[WestCoastGal]

Dedicting this weeks ping to Carl Edwards who had quite a ride last week at Dega. Thank God everyone was safe on the track. Wishing him a better finish this week.

[WestCoastGal]

Definitely. My ping was about this - just above. :)

[WestCoastGal]

Yep - now I have to go finish laundry, clean up storm damage outside, shampoo carpets and whatever else I can think of. lol

Stopping, of course, here now and then for a rest.

[SouthTexas]

Do you do house calls too?

Got it, thanks.

[LasVegasMac]

Thanks for the ping, nice thread.

Sad about Poole, I liked watching him.

Flipper not only had a quite a ride last week, he got to finsh it with a stroll across the finish line! Too funny.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

In addition to being Earnhardt Sr’s birthday today, my nephew turns six.

I should buy him some Earnhardt merchandise. If nothing else, just to tweak his JGordon-loving daddy’s nose. ;)

[umgud]

I was sure wishing Mark a better finish.

[umgud]

Nice thread work.

[tubebender]

Nice looking thread. Sure sorry about David Poole. I’m off to the Church to look for a leak in a garden pipe...

[WestCoastGal]

No house calls. :)

On a sad note, just listening to Gov Perry - one death and now two critical children in Texas.

I do like his take charge attitude. But, I’m still taking my preventive meds since we have so many tourists here. We had a couple here from Iowa last week who had just driven through Mexico. That was stupid enough under normal circumstances.

[NormsRevenge]

WARNING!!! ??? LOL

Is Air Force 1 gonna be in the area on a photo-op?

Sorry to see the passing of David Poole.

[WestCoastGal]

"Is Air Force 1 gonna be in the area on a photo-op?"

I wouldn't put it past them trying to get everyone's mind off the important stuff. I hope he had fun playing golf last weekend whiel Rome is burning.

[SouthTexas]

Well bummer!

The “first” Texan, a 23 month old toddler, was from Mexico. Came to Brownsville and got sick, then was sent to Houston for treatment.

You have to take some of this with a grain of salt, or maybe even a small salt dome. Years ago Houston was listed as having the highest AIDS concentration in the country. It was because they had the best treatment there and patients came from all over the country.

[WestCoastGal]

Anthems are going to be great this weekend.......

Charlie Daniels will perform the National Anthem prior to the start of the Lipton Tea 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race on Friday night.

On Saturday, the Commandant’s Own Marine Drum & Bugle Corps will perform their always-stunning rendition of the National Anthem prior to the Crown Royal Presents The Russ Friedman 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.