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March 12, 2008

NASCAR 09 Preview
by @ 12:58 pm.

Gamespot has up a preview for NASCAR 09, which looks fairly encouraging.  I’ve skipped the last few versions, since they didn’t offer much of an improvement over the version I own.  This one looks like it might be a nice graphics upgrade, as well as some interesting game play.

February 17, 2008

50th Daytona 500
by @ 7:43 pm.

That was an awesome race! The CoT changed things up, and made them very exciting. It was exciting race with an awesome ending. Hopefully it’s a sign of an exciting year to come. We have been looking forward to racing season starting back up, and we weren’t disappointed!

We’ve spent the last week absorbing all the content about Daytona that has been on the airwaves.  The 50th race was kind of a hard thing to live up to, with all the hype, but it was great and it’ll be remembered.

March 25, 2006

Racing Snow
by @ 9:45 pm.

That’s the first time I’ve even seen a NASCAR race red flagged because of snow!

March 10, 2006

Top 10 NASCAR Driver Pet Peeves
by @ 9:23 am.

I came across this today. It’s a Top 10 list from The Late Show with David Letterman from December 2nd, 1999. It was read by Dale Jarrett, who had recently won the Winston Cup at the time.

THE TOP 10 NASCAR DRIVER PET PEEVES10. Winning a race, then getting passed on the way home by some dork in a Hyundai.
9. You’re eight laps down, and the only advice your pit crew comes across with is “Go faster.”
8. Kids in the back keep asking, “Are we at Lap 236 yet?”
7. Right in the middle of the race, your N’Sync tape gets chewed up.
6. You’re doing 200, and Letterman still passes you.
5. After a fill-up, your pit crew doesn’t give you a free NFL drinking glass.
4. Guys who think they have a lot in common with you because they once did 70 on the Interstate.
3. I won the Winston Cup, but did they send me any free smokes? Hell no.
2. Tell crew chief you need to use the restroom, and he says, “Well, you should have thought of that before you left the house, mister.”
1. Guys who drive only 160 in the left-hand lane.

February 19, 2006

Daytona 500
by @ 10:35 pm.

NASCAR is back! The Daytona 500 was today, and we, of course, watched it. It was a so so race this year. The weather made things a little weird. I’m not a big fan of restrictor plate racing in any case. Xander was thrilled to have racing back though. We’re looking forward to California next weekend.

December 7, 2005

NASCAR Television Deal
by @ 4:51 pm.

Starting in 2007, NASCAR television rights will be split between ABC/ESPN,TNT, and FOX/FX/Speed. This deal lasts through 2014.

Whew. ABC (or rather Disney) owns a lot of channels, so I expect the content to get spread around quite a bit.

Looks like FOX keeps the first part of the Season, and then ABC/ESPN and TNT get the second part. So not really much different than it is now, just replacing NBC with ABCs fleet of networks.

May 5, 2005

NASCAR Visit
by @ 4:40 pm.

We had a visit from NASCAR here in Leesburg today.

Nextel had a car out at one of the wireless stores around here, so I took Xander out to check things out.

He, of course, loved it. They had a mock up of a Dale Jarrett car there. It had a video game inside it which Xander and I played once. My time on that entered me into a drawing for a trip to the Richard Petty Driving Experience, which would, of course, be awesome.

They had an actual car on display as well. I’m not an expert, but if that wasn’t a real car, it was an amazing mock up. I’d expect it has a cheap engine in it, but everything visible appears to be authentic to me. Xander loved walking around the car and asking me questions about different pieces and parts. He was just amazed by the whole thing.

To tell you the truth, so was I. The last time I remember being up close to a NASCAR car was when I was a kid. Terry Labonte was making an apperance at the Lowe’s in Fayetville. This was back when he drove the Piedmont Airlines car (another picture from a different year, since I can’t remember which year this happened), which is who my dad worked for at the time. So we headed out there to see it. I remember how excited I was at the time. It was a lot of fun to get to take Xander to see a car today.

I’ve added a gallery with the pictures I took.

February 20, 2005

The Daytona 500
by @ 8:39 pm.

NASCAR is back! What a great race. Even if two of my fantasy drivers blew engines. We all enjoyed watching the race, except Mira, who would have rather been watching Blue’s Clues.

Yea, race!

October 25, 2004

Hendrick Crash
by @ 9:26 am.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the extended Hendrick family.

August 23, 2004

Pick a Paint Scheme
by @ 12:05 pm.

AOL is letting members vote on the paint scheme for the 30 car in the Nov 11th race in Phoenix. You have to have a screenname to vote. All 3 of them look pretty sweet to me, but I like the one with the running man guy on the hood the best.

August 15, 2004

30 Car Update
by @ 2:30 pm.

Starting next weekend Jeff Burton will be driving the 30 car. While I kinda hate it for Dave Blaney, who I’ve always liked, I’ve also always liked Jeff Burton. Hopefully the 30 team will be able to get some good finished out of this. He’s signed for a 3 year contract and is starting up next weekend, so they can get some time together before the full season next year. I’m looking forward to seeing what they can do together.

July 19, 2004

Dave Blaney Interview
by @ 12:17 pm.

The NASCAR site has up and brief interview with Dave Blaney, the current driver of the AOL sponsored 30 car.

July 17, 2004

Green-White-Checker
by @ 2:53 pm.

NASCAR has finally decided to implement the green-white-checker policy into the Busch and Cup Series races.

It’s about time. I’ve enjoyed that aspect of the truck races since I started watching them last year, and the fans deserve to see a race finish with racing.

I’m not sure how I feel about doing it in the middle of the seaon, but I can live with it. It’s something I think they’ve needed for a while.

July 8, 2004

Alcohol Free Seats
by @ 4:04 pm.

I’m very proud of Richmond International Raceway for providing a section of alcohol free seating at their track.

That makes it a lot easier for me to consider taking Xander to a race there.

June 17, 2004

Dave Blaney
by @ 12:50 pm.

RCR has announced that Dave Blaney will be taking over duties in the 30 car.

That’s nice. I was afraid for a while there we’d keep a driver a whole season.

I do like Dave Blaney though. He’s one of those underdog drivers I like to see do well whenever they are able to run a race. Maybe with a ride every week, he can make something from it.

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