OFFICIAL track smack 760 fantay league

[tonylongoriafan]

for the members of yahoo's NASCAR fantasy league track smack 760

[tonylongoriafan]

i'll start it off...tied for 14th with only 194 points...did well with david ragan and clint bowyer, but i bought the farm with jamie mcmurray (thanks to my boy dale jr.)

on to fontana

[AlamoSpursFan]

Two words: All Aboard!!!!

The Dinger Train is now boarding. Next stop, Fontana!

[Evil Angel]

New here all. Texas Thunder from the Yahoo league.
Hope to join in on he Spurs threads as well now that I'm registered.

[tonylongoriafan]

New here all. Texas Thunder from the Yahoo league.
Hope to join in on he Spurs threads as well now that I'm registered.

awesome

[Evil Angel]

awesome

Thanks, any thread recommendations for a newbie?

[tonylongoriafan]

week 2...don't forget to set your drivers, no one likes a dead beat owner (i.e. mrs. earnhardt sr.)

[Evil Angel]

The stands were about empty for yesterday's races in Fontana. I'll bet that it will be less than 75% for today's race, maybe closer to 60. It's a shame they continue to go there when other tracks could use a date and put people in the stands.

[Biernutz]

The stands were about empty for yesterday's races in Fontana. I'll bet that it will be less than 75% for today's race, maybe closer to 60. It's a shame they continue to go there when other tracks could use a date and put people in the stands.


The Nationwide Series race always draws a smaller crowd than the Sprint Series race on Sunday.

[Evil Angel]

The Nationwide Series race always draws a smaller crowd than the Sprint Series race on Sunday.
This is very true. I was a season ticket holder for 8 years in Ft Worth. Always had 40-50 thousand for those races.
If you saw either race yesterday, the stands on the front stretch were almost empty. I also read an article that Fontana only had about 50% of tickets sold for the cup race and I believe seating is about 90K. It's a shame they keep going there. Not to mention it's always a boring race. :sleep
We'll see if the cameras show the empty seats today.
Next week will be a better race in Vegas.

[Biernutz]

There has been some talk that the Fontana races have never sold out and they may lose one of the races.

[Evil Angel]

I say lose them both!
Enjoy the race all, hope it's a better race than usual.

[tonylongoriafan]

man, i suck :(

[Evil Angel]

I moved up one spot with a bad day. :toast
All is not lost I've seen too many in the past use up drivers before the half way point.

[tonylongoriafan]

I moved up one spot with a bad day. :toast
All is not lost I've seen too many in the past use up drivers before the half way point.

i went down one spot...wth?

[Evil Angel]

i went down one spot...wth?
It's OK, just hang in there. And remember, you can only use a driver 9 times for the whole year.

[dawn]

HA!!! I moved up one spot... from freaking last place!!!

They said there was 78.000 there on Sunday which was up from last year...

ratings seem to be up as well.

I hate when they go there

[Evil Angel]

Maybe not Dawn...
Also saw that FOX had a 5.3 overnight rating, down 14.5% from last year.
I will say that I expected a boring race, and it was until the end.
On to Vegas!!! Should be a much better race.

http://www.insidesocal.com/news247/2009/02/attendance-down-at-auto-club-s.html
Attendance down at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana

By Joe Smilor on February 23, 2009 8:15 PM


There's a lot of trash talk in sports.

A survey of the landscape Monday at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana revealed plastic wrappers here, an empty beer case there. A frayed recliner snuggled against a garbage can.

Not much trash, really. Perhaps that spoke volumes.

Maybe racing fans are a tidy group. Could be the cleanup crew was efficient. Or maybe there were fewer potential litterbugs at the Auto Club 500 over the weekend.

"It's the most empty I've ever seen the infield," said Sean Tyrrell, an Apple Valley resident who, with a rare exception or two, has pulled his motorhome into the Speedway for NASCAR weekends during the past 12 years.

An estimated 55,000 fans attended Sunday's Auto Club 500. The seating capacity of the grandstand is 92,100.



Tyrrell said the infield crowd looked to be about 20 percent smaller than the typical turnout for race weekend.

It costs between $400 and $600 to rent a spot for the weekend. Tyrrell said he spent about $2,000 -- including food and gas -- to camp at the track for the weekend.

He said he's a committed fan who is passing down the love of the sport to his family, so cost really isn't an issue.

His 15-year-old son, Tyler, has attended every NASCAR race at the Speedway since the gates opened in 1997. His favorite driver is Jimmie Johnson, who finished ninth in Sunday's race.

"I was surprised," Tyler said. "Not as many people."

There probably will be more at the Pepsi 500 in October, he said.

That depends.

His dad said for many of the friends he's made over the years at the races, the economy has bumped live NASCAR off their list of priorities.

"(They said) it's not worth it, I'm not going to spend that type of money," Tyrrell said.

He invited Tom Reed of Big Bear to the races. It was Reed's first live NASCAR event.

"We had a blast," he said. "Especially the first day, because I'd never been to the truck races before."

Reed said the fans were a fun group. Flexible. They helped each other pull into their spots Friday.

"Crammed in here like sardines," he said.

Some of the fun was in watching trailers and motorhomes try to leave the Speedway after Sunday's big race.

"It was a cluster," Tyrrell said.

Still, while the International Speedway Corp. does not release attendance figures, some reports indicate that Sunday's turnout was the lowest of the 18 NASCAR Cup races at the track.

Speedway officials could not be reached for comment Monday.

At the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where the Shelby 427 is scheduled this weekend, officials said they expect a huge crowd, but tickets are available.

"I don't think there is a single sports business in the country that hasn't seen an effect from the economy," said Jeff Motley, senior director of public relations. "It's a bit more challenging."

Maybe they need more fans like Tyrrell. He said he's not giving up his spot in the infield any time soon.

"It'll be a lifetime," he said.

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[dawn]

wow...

Now that is odd...

I saw the figures I reported on NASCAR NOW...

Isn't that funny how such different numbers are floating around...

I would bet closer to the 50,000 is right on!

[Evil Angel]

I'm looking for a much better race this weekend.
Have a feeling Vegas will show just where Stewart is with his new team.

[tonylongoriafan]

i'm going with "SLICED BREAD" this weekend...i got a feeling about this kid

[Taco]

:lol

[Evil Angel]

i'm going with "SLICED BREAD" this weekend...i got a feeling about this kid
The kid has talent, BUT there is a learning curve when rubbin at 200+.
I look for him to do OK, just not great things some have come to expect. At least not right away, in time...

[AlamoSpursFan]

I KNEW I shoulda started Max Papis...

:lol

[AlamoSpursFan]

Good thing the race isn't in Talladega today...kinda snowy here!

[Biernutz]

Some of the TOYOTA teams have had engine problems. They were using a low friction motor oil to get more HP and it hurt the valves in the engine. Michael Waltrip Racing, and Red Bull teams all had to get their engines changed before the race and use a heavy oil that cost about 5 hp. Kyle Bush also had to have a engine change. All move to the back of the grid for the start.

[Evil Angel]

Good thing the race isn't in Talladega today...kinda snowy here!
That's crazy. Alabama should not get snow!

[AlamoSpursFan]

That's crazy. Alabama should not get snow!

Almost to Tuscaloosa...at least the snow's stopped. Everything's still white though. They have an old #40 Coors Light show car parked out in front of the Race City truckstop in Talladega. It looked funny all covered in snow.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c155/AlamoSpursFan/1236366758.jpg

[Evil Angel]

I KNEW I shoulda started Max Papis...

:lol

Me too!

:bang

[tonylongoriafan]

i started joey logano...moved up 2 spots...he i come!

[AlamoSpursFan]

I'm headed to the back to give the lovely and talented Dawn some drafting help...

:lol

[tonylongoriafan]

happy harvick this weekend!

[Taco]

Come On REUT!!!!!
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[AlamoSpursFan]

(I can't believe I'm actually typing this...)

Jeff Gordon FTW!

Oh, and it's sink or swim time...I'm the only person starting JPM this week.

[Biernutz]

Mark Martin has the pole.


http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/cup/startingGrid?gameId=20090308029

[Evil Angel]

Picked up one more spot this week. Slowly moving my way up...

[Taco]

Taco's team sucks

[AlamoSpursFan]

Not as bad as Frito's...bet I get to last place before you do, Taco!

:lol

The Chase for Last Place!

I had 2 in the top 10 and I lost 2 spots. Maybe if Bobby Labonte had let the chubby kid drive in the race, he'd have finished better. Oh and that Juan Pablo pick worked out real well for me...

[tonylongoriafan]

329 points this week...OMG! moved up 5 spots...currently in 9th place...here i come! only 117 points back of first

[tonylongoriafan]

planning a last minute trip to Texas Motor Speedway...been going regliously for the last 3 seasons...wasn't planning on going this spring, too much work going on...but i can't stay away, i'm addicted...just bought my duckets online

[DBryant88]

Come on Busch!!!!!

18 4 life

[Evil Angel]

Good points day for me with 352. Moved up 3!

[tonylongoriafan]

i am stuck in the middle of the pack!

[tonylongoriafan]

kasey kahne?

[Evil Angel]

Damn, lost 2 spots...

:bang

[Evil Angel]

One wreck, two picks out...

[Biernutz]

Mark Friggin' Martin at Darlington. Way to go old man----

[Biernutz]

NASCAR shootout to-night on Speed Channel---it's on now----

[EricB]

suck it Tony Stewart haters!!!!! :elephant

[Evil Angel]

suck it Tony Stewart haters!!!!! :elephant
No #14 hater here!
Congrats to him and his team!!! :toast

[tonylongoriafan]

damn i'm slacking...just updated my drivers for the first time in a month...SUMMER SEGMENT STARTS THIS WEEK!!!

[Biernutz]

I heard a interview with Danica Patrick on the the Dan Patrick show this morning. Every time Dan asked her a question she answered it with a question. I though she came off looking just plain stupid. I think she is overrated as race car driver just like her teammate Marco. They both have had the very best of equipment in their careers but little have produced little in the way of results. I would like to see Sara Fisher have the same chance they have.

[Evil Angel]

I heard a interview with Danica Patrick on the the Dan Patrick show this morning. Every time Dan asked her a question she answered it with a question. I though she came off looking just plain stupid. I think she is overrated as race car driver just like her teammate Marco. They both have had the very best of equipment in their careers but little have produced little in the way of results. I would like to see Sara Fisher have the same chance they have.
+1
Couldn't agree more

[Evil Angel]

Race is not on FOX 29, it's on channel 35 in SA.

[Biernutz]

Tony Jr is out on Jr's car. It's about time. Earnhardt is about to have the best of everything now. No excuses now Jr! It's put up time.

[Evil Angel]

Tony Jr is out on Jr's car. It's about time. Earnhardt is about to have the best of everything now. No excuses now Jr! It's put up time.
Time will tell on this move. He's a bit of a bitch during the race and Tony Jr could deal with it. We'll see how he communicates with someone that is not family. Someone who will tell him to STFU and drive!
Jr I'm sure is not very happy with this change. They've been together his whole career.
And it's hard to blame the crew chief for missing your pit along with some of the other errors on the track this year. I call that driver error.

[tonylongoriafan]

Time will tell on this move. He's a bit of a bitch during the race and Tony Jr could deal with it. We'll see how he communicates with someone that is not family. Someone who will tell him to STFU and drive!
Jr I'm sure is not very happy with this change. They've been together his whole career.
And it's hard to blame the crew chief for missing your pit along with some of the other errors on the track this year. I call that driver error.

there have been mistakes i think even dale jr would admit that he has made on the track that have been costly for him. and last season the 88 wasn't horrible, they just finished lower that what mostly eveyone expected. i think the biggest issue this season and the main reason for the change is how far off they've missed on setups and adjustments. whether that's not jr communicating or tony jr making the bad calls is the question. the set up they had last weekend was absolutely horrible and no driver/team of that quality should ever perform that bad. i see this change as more an x's and o's type of scenario.

[Evil Angel]

Let the games begin!
Kyle Bush is spouting off...
http://www.thatsracin.com/140/story/10429.html

"If Junior doesn't run well, he's going to be the problem," he said. "It's never Junior. It's always the crew chief."


:corn:

[Biernutz]

David Reutimann wins the pole for Sundays race at Dover---Jr with new crew chief #22.

http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2009/13/data/lineup.html

[Biernutz]

12:30 P.M. CDT. Sunday on Fox ---Dover Autism Speaks 400.

[Biernutz]

NASCAR leaders confident GM support to continue

Hendrick: 'My Plan A is Chevrolet and my Plan B is Chevrolet and my Plan C is Chevrolet'

http://www.thatsracin.com/140/story/10819.html

[Biernutz]

Who would ever thought Tony Stuart would be leading in points. Guess you take less chances when you pay the bills!

[Biernutz]

Roger Penske bought Saturn automotive brand from Goverment Motors . You won't see one in NASCAR! The word is that he will use the dealer network to import cars to sell.

[Evil Angel]

Who would ever thought Tony Stuart would be leading in points. Guess you take less chances when you pay the bills!

Not only leading, winning too.

Nice job Smoke!:toast

[Biernutz]

The 24 Hours of Le Mans is on Speed Channel all weekend. The start is at about 7:30 A.M. CDT time Sat morning. Speed will cover the race almost all day and all night with the finish Sunday morning. The NASCAR race Sunday will be on TNT at 12:30 P.M. CDT.

[EricB]

Tony Stewart is da MAN.

[Biernutz]

Jimmy Johnson then Greg Biffle run out of gas on the last lap while leading---The winner Mark Martin........What a finish....the old man wins again!

[Biernutz]

Carlos Pardo, who competed in the 2006 Nationwide Series race in Mexico City and also had six career Camping World East Series starts, died following an accident during a NASCAR Mexico Series race Sunday at Autodromo Miguel E. Abed in Puebla.
The accident occurred in the final laps of Sunday’s event, according to a NASCAR news release. Pardo, 33 and the 2004 NASCAR Mexico champion, was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead.


http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/nationwideseries/Carlos_Pardo_dies_after_crash_in_NASCAR_Mexico_Ser ies_race_Sunday.html

[Evil Angel]

Carlos Pardo, who competed in the 2006 Nationwide Series race in Mexico City and also had six career Camping World East Series starts, died following an accident during a NASCAR Mexico Series race Sunday at Autodromo Miguel E. Abed in Puebla.
The accident occurred in the final laps of Sunday’s event, according to a NASCAR news release. Pardo, 33 and the 2004 NASCAR Mexico champion, was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead.


http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/nationwideseries/Carlos_Pardo_dies_after_crash_in_NASCAR_Mexico_Ser ies_race_Sunday.html

And he won the race.

"The event concluded because of the time limit following the accident, and in accordance with the series rule book, the finishing order reverted back to the last completed green-flag lap, and Pardo, who was leading at that time, was declared the winner."

I wonder if all safety measures used in NASCAR are in place in the Mexico series? Either way its a shame. :depressed

[Biernutz]

LOUDON, N.H. -- For the second time in four weeks, Tony Stewart will attempt to win a Sprint Cup race after crashing his primary car in practice. -----Damm I didn't pick Tony to win!

[Biernutz]

Daytona 400 NASCAR race at 6:30 p.m. CDT Saturday night on TNT.

[tonylongoriafan]

Daytona 400 NASCAR race at 6:30 p.m. CDT Saturday night on TNT.

SUBWAY JALAPENO 250 TONIGHT ON ESPN :danceclub

[Biernutz]

I'm watching the TNT Daytona 400 and it sucks the way TNT is slipping in pop up's with Commercials . screw TNT for adding this BS Commercials during the race and still have a block of Commercial during the cautions. TNT sucks!

[tonylongoriafan]

lol kyle busch

[Biernutz]

This in not a NASCAR but it is good HD YouTube of a Pikes Peak run in a Ford Rally Cross car. You can hear the over run when he shifts gears. Turn on your sound....Nice---

*if you mouse click (right) on the youtube screen after starting the clip, it will take you to the youtube web site where you can see it on a bigger screen. When you get to the youtube site on the low tool bar,click on the HD box for High Def and the box next the the HD for full screen to see the clip.

K8nptFx1jug

[tonylongoriafan]

damn, jr was having a good run...what did he exactly do in the pits to kill his engine

[Biernutz]

damn, jr was having a good run...what did he exactly do in the pits to kill his engine

Coming out of his pit stall he slipped the clutch too much and over revved the engine, breaking a valve spring. He said it was his fault.

[Biernutz]

This huge wreck was at today's NASCAR race at Watkins Glen--everyone walked away--


jZgdXwPk96E






(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZgdXwPk96E)

[Evil Angel]

This huge wreck was at today's NASCAR race at Watkins Glen--everyone walked away--


Almost ruined my point day. It hurt it but not too bad.

[tonylongoriafan]

This huge wreck was at today's NASCAR race at Watkins Glen--everyone walked away--

:lol jeff gordon

[tonylongoriafan]

as a dale jr fan, i don't think i've been that excited watchin' the last 30 laps of a race in about 3 years

[Biernutz]

The NASCAR ROCK N ROLL 400 from Richmond VA. is on ABC now . This is the last race to make the CHASE. The first 6 spots are locked in all the rest are up for change!