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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
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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
Two words: All Aboard!!!!
The Dinger Train is now boarding. Next stop, Fontana!
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
Thanks, any thread recommendations for a newbie?
week 2...don't forget to set your drivers, no one likes a dead beat owner (i.e. mrs. earnhardt sr.)
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.
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.
We'll see if the cameras show the empty seats today.
Next week will be a better race in Vegas.
There has been some talk that the Fontana races have never sold out and they may lose one of the races.
I say lose them both!
Enjoy the race all, hope it's a better race than usual.
man, i suck
I moved up one spot with a bad day.
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?I moved up one spot with a bad day.
All is not lost I've seen too many in the past use up drivers before the half way point.
It's OK, just hang in there. And remember, you can only use a driver 9 times for the whole year.
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
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/news247/2...to-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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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!
I'm looking for a much better race this weekend.
Have a feeling Vegas will show just where Stewart is with his new team.
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...
I KNEW I shoulda started Max Papis...
Good thing the race isn't in Talladega today...kinda snowy here!
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