Confederate_48
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I hate that Johnson got back into this and is so cloose. Hes due for it and should have his bad luck out of the way. Cant wait for this season to end its been a disaster for Yeley.
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I thought if anyone would fall out it would be Burton or Martin since they were 9th and 10th but for Stewart to miss the cut was a big surprise.
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The Woods will have no problem getting drivers they can just resign Schrader and bring up Jon Wood. They have some other drivers in their organization but they arent ready to move up untill Schrader is done id imagine. Yates is also going to run his younger driver Stephen Leicht at Indy so he can move into the 88 next year if needed. If Sadler goes id say they will get a Ward Burton type guy and set themselves back a year or two.
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Would converting from open-wheel, single-seat, 1,600-pound IndyCars to full-bodied, 3,400-pound stock cars be too much?
"I don't think she'd have a problem," said her father, a veteran racer.
"You could give her six months or a year in a car and do some testing and learning. She understands the basics."
Before Patrick started her IndyCar career, Ford Motor Co. engineers gave her a test session in a NASCAR Busch series car, and she excelled.
Patrick is only 5 feet 1 inch tall and weighs 100 pounds. But her father, gesturing at a stock car going through inspection, said, "Strength-wise, it's probably easier to drive one of these because they have power steering where we [in the IRL] don't right now."
Id like to see it happens just to see how they go about doing it. She would no way run Busch and Cup because she already doesnt like how long the Cup schedule is. I think if she started in Busch she wouldnt even be competative. Luckily shes only 24 because I think it would take her a few years to learn.
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JOLIET, Ill. -- Danica Patrick could become the next star driver to defect from another major racing series to NASCAR.
"I'm trying to get her here [into NASCAR]," said T.J. Patrick, father of the woman who dazzled the motor racing world last year by nearly winning the Indianapolis 500, but has struggled with a mediocre Indy Racing League car ever since.
T.J. Patrick, who has managed his daughter's career since her childhood, was at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday, holding exploratory talks with some Nextel Cup teams and sponsors about the possibility of Danica leaving the IRL for NASCAR as early as next year
Her contract expires with the IRL's Rahal-Letterman Racing team, co-owned by TV comic David Letterman, at the end of this season. In addition to considering NASCAR, the Patricks are negotiating with other IRL teams -- and appear unlikely to renew with Rahal-Letterman next year.
Bobby Rahal, co-owner of Rahal Letterman racing, declined comment through a spokesperson.
The Patrick family is from Roscoe, Ill., but Danica, 24, now lives in Phoenix with her husband and wasn't at Sunday's USG Sheetrock 400 NASCAR race.
T.J. and Danica's mother, Bev, came to the Joliet track because "we've had some inquiries" from NASCAR teams, T.J. said.
Young American open-wheel drivers have been steering steadily away from IndyCars and into NASCAR for the past decade -- from Jeff Gordon to Tony Stewart to Ryan Newman to Kasey Kahne.
They come for much more money, fame, what they consider more intense competition, and the sheer volume of racing.
The Patricks were in the Nextel Cup garage area as guests of the powerful Roush Racing team, which fields Fords for Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle, Matt Kenseth, Jamie McMurray and Mark Martin.
There have been other women in NASCAR.
Janet Guthrie, also an Indy-Car pioneer, was the first, competing in 33 Winston Cup races between 1976 and 1980 with five top-10 finishes.
Patty Moise of Jacksonville raced in the Busch Series in the 1980s.
Shawna Robinson ran a limited Winston Cup schedule in the late 1990s. And Erin Crocker is a promising developmental driver who currently competes in the Craftsman Truck Series.
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"I'm convinced we are still one of the top-five teams in all of NASCAR,'' Yates said. "But we won't be satisfied until we are winning championships as proof that we're the best.''
Yeah thats why UPS and DJ bailed to go to a team that doesnt even have a car built yet and Sadler is trying to follow.
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I cant wait for next year already. NBC will be gone and Yeley gets a fresh start on a season killed by bad luck.
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CONCORD, N.C. -- Car owner Rick Hendrick on Wednesday announced the signing of driver Casey Mears to pilot Hendrick Motorsports' No. 25 Chevrolets in the Nextel Cup Series beginning in 2007. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Mears, 28, inked a multi-year agreement that will keep him with the team through at least the 2009 racing season. He will replace Brian Vickers, who is slated to complete the current schedule after being granted a release from contractual obligations to Hendrick Motorsports beyond 2006.
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20+ Interceptions and 1 less team to worry about
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Isnt the historic landmark status what kept them from trying to rename the stadium too ??
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QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Apr 11, 2006 -> 05:19 PM)That would be awesome if he does.
How long until Kurt b**** is put into the wall hard by almost the entire field?
I have a feeling Harvick is just waiting for the right time to give it a shot
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Tigers radio people are saying Freddy was between 88 and 94
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QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Apr 2, 2006 -> 10:31 PM)I wish Jeff could get wrecked and still get a top 10. When he gets wrecked, he gets wrecked. Lady luck has been nothing short of a b**** when it comes to the 21 and 31 teams.
Its unbelievable how bad of luck Schrader and Burton have. Every time they start moving forward something happens to them I have just come to expect it. I wish Jarrett would at least tease me with some progress like you get rather then floating around 20th all day.
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I dont know of pictures but their is video of it at http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/ in the multimedia part at the bottom right of the page
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You know your show sucks when it gets moved back later in the day to make room for a radio show.
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I wouldnt be to worried about Jeff hes gonna be up in or around the top 10 every week he'll be alright.
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Funny stuff
Kevin Harvick, who last week in Atlanta had an on-track run-in with Kurt Busch, blasted Busch in a Friday morning press conference at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Asked if there was one thing he’d do to change his own public perception, Harvick teed off on Busch. “I think I’d have probably whupped Kurt Busch before now. Obviously, he forgot about getting punched in the nose last time by Jimmy Spencer,” Harvick said. Spencer hit Busch in the face after a race in Michigan in 2003, following contact between the two on the track.
At first, Harvick appeared to back down from his attack on Busch, quickly adding, “I probably shouldn’t have said that.” But then he kicked it into high gear.
“I’ll still tell you what I think,” Harvick said. “I’d still like to whip his ass. Before the year’s over, he’ll make a fool out of (car owner) Roger Penske. … I shouldn’t have said that, either. It’s hard not to pick on a guy when his ears are pinned back. I should stop. My wife’s looking at me like, ‘You should really stop.’”
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Bill Lester will attempt to qualify for Sunday's Nextel Cup Golden Corral 500 in a Bill Davis Racing car sponsored by Waste Management. At stake is a chance to become the first African-American in NASCAR's premier series since Willy T. Ribbs finished 37th at Michigan International Speedway on June 15, 1986.
Unfortunately hes gonna have to qualify his way in which could be trouble but thats what hes best at. This may be an audition for a Toyota team next year but hes already 45 years old and doesnt have much time left.
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I cant stand how the Hendrick cars float around the back of the top 10 untill the end. They get my hopes up that they wont finish well then they all rush to the top 5.
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QUOTE(BHAMBARONS @ Feb 20, 2006 -> 01:12 AM)Yes and DEI's plate track advantage is gone Hendrick, Gibbs and Penske looks to have caught up if not passed them.
Roush looked strong as well. DEI only has Jr for now Truex is gonna have some struggles adjusting. DEI was always good because they had Jr and Mikey to work together at the front with just one guy its gonna be tougher.
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QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Feb 20, 2006 -> 12:01 AM)Yeah I agree, I wouldn't have minded Vickers winning it though, he's the lesser of all Hendrick evils.
Yeah I was pulling for him hes the only one I can stand. The other guys just get to wild and dont give other guys room to race.
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Im sick and tired of Hendrick winning these things. I dont know how any of the other drivers can deal with the Hendrick drivers. They start blocking on lap 1 so I cant imagine how you could help them get the lead knowing theyll do anything to keep it.
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Gonna be fun to watch some of those guys in the back come through the field. I wish Jr and Stewart would have qualified worse its fun watching them work through traffic. At least Mikeys back there hes been doing it all week.
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Yeah that does suck I enjoyed watching him blow it every year