GA_Boater
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It's time for the first 2015 race at Martinsville this week. We have Cup racing and Trucks are running for the first time in weeks. This is the last Truck race until May 8th, so they're taking April off. The famed "Paperclip" has no X-Men race, next race is Texas following the Easter break for everybody.
There are 46 entries for the 43 race spots, so 3 will watch from the stands. Chase Elliott will make his 1st Cup attempt in the #25, edging ever closer to a ride in the #24.
The Saturday Truck race is the Kroger 250 and Cup is the STP 500 on Sunday, The schedule from MRN;
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Here's my Sunday race schedule.
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NEWS & NOTES
iboats Fantasy Live
Should we start calling this the QC Gong Show because he's been gonging us? :rant: He has been cleaning up with 3 :first:s in a row and is on top of the overall leader board, too. Can we play, QC? :sour:
Congrats and hope one of us can give you a run.
Humpy_Boater
There are 46 entries for the 43 race spots, so 3 will watch from the stands. Chase Elliott will make his 1st Cup attempt in the #25, edging ever closer to a ride in the #24.
The Saturday Truck race is the Kroger 250 and Cup is the STP 500 on Sunday, The schedule from MRN;
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Date | Event | Time | Radio/TV |
FRI 3/27 | Camping World Truck Series Practice | 10:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. | [BOLD]FS1[/BOLD] |
Sprint Cup Series Practice | 12:00 p.m. - 1:25 p.m. | MRN/[BOLD]FS1[/BOLD] | |
Camping World Truck Series Practice | 1:30 p.m. - 2:25 p.m. | [BOLD]FS1[/BOLD] | |
Camping World Truck Series Final Practice | 3:00 p.m. - 4:25 p.m. | [BOLD]FS1[/BOLD] | |
Sprint Cup Series Qualifying | 4:45 p.m. | MRN/[BOLD]FS1[/BOLD] (4:30) | |
SAT 3/28 | Sprint Cup Series Practice | 10:00 a.m. - 10:55 a.m. | MRN/[BOLD]FS1[/BOLD] |
Camping World Truck Series Qualifying | 11:15 a.m. | [BOLD]FS1[/BOLD] | |
Sprint Cup Series Final Practice | 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. | MRN/[BOLD]FS2[/BOLD] | |
Radio Pre-Race | 2:00 p.m. | [BOLD]FS1 (MRN?)[/BOLD] | |
TV Pre-Race | 2:00 p.m. | [BOLD]FS1[/BOLD] | |
Camping World Truck Series Kroger 250 | 2:30 p.m. | MRN/[BOLD]FS1[/BOLD] | |
Green Flag | 2:46 p.m. | MRN/[BOLD]FS1[/BOLD] | |
SUN 3/29 | Radio Pre-Race | 12:00 p.m. | MRN |
TV Pre-Race | 11:30 a.m. | [BOLD]FS1[/BOLD] | |
Sprint Cup Series STP 500 | 1:00 p.m. | MRN/[BOLD]FS1[/BOLD] | |
Green Flag | 1:13 p.m. | MRN/[BOLD]FS1[/BOLD] |
Here's my Sunday race schedule.
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NEWS & NOTES
- The Cup race will not be on broadcast TV, only on Fox Sucky1.
- Interesting Fontana number from Jayski's - Total race broadcast time 151 minutes, total commercial broadcast time 49 Minutes. One third of the race was commercials, last year one quarter of the race was commercials, 162 minutes vs 44 commercial minutes. I wonder why the races have seemed dull and boring this year?
- Safety - Additional tire barriers are being added around Martinsville. Talladega and Indy are adding more SAFER barriers
- Daytona is removing the backstretch grandstand seating which will result in 101,000 seats for next years D500. Also coming down is the Sprint Cup Tower, a fixture from back in the Winston Cup days.
- Two qualifying changes - Group qualifying will have 5 minutes added to the first session at short and intermediate tracks for all 3 series. It looks like qualifying for restrictor-plate tracks will return to single car, just like the old days. If it happens, we should see it at 'Dega. Good thing because group Q-ing doesn't work on 2,5 mile tracks.
- Nascar is cutting back on the number of tire sets allowable per race starting this week in a move to save teams money since they cut the Cup purses, I guess.
- Slugger Labbe, crew chief for the #33, Brian Scott, has been fined $50K, suspended for 3 races and placed on probation 'til the end of the year. Aluminum suspension pieces were substituted for approved steel pieces. :nono:
- Finally - You know you always wanted to do it and know you can do a better job. Now, here's your chance - http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/3/24/8282897/nascar-team-for-sale-vision-racing-xfinity-series. We could take up a collection for the iboats X-Men Racing Team. Oops, I'm setting a poor example by breaking rules. eep: On my way to the chalkboard to start writing.
iboats Fantasy Live
Should we start calling this the QC Gong Show because he's been gonging us? :rant: He has been cleaning up with 3 :first:s in a row and is on top of the overall leader board, too. Can we play, QC? :sour:
Congrats and hope one of us can give you a run.
Humpy_Boater