March 17, 2014
- Entry List for the Auto Club 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway is posted, 45 teams/drivers [for 43 spots] are listed, including: #32-Kvapil, #33-Scott, #35-Reutimann, #44-Yeley, #66-Nemechek, #77-Blaney. With 45 cars entered, 2 drivers will miss the race. The drivers who must qualify via speed are: #44-Yeley & #77-Blaney.
See the full entry list at my Jayski’s Auto Club Entry List - Human error caused final caution at Bristol: A long and bizarre day came to an unusual finish Sunday night when the caution lights were accidentally turned on from the flag stand and rain then prevented an attempt for a green-white-checkered finish. A person in the flag stand leaned on the manual override switch, turning on the caution lights on lap 499, according to Robin Pemberton, NASCAR vice president of competition. Six seconds after the lights were turned on, the flag man – seeing the lights on – waved the yellow flag, according to NASCAR’s review of the finish. Pemberton said that the flag man can wave the caution flag without a call from series officials in the tower if they see a proper reason. The rain then arrived before the race could be restarted, giving Carl Edwards the victory.
The caution snafu did cause NASCAR to change the finishing order. NASCAR went back to when the caution lights flashed and froze the field. Pemberton said NASCAR only had to adjust three positions – placing Denny Hamlin sixth, Jeff Gordon seventh and Kasey Kahne eighth. Pemberton said NASCAR will work to make sure the incident is not repeated.(Motor Racing Network), for the transcript of Pemberton’s comments, see the NASCAR Press Conference transcript page.(3-17-2014) - Austin Dillon still needs sponsorship for some races: Companies that want in on Richard Childress Racing driver Austin Dillon bringing the iconic #3 back to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series still have a chance. While brands such as Dow, Cheerios and American Ethanol have stepped in to fund most of the season, there is still inventory available, RCR Chief Marketing Officer Ben Schlosser told Newsday on Friday. “We still have a few races open toward the back half of the year, but we don’t go public with exactly how many races are left,” said Schlosser. Schlosser added that RCR is talking to both current sponsors and “a few interested parties” outside the current sponsorship group to fill out the schedule. Unsold races in NASCAR don’t necessarily equate to problems finding sponsorship. Daytona 500 winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. currently has almost a third of his season unsold — because car owner Rick Hendrick has made it clear he’s not discounting the price to sponsor Junior.(Newsday)(3-17-2013)
- Bristol Driver Intro Songs: For several years, Sprint Cup drivers have chosen the song that is played when they are introduced to the crowd prior to the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Here is this year’s list for all drivers:
#1-Jamie McMurray: Crazy Train/Ozzy Osborne
#2-Brad Keselowski: Everlong/Foo Fighters
#3-Austin Dillon: Cowboy/DJ Silver
#4-Kevin Harvick: Happy/Pharrell Williams
#5-Kasey Kahne: Bottom’s Up/Brantley Gilbert
#7-Michael Annett: Standing Outside the Fire/Garth Brooks
#9-Marcos Ambrose: This Is How We Roll/Florida Georgia Line
#10-Danica Patrick: Timber/Ke$ha & Pitbull
#11-Denny Hamlin: My Name Is/Eminem
#13-Casey Mears: Do I Wanna Know?/Arctic Monkeys
#14-Tony Stewart: Back in the Saddle Again/Aerosmith
#15-Clint Bowyer: Boys Round Here/Blake Shelton
#16-Greg Biffle: Good Times, Bad Times (remix)/Godsmack
#17-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: The South/The Cadillac Three (featuring Florida Georgia Line and Dierks Bentley)
#18-Kyle Busch: Can’t Hold Us/Macklemore
#20-Matt Kenseth: Guitars, Gangsters & Cadillac Blood/Volbeat
#22-Joey Logano: Fuel/Metallica
#23-Alex Bowman: Counting Stars (Longarms Dubstep Remix)/One Republic
#24-Jeff Gordon: Best Day of My Life/American Authors
#26-Cole Whitt: God’s Not Dead/Newsboys
#27-Paul Menard: Clean My Wounds/Corrosion of Conformity
#30-Parker Kligerman: Don’t Push Me/50 Cent
#31-Ryan Newman: Down Home Boys/Cole Swindell
#32-Travis Kvapil: Ace of Spades/Motorhead
#33-Timmy Hill: Thunderstruck/AC/DC
#34-David Ragan: C’mon N’ Ride It (The Train)/Quad City DJ’s
#35-David Reutimann: Still Counting/Volbeat
#36-Reed Sorenson: Man of the Year/School Boy Q
#38-David Gilliland: Strokers Theme/Charlie Daniels Band
#40-Landon Cassill: Money in the Bank/Lil Scrappy ft. Young buck
#41-Kurt Busch: Ring of Fire/Johnny Cash
#42-Kyle Larson: Kashmir/Led Zeppelin
#43-Aric Almirola: Outsiders/Eric Church
#47-AJ Allmendinger: Bouncin’ Back (Bumpin’ Me Against the Wall)/Mystikal
#48-Jimmie Johnson: Radioactive/Imagine Dragons
#51-Justin Allgaier: War of Change/Thousand Foot Krutch
#55-Brian Vickers: Beast of Burden/Rolling Stones
#66-Joe Nemechek: Beer With Jesus/Thomas Rhett
#78-Martin Truex Jr.: Flyin Down a Back Road/Justin Moore
#83-Ryan Truex: Crave You (Adventure Club Remix)/Flight Facilities
#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.: Man of Action/Matthew Good Band
#95-Michael McDowell: I Am/Crowder
#98-Josh Wise: Intro/The XX
#99-Carl Edwards: Kickstart My Heart/Motley Crue
(NASCAR.com)(3-17-2014) - Entry List:There are 41 cars on the preliminary entry list for Saturday’s Treatmyclot.com 300 at Auto Club Speedway. A few notes:
Jason White in the #00;
Derek White in the #13;
Joey Logano in the #22;
Jeff Green in the #91;
David Ragan in the #98;
(3-17-2014)
See the complete list on the Auto Club entry list page. - RAB partners with olloclip for Auto Club race: RAB Racing and olloclip are proud to announce a new partnership for the March 22nd NASCAR Nationwide Series Event at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. Based in nearby Huntington Beach, CA, olloclip offers innovative and easy-to-use mobile photography accessories for smartphones and mobile devices that make capturing life experiences more spontaneous, creative and fun. The relationship between RAB Racing and olloclip was the result of a trial utilizing the olloclip 4-in-1 lens in the rigorous and demanding field of NASCAR. The results and quality of the content produced by simply utilizing the olloclip was a surprise for RAB Racing. The positive results of the trial introduced a new and unique partnership between RAB Racing and olloclip.(RAB)(3-17-2014)
- Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff joins RCR: Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff will serve as a primary sponsor for five races this season with NASCAR Nationwide Series drivers Brian Scott and Brendan Gaughan. Scott and his #2 team will wear the company’s colors at Iowa Speedway on May 18, Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 26, Richmond International Raceway on September 6 and Kansas Speedway on October 4. Gaughan and the #62 team will support the tobacco-free smokeless brand at Texas Motor Speedway on November 1. In addition to the five-race primary sponsorship, Smokey Mountain will also have an associate-sponsorship presence on both the #2 and #62 Camaros throughout the 2014 season. Known as America’s original and best-selling, tobacco-free smokeless snuff, Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff can be found in retailers across the country. Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff is notably the world’s largest tobacco-free smokeless company. An industry leader and inventor, the tobacco-free and nicotine- free chew, is an option for consumers who are looking to quit or reduce their consumption.(RCR)(3-17-2014)
- NTS announces addition of Pistone: Chase Pistone inks new deal to race fourteen NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races in 2014 in the #9 ChevySilverado. Pistone is set to make his debut for NTS Motorsports in the Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway on March 29th. Pistone will be testing with his #9 NTS Motorsports team on March 18th and 19th at the half-mile along with NTS teammate Gray Gaulding. Pistone’s schedule will go on to include NASCAR’s return to Gateway Motorsports Park, Kentucky Speedway on June 26th, Iowa Speedway, Pocono Speedway and the remainder of the 2014 NCWTS season with the exceptions of Eldora Speedway, Canadian Tire Motorsports Park and Homestead-Miami Speedway where a driver is expected to be announced in the coming weeks. Pistone’s #9 Chevy Silverado will be led by veteran crew chief Gere Kennon.(NTS)(3-17-2014)
- Sad News – Gary Bettenhausen: Officials with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway say race car driver Gary Bettenhausen has died. He was 72. Bettenhausen was a member of a famous racing family and a veteran of open-wheel competition who drove in 21 Indianapolis 500s between 1968 and 1993. His best finish was third in 1980. He led 138 laps of the 1972 race and was the top qualifier in 1991. Bettenhausen’s father, Tony, also was an Indianapolis 500 veteran who was killed in a practice crash at the speedway in 1961. Speedway president J. Douglas Boles issued a statement Monday, noting Gary Bettenhausen’s success in many types of cars and calling him “the perfect definition of a race car driver of his time.”(Associated Press/ESPN), Bettenhausen ran eight career NASCAR Sprint Cup races.(3-17-2014)
- Auto Club Speedway Kids Club releases storybook app: Auto Club Speedway, already the leader in youth initiatives in the motorsports industry, will add yet another feather to its cap with the launch of Lefty & The Radtastic Road Rally interactive storybook app, available for iPad, the racing world’s first storybook app specifically targeting young readers. The storybook app is available free-to-play through the Apple App Store. With the app, produced by Bento Box Interactive and designed by Emmy-winning artist Bob Boyle (The Fairly Odd Parents and Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!), readers will get a front row seat to the action as Lefty Turner and his pit crew get ready for race day, which comes alive with animation, music and sound effects. Who will win the race and survive treacherous obstacles including the dreaded Motorcar Monkey Pirates? Will it be the studious Lefty or his hasty rival Righty McRightson? Features of the app include reading highlighted words along with the narrator, beautifully illustrated and animated pages, touch and swipe interactive pages and a high quality musical score. Lefty & The Radtastic Road Rally is free-to-play for iPad devices available through the Apple App Store.(Auto Club Speedway)(3-17-2014)
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