March 26, 2010
- Qualifying rained out at Martinsville: Qualifying for the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway was rained out: so the field was set by the rules books / 2010 owners points / race attempts. #29-Harvick starts first, followed by #17-Kenseth, #48-Johnson, #16-Biffle, #14-Stewart, #2-Busch, #31-Burton, #88-Earnhardt Jr., #98-Menard and #18-Busch. #39-Newman, who was fastest in Friday’s practice, will start 26th. Missing the race are #90-Mears, #46-Cook and #35-Sauter. See the starting lineup on my Martinsville Lineup/Qualifying page.(3-26-2010)
- Coverage of Qualifying for the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway is scheduled for Friday, March 26, 2010 at 3:10pm/et.Television (TV): SPEED 3:00pm/etRadio: Motor Racing Network (MRN) only on NASCAR.comJayski.com: Jayski’s Semi-Live Qualifying PageQualifying Re-Air: 9:30pm/et on SPEEDNOTE: the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway is the first race of the 2010 season that will utilize the 2010 Owners Points to set the top-35 and the starting lineup if qualifying is canceled.
- Qualifying Order for the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway is posted. 46 cars/drivers are listed. Go-or-go homers will qualify at the end of the session, once the top-35 drivers are done.
The first of the top-35 drivers scheduled to go out is #99-Edwards.
The final top-35 driver scheduled to go out is #42-Montoya.
The first go-or-go homer scheduled to qualify [36th] is #87-Nemechek with the final driver scheduled to qualify being #90-Mears.
See the full qualifying order on the Martinsville Qualifying Page.(3-26-2010) - Friday practice for the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway is over, after 90 scheduled minutes, some results, top five fast and notes:
#39-Newman 96.934
#5-Martin 96.859
#47-Ambrose 96.849
#24-Gordon 96.815
#11-Hamlin 96.770
slowest: #38-Conway 93.664 and #13-Papis 94.242
See fastest speeds, average speeds, laps run on my Martinsville Practice Speeds page.(3-26-2010) - Martinsville practice rank for the non top-35 drivers:
if things stay the same, these eight drivers would make the race:
#66-Dave Blaney. 28th fastest overall
#87-Joe Nemechek, 29th
#09-Aric Almirola, 34th
#26-David Stremme, 35th
#35-Johnny Sauter. 36th
#46-Terry Cook, 39th
#90-Casey Mears, 40th
#7-Robby Gordon, 41st
these drivers would miss the race if the order stayed the same:
#36-Mike Bliss, 42nd
#55-Michael McDowell, 43rd
#13-Max Papis, 45th.(3-26-2010) - Biffle and the Friends of the Animals Ink Land Deal: Friends of the Animals, a non-profit group co-chaired by NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his wife Nicole created to promote responsible pet ownership, provide low cost spay-neuter services and promote the adoption of homeless animals, has inked a valuable land deal with Langtree Group for 1.5 acres in the lakeside development. Langtree at the Lake is located off Interstate 77 North at exit 31. Friends of the Animals plans to use the land to build a no-kill animal and education center that will include a low-cost spay and neuter clinic. The group hopes the center will be open within the next two years. The animal sanctuary will house 150 animals; 60 cats and 90 dogs, which will be available for adoption. The animal education and community center will be available to churches, community groups and the public for birthday parties and meetings. The developers at Langtree at the Lake have worked with Friends of the Animals to allow them to use their green space for a community dog park and walking trails. The Langtree at the Lake community will be home to lakeside condominiums and village-center lofts with sweeping lake views and easy water access. The mixed use development will offer access to exclusive specialty shoppes and boutiques, small cafés and unique restaurants, as well as Class-A office space. There will be 40 acres of Green Space: 2 1/2 miles of walking trails around a man-made lake and over a mile of beautiful Lake Norman shoreline. “Friends of the Animals searched for several years to find a location that would be easy for the public to access. If the location is easy and friendly, we know it will increase adoptions and spay/neuters for the animals,” says Nicole Biffle, President of the Friends of the Animals Board. Friends of the Animals is working with several other rescue groups and shelters in the area with the goal of sharing resources to benefit all animals in the area. “Our Board is excited to take this step toward reaching our goal of saving cats and dogs through adoption and by providing a low cost spay/neuter option to the public,” says Biffle.(Roush Racing)(3-26-2010)
- Charlie Glotzbach talks about Bristol wreck: Thursaday, March 25 on SIRIUS NASCAR Radio, host Claire B. Lang spoke with Charlie Glotzbach, who was injured in a wreck with Larry Pearson in the Showdown charity race at Bristol Motor Speedway last weekend. Glotzbach was released from the hospital on Wednesday.Charlie Glotzbach: “That’s the hardest hit that I’ve ever taken, and that was the first ride to the hospital from a race. I mean, all the walls I’ve hit, and wrecked, and I never got hurt. That was the first time I ever got hurt. So it had to be a hard, hard hit.”Glotzbach: “I didn’t know, I didn’t think he (Pearson) would come down that quick. I thought that he’d probably have his foot on the brake, but somebody told me that they seen when he hit the wall, it knocked him out. … I’m really sorry it happened, but I don’t think there was anything I could do about it.”Glotzbach: “I don’t really think it’s too risky (for older drivers to race), because it happens to the young drivers. If you notice, they get hurt, and naturally an older driver is going to get hurt probably a little easier on account of his bones are, uh, softer. But, I don’t think it’s got anything to do with age.”Glotzbach: “You look at the reaction time of the younger drivers, they hit things, too. They hit other cars so reaction time has nothing to do with it, I don’t think”Glotzbach: “Them cars are safe. I mean, they’re basically a Busch or Nationwide car with a fiberglass body on ‘em. I mean, they got bars running everywhere and they got good seats in them and I don’t think the car had anything to do with it ‘cause it was a good race car, the one I had.”Glotzbach: “As far as me, how I feel, I’m sore. My sternum’s broke. I got some bruised ribs, and the lower back, uh, there’s a bone cracked down there a little bit or something. They said there were some old wounds down there, too. But, like I said, I never went to hospital for nothin’.”Glotzbach: “Kyle Petty came in to see me (in the hospital), and he said if you’re going to wreck he said this is a good place to wreck ‘cause this is a great hospital. And I believe everything he says. He said, ‘I’ve been at all of them.’”(SIRIUS NASCAR Radio)(3-26-2010)
- Sad News – Chet Simmons: Sports broadcasting and cable pioneer, Chester R. “Chet” Simmons, who served as president of ESPN when it launched in 1979, died of natural causes Thursday in Atlanta. He was 81. See full story at ESPN.com.(3-26-2010)
- Stremme back in the #26 at Martinsville: David Stremme, who was out of the Sprint Cup Series since last fall before stepping-into Latitude 43 Motorsports’ #26 Ford at Bristol, will get another shot this weekend at Martinsville. Stremme, who scored the new team’s best finish in its five-race history, 24th at Bristol; was named Wednesday to replace entered-driver Boris Said in the car tuned by crew chief Frank Stoddard. Stoddard said Stremme did a good job for the team in Bristol, despite the team falling from a locked-in spot in the top 35 in owners’ points, which means Stremme is a go-or-go-home qualifier on Friday at Martinsville.(NASCAR.com)(3-26-2010)
- Robby plans to run all the race until May…then: A few weeks ago, Robby Gordon was planning on putting another driver in his #7 Robby Gordon Motorsports Toyota while he competed in the MonsterJam truck competition. But the truck didn’t get done in time, and so he’s now headed to Martinsville – where he’ll have to qualify on speed after a disappointing start to the season led to him falling out of the top 35 in owner points. “The truck didn’t quite get done,” Gordon said Wednesday following testing at Charlotte Motor Speedway. “It probably won’t be done until after Phoenix [in April]. We’ll miss the monster finals in Vegas this weekend.” Gordon, whose team has an affiliation with BAM Racing that has brought some sponsorship this year, said at the beginning of the season that he probably wouldn’t run in every race. But now he said it is likely he will compete in every event at least until May.
And what about the Indianapolis 500? “I’ve got a commitment, but just because you have a commitment from people doesn’t mean it’s going to happen,” Gordon said. “We’ll see what happens here in the next couple of weeks.” As far as the immediate future, when Gordon gets to Martinsville, the pressure will be on the driver/owner as he has top make the race on speed. He is 36th in the owner standings, nine points behind the Front Row Motorsports team of Kevin Conway. Gordon said he felt good about being able to qualify on speed. “We’re going to bring our best car,” Gordon said. “That’s just all we can do.”(SceneDaily)(3-26-2010) - TUMS Racing Returns at Martinsville Speedway: TUMS Racing and the #00 TUMS Toyota return to Martinsville Speedway for the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500. David Reutimann’s #00 TUMS Toyota will showcase the second of TUMS’ five primary paint schemes at Martinsville Speedway this weekend. TUMS also will appear on the #00 TUMS Toyota at Chicago and the fall races at New Hampshire and Phoenix.(Tums Racing), see images of the scheme on my #00 Team Schemes page.(3-26-2010)
- Martinsville Tire Notes: Teams in both NASCAR series in action at Martinsville this weekend will run the same tire codes, though the Sprint Cup tires will be branded “Goodyear Eagle,” while the Camping World Truck tires will be branded “Goodyear Wrangler” . . . this is the first time NASCAR teams will run either of these two tire codes . . . the most significant change from the tire set-up run at Martinsville last year is in the right-side construction, which has been modified to be more resistant to brake heat, always a factor at Martinsville . . . the compounds on both the left- and right-side tires remain unchanged from 2009 . . . as on most NASCAR ovals one mile or less in length, teams will not run inner liners in their tires at Martinsville. The estimated pit window is every 125-135 laps, based on fuel mileage(Goodyear), see tire pressures, codes and more on my Martinsville Race Info page – Goodyear section.(3-26-2010)
- Outdoor Chanel Outfitters teams with Gunbroker.com & White: SS Green Light Racing is pleased to announce that Outdoor Channel Outfitters has agreed to join the GunBroker.com #23 team of Jason White for three upcoming races in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Outdoor Channel Outfitters will share associate sponsorship on the No. 23 truck with GunBroker.com at the NCWTS races at Nashville August 7th, Darlington August 14th, and Bristol on August 18th. The comprehensive marketing partnership will feature Jason White on a 30-minute episode of Outdoor Channel Outfitters TV show. White will travel to a Certified Outdoor Channel Outfitter to experience the same lodging, accommodations and exciting hunt that their network provides outdoor enthusiasts with everyday. Outdoor Channel Outfitters airs three times each week on the Outdoor Channel; Thursday’s at 6:30am and twice on Saturday, at 1:00am and 1:30pm eastern. To learn more about Outdoor Channel Outfitters or to find a certified outfitter for your next outdoor adventure visit OutdoorChannelOutfitters.com.(SS Green Light Racing PR)(3-26-2010)
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