April 10, 2011
- Bayne admitted to hospital: UPDATE: Trevor Bayne was admitted to Carolinas Medical Center-University in Charlotte, NC, on Sunday morning after returning home from the Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway.
According to a Roush Fenway Racing team spokesman Corey Wynn, Bayne’s illness has not been diagnosed. But the 20-year-old winner of this year’s Daytona 500 had tweeted earlier: “Not sure if its a spider bite or a tick bite . . . But either way I’m in a hospital bed with a needle in my arm! #nobueno”.
Bayne began exhibiting symptoms Tuesday. On Friday, he was taken to the infield care center at Texas Motor Speedway, where he was administered antibiotics.
Then, Saturday night, he went to the emergency room when the Roush plane returned to Charlotte, and he was admitted to the hospital.
(Fox Sports)(4-10-2011)
UPDATE: Roush Fenway Racing’s Trevor Bayne was treated and released Sunday from Carolina Medical Center University Hospital in Charlotte after a reaction from an apparent insect bite on his left elbow that the 20-year old driver suffered last week while at home.
“Trevor has been treated and released from the hospital and is fine to continue with his daily activities – including driving a race car,” said Roush Fenway president Steve Newmark. “Doctors are still waiting for the test results to determine for sure what caused the reaction, but Trevor has been treated, is at home and he is doing fine.”
Additional information should be available at the end of the week.
Bayne competed in both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup races at Texas Motor Speedway over the weekend. He is scheduled to compete in both events this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway (Ala.).(Roush Fenway PR)(4-10-2011) - Race and Commercial Breakdown of the Samsung Mobile 500: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on during these races, here is the breakdown for Saturday’s race. Fox was the broadcast team for this event.
Total number of commercials: 115
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 76
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 50
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:30 pm
End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:09 pm
Total minutes: 219
Minutes of race broadcast: 164
Minutes of commercials: 55
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 1
For driver focus, past races, links see the 2011 TV Commercials Page.(4-10-2011) - Space shuttle pilot taking a piece of Texas Motor Speedway into space: NASA astronaut Doug Hurley was presented a TMS flag Saturday, which he plans to carry with him on the final space shuttle mission this summer. Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to close out the 30-year shuttle program. A season-ticket holder at Texas Motor Speedway since 2005, Hurley said he planned to bring the flag back to the track when he comes back for the November Sprint Cup race.(Associated Press)(4-10-2011)
- Coca-Cola 600 Tickets donated by fans and businesses through Let the Troops Race Ticket Program: For the second consecutive year, fans and companies are responding with strong support for Charlotte Motor Speedway’s invitation to honor American troops by donating more than 4,000 tickets as part of the Let the Troops Race ticket program. Through this patriotic initiative, fans who buy tickets to the May 29 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway via phone, online or in the speedway’s ticket office can also purchase an additional ticket for just $20 to send a member of the U.S. Armed Forces to the Memorial Day Weekend race. Tickets will be distributed through the United Service Organizations to active servicemen and women. The Let the Troops Race ticket program runs through May 13.(CMS)(4-10-2011)
- Bayne admitted to hospital: UPDATE: Trevor Bayne was admitted to Carolinas Medical Center-University in Charlotte, NC, on Sunday morning after returning home from the Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway. According to a Roush Fenway Racing team spokesman Corey Wynn, Bayne’s illness has not been diagnosed. But the 20-year-old winner of this year’s Daytona 500 had tweeted earlier: “Not sure if its a spider bite or a tick bite . . . But either way I’m in a hospital bed with a needle in my arm! #nobueno”. Bayne began exhibiting symptoms Tuesday. On Friday, he was taken to the infield care center at Texas Motor Speedway, where he was administered antibiotics. Then, Saturday night, he went to the emergency room when the Roush plane returned to Charlotte, and he was admitted to the hospital. (Fox Sports)(4-10-2011)
UPDATE: Roush Fenway Racing’s Trevor Bayne was treated and released Sunday from Carolina Medical Center University Hospital in Charlotte after a reaction from an apparent insect bite on his left elbow that the 20-year old driver suffered last week while at home. “Trevor has been treated and released from the hospital and is fine to continue with his daily activities – including driving a race car,” said Roush Fenway president Steve Newmark. “Doctors are still waiting for the test results to determine for sure what caused the reaction, but Trevor has been treated, is at home and he is doing fine.” Additional information should be available at the end of the week. Bayne competed in both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup races at Texas Motor Speedway over the weekend. He is scheduled to compete in both events this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway (Ala.).(Roush Fenway PR)(4-10-2011)
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