April 13, 2016
- Texas penalties/warnings announced: NASCAR has announced no penalties but a few warnings following the race weekend at Texas Motor Speedway.
#2-Brad Keselowski: car failed laser inspection (LIS) three times in pre-qualifying;
#6-Trevor Bayne: car failed laser inspection three times in pre-race;
Both Keselowski and Bayne were given written warnings and will lose 15 minutes of practice time at Bristol.
#18-Kyle Busch and #23-David Ragan: cars failed laser inspection twice in pre-qualifying and teams given written warnings.
#3-Austin Dillon and #42-Kyle Larson: cars failed laser inspection twice in pre-race and teams given written warnings.
See the Texas Post-Event Penalty & Warning Report (pdf) for more.(4-13-2016) - Dale Jr. unveils special Buddy Baker scheme at Darlington: Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Nationwide unveiled a #88 special paint scheme for the Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on Wednesday, April 13th. Earnhardt will drive a paint scheme version of Buddy Baker’s #28 Gray Ghost car that Baker drove in 1980, winning the Daytona 500. Earnhardt ran a similar scheme to pay tribute to the National Guard and Baker’s “Gray Ghost” car in the 2008 All Star race. See images of the 2016 scheme on the #88 Team Schemes page (4-13-2016)
- Visone RV to co-sponsor #32 Ford at Bristol: Visone RV returns to Go Fas Racing for the 2016 NSCS Season as both an associate and primary sponsor of the #32 Ford. Visone RV will be present on the #22 for all 36 Scheduled NSCS events while also taking on a few split primary sponsorship duties with Corvette Parts. The first split primary sponsorship will be this weekend’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway followed by The Federated Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway in September. Visone RV, based in East Bernstadt, Kentucky has the world’s largest selection of new and used Motor Home parts in the nation and sells new and used RVs.(Go Fas Racing), see an image of the scheme on the #32 Team Schemes page (4-13-2016)
- Hendrick Motorsports and Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence partner up: Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence and Hendrick Motorsports announced a landmark technology partnership. The two-year agreement effectively merges metrology expertise and technology with the brightest engineering minds in auto racing. The relationship will expand Hendrick Motorsports’ in-house capabilities with additional measurement systems, training and expert technical support. The team is a longtime user of ROMER Absolute Arms and GridLOK volume-expansion systems, as well as Hexagon coordinate measuring machines. These solutions are used to inspect and assemble auto bodies, chassis and engine components for pre-race fine tuning and post-race evaluation. Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence will partner in collaborative technology development and problem solving with Hendrick Motorsports’ engineering team. As Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence develops new concepts in metrology, Hendrick Motorsports will have the opportunity to preview those advancements before the technology reaches the marketplace. The team will also have the option to participate in beta testing and provide user feedback during the course of development projects. With multi-disciplinary expertise, Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence will benefit from those early stage metrics and gain valuable insight into the intricate performance and manufacturing challenges found in NASCAR.(HMS)(4-13-2016)
- Thomas Built Buses to be featured on the #2 at RIR: Brad Keselowski is scheduled to drive the #2 Thomas Built Buses Ford Fusion in the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway on April 24, celebrating 100 years. One hundred years ago, Perley A. Thomas gave Thomas Built Buses its start when he founded the Perley A. Thomas Car Works, a streetcar company, in 1916. Since then, Thomas Built Buses has been a leader in the school bus industry providing innovations, product features and designs that not only make school buses even more durable, safe, smart and efficient, but also make Thomas Built buses beloved by so many. Thomas Built Buses will celebrate with some festivities during 2016 (Thomas Built Buses), see images of the scheme on the #2 Team Schemes page (4-13-2016)
- What’s up with Ron Hornaday? Ron Hornaday is currently not competing in NASCAR, but the four-time champion appears to be as busy as ever. And racing remains his focus. Hornaday, winner of a series-best 51 victories in NASCAR’s Camping World Truck Series, is more hands-on these days, building dirt Modifieds for grandson Slater Blickensderfer and teammate Billy Workman Jr. as well as several other competitors. There are those who kick up the dust and ride the cushion on local tracks in the Carolinas, Kentucky, Indiana and various other venues who put their faith in a Hornaday-built entry. Given their success, it seems that trust has been well placed. A recent Saturday night outing at Fayetteville Motor Speedway indicated as much — the top three in the Open Wheel Modified division were built by Hornaday Race Cars. “Back to building dirt cars and having fun again,” Hornaday said recently from his race shop, surrounded by cars in various states of progress. “Back to doing a little bit of everything, I guess.” It’s been two years since Hornaday made his last start in the Truck Series, running what turned out to be an abbreviated schedule with the former Turner Scott Motorsports group and NTS Motorsports. He has competed in all three of NASCAR’s national series — Sprint Cup, XFINITY as well at Trucks. Last year, he made five attempts with The Motorsports Group in Sprint Cup, but qualified for only one race. See full article at NASCAR.com.(4-13-2016)
- Goodyear Bristol Tire Notes/Facts: Teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Xfinity Series will run the same Goodyear tire set-up at Bristol this week . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that these teams have run at Bristol since last April . . . Bristol is the only track at which NASCAR teams are scheduled to run either of these two tire codes . . . unlike on most NASCAR ovals one mile or less in length, on which teams generally do not run inner liners in their tires, teams are required to run liners in their right-side tires only at Bristol . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire (Goodyear Racing), see tire pressures, codes, set limits on the Bristol Race Info page
- Texas post-race warnings: NASCAR has issued written warnings the teams of #01-Ryan Preece, #5-Chase Elliott, and #7-Justin Allgaier following the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway. All three teams failed laser inspection twice during pre-race inspection.(4-13-2016)
- Different look for Erik Jones at Bristol: For the seventh race of the 2016 NASCAR XFINITY Series, teams head to the high-banked short track of Bristol Motor Speedway. Making his third series start at the track, Erik Jones and the #20 GameStop Performance Designed Products Camry team unload looking for their first win of the 2016 season. In his previous two starts at the track, Jones has one pole, one top-five finish and two top-10 finishes. PDP is the No. 1 video game accessory company in North America. Their passion is to design and develop products that help consumers engage and interact with the entertainment they love. Products are designed to exacting standards with a high level of performance and quality. Products are built to be durable and comfortable for long play sessions, short online multiplayer battles, watching a movie or listening to music.(Joe Gibbs Racing), see an image of the car on the #20 team paint schemes page.(4-13-2016)
- Rockingham Speedway scheduled for public auction: A year after the deadline for a court-ordered sale, the legendary Rockingham Speedway is going on the auction block. According a notice of foreclosure sale filed in Richmond County Superior Court on April 7, the property will be sold “to the highest bidder for cash” at a public auction May 5. The notice states the sale will include “the real property, together with all rights, privileges and appurtenances thereto…and the personal property described in the deed of trust.” It goes on to state that the property will be sold subject to any and all matters superior to the lien of the deed of trust, including: superior mortgages, deeds of trust, liens and assessments, if any; the lien of unpaid ad valorem taxes; valid and enforceable easements and restrictions of record; and matters which would be revealed by a current and accurate survey of the property. “The property will be sold ‘as is, where is,’ the notice continues. “Neither the substitute trustee nor the holder of the debt secured by the deed of trust, nor their respective officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representatives, make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or any way relating to any such conditions expressly are disclaimed.” Raleigh attorney Louis E. Wooten Jr. was named substitute trustee in February, according to records filed with the Richmond County Register of Deeds. The sale will open at the Richmond County Courthouse at 11 a.m., and will be held open for 10 days for upset bids as required by law. Kenneth Robinette, chairman of the Richmond County Board of Commissioners, speculated that the foreclosure could be an attempt to “get rid of some partners” and move forward in bringing racing back to the track.(Richmond County Daily Journal)(4-13-2016)
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