April 21, 2005
- Stewart gets saucy: Tony Stewart introduced his owen brand of Bar-B-Que sauce this past weekend while in Texas. “SMOKE” Bar-B-Que Sauce more info at www.smoke20.com.(4-21-2005)
- Cingular rolls out the COWs at Phoenix: As the stock car Series heads West again for the first of two races in Phoenix, Cingular Wireless has again taken the lead in meeting the enhanced communications needs of customers attending this weekend’s big race and spreading the excitement of stock car racing to its fans at Cingular stores. Cingular Wireless announced the activation of two “Cell sites On Wheels,” known as “COWs”, in the Phoenix market. Cingular is raising the bar in network quality by anticipating the sheer volume of calls from fans at the race. COWs are self-contained portable cell sites that can quickly and easily be brought to a specific location to boost network capacity or restore communications following an emergency situation. Cingular has several COWs available for use at special events where large crowds can put unusual strain on existing wireless facilities or for use in emergency service situations. Leading up to the race on April 23, the Richard Childress Racing #31 Cingular Wireless Chevrolet driven by NASCAR driver Jeff Burton is embarking upon a six-store tour between April 20 and 22 at Cingular retail locations in the greater Phoenix area. The show car tour is highlighted by a gift-with-purchase promotion offering service activation incentives, such as a free DVD player or MP3 player (two-year service agreement required).(Career Sports & Entertainment)(4-21-2005)
AND Nextel has been bringing COWs to every event since we began as title sponsor of the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series. “NasCOWs: Nextel brings to every NASCAR NEXTEL Cup event NasCOWS and SuperCOWS, the unique cell-on-wheels technology used to enhance cellular coverage at track each week. Equivalent to 15 cell towers, the NasCOWS enabled Nextel customers to use Nextel voice and data services more than 50 million times at track in 2004.(Nextel Communications)(4-21-2005) - Kahne Fastest Again at Infineon testing: #9-Kasey Kahne (Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge) posted the fastest time during a two-day NASCAR NEXTEL Cup test session at Infineon Raceway. Kahne, one of three NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series regulars at the session, toured the 10-turn, 1.99-mile road course in 1 minute, 16.32 seconds [93.868mph] on Wednesday. #99-Carl Edwards (Office Depot Ford) was second at 1:17.10 [92.918], with Travis Kvapil (Kodak EasyShare Dodge) third at 1:20.00 [89.550]. Kvapil tested the road course in a NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southwest Series stock car. He will compete in both the Blue Lizard Australian Suncream Southwest Series 200, as well as the Dodge/Save Mart 350 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup event when NASCAR visits the Sonoma Valley, June 24-26. Infineon Raceway will host a second NASCAR test session, June 7-8, in advance of the Dodge/Save Mart 350. Great tickets are still available for the race weekend by calling 800-870-RACE or visiting www.infineonraceway.com.(Infineon Raceway)(4-21-2005)
- Tires at Phoenix: Both the NASCAR Nextel Cup and Busch Series will run the same tire codes this weekend . . . this is the first time Goodyear has brought this combination of left- and right-side tires to Phoenix . . . this is one of three tracks at which Nextel Cup teams will run this specific tire set-up this season, with the others being Richmond and New Hamsphire . . . Busch and Truck Series teams will also run this combination at Milwaukee, Pikes Peak, Gateway, Indianapolis (Raceway Park) and Memphis in 2005 . . . as on most NASCAR ovals one mile or less in length, teams will not run inner liners in their tires at Phoenix.(Goodyear PR) more on the Tire Notes on my Phoenix Race Info/Rundown Page.(4-21-2005)
- Gillette Young Guns – Weekly Update: By picking Jimmie Johnson as the highest finishing Gillette Young Gun in the Radio Shack / Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 17th, Patricia K. of East Bangor, PA was the winner of the weekly Gillette Young Guns $5,000 Challenge. Patricia picked Johnson as the highest finishing Gillette Young Gun by going towww.gilletteyoungguns.com and entering before the weekly deadline. As the highest finishing Gillette Young Gun, a $1,000 donation will be made to the National Prostate Cancer Coalition(NPCC) on behalf of Johnson. This is the fourth time this season a donation has been made to the NPCC on behalf of Johnson. In last year’s Checker Auto Parts 500 [Nov 2004] at Phoenix, all six members of the Gillette Young Guns finished in the top-ten, with Dale Earnhardt Jr. taking the checkered flag followed closely by fellow Young Gun Ryan Newman.(Alan Taylor Communications)(4-21-2005)
- New Colors at Phoenix for Riggs: The primary sponsorship on Scott Riggs’ #10 Chevy in Phoenix will be the blue, white and gold colors of CENTRIX Financial. Valvoline, Riggs’ major sponsor for 34 of the 36 point races, will take on an associate role during this weekend’s Nextel Cup competition.(MB2/MBV Motorsports)(4-21-2005)
- Gaylord in the #7 at Phoenix, Crosby back at Talladega: GIC Racing team owners James Whitener and Gregg Mixon have chosen Scott Gaylord to pilot the #7 for Friday night’s running of the Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 at the Phoenix International Raceway. Gaylord, a native of Lakewood, Colo., is a veteran in the NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series. He entered the series in 1998 and since then has tallied 68 Top 10s and 29 Top 5s, including seven Top-10 finishes at Phoenix International Raceway. Last year at PIR, Gaylord added two Top-10 finishes to his resume, including a second-place finish in the November event. Gaylord has taken the green flag at PIR more than any other driver in the NGNW Series. He has competed in 10 stand-alone West Series events, and also in seven combination races with NASCAR’s premier series at PIR. Kim Crosby will return to the #7 Boudreaux’s Butt Paste Chevrolet for the Aaron’s 312 at the Talladega Superspeedway, scheduled for April 30.(PSE-3)(4-21-2005)
- NASCAR Official Fired over #1 Carb Problem: NASCAR, attempting to close the loops on the controversial disqualification of Busch Series driver Johnny Sauter at Texas [see that story below], Wednesday revealed that one of its inspectors has been fired as a result of the matter. Although NASCAR had no comment on the details, the Charlotte Observer reports that the inspector was released after an investigation into the case. The newspaper identified the inspector as Woody Neese. No more information was available.(Speed Channel)(4-21-2004)
- Callsource to sponsor Renshaw: Deborah Renshaw and her BHR2 team announced the addition of CallSource as a sponsor for the remainder of the 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season. The program will feature CallSource as an associate sponsor on the #8 DODGE of Renshaw for the rest of the season as well as the company being featured as a primary sponsor for one race during the season. In addition to being an associate sponsor on the #8 DODGE the rest of the season, CallSource will be the primary sponsor for Renshaw and the BHR2 team at the May 20th event at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Renshaw will also help the company with special appearances at some of their key trade shows throughout the year.(Integrity Sports Marketing)(4-21-2005)
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