"Marco Andretti and Danica Patrick need to grow up and start focusing on their jobs and acting like professionals if they're going to be taken seriously..."
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Sprint car ace to offspring, “go be a lawyer.”
Joey Saldana’s profession may not be the route he envisions for the future generations of Saldanas. After Saturday’s World of Outlaws feature at Volusia, Saldana expressed his hope that the word ‘litigious’ plays a role in his son’s future.
“This is a very tough sport. I don’t think people realize how tough it is. Sometimes I wonder why I even do it, but when you get an opportunity like that, when you have a son and see what he might be going through, or the challenges he’s going to face in racing, sometimes it’s better to just go to school and try to be good at something, be a doctor, be a lawyer. $10,000 would definitely go a long way toward putting my son through school.”
I offer a motion to amend.
WoO: Joey Saldana, Randy Hall Race Into Alltel All-Star Contest
“This is a very tough sport. I don’t think people realize how tough it is. Sometimes I wonder why I even do it, but when you get an opportunity like that, when you have a son and see what he might be going through, or the challenges he’s going to face in racing, sometimes it’s better to just go to school and try to be good at something, be a doctor, be a lawyer. $10,000 would definitely go a long way toward putting my son through school.”
I offer a motion to amend.
WoO: Joey Saldana, Randy Hall Race Into Alltel All-Star Contest
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Better know your go-or-go homers
Another season of fender-laden America oval racing is upon us. That means it's time to give a refresher course on the rather nuanced (ahem, ridiculous, stupid, not fair, idiotic, ahem) system of qualifying for Cup racing. For now, we shall concentrate on Daytona 500 quals.
Deep breath, here goes:
Thirty-five drivers are locked in the field based on 2008 owner points. That's straight forward enough.
Tony Stewart (new team this year, remember?) gets locked in based on his past championship provisional.
That leaves 21 entered cars (57 total entries were received) to vie for the final seven starting positions.
You can either make the race on qualifying speed tomorrow (Sunday) or by racing into the show on Thursday during the 150-mile qualifying races.
Tomorrow's qualifying will only set the front row.
Two non-locked in drivers from each of the races Thursday get automatic starting spots.
-And-
The rest of the field will be determined by speed.
Oh, Stewart only gets the past champ freebie if he needs it, so should he make the field by other means, Terry Labonte would be next in line, followed by Bill Elliott, should both Smoke and Terry make the field.
Exhale.
Via SceneDaily, here is a list of the drivers vying for those last, none locked spots:
EM Motorsports’ Boris Said, Phoenix Racing’s Brad Keselowski, R3 Motorsports’ Mike Skinner, Kirk Shelmerdine Racing’s Kirk Shelmerdine, Yates Racing’s Travis Kvapil, Tommy Baldwin Racing’s Scott Riggs, Front Row Motorsports’ Tony Raines, Mayfield Motorsports’ Jeremy Mayfield, Richard Petty Motorsports’ AJ Allmendinger, Carl Long Racing’s Carl Long, Blackjack Racing’s Kelly Bires, Norm Benning Racing’s Norm Benning, EM Motorsports’ James Hylton, Gunselman Motorsports' Geoff Bodine, TRG Motorsports’ Mike Wallace, H&S Motorsports’ Mike Garvey, Cope/Keller Racing’s Derrike Cope, Furniture Row Racing’s Regan Smith and Nemco Motorsports’ Joe Nemechek.
Good luck, guys. We're going to go sit down and decompress our brains.
Have a great race weekend.
Deep breath, here goes:
Thirty-five drivers are locked in the field based on 2008 owner points. That's straight forward enough.
Tony Stewart (new team this year, remember?) gets locked in based on his past championship provisional.
That leaves 21 entered cars (57 total entries were received) to vie for the final seven starting positions.
You can either make the race on qualifying speed tomorrow (Sunday) or by racing into the show on Thursday during the 150-mile qualifying races.
Tomorrow's qualifying will only set the front row.
Two non-locked in drivers from each of the races Thursday get automatic starting spots.
-And-
The rest of the field will be determined by speed.
Oh, Stewart only gets the past champ freebie if he needs it, so should he make the field by other means, Terry Labonte would be next in line, followed by Bill Elliott, should both Smoke and Terry make the field.
Exhale.
Via SceneDaily, here is a list of the drivers vying for those last, none locked spots:
EM Motorsports’ Boris Said, Phoenix Racing’s Brad Keselowski, R3 Motorsports’ Mike Skinner, Kirk Shelmerdine Racing’s Kirk Shelmerdine, Yates Racing’s Travis Kvapil, Tommy Baldwin Racing’s Scott Riggs, Front Row Motorsports’ Tony Raines, Mayfield Motorsports’ Jeremy Mayfield, Richard Petty Motorsports’ AJ Allmendinger, Carl Long Racing’s Carl Long, Blackjack Racing’s Kelly Bires, Norm Benning Racing’s Norm Benning, EM Motorsports’ James Hylton, Gunselman Motorsports' Geoff Bodine, TRG Motorsports’ Mike Wallace, H&S Motorsports’ Mike Garvey, Cope/Keller Racing’s Derrike Cope, Furniture Row Racing’s Regan Smith and Nemco Motorsports’ Joe Nemechek.
Good luck, guys. We're going to go sit down and decompress our brains.
Have a great race weekend.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
The end of the world is (reportedly) near
INDYCAR: Milka Duno and Doornbos to Newman/Haas/Lanigan!
This is hot off the presses. Remember, if you read it on the interwebs it has to be true. Discuss.
This is hot off the presses. Remember, if you read it on the interwebs it has to be true. Discuss.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Herta Autosport going Lights racing
The pride of The Ohio State University (that would be Bryan Herta, right?) has teamed up with former AGR engineer Steve Newey to form Herta Autosport. The team will contest the Indy Lights championship with American Dan Herrington (not the poker player) driving.
Check out the team's website. It's a bit light on content, but you get the point.
To wet your thrust for infinite amounts racing-related ballyhoo, stroll on over to the interweb page of the IMS Video Library. A good amount of video content is being added in advance of The Speedway's Centennial Era Gala at the end of February in downtown Indianapolis. We're awaiting our VIP invites, so we can hit the buffet line with Gordon Johncock. Take it away, Roger:
Sunday, January 25, 2009
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