Kelly Ripa interviews Jeff Gordon on the Brickyard 400 ESPN Pre-Show
Check out the race recap from the Brickyard and in car audio here.
Archives for July 2009
Brickyard 400 In Car Audio
July 27 – – Jimmie Johnson hung around long enough and was in the right spot at the right time to claim the win. That’s been a similar refrain over the last four years in the NASCAR world. Johnson scored back-to-back victories in the Brickyard 400 at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway with a late pass on Mark Martin. The victory was his third win at the Brickyard, and 43rd of his career.
Jeff Gordon battled through race traffic but was unable to make significant headway due to several long green flag runs. Gordon started 22nd and dropped a few spots in the opening laps. He hooked up in a draft behind Kevin Harvick and moved up to 21st on lap 8. He cracked the top-20 on lap 11 and settled into the 20th position. Gordon moved up to the 15th spot following green flag pit stops on lap 37. A caution for Kyle Busch’s cut tire and subsequent contact with the wall on lap 57 brought the field to pit road. Gordon exited the pits in 13th place, having benefited from a stall opening in front of him due to Joe Nemechek dropping out of the race in the opening laps.
Gordon used the inside line to his advantage on the restart and moved into 11th position on lap 65. He entered the top-10 on lap 67 and ran in 10th until the next round of pit stops on lap 91. Gordon moved to 8th with a pass on Dale Earnhardt Jr. on lap 100. However, he gave the spot back to Earnhardt Jr. during the final round of green flag pit stops with 35 laps to go. He trailed his Hendrick Motorsports teammate for just two laps as the engine expired on the #88 Chevrolet on lap 128. Gordon restarted in 8th position with 26 laps to go.
As Gordon faded on the restart, his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Johnson took the lead from Martin with a power move on the outside entering turn one. Gordon fell to 10th before passing Matt Kenseth with 22 laps to go to re-assume the 9th spot.
source: gordonline.com
In Car Audio
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2009 ESPY Awards
Jeff comments on his favorite athlete on the Red Carpet at the ESPY Awards.
Jeff presents the award for Best Moment at this year’s ESPY Awards.
Brickyard Race Information
THE RACE: Allstate 400 at the Brickyard
TRACK: Indianapolis Motor Speedway
NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #20 of 36 for the 2009 season
Race: Sunday, July 26, 2009 in Speedway, IN
Title Sponsor: AllState
Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 2:19pm/et
Television Coverage/Re-Air/TV Team
Television Coverage: ESPN, 1:00pm/et
SPEED’s NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 11:00am/et with John Roberts, Jimmy Spencer, Kenny Wallace
*Scheduled Race Re-Air Dates/Times:
Monday, July 27 at 3:30am/et on ESPN2
Monday, July 27 at 12:00pm/et on ESPN Classic
Wednesday, July 29 at 12:00pm/et on SPEED
Announcers: Dr. Jerry Punch, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree
Pit Reporters: Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Mike Massaro, Shannon Spake
Studio: Allen Bestwick, Rusty Wallace, Brad Daugherty
TV Listings, Links and Info:
Jayski’s TV Listings Page
NASCAR on TV
Race Fan TV
Radio Coverage/Shows/ Team
This Week – Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) Radio and Sirius Satellite
Practice Dates/Times/TV
Practices:
Friday, July 24, 2:00 – 3:00 pm/et, TV-ESPN2
Friday, July 24, 3:30 – 4:30 pm/et, TV-SPEED
Saturday, July 25, 2:00 – 3:00 pm/et, TV-none scheduled
Happy Hour ‘Final’ practice: Saturday, July 25, 3:30 – 4:30pm/et, TV-ESPN2
Qualifying Information/Times/TV
Qualifying Draw: Friday, July 24, 1:00pm/et
Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-42, Saturday, July 25 at 10:10am/et, TV-ESPN2, no re-air scheduled;
AND live via radio at IMS Radio and Sirius XM Satellite NASCAR Radio.
Live Leaderboards
Fox Sport’s Racetrax
Nascar.com Leaderboard
Yahoo.com Live Chat and Leaderboard
In Car Audio
Nascar TrackPass:
Scanner
PitCommand
RaceView
Sirius/XM Sattellite Radio:
#14 Tony Stewart Ch. 121
#18 Kyle Busch Ch. 125
#48 Jimmie Johnson Ch. 126
#24 Jeff Gordon Ch. 127
NASCAR Officials Ch. 113
#?? Fan’s Choice Ch. 130
Voting for Fan’s Choice closes Fri., July 24 at 5 pm ET
Scanner Frequencies
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| 3rd: | 468.2125 |
| 4th: | 469.4875 |
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Jeff Gordon Part of Pre-Race Show at the Brickyard
Jeff will be featured on this weeks pre-race show on ESPN. ESPN begins coverage of the final 17 races of the season at this weekend’s Brickyard 400 from Indianapolis Motorspeedway.
……”NASCAR Countdown will include a segment with actress/television host Kelly Ripa, who interviews her occasional Live with Regis and Kelly co-host Jeff Gordon. The interview in a New York City park focuses not only on Gordon’s racing career, but also on how he was the first NASCAR driver to move into the entertainment spotlight. Ripa also will delve into how becoming a father has changed Gordon’s outlook on his racing career.”…….
Full article :catchfence.com
Steve Letarte named WYPALL Wipers Crew Chief of the Race in Chicagoland
July 14, 2009 – Steve Letarte, crew chief for the No. 24 Dupont/ National Guard Chevrolet driven by Jeff Gordon, has been named the WYPALL Wipers Crew Chief of the Race after Saturday night’s Lifelock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.
The team started the race with a stout car, taking the green flag on the inside of row four. Letarte kept his driver running up front most of the night by making adjustments to improve a tight racecar. He remained calm when a Lap 138 tangle between Gordon and Carl Edwards caused both cars to lose significant track position.
But a Lap 247 caution gave Letarte an opportunity to get the No. 24 back to the front. With just 20 laps to go, he called his driver to pit road for four fresh tires in hopes to give him an advantage over the top eight teams who chose to stay out. The call paid off, and Gordon was able to pass cars at ease on his way to a second place finish.
“The caution came out at the right time for Steve Letarte to make an excellent call to come and get four tires, and the whole pit crew just did a fantastic job getting us off pit road,” Gordon said after the race. “I’m proud of Steve Letarte and all the guys on this team by making some great pit stops and just sticking with it.”
source: Wypall.com
Video Clips from Chicago
Full Race Recap and In Car Audio can be found here
Post Race Comments
Top 5 drivers comment on their finishes, and Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch express their opinions about their contact on the track.
Post Race Press Conference
Jeff talks about his battles with Kasey Kahne to finish second and shares his thoughts on the wild double-file restarts.
Jimmy vs Denny vs Kurt
The lead changes hands multiple times in just a few laps as Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin work the bumper and Johnson and Kurt Busch trade paint.
Chicago In Car Audio
July 12 – – Jeff Gordon posted a solid runner-up finish at Chicagoland Speedway after a late rally from handling problems. Gordon battled a tight handling condition at the outset and struggled getting off the corners virtually the entire race. He fell out of the top-10, but rallied back through pit stops to crack the top-10 with 50 laps to go. Gordon moved up to 8th with 25 laps to go and closed in on Kurt Busch for a position before the final caution with 21 laps remaining. Gordon was the first car to come onto pit road. Contact between Busch and Jimmie Johnson forced Gordon onto the track apron with 15 laps to go where he got around both drivers to take 4th place. With 13 to go, he dove low on the backstretch to take 3rd from Kasey Kahne. Three laps later, he took the runner-up spot from Denny Hamlin.
A caution for Kyle Busch’s spin brought out the caution with 6 laps to go. Gordon restarted on the inside of his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Mark Martin with 2 laps to go. Martin took off on the restart and Gordon slipped behind Kahne. He grouped to take 2nd from Kahne on the final lap, but was distantly behind Martin at the finish. Martin and Gordon collected $1 million from the race’s title sponsor for the 1-2 finish, since the pair finished 1-2 in the Michigan race sponsored by the same company in June.
Gordon is scheduled to be a presenter at the annual ESPN awards on Wednesday night.
Source: gordonline.com
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Post Race Quote
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DUPONT IMPALA SS — Finished 2nd:
GOOD CALL BY YOUR CREW CHIEF TO GET YOU SOME TIRES, WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE AT THE END? “Well we had our struggles. We had a good car, we were just a little too tight there at the beginning and we were making adjustments. Carl Edwards and I got racing really hard and he got loose underneath me and we about wrecked so we had a long battle from that point on. It was an incredible call that (crew chief) Steve Letarte made and the whole pit crew just did a fantastic job getting us off pit road. It was four tires then it was just a battle maneuvering through traffic with cars slipping and sliding all over the place. That last restart Mark (Martin) went a little early and I just spun the tires when I tried to get it going. It’s still a great finish, one-two for Hendrick. Got to thank the Patriot Academy and DuPont. It’s a privilege having them on board. We could certainly use a night like this and that’s important in the Chase. We’re running really strong and showing them what we’re made of on these tracks.”
Jeff Gordon Racing School Rebranded Nationally as Nascar Racing Experience
CHICAGO — NASCAR announced Thursday an agreement to rebrand the former Jeff Gordon Racing School into the NASCAR Racing Experience. The multi-year licensing agreement brings an authentic racing experience to NASCAR fans, its sponsors and business partners at race tracks throughout the country.
The NASCAR Racing Experience provides a menu of racing programs from a ride-along as a front-seat passenger to the full racing experience which puts fans behind the wheel of an authentic race car. The program will use current Sprint Cup Series race cars for all of its programs.
“We have provided more than 200,000 driving experiences to race fans and business partners since 1998,” said Robert J. Lutz, president and CEO of NASCAR Racing Experience. “This new step in becoming an officially licensed NASCAR property further enhances the program to allow it to expand our reach.”
“The Jeff Gordon Racing School provided an unequaled opportunity for fans to sit in the driver seat and — for a moment — become a race car driver,” said Sprint Cup driver and four-time Cup champion Jeff Gordon. “This move to become the NASCAR Racing Experience is a good step to expand the program throughout NASCAR working with more teams and tracks.”
The NASCAR Racing Experience currently has 28 Sprint Cup race cars, 40 professional instructors and is headquartered in Concord, N.C. NRE offers realistic racing action that includes timed racing sessions, no lead-follow and Personal Racing Instructors that provide constant feedback to each customer through an exclusive in-car radio communication system. Prices for ride-alongs start at $129 and the driving programs begin at $429.
“The thrill of riding in or driving a real NASCAR Sprint Cup car is an experience of a lifetime,” said Blake Davidson, NASCAR managing director of licensed products. “This program allows fans, corporations and our business partners to get first-hand knowledge of what its like to race at speeds upwards of 170 mph around the same tracks as the biggest stars of NASCAR. No other sport provides to its fans the chance to experience the realism of competition like a racing experience using authentic race cars on a NASCAR track.”
The NASCAR Racing Experience will begin operating at 12 Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series tracks across the country before expanding to additional tracks in 2010. Current locations include: Atlanta Motor Speedway, Chicagoland Speedway, Darlington Raceway, Kansas Speedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, Lowe’s Motor Speedway, Nashville Superspeedway, Richmond International Raceway, Talladega Superspeedway and Texas Motor Speedway.
source: Nascar.com
Chicago Race Information
July 10 – – Jeff Gordon will start 7th in Saturday night’s Lifelock 400 buoyed by his success with the National Guard paint scheme. In four previous races with the National Guard colors, Gordon has posted four top-five finishes, including his lone victory of the season at Texas Motor Speedway. On Saturday night, his car will feature the National Guard Patriot Academy. Crew chief Steve Letarte has chosen chassis No. 24-484 for the race. Gordon used this chassis for the All-Star Race in May (wrecked while going for the lead) and also for Bristol (4th place) in March. Gordon is scheduled to be a presenter at the annual ESPN awards next week.
source: gordonline.com
Full Race Recap and In Car Audio can be found here
THE RACE: Lifelock 400
TRACK: Chicagoland Speedway
NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #19 of 36 for the 2009 season
Race: Saturday, July 11, 2009 in Joliet, IL
Title Sponsor: LifeLock
Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 8:16pm/et
Television Coverage/Re-air/TV Team
Television Coverage: TNT 6:30pm/et
SPEED’s NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 4:30pm/et with John Roberts, Jimmy Spencer, Kenny Wallace
Scheduled Race Re-Air Dates/Times: Wednesday, July 15 at 12:00pm/et on SPEED
Announcers: Bill Weber, Wally Dallenbach Jr., Kyle Petty
Pit Reporters: Matt Yocum, Marty Snider, Ralph Sheheen, Lindsay Czarniak
TNT’s Revolving Studio: Marc Fein and Larry McReynolds
TV Listings, Links and Info:
Jayski’s TV Listings Page
NASCAR on TV
Race Fan TV
Radio Coverage/Shows/ Team
This Week – Motor Racing Network (MRN) and Sirius XM Satellite Radio
mrnradio.com
sirius.com
Practice Dates/Times/TV
Practices:
Thursday, July 9, 5:00 – 6:30 pm/et, TV-SPEED
Friday, July 10, 5:00 – 5:45 pm/et, TV-SPEED
Happy Hour ‘Final’ practice: Friday, July 10, 6:20 – 7:20pm/et, TV-SPEED
Qualifying Information/Times/TV
Qualifying Draw: Thursday, July 9, 4:00pm/et
Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-42, Thursday, July 9 at 8:40pm/et, TV-SPEED, re-air at 1:00am/et; AND live via radio at MRN Radio and Sirius XM Satellite NASCAR Radio.
Live Leaderboards
Fox Sport’s Racetrax
Nascar.com Leaderboard
Yahoo.com Live Chat and Leaderboard
In Car Audio
Nascar TrackPass:
Scanner
PitCommand
RaceView
Sirius/XM Sattellite Radio:
#14 Tony Stewart Ch. 121
#18 Kyle Busch Ch. 125
#16 Greg Biffle Ch. 126
#29 Kevin Harvick Ch. 127
NASCAR Officials Ch. 113
#?? Fan’s Choice Ch. 130
Voting for the LifeLock.com 400 closes Friday at 5 pm ET
Scanner Frequencies
Going to the race this weekend?
Full field Sprint Cup Frequencies are found here.
Here are Jeff’s frequencies:
| Primary: | 467.0625 |
| 2nd: | 465.8625 |
| 3rd: | 468.2125 |
| 4th: | 469.4875 |