Coca-Cola 600 In Car Audio
May 26, 2009 by admin
Filed under Feature, Race Audio
May 26 – - The rain-shortned Coca-Cola 600 at Lowes Motor Speedway was not the exiciting Memorial Day weekend event that many had hoped. Jeff Gordon battled through a tight handling condition early in the race that only covered 227 of the 400 scheduled race laps. He nearly fell off the lead lap before lap 100. However, a chassis adjustment brought the DuPont Chevrolet to life and Gordon was turning laps as fast as the leaders before rain brought the proceedings to a halt. Gordon was credited with a 14th place finish and holds onto the series points lead.
source: www.gordonline.com
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Pre-Race Comments about back pain
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Coca-Cola 600 Race Information
May 21, 2009 by admin
Filed under Jeff Gordon News
Sunday, May 24, 2009 in Concord, NC
Title Sponsor: Coca Cola
Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 5:35pm/et
Television Coverage/Re-air/TV Team
Television Coverage: FOX 5:00pm/et
SPEED’s NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 3:00pm/et with John Roberts, Jimmy Spencer, Kenny Wallace
Scheduled Race Re-Air Dates/Times: Wednesday, May 27 at 12:00pm/et on SPEED
Announcers: Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds
Pit Reporters: Dick Berggren, Steve Byrnes, Matt Yocum, Krista Voda
Hollywood Hotel: Chris Myers and Jeff Hammond
TV Listings, Links and Info:
Jayski’s TV Listings Page
NASCAR on TV
Race Fan TV
Radio Coverage/Shows/ Team
This Week – Performance Racing Network (PRN) and XM Sirius Satellite
o goprn.com
o sirius.com
Practice Dates/Times/TV
Practices:
Thursday, May 21, 3:00 – 4:30pm/et, TV-SPEED
Saturday, May 23, 2:45 – 3:30pm/et, TV-SPEED
Happy Hour ‘Final’ practice: Saturday, May 23, 6:00 – 6:50pm/et, TV-SPEED
Qualifying Information/Times/TV
Qualifying Draw: Thursday, May 21, 2:00pm/et
Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-42, Thursday, May 21 at 7:10pm/et, TV-SPEED, no scheduled re-air;
AND live via radio at PRN Radio and Sirius XM Satellite NASCAR Radio.
In Car Audio
Sirius Satellite Radio:
#14 Tony Stewart Ch. 121
#18 Kyle Busch Ch. 125
#24 Jeff Gordon Ch. 126
#48 Jimmie Johnson Ch. 127
NASCAR Officials Ch. 113
#?? Fan’s Choice Ch. 130
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Crashed For Cash: Jeff Gordon’s Strong All-Star Performance Falls Short
May 17, 2009 by admin
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Four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon is known by many monikers, including “Wonderboy,” “The Kid,” and “The Rainbow Warrior.”
Known to drop the hammer when there’s cash on the line, Gordon earned the nickname as “The Money Man” by FOX Sports/Speed TV announcer Darrell Waltrip for the 37-year old’s five $1 million victories in his prolific career.
Once again in this year’s 25th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series All-Star Race at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway, the Vallejo, CA, native pressed hard for another rich payday after finishing in the top-five in the previous three segments of the event.
Winning the third segment, the driver of the No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet started in the “pole” position for the final 10 lap shootout, propelling his Hendrick entry into a comfortable lead.
However, Gordon’s lead was short-lived, when the caution flag flew due to teammate Jimmie Johnson’s spin which bunched up the field for another double-file restart.
With the caution flag laps not counting in the race, Gordon’s lead meant that the bulls-eye was on his No. 24 car-NASCAR’s version of a sitting duck.
Relinquishing the lead to a hard charging Kyle Busch, Gordon did not back off from the battle for the lead and win, pushing his DuPont Chevrolet back into contention for the $1 million payout.
Despite the reputation that Lowe’s Motor Speedway gets for being a spacious track with ample passing room, the front stretch did not have enough room for the top-three drivers.
Gordon found himself going three-wide on the inside line with Busch and Ryan Newman battling along side, with each driver refusing to give up any inch of real estate for that coveted lead spot.
If this situation was occurring in next Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600, chances are that Gordon, Newman, or Busch would have backed off the throttle to give each driver some racing room to avoid what would result in sheet metal mayhem.
Well, this is the All-Star Race, where points don’t count and only the winner gets remembered after the contest. Usually.
Unfortunately for the case of Gordon, he will remember the 2009 edition of this race as the one that got away for he and his No. 24 team.
Refusing to give up his position on the track, Gordon found himself going for a wild spin across the front-stretch grass, sliding through that portion of the track until coming to a halting crash into the SAFER barrier just after the dog-leg before Turn One.
“It’s the All-Star race,” Gordon said per AP article by Jenna Fryer following the hard-fought battle for the race lead. “That’s just a bunch of guys racing really, really hard. I heard three-wide at the last second.”
While the result for this year’s race meant some cash and a battered DuPont machine that will most likely not see any track action in the immediate future, Gordon and company can be consoled by the fact that their performance tonight was reminiscent of his dominant days of the past.
When’s the last time you remember Gordon actually going for the win in the All-Star Race, much less at LMS?
In my preview article documenting the factors heading into this event, I made a comment on how the three-time event winner has not exactly contended for the lead or engaged in a spirited battle for the win in this race.
While Gordon’s gamble proved futile and costly, the performance that he delivered in front of the racefans was nothing short of magnificent.
Finishing among the top-five in the three segments, including his third segment win, Gordon looked like the champion of the past who pushed his cars to the limit.
With the Coca-Cola 600 next on the racing schedule for the Cup series, we may have not seen the best from the No. 24 team.
Defeated and out from the All-Star Race, won by satellite “teammate” Tony Stewart, look for the 600 to have a retro feel with the current points leader right there for the win next Sunday.
source: bleacherreport.com
Jeff Wins Segment 3 of the Sprint All Star Race
Jeff took the checkered flag in the 3rd of 4 segments in Saturday nights Sprint All Star Race. Segment 3 featured a great duel between Jeff and Kyle Busch. Jeff would go on to wreck in the final segment after some hard 3 wide racing.
Charlotte Sprint All Star Race In Car Audio
May 17, 2009 by admin
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May 17 – - With $1,000,000 on the line in the All-Star Challenge, Jeff Gordon held nothing back and went for the win with a daring move in the final 10-lap segment. Finishing second in this race was simply not an option. Gordon took the checkered flag in the third segment and led the field to the green flag for the final 10-lap shootout. On the second lap, he wound up getting loose on the inside of a three-wide battle for the lead and spun into the frontstretch wall. While the night ended in disappointment, the overall strong effort during the event bodes well for next weekend’s Coca-Cola 600.
source: www.gordonline.com
In Car Audio
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Charlotte Sprint All Star Race Information
May 14, 2009 by admin
Filed under Jeff Gordon News
Track Information:
Superspeedway: 1.5-mile quad oval
Banking: turns: 24 degrees; straights: 5 degrees
Straights: Frontstretch – 1952.8 feet; Backstretch – 1360 feet
Grandstand Seating: 171,000
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Pace Car Speed: 55mph
Opened: 1960
Website: lowesmotorspeedway.com
ESPN’s NASCAR Track Guide: Lowe’s Motor Speedway
TV Coverage
Fri May 15
6:00 am Sprint Pit Crew Challenge SPEED
12:00 pm NSCS All-Star Practice SPEED
3:00 pm NASCAR Live SPEED
5:00 pm NSCS All-Star Qualifying SPEED
11:30 pm NSCS All-Star Qualifying SPEED
Sat May 16
10:00 am NASCAR Now ESPN2
11:00 am Dave Despain All-Star Special SPEED
12:00 pm Sprint Pit Crew Challenge SPEED
4:00 pm NASCAR RaceDay SPEED
7:00 pm NSCS: NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race SPEED
(50 LAPS / 20 LAPS / 20 LAPS / 10 LAPS)
11:00 pm NASCAR Victory Lane SPEED
In Car Audio
Sirius/XM:
#88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Ch. 121
#18 Kyle Busch Ch. 122
#24 Jeff Gordon Ch. 125
#14 Tony Stewart Ch. 126
NASCAR Officials Ch. 113
#?? Fan’s Choice Ch. 127
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