California In-Car Audio
March 27, 2011 by admin
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Rewind: Starting deep in the field, Jeff Gordon powered up to 15th in the first 150 miles. Gordon noted improvements in the car after each pit stop. However, he was unable to make headway beyond 12th place and dropped to 17th by the halfway point. With 50 to go, Gordon fell to 20th and was struggling to stay on the lead lap. Crew chief Alan Gustafson had led Mark Martin to three straight top-6 finishes at the track, and Gordon was strong in both races in 2010. The duo seemed to hit on a setup that worked during practice on Saturday while posting the 5th fastest speed, but faltered during the main event on Sunday. Gordon struggled with track grip nearly all day and finished 18th. At the front of the field, Kevin Harvick passed Jimmie Johnson coming off turn four on the final lap to take the victory.
Road ahead: The ugly stats are that Gordon has just one top-10 finish in his last 8 races, and just two top-5 finishes in the last 22 events. However, Martinsville comes at the right time for Gordon. After a victory at Phoenix, Gordon has struggled over the last 3 races. Gordon posted 15 consecutive top-10 finishes at Martinsville before Kurt Busch’s front bumper snapped that streak last fall.
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California In-Car Audio
October 11, 2009 by admin
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October 12 – - Jimmie Johnson led the most laps en route to the victory in the Pepsi 500 at California Speedway. It was Johnson’s 45th career win and gives him the points lead in the Chase for the first time. Jeff Gordon finished 2nd after briefly challenging Johnson for the lead during several late-race restarts. Gordon moved up to 5th in points, but still trails Johnson by more than 100.
Gordon started 10th and used the outside line to his advantage on the opening lap to move up to 8th. By lap 8, he gained two more spots and ran in 6th place. Gordon moved into the top-5 on lap 21 with a pass on Greg Biffle coming off turn four. He brushed the wall on lap 30, before coming in for a green flag pit stop 10 laps later.
Gordon ran 4th when the pit stop sequence cycled through. However, he lost the position to Denny Hamlin before the 50-lap mark. As the run progressed, Gordon re-assumed the 4th spot from Hamlin. The first caution came at lap 65 for Jamie McMurray’s cut tire. Gordon came onto pit road in 4th held the position. He dropped back on the restart before rallying back to 3rd on lap 75. Two laps later, Jimmie Johnson passed to send Gordon back to 4th. On lap 79, he dropped to 5th, and slipped to 6th after Kevin Harvick went by on lap 81. A caution for Ryan Newman’s cut tire brought the field to pit road on lap 84. Gordon lost two spots on pit road and departed in 8th position.
He worked through race traffic and moved back into the top-5 on lap 90. At the 100-lap mark, he passed Mark Martin to take back the 4th position. A debris caution on lap 117 brought the leaders to pit road, where Gordon moved up two spots. He restarted in 2nd place on lap 121 alongside Denny Hamlin. He fell to 3rd as Johnson passed within two laps of the restart. Gordon dropped to 4th on lap 130 as Juan Pablo Montoya went by. He took 3rd from Hamlin on lap 145. Gordon stayed out during a pit sequence to lead a lap — the first lap he led in the Chase. However, after the pit stop he slipped back to 4th while voicing his displeasure with the tires on the car. A debris caution on lap 183 brought the leaders to pit road, where Gordon made a mistake and slid through the pit box — thus slowing the time. He departed pit road in 6th place.
On the restart, Montoya and Hamlin made contact with Hamlin hitting the inside wall and sending him to the garage. Gordon moved to 4th with 54 laps to go, but ran distantly behind Johnson and Montoya. Gordon took 3rd from Martin on lap 215, before pitting under green with 25 laps to go. Gordon ran 2nd to Johnson after the pit stop sequence cycled through. A debris caution with 15 laps to go slowed the field and set up a restart with Johnson and Gordon alongside each other. Gordon started on the inside and took the lead on the backstretch. Greg Biffle and Kasey Kahne spun on the frontstretch, bringing out the caution with 11 laps to go. The restart came with 7 laps to go with Gordon on the outside. Johnson took the lead from his teammate coming off turn four before a wreck in turn 1 collected six cars, including Jeff Burton, AJ Allmendinger, Marcos Ambrose, Reed Sorensen, Kasey Kahne, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. The final restart came with 3 laps to go with Johnson pulling away from Gordon for his 45th career victory. Gordon’s 2nd place effort was his 8th runner-up finish of the season.
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Auto Club 500 In-car Audio
February 23, 2009 by admin
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Jeff Gordon’s winless drought will continue at least for another week, but his runner-up finish to Matt Kenseth in the Auto Club 500 at California Speedway showed that his race team has made significant strides on the downforce tracks over the off-season. “We certainly are going to win if we put cars out there like this,” Gordon said. “We still have a little bit of work to do but I’m excited because we ran so good. We made an adjustment that made my car just a little too tight at the end.” Gordon started 6th, ran in the top-three virtually all night, and led significant portions of the mid-late stages of the race. However, he was beaten off pit road by Kenseth with 35 laps to go. Gordon had called for a handling adjustment that made the car too tight on the final run. Although he closed in on Kenseth as the laps wound down, he was unable to get around the leader. Nevertheless, the runner-up finish thrusts him up to 2nd in the series standings and gives the team something to build on heading to Las Vegas next weekend.
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Follow the Auto Club 500 from California Live Online
February 21, 2009 by admin
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Stuck at work or away from a radio or tv? You can follow all the action on these sites:
Fox Sport’s Racetrax.
Nascar.com Leaderboard
Yahoo.com Live Chat and Leaderboard
Auto Club 500 Race Information
February 20, 2009 by admin
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Qualifying:
- Qualifying Draw: Friday, February 20, 2:00pm/et
- Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-42, Friday, February 20 at 6:40pm/et, TV-SPEED, re-air on SPEED 11:00pm/et; AND live via radio at MRN Radio and Sirius XM Satellite NASCAR Radio
Practice:
- Practices: Friday, February 20, 3:00 – 4:30pm/et, TV-SPEED
- Happy Hour ‘Final’ practice: Friday, February 21, 5:15 – 7:00pm/et, TV-SPEED
Race:
- Race: Sunday, February 22, 2009 in Fontana, CA
- Title Sponsor: Auto Club/AAA
- Track: Auto Club Speedway
- Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 6:15pm/et
- Television Coverage: FOX 5:00pm/et
- SPEED’s NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 3:30pm/et with John Roberts, Jimmy Spencer, Kenny Wallace
- Scheduled Race Re-Air Dates/Times:
Thursday, February 26 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
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