Pocono – PA 500 In Car Audio
August 1, 2010 by admin
Filed under Feature, Race Audio
August 2 – - For a period of time during the Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway it looked as if Jeff Gordon was on the verge of snapping his 50-race winless drought. Gordon led the late stages of the event, but opted for four tires during a pit stop with 30 laps to go. Several drivers took two tires and used the track position to their advantage. Gordon moved from 11th to 6th in the closing laps, but was unable to seriously challenge for the win when it mattered.
Gordon raced in the top-5 for the entire race — except the ending. He started 4th and took the lead on lap 3. Gordon’s Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson led the balance of the first half of the race, before Denny Hamlin took the lead after the halfway point. With 45 laps to go, Gordon took the lead off of a restart from Juan Pablo Montoya. Nine laps later, Kurt Busch and Elliott Sadler crashed on the backstretch to bring out a 25-minute red flag. The field came to pit road with Gordon opting for four tires. He came off pit road in 10th place after several drivers opted for fuel only or two tires. Gordon was in 11th due to Sam Hornish staying out with 30 laps to go. Light rain began falling and the field came to pit road for a red flag delay. After nearly 20 minutes, the engines re-fired and the cars came back on the track. The green flag waved with 21 laps to go.
Gordon lost a spot on the restart before a bump draft from Jimmie Johnson gave him forward momentum. With 17 laps to go, he moved into the 9th position. He passed Ryan Newman with 16 to go, but was passed on the outside by Denny Hamlin. Gordon took 8th from Martin Truex with 9 laps to go as Greg Biffle pulled away at the front of the field. With 5 laps to go, he passed Sam Hornish for 7th. One lap later he took 6th from Mark Martin. Biffle pulled away at the front of the field and snapped a 65-race winless streak. Gordon remained second in the series standings and is now 361 points clear of the Chase cutoff.
source: gordonline.com
In Car Audio
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Pocono II In Car Audio
August 3, 2009 by admin
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August 3 – - Denny Hamlin led the most laps en route to his first Cup series victory since March 2008. Hamlin claimed the Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway after passing Clint Bowyer for the lead with 10 laps to go. He kept a charging Juan Pablo Montoya at bay to win for the third time at Pocono.
Jeff Gordon’s day was an exercise in traffic-induced frustration. He ran in the top-10 for the balance of the race, but a late four-tire change put him back in 15th place. He battled door to door with Kurt Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr, and Jimmie Johnson, among others, in the closing 20 laps. Gordon finished the race in 8th as the handling on his car seemed at its best in the final run.
source: gordonline.com
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Post Race Comments
“It was a good car; definitely the best car we’ve had here in a while. I’m really excited about that and that we’ve been able to make those kinds of improvements. The strategy and the track position didn’t go our way today, so we ended up eighth. But it’s nice when you’re passing cars; good cars even toward the end of the race.”
HOW WAS THE RACING DIFFERENT AT POCONO WITH THE DOUBLE-FILE RESTARTS?
“I can’t even explain to you how insane it was out there. And when you get guys that have no tires that have stayed out, or two tires, against guys that have four tires, it just shakes it up so much because you’ve got such a speed difference and guys trying to hang on to position and guys fighting hard to get ‘em and I mean it was just nuts. I saw so many guys rubbing, banging, smokin’ sideways, three-wide, four-wide, and I was right in the middle of it at times as well. It’s not the most fun, but when you make it out of it, you’re like whew, and you know it’s awesome racing to watch on TV and from the grandstands.”JIMMIE JOHNSON WAS THREE LAPS DOWN AND MANAGED TO COME BACK AND FINISH 13TH. WAS THERE A TIME WHEN YOU GUYS WERE RACING FOR POSITION WHEN YOU WONDERED IS THIS GUY ON THE LEAD LAP?
“Right there at the end I knew he was back on the lead lap and I wasn’t expecting him to pass me, that’s for sure. But you know, these guys, you can never count them out and that’s what makes them a championship caliber team and Jimmie’s a great driver. So, it’s unfortunate that they had a car that was probably capable of winning, or at least battling up there for the win, that it kind of took them out of it there. But they fought back and still had a pretty decent day out of it.”YOU ARE SOLID WITH FIVE RACES LEFT GOING INTO THE CHASE, DO YOU SAY YOU’RE GOING TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN YOU TYPICALLY WOULD BE?
“Yeah, I was being aggressive. The set-up was a little bit more aggressive for us, which paid off. Steve Letarte was real aggressive on the pit strategy. He probably is going to beat himself up a little bit over that last one, but all day long we were pitting early and taking two tires, and doing the things we needed to do to get ourselves in position to win. And there at the end, you can’t always factor in guys that are going to be on pit road when the caution comes out. And that cost us probably another three or four positions.”
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Pocono Race Information
August 1, 2009 by admin
Filed under Jeff Gordon News
Sorry for the delay this week!
THE RACE: Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500
TRACK: Pocono Raceway
NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #21 of 36 for the 2009 season
Race: Sunday, August 2, 2009 in Long Pond, PA
Title Sponsor: Sunoco and Red Cross
Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 2:18pm/et
source: Jayski.com
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, August 3 at 3:00am/et on ESPN2
Monday, August 3 at 1:00pm/et on ESPN Classic
Wednesday, August 5 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 – Motor Racing Network (MRN) and Sirius XM Satellite Radio
mrnradio.com
sirius.com
Practice Dates/Times/TV
Practices:
Friday, July 31, 12:00 – 1:30 pm/et, TV-SPEED
Saturday, August 1, 10:00 – 10:45 am/et, TV-ESPN2
Happy Hour ‘Final’ practice:
Saturday, August 1, 11:20am – 12:20pm/et, TV-ESPN2
Qualifying Information/Times/TV
Qualifying Draw: Friday, July 31, 11:00am/et
Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-42, Friday, July 31 at 3:40pm/et, TV-ESPN2, no re-air scheduled;
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 Satellite Radio Driver Feeds:
#14 Tony Stewart Ch. 121
#99 Carl Edwards Ch. 125
#48 Jimmie Johnson Ch. 126
#24 Jeff Gordon Ch. 127
#17 Matt Kenseth Ch. 130 – Fan’s Choice
NASCAR Officials Ch. 113
Scanner Frequencies
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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 |
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Blurb from Gordonline.com
August 1 – - Jeff Gordon assumed the pole position for Sunday’s Pennsylvania 500 after Tony Stewart crashed in practice. Gordon has a pair of runner-up finishes in his last four races, he has slipped back to third in the points standings. He’ll look to regain some of the lost momentum in Sunday’s race at Pocono Raceway. Gordon finished 4th at Pocono in June mainly due to fuel mileage strategy. [gordonline.com]
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