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Showing posts with label nascar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nascar. Show all posts
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Pepsi 500
so you're attending the Pepsi 500 NASCAR race on Sunday in Fontana, or watching it on television, but don't know much about stock car racing and don't get the hoopla.Here's some help to put you at ease with your gear-head friends for all 500 miles. With these shortcuts, you might even feel a bit smug by the time the checkered flag falls.
Choose any driver befo
re the race starts (at noon) and root for him all day. There are 43 to pick from and it's more fun tracking his progress than getting dizzy watching the whole field go around in circles. If your driver falls back early, don't despair, there will plenty of time to recover.
NASCAR's version of a playoff is called the "Chase for the Sprint Cup." A dozen drivers try to win the Chase, and hence the championship, over the last 10 races of the year.If you're coming to the race, drop the names of actors Kelsey Grammer (its grand marshal) and Christian Slater (its pace car driver).If Carl Edwards wins, casually mention to everyone that he won't be doing his signature victory back flip off his car because he broke his right foot playing Frisbee.
Danica Patrick
Danica repeatedly declined to reveal anything about her plans for 2010 and beyond in recent days.Dale Earnhardt Jr. says he'd love to see good friend Danica Patrick in NASCAR, but isn't sure when -- or even if -- the IndyCar star will make the transition to stock car racing.
Patrick and Kelley Earnhardt, general manager of JR Motorsports, have had preliminary talks about Patrick racing in the Nationwide Series, but Earnhardt Jr. said any discussions were in the "early stages."Patrick reportedly has agreed to remain in IndyCar with Andretti Green Racing but hasn't ruled out running some stock car races in the future. She's currently fifth in the IndyCar Series standings heading into the season finale at Homestead.
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