A piece of Victory-lane cake...for me??

I just bought my tickets to the October Cup race at Martinsville!!!! And since it's ON my 40th birthday, I'm really looking forward to this race!! I can't wait to see the fabled "Paper-clip". Every race there is exciting. And who doesn't love good 'ol short track bumpin' and bangin'?

Heysi187

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• Martinsville, Birthday, 40!!

Please deposit your trash in the nearest receptical....

Hasn't anyone at the Michigan race ever heard of a trash can!!! What was the deal with every single car having to have trash removed from the front of thier cars? And it has to be bad if they point it out several times during the broadcast and Larry McReynolds does 2 segments about it with his cut away car. And I really liked that one of the debris cautions was for a Budwiser can!!!!!
It's called a trash can....use it!!!

Heysi187

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• Trash cans!!!!!

Superspeedway Vs. Short track

According to NASCAR.com a short track is less than 1 mile, an intermediate track is greater than 1 mile but less than 2 miles, and a Superspeedway is 2 miles or greater. Oddly enough, Dover is listed as a short track. I wonder what The Professor would say to the notion that a track of exactly 1 mile would be listed as a short track and NASCAR's own website lists tracks less than and greater than 1 mile but not EXACTLY 1 mile. Dover appears to be in a class all its own.

Heysi187

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Name for the new Video segment

You guys already picked the name....No Duh, Ding-Dong!

Now get out there and make it happen.

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• video

...on his 16th Birthday!!

Last night, Bear Rzesnowiecky celebrated his 16th birthday by starting his first Super Late Model race at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The #85 didn't have any sponsor logos but looked sharp with a simple "BEAR" above the door. Bear ran well through out the 35 lap feature and was running in 4th when the leaders tangled and caused a caution right in front of him taking out the 3rd place car with front end damage. With the leaders sent to the back for contact, Bear was sitting pretty out in front with the Green/White/Checkered the only thing between him and the ultimate birthday present.
As Bear came out of the 4th corner for the green flag, a shower of sparks erupted from his right rear and his car spun, colliding with the car next to him. The 2nd place car ended up in the wall in the 1st corner and the caution came out. Turns out Bear's rear trailing arm had sheared off and without it holding his rear suspension to the frame he was at the mercy of the car. So close and yet....
Bear's first concern after getting out of the car was for the other driver and to make sure that he was alright and knew that he was sorry that the wreck had collected him as well. Bear's disappointment was obvious but he'll be in victroy lane before too long.

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• Bear, Super Late Model, Almost

ATTENTION: NATIONWIDE DRIVERS!!!!

....Keep an eye open as you approach the blend line in Richmond.....Kevin LePage is entered this weekend. "Slow-lane" Kevin could be lurking anywhere near the bottom of the track, waiting to test your cars ability to fly.

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• kevin lepage, Oooppps

Bear Wins!!!

Bear Rzesnowiecky, defending track champ pro division, won last nights 25 lap Legend feature at the Bullring in Las Vegas. Bear had the dominating car, leading the 27 car field from about the 10th lap after qualifying 2nd, but because of the fan popular wheel-of-inversion, had to start 7th. Bear continues to lead the pro division at the Bullring. Look for Bear to continue his winning ways next week and step up his game on May 10th when he steps into a super late model on his 16th birthday.

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Kyle Busch Fan Club kit - product review

I just received my Kyle Busch fan club kit in the mail, so I thought I would write a review for the Rowdy Nation.
There's a nice (preprinted) letter from Kyle welcoming me to the fan club. It includes the info on all 3 of his websites. That's nice since I only knew of 2. There's a signed hero car. It's personalized so that's a nice touch. A t-shirt with the fan club logo. A few Interstate Batteries pens and an Interstate Batteries keychain. 2 snack sized bags of peanut M&Ms. A Kyle Busch Foundation bracelet. A membership card that offers 10% discounts on merchandise on 2 of his websites. A Rowdy/51 drink cozzie (that will be nice to keep my beer cold during the truck race later this year). A mouse pad with the fan club logo. A tote-bag backpack with the fan club logo. And a really nice blanket with the fan club logo. My daughter really likes the blanket.
Not bad for $35. If you'd like to join, go to KyleBush.com and sign up from his fan club page.

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• Kyle Busch, Fan club, Shrub Club

Fontana is giving away tickets

I guess they must feel guilty for making us sit in the rain until we were nearly frozen to our seats but last night I got a letter from The Auto Club Speedway (aka California Speedway) offering me (and anyone else that bought tickets to the rain soaked event in February) 2 free tickets to the Nationwide race in August. While it doesn't completely make up for it, this does come close to restoring my faith that the fans weren't just seen as dollar signs that weekend by the speedway. The nice part is that they don't require you to buy tickets to the cup race in order to take advantage of this offer. I only hope it doesn't rain that weekend or there may be trouble.......

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• Fontana, Free Tickets, Amazed!!

Vegas has an attendence problem???

I was reading some where that "...attendence was down at Fontana and Las Vegas this year...". I'm not sure where that notion comes from. Just check out my picture as the field goes to green for the UAW/Dodge - 400 this year in Las Vegas. Doesn't look like any empty seats to me.....

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• Las Vegas, attendence