Nascar 2009

[Cinder & Smoke]

Please say a prayer for Felipe Massa (Formula-1 driver for Ferrari).

He was hit in the head by a spring from Reubens Barichello's car during qualifying,
went into a barrier at high speed,
and is under medical sedation for multiple skull fractures.

Prayers offered for Felipe.

I guess there are some races I'm glad I did NOT watch.

[RICHARD]

John Surtsees' son was killed in the same manner not long ago.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle6727505.ece


Not a good week for racing.

[Lady's Human]

Surtees's incident is most likely what lead to the suspension of Renault for the next race.

Fernando Alonso's pit crew didn't properly replace the tire on the car during a pit stop and it came off on the track.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/260720...-valencia.html

The worst part about the incident with Massa was that F-1 kept replaying the incident over and over. The in car cam on Massa's Ferrari caught the whole incident, from the spring hitting him, Massa losing consciousness, Massa coming to briefly, hitting the brakes, then hitting the barrier. They ran it in slow motion couple times, it really reminded me of the Theisman injury on MNF.

(For those who don't follow F-1, the feed broadcast on Fox and Speed here in the US is F-1's race feed with Speed's announcers calling the race. They talk about whatever Bernie's boys are feeding them)

[Moesha]

Did you see Tony Kaanan catch fire after having fuel spilled on him? That was scary as well. All reports seem to indicate he is fine.

[anna_66]

Another top 5 for Tony! And how impressive Joey, coming from dead last, battling it out with JPM, and finishing 12th!
Too bad Denny and Kyle had such a rotten day finishing 34th and 38th, Mark was a very unhappy man.

I have to say, watching it in person is much more fun than watching it on TV. The cars just go by too fast to see any more than a blur...200 mph, no wonder they're just a blur

Yep, we were there (we really missed you Amy), had a blast and wow what a gorgeous day it was! We did lots and lots of walking. If you ever go, don't wait to pick up your tickets there and by all means....get a parking pass!!!

As usual I took WAY too many pictures, but if you'd like to see them here's the link:
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/w...0QZt2LRoycMWHR
And I'll upload a few here.

[lizbud]

Another top 5 for Tony! And how impressive Joey, coming from dead last, battling it out with JPM, and finishing 12th!
Too bad Denny and Kyle had such a rotten day finishing 34th and 38th, Mark was a very unhappy man.

I have to say, watching it in person is much more fun than watching it on TV. The cars just go by too fast to see any more than a blur...200 mph, no wonder they're just a blur

Yep, we were there (we really missed you Amy), had a blast and wow what a gorgeous day it was! We did lots and lots of walking. If you ever go, don't wait to pick up your tickets there and by all means....get a parking pass!!!

As usual I took WAY too many pictures, but if you'd like to see them here's the link:
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/w...0QZt2LRoycMWHR
And I'll upload a few here.

I ordered the best weather possible just for you guys.

I don't know much about NASCAR, so can anyone explain why Montoya
was cited for speed out of the pit lane? I thought you would want to
hurry back to the race quickly.

[Moesha]

There is a speed limit on pit road. This helps to insure the safety of the pit crew members that will be vulnerable while working on the cars during pit stops. The pit road speed is given and the drivers are given a 5 mph grace period. So if the speed limit is 55 MPH, they are allowed to go 60 MPH without incurring a penalty. If they go even .01 over 60 MPH, they are given a penalty, where they have to pass back down the length of pit road at the while maintaining the proper speed. NASCAR now electronically scores eac car's pit road speed by using timing and scoring areas. They judge a car's speed between each of those areas. JPM was scored going over the 5 MPH grace speed in two of those areas.

[RobiLee]

Another top 5 for Tony! And how impressive Joey, coming from dead last, battling it out with JPM, and finishing 12th!
Too bad Denny and Kyle had such a rotten day finishing 34th and 38th, Mark was a very unhappy man.

I have to say, watching it in person is much more fun than watching it on TV. The cars just go by too fast to see any more than a blur...200 mph, no wonder they're just a blur

Yep, we were there (we really missed you Amy), had a blast and wow what a gorgeous day it was! We did lots and lots of walking. If you ever go, don't wait to pick up your tickets there and by all means....get a parking pass!!!

As usual I took WAY too many pictures, but if you'd like to see them here's the link:
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/w...0QZt2LRoycMWHR
And I'll upload a few here.

I'm so jealous!!!!!

Loved all the pics. Glad you guys got to go and that you had a great time.

[RICHARD]

I am joking when I say this....


Any athlete who loses a loved on in the week before an event should not be allowed to participate in their event/sport.

How many times have you heard of someone losing a family member the week before the event, then winning?

When I heard that DH lost his grandma on the telecast I thought, "There is this week's winner!"

Thoughts and prayers to his family and a huge congrats to him, too!

[Cincy'sMom]

I barely had time to watch any Nascar coverage this weekend and did not know about Denny's grandma until after the race. I still had a feeling it was his week...wore my Denny Gear saturday and Sunday. I was out for today and had to go with Tony, but was still rooting Denny on. Way to go #11!

Tony had a bad day, but still got a top 10 out of it. Just frustrating that Jimmie had a bad day going too, and still got a top #15. Just once, can't they have a really bad day?

[Moesha]

We're you able to come to the truck race in Nashville?

[anna_66]

Rain delays are good for some people! I'm so happy Denny. It's been 50 races since he won...he definitely deserved it!

Tony had a bad day, but still got a top 10 out of it. Just frustrating that Jimmie had a bad day going too, and still got a top #15. Just once, can't they have a really bad day?

I'm sure Mark would agree with you wholeheartedly!

[Cincy'sMom]

We're you able to come to the truck race in Nashville?

No, we weren't able to make it. My family reunion was this weekend, and with Ralph having to take his two weeks of vacation to the July shut-down earlier this month, he didn't have a time off to make along weekend out of it. Hopefully he willhave a little more freedom with his vacation time next year...

[RICHARD]

Anyone notice that the invocation for today's race went something like this??


"Thank you God for the Heluva Good race?"

[anna_66]

Another rain delay, another win for one of my guys...I couldn't be happier
Way to go Tony and crew!