|
|
|
|||||
Archive:
| |||||
After failing to qualify for the first four races in the standard-issue Toyota Camry, both qualified for Sunday's Food City 500 in an enigmatic prototype that even the sanctioning body concedes is a work in progress. While the hard work now begins for Mayfield and Allmendinger, neither had problems adapting the boxier model to half-mile Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday. (USA Today -- Sports)
With five career wins at Bristol, Jeff Gordon will have to hope history is as important as technology in this Sunday's Food City 500. Mar 24, 2007
The winner of the Food City 500 will be. Jeff Gordon. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
Martin keeps his word to skip Bristol Mar 24, 2007
Fans watch the activity in the pit area during practice for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Food City 500 in Bristol, Tenn. Friday, March 23, 2007. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Gordon takes pole at Bristol qualifying Mar 24, 2007
Jeff Gordon signs an autograph for a fan after he won the pole for Sunday's NASCAR Nextel Cup Food City 500 auto race in Bristol, Tenn. Friday, March 23, 2007. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Gordon wins pole for Food City 500 Mar 24, 2007
453 miles per hour to win the top starting spot for Sunday's Food City 500. Although there were questions about the speed attained by the new car, Gordon's time was slightly faster than the 124. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Johnson: Weather may affect rides at Bristol Mar 24, 2007
In advance of the Food City 500 at Bristol, Tenn. on Sunday, NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson met with members of the media to discuss the Nextel Cup race and other racing issues. (Orlando Sentinel -- Sports)
Jeff Gordon wins new era's 1st pole Mar 24, 2007
- Jeff Gordon won the first pole of the Car of Tomorrow era, putting his Chevrolet Impala in the top starting spot for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday ... Jeff Gordon tests his car during practice for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Food City 500 in Bristol, Tenn. (AZCentral -- Sports)
We won't see COT's impact yet Mar 24, 2007
All 43 drivers in this weekend s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway will be driving what s being billed as the next-generation of racecars. While the new design will make an appearance 16 times this season, make no mistake, these are far from the stock cars we ve seen for years. (Clanton Advertiser, AL)
MOTOR SPORTS SCHEDULE Mar 23, 2007
THE RACE: Food City 500; Bristol (Tenn. Motor Speedway; 500 laps of 0. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Sports)
This weekend on TV, radio Mar 23, 2007
SATURDAYAUTO RACING 10 a.m. -- NASCAR Nextel Cup: Food City 500 practice, Speed ... 12:30 p.m. -- NASCAR Nextel Cup: Food City 500 final practice, Speed ... SUNDAYAUTO RACING 1:30 p.m. -- NASCAR Nextel Cup: Food City 500, Ch. (Boston Globe)
Starting Grid Mar 23, 2007
Friday, March 23, 2007. Schedule: Today, qualifying (12:30 p.m., Speed Channel); Sunday, race (10:30 a.m., FOX). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Bristol Q&A: New car raises new questions Mar 23, 2007
What: Food City 500, fifth of 36 Nextel Cup races ... Answers to pressing questions heading into Sunday's Food City 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway the first race with NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow by USA TODAY's Gary Graves. (USA Today -- Sports)
NASCAR- Bristol Food City 500 Mar 23, 2007
Unless you reside under a rock, you are aware that the Food City 500 will be the inauguration of the ... 1:30 PM ET- Food City 500, at Bristol Motor Speedway, FOX. (Suite101.com)
• Morning kickoff Mar 23, 2007
SPEED - NASCAR, Nextel Cup, pole qualifying for Food City 500, at Bristol, Tenn. BOXING. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
NASCAR: Why some crew chiefs are concerned Mar 23, 2007
Of the many unknowns teams will face with the debut of the car of tomorrow, pit stops may represent one of the bigger questions heading into this weekend's Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway ... Tony Stewart is not a big fan of the car of tomorrow, but that doesn't mean he's already psyched himself out of winning this weekend's Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway ... The Dodge Avenger, which joins the Dodge Charger in Nextel Cup competition this season, makes its racing debut Sunday in... (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Rookie gets tough order in 1st start Mar 23, 2007
He'll be making his first start in Sunday's Food City 500 at the Bristol Motor Speedway. It's the debut of NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow. (AZCentral -- Sports)
'Tomorrow's' Car Here Now Mar 23, 2007
Sunday's Food City 500 at Bristol will give the first indication whether it will put the "racing" back in stock-car racing, as NASCAR officials claim, or prove a bust. "Sure there's unknowns," said John Darby, NASCAR's Nextel Cup series director. (The Ledger)
Marlin set for Bristol Mar 23, 2007
If Marlin remains in the top 35 following Sunday s Food City 500, he will head to Martinsville Speedway the following week with his first automatic berth since Texas Motor Speedway last November ... Fans started arriving early for Sunday s Food City 500. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
This week: Motor Sports Mar 22, 2007
netNASCAR NEXTEL CUP Event: Food City 500 in Bristol, Tenn. Schedule: Friday, qualifying (Speed Channel, 12:30 p.m.); Sunday, race (KMPH-26, 10:30 a.m.) Track: Bristol Motor Speedway (oval. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
Get ready for crash course in Car of Tomorrow's debut Mar 22, 2007 Andretti-Patrick pairing could add to IndyCar excitement Mar 22, 2007 NASCAR: Is a Gordon-Montoya feud brewing? Mar 22, 2007 Feud of the Week: Car of Tomorrow ready for racin' Mar 21, 2007 2007 IRL IndyCar schedule Mar 21, 2007 NASCAR - Nextel Cup - Food City 500 Preview Mar 21, 2007 Martin not on preliminary Food City entry list Mar 21, 2007 NASCAR: Dale Jr. set to pull the Bristol double Mar 21, 2007 Sorenson ninth Mar 19, 2007 Chair of longtime Nextel sponsor dies at 81 Mar 16, 2007 NASCAR: Drivers rant about inspection process Mar 15, 2007 Darby pleased with Bristol test Mar 9, 2007 Lights don't dim Busch's focus Mar 9, 2007 Mark Martin at a fork in the road Mar 4, 2007 NASCAR tests Tomorrow Mar 2, 2007 'Car of tomorrow' deemed ready to race Mar 2, 2007 Engines starting to rev Feb 9, 2007 Busch series irks Harvick Feb 3, 2007 New provisional rules suit Elliott just fine Feb 3, 2007
5- to 2-mile speedways), there's another reason Sunday's Food City 500 will be historic. NASCAR vice president of competition Robin Pemberton says preparation will be unprecedented and that could keep kinks to a minimum as teams adapt to a bigger, boxier car that is the product of a seven-year quest aimed at enhancing competition and safety while keeping costs stable. (USA Today -- Sports)
Pit Passes: By Bill Center Mar 22, 2007
NASCAR Nextel Cup: Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. (500 laps; Channel 6, 10:30 a.m.) So many story lines for this short track. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Last modified Wednesday, March 21, 2007 11:30 PM PDT. NO -- Say what you will about the Chargers, but whether it's a Junior Seau "retirement" party or the glitzy unveiling of redesigned uniforms, this franchise spares no expense when celebrating a non-event. (North County Times)
All 160,000 seats for Sunday's Food City 500 are long gone, marking the 50th consecutive sellout for Bristol Motor Speedway. -- The Tennessean. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
But I like Kevin Harvick to win Sunday, following up his Food City 500 win of 2005. 3. (CBS News)
Food City 500, Bristol (Tenn. Motor Speedway. (USA Today -- Sports)
Thursday, March 15, 2007. Published: Mar 20, 2007Modified: Mar 20, 2007 1:14 PM. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Current Nextel Cup Series points leader Mark Martin is keeping to his preseason racing schedule that has him sitting out the Food City 500 this Sunday. Despite posting four consecutive top-10s in the first four races of the season, Martin's name is not on the preliminary entry list for this week's event. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Besides driving his No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet in Sunday's Food City 500 at BMS, he will be making his 2nd 2007 Busch Series start in the No. 8 Menards Chevrolet in Saturday's Sharpie Mini 300. -- USA Today. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
The Impala SS replaces the Monte Carlo as Chevrolet's vehicle of choice in Car of Tomorrow events, beginning with Sunday's Food City 500 at Bristol. "My best years of racing were spent driving Chevys, and I couldn't pass up the chance to drive one like I used to around the track again," White said in a press release. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
The chain now has nearly 100 stores in Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee and is celebrating its 15th anniversary as sponsor of the spring Nextel Cup Race, the Food City 500. It also sponsors a Busch race at the speedway in August. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
With the first Car of Tomorrow only two races away, it's possible that NASCAR will be less restrictive during its inspection process to make sure it has a car on the track for the Food City 500 at the Bristol Motor Speedway. The COT was supposed to make the inspection process uniform and easy, but every car at the Bristol test session apparently had problems meeting all eight of the computerized inspection points required by NASCAR. -- Florida Times-Union. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
The ar of Tomorrow makes its competition debut in the March 25 Food City 500 at Bristol the first of 16 events to be run in 2007 with the new race car ... t least one car from every organization went through and in most cases, most cars, he said, adding that the educational aspect will pay dividends as teams prepare for the Food City 500 on March 25. (Brownstown Jackson County Banner, IN)
The first Car of Tomorrow race looms on March 25 at the Food City 500 at Bristol - the Subway Fresh Fit 500 (April 21) at Phoenix International Raceway will be the third of the season - and Busch called the general concept "a fantastic idea.". "The development has gone straight through the roof recently with getting these cars up to speed and all the teams comfortable, especially with just the recent test at Bristol Motor Speedway," he said. (AZCentral -- Sports)
But he's scheduled to run only 23 races, giving the No.01 Chevrolet over to rookie Regan Smith in the others, beginning with the March 25 Food City 500 at Bristol (Tenn. Motor Speedway. (Columbus Telegram, NE)
With the actual racing debut of the long-controversial C.O.T. just over three weeks away, in the March 25 Food City 500 here, all major Nextel Cup teams got very serious about the radical new design. A total of 67 cars were tested in a 12-hour marathon at half-mile Bristol Motor Speedway, with more testing scheduled for today. (Orlando Sentinel -- Sports)
Rains cut short a second day of testing for NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow at Bristol Motor Speedway, but enough laps were run Wednesday and Thursday for teams and NASCAR officials to feel comfortable racing the car in the March 25 Food City 500 at Bristol. "I think [the Cars of Tomorrow] have been ready to race for six months, but this [test] lets everybody in the world know that they're ready to race," Nextel Cup Series director John Darby said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
"But Harvick believes the Car of Tomorrow's debut race, March 25 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway in the Food City 500, is unlikely to yield many answers."You're not going to be running side-by-side at Bristol," Harvick said, referring to Bristol's steep-banked [36 degrees], half-mile bullring. "I think Loudon in New Hampshire [host of the Lenox Industrial Tools 300 July 1] will be a tell tale sign of how bad it's going to push or if it's not going to push. "All the hand-wringing, at least for... (Boston Globe)
The two-day test, scheduled Feb. 28-March 1, is expected to draw nearly every Cup team since the radically new car will make its competitive debut at Bristol during the Food City 500 weekend on March 23-25. -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
The two-day test, scheduled Feb. 28-March 1, is expected to draw nearly every Cup team since the radically new car will make its competitive debut at Bristol during the Food City 500 weekend on March 23-25. Lowe's Motor Speedway president H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler, one of racing's most innovative promoters, has begun a campaign to market his track as "The Beast of the Southeast.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Back to NASCAR News
©1998-2008 SurfWax, Inc.
All rights reserved. Patents pending.
Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2008 |