Welcome to Nashville/ Oh Brother Where Art Thou?/ You are going to get a Talking to Sweetie
Welcome to Nashville
Nashville, Tenn. – Our Open Wheelers who have gone the fendered way are in Nashville, Tennessee for this weekends ARCA Re/Max Series and NASCAR Busch Series races at the concrete facility.
I also visited Lonnie’s Western Room to perform Karoke, I do a mean Elvis, but unfortunately, I visted too early in the evening and they were closed.
The whole town has a NASCAR feel this weekend as Eli Gold called the Arena Football League game tonight for Comcast SportsNet
and David Green was one of the featured interviews during the game.
The AFL cheerleaders were great too. (I think I am in love.) Ok, enough of my rambling and on with the news from the racing world.
Erin Crocker to Start 4th in ARCA
Open Wheeler Erin Crocker will start 4th in the ARCA/ReMax Race Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway. Stephen Wallace, son of IRL commentator and NASCAR Legend Rusty Wallace will start on the pole. The race airs live on SPEED at 1:30pm eastern. We will have a full wrap up Saturday night including images.
Carl Edwards Fastest Open Wheeler
Carl Edwards was the fastest Open Wheeler in the two Busch Series practice sessions Friday at Nashville Superspeedway. Qualifying is Saturday at 11am eastern on SPEED with the race live at 3:30pm on FX. We will also have a wrap up of that race and images tomorrow night as well.
Busch Series Practice Results Nashville
The sessions are listed in order they happened 1/2
60 Carl Edwards 6/3
11 Paul Menard 8/5
9 Erin Crocker 25/9
77 Burney Lamar 22/11
18 J.J. Yeley 16/12
43 Aaron Fike 36/15
34 Mike Bliss 15/18
32 Jason Leffler 21/22
10 John Andretti 12/32
Carl Edwards get new Crew Chief
Wally Brown, formally lead engineer, will be the new crew chief for Carl Edwards and the No.99 Cup team.
Bob Jenkins New Gig?
One of the best voices in motorsports, Bob Jenkins is scheduled to appear on the Autosport Show Tuesday night at 7pm eastern. "Jinks" is scheduled to talk about the new direction he is headed in. You can listen to the program Tuesday at http://www.autosportradio.com
Full Field Expected for the 500
Twenty six drivers have been named to the thirty-eight entries for the thirty-three starting spots for the Indianapolis 500.
Sixty-six cars are included on those 38 entries, including backup cars. That means we definitely see a full field of 33 cars with potential bumping over four days in May. The 90th Indianapolis 500 is scheduled to start at 1pm eastern Sunday, May 28 on ABC Sports. Opening day for the speedway is Sunday, May 7.
Entries
Race winners (6): Helio Castroneves (2001, 2002), Eddie Cheever Jr. (1998),Buddy Lazier (1996), Buddy Rice (2004), Al Unser Jr. (1992, 1994), DanWheldon (2005).
Pole winners (5): Helio Castroneves (2003), Tony Kanaan (2005), Scott Sharp(2001), Buddy Rice (2004), Al Unser Jr. (1994).
Rookies (3): Marco Andretti, P.J. Chesson, Arie Luyendyk Jr.
U.S. born (15): Marco Andretti, Michael Andretti, Jeff Bucknum, EdCarpenter, Eddie Cheever Jr., P.J. Chesson, Larry Foyt, Bryan Herta, SamHornish Jr., Buddy Lazier, Danica Patrick, Buddy Rice, Scott Sharp, JeffSimmons, Al Unser Jr.
Foreign born (11): Helio Castroneves, Brazil; Scott Dixon, New Zealand;Dario Franchitti, Scotland; Felipe Giaffone, Brazil; Tony Kanaan, Brazil;Arie Luyendyk Jr., Netherlands; Vitor Meira, Brazil; Marty Roth, Canada;Kosuke Matsuura, Japan; Tomas Scheckter, South Africa; Dan Wheldon, England.
Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
Like brother, like brother. Ok not really.
Kurt Busch got pulled over and allegedly mouthed off to Arizona officers. His younger brother Kyle was pulled over in Richmond Wednesday night but wisely did not mouth off and was actually respectful to the officers. According to Henrico County police, Kyle Busch was pulled over for alleged reckless driving near the Richmond airport. According to published reports, the misdemeanor charge carries up to a year in jail, a $2,500 fine and a driver's license suspension. The offense also calls for a mandatory court appearance. Busch was in Richmond for testing and spoke to a group of teenagers as part of Sprint Nextel's attentive driving education program "Focus on Driving." We are expecting to hear comment from Kyle Busch about the incident but as of posting time, have not received any comment from the 2005 Rookie of the Year.
You are going to get a Talking to Sweetie
Several publications are reporting that Nicole Lunders, Greg Biffle's girlfriend,
(Circled in this Image) will face a reprimand from NASCAR after she confronted Kurt Bfiances fiancee, Eva Bryan following a wreck between their other halves Sunday at Texas. FOX's cameras caught Nicole Lunders slamming a water bottle on Biffle's pit box.
She then marched down pit road to Busch's pit box and had a heated exchange with Eva Bryan. Most likely, NASCAR will just talk to Ms. Lunders and tell her not to do it again. The sanctioning body does have the right to pull her hardcard credential, barring her from the race track but will most likely, just talk to her. An official ruling is expected sometime next week prior to the race at Phoenix.
Join us Saturday for a recap of both the Busch and ARCA Re/Max Series races at Nashville.
Images courtesy of RE Technologies, SPEED, ABC, IRL, Arena Football League, Comcast SportsNet, FOX and NASCAR Digital Entertainment.
Nashville, Tenn. – Our Open Wheelers who have gone the fendered way are in Nashville, Tennessee for this weekends ARCA Re/Max Series and NASCAR Busch Series races at the concrete facility.
I also visited Lonnie’s Western Room to perform Karoke, I do a mean Elvis, but unfortunately, I visted too early in the evening and they were closed.
The whole town has a NASCAR feel this weekend as Eli Gold called the Arena Football League game tonight for Comcast SportsNet
and David Green was one of the featured interviews during the game.
The AFL cheerleaders were great too. (I think I am in love.) Ok, enough of my rambling and on with the news from the racing world.
Erin Crocker to Start 4th in ARCA
Open Wheeler Erin Crocker will start 4th in the ARCA/ReMax Race Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway. Stephen Wallace, son of IRL commentator and NASCAR Legend Rusty Wallace will start on the pole. The race airs live on SPEED at 1:30pm eastern. We will have a full wrap up Saturday night including images.
Carl Edwards Fastest Open Wheeler
Carl Edwards was the fastest Open Wheeler in the two Busch Series practice sessions Friday at Nashville Superspeedway. Qualifying is Saturday at 11am eastern on SPEED with the race live at 3:30pm on FX. We will also have a wrap up of that race and images tomorrow night as well.
Busch Series Practice Results Nashville
The sessions are listed in order they happened 1/2
60 Carl Edwards 6/3
11 Paul Menard 8/5
9 Erin Crocker 25/9
77 Burney Lamar 22/11
18 J.J. Yeley 16/12
43 Aaron Fike 36/15
34 Mike Bliss 15/18
32 Jason Leffler 21/22
10 John Andretti 12/32
Carl Edwards get new Crew Chief
Wally Brown, formally lead engineer, will be the new crew chief for Carl Edwards and the No.99 Cup team.
Bob Jenkins New Gig?
One of the best voices in motorsports, Bob Jenkins is scheduled to appear on the Autosport Show Tuesday night at 7pm eastern. "Jinks" is scheduled to talk about the new direction he is headed in. You can listen to the program Tuesday at http://www.autosportradio.com
Full Field Expected for the 500
Twenty six drivers have been named to the thirty-eight entries for the thirty-three starting spots for the Indianapolis 500.
Sixty-six cars are included on those 38 entries, including backup cars. That means we definitely see a full field of 33 cars with potential bumping over four days in May. The 90th Indianapolis 500 is scheduled to start at 1pm eastern Sunday, May 28 on ABC Sports. Opening day for the speedway is Sunday, May 7.
Entries
Race winners (6): Helio Castroneves (2001, 2002), Eddie Cheever Jr. (1998),Buddy Lazier (1996), Buddy Rice (2004), Al Unser Jr. (1992, 1994), DanWheldon (2005).
Pole winners (5): Helio Castroneves (2003), Tony Kanaan (2005), Scott Sharp(2001), Buddy Rice (2004), Al Unser Jr. (1994).
Rookies (3): Marco Andretti, P.J. Chesson, Arie Luyendyk Jr.
U.S. born (15): Marco Andretti, Michael Andretti, Jeff Bucknum, EdCarpenter, Eddie Cheever Jr., P.J. Chesson, Larry Foyt, Bryan Herta, SamHornish Jr., Buddy Lazier, Danica Patrick, Buddy Rice, Scott Sharp, JeffSimmons, Al Unser Jr.
Foreign born (11): Helio Castroneves, Brazil; Scott Dixon, New Zealand;Dario Franchitti, Scotland; Felipe Giaffone, Brazil; Tony Kanaan, Brazil;Arie Luyendyk Jr., Netherlands; Vitor Meira, Brazil; Marty Roth, Canada;Kosuke Matsuura, Japan; Tomas Scheckter, South Africa; Dan Wheldon, England.
Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
Like brother, like brother. Ok not really.
Kurt Busch got pulled over and allegedly mouthed off to Arizona officers. His younger brother Kyle was pulled over in Richmond Wednesday night but wisely did not mouth off and was actually respectful to the officers. According to Henrico County police, Kyle Busch was pulled over for alleged reckless driving near the Richmond airport. According to published reports, the misdemeanor charge carries up to a year in jail, a $2,500 fine and a driver's license suspension. The offense also calls for a mandatory court appearance. Busch was in Richmond for testing and spoke to a group of teenagers as part of Sprint Nextel's attentive driving education program "Focus on Driving." We are expecting to hear comment from Kyle Busch about the incident but as of posting time, have not received any comment from the 2005 Rookie of the Year.
You are going to get a Talking to Sweetie
Several publications are reporting that Nicole Lunders, Greg Biffle's girlfriend,
(Circled in this Image) will face a reprimand from NASCAR after she confronted Kurt Bfiances fiancee, Eva Bryan following a wreck between their other halves Sunday at Texas. FOX's cameras caught Nicole Lunders slamming a water bottle on Biffle's pit box.
She then marched down pit road to Busch's pit box and had a heated exchange with Eva Bryan. Most likely, NASCAR will just talk to Ms. Lunders and tell her not to do it again. The sanctioning body does have the right to pull her hardcard credential, barring her from the race track but will most likely, just talk to her. An official ruling is expected sometime next week prior to the race at Phoenix.
Join us Saturday for a recap of both the Busch and ARCA Re/Max Series races at Nashville.
Images courtesy of RE Technologies, SPEED, ABC, IRL, Arena Football League, Comcast SportsNet, FOX and NASCAR Digital Entertainment.
posted by Blake Johnson at 2:52 PM
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