Not a Tornado/ PJ Chesson at Knoxville/ Kinser to Defend Title and Race in Nashville/ Open Wheel Rookies Dot Nashville Lineup/ IRL TV Goes Live On the
Who Will Win Knoxville?
So, just who do you think will win the Knoxville Nationals? Scroll down to the bottom of this page after reading this update and vote.
Huge Race Weekend
This coming weekend can be considered one of the biggest race weekends of the year. Every series is running with championship titles on the line. Then there is the biggest grass roots Open Wheel race of the year, the Knoxville Nationals. We will give the Nationals the same treatment as we so our coverage of the IRL, CCWS and NASCAR with screen grabs and a summery so join up this weekend for our coverage of one of the biggest race weekends of the year.
Not a Tornado
We start out first tonight with a follow-up to a story we first brought you last week. David Tucek of the National Weather Service’s office located in Indianapolis confirmed today that there were no damage reports from the storm pictured here. There was also no know tornadic activity in the area. I have forwarded these photos to the Indy NWS office for more analysis.
After describing what I saw via the phone, Tucek said it was probably just updrafts associated with a building thunderstorm. If there is an official ruling, I will let you know.
Ralph Sheheen Chats it Up
From his newborn’s first Knoxville Nationals to Udders and dry ribs to an angry mob of swamp buggy drivers, Ralph Sheheen talks about it all in today’s SPEED chat session. Here is the link. http://www.speedtv.com/chat/index.php?action=viewarchivedchat&chat_id=49
PJ Chesson Returns to Knoxville
P.J. Chesson become the first driver to compete in both the Indy 500 and the Knoxville Nationals since Steve Kinser in 1997 this weekend. Chesson will drive the 55K fielded by 2005 Knoxville Raceway track champion VerMeer Motorsports.
“(The car) won a couple of races with (2005 track champions) Kerry Madsen this year, so it should be a good piece,” Chesson said. “We’ll see if rusty old P.J. can do anything with it tomorrow night.”
Apparently Dingus could be a favorite of Chesson this weekend.
“I’m not going to Knoxville to look for a ride,” he said. “I think I’ve found a home in Indy Cars. I just want to have some fun and raise a little hell in Iowa.”
Only 17 drivers have ever competed at both Knoxville and Indianapolis. According to an IRL news release, PJ would be No. 18.
Kinser to Defend Title and Race in Nashville
Reigning Knoxville Nationals Champion Kraig Kinser will be extremely busy this weekend attempting to defend his Knoxville title and at the same time trying to win his first truck race in his rookie season. Kinser will race at 5pm eastern in Nashville then board a plane for Knoxville to make what he hopes will be the A main of the Knoxville Nationals.
“It is going to be a busy weekend for us with me defending my title at the Knoxville Nationals,” said Kinser. “I really appreciate everyone at Morgan-Dollar Motorsports letting me go back and forth between the two tracks to run my sprint car and race the No. 46 CENTRIX Silverado.”
Just the double duty with both races on SPEED should be a good show. The Nationals will also mark the first real showdown between the National Sprint Tour and the World of Outlaws Sprint Series. Over 120 cars are entered for Knoxville But who will win?
Bridesmaid Donny Shatz has been the strongest Outlaw this season but Kraig Dolansky has recently had a hot car.
Steve Kinser is still the King but Danny Lasoski has won the title four times. Terry McCarl is one of the hometown favorites but don’t count out a Pennsylvania Posse member or someone with the last name of Swindell.
Is this the year that a new name will rise to dominance? Find out Saturday night at 10pm eastern on SPEED.
The race will be replayed on SPEED Tuesday August 14th at 12pm eastern and an edited version will air on SPEED at 12pm eastern on September 2nd. The truck race from Nashville airs at 5pm on SPEED.
Open Wheel Rookies Dot Nashville Lineup
Five Open Wheel rookies are in the lineup for this weekend’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway.
Current USAC Silver Crown driver Peter Shepherd is expected to make his second truck start. He will be joined by Bobby East, Erin Crocker, Boston Reid and Kraig Kinser. Kinser and East are coming off of career best finishes last weekend at ORP.
Open Wheeler Truck Entries for Nashville
10 Terry Cook
16 Mike Bliss
17 David Reutiman (Wayne Reutiman Jr.’s cousin)
21 Bobby East *
25 Boston Reid*
46 Kraig Kinser*
50 Peter Shepherd*
98 Erin Crocker*
Double Time
Both Erin Crocker and Peter Shepherd will get pleanty of track time this weekend at Nashville. Shepherd is scheduled to make his second ARCA ReMax Series start in the No. 39 Roulo Brothers Racing Ford.
Erin Crocker returns to Nashville after winning her first pork pole in her first ARCA race in March of 2005. Open Wheeler Justin Allgaier will make the shift from dirt Silver Crown to ARCA driving the No. 16 USAF-Hoosier Tire Midwest entry. The race airs at 3pm eastern Saturday on SPEED.
Hit the Road
The NASCAR Busch Series hits the road this weekend with the Cup guys at Watkins Glen. The Busch entry list looks more like a Cup entry list again.
Busch Series Entries for Watkins Glen
02 Ryan Newman
9 Boris Said
10 John Andretti
11 Paul Menard
18 J.J. Yeley
32 Dave Blaney
38 Jason Leffler
60 Carl Edwards
77 Burney Lamar
IRL TV Goes Live On the Web Again
I absolutely loved the live TV web coverage during the Indy 500.
The good people at the IRL and IndyCar.com are bringing the TV coverage online for this weekend’s Kentucky races. Live streaming video of all practice sessions, Marlboro Pole Qualifying (4:15pm eastern, Aug.12) and the in-car footage of the race also will be available at http://www.indycar.com/. The race goes live Sunday at 3:30pm eastern on ABC at the same time CCWS is live on SPEED.
TV Listings
Friday
3:00 pm NASCAR Nextel Cup Qualifying Watkins Glen (LIVE) SPEED
Saturday
10:00 am NASCAR Nextel Cup Final Practice Watkins Glen (LIVE) SPEED
11:00 am NASCAR Busch Qualifying Watkins Glen (LIVE) SPEED
2:00 pm Busch Series Watkins Glen NBC
3:00 pm ARCA RE/MAX Series Nashville (LIVE) SPEED
5:00 pm NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Nashville (LIVE) SPEED
10:00 pm Knoxville Nationals 46th Annual Event (LIVE) SPEED
Sunday
1:00 pm Bank of America Countdown to Green - Watkins Glen NBC
1:30 pm Nextel Cup Race Watkins Glen NBC (LIVE)
3:30pm IRL IndyCar Series ABC (LIVE)
3:30 pm Champ Car World Series Denver (LIVE) SPEED
8:00 pm The SPEED Report SPEED
9:00 pm Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain (LIVE) SPEED
Images appearing in this blog courtesy of R.E. Technologies and SPEED.
So, just who do you think will win the Knoxville Nationals? Scroll down to the bottom of this page after reading this update and vote.
Huge Race Weekend
This coming weekend can be considered one of the biggest race weekends of the year. Every series is running with championship titles on the line. Then there is the biggest grass roots Open Wheel race of the year, the Knoxville Nationals. We will give the Nationals the same treatment as we so our coverage of the IRL, CCWS and NASCAR with screen grabs and a summery so join up this weekend for our coverage of one of the biggest race weekends of the year.
Not a Tornado
We start out first tonight with a follow-up to a story we first brought you last week. David Tucek of the National Weather Service’s office located in Indianapolis confirmed today that there were no damage reports from the storm pictured here. There was also no know tornadic activity in the area. I have forwarded these photos to the Indy NWS office for more analysis.
After describing what I saw via the phone, Tucek said it was probably just updrafts associated with a building thunderstorm. If there is an official ruling, I will let you know.
Ralph Sheheen Chats it Up
From his newborn’s first Knoxville Nationals to Udders and dry ribs to an angry mob of swamp buggy drivers, Ralph Sheheen talks about it all in today’s SPEED chat session. Here is the link. http://www.speedtv.com/chat/index.php?action=viewarchivedchat&chat_id=49
PJ Chesson Returns to Knoxville
P.J. Chesson become the first driver to compete in both the Indy 500 and the Knoxville Nationals since Steve Kinser in 1997 this weekend. Chesson will drive the 55K fielded by 2005 Knoxville Raceway track champion VerMeer Motorsports.
“(The car) won a couple of races with (2005 track champions) Kerry Madsen this year, so it should be a good piece,” Chesson said. “We’ll see if rusty old P.J. can do anything with it tomorrow night.”
Apparently Dingus could be a favorite of Chesson this weekend.
“I’m not going to Knoxville to look for a ride,” he said. “I think I’ve found a home in Indy Cars. I just want to have some fun and raise a little hell in Iowa.”
Only 17 drivers have ever competed at both Knoxville and Indianapolis. According to an IRL news release, PJ would be No. 18.
Kinser to Defend Title and Race in Nashville
Reigning Knoxville Nationals Champion Kraig Kinser will be extremely busy this weekend attempting to defend his Knoxville title and at the same time trying to win his first truck race in his rookie season. Kinser will race at 5pm eastern in Nashville then board a plane for Knoxville to make what he hopes will be the A main of the Knoxville Nationals.
“It is going to be a busy weekend for us with me defending my title at the Knoxville Nationals,” said Kinser. “I really appreciate everyone at Morgan-Dollar Motorsports letting me go back and forth between the two tracks to run my sprint car and race the No. 46 CENTRIX Silverado.”
Just the double duty with both races on SPEED should be a good show. The Nationals will also mark the first real showdown between the National Sprint Tour and the World of Outlaws Sprint Series. Over 120 cars are entered for Knoxville But who will win?
Bridesmaid Donny Shatz has been the strongest Outlaw this season but Kraig Dolansky has recently had a hot car.
Steve Kinser is still the King but Danny Lasoski has won the title four times. Terry McCarl is one of the hometown favorites but don’t count out a Pennsylvania Posse member or someone with the last name of Swindell.
Is this the year that a new name will rise to dominance? Find out Saturday night at 10pm eastern on SPEED.
The race will be replayed on SPEED Tuesday August 14th at 12pm eastern and an edited version will air on SPEED at 12pm eastern on September 2nd. The truck race from Nashville airs at 5pm on SPEED.
Open Wheel Rookies Dot Nashville Lineup
Five Open Wheel rookies are in the lineup for this weekend’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway.
Current USAC Silver Crown driver Peter Shepherd is expected to make his second truck start. He will be joined by Bobby East, Erin Crocker, Boston Reid and Kraig Kinser. Kinser and East are coming off of career best finishes last weekend at ORP.
Open Wheeler Truck Entries for Nashville
10 Terry Cook
16 Mike Bliss
17 David Reutiman (Wayne Reutiman Jr.’s cousin)
21 Bobby East *
25 Boston Reid*
46 Kraig Kinser*
50 Peter Shepherd*
98 Erin Crocker*
Double Time
Both Erin Crocker and Peter Shepherd will get pleanty of track time this weekend at Nashville. Shepherd is scheduled to make his second ARCA ReMax Series start in the No. 39 Roulo Brothers Racing Ford.
Erin Crocker returns to Nashville after winning her first pork pole in her first ARCA race in March of 2005. Open Wheeler Justin Allgaier will make the shift from dirt Silver Crown to ARCA driving the No. 16 USAF-Hoosier Tire Midwest entry. The race airs at 3pm eastern Saturday on SPEED.
Hit the Road
The NASCAR Busch Series hits the road this weekend with the Cup guys at Watkins Glen. The Busch entry list looks more like a Cup entry list again.
Busch Series Entries for Watkins Glen
02 Ryan Newman
9 Boris Said
10 John Andretti
11 Paul Menard
18 J.J. Yeley
32 Dave Blaney
38 Jason Leffler
60 Carl Edwards
77 Burney Lamar
IRL TV Goes Live On the Web Again
I absolutely loved the live TV web coverage during the Indy 500.
The good people at the IRL and IndyCar.com are bringing the TV coverage online for this weekend’s Kentucky races. Live streaming video of all practice sessions, Marlboro Pole Qualifying (4:15pm eastern, Aug.12) and the in-car footage of the race also will be available at http://www.indycar.com/. The race goes live Sunday at 3:30pm eastern on ABC at the same time CCWS is live on SPEED.
TV Listings
Friday
3:00 pm NASCAR Nextel Cup Qualifying Watkins Glen (LIVE) SPEED
Saturday
10:00 am NASCAR Nextel Cup Final Practice Watkins Glen (LIVE) SPEED
11:00 am NASCAR Busch Qualifying Watkins Glen (LIVE) SPEED
2:00 pm Busch Series Watkins Glen NBC
3:00 pm ARCA RE/MAX Series Nashville (LIVE) SPEED
5:00 pm NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Nashville (LIVE) SPEED
10:00 pm Knoxville Nationals 46th Annual Event (LIVE) SPEED
Sunday
1:00 pm Bank of America Countdown to Green - Watkins Glen NBC
1:30 pm Nextel Cup Race Watkins Glen NBC (LIVE)
3:30pm IRL IndyCar Series ABC (LIVE)
3:30 pm Champ Car World Series Denver (LIVE) SPEED
8:00 pm The SPEED Report SPEED
9:00 pm Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain (LIVE) SPEED
Images appearing in this blog courtesy of R.E. Technologies and SPEED.
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