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NOTHING BUT NASCAR HERE! My first NASCAR Cup experience was the Richmond fall race in 1999. I've been a NASCAR and Tony Stewart fan since. Here's a look at him and NASCAR through a different set of eyes. Best viewed with Spread Firefox Affiliate Button

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Sunday, June 08, 2008

 

The Olympics and NASCAR

Always a fan of the VA boys in NASCAR, I'll post this info sent to me from ATT about Jeff's support for the Olymipc games.

AT&T is celebrating Team USA as it prepares for the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing by introducing a new paint scheme for Richard Childress Racing’s No. 31 AT&T Chevrolet, the racecar driven by NASCAR Cup Series veteran Jeff Burton!

Last Thursday (6/5/08), Jeff Burton circled Pocono Raceway in the new paint scheme, which features the AT&T USA five-ring logo and images of U.S. Olympic Team hopefuls gymnast Nastia Liukin and swimmer Michael Phelps.

Click Here for images of the event and the new No. 31 paint scheme.

AT&T is proud to continue its support for NASCAR and Team USA. Burton, Liukin, and Phelps are all doing amazing things this year, and we look forward to their future successes!

Also, Team USA enthusiasts who want to stay connected to their favorite U.S. athletes such as Liukin and Phelps should be sure to check out AT&T blue room to enjoy webcasts of events and exclusive interviews with AT&T U.S. Olympic Team hopefuls. Both Liukin and Phelps are featured in AT&T Tips and Training program episodes, which provide fans access to sport-specific training tips from select U.S. Olympic Team hopefuls.

Monday, June 02, 2008

 

17 Laps

I watched my first Dover race from the stands this year, and 17 laps was all it took for it to go bad. From our seats in the middle of turn of 3 and 4, 16 rows up, we could see all of the track with the exception of a short section right in front of us, as it was hard to see over the wall. We had pretty good seats for lap 17, though. We saw Elliott Sadler come out of turn 2 sideways after contact with David Gilliland. Dover being the “Self Cleaning Track”, Elliot didn’t stay up against the outside wall. Another quirk of the Monster Mile is it gets narrow coming out of the turns. These two factors gave Tony not much of a chance to avoid Sadler in the first place. He came out of turn two where the normally fast line has you drift up towards the wall. As the 19 car started to slide down to the inside, I imagined Tony staying high and cruising around and continuing the race. That dream did not materialize. “Go low” is what I heard on my Fan View Scanner. Tony’s spotter didn’t have the view we had. We could see right down the back stretch, and the spotter had to look over the garage area to see what was happening. And go low is what Tony did; right into the side of the Best Buy car.

We had a full and fun weekend, even with the race ending very early. We did TrackSide Live on Friday, watched part of the Nationwide Race from the pits on Saturday, and had good seats for Sunday’s race. We met some new friends who were more than just a little hospitable, letting us park and hang out with them at their RV. We enjoyed watching Joey Legano race, and bought the first of probably many of his souvenirs. He looks like he could make the Joe Gibbs racing stable even more powerful than it is now. No pressure, Joey.

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