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Just read on my facebook account that Greg Zippidelli, who has been the crew cheif of the 20 car for a long time now...first with Stewart and the past few years with Lagono...will be going over to Stewart-Haas Racing. Though really don't know what job he will fullfill there as of yet...
yes he will do in his new team Danica's team #10 for that to be I love see her to in sprint cup racing to be. and more inform:
way I like to see Stewart's team getting more new driver in like Dancia Patrick..
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yeah I like pets myself too.. I like cat, small dog sometime parakeet but long ago young I had small dog and parakeet but I really like small dog is yorkshire terror that I had before. but now my mom had new small dog name grady not remember kind of dog he is oh well. I own cat right now. as for future not know yet.
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well I learn from my dad when I did little drive with my dad in his green ford ranger truck first time to high school before graduation. I was 18 or 16 year old senior year then drive class first time myself to use from few days I did. then later I get first car 1991 honda civic buy from my parent. now I had 2005 blue ford focus so long time drive but first time little nervous when snow coming las time when I had first car oh boy in winter. I never had trouble with police or ticket for long time wow
oh well.. seem I am good driver myself lol.. that why be carefully follow law for drive on speed and etc. -
that interesting working on very nice seem lot time working on project. interesting one. hope finish after look like are.
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I wish they need long story but it limit typing here so what you think about Safer Barriers and seating safer are? for 2012? check out:
http://www.nascar.com/news/111208/safer-barrier-tethers/index.html
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Steel and Foam Energy Reduction barrier system currently in place at all NASCAR facilities has significantly reduced driver injuries, but the aging nylon tethers may need to be replaced soon, according to the man who developed it.Dr. Dean Sicking, director of the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility at the University of Nebraska, said the SAFER barriers have three major components: structural steel tubing, closed-cell polystyrene foam blocks and nylon retention tethers.
Seat safety
Upgrades helped minimize David Reutimann's movement when he crashed at WGI. Driver-turned-seat maker Randy LaJoie sees short-track safety as the next priority.
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The foam blocks begin to lose their effectiveness for dissipating energy after about five years, Sicking said. But the nylon tethers are also affected by the elements, particularly sunlight. And since most of the tracks installed their SAFER systems between 2003 and '04, the tethers are now in need of inspection.
"Almost all of the tracks have replaced the foam once," Sicking said. "I've informally inspected the tethers during my walks around the tracks. And the tethers are now reaching a point where they need to be looked at."
Sicking said tracks shouldn't be overly concerned about tether replacement, but they should be aware that it could become an issue in the future.
"But when I walked the Daytona track last spring, I saw a lot of tethers that I thought that in another year or two, they're going to need to be replaced," he said. "And there were a few tethers that I told them, they probably need to get rid of now."
Because the tethers help hold the SAFER barrier in place, Sicking said the failure of multiple tethers could result in a disastrous situation, particularly if it happened during a race weekend. For example, a track the size of Daytona may have several thousand tethers in place -- and if they failed, it could create chaos.
"The tethers are so over-designed that if you lose two, it's not a problem," Sicking said. "You lose six or eight in a row and that would be a monumental repair.
"You don't want to stop the race because the SAFER barrier's laying on the track. That would not be good. That would be hours and hours to fix."
The good thing? Tethers are relatively inexpensive, Sicking said. And it's something each track can budget for in advance.
"When they feel like their tethers are in need of system-wide replacement, you might replace every other one," Sicking said. "Then wait four or five years and replace every other one again. And that would keep your cost down."
Sicking gave an update on SAFER technology during this week's safety and technical conference during the International Motorsports Industry Show at the Indianapolis Convention Center. In addition to long-term maintenance of current SAFER systems on ovals, Sicking's future plans include developing a "crash cushion" for the walls at the entrance to pit road, continuing to work with road courses to implement SAFER technology, and to find a solution to the issue with catch fence safety.
Sicking suggested moving the fence supports as much as 8 feet from the concrete walls, then supporting the fence with a cantilevered system.
"The solution is that you move the poles away, and that can be done," Sicking said. "If you can back the poles away from the fence, get them far enough away, most of your problems go away. We had a feasibility study funded a long time ago that we looked at, and that's what we concluded."
The support posts would have to be significantly bulkier to provide enough support and dissipate the energy, and that brings the matter of cost into play. However, Sicking said he's more than willing to undertake further study, if funding can be obtained.
what you think about that for 2012 something better?
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Dale Earnharht's Story:
Dale Earnhardt JR need it check his story too he my favorite driver behind Tony Stewart was check out:
http://www.nascar.com/news/111210/dearnhardtjr-year-in-review-2011/index.html
It might be a good thing for Dale Earnhardt Jr. to make sure he has Steve Letarte's cell number on his frequent caller plan, because based on how they conversed in 2011 -- and how that resulted in a solid Chase effort -- they're about to spend a whole lot more time talking in 2012.For the first time since 2006, Earnhardt's average finish was at least one position better than his average start. He averaged a 19.6 starting position, but a 14.5 finish. And that, he said, was the key to his optimism with Letarte.
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Sitting here again, seeing all the pictures and the accolades that come along with guys who have made it to Victory Lane, my face isn't in those highlights. I want to be in there next year.
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-- DALE EARNHARDT JR.
2011 statistics
First 26 Final 10
Wins 0 0
Top-fives 3 1
Top-10s 9 3
Poles 1 0
DNFs 2 0
Laps Led 50 2
Avg. Start 21.4 14.9
Avg. Finish 14.2 15.2
Race-by-Race Results
Perhaps too much.
"There's been so many times throughout the season where literally for the next 48 hours after the race, all I wanted to do was text him and call him and keep bugging him about how great a job he did, and how awesome the car was and how happy I was with the car getting better throughout the race," Earnhardt said. "It's so frustrating when you're racing and you can't improve. And you work and work, and you don't get better.
"There were races where we were getting so much better and being more competitive. I just wore him out, bugging the heck out of him about it. He looks at it like, 'Hey, that's what I'm supposed to do. That's my job.' And it wasn't a big deal. He brushes it off. But it just really pleased me a lot to be able to have a guy that I could count on, on top of the box, making changes on the car that were working. It was really enjoyable."
The early part of 2011 showed a consistently strong Earnhardt the Sprint Cup Series hadn't seen in a while. After a 24th-place finish at Daytona -- despite winning the pole -- Earnhardt rolled off seven consecutive finishes of 12th or better. It was a welcome change for both him and Junior Nation.
Earnhardt gives credit to the growing bond among him, his new crew and Letarte.
"The team and myself sort of evolved into the union that we made over the offseason, as we all got together and changed a lot of things around," Earnhardt said.
Coming off of three consecutive finishes outside the top 10, Earnhardt cruised into Charlotte for the Coca-Cola 600. He was among the 10 fastest cars in only one of the three practices and qualified 25th.
Letarte worked his magic, and a fuel-mileage gamble almost paid off.
Earnhardt finished up just a quarter-lap short of his first checkered flag in 104 races and ended up seventh, but afterward knew he'd taken the only shot he had.
"I just do whatever my dang crew chief says, but I believe that was the right call," Earnhardt said. "Because if we'd have pitted, I don't know where we would have finished. We'd have finished wherever David Ragan finished [third]. ... But think about it, man. Winning the 600, that would be awesome. I had to try. Had to try."
Earnhardt followed that with a runner-up finish at Kansas and a sixth-place run at Pocono. But that's where things went slightly off track, and Earnhardt wasn't back in the top 10 until the series returned to Pocono seven races later. He was ninth there, and had only three more top-10s in the final 15 races of the season.
He finished seventh in back-to-back outings at Martinsville and Texas in the Chase, and 11th in the finale at Homestead-Miami. Those runs at the end of the year gave him something to build on for 2012 despite leading only two laps in the entirety of the Chase.
"We ended on a relatively decent note," Earnhardt said. "We wanted to finish well at Homestead because I haven't run well there in a long time, and we went into that race really trying to capitalize on the opportunity there -- to finish the season on a positive note."
Another positive for Earnhardt? He made his return to the Cup Series award ceremony -- it was his best points finish since 2006 -- this time in Las Vegas. The last time he got to speak on stage, the event was still being held in New York.
"It's good to be back at the big dinner again," he said with a laugh as an introduction to his speech.
But what was missing from the night? For one, more highlights of him, especially in Victory Lane. For another, the chance to pull the belts tight and turn left for a few hours.
"Sitting here again, seeing all the pictures and the accolades that come along with guys who have made it to Victory Lane, my face isn't in those highlights. I want to be in there next year," Earnhardt said.
"Looking at the pictures and listening to the highlights and people talk, I'm ready to go back to the race track now. After the last several years, I've really looked forward to the offseason and enjoy the break we have. But this year, I'm really looking forward to getting back to the race track whenever we can, because I just enjoy working with Steve. I enjoy exploring and finding new things with him through the mechanics of the car. I'm ready to go, and I think that says a lot about our possibilities next year and our potential to have a good season."
so he need good wins for next year than this time for his team.. oh well..
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wow for Denny's story and good news for your favorite Jeff Gordon's story from Nascar.com:
http://www.nascar.com/news/111209/jgordon-year-in-review-2011/index.html
For Jeff Gordon it was a season of comebacks, marked by a streak-snapping victory, a record-making victory, and a little bit of breakdancing on stage during Champion's Week. But the four-time champion's best campaign in years was also tinged with a little wistfulness over what might have been.85 Wins
Jeff Gordon became the third-winningest driver in Cup Series history with his victory at Atlanta.
2011 statistics
First 26 Final 10
Wins 3 0
Top-fives 10 3
Top-10s 14 4
Poles 1 0
DNFs 2 1
Laps led 644 278
Avg. start 13.6 16.5
Avg. finish 11.6 16.8
Race-by-Race Results
Gordon won three races, claiming multiple victories for the first time since 2007, and positioned himself as a major player in the Sprint Cup championship field as the playoff began. He snapped a 66-race winless skid with a victory at Phoenix in February, and recorded his 85th career win in September at Atlanta, a triumph that moved him behind only luminaries Richard Petty and David Pearson on the sport's all-time list. But Gordon also let a few other potential wins get away, and faded in the playoff to such an extent that he was only a bystander when Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart duked it out for the title in the season's final weekend.
"It's important to win races, because you have to have results," Gordon said. "You don't have results, it's hard to ever get back to where you need to. The longer you go without winning, the harder it is, and that's why [we] made big changes .... At the same time, I feel like Alan Gustafson is one of the best crew chiefs in the garage, and we should have won more than three races, and really been up there battling for the championship."
Gordon and Gustafson were paired together following the 2010 season as part of a sweeping personnel realignment at Hendrick Motorsports, and the union paid dividends almost immediately. In the second week of the season, Gordon passed Kyle Busch with eight laps remaining and went on to win at Phoenix, scoring his first victory since early in the 2009 campaign, and snapping a 66-race winless skid in the process.
"It feels so amazing. I can't tell you how amazing this feels," he said then. "It's been a long time, I know, and I'm going to savor this one so much."
Gordon would go on to win two more times in 2011, recording multiple victories for the first time since a 2007 season in which he nearly won a fifth championship. At Pocono in June, he rolled to victory after top contenders Denny Hamlin and Edwards fell out of the race with mechanical trouble. And then came the capper at Atlanta, when after a two-day delay because of Tropical Storm Lee, Gordon held off Jimmie Johnson to claim his 85th career win and take sole possession of third place on NASCAR's all-time win list.
"With the kind of day we had, the kind of year we're having, I feel rejuvenated," Gordon said then.
And yet, those feelings would ultimately be tempered by what was left on the table. Gordon was the class of the Brickyard 400 in August, but his attempt to claim that race for a fifth time was derailed when Paul Menard stayed out of the pits and won on a long fuel run, barely holding off a charging Gordon at the end. And then there was the second Chase race at New Hampshire, when Gordon again had a chance to win, but unexpectedly ran out of gas and settled for fourth despite leading 78 laps.
Of those two that got away, Indy unquestionably stung the most. "It certainly was earned by Paul Menard. He did a great job, they had a great strategy," Gordon said. "But we had such a great car that day, and it's the Brickyard 400, a race that means so much. So to be the best car out there and come up a little bit short was a disappointment. And then New Hampshire, it was in the Chase. I figured it was important for us to get some momentum after our race in Chicago, and we had a 10-second lead and ran out of fuel when we didn't even think we were close to running out of fuel. So that was a disappointment."
New Hampshire was Gordon's last gasp. An engine failure at Kansas and a string of mediocre finishes relegated him to an eighth-place finish in final points, a definite disappointment for a driver whom many considered the favorite entering the Chase. In that regard, it was something of a bitter finish to Gordon's best season in four years.
"We had all the momentum. We were running good at so many different tracks," Gordon said. "I think we had everything it took coming into it. And yet, even with that, you still have to perform. And you can't make mistakes."
what you think of his story about? he need lot better for next year to be unlike dale earnhart jr too.
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yeah I agree with both about it. you need join social and make new friends when you feel up to you. Would be good for you to join in.
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if any interesting of fan #24 jeff gordon and cool check out his home site:
his new car for 2011 wallpapers:
http://jeffgordon.com/media/downloads/wallpapers/800x600/DTEH800x600.jpg
http://jeffgordon.com/media/downloads/wallpapers/800x600/wallpaper9_800.jpg
that some look good for you guys who fan for #24 to be..
as well to be..
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wow that nice, i wish go to Covington GA where first dukes in and also "In The Heat of the Night" did in too as well oh boy. So hello welcome to forum and enjoy stay
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yeah wow that long time many years for that, I bit older right now oh well.. oh boy. long time this site umm.. nice
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hi guys,
I wonder any you have plan good time for families or etc for Christmas weekend and new year as well? I not see my older brother this year because they will stay over his wife(sister-in-law) in Crested Butte, Colorado that bit far from Denver over in mountain drive so hope see this next summer for vacation for his birthday in August.. oh well.. I might stay over night with parent in Lee's Summit, MO for weekend. It few 3 or 4 more weeks left to go wow..
oh well. Are you guys excited for Xmas? 
Be safety for xmas and new year time. thanks enjoy
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yep seem not going this time for me.. to be.. oh well.. since plan see my brother late summer and some plan on spring time. seem no time. sound look good.
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yep, new from nascar.com:
http://www.nascar.com/news/111206/kbusch-season-in-review-2011/index.html
Even as Kurt Busch's 2011 season came to a conclusion, the 2004 Cup Series champion knew he had to make adjustments moving into the future.The biggest one imaginable came into sharp focus three days after the annual Cup awards celebration, when Busch and Penske Racing announced Monday their mutual agreement to separate, fewer than two seasons after announcing a long-term contract extension in spring 2010.
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We won at Sonoma, we won a Chase race at Dover and we were nine points out of the lead three races into the Chase. That's the season that I think of. I don't look at those last three races.
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-- KURT BUSCH
Starting over
Kurt Busch leaves Penske Racing with a dearth of open seats and no announced plans for the future. It was a move that was unexpected even two months ago.
Penske, Busch announce split
Meeting set for Busch's future
Busch sees sports psychologist
Busch fined after Homestead
Addington quits as No. 22 chief
Busch's on-track reputation as a front-line competitor remained intact this season, as he made his sixth Chase for the Sprint Cup in eight tries, though blunted by his second consecutive 11th-place finish.
Busch continued a 10-year string of winning at least one points race a season, with two of them. Busch, in fact, won the first two races he started in his renumbered No. 22 Dodge -- a sponsor-driven switch from the famed "blue deuce" Busch had driven since joining Penske in 2006.
The non-points Budweiser Shootout and Gatorade Duel 150 qualifying race were previews of how effective Busch would be in the 2011 regular season, when he remained in the top 10 in the standings all 26 regular-season races.
But intermittently throughout the season, flashes of a more personally disagreeable Busch flared up: on his in-car radio with his crew chief, crew and even owner Roger Penske -- and sometimes in clashes with his competitors and the media.
Busch reached the critical Richmond cutoff point for the Chase as the series' seventh seed for the playoffs. Busch secured that with a personally satisfying June victory at Infineon Raceway, seven top-fives and 14 top-10s.
The first four races in the Chase were solid, as was Busch's estimation of his relationship with crew chief Steve Addington.
Busch said when he got through the end of the summer he didn't expect Addington would leave. But then rumors erupted in the garage area around the fifth Chase race at Charlotte that Addington was considering leaving.
At the time, Busch was sixth in the championship, but only 16 points behind series leader Carl Edwards. Two races before, Busch and Addington had won their second points race of the season, at Dover. Then, Busch was fourth and only nine points out of the lead. No one could've predicted what would happen from there.
"Normal crew chief season is August," Busch said last week in Las Vegas. "That's when they talk to the owner. In August I was led to believe everything was fine. In Charlotte it was definitely a big surprise. He gave me his word, though, and said we'd be together until the end."
Addington stayed through Homestead, but in quick succession after the season, Addington announced he was leaving Penske and joining Stewart-Haas Racing. It was the second time in three seasons Busch was faced with a crew chief leaving; Pat Tryson left Penske as the 2009 Chase began.
The rumors swirling around Addington and the upheaval they caused had the direct opposite effect of the same situation at Stewart-Haas. Right before Charlotte owner/driver Tony Stewart told crew chief Darian Grubb that Grubb wouldn't be retained for 2012. That team rallied to win three races and Stewart's third series championship.
Unfortunately for Busch and Penske, that didn't happen with him. Busch finished 13th at Charlotte, which was his best finish in the last six races. It didn't reflect the way his car ran at times, but Busch was still often openly disgusted.
Busch's season reached its nadir at Homestead. Busch said his path to his garage stall -- with his car without drive due to a broken transmission -- was blocked by a VIP's motorcade. Busch was caught on the live ESPN broadcast flipping a one-finger salute to someone he didn't identify. A fan then caught Busch in a profanity-laced exchange with ESPN pit reporter Jerry Punch and his camera crew that was posted on YouTube.
NASCAR fined Busch $50,000 for the two incidents and it ultimately led to the decision Busch and Penske announced in conjunction Monday.
"When I got out of the car at Homestead...the flash that had just gone through my head was that I was gonna finish 11th [in the championship] again," Busch said. "Eleventh is the first loser, when you come to Vegas."
Near the end of the season, Busch said he began working with a sports psychologist on his "personal issues" -- the jagged emotional peaks and valleys he displays. The pressure on Busch and his team reached its peak in the 2011 stretch run.
"You know you have to perform for 26 races and then the 10 at the end," Busch said of the effects of stress. "The way the season ended, we had a great shot of being fifth in points. Then we run out of gas at Texas gambling, we led the race at Phoenix and run out of fuel due to a poor calculation.
"Then we go to Homestead and the transmission breaks. I've been in racing a long time and transmissions don't normally fall out. So here we are, three solid weeks in a row where the team didn't put it together and it just all hit at once."
Despite the ultimate outcome and his current need, as 2011 comes to an end, to find a ride for 2012, Busch still felt his season was a positive one, on-track.
"I feel like our year -- a solid year with four trips to Victory Lane -- we won Daytona with a new sponsor, a new number and a new look, and we blended in. We won at Sonoma, we won a Chase race at Dover and we were nine points out of the lead three races into the Chase.
"That's the season that I think of. I don't look at those last three races."
But Busch does acknowledge the multi-level challenge he now has.
"There's bigger things that I have to accomplish," Busch said. "And it can't happen overnight."
well something good for Kurt's to be... good luck for him, So I not fan of him either as well..
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wow, yeah that bad for Kurt to be.. but Kyle still keeping racing as well oh boy. not know happening to be. oh well.. keep up, Kurt and hope something for him.
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yeah we can help you when you need free on this forum, and hello welcome to forum and enjoy here.. here friendly site.
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yeah for college football, my favorite kansas state because my older brother been in that Universary for study be Engineer Tech like that.. he living in Denver Colorado with his wife who live in Denver before.. We like watching that game K-State. first time ATM lost by K-State in first time home game last few week ago... unlike they did in 1992 or I not sure remember for big 12 bowl game. wow..
hope some good game next week.. Green Bay beat and Miami beat other teams wow..
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I miss some friday night because not feel well some nap oh boy. but I did read on nascar.com news about it. nice to know. oh well.. but you know KC Chiefs beat Chicago that I happy now.. will play next ny jets oh well. hope break time news for next 2012 see what happening in Daytona 500 in late Feb 26th to be.. oh well.. I can't wait.. for few months to go..
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Hi guys,
I wonder any you usually watching football like College or NFL game? what your favorite team are?
my favorite team from NFL is KC Chiefs, St.Louis Rams, Green Bay sometime Denver. As for College team is: Kansas State
not know what about you guys like?
I am happy that KC Chiefs beat Chicago game as well.. so will play next sunday for NY Jets oh boy.
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lol:lol: hope not to be which win for this sunday game but I not really football fan but just enjoy watching when if good game I would watch and if not good game so I not watching that game if they would. I like KC Chief and St. Louis Rams myself but my grandpa like chicago too.
So for Jeff Gordon's dancing that nice as well.. my dad like Jeff Gordon to be. he watching sometime because he like watching football more. hope soon finish for next year like super bowl game hope who best team for this year. I like Nascar more than football but just for enjoy watching like how score they are.
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would nice paint Daisy's dixie looking huh? General Lee's horn is Dixie but might you would do that on girl's bike.
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yeah I might watching on speed tonight after thundercats 2011 cartoon at 7:30pm on CN then watching Speed as well. be beware KC Chief will playing with Chicago Bears this weekend to be and would be tough game I think not sure known.. be watching out to.
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wow that nice you guys had and lol for Garfield's dancing.. nice find.
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wow that lot money to get that.. nice looking on general lee as well hope someone will get one.
Yeehaw! from across the pond!
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yeah like Hazzard County already jump into globe any countries who been seen this show was #1 for sure to be. lol.
well hello welcome to forum and enjoy stay here this site.