Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Weekend Schedule for Dover International Speedway




Times Listed in Eastern Daylight Time

Thursday, May 30th:

  • 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm – NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Practice – Not Televised
  • 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm – NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Final Practice – Not Televised


Friday, May 31st:

  • 10:05 am – NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Qualifying – SPEED Channel
  • 11:00 am – 12:30 pm – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Practice – SPEED Channel
  • 12:40 pm – 3:00 pm – NASCAR Nationwide Series Final Practice – SPEED Channel
  • 3:15 pm – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Qualifying – SPEED Channel
  • 5:15 pm – NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Lucas Oil 200 Race – SPEED Channel


Saturday, June 1st:

  • 10:00 am – 10:55 am – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Practice – SPEED Channel
  • 11:05 am – NASCAR Nationwide Series Qualifying – ESPN2
  • 12:50 pm – 1:50 pm – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Final Practice – SPEED Channel
  • 2:46 pm – NASCAR Nationwide Series 5-hour Energy Race (200 laps, 200 Miles) – ESPN


Sunday, June 2nd:

  • 1:15 pm – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series FedEx / Autism Speaks 400 Race (400 Laps, 400 Miles) – FOX

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Dover International Speedway FedEx / Autism Speaks 400 Entry List



Here is the entry list for this weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at the Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware.

There are 43 Entries.

Drivers listed along with the owner of the car.

1. #1 Jamie McMurray – Felix Sabates

2. #2 Brad Keselowski – Roger Penske – Eligible for a Past Champions Provisional

3. #5 Kasey Kahne – Linda Hendrick

4. #7 Dave Blaney – Tommy Baldwin

5. #9 Marcos Ambrose – Richard Petty

6. #10 Danica Patrick – Gene Hass

7. #11 Denny Hamlin – J.D. Gibbs

8. #13 Casey Mears – Bob Germain

9. #14 Tony Stewart – Margaret Haas – Eligible for a Past Champions Provisional

10. #15 Clint Bowyer – Rob Kauffman

11. #16 Greg Biffle – Jack Roush

12. #17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – John Henry

13. #18 Kyle Busch – Joe Gibbs

14. #19 Mike Bliss – Randy Humphrey

15. #20 Matt Kenseth – Joe Gibbs – Eligible for a Past Champions Provisional

16. #22 Joey Logano – Walter Czarnecki

17. #24 Jeff Gordon – Rick Hendrick – Eligible for a Past Champions Provisional

18. #27 Paul Menard – Richard Childress

19. #29 Kevin Harvick – Richard Childress

20. #30 David Stremme – Brandon Davis

21. #31 Jeff Burton – Richard Childress

22. #32 Timmy Hill  – Frank Stoddard

23. #33 Landon Cassill – Joe Falk

24. #34 David Ragan – Bob Jenkins

25. #35 Josh Wise – Jerry Freeze

26. #36 J.J. Yeley – Allan Heinke

27. #38 David Gilliland – Brad Jenkins

28. #39 Ryan Newman – Tony Stewart

29. #42 Juan Pablo Montoya – Chip Ganassi

30. #43 Aric Almirola – Richard Petty

31. #44 Scott Riggs – John Cohen

32. #47 Bobby Labonte – Tad Geschickter – Eligible for a Past Champions Provisional

33. #48 Jimmie Johnson – Jeff Gordon – Eligible for a Past Champions Provisional

34. #51 Regan Smith – James Finch

35. #55 Mark Martin – Michael Waltrip

36. #56 Martin Truex Jr. – Michael Waltrip

37. #78 Kurt Busch – Barney Visser – Eligible for a Past Champions Provisional

38. #83 David Reutimann – Ron Devine

39. #87 Joe Nemechek – Andrea Nemechek

40 #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. – Rick Hendrick

41. #93 Travis Kvapil – Ron Devine

42. #98 Michael McDowell – Mike Curb

43. #99 Carl Edwards – Jack Roush

NASCAR Nationwide Series Dover International Speedway 5-hour Energy Entry List


Here is the entry list for this weekend’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at the Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware.

There are 38 Entries.

Drivers in Bold must qualify on time.

Drivers listed along with the owner of the car.

1. #00 Blake Koch – Melissa Sciavicco

2. #01 Mike Wallace – Johnny Davis

3. #2 Brian Scott – Richard Childress

4. #3 Austin Dillon – Richard Childress

5. #4 Landon Cassill – Gene Vess

6. #5 Kasey Kahne – Rick Hendrick

7. #6 Trevor Bayne – Jack Roush

8. #7 Regan Smith – Kelley Earnhardt-Miller

9. #10 Jeff Green – Mark Smith – Past Champion Provisional Available

10. #11 Elliott Sadler – J.D. Gibbs

11. #12 Sam Hornish Jr. – Roger Penske

12. #14 Eric McClure – Mark Smith

13. #18 Matt Kenseth – Joe Gibbs

14. #19 Mike Bliss – Mark Smith

15. #20 Brian Vickers – Joe Gibbs

16. #22 Joey Logano – Roger Penske

17. #23 Harrison Rhodes – Robert Richardson Sr.

18. #24 Jason White – Jason Sciavicco

19. #30 Nelson Piquet Jr. – Harry Scott Jr.

20. #31 Justin Allgaier – Steve Turner

21. #32 Kyle Larson – Harry Scott Jr.

22. #33 Ty Dillon – Richard Childress

23. #40 Reed Sorenson – Curtis Key Sr.

24. #42 J.J. Yeley – Curtis Key Sr.

25. #43 Michael Annett – Richard Petty

26. #44 Cole Whitt – Mark Smith

27. #51 Jeremy Clements – Tony Clements

28. #52 Joey Gase - Jimmy Means

29. #54 Kyle Busch – J.D. Gibbs

30. #60 Travis Pastrana – Jack Roush

31. #70 Tony Raines – Mary Louise Miller

32. #74 Mike Harmon – Mike Harmon

33. #77 Parker Kligerman – Kyle Busch

34. #79 Jeffrey Earnhardt – Archie St. Hilaire

35. #87 Joe Nemechek – Andrea Nemechek

36. #89 Morgan Shepherd – Morgan Shepherd

37. #92 Dexter Stacey – Kristin Hamelin

38. #99 Alex Bowman – Robby Benton

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Dover International Speedway Lucas Oil 200 Entry List


Here is the entry list for this weekend’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware.

There are 34 Entries.

Drivers in Bold must qualify on time.

Drivers listed along with the owner of the truck.

1. #0 Clay Greenfield – Jennifer Jo Cobb

2. #3 Ty Dillon – Richard Childress

3. #4 Jeb Burton – Harry Scott Jr.

4. #5 Tim George Jr. – Richard Wauters

5. #6 Danny Efland – Eddie Sharp – Withdrew

6. #7 John Wes Townley – Tom Deloach

7. #07 CJ Faison – Ken Smith

8. #8 Max Gresham – Eddie Sharp

9. #9 Ron Hornaday Jr. – Joe Denette

10. #10 Jennifer Jo Cobb  – Jeniffer Jo Cobb

11. #13 Todd Bodine – Duke Thorson

12. #17 Timothy Peters – Tom Deloach

13. #18 Joey Coulter – Kyle Busch

14. #19 Ross Chastain – Brad Keselowski

15. #24 Brennan Newberry – Bob Newberry

16. #27 Jeff Agnew – Michael Hillman

17. #29 Ryan Blaney – Brad Keselowski

18. #31 James Buescher – Steve Turner

19. #32 Miguel Paludo – Steve Turner

20. #39 Ryan Sieg – Pam Sieg

21. #51 Kyle Busch – Kyle Busch

22. #54 Darrell Wallace Jr. – Kyle Busch

23. #57 Norm Benning – Norm Benning

24. #59 *Kyle Martel* – Bill Martel

25. #60 Dakoda Armstrong – Vickie Compton

26. #62 Brendan Gaughan – Richard Childress

27. #75 Caleb Holman – Charles Henderson

28. #77 German Quiroga – Tom Deloach

29. #81 David Starr – Bobby Dotter

30. #84 *Chris Fontaine* – Chris Fontaine

31. #88 Matt Crafton – Rhonda Thorson

32. #93 Chris Jones – Pam Sieg

33. #94 Chase Elliott – Bill Elliott

34. #98 Johnny Sauter – Mike Curb

35. #99 Bryan Silas – Chris Baluch

At Dover International Speedway History and Notes:





· The official opening of Dover International Speedway, then called Dover Downs International Speedway, was in 1969.
· The first NASCAR Sprint Cup race was held on July 6, 1969 – won by Richard Petty.
· The first two races at Dover were 300 miles. The race length was changed to 500 miles in 1971.
· The track surface was changed to concrete in 1995.
· The race length was changed to 400 miles beginning with the second race in 1997.
· The track name was changed to Dover International Speedway in 2002.


Dover International Speedway Data
Season Race #: 13 of 36 (06-02-13)
Track Size: 1-mile
Banking/Turns 1 & 2: 24 degrees
Banking/Turns 3 & 4: 24 degrees
Banking/Frontstretch: 9 degrees
Banking/Backstretch: 9 degrees
Frontstretch Length: 1,076 feet
Backstretch Length: 1,076 feet
Race Length: 400 laps / 400 miles


Notebook

· There have been 86 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Dover International Speedway, one race in 1969 and 1970, two races per year since 1971.

· 371 drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Dover International Speedway; 268 in more than one.

· NASCAR Hall of Famer Ricky Rudd leads the series in starts at Dover with 56. Mark Martin leads all active drivers with 53 starts; followed by Terry Labonte with 52.

· David Pearson won the inaugural Coors Light pole at Dover in 1969 with a speed of 130.430 mph.

· 36 drivers have Coors Light Pole Awards at Dover, led by David Pearson with six. Mark Martin leads all active drivers in poles, with five, followed by Jeff Gordon and Ryan Newman with four each.

· Eight drivers have won consecutive Coors Light poles at Dover. David Pearson holds the record for most consecutive poles at Dover with three; from 1973 to the spring race of 1974.

· Three active drivers have posted consecutive Coors Light poles at Dover: Mark Martin (fall 1988 and spring 1989), Bobby Labonte (fall 1996 and spring 1997) and Ryan Newman (fall 2005 and spring 2006).

· Youngest Dover pole winner: Jeff Gordon (6/4/1995 – 23 years, 10 months, 0 days).

· Oldest Dover pole winner: Mark Martin (6/1/2012 – 53 years, 4 months, 23 days).

· 34 different drivers have won at Dover International Speedway, led by Richard Petty, Bobby Allison and Jimmie Johnson with seven wins each.

· 12 drivers have posted consecutive wins at Dover International Speedway, including three consecutive by David Pearson (fall 1972 and 1973 sweep), Rusty Wallace (fall 1993 and 1994 sweep) and Jeff Gordon (fall 1995 and 1996 sweep).

· Youngest Dover winner: Kyle Busch (6/1/2008 – 23 years, 0 months, 30 days).

· Oldest Dover winner: Harry Gant (5/31/1992 – 52 years, 4 months, 21 days).

· Hendrick Motorsports has the most wins at Dover in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with 14: Jimmie Johnson (seven), Jeff Gordon (four), Geoff Bodine (one), Ken Schrader (one) and Ricky Rudd (one).

· Nine different manufacturers have won in the NSCS at Dover; led by Chevrolet with 32 victories; followed by Ford with 25.

· 13 of the 86 (15.1%) NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Dover have been won from the pole position; the two most recent were Jimmie Johnson in 2009 and 2010.

· The second-place starting position is the most proficient starting position in the field, producing more winners (15) than any other starting position at Dover International Speedway.

· 28 of the 86 (32.5%) NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Dover have been won from the front row: 13 from the pole and 15 from second place.

· 68 of the 86 (79.0%) NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Dover have been won from a top-10 starting position.

· Four of the 86 (4.6%) NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Dover have been won from a starting position outside the top 20.

· The deepest in the field that a race winner has started at Dover was 37th, by Kyle Petty in the spring of 1995.

· Mark Martin leads the series in runner-up finishes at Dover with eight; followed by Dale Earnhardt with five.

· Mark Martin leads the series in top-five finishes at Dover with 24; followed by Dale Earnhardt with 19.

· Mark Martin leads the series in top-10 finishes at Dover with 32; followed by Richard Petty and Ricky Rudd with 26 each.

· Ryan Newman leads all active drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in average starting position at Dover with a 9.500.

· Carl Edwards leads all active drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in average finishing position at Dover with an 8.294; Jimmie Johnson (8.636) is the only other active driver with an average finish in the top 10.

· 15 of the 16 active NASCAR Sprint Cup winners at Dover International Speedway participated in at least one or more races before visiting Victory Lane. Jimmie Johnson won at Dover in his first two appearances.

· Jeff Burton competed at Dover International Speedway 25 times before winning in the fall of 2006; the longest span of any the 16 active NASCAR Sprint Cup winners.

· Among the 16 active NSCS Dover winners, Jeff Burton (25), Kurt Busch (22), Mark Martin (22), Matt Kenseth (14), Bobby Labonte (13) and Ken Schrader (12) all made 10 or more attempts before their first win.

· Joe Nemechek leads the series among active drivers with the most NASCAR Sprint Cup starts at Dover without visiting Victory Lane at 37; followed by Kevin Harvick with 24.

· Since the advent of electronic scoring, the closest margin of victory (MOV) in NSCS at Dover was the Sept. 25, 2005 race won by Jimmie Johnson over Kyle Busch with an MOV of 0.08 second.

· There has been one NASCAR Sprint Cup race resulting with a green-white-checkered finish at Dover International Speedway: fall of 2005 - 400/404 (scheduled no. of laps/actual no. of laps).

· Not one of the 86 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Dover has been shortened due to weather conditions.

· Qualifying has been cancelled due to weather conditions in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Dover five times: fall of 1984, spring of 2001, fall of 2003, spring of 2005 and spring of 2011.

· Four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series active drivers have made their first career start at Dover: Bobby Labonte (6/3/91), Matt Kenseth (9/20/98), Kurt Busch (9/24/00) and David Ragan (9/24/06).

· Two active drivers have posted their first career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Award at Dover International Speedway: Matt Kenseth (6/2/02) and Michael Waltrip (6/3/1991).

· One active NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver has posted his first career win at Dover International Speedway: Martin Truex Jr. (6/4/07).

· Jimmie Johnson leads all active drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in laps led at Dover with 2,318 in 22 starts.

· Two female drivers have competed at Dover International Speedway in the NASCAR Sprint Cup: Janet Guthrie and Danica Patrick.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Charlotte Motor Speedway All-Star Race Weekend Schedule





Times are listed in Eastern Daylight Time

Thursday, May 16th

  • 11:30 am – 1:30 pm – NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Practice – Not Televised
  • 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm – NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Practice – Not Televised


Friday, May 17th

  • 10:30 am – 11:50 am – NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Final Practice – SPEED Channel
  • 12:00 Noon – 1:25 pm – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Final Sprint Showdown Practice – SPEED Channel
  • 1:35 pm – 3:00 pm – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Final Sprint All-Star Race Practice – SPEED Channel
  • 4:00 pm – NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Qualifying – SPEED Channel
  • 5:15 pm – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sprint Showdown Qualifying – SPEED Channel
  • 6:00 pm – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sprint All-Star Race Qualifying – SPEED Channel
  • 8:15 pm – NASCAR Camping World Truck Series N.C. Education Lottery 200 Race (134 Laps, 201 Miles) – SPEED Channel


Saturday, May 18th

  • 7:46 pm – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sprint All-Star Race – SPEED Channel

Awesome Paint Scheme For The All-Star race weekend

Kasey Kahne will drive the No. 5 Farmers Insurance Chevrolet.
Marcos Ambrose will drive the No. 9 DeWalt Ford.
Danica Patrick will drive the No. 10 GoDaddy Cares Chevrolet.
Denny Hamlin will drive the No. 11 FedEx Express Toyota.
Tony Stewart will drive the No. 14 Bass Pro Shops - National Wild Turkey Federation Chevrolet.
Clint Bowyer will drive the No. 15 5 Hour Energy Toyota.
Greg Biffle will drive the No. 16 3M Filtrate Ford.
Kyle Busch will drive the No. 18 Snickers Bites Toyota.
Matt Kenseth will drive the No. 20 Home Depot Husky Toyota.
Kevin Harvick will drive the No. 29 Rheem/Budweiser Chevrolet.

Jeff Burton will drive the No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet.
David Ragan will drive the No. 34 CSX-Play It Safe Ford.

Ryan Newman will drive the No. 39 Aspen Dental Chevrolet.

Bobby Labonte will drive the No. 47 House Autry Toyota.
Jimmie Johnson will drive the No. 48 Lowe's Patriotic Chevrolet.
Brian Keselowski will drive the No. 52 Toyota.
Mark Martin will drive the No. 55 Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota.

Kurt Busch will drive the No. 78 Armed Forces Chevrolet.
David Reutimann will drive the No. 83 Burger King/Dr Pepper Toyota.



Travis Kvapil will drive the No. 93 Burger King/Dr Pepper Toyota.
Michael McDowell will drive the No. 95 Leavine Family Racing Ford.