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Content: use HTML Edit Content <h1 style="font-size: large; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">inside-line nascar-today</h1> <h2><span style="background-color: #ff9900;">[previously 2013-02]&nbsp;</span></h2> <div><ol> <li><strong>]&nbsp;<a href="articles?id=332" target="_blank">week ended 2013-02-17</a>&nbsp;</strong></li> <ol> <li>] our daily entries for this week, view the week at a glance &nbsp;- the top articles, video's and quotes from the nascar world</li> </ol> <li><strong>]&nbsp;<a href="articles?id=336" target="_blank">week ended 2013-02-24</a>&nbsp;</strong></li> <ol> <li>] our daily entries for this week, view the week at a glance &nbsp;- the top articles, video's and quotes from the nascar world</li> </ol> <li><strong>]&nbsp;<a href="articles?id=335" target="_blank">week ended 2013-03-03</a>&nbsp;</strong></li> <ol> <li>] our daily entries for this week, view the week at a glance &nbsp;- the top articles, video's and quotes from the nascar world</li> </ol> <li><strong>]&nbsp;<a href="articles?id=337" target="_blank">week ended 2013-03-10</a>&nbsp;</strong></li> <ol> <li>] our daily entries for this week, view the week at a glance &nbsp;- the top articles, video's and quotes from the nascar world</li> </ol></ol></div> <h2><span style="background-color: #ff9900;">[today 2013-03-04]</span><span style="font-size: 10px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></h2> <ol> <li><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>[PHOENIX WRAP UP]</strong></strong></strong></strong>&nbsp;<a href="person?id=122#content" target="_blank">Carl Edwards</a>&nbsp;</strong></strong></strong></strong></li> <ol> <li>x] "were back" Edwards proclaimed after he won the race AND <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2013/03/03/carl-edwards-snaps-winless-streak-phoenix-subway-fresh-fit-500/1960813/" target="_blank">snapped a 70 race winless streak</a>&nbsp;that lasted almost 2 years AND made good on <span style="text-decoration: underline;">his prediction</span> after a difficult speedweeks @ daytona</li> </ol> <li><strong><strong><strong><strong>[PHOENIX WRAP UP]</strong></strong>&nbsp;<a href="person?id=114#content" target="_blank">Jimmie Johnson</a>&nbsp;</strong></strong></li> <ol> <li>] VIDEO @speedTV - Jimmie is <a href="http://www.speedtv.com/video/nascar/nascar-victory-lane-restart-controversy-phoenix-2013-2201450680001/1#_vtop" target="_blank">questioning Carl Edwards restart</a> on the final GWC restart, says he slowed up and then jump started,&nbsp;</li> </ol> <li><strong><strong><strong>[PHOENIX WRAP UP]</strong></strong>&nbsp;<a href="person?id=144#content" target="_blank">Denny Hamlin</a>&nbsp;- too hard too pass?</strong></li> <ol> <li>] ARTICLE <a href="http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2013/03/Phoenix-Rear-View-Mirror.aspx" target="_blank">Phoenix Rear View Mirror</a> &nbsp;by Pete Pistone @mrn.com - Denny is questioning the car, saying NASCAR need to adjust(cars) for too much aero drag, makes it too hard too pass <em>(Hamlin came from 42nd starting position to finish 3rd in the race)</em></li> </ol> <li><strong><strong><strong><strong>[PHOENIX WRAP UP] <a href="person?id=90#content" target="_blank">Mark Martin</a> - <a href="http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2013/03/04/mark-martin-phoenix-pit-stop-strategy-finish.html" target="_blank">what happened?</a></strong></strong></strong></strong></li> <ol> <li><strong><strong><strong><strong>x] ARTICLE by David Caraviello @nascar.com - </strong></strong></strong></strong>after a promising start to the weekend capturing the pole position on Friday, having the fastest car in both Saturday practice sessions and getting off to a great start and leading a number of laps on Sunday, Martins day ended with a rather dissapointing 21st place finish. Crew cheif , car was "a bullet" in clean air, but couldnt do much in traffic, after a bad call for 4 tires put them out of the pits in 16th position, they never recovered &nbsp;</li> </ol> <li><strong><strong><strong>[PHOENIX WRAP UP]</strong></strong>&nbsp;a "tire" problem or a setup problem</strong></li> <ol> <li>] Pete Pistone(MRN) and Larry Mac(on the FOX broadcast) blamed "Aggressive setups and camber put a lot of stress on the right front and with higher-than-normal brake temperatures, it was a recipe for disaster for many." and NOT the goodyear tire. Several cars blew out right front tires, sending them into the wall&nbsp;</li> <li>] Patrick interview - didnt really notice anything or have any warning, was battling more a loose condition than tight&nbsp;</li> </ol> <li><strong><strong><strong>[PHOENIX WRAP UP]</strong></strong>&nbsp;toyota TRD engine woes</strong></li> <ol> <li>] <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/news/trd-working-24-7-resolve-193000352--nascar.html" target="_blank">continuing at Phoenix</a> with both Hamlin and Busch giving up their top qualifying positions due to having to replace engines. Toyota working 24/7 to resolve the issues and both Hamlin and Busch did finish the race without engine problems.</li> </ol> <li><strong><strong><strong>[PHOENIX WRAP UP]</strong></strong>&nbsp;NSCS - Subway Fresh Fit 500 - @Phoenix International Raceway</strong></li> <ol> <li>] our&nbsp;<a href="article?id=1207#content" target="_blank">Race Recap</a>&nbsp;includes - ] starting results, ] finshing results, ] summary ] highlights, ] videos and more ...</li> </ol> <li><strong><strong><strong>[PHOENIX WRAP UP]</strong></strong>&nbsp;<a href="location?id=219#content" target="_blank">Phoenix - Track Guide -</a></strong></li> <ol> <li>] Track Infographic, track Apps and a local TV stations look at a previous NASCAR race event in Phoenix along with links to the tracks official website and more ..</li> </ol> <li><strong><strong><strong>[PHOENIX WRAP UP]</strong></strong>&nbsp;Driver Handicaps(aka Best Pool Picks) &nbsp;for Phoenix</strong></li> <ol> <li><span style="background-color: #99cc00;">SCORED - 62</span> &nbsp;] by Jeff Wackerlin @ mrn.com -&nbsp;<a href="http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2013/02/Phoenix-Driver-Handicaps.aspx" target="_blank">REPORT on Phoenix</a>&nbsp;- who's hot - Hamlin<span style="background-color: #99cc00;">(3)</span>, Harvick<span style="background-color: #99cc00;">(13)</span>, Johnson<span style="background-color: #99cc00;">(2)</span>, Kyle Busch<span style="background-color: #99cc00;">(23)</span>, Mark Martin<span style="background-color: #99cc00;">(21)</span>, || Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman</li> <li><span style="background-color: #99cc00;">SCORED - 45</span> &nbsp;] by Mark Garrow @ espn.com&nbsp;<a href="http://games.espn.go.com/stock-car-challenge/2013/en/story?pageName=stockcar\phoenix130227" target="_blank">REPORT on Phoenix</a>&nbsp;- Hamlin, Harvick, Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson, Brad Keselowski<span style="background-color: #99cc00;">(4)</span>,</li> <li><span style="color: #222222;">SCORED -&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: underline;">lower SCORE is better</span><span style="color: #222222;">, ranking "the pickers", assigned points</span><span style="color: #222222; background-color: #99cc00;">(#)</span><span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;to each of their driver picks based on their drivers finishing positions. NOTE this is unscientific FUN and not guaranteed for any kind of accuracy&nbsp;</span></li> </ol> <li><strong>] Television coverage and Ratings&nbsp;</strong></li> <ol> <li>] The site has <a href="http://www.cawsnjaws.com/article/588/commercial-breakdown-and-links-related-to-the-2013-subway-fresh-fit-500" target="_blank">full stats for the TV broadcast</a> on FOX, which indicated that 154 minutes of the total 201 minutes of the TV broadcast was RACE COVERAGE (76.6%) and the balance COMMERCIALS(23.4%).&nbsp;</li> <li>] early reports indicated that TV RATINGS for the Phoenix race were up from last years race, Dan Bell @danpbell (FOX)&nbsp;<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #f5f5f5;">Phoenix posts a strong 5.3/11 overnight rtg/share, +6% from 2012 5.0/10 &amp; the top sporting event of the weekend</span></li> </ol> <li><strong>[making the NEWS ] NRA to sponsor NASCAR sprint cup race</strong></li> <ol> <li>] NASCAR - texas motor speedway <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/schedule/2013/03/04/national-rifle-association-sponsoring-nascar-sprint-cup-race/1962211/" target="_blank">will announce NRA as title race sponsor</a> for the Saturday April 13 race event</li> </ol> <li><strong>[making the NEWS ]&nbsp;speed TV to be replaced by FOX-1 on Aug. 17</strong></li> <ol> <li>] FOX-1 will be an <a href="http://jalopnik.com/say-goodbye-to-speed-and-hello-to-fox-sports-1-450866926" target="_blank">all sports coverage network</a> that aims to compete with ESPN. This&nbsp;<a href="%20http:/www.autoweek.com/article/20130305/nascar/130309912" target="_blank">autoweek article indicates that most of the NASCAR related programming</a>&nbsp;(RaceDay, RaceHub, ) that is currently on SpeedTV will be picked up by the new network</li> </ol></ol> <h2><span style="background-color: #ff9900;">[next 2013-02-05 &gt;] (all times EST )</span></h2> <ol> <li><strong>] 2013-03-05 - Tuesday</strong></li> <ol> <li>] 18:00 - RaceHub ON speed TV</li> </ol> <li><strong>] 2013-03-06 - Wednesday</strong></li> <ol> <li>] 12:00 - CUP - "Subway FreshFit 500" REPLAY ON speed TV</li> <li>] 18:00 - RaceHub ON speed TV</li> <li><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">] Nascar hauler parade on the Las Vegas strip&nbsp;</span></strong></li> </ol> <li><strong>] 2013-03-07 - Thursday</strong></li> <ol> <li><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">] 12:00 - NNS - "Dollar General 200" REPLAY ON speed TV</span></strong></li> <li><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">] 18:00 - RaceHub ON speed TV</span></strong></li> <li><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">] CUP - mandatory testing day @LVMS&nbsp;</span></strong></span></strong></li> </ol> <li><strong>] 2013-03-08 - Friday</strong></li> <ol> <li>] 20:30 - CUP Practice ON speed TV&nbsp;</li> </ol> <li><strong>] 2013-03-09 &nbsp;- Saturday</strong></li> <ol> <li><strong>] 12:00 - CUP Practice</strong></li> <li><strong>] 13:00 - NNS Qualifying</strong></li> <li><span style="background-color: #ffff99;"><strong>] 16:00 - NNS Race 3 - Sams Town 300 - on ESPN 2, PRN&nbsp;@Las Vegas Motor Speeday&nbsp;</strong></span></li> </ol> <li><strong>] 2013-03-10 - Sunday</strong></li> <ol> <li><strong><span style="background-color: #ffff00;">] 15:00 - Kobalt Tools 400 on FOX TV, PRN&nbsp;] @Las Vegas Motor Speedway</span></strong></li> </ol></ol> <div> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div>