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<h1 style="font-size: large; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">inside-line nascar-today</h1> <h2><span style="background-color: #ff9900;">[previously 2013-03] </span></h2> <div><ol> <li><strong>] <a href="articles?id=337" target="_blank">week ended 2013-03-10</a> </strong></li> <ol> <li>] our daily entries for this week, view the week at a glance - the top articles, video's and quotes from the nascar world</li> </ol> <li><strong>] <a href="articles?id=338" target="_blank">week ended 2013-03-17</a> </strong></li> <ol> <li>] our daily entries for this week, view the week at a glance - the top articles, video's and quotes from the nascar world</li> </ol> <li><strong>] <a href="articles?id=339" target="_blank">week ended 2013-03-24</a> </strong></li> <ol> <li>] our daily entries for this week, view the week at a glance - the top articles, video's and quotes from the nascar world</li> </ol> <li><strong>] <a href="articles?id=340" target="_blank">week ended 2013-03-31</a> </strong></li> <ol> <li>] our daily entries for this week, view the week at a glance - the top articles, video's and quotes from the nascar world</li> </ol> <li><strong>] <a href="articles?id=341" target="_blank">week ended 2013-04-07</a> </strong></li> <ol> <li>] our daily entries for this week, view the week at a glance - the top articles, video's and quotes from the nascar world</li> </ol></ol></div> <h2><span style="background-color: #ff9900;">[today 2013-04-04]</span></h2> <h3>Martinsville-magic-numbers</h3> <p>David Smith takes an indepth look at who's got the numbers at Martinsville that could result in a winning performance this Sunday</p> <ol style="line-height: 18px;"> <li><strong>ARTICLE: <a href="http://www.athlonsports.com/nascar/7-amazing-nascar-stats-martinsville-speedway" target="_blank">7 amazing NASCAR stats for Martinsville</a></strong> <em>BY:David Smith @:Athlon Sports</em></li> <ol> <li>Some of the people generating those numbers may surprise you and some(1) of the guys generating them wont be suiting up on Sunday.</li> </ol></ol> <h3>Falwell-to-deliver-invocation</h3> <p style="line-height: 18px;">At the Martinsville race this weekend, Rev. Jonathan Falwell, son of the late Jerry Falwell</p> <ol style="line-height: 18px;"> <li><strong>PRESS RELEASE: <a href="http://www.martinsvillespeedway.com/Articles/2013/03/falwell.aspx" target="_blank">Falwell to deliver invocation</a></strong> <em>BY:Martinsville Speedway</em></li> <ol> <li>yes, the son of that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Falwell" target="_blank">Jerry Falwell</a> (Moral Majority founder), who is now the pastor at the church which his father made famous. </li> <li>Anyone notice that they are now thanking "the sponsors" in the pre race prayer. </li> </ol></ol> <h2>[off track]</h2> <h3>Denny-Hamlin-Interview</h3> <p style="line-height: 18px;">ESPNS Marty Smith sits down with Denny Hamlin to discuss the incident at the Auto Club Speedway in California and his thoughts on Joey Logano</p> <ol style="line-height: 18px;"> <li><strong>VIDEO:[05:08] <a href="http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:9131223" target="_blank">Interview-PT-I</a> - </strong><em>BY:Marty Smith @:ESPN -</em> his initial thoughts after being injured, his injury now, the progress he's made to date, doctors prognosis on recovery, thoughts on his chances to still make the chase, </li> <li><strong>VIDEO:[05:33] <a href="http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:9131223" target="_blank">Interview-PT-II</a> - </strong><em>BY:Marty Smith @:ESPN -</em> Denny reacts to Joey's comments on the Fontana incident - do not have an agreement, agree to disagree, 'I struggle with some things he said'. taking responsibility 'that he did do it on purpose', 'did it on purpose', 'was an oppurtunity to let things go', 'its not OK to just wreck someone at 200 mph' </li> </ol> <h3>blue-collar-VS-silver-spoon</h3> <p style="line-height: 18px;">In light of Tony Stewart's recent "rich kid" comments ,a good article about the haves and have not's in NASCAR with perhaps some surprises</p> <ol style="line-height: 18px;"> <li><strong>ARTICLE: <a href="http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/9122008/nascar-silver-spoons-vs-blue-collars-debate-rages-stewart-logano" target="_blank">Silver spoons VS Blue collars ... still</a></strong> <em>BY: Marty Smith @:ESPN -</em> Marty questions some of the comments made by Stewart and takes a look through the NASCAR garage at some of the others who have faced the same labelling.</li> </ol> <h3>NASCAR-green-initiatives</h3> <p style="line-height: 18px;">A new program to convince detractors that NASCAR is doing something to offset its carbon emissions</p> <ol> <li style="line-height: 18px;"><strong> ] PRESS RELEASE: <a href="http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2013/04/02/nascar-green-inspires-fans-to-protect-environment.html" target="_blank">NASCAR is green</a></strong> <em>BY: staff @ nascar.com</em> - A month long program to help plant some trees to offset the carbon footprint of NASCAR, well not actually plant any trees, but a "call to action" for industry and fans(thats us) to donate $ to plant trees. </li> <ol> <li style="line-height: 18px;">QUOTE: "our most ambitious and collective effort to date in reducing our sport’s impact on the environment,” said Brian France</li> <li><span style="line-height: 18px;"> One mature tree over the course of its lifetime absorbs about one metric ton of carbon dioxide, the same amount of carbon dioxide emitted by a NASCAR Sprint Cup car driving 500 miles.</span></li> </ol></ol> <div> <h3>When-will-sponsorship-$-return</h3> <p>A look at the business side of team sponsorship questioning wether the sponsorship dollars will return to NASCAR now that the economy is improving.</p> <ol style="line-height: 18px;"> <li><strong>ARTICLE: <a href="http://theautoblogger.com/2013/04/02/will-sponsorships-comeback/%20%20%20" target="_blank">When will sponsorships return</a></strong> <em>BY: @:theautoblogger.com</em></li> <ol> <li>the sponsorship climate has changed dramatically in the last 5 years, with even big name drivers like Dale Jr not having a full slate of sponsors for the season but now that stock market has recovered, will we see a return to the days of before.</li> </ol></ol></div> <div> <h3>Jeff-Gordons-viral-video</h3> <p style="line-height: 18px;">This business article takes a look at how a video that goes viral on social media can positively impact a brand.</p> <ol style="line-height: 18px;"> <li><strong>ARTICLE: <a href="http://www.business2community.com/social-media/nascar-wins-big-from-pepsi-viral-video-0455191#OR37efVxSfVMsRZf.99" target="_blank">NASCAR wins big from viral video</a> </strong><em>BY:Crimson Hexagon @: business2community.com</em> <ol> <li>And so it is no surprise that Pepsi’s positive sentiment on social media increased exponentially after a video showing Jeff Gordon pranking a car salesman went viral with over 32.1 million views on the Pepsi YouTube channel alone. </li> </ol></li> </ol></div> <h3>Fans-Question-Terry-Answers</h3> <p style="line-height: 18px;">weekly Q&A session with ESPNS Terry Blount</p> <ol style="line-height: 18px;"> <li><strong>TRANSCRIPT: <a href="http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/chat/_/id/47565/nascar-with-terry-blount" target="_blank">Chat 2013-04-03</a> </strong><em>BY:Terry Blount @:ESPN -</em> Terry answers fan's questions, this weeks include ?'s ON wether Stewart will apologize?, favorites for Martinsville?, do sports writers fued?, where will Newman end up next year? and more ...</li> </ol> <div> <h3>Auto-Club-400-Photo-Essay</h3> <p style="line-height: 18px;">a NASCAR fan with some serious photography skills attends his first NASCAR race, some great shots here and downloadable desktop backgrounds as well</p> <ol style="line-height: 18px;"> <li><strong> ] PHOTO ESSAY - <a href="http://www.speedhunters.com/2013/04/joy-of-machine-nascar-where-rubbins-racin/" target="_blank">Auto club 400</a></strong> - <em>BY:Sean Klingelhoefer @:speedhunters.com</em> from tech inspection to race action, flying parts and more, Sean captures the event through the eyes of a fan (with some really good photo skills) and documents his day along with the photos.</li> </ol></div> <h3>2013 - Race Recaps</h3> <ol> <li><strong>] LAST WEEK's<strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="task?id=1467#content" target="_blank">Auto Club 400</a></span> @ <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="location?id=223#content" target="_blank">Auto Club Speedway(ACS)</a></span> "event page" for <em>all the stories related to this RACE</em> including ... </strong> "event page" for <em>all the stories related to this RACE</em> including ... </strong></li> <ol> <li><strong>] pre race -</strong> x] experts pick for this race, x<span style="color: #222222;">] whos fast? - IN x] qualifying, x] practice 1, x] practice 2(final) </span> x] Starting Line Up </li> <li><strong>] race -</strong> x] lap by lap breakdown of what happened in the race and when, x] links to VIDEO highlights of on track action and x] race highlights videos packes and more ...</li> <li><strong>] post race -</strong> x] <span style="color: #222222;">press conference, x] interview transcripts from some driver interviews, x] post race reports from some teams</span></li> </ol> <li><strong><span style="color: #222222;">] DID YOU KNOW we have RACE RECAPS(see description above) available for <a href="../view/tasks.cshtml?id=120&calendar=nations&planId=61&plan=planning&taskgroup=nascar" target="_blank">all the 2013 NASCAR RACES</a> this season</span></strong></li> <ol> <li><span style="color: #222222;">2013-02-24 <a href="../view/task?id=1450&calendar=nations&plan=planning&taskgroup=nascar" target="_blank">Daytona 500</a> @ Daytona International Speedway(DIS)</span></li> <li><span style="color: #222222;">2013-03-03 <a href="task?id=1451#content" target="_blank">Subway Fresh Fit 500</a> @ Phoenix International Raceway(PIR)</span></li> <li><span style="color: #222222;">2013-03-10 <a href="task?id=1452#content" target="_blank">Kobalt Tools 400</a> @ Las Vegas Motor Speedway(LVMS)</span></li> <li><span style="color: #222222;">2013-03-17 <a href="task?id=1490#content" target="_blank">Food City 500</a> @ Bristol Motor Speedway(BMS)</span></li> <li><span style="color: #222222;">2013-03-24 <a href="task?id=1467#content" target="_blank">Auto Club 400</a> @ Auto Club Speedway(ACS)</span></li> </ol></ol> <div> <h2><span style="background-color: #ff9900;">[next 2013-04-04 >] (all times EST )</span></h2> <ol> <li><strong>] 2013-04-04 - Thursday</strong></li> <ol> <li><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">] 18:00 - NO RaceHub ( pre empted by Barrett Jackson auction ) </span></strong></li> </ol> <li><strong>] 2013-04-05 - Friday</strong></li> <ol> <li>] 10:30 - NCWTS Practice ON Speed TV</li> <li>] 12:00 - CUP Practice ON Speed TV</li> <li>] 13:30 - NASCAR Live </li> <li>] 20:00 - CUP Qualifying ON Speed TV </li> </ol> <li><strong>] 2013-04-06 - Saturday</strong></li> <ol> <li>] 13:00 - NCWTS Setup </li> <li><span style="background-color: #ffff99;">] 13:30 - NCWTS - RACE 2 - ON Speed TV</span></li> <li>] 23:30 - CUP Practice (Final) on Speed TV</li> </ol> <li><strong>] 2013-04-07 - Sunday</strong></li> <ol> <li>] 10:00 - TV - SpeedCenter NASCAR edition on Speed TV</li> <li>] 10:30 - TV - RaceDay on Speed TV</li> <li>] 12:30 - TV - FOX pre race</li> <li><strong><span style="background-color: #ffff00;">] 13:00 - STP Gas Booster 500 on FOX TV, PRN ] @Martinsville Speedway</span></strong></li> <li>] 17:00 - TV - Victory Lane on Speed TV</li> <li>] 21:00 - TV - Wind Tunnel on Speed TV </li> </ol></ol></div>