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[pre-race]

  1. ] LOCATION: our Texas Motor Speedway(TMS) track page 
    1. ] details on the track, ] address, ] map, ] links to MS site for ] tickets, ] directions ] parking ] faq, ] ... 
  2. ] Texas Entry List
    1. ] Looks like we have 45 drivers contesting for the 43 starting spots this weekend.
  3. ] TMS president says "6 shooter celebration" to stay
    1. ] Eddie Gossage confirms the unique victory lane celebration will continue in the NRA sponsored event.
  4. ] 2013-04-12 - Driver Rankings(aka the Best Pool Picks) for the NRA 500 at TMS 
    1. ] by espn.com - REPORT on NRA 500 -  48, 20, 16, 18, 2
    2. ] by mrn.com - REPORT on NRA 500 - 20, 48, 16, 14, 18 
    3. ] @ Vegas Insider - (48, 18), (2, 16), 99
    4. ] @ Bovada - 48, 18, 20, (2, 16)
    5. ] @ world sports - 
    6. * NOTE - bracketed drivers indicate drivers have the same odds
  5. x] Teams have day for testing
    1. ] Teams arrived at TMS 1 day early for a day of testing.
  6. x] 2013-04-11 - TEST SESSION 1  
    1. ] results - 78, 16, 48, 55, 9 
  7. x] 2013-04-11 - TEST SESSION 2  
    1. ] results - 16, 78, 18, 29, 24
  8. x] NEW COLORS - Paint Scheme Preview - Texas
    1. ] these are some of the teams that will be running new paint schemes this weekend at TMS including 1, 5,11, 15, 24, 27, 48,  42,  43, ...
  9. x] 2013-04-12 who's fast - CUP - Ambrose tops speed chart in final practice 
    1. ] Results-Pactice 1 - 56, 88, 48, 1, 29, 99, 31, 20, 16, 13 (fast lap time = 28.104, spread between top 10 fastest =0.331)
    2. ] Results-Practice 2(final) - 9, 18, 43, 78, 56, 42, 31, 16, 27, 2 (fast lap time = 28.220, spread between top 10 fastest =0.297) 
    3. ] highlighted cars were fast in both sessions
  10. x] 2013-04-12 - NASCAR - CUP 
    1. ] QUALIFYING RESULTS - 18, 78, 43, 9, 56,88,48, 24, 99, 42  (fast lap time = 27.509, spread between top 10 fastest =0.325)
    2. ] Starting Lineup -  # 29, going to back because of engine changes
  11. ] ARTICLE: Busch brothers UP FRONT for NRA 500 @ TMS
    1. ] Kyle Busch set a new track record in capturing the pole for todays NRA 500 and Kurt Busch will be starting alongside his younger brother. 
  12. ] BLOG: Live Blog By: Terry Blount @:ESPN
    1. ] Terry is blogging live from TMS, has an VIDEO interview on issues the NRA sponsorship has raised, Busch Brothers on pole, Jr's thoughts on HOF, who's up(RPM), who's down(RCR), and more, ...

 

[race] links - go to video highlight clips 

  1. Pre Race UPDATE  
    1. ] Team Penske cars of 22 Logano and 2 Keselowski had rear suspension issues during tech inspection, both cars had to have the rear ends changed and go through inspection again, 22 will have to start at the rear of the field because of being late to the grid
    2. ] 47 Bobby Labonte he is ill with flu but will start race
  2. ] LAP# 1 - GREEN FLAG  - boogity, boogity, boogity, lets go racing boys & Danica 
    1. ] Kyle Busch out to early lead
    2. ] turn 3 glare from the texas sun looks a little intimidating
    3. ] running a slightly higher rear gear at Texas, than VS last year, should equal faster speeds 
    4. ] lap 15 ky Bush has two second lead on field and is already lapping cars 
    5. ] lap times are already off two seconds after 20 laps due to tire drop off 
    6. ] lap 22 Ricky Stenhouse Jr looks to be ... "wrecking loose" 
    7. ] QUOTE DW on Vickers - "the way he's performing, there is no question he will have a full time cup ride next year possibly in the 55 "
    8. ] Denny Hamlin getting around pretty good on top of trucks, pit boxes  and who knows what else? for a guy with a "broken back" 
    9. ] ky Bush maintains two second lead over 56 up Martin trucks 
  3. ] lap# 37 - YELLOW FLAG CAUTION# 1 - debris 
    1. ] everyone making pit stops, 
    2. ] close calls with 24 and 43 cars on pit road
  4. ] lap# 42 - GREEN FLAG - restart# 1 
    1. ] 
  5. lap# 39 - YELLOW FLAG - Caution# 2 - Stenhouse Jr hits wall 
    1. ] collects the 51 of Austin Dillon 
    2. ] Bobby Labonte takes his car to garage and heads to infield care center for stomach flu treatment, no backup driver available to take over the car
    3. ] QUOTE 17 we had been a little loose I didn't really think anything about it
  6. lap# 42 - GREEN FLAG - restart# 2
    1. ] 56 takes the lead 
    2. ] starting from the back, 29 is up to the 13th position, 22 up to 21st and starting from 33th position the 16 of Biffle is in 16ths 
    3. ] 3 JGR cars are running in top 6 
    4. ] l76 -18 is passing 56 for lead 
    5. ] 99 Edwards reporting potential engine problems
  7. lap# 82 - YELLOW FLAG -  Caution# 3 - 17 Stenhouse Jr for smoking
    1. ] after returning from the garage back onto the track, major smoke surrounding the 17, turns out it was just a tire rub 
    2. ] pit stops for everyone 
    3. ] flames in pit of20,  
  8. lap# # - GREEN FLAG - restart# 3 
    1. ] UP FRONT - 18 and 24 56, 20, 11, 15, 78 ,1,99, 16,29 
    2. ] 48 car is "wrecking loose" but MW says JJ can drive it ,he always does  he likes it that way" (or something to that effect)
    3. ] L#118 - 88 running high groove in p?, TP p18 19 
    4. ] 18 still maintaining 2 second lead on field 
    5. ] L#130 - green flag pitstops starting, 14 - has ugly pit stop entry
    6. ] 2-car returns to pit road, loses one lap now running in p30 2 laps down
    7. ] L#145 18 car lead is now 3.6 seconds
  9. lap# 150 - YELLOW FLAG Caution# 4 - debris
    1. ] 2 car will stay out and take wave around to get 1 lap back 
    2. ] 22 car gets lucky dog, now 20 cars on the lead lap 
    3. ] most everyone to pit Road 
    4. ] 88 car exits in p3 
    5. ] 1 car penalized in pit road not this stop, held too long
  10. lap# 155 - GREEN FLAG - restart# 4
    1. ] up front 18, 24 ,88, 56, 78, 20, 43, 48, 29, 9, 15 ,16 , 11
    2. ] L#178 - 78 car to garage for engine
    3. ] L#185 - 24 car passes 18 for lead
    4. ] L#187 - 88 car unscheduled pit stop,? battery issue? loses 2 laps
    5. ] L#198 - green flag pit stops begin
    6. ] 2 car gets one lap back now down one 
    7. ] 88 car penalized for speeding on previous stop now four laps down
    8. ] 78 Car returns to track, problem was with fuel rail, not an engine failure
    9. ] UP FRONT still 56, 18 ,24
    10. ] L#20? - 18 close call taps wall, loose, 24 passes 18 for second position
    11. ] 24 car working 56 for lead
  11. ] lap# # YELLOW FLAG - Caution# 5 - 83 car taps wall
    1. ] everyone report to pit road
    2. ] 42 tries to Pit in 7 pit stall, same color 
    3. ] 56 car,leader, calling for changes to car
    4. ] 16 car penalized for speeding 
  12. ] lap# 228 GREEN FLAG - restart# 5
    1. ] UP FRONT - 56,24,18,20, 43, 48 ,29,11
    2. ] QUOTES 56 - "oh yeah baby its on it now"
    3. ] 18 car reporting still loose
    4. ] cars stretching fuel window to make it a one- more stop race 
    5. ] long green flag Run, 2 car is now first car 1 lap down
    6. ] L#274 - GreenFlag stops starting 29 harvick is first in then 9,43
    7. ] L#279 - 48,56,... making their hopefully final stops
  13. ] lap# 278 - YELLOW FLAG Caution# 6 - 31 Jeff Burtons, spins, hits wall
    1. ] starts with the nine , spinning , 55 slows up and 31 gets into the back of him 
    2. ] 9 Loses one lap, 31 loses two laps 
  14. ] lap# 289 - GREEN FLAG  restart# 6 
    1. ] up front 56 ,18,24, ,22 ,11, 99, 39, 16 ,20, 55, 43, 29, 27, 48, 15, 5, 2, 1
    2. ] 18 crew chief has tire concerns
    3. ] 2 car still a lap down
    4. ] L#304 56 car still leading 18, 24
    5. ] 24 car has a flat tire as fox goes to commercial . no Caution now also has problem in the pits , goes to garage
    6. ] 18 car is turning up the heat 56 lead is now  down to 1.1 second
  15. ] lap# 313 - YELLOW FLAG  Caution# 7- debris
    1. ] everyone to pit road
    2. ] problem with 55 car Mark Martin running oversomething 
    3. ] 18 car nails pit stop, 11.7 seconds 
  16. ] lap# # 316 - GREEN FLAG  restart# 7
    1. ] up front 18, 56, 99, 16, 22, 11,48, 43, 
    2. ] 18 car out to lead jumps ahead, up by 1.3 seconds
    3. ] teammates 99 and 16 battle for p3 
    4. ] 2 car is up to p11,
    5. ] 2 car is up to p9 
  17. ] LAP# 334 - CHECKERED FLAG 
    1. ] Kyle Busch - WINS -  3rd in standings(+1), captures his 2nd victory of season, sweeps TMS weekend races,  Post Race Team Report, Driver Recap  
    2. ] 56 , 99, 16, 22, 48, 43, 11, 2, 39, 5 ,20, 29, 55, 15, 1, 27, 21 , 9, 42,14 

[post-race]

  1. ] ARTICLE: Race - Results Final BY: mrn.com
    1. ] TLDR: summary of events during this race won by Kyle Busch 2nd place Martin Truex Jr, Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle, Joey Logano
    2. ] RACE: Average Speed: 144.751 MPH,  Lead Changes: 18 among 7 drivers,  Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 27 Mins, 40 Secs. Cautions: 7 for 36 laps  Margin of Victory: 0.508 Seconds
  2. ] ARTICLE: Results - CURRENT STANDINGS
    1. ] 2013 Points Standings after Race# 7/36 @ TMS - 48(NC), 2(NC), 18(+1), 16(+1), 99(+1), 88(-3), 5(-2), 15(NC), 22(+), 27(-1)
    2. *] bracketed # is the change in position from the last race to after this race, NC = No Change,
  3. ] VIDEOs: Race highlights packages
    1. [02:17] espn [02:38] speed tv -  [11:23] nascar - extended highlights pkg
  4. ] VIDEO:[182:07] Race - complete 
    1. ] NRA 500

  1. ] Driver Reports
    1. ] nascar.com - driver reports page after the NRA 500 - where they stand, who's up, who's down
  2. [ Best of the Rest - top 10 @ Texas Motor Speedway ]   
    1. ] Martin Truex Jr, 2nd place, 16th in standings, Bridesmaid again, the 6th second place finish in 200+ starts since his last(only) win at Dover in 2007 and leading for many laps(146) including near the end, maybe Martin needs more time with his "sports pschyologist" to instill the "YES i can win this" attitude, points are also PENDING penalty assessment after the NASCAR post race inspection found a violation in Truex Jr's car ride height attributed to shock absorbers that were non functional. The late race caution for "debris " that came out with 20 laps to go was the last thing Truex wanted to see at the time and the final pit stop of Buschs 18 team put the final nail in the coffin(so to speak) for Martin + POST RACE Team Report Driver Report
    2. ] Carl Edwards, 3rd place, 5th in standings,+2 POST RACE Edwards overcame numerous issues including what he thought was an impending engine failure and having his safety belts come undone, a bad set of tires and an ill handling car to continue his impressive start to the 2013 campaign. QUOTE "We adjusted more things tonight.  We pulled shims and put more rounds everywhere than I think I’ve ever done in a race and had a good pit strategy and, fortunately, we came home third.  That’s a gift for us.  I know Martin is not happy with second, but I’m real happy with third.” " Team Report Driver Report
    3. ] Greg Biffle, 4th place, 4th in standings,+ POST RACE Team Report Driver Report
    4. ] Joey Logano, 5th place, 9th in standings,+2 Joey had a great run considering the pre race tech inspection failure that almost saw him not make the start of the race. This caused him to have to give up his grid position and start from the back.It took Logano the first 100 laps to work his way up into the top 20 and the next 100 to crack the top 15. Logano benefited when a late race caution came out during a round of green flag pit stops, because Logano hadnt stopped yet he moved up to 4th postion. Joey got as high as 3rd before eventually falling back to finish in fifth, his 2nd top 5 in the last 3 races  POST RACE Team Report Driver Report
    5. ] Jimmie Johnson, 6th place, 1st in standings, NC By Lap 206, he was running fourth and reported to Knaus that the No. 48 Chevy SS appeared better on the long run, but admitted he was confused why he couldn’t catch the leaders when his car felt “pretty efficient.” As the race wound down, Johnson, Knaus and the No. 48 team were unable to find more speed at the 1.5-mile speedway, but pitted just ahead of a late-race caution period. Johnson held his position inside the top 11 and pitted when the caution flag was waved with 20 laps remaining. He lined up seventh for the restart with 16 laps left and picked up one position to cross the finish line sixth.POST RACE Team Report Driver Report
    6. ] Brad Keselowski, 9th place, 2nd in standings, NC A good run Brad who had to fight back from adversity all night. The pre race failed tech inspection and rush to the grid, an early pit road mistake that moved him from mid pack to the 30th,an unscheduled stop for a vibration that put him 2 laps down by POST RACE Team Report Driver Report
    7. ] Ryan Newman, 10th place, 17th in standings, + A good comeback after a rough couple of weeks for Newman results in a 6 position leap in the standings. Ryan was at the top of the SHR class today. Newman capitalized on a couple of timely cautions, 1 to get back on the lead lap and another to pick up 10 positions when a caution came out while some teams were completing green flag pit stops. FREE Blooming Onions at the outback steakhouse on Monday :), as Ryan gets his 4th top 10 of the season. POST RACE Team Report Driver Report
  3. [underdogs and overachievers]
    1. ] Aric Almirola - 7th place, 14th in standings -  After a very good qualifying effort(3rd), Aric came home with the teams first top 10 of the season. An error entering his pit stall on the first caution dropped Aric back to the 19th position. Aric worked his way back up to the 7th spot by the lap 150 caution for debris. Like many Almirola battled handling problems all race long. Before he pulled down pit road for his final stop, Almirola told the Eckrich crew that the No. 43 Ford was much better. Parrott called for four tires and no adjustments. Clicking off another fast pit stop, the Eckrich crew returned the No. 43 back to the track in the eighth spot. Almirola restarted with 15 laps to go and Jimmie Johnson in his windshield. Problems with the No. 24 gave the No. 43 Eckrich Ford the seventh position. Racing hard for the sixth spot, Almirola kept Johnson in sight but did not have enough laps to make the pass.
      1. QUOTE "We kept making adjustments on the car all night, getting it better and better, and then right there at the end when that caution came out that really hurt us. I think we were running sixth, and we had to take the wave around. I think we restarted back in 14th or 15th, so it was good for us to drive back up through there. I felt really good about our car. I wish we could have kept our track position. I think our night would have turned out a lot differently. I felt like we were a solid top-five car at the end of the race, but we just didn’t make that happen. Still, it was a great day, a great points day for us, and I feel really good about it.” 
      2. POST RACE Team Report Driver Report
    2. ] Brian Vickers - 8th place, 46th in standings(PT) - filling in for Denny Hamlin while he recovers from a back injury, started 15th tonight in the No. 11 but quickly climbed into the top ten and was running seventh when the first caution came out 40 laps into the race. Vickers would enter the top five before the handle on his No. 11 Camry began to change causing him to drop just outside the top ten about a third of the way into the race. Vickers would run 14th as the race reached halfway and he battled loose conditions once the sun set on the mile and a half speedway. The FedEx crew would make adjustments under a caution and picked up several spots in the process to restart 10th with 106 laps to go. Another caution with 56 laps to go would allow Vickers to restart fifth with 44 laps to go as several teams were caught in the pits when the caution came out. Vickers lost a couple spots on the restart and was running seventh when a caution came out with 20 laps to go. The FedEx team would put Vickers out sixth with 16 to go. He would go on to finish eighth. 
      1. QUOTE “It was a great effort by everyone on this #11 FedEx team,” “Our car didn’t handle as well as we would have hoped, but the guys gave me great stops every time on pit road, and we were able to battle in the top-10 there at the end. It was great to work with Darian (Grubb, crew chief) and everyone on this team, and I’m already looking forward to next week at Kansas.”  "Tonight we were just loose in the long run. We had some runs where we were really fast, and right there with the 22 (Brad Two eights after eight hundred miles... not too shabby! )
      2. POST RACE Team Report Driver Report
  4. [ What happened ??? ]   
    1. ] Tony Stewart, 21st place, 22nd in standings,NC, battled a loose race car all night, finished 1 lap down, was never in contention, 7 races into the season and SHR still struggling POST RACE Team Report Driver Report
    2. ] Danica Patrick, 28th place, 26th in standings - finished the race, running 4 laps down, kept it off the wall and out of harms way, I don't think she impressed many with her run at this race but she did manage to outscore her competition in the Rookie of the Year(ROY) Battle. Stenhouse Jr crashed early and ended up with a 40th place finish  POST RACE Team Report Driver Report
    3. ] Dale Earnhardt Jr 29th place, 6th in standings, -3  good race, running up near the front but mechanical woes beget other woes(speeding penalty on pit road) and Jr lost several laps which he was unable to recover from. 2nd consecutive weekends of bad racing luck.   POST RACE  Team Report Driver Report
    4. ] Jeff Gordon, 38th place, 15th in standings, - great run, fast car and lead some laps, but mechanical failure(front hub) ruined Gordons day near the end of the race.  POST RACE Team Report Driver Report
  5. x] Television(TV) coverage and Ratings (Texas Motor Speedway, ) 
    1. ] This site has full stats for the TV broadcast on FOX, which indicated that 180 minutes of the total 220 minutes of the TV broadcast was RACE COVERAGE (81.81%) and the balance was COMMERCIALS(18.19%). This is the 2nd week in a row that TV coverage has exceeded 80% - An improvement!
    2. ] The race had a 3.5 overnight rating on FOX, down from last year's (3.6), and down 5% from 2011 (3.7). Excluding rainouts, the 3.5 overnight is the lowest ever for the spring Texas race (dates back to 1997). As recently as 2007, when the race was still run on a Sunday afternoon, coverage earned a 5.4 overnight. The 3.5 also ranks as the lowest overnight of the season for any NASCAR Sprint Cup race. The previous low was a 4.0 for the Martinsville race one week earlier. Overall, the NRA 500 ranks as one of the lowest rated NASCAR telecasts ever on FOX in the metered markets; the all-time NASCAR on FOX record-low is a 3.3 overnight. The race still ranked as the top non-golf sporting event of the weekend on broadcast television
  6. ] Attendance - although NASCAR no longer provides their unofficial guess estimated attendance figures, 
    1. ] 
  7. ] NOW lets talk about "the racing" at the NRA 500
    1. ] definetly NOT the most exciting race of the season 
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NAME: NASCAR-CUP-race-07-Texas-NRA-500

DESCRIPTION: RACE EVENT - ] Starting Grid, ] Race Summary ] Finishing Results ] VIDEO Highlights for the NASCAR sprint cup Series Race 7 @ Texas Motor Speedway WON by

START DATE TIME: 2013-04-13 20:30:00

EST DURATION: 04:00:00

END DATE TIME: 2013-04-14 00:30:00

STATUS: Completed

PRIORITY: -5

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