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Prep Roundup
Columnists Brian Meadows Brad NormanMembersLocal Connection› Iredell County Young Athletes Association› South Iredell Athletics Association › SHS athletics › WIHS athletics › NIHS athletics › SIHS athletics › LNHS athletics Syndicate RSSAP NASCAR NASCAR Features A look at this year's schedule A look at this year's drivers Differences between stock car and open-wheel racing NASCAR Research & Development Petty Enterprises splitter testing Aerodynamic testing in Concord's wind tunnel Top 10 moments in Daytona history Site StatisticsThis page has been viewed 801376 timesPage rendered in 0.2184 seconds Total Stories: 2136 Total Comments: 34 Most Recent Entry: 08/15/2008 01:53 pm Most Recent Comment on: 04/17/2008 11:54 pm Most Recent Visitor on: 05/23/2012 08:35 am |
• Racing
2007 Sep-12
Pit Stops: NASCAR’s fake fans?By Tony Fabrizio FAKE FANS? Daytona International Speedway painted about 38,000 grandstand seats varying colors last year, and a new 18-story high grandstand at Richmond International Raceway has chairs molded in red, blue, orange and white. Because color pattern appears random, the seats look occupied in a quick pan by TV cameras. It should be noted that empty seats have not been a problem at Richmond for Nextel Cup races. Saturday night’s Chevy Rock & Roll 400 was the track’s 32nd consecutive sellout. One other worthwhile observation is that the view from the top of the tower grandstand at Richmond is both dizzying and spectacular. SHINY NEW New permanent grandstands and grandstand suites were in place for this year’s event in March, and for next year the facility will have a 360-degree race control tower atop a state-of-the-art media center. The quarter-mile drag strip, located near the University of Florida, opened in 1969 and hosted its first Gatornationals in 1970. One of the fastest tracks on the circuit, Gainesville has produced the first 260-, 270- and 300-mph Top Fuel runs. HE SAID IT “Where’d [Dale Earnhardt] Junior finish?” Busch asked. “Didn’t he finish fifth? You call him in shape? He got out huffin’ and puffin,’ falling over, trying to find a place to sit.” Earnhardt did, in fact, finish fifth —– after Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards, Busch and Jeff Burton. Bookmarkz |
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