Texas Race Weekend Info

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Preliminary Entry List
Samsung Mobile 500
Texas Motor Speedway - 4/18/2010

Car# Driver Manu Sponsor Owner
1 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine Rob Kauffman
2 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy Bass Pro Shops Teresa Earnhardt
3 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite Walter Czarnecki
4 5 Mark Martin Chevy GoDaddy.com Mary Hendrick
5 6 David Ragan Ford UPS John Henry
6 7 Robby Gordon Toyota Monster Energy Robby Gordon
7 9 Kasey Kahne Ford Budweiser George Gillett, Jr
8 09 Aric Almirola Chevy Phoenix Construction/Graceway James Finch
9 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground J D Gibbs
10 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge Abyss Roger Penske
11 13 Max Papis Toyota GEICO Bob Germain
12 14 Tony Stewart Chevy Office Depot / Old Spice Margaret Haas
13 16 Greg Biffle Ford Post-It Jack Roush
14 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal Black John Henry
15 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Interstate Batteries Joe Gibbs
16 19 Elliott Sadler Ford Stanley Tools George Gillett, Jr
17 20 Joey Logano Toyota Hunt Brothers Pizza Joe Gibbs
18 21 Bill Elliott [PC2] Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Glen Wood
19 24 Jeff Gordon Chevy National Guard Special Forces Rick Hendrick
20 26 David Stremme Ford TBA Bill Jenkins
21 29 Kevin Harvick Chevy Shell / Pennzoil Richard Childress
22 31 Jeff Burton Chevy Caterpillar Richard Childress
23 32 Reed Sorenson Toyota Dollar General Ralph Braun
24 33 Clint Bowyer Chevy Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Richard Childress
25 34 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's Bob Jenkins
26 36 Mike Bliss Chevy Wave Energy Drink Tommy Baldwin
27 37 David Gilliland Ford Taco Bell Doug Yates
28 38 Kevin Conway # Ford Extenze Doug Yates
29 39 Ryan Newman Chevy U.S. Army Tony Stewart
30 42 Juan PabloMontoya Chevy Target Chip Ganassi
31 43 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Insignia/Best Buy Richard Petty
32 46 Terry Cook # Dodge TBA Dusty Whitney
33 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Scott's / Kingsford Tad Geschickter
34 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevy Lowe's Jeff Gordon
35 55 Dave Blaney Toyota Prism Motorsports Randy Humphrey
36 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts Michael Waltrip
37 66 Michael McDowell Toyota Prism Motorsports Phil Parsons
38 71 Bobby Labonte Chevy Rick Perry for Governor Kevin Buckler
39 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 Roger Penske
40 78 Regan Smith Chevy Furniture Row Richard Childress
41 82 Scott Speed Toyota Red Bull Dietrich Mateschitz
42 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull Dietrich Mateschitz
43 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota NEMCO Motorsports Andrea Nemechek
44 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy AMP Energy Drink / National Guard Rick Hendrick
45 98 Paul Menard Ford Menards/Quaker State George Gillett Jr
46 99 Carl Edwards Ford Scott's Turfbuilder Jack Roush

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Preliminary Entry List
O'Reilly 300
Texas Motor Speedway - 4/17/2010

Ent. Car # Driver Sponsor Manu. Owner
1 1 James Buescher TBA 10 Chevy James Finch
2 01 Mike Wallace TBA 10 Chevy Lori Davis
3 04 Jeremy Clements TBA 10 Chevy Gene Vess
4 05 David Starr 31W Insulation 10 Chevy Wayne Day
5 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr CITIFINANCIAL 10 Ford Jack Roush
6 7 Landon Cassill TBA 10 Chevy Bryan Mullet
7 07 Danny Efland TBA 10 Chevy Thomas Efland Jr
8 09 TBA TBA 10 Ford Robby Benton
9 10 David Reutimann Beringer Vineyards 08 Toyota Todd Braun
10 11 Brian Scott TBD 10 Toyota Harry Scott Jr
11 12 Justin Allgaier Verizon Wireless 09 Dodge Roger Penske
12 15 Michael Annett Pilot Travel Centers 10 Toyota Bob Germain
13 16 Colin Braun CONWAY 10 Ford Jack Roush
14 18 Kyle Busch Z-Line Designs 10 Toyota Joe Gibbs
15 20 Joey Logano GameStop 10 Toyota Joe Gibbs
16 21 John Wes Townley ZAXBY'S 10 Chevy Richard Childress
17 22 Brad Keselowski DISCOUNT TIRE 10 Dodge Jodi Geschickter
18 23 Robert Richardson Jr R3 Motorsports 09 Chevy Robert Richardson
19 24 Eric McClure Hefty 09 Ford Ed Rensi
20 26 Brian Keselowski Stubb's BBQ 10 Dodge Bob Keselowski
21 27 Greg Biffle Redman Moist Snuff 10 Ford Mike Curb
22 28 Kenny Wallace Chloe Duyck Memorial Fund 10 Chevy Jay Robinson
23 32 Reed Sorenson Dollar General Stores 08 Toyota Todd Braun
24 33 Kevin Harvick Rheem Tankless 10 Chevy Delana Harvick
25 34 Tony Raines Long John Silver's 10 Chevy Bob Jenkins
26 35 Jason Keller TBA 10 Chevy Mark Smith
27 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips 08 Toyota Ralph Braun
28 40 Mike Bliss TBA 10 Chevy Curtis Key Sr
29 43 Scott Lagasse Jr TBA 10 Ford Mike Curb
30 49 Mark Green TBA 10 Chevy Jay Robinson
31 56 Kevin Lepage TBA 10 Toyota John McNelly
32 60 Carl Edwards FASTENAL 10 Ford Jack Roush
33 61 Josh Wise TBA 10 Ford Doug Taylor
34 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Casino and Hotel 09 Toyota Rusty Wallace
35 66 Steve Wallace 5 Hour Energy 09 Toyota Rusty Wallace
36 70 Shelby Howard Foretravel 10 Chevy Mary Louise Miller
37 71 Justin Lofton Weekend Warriors TV.com 10 Toyota Tom Deloach
38 73 Derrike Cope Dean Guitar-Charter Dodge 09 Dodge Derrike Cope
39 81 Michael McDowell TBA 10 Dodge Pat MacDonald
40 87 Joe Nemechek TBA 09 Chevy Andrea Nemechek
41 88 Kelly Bires Hellmann's 10 Chevy Dale Earnhardt Jr
42 89 Morgan Shepherd TBA 10 Chevy Cindy Shepherd
43 90 Danny O'Quinn Jr T.B.A. 09 Chevy Eddie D'hondt
44 91 David Gilliland T.B.A. 09 Chevy Randy Humphrey
45 92 Dennis Setzer K-Automotive Motorsports 10 Dodge Brian Keselowski
46 98 Paul Menard MENARDS 10 Ford Jack Roush
47 99 Trevor Bayne Diamond Waltrip Racing 10 Toyota Michael Waltrip

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Friday, April 16
12:00 am Fast Track to Fame - Phoenix SPEED
12:30 am NASCAR Now ESPN2
8:00 am Fast Track to Fame - Phoenix SPEED
11:00 am SportsCentury: Tim Flock ESPNC
11:30 am NNS Final Texas Practice ESPN2
12:00 pm NASCAR Live SPEED
1:00 pm NSCS Texas Practice SPEED
2:30 pm NNS Texas Pole Qualifying ESPN2
4:30 pm NSCS Texas Pole Qualifying SPEED
6:30 pm NASCAR Now ESPN2
6:30 pm Trackside at Texas SPEED
9:30 pm NASCAR Hall of Fame Special: Bill France, Sr. SPEED
10:30 pm NSCS Texas Pole Qualifying (re-air) SPEED

Saturday, April 17
3:30 am Sounds of NASCAR SPEED
11:30 am NASCAR Live SPEED
12:30 pm NSCS Texas Practice SPEED
1:30 pm NSCS Final Texas Practice SPEED
3:00 pm NNS Countdown ESPN2
3:30 pm NNS: O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas ESPN2
7:00 pm NASCAR Hall of Fame Special: Bill France, Sr. SPEED

Sunday, April 18
9:00 am NASCAR Now ESPN2
10:30 am NASCAR Performance SPEED
11:00 am NASCAR Smarts SPEED
11:30 am NASCAR in a Hurry SPEED
12:00 pm NASCAR RaceDay SPEED
2:00 pm NSCS Pre-Race Show FOX
3:00 pm NSCS: Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas (green flag ~3:16pm) FOX
7:00 pm SPEED Report SPEED
8:00 pm NASCAR Victory Lane SPEED
9:00 pm Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain SPEED
10:00 pm Fast Track to Fame - Phoenix SPEED
11:00 pm NASCAR Hall of Fame Special: Bill France, Sr. SPEED

[roosterrage]

Reed going for both races this weekend- awesome. I hope the Cup car has enough speed and it doesn't rain!

[TeamBlueOval]

Rain is possible all weekend:

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~Weather.com~

[roosterrage]

I hope that changes- of all times for it to rain...

[mattemmy99]

*writes letter to nascar*...dear nascar,please have a race in northern wi....we need rain.....thanks,jenny


lol~

[DeeDee]

Ambrose to be honored: #47-Marcos Ambrose will receive a Sportsmanship of the Year award in his second year of full-time competition during the Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame (TMHoF) dinner and induction ceremony Friday night in the Grand Ballroom of the Speedway Club at Texas Motor Speedway. "I am honored to receive the Sportsmanship award and would like to thank the Motorsports Hall of Fame panel, Eddie Gossage and everyone at Texas Motor Speedway," said Ambrose, who will be among other TMHoF award winners, such as, Kyle Busch, Jeff Gordon, John Sturbin, Robert Yates and inductee Joe Gibbs. "I have such a great appreciation for our sport. When I came into NASCAR I promised myself I was going to appreciate every single day and not get mad or angry. I remind myself every day that I'm doing something that millions of kids out there  girls and guys  would love to do when they grow up. I am lucky enough to be a driver. Sure, you may get disappointed at times and there are compromises. However, you can never lose sight that there are not many downs when you are a racecar driver. I love what I do. So, to be recognized like this for the first time - especially when I'm a goofy Tasmanian coming from 14,000 miles away - is pretty awesome."(JTG Daugherty Racing)(4-15-2010)
WTG Marcos!!!!:cool: :D

[TeamBlueOval]

Weather looks terrible for the weekend -- 40% chance of rain today, and 70% for Saturday and Sunday. :( I hope they can get this stuff in!!

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Wet weather in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area has forced the cancellation of Saturday's Sprint Cup Series practices.

After trying to hold out for dry weather all morning, NASCAR Managing Event Director David Hoots made the cancellation official shortly after 2 p.m. ET.

Sunday's Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is scheduled to take the green flag shortly after 3 p.m. ET. Coverage of the event will begin at 2 p.m. ET on FOX.
-FOX Sports

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NASCAR confiscates parts from Ambrose, Papis:
http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/Spencer-NASCAR-confiscates-part-from-2-teams

[DeeDee]

Parts confiscated from #13 and #47 teams UPDATE: NASCAR confiscated the lower radiator pans from Max Papis' #13 Toyota and Marcos Ambrose's #47 Toyota during post-qualifying Sprint Cup Series inspection. The pans are considered "unapproved ballast weight mounting" according to Sprint Cup Series Director John Darby and is in violation of NASCAR Rule 20-2.3 (added car weight). Darby said the violation could carry a penalty. The piece confiscated on the #13 Toyota was 45.2-pounds, while the #47 Toyota's pan weighed 25.7 pounds. One crew chief who was observing the steel pieces in the NASCAR hauler after they were confiscated said the pans "should weigh a couple of pounds at best" and be composed of one-eighth inch aluminum. Frank Kerr, crew chief of the #47 Toyota said it was the same radiator pan the team has used all season. "We asked the inspectors when we first put it on the car at California if it was 'OK' and they said it was 'on the edge, but OK.' There hasn't been any question about the piece until now."(FoxSports)(4-17-2010)
UPDATE: The long steel pieces also were installed in an unapproved mounting location, according to the tags on the parts which were on display in the NASCAR hauler. "We'll know a lot more how NASCAR views these pans [next week]," said Michael Waltrip Racing Executive Vice President Cal Wells, whose organization builds the cars for Ambrose and Papis. "We'll have to wait and see. NASCAR likes to have parts submitted if you have got something new or different. I believe there was some confusion on what should or shouldn't be submitted. & In this particular case what we designed was a modular piece that holds a radiator, the pan up front and the duct work and a host of different things. There's no intent to do anything [around the rules]. We'll see what they decide to do."(SceneDaily)(4-18-2010);)

[mattemmy99]

:p Kind of funny how Mikey is getting caught with "unapproved" parts:p or parts that don't belong to him....LOL:p

[DeeDee]

I believe there was some confusion on what should or shouldn't be submitted. ;) :lol:

[RacingDude]

or parts that don't belong to him....LOL:p

True... LOL :lol:

[TeamBlueOval]

Penalties announced for those illegal parts...

NASCAR has fined Bootie Barker and Frank Kerr, crew chiefs of the Nos. 13 and 47 Toyotas, respectively, $25,000 for parts that were not submitted for prior approval and $50,000 for unapproved ballast weight mounting in violation or Rule 20-2.3, according to multiple team sources.

Team owners Bob Germain of the No. 13 Toyota and Tad Geschickter of the No. 47 Toyota were also docked 50 driver/owner points for the infractions. The penalty would knock Marcos Ambrose from 26th in points to 28th. Geschickter says JTG/Daugherty Racing will not appeal the penalties.

“We have to focus on getting better on a number of levels,” Geschickter said. “If we didn’t understand the rules, we need to work on getting faster, not on appealing. We’re not running where we want to by any means. We have a driver that can get the job done. Now we have to do it as a team.”

Pat Tryson and Rodney Childers, crew chiefs for the Michael Waltrip Racing Nos. 56 and 00, were also fined $25,000 for parts that were not submitted for prior approval.

"Certainly the 00 and the 56 will not appeal," said MWR team principal Cal Wells. "There are certain ways that NASCAR wants the garage to evolve as it relates to parts approval and this gives us a clearer line of sight on how parts need to be submitted for approval."

Calls to NASCAR were not immediately returned.