Thursday, 8 November 2007
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| NASCAR-CUP: Phoenix II: GM Racing preview Guest 10:22:37 |
| | Phoenix - (November 6, 2007) - Two races remain in the 2007 NNCS
season...two races, 579 laps, 712.5 miles until the 2007 NASCAR Nextel
Cup Series (NNCS) champion is crowned.
The 312-lap/312-mile/500K Checker Auto Parts 500 Presented by Pennzoil is
up first for Team Chevy drivers at the ever-challenging one-mile Phoenix
International Raceway (PIR).
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| GP2: DPR Paul Richard test summary Guest 10:13:35 |
| | SUCCESSFUL POST-SEASON GP2 TEST FOR DPR
DPR completed four days of testing with the 2005-2007 GP2 car at
the final test of the season for the GP2 Series last week. Running seven drivers over the
duration of the test, the DPR team had a successful conclusion to their season, with top
ten times on three of the four days.
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| NASCAR-CUP: Phoenix II: Elliott Sadler preview Guest 10:09:04 |
| | ELLIOTT SADLER QUOTES:
"Phoenix poses a lot of problems for teams because each turn is very
different. It will be interesting to see how the COT responds. I think
we'll get some indication of the progress we've made at Gillett Evernham
Motorsports in recent months with our COT program.
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| NASCAR-BUSCH: Phoenix II: Marcos Ambrose preview Guest 10:09:03 |
| | AMBROSE TAKES FORM CAR AND TEAM CONFIDENCE INTO PHOENIX
Marcos Ambrose will have a proven performer and great short
track race car underneath him in the Arizona Travel 200 at
Phoenix International Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona this
weekend.
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| NASCAR-CUP: Phoenix II: Ricky Rudd preview Guest 10:09:02 |
| | RUDD AIMS FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE TOP-20 FINISH THIS WEEKEND
CHARLOTTE, NC (November 6, 2007) -- This weekend the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup
Series travels to Phoenix International Raceway for the Checker Auto
Parts 500. With two more races left in the 2007 season as well as his
career, Ricky Rudd looks ahead to Phoenix as an opportunity to further
develop on the success the #88 team has achieved the previous two
weekends at Atlanta and Texas. Rudd has finished in the top-20 the past
two weekends with a 17th-place finish at Atlanta and a 15th-place finish
at Texas. Rudd will be running the bright yellow PEDIGREE Brand Food
for Dogs Ford Fusion this weekend at Phoenix instead of his traditional
Snickers paint scheme.
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| VINTAGE/SCCA/GRANDAM/IRL/NASCAR: Watkins Glen 2008 celebration Guest 10:09:00 |
| | WATKINS GLEN TO CELEBRATE 60 YEARS OF ROAD RACING IN 2008
NASCAR Busch East Added to Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen Weekend
in June
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| WSR: Edoardo Piscopo Paul Ricard test preview Guest 10:07:40 |
| | Edoardo Piscopo to join Fortec Motorsport in this week's World Series
Renault tests
On the next Wednesday, 7 and Thursday, 8 November, Edoardo Piscopo will
be behind the wheel of a powerful World Series Renault Dallara in the
first pre- 2008 collective test. The driver from Rome will be joining
Fortec Motorsport for 2 days at Le Castellet: the team won one race in
the 2007 Championship with James Walker. Piscopo already tested a World
Series Dallara last winter at Vallelunga, at the end of his experience
in the F.Renault 2.0 Eurocup. A second test followed this summer for
Eurointernational.
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| PCC: AP: Final round Macau preview Guest 10:01:26 |
| | Watts Back for Macau Grand Prix Season-closer
Briton Danny Watts, winner of the 2006 Macau Carrera Cup Asia round,
is set to return to the Guia Circuit next month to defend his crown in
Asia's
blue riband event. Racing for GR Asia, the Briton joins the strong field
of
series regulars for the final round of the Porsche Carrera Cup 2007
season.
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| LMS: Interlagos: Practice 1 times Guest 09:43:52 |
| | Pos Num Class Drivers Team Car Time Gap To 1st
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1. 7 LMP1 M.Gene, N.Minassian Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP 1:21.787
2. 8 LMP1 P.Lamy, S.Sarrazin Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP 1:22.687 0.900 0.900
3. 16 LMP1 E.Collard, J.Boullion, H.Primat Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo Judd 1:24.560 1.873 2.773
4. 9 LMP1 Campbell, J.Walter, F.Ortiz, S.Hall Creation Autosportif Creation CA07 Judd 1:24.773 0.213 2.986
5. 32 LMP2 J.Barazi, M.Vergers, K.Ojjeh Barazi Epsilon Zytek 07S Zytek 1:26.646 1.873 4.859
6. 45 LMP2 W.Hughes, D.Manning, M.Haberfeld Embassy Racing Radical SR9 Judd 1:27.355 0.709 5.568
7. 72 LMGT1 O.Beretta, P.Goueslard, O.Gavin Alphand Aventures Corvette C6.R 1:30.390 3.035 8.603
8. 20 LMP2 M.Rostan, P.Bruneau, P.Bonifacio Pierre Bruneau Pilbeam MP93 Judd 1:31.166 0.776 9.379
9. 51 LMGT1 G.Fisken, S.Zacchia, R.Berville, F.Rees AMR Larbre Aston Martin DBR9 1:33.414 2.248 11.627
10. 90 LMGT2 D.Werner, P.Ehret, Nielsen E.Lars Farnbacher Racing Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:35.873 2.459 14.086
11. 99 LMGT2 B.Aucott, P.Peter, R.Bell JMB Racing Ferrari F430 GT 1:36.013 0.140 14.226
12. 77 LMGT2 M.Lieb, X.Pompidou, M.Basseng Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:36.350 0.337 14.563
13. 74 LMGT2 F.Longo, C.Serra, D.Serra JMB Racing Ferrari F430 GT 1:36.419 0.069 14.632
14. 75 LMGT2 Negrao X, Negrao S.Alexandre, A.Mattheis JMB Racing Ferrari F430 GT 1:36.687 0.268 14.900
15. 91 LMGT2 F.Figueiredo, R.Boesel, M.Visconde Dener Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:36.865 0.178 15.078
16. 97 LMGT2 F.De Simone, L.Drudi, M.Bobbi, Y.Lambert GPC Sport Ferrari F430 GT 1:37.175 0.310 15.388
17. 94 LMGT2 A.Belicchi, A.Chiesa, J.Kane Speedy Racing Team Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R 1:37.313 0.138 15.526
18. 85 LMGT2 P.Kox, M.Hezemans, Van, P.Splunteren Spyker Squadron Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R 1:37.571 0.258 15.784
19. 88 LMGT2 C.Ried, Felbermayr J.Horst Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:38.137 0.566 16.350
20. 92 LMGT2 P.Hesnault, R.Barff, J.Hartshorne, T.Per Thierry Perrier Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 1:39.233 1.096 17.446
21. 79 LMGT2 Felbermayr S.Horst, G.Ried, J.Stuck Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 1:40.714 1.481 18.927
22. 89 LMGT2 K.Thiim, R.Rasmussen Markland Racing Corvette C6 Z06 1:41.561 0.847 19.774
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| NASCAR-CUP: Phoenix II: Tony Raines preview Guest 06:52:20 |
| | TONY RAINES
CORNELIUS, N.C. (Nov. 6, 2007) -- Last week Tony Raines and the DLP HDTV
team finished 20th in the Dickies 500 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series event at
Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. The race was an important one for
the team as primary sponsor DLP HDTV, a division of Texas Instruments,
is based in nearby Dallas. In addition, Hall of Fame Racing (HoFR)
minority owners Troy Aikman, Roger Staubach and Bill Saunders all have
deep Texas ties.
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| NASCAR-CUP: Phoenix II: Jeff Gordon preview Guest 06:52:19 |
| | GORDON WANTS BETTER THAN 'AVERAGE' FINISH AT PIR
AVONDALE, Ariz. (November 6, 2007) - With two races to go in the 2007 season,
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| NASCAR-BUSCH/NASCAR-CUP: Phoenix II: Matt Kenseth preview Guest 06:52:19 |
| | FAST FACTS
* Matt Kenseth's second-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway last Sunday marked the fourth time in five consecutive Cup races at Texas, where he has finished in the top three.
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| NASCAR-CUP: Phoenix II: JJ Yeley preview Guest 06:52:18 |
| | J.J. YELEY
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (Nov. 6, 2007) -- Question: What do J.J. Yeley, Tony
Stewart, and Ken Schrader have in common?
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| NASCAR-CUP: Phoenix II: Tony Stewart preview Guest 06:52:18 |
| | TONY STEWART
ATLANTA (Nov. 6, 2007) -- A start by reigning NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series
champion and current point leader Jimmie Johnson in any one of the
season's final two races is all that separates Tony Stewart from being
mathematically eliminated from this year's Chase for the Nextel Cup.
But when it came to his realistic shot at staying in title contention,
Stewart knew that his bid ended two weeks ago after he finished an
uncharacteristic 30th at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
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| NASCAR-CUP: Phoenix II: John Andretti preview Guest 06:52:17 |
| | * Andretti has 12 NEXTEL Cup Series starts at Phoenix International
Raceway with one pole award (11/07/99) and two outside pole positions
(10/28/01; 11/10/02) and an average start of 18.3. He has two top-10 and
four top-15 finishes at the speedway with a track best finish of 6th
(10/25/98) and an average finish of 24.8.
* BAM Racing has seven starts at the one-mile tri-oval with an average
start of 34.0 and a track best start of 18th (11/07/04). The team has a
track-best finish of 20th (11/07/04) and an average finish of 32.3.
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| NASCAR-CUP: Phoenix II: Johnny Benson preview Guest 06:52:16 |
| | * Phoenix's Camry...The No. 36 Toyota Johnny Benson is
scheduled to drive in the Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International
Raceway is chassis No. COT 15. This car was last utilized at Martinsville
(Va.) Speedway.
* Double Duty for Trip too...Benson's Truck Series crew
chief Trip Bruce will also pull double duty this weekend. He'll
call the shots for Benson's Cup team. Slugger Labbe, who led the
No. 36 team for the past two weeks, will lead the No. 27 Bill Davis
Racing effort with Jacques Villeneuve this weekend.
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| NASCAR-CUP: Phoenix II: Dave Blaney preview Guest 06:28:57 |
| | * Phoenix's COT...The No. 22 Caterpillar Toyota Dave
Blaney is scheduled to drive in the Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix
International Raceway is chassis No. 17. This car was most recently run
in the events at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway and Richmond (Va.)
International Raceway.
* What Happened Last week...The No. 22 Caterpillar team
traveled to Texas with survival on its mind. After qualifying in the
32nd spot, Blaney and the team made it through the race unscathed to
finish 21st and help solidify its place in the top 35 of the NASCAR
NEXTEL Cup Series owners' points standings.
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| NASCAR-CUP: Phoenix II: Jimmie Johnson preview Guest 06:28:56 |
| | Jimmie Johnson and the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series travel to Phoenix
International Raceway for Sunday's ninth of the ten-race 2007
"Chase for the Nextel Cup." After posting his 32nd career
victory at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday, Johnson leads teammate Jeff
Gordon by 30 points. Johnson hopes to drive his Chevrolet Impala SS
"Car of Tomorrow" to his fourth consecutive victory this
weekend equaling a modern era record held by seven drivers. Johnson has
won 10 of the 38 "Chase" races since NASCAR created the new
format four years ago. Only Phoenix and Homestead remain on the 2007
"Chase" schedule.
JIMMIE JOHNSON ON RECENT STRING OF SUCCESS: "I think that we've
been on quite a roll here and going to victory lane does something for
the crew and the shop that you couldn't do any other way. When you
go to victory lane, there's just a buzz that goes through all of Hendrick
Motorsports and really on the 48 team."
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| NASCAR-CUP: Phoenix II: Jamie McMurray preview Guest 06:28:56 |
| | FAST FACTS:
* Elusive Finish? Phoenix International Raceway is the only track where McMurray has yet to post a top-10 finish. His best finish came in November of 2003 when he finished 12th at the one-mile speedway.
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| NASCAR-CUP: Phoenix II: Kurt Busch preview Guest 06:28:55 |
| | AVONDALE, Ariz. (Nov. 6, 2007) -- One of the goals that Miller Lite Dodge
driver Kurt Busch laid out at the beginning of the 2007 NEXTEL Cup schedule
was to win in Car of Tomorrow competition this season.
Busch and his Pat Tryson-led Penske Racing team will get one final chance to
accomplish that goal in this weekend's Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix
International Raceway.
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| NASCAR-CUP: Phoenix II: Ryan Newman preview Guest 06:28:55 |
| | MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- For the second time in his career, Ryan
Newman, driver of the No. 12 Alltel Dodge Avenger, scored a top-five finish
at Texas Motor Speedway last weekend, and now he's ready to take the team's
momentum to Phoenix.
"We've been having some great runs lately and the team was able to pull out
a top-five finish at Texas last week despite the fact that the car wasn't
the best all weekend," said Newman, who led four laps and spent most of the
race in the top 10 en route to recording his best finish at Texas since he
won the 2003 Samsung 500.
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| NASCAR-CUP: Phoenix II: Bobby Labonte preview Guest 06:28:54 |
| | Sight of Season's First Top 10; Car of Tomorrow Program Highlighted by Eighth at Phoenix
This weekend, Bobby Labonte and the #43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge team
return to the one-mile Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway for
Sunday's Checker Auto Parts 500. Labonte's visit to Phoenix
in April left the team with an eighth place finish and their first top-10
with the new car.
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| NASCAR-CUP: Phoenix II: Dale Earnhardt Jr preview Guest 06:28:53 |
| | Quotes from Dale Earnhardt Jr. / Driver, #8 Budweiser Chevrolet:
"It's really getting down to the end of a great era. I can't explain how
much fun I've had working with these guys on my team. That's one of the
bad things about moving on (to a new team) at the end of the year. I'm
looking forward to my new deal, but it's also really tough to leave these
guys. We've done it twice before at Phoenix when we needed a win and we
need one now. Our Car of Tomorrow program has been superb, so we expect
to go in there and be fast like we have been everywhere else. I'd like to
keep my streak going (Dale Jr. has won a race in seven consecutive
seasons but has yet to score a victory this year), but most of all I want
to win one for my fans and for these guys. It's been a rough season to
get out of the car at the end of each race and know everyone poured
everything into that car but we've still not won one."
Minutiae:
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| NASCAR-CUP: Phoenix II: Kyle Petty preview Guest 06:28:53 |
| | Petty Focused on Strong Finish; Team Prepares for Final Dodge Avenger Race of 2007
This weekend, Kyle Petty and the #45 Wells Fargo Dodge team will travel
to the one-mile Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway for Sunday's
Checker Auto Parts 500. Only two races remain in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel
Cup season.
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| NASCAR-BUSCH: Phoenix II: Sam Hornish Jr preview Guest 06:28:52 |
| | NBS Notes:
* Sam Hornish Jr., driver of the No. 12 Kodak Dodge Charger, returns to
the 1-mile Phoenix International Raceway to attempt to qualify for his
10th career NASCAR Busch Series race -- his eighth this season -- on
Saturday.
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