Steve Park Dodge Teleconference
September 28, 2004
STEVE PARK (No. 62 Orleans Racing Dodge Ram) NOTE: Fresh off a season-best third-place finish on Saturday night in the Las Vegas 350 NASCAR Craftsman Series Truck race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Steve Park and the No. 62 Orleans Racing Team enter this weekend’s American Racing Wheels 200 at California Speedway ranked 10th in the Series Standings. With six races remaining in 2004, the race is also heating up for the manufacturers’ championship. Dodge continues to lead with a 119-117 advantage over Chevrolet.
ISC Buys Seattle Property
September 28, 2004
Snohomish County, Washington officials announced yesterday that International Speedway Corporation (owners of Daytona, Talladega, Darlington and other tracks) has selected an 850 acre site about 30 miles from Seattle for development.
Points Comparison - Someone Was Bound To Do It
September 27, 2004
And who better than NASCARs most respected journalist Ben Blake. “It” is of course the calculation of where the top players in the NEXTEL Cup points race would stand under the “old” points system. Here’s what Ben found…
Don Schumacher Doing It Again
September 27, 2004
The ever expanding Don Schumacher Racing empire has added another team to his growing kingdom. The latest team to join Schumacher Racing is the Pro Stock team of Steve Schmidt. It makes sense because the team is based in Indianapolis, but is Schumacher’s ego bigger than his wallet?
Sarah Fisher To Try NASCAR
September 27, 2004
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Former IRL star Sarah Fisher will test out the possibilities of a NASCAR phase of her career this weekend in the NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series race at Phoenix International Raceway on October 3rd.
Rocketman Newman Dominates Dover
September 26, 2004
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Ryan Newman dominated the MBNA America 400 race Sunday at Dover, Delaware, leading 325 of the 400 laps. Nobody outside of NASCAR’s Chase for the Cup top ten led a lap all day and eight of the top ten finishers were among the elite ten. Matt Kenseth fell out of the top ten after a crash entering pit road and Elliott Sadler dropped back with an extra pit stop and a drive-through penalty for speeding on pit road.
Pro Stock Dominator Anderson Clinches Second NHRA POWERade World Championship
September 26, 2004
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ENNIS, Texas - Greg Anderson earned his second consecutive NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series world championship in Pro Stock on Sunday during the O’Reilly Fall Nationals at the Texas Motorplex.
Bourdais Inches Closer to First Champ Car Title
September 26, 2004
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LAS VEGAS - There are but a few things in life that you can do in one-tenth of a second as an eye blink, a nose twitch or a change of thought is usually about all one can accomplish in that short amount of time.
Notes & Quotes - Dover MBNA America 400
September 26, 2004
Driver notes and quotes from Sunday’s MBNA America 400 at Dover International Speedway. Ryan Newman dominated the race, leading 325 of the 400 laps. Mark Martin finished second followed by Jeff Gordon, current points leader.
Schumacher Wins - Anderson Locks Championship; Del & D.C. Score
September 26, 2004
POWERade points leader Tony Schumacher scored his eighth Top Fuel win of the season Sunday at the 19th annual O’Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec in Dallas. The victory helped Schumacher pad his championship lead to 217 points with just four races left on the ‘04 schedule.