Archive for March 12th, 2007

Notes: Reutimann thankful for SAFER NASCAR

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Team sources told Lee Spencer the force of the crash David Reutimann suffered in the Auto Club 500 measured more than 80 g’s. In her NASCAR notes, Spencer looks at the crash aftermath, Roush Fenway technology and more.

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NASCAR’s best defy track’s perils

Posted by on March 12th, 2007

Cars make their way along the track at the start of the NASCAR Cup series' UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 auto race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas on Sunday, March 11, 2007.   (AP Photo/Keith Shimada)There were only nine cautions during the Nextel Cup race Sunday, a testament to the skill and adaptability of NASCAR’s top drivers. But it may have created a mirage masking the event’s many problems.

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44 drivers on Atlanta Busch entry list

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Atlanta Nextel Cup entry list

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Jeff Hammond answers your Las Vegas questions. Jimmie Johnson wasn’t the first to have a tire stopped by an official because safety is the first consideration on pit road. But a crewman tried to reel in the rubber, which saved the team from a second penalty.

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What’s the difference?

Posted by on March 12th, 2007

Watch the entire NASCAR on FOX Las Vegas race broadcast. In Parts 9 and 17,compare the No. 48 team’s infraction during the fifth caution to their final pit stop when another tire almost got away.

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Johnson wins third straight in Vegas

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Waltrip struggling after missing another race

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Michael Waltrip the car owner was at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday, his only participation in the Nextel Cup race coming as an announcer for DirecTV.

Waltrip the driver failed to qualify for his second straight race, continuing the frustrating start to his first year as a team owner. David Reutimann, his rookie driver, also failed to make the Las Vegas field and Dale Jarrett had to use a provisional - his third of six available - to make the race.

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Watch and win

Posted by on March 12th, 2007

From four crashes in the first 41 laps to Jimmie Johnson’s comeback from a pit penalty for his third consecutive Sin City win, watch the entire NASCAR on FOX Las Vegas race broadcast.

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