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Star Trek trailer - totally made of WIN
Flight of the Hamsters
Now on to NASCAR.
Newman Brings the LULZ
By actual count as of midday Tuesday, the word "excited" in some form had been used nearly 100 times from a podium in the first 24 hours of the NASCAR Sprint Media Tour hosted by Lowe's Motor Speedway. During Tuesday afternoon's session with Dodge drivers, Ryan Newman said the word "pessimism" might have a rightful place in preseason discussions by a race team. "I was listening to all the people talking about optimism on the stage," Newman said. "The opposite of that is pessimism, and my theory is you have to have a little bit of both, and you have to have the right rationale for each to be honest and fair to yourself. "If you're optimistic, you might create goals that you may not achieve, but if you're pessimistic you'll obviously never get there. The bottom line is you have to do what you have to do to get the job done." -- Charlotte Observer
Rusty's Finally Paying Attention
Wallace was not satisfied with his performance behind the microphone in '07, either. He said he has heard from fans and viewers and is listening to criticism and suggestions. -- KC Star
ESPN/ABC Culls The Ranks, Bestwick Back In Booth
Allen Bestwick, a NASCAR TV veteran who was an ABC/ESPN pit reporter last year, becomes studio show host, replacing Brent Musburger and Suzy Kolber, who were largely new to NASCAR. ESPN reporter Shannon Spake replaces Bestwick in the pits. -- USA Today
Races Will Probably Start Earlier
Earlier Start Time for Races This Year? [Humpy] Wheeler [president of Lowe's Motor Speedway] said the start times for many Sprint Cup races this coming season will be earlier, a departure from the mid-afternoon green flags used to try and entice West Coast viewers. "I think we all yielded to pressure from the networks a little more than we should have," Wheeler said. "We paid the price for it, and we're getting back to sanity again." AND: Wheeler says, "It's not a fancy sport. It's guys with big hands and getting sweaty and getting out there and banging on each other and knocking each other around and all-American fans sitting there having a good time." Earlier and more consistent starting times is the first move to correct that. When NASCAR announces starting times on Tuesday, races beginning at 2 p.m. or earlier will go from 15 to 18 on the 36-race schedule.
Pardon my choking on my drink, but that line was dang porny. Damn, Humpy!
Qualifying Gets a Tiny Bit More Equal
Go or Go Home Drivers to Qualify Together; NASCAR to Provide Tires for Tests: Michael Waltrip suggested last season that drivers outside the top 35 in owners' points should be allowed to qualify together so nobody would have an advantage in track conditions. NASCAR officials must have listened. The governing body kicked off its annual media tour by announcing that those outside the top 35 in all three series -- Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series and Craftsman Truck Series -- will qualify at the end of their respective session. It also was announced that teams will be provided tires for testing at non-sanctioned NASCAR tests. Sprint Cup teams will be given 200 tires, Nationwide teams 160 and Craftsman Truck Series teams 120.
Red Bull Paint Scheme
Lastly, the new Red Bull paint scheme is way awesome.
Star Trek trailer - totally made of WIN
Flight of the Hamsters
Now on to NASCAR.
Newman Brings the LULZ
By actual count as of midday Tuesday, the word "excited" in some form had been used nearly 100 times from a podium in the first 24 hours of the NASCAR Sprint Media Tour hosted by Lowe's Motor Speedway. During Tuesday afternoon's session with Dodge drivers, Ryan Newman said the word "pessimism" might have a rightful place in preseason discussions by a race team. "I was listening to all the people talking about optimism on the stage," Newman said. "The opposite of that is pessimism, and my theory is you have to have a little bit of both, and you have to have the right rationale for each to be honest and fair to yourself. "If you're optimistic, you might create goals that you may not achieve, but if you're pessimistic you'll obviously never get there. The bottom line is you have to do what you have to do to get the job done." -- Charlotte Observer
Rusty's Finally Paying Attention
Wallace was not satisfied with his performance behind the microphone in '07, either. He said he has heard from fans and viewers and is listening to criticism and suggestions. -- KC Star
ESPN/ABC Culls The Ranks, Bestwick Back In Booth
Allen Bestwick, a NASCAR TV veteran who was an ABC/ESPN pit reporter last year, becomes studio show host, replacing Brent Musburger and Suzy Kolber, who were largely new to NASCAR. ESPN reporter Shannon Spake replaces Bestwick in the pits. -- USA Today
Races Will Probably Start Earlier
Earlier Start Time for Races This Year? [Humpy] Wheeler [president of Lowe's Motor Speedway] said the start times for many Sprint Cup races this coming season will be earlier, a departure from the mid-afternoon green flags used to try and entice West Coast viewers. "I think we all yielded to pressure from the networks a little more than we should have," Wheeler said. "We paid the price for it, and we're getting back to sanity again." AND: Wheeler says, "It's not a fancy sport. It's guys with big hands and getting sweaty and getting out there and banging on each other and knocking each other around and all-American fans sitting there having a good time." Earlier and more consistent starting times is the first move to correct that. When NASCAR announces starting times on Tuesday, races beginning at 2 p.m. or earlier will go from 15 to 18 on the 36-race schedule.
Pardon my choking on my drink, but that line was dang porny. Damn, Humpy!
Qualifying Gets a Tiny Bit More Equal
Go or Go Home Drivers to Qualify Together; NASCAR to Provide Tires for Tests: Michael Waltrip suggested last season that drivers outside the top 35 in owners' points should be allowed to qualify together so nobody would have an advantage in track conditions. NASCAR officials must have listened. The governing body kicked off its annual media tour by announcing that those outside the top 35 in all three series -- Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series and Craftsman Truck Series -- will qualify at the end of their respective session. It also was announced that teams will be provided tires for testing at non-sanctioned NASCAR tests. Sprint Cup teams will be given 200 tires, Nationwide teams 160 and Craftsman Truck Series teams 120.
Red Bull Paint Scheme
Lastly, the new Red Bull paint scheme is way awesome.
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