Stewart Sustains Fracture of Right Scapula: #20-Tony Stewart sustained a fracture of his right scapula in Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 Nextel Cup Series race when a flat right front tire sent his #20 Home Depot Chevy into the SAFER barrier on the outside retaining wall of turn one. Stewart was running in the 25th position when the accident happened on lap 33 of the 400-lap race. According to doctors at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC, a CT scan revealed a minimally displaced fracture at the tip of the right scapula. Stewart is scheduled to meet with Joe Gibbs Racing's team physicians on Tuesday for further evaluation. An update on Stewart's condition will be provided following that evaluation. - Spydertrader
Kyle Busch Fined, Placed on Probation by NASCAR: NASCAR announced that Kyle Busch, driver of the #5 Kellogg's Chevy for Hendrick Motorsports, has been fined, penalized points and placed on probation because of a rule infraction this past Sunday during the Coca-Cola 600 at Loweâs Motor Speedway. Busch was in violation of Section 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing) of the NASCAR Rule Book. He disobeyed a directive from a NASCAR official, entered the racing surface without authorization and threw an object at another competitorâs car during the event. He has been fined $50,000, penalized 25 Driver Championship points and placed on probation until Dec. 31. The infraction also resulted in car owner Rick Hendrick being penalized 25 Owner Championship points.
Speed Channel plans to broadcast Qualifying for The Neighborhood Excellence 400 Nextel Cup Series Race from "The Monster Mile!" Dover International Speedway - on Friday at 5:30 PM Eastern Time. This weekend's racing schedule: Formula One Off Week Nextel Cup Neighborhood Excellence 400 - FX Sunday 1:30 PM Eastern Time Busch Series StonebridgeRacing.com 200 - FX Saturday 3:00 PM Eastern Time Craftsman Truck Series AAA Insurance 200 - Speed Channel Friday 8:00 PM Eastern Time IRL Watkins Glen - ABC Sunday 3:30 PM Eastern Time "No, no, he didn't slam you, he didn't bump you, he didn't nudge you... he *rubbed* you. And rubbin', son, is racin'. " - Spydertrader
Stewart to drive until the 1st caution... then Ricky Rudd to replace him to finish the race! Cool. I'll be cheering the #20 car for a change!
Newman wins the pole at the Monster Mile, while Ricky Rudd sits in and qualifies for Tony Stewart in 10th place. - Spydertrader <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=1091160>
Mark Martin dominated the AAA Insurance 200 at Dover on Friday, starting 13th and winning his third Craftsman Truck Series race of the season. - Spydertrader <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=1091167>
Where would you rather spend a weekend... Talledega or Monaco I'll take those pointy nose cars anytime. They represent pure engineering excess. The modern F1 car is the last form of purely extravagant and challenging engineering left. We used to have IMSA and Lemans, but now those are just shells. F1 is where everyone comes and brings their A games. Toyota will race in Nascar as a marketing tool, let's not kid ourselves. They will not learn anything that hasn't been learned or will be applicable to future automobiles. Toyota has spent over a Billion in F1 and will continue to do so. They love the engineering challenge it represents. F1 is at its heart about engineering passion, precision, simply the fastest form of racing in the world. Of course I guess 500 million euros spent every year will achieve those results. My dream is we would have Americans that were that passionate about racing spend an equal amount of money, and see what we could bring to the table. I am not going to be the one who starts another war over something as trivial as different forms of racing, but it 's always been my desire to see what America could really bring to the table if we wanted to. Nascar will never represent the advancement that F1 continues to achieve. From that standpoint and many others I find it underwhelming. I know there are many on the other side of that equation, so let me not be the one who claims one over the other. I just needed to speak up for those pointy noise cars. BTW spyder I love your journal. Keep u the good work
Spyder, When you eventually purchase your Ferrari with the sequential gearbox, you'll appreciate the same engineering excellence Schumacher enjoys
I certainly look forward to experiencing the same engineering excellence as Mr. Schumacher. - Spydertrader
While Carl Edwards took fresh tires late, Jeff Burton stayed out and the multiple grooves allowed him to hold on for the StonebridgeRacing.com 200 win Saturday. Burton started 36th, the farthest back for any Busch winner at Dover. - Spydertrader <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=1091829>