NASCAR 2012!

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Looking forward to this, Danica hype aside (qualified 12th), but there's also that "last time at Vegas" memory hanging over the place for me.

Yep. Apparently Jamie Little went out to turn 2 to pay her respects..

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they're all looking pretty loose, problems getting cars to turn in, doesn't look like theres much grip on the exit either.

I wonder if kyle can get back out.

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Not quite sure whats happening with schedule times, but jayski got their clock wrong, sprint cup race is 20 laps in..

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done!

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ah yeah I forgot they were changing this weekend, that'd explain it.

looks fast, furious and slippery out there..

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Nice work by Smoke on restarts.

Poor brad, I think he could of challeneged for the lead.

Rousch boys were maing me nervous then, that could of been a big mess..

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..And so on to Bristol first short track of the year. For the guys who haven't watched much before you should tune in to this one, the track is just over half a mile long, corners at their steepest are a 30 degree bank. Its so short they use both straights (and some of the turns!) for pit stalls. 500 laps is hard on the tires and the brakes.

Expect Kyle to go well here, he's finished in the top ten in 10 out of 14 races including 4 wins.

Again no trucks this weekend.

Due to the Sebring 12hour the nationwide race is on MotorsTv at 8pm on Sunday, not Saturday as normal.

Sprint cup race green flag is scheduled for 17:13pm our time Sunday, so with a bit of luck we can watch the cup race and immediately switch over to catch the nationwide race.

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about 40 minutes to go for the start of the cup race, starting line up is here: http://www.jayski.com/stats/2012/pdfs/04bristol201...

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Late posting this weekend...

Logano won the Nationwide race.

Hamlin on pole for the cup race that starts at about 8:10 or so.
80% chance of rain but the thinking is they will get a dry start.

Watch out for "Epic Swag" in the 55 !

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DanB7290 said:

is it not still on Premier Sports? Sadly subscription only, £6.99 a month and there's nothing else besides NASCAR worth watching on it.

Yep sprint cup is live on Premier Sports. I think Sky sports run a highlights show during the week too

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Nice idea, but they'd probably do about 3 laps before needing fuel

Martinsville! back to short track.

No nationwide this week but trucks are back.

Schedule: http://www.nascar.com/races/tune_in/

Jayski race info: http://www.jayski.com/news/races/2012/story/_/page...
Cup race green light will be 6:13pm UK Time.

Couple of interesting liveries this weekend, Harvick is running a Budweiser scheme celebrating the end of prohibition


The #43 will be back in STP colors:

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Truck race starting imminently...

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5 minutes to race start gents. Kahne on pole, Hamlin 3rd, Jr 14th, Stewart 15th. Full starting order here : http://www.jayski.com/stats/2012/pdfs/06mar2012lin...

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Unbelievable finish..

Something tells me Rick Hendrick will be reading the riot act shortly.. I did think dinger was gonna win it..

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With spring break done, Sprint Cup is in Texas this weekend with Nationwide. Trucks are at Rockingham.

Nationwide race is Friday 8pm ET, so 1am Saturday morning here. It will be on Motors TV Saturday at 10pm

Sprint cup green flag is 7:46pm ET Saturday, so about 12:45am Sunday morning here.

Truck race is 12:30 ET Sunday, so 5:30pm here.

Danica is back in nationwide this weekend, keep an eye out for the other lady in Nationwide Johanna Long who is having a good start to her season despite not running a full schedule.

In cup Travis Pastrana will be fulfilling the role of Grand Marshal.

Reed Sorenson wiil be back in a FAS Lane car this weekend after they picked up local sponsor Jani-King.
Bayne will also be running in the #21.

Livery changes:
Kvapil is running a Dr. Pepper Scheme
Gilliland will be in blue and green for main sponsor ModSpace
Martin is running a special Aarons livery to celebrate the "best of the best" employees.

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I cheated, going to watch it today Qualifying grid looked shocking though - Jamie Mac 9th, JPM 25th, Stewart 29th..

Piquet got pole for the truck race over in Rockingham, he's on a bit of a run after a K&N series win a week or two ago.

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So Biffle continues a decent season with a win last week.

We're in Kansas this week, Nationwide have a weekend off so just cup and trucks.

Watch for Piquet in trucks - he's gonna win a race sooner or later, maybe this weekend.

In Cup the STP livery for the #43 I posted a week or two ago is actually for this race (STP are race sponsor), my mistake.

Tune in Schedule (Eastern Time, 5 hours behind us) : http://www.nascar.com/races/tune_in/
Race Info page: http://www.jayski.com/news/races/2012/story/_/page...

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Win a race ? I dunno about that.. maybe with a bit of luck.

Her sprint cup seat is looking a little easier with Reutimann putting the car up in 16th during qualifying.
Allmendinger on pole, Harvick, Lonago, Hamlin and Mark Martin round out the top 5.
I believe Logano will have to go to the back due to an engine change.

Smoke is 23rd :-/ says on twitter the car is faster than that but we'll see.

EGR boys had a shocker down in 36th and 39th.

Truck race is about 65 laps from finishing, piquet just outside the top ten.

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Sprint is the premier series, nationwide is the lesser. Nationwide cars aren't as fast and have different body styles.

Bit like 1st division vs 2nd if you like.

There are a number of other NASCAR sanctioned series too like the K&N Series.

Far as Logano / Buescher go I believe there is a rule that says you have to nominate which series you want to earn points in. Logano takes his in Sprint Cup, Buescher in trucks. I don't know what the exact rule is but have asked elsewhere.