Nascar Rules

[the H team]

then RCR guys that dropped to the back early in the race are now in the position to fight for the win.

[the H team]

when they take the green fl&g there will be 2 laps to go. so far this will not be a green white checker.

[the H team]

matt & greg & tony & kasey pushing & pulling.

[the H team]

TONY STEWART WINS!
from 42nd at the start to win the race.

[the H team]

this is Tony's 3rd win of the year. he & Brad are tied with 3 wins each.

[the H team]

the top 10 finishers

Tony Stewart
Jeff Burton
Matt Kenseth
Joey Logano
Ryan Newman
Brad Keselowski
Carl Edwards
Michael Waltrip
Bobby Labonte
David Reutimann


Kasey Kahne & Jeff Gordon finished 11th & 12th. Jr finished 15th.

[the H team]

Smoke indeed A near pileup left Tony Stewart alone, but he dropped in front of Matt Kenseth and Stewart held on for the Coke Zero 400 victory as the field crumpled up behind him.

[the H team]

Next weeks race is in Laudon New Hampshire on Sunday at noon. have a great week.

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Harvicks welcome 'Baby Otis' into family

Born Sunday, Kevin DeLana's first child Keelan Paul Harvick weighs in at 6.8 lbs

http://www.nascar.com/news/120708/kh...tis/index.html

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• Hornish will remain in the #22 at New Hampshire: Penske Racing Statement: "Penske Racing is continuing to work with NASCAR to follow its process and procedures related to the positive drug test that AJ Allmendinger was notified of this past weekend. While this process continues, Sam Hornish Jr. will drive the #22 car in this week's Sprint Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway."(Penske Racing)(7-9-2012)
  
• Allmendinger suspended for failing drug test: UPDATES: NASCAR announced 90 minutes before the race that #22-A.J. Allmendinger has failed a random drug test and has been "temporarily" suspended. He was randomly selected and tested following the Kentucky race and his "A" sample tested positive. He has the right to request that NASCAR test his "B" sample. Should he refuse to have the "B" sample tested, or if that test is positive, the suspension will become indefinite. Sam Hornish will replace him in the #22 at Daytona.(7-7-2012)
  Official Announcement: Driver AJ Allmendinger has been temporarily suspended from NASCAR competition based upon notification of a positive "A" test NASCAR received from the Medical Review Officer as stated in Section 19-11B (6,7) of the NASCAR Substance Abuse Policy. Pursuant to the rule book, Allmendinger has the opportunity to request within the next 72 hours that his "B" sample be tested. NASCAR will follow its policies and procedures set forth in the rule book in dealing with this matter.(NASCAR)(7-7-2012)
  Penske Statement: "NASCAR notified Penske Racing this afternoon that AJ Allmendinger was administered a drug test earlier this week, and those results tested positive. NASCAR has a strict drug testing program that Penske Racing fully supports. Penske Racing will work with NASCAR through this process and its next steps. Sam Hornish will drive the No. 22 car in (Saturday's) Coke Zero 400."(Penske Racing)(7-7-2012)
  UPDATE: Roger Penske called A.J. Allmendinger's failed drug test "a disappointment" but said the NASCAR team will wait for a second test to be performed this week. Penske said Sunday before the Honda Indy Toronto race that Allmendinger's "B" sample would be tested Monday or Tuesday. "You know it's a disappointment at this particular time, but we're going to wait and see what the second test results are before we make any comment or decisions," Penske said. "I don't think it's fair to him. I think as you look at sports, things happen like this," he said. "It's unfortunate, but I don't really want to make a statement pro or con right now. I'm counting on another test being proper for him within 72 hours, and at that point we'll make a decision." Penske said his team, Penske Racing, was informed that Allmendinger's "A" sample had tested positive about 4 p.m. Saturday, less than four hours before the Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway. Allmendinger has 72 hours from early Saturday afternoon for the "B" sample to be tested, meaning he has to make the request by early Tuesday afternoon. After the request is made, it could take up to five days to confirm the results of the "A" sample.(USA Today/Indianapolis Star)(7-8-2012)
  UPDATE 2: A.J. Allmendinger was silent Sunday, a day after NASCAR suspended him for failing a random drug test. Penske Racing, which gave Allmendinger the biggest break of his career this season, is withholding judgment until NASCAR's system has been completed. Where that leaves the 30-year-old driver remains to be seen. There is no second test coming for Allmendinger, who was randomly summoned June 29 in Kentucky to provide a urine sample to NASCAR. Per NASCAR guidelines, the specimen was split in two for an "A'' and a "B'' samples. NASCAR announced 90 minutes before Saturday night's race at Daytona that Allmendinger's "A'' sample had failed the test. NASCAR didn't reveal what Allmendinger tested positive for, and Allmendinger hasn't commented publicly since the announcement. According to Allmendinger's Twitter feed, he was making appearances on behalf of sponsor Shell/Pennzoil less than two hours before the suspension was announced at 6 p.m. But NASCAR clarified the timelines Sunday, and said its medical review officer first alerted Allmendinger of his positive test approximately six hours earlier. NASCAR was informed by the MRO about 2:30 p.m., and met with Allmendinger and a senior Penske official shortly after. The team owner indicated Sunday that Hornish is available to drive Allmendinger's car, but that the organization had yet to think beyond Daytona. "We haven't made any (decisions). He was obviously our first choice for yesterday," Penske said. "I was out of the country and came in last night and obviously got word on the way over what had happened. The big thing was to get Sam in the car so we could get in the race, which obviously was tight.(Associated Press)
  AND: If A.J. Allmendinger's suspension by NASCAR becomes indefinite, Sam Hornish Jr. wants to continue his role as replacement. "If that's the case, then I want to be back in the Cup Series," Hornish told USA TODAY Sports in a phone interview Sunday. "I'm fully on board with it. I can't think of any reason I wouldn't want to drive that car. I'll do whatever it takes to get back there." Of getting promoted on a longer-term basis in the #22 Dodge, Hornish said, "Obviously, we have a contractual commitment to the Nationwide Series, and some of their races aren't at the same site as Cup races, so that will be an issue." Hornish declined to comment about Allmendinger's situation, except to say he hadn't spoken to the driver and was shocked by Saturday's announcement.(USA Today)
  For more details on NASCAR's drug testing policy, see Jayski's Drug Policy page and in-depth articles at USA Today and Sporting News.(7-9-2012)
  

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Friday, July 13, 2012

12:00pm-1:30pm (L) NASCAR Sprint Cup Practice Loudon SPEED

1:30pm-3:00pm (L) Nationwide Final Practice Loudon SPEED

3:30pm-5:30pm (L) NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying Loudon SPEED

7:00pm-8:30pm (L) Camping World Truck Practice Iowa SPEED

Saturday, July 14, 2012

10:00am-11:00am (L) Nationwide Qualifying Loudon ESPN2

11:00am-12:30pm (L) NASCAR Sprint Cup Final Practice Loudon SPEED

2:30pm-3:30pm (L) -Pre-Race Nationwide Series Loudon ESPN (Also on TSN2)

3:30pm-6:00pm (L) -Race Nationwide Series Loudon ESPN (Also on TSN2)

8:00pm-8:30pm (L) -Pre-Race Camping World Truck Iowa SPEED

8:30pm-11:00pm (L) -Race Camping World Truck Iowa SPEED

Sunday, July 15, 2012

12:00pm-1:00pm (L) -Pre-Race NASCAR Sprint Cup Loudon TNT (Also on TSN)

1:00pm-4:30pm (L) -Race NASCAR Sprint Cup Loudon TNT (Also on TSN)

[the H team]

big congrats to kevin & delana on the addition of their new baby boy, keelan!

[the H team]

well here we are in Laudon New Hampshire for the 19th race of the season.
the top 10 line the starting line up are

Kyle Busch
Kasey Kahne
Denny Hamlin
Martin Truex Jr
Clint Bowyer
Ryan Newman
Jimmie Johnson
Jeff Gordon
Dale Jr
Tony Stewart.

[the H team]

this is the update on AJ. still no word on the results of drug test "B".

LOUDON, N.H. -- Tim Cindric, team president of Penske Racing, said following Saturday's Nationwide Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway that what's happening now with suspended driver AJ Allmendinger "is really between NASCAR and AJ at this time."
Allmendinger, who had been the driver of the No. 22 Dodge in the Sprint Cup Series, was temporarily suspended by NASCAR following a failed random drug test that came to light hours before the July 7 Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. He and the team are awaiting results of Allmendinger's B sample test, which is not expected to be completed and announced until sometime next week.

Allmedinger suspended

AJ Allmendinger was temporarily suspended by NASCAR for failing a random drug test at Kentucky.
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Whirlwind day for Hornish Jr.
Hornish entered at Loudon
Requests 'B' sample tested
Camp explains failed test
Drivers confident in policy
Kes vocal on supplements
"Obviously he's our driver, but it's not something that we control," Cindric said just outside Victory Lane, where another Penske driver, Brad Keselowski, had just celebrated his win in Saturday's F.W. Webb 200 Nationwide race.
It was Keselowski who expressed candidly a day earlier his belief that Allmendinger's career as a stock-car driver is pretty much over no matter what is revealed by the testing of Allmendinger's B sample.
"Whether it comes back positive or negative, it doesn't make a difference. It's still a death sentence," Keselowski said.
Asked for Penske Racing's stance on Keselowski's comment, Cindric said: "Brad's always going to give you his opinion. You've got to love him for that. It's his opinion. And for us, we just have to see how it all plays out this week."
Asked to clarify whether he agreed with Keselowski's statement, Cindric added: "I think that's a bit harsh. From our end, if we felt like that was it, we wouldn't be talking about it."
Sam Hornish Jr., who finished fourth in Saturday's Nationwide race and remains fourth in the series point standings, will replace Allmendinger for the second consecutive race in Sunday's LENOX Industrial Tools 301. Cindric added the Penske organization already has had other drivers seeking full-time Cup rides for next season and beyond inquire about the long-term plan to fill the driver's seat of the No. 22 car.
"Without a doubt, starting last Saturday afternoon in Daytona, like [team owner] Roger [Penske] said, all of a sudden you're the prettiest girl in town as far as other drivers are concerned," Cindric said. "But for us, I think we've said that we have a solution. Luckily, we have Sam and we have the depth and we're going to give him the opportunity and play this thing week by week."
Cindric added that Hornish, who drove full-time in the Cup Series with very limited success for Penske from 2008 through 2010, will be given the chance to show what he can do in NASCAR's premier series for at least a limited time.
"It's an opportunity. I wouldn't call it a tryout," Cindric said. "After being thrown into the Cup Series [earlier], Roger has maybe taken a shot at himself and wondered if we put him in there too early. But I think people forget, really, that we had Exxon Mobil at that point in time saying they were ready to go [as primary sponsor] and that they believed in him. It's hard to pass up an opportunity like that and wait for a year, because it might not be there a year later.
"For [Hornish], he's had a chance to step back and I think he's really watched the way Brad's been able to battle through adversity. I think that's one of Brad's strongest suits. When things don't go very well, he makes hay out of it rather than making a hole in the ground."
Cindric said he has spoken with Allmendinger and cautioned that everyone needs to let the situation play out. Asked to assess how Allmendinger is handling it, Cindric added: "It's as you would expect. No one wants to sit out. No one wants to be in that situation. And right now, you get to the point after the initial shock where you're trying to figure out what strategy there is for going forward. And you want to make sure that whatever cards you play, you play them in the right order."
Cindric added he's not surprised it will take into next week before Allmendinger's B sample results are made available.
"From a competition side, obviously we all want closure one way or another," Cindric said. "From an overall standpoint, when you look at what's at stake, if you're in that position you're probably going to look at it and make sure all your ducks are in a row before you go through the entire process. If you take the emotion and the racing sides of it out, I'm not surprised at all.
"We'll evaluate it all next week. The good thing is that we've got next week off. It helps us going into Indy to let it all play out and figure out what's next."

[the H team]

Lap 1GREEN FL&G: The race gets under way at 1:16 p.m. ET. Kyle Busch is clear with the lead just a few feet past the starter's stand, with Kasey Kahne dropping into space place.