BARRETT HURT, WILL STILL GO.Byline: TIM TIM Timothy TIM Technical Interchange Meeting TIM Transient Intermodulation Distortion TIM Time Is Money TIM The Invisible Man (movie) TIM Telecom Italia Mobile (Italian cellular provider) HADDOCK Motor Sports Some might say driver Stanton Barrett Stanton Barrett (born December 1, 1972 in Bishop, California) is a NASCAR Nextel Cup and Busch Series driver and Hollywood stuntman. He currently drives the #52 for Ware Racing Enterprises part-time and McGill Motorsports full-time. doesn't have a leg to stand on for Saturday's NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Busch Grand National race at Chicagoland Speedway Chicagoland Speedway is a speedway in Joliet, Illinois, USA, southwest of Chicago. The speedway is actually located several miles south of Joliet proper, just off Illinois Route 53 between Joliet and Wilmington, Illinois. It currently has a capacity of 75,000 people. in Illinois. They would be somewhat right. Barrett, a Hollywood stuntman stunt·man n. A man who substitutes for a performer in scenes requiring physical daring or involving physical risk. stuntman n → especialista m stuntman who also drives the Red Racing Ford on the NASCAR Busch Series The NASCAR Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCAR's "minor league" circuit (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organization's "big league" circuit, the Nextel Cup. , recently broke 10 bones in his left foot performing a motorcycle stunt. He will have a substitute driver at the ready for this weekend's race, but Barrett is determined to start and finish the Hill Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Coffee 300. ``It's going to be a tough weekend, but I've been through a lot of tough weekends in my career,'' Barrett said. Camera equipment mounted to his motorcycle fell off and broke Barrett's foot while he was jumping from building to building filming a movie stunt. ``I had a motorcycle jump where I was jumping 20 feet from the roof of one building 20 feet long to another that was 10 feet lower and 15 feet long to a third building that was another eight feet lower,'' Barrett said. ``And I needed to do all of that with 60 pounds of mounts and camera equipment strapped to the motorcycle. ``I did everything I was supposed to do and jumped the hardest part, which was the building-to-building stuff. There isn't very much room for error, but I got my part done. The problem was the camera on my motorcycle sheered off and it was dangling from cables. That caused the motorcycle to flip over in midair and I hit the ground really hard. ``I sat there cringing, waiting for the director to say, 'OK, not bad. Let's try it again.' '' Barrett's foot injury did not require surgery. His orthopedic surgeon, Dr. John McLenhan, has given him clearance to race. This will be Barrett's third race of the season with Red Racing, a team he co-owns with Jody Looney. He works in movies and television, performing stunts throughout the season to help fund his team. ``This is the way I've done things my whole adult life, working in stunts and, when I got enough money, coming to race,'' Barrett said. ``I work to race, but the risk is not the pain or the injuries that come from time to time as much as the big risk that I might not be able to race for a few weeks or ever.'' --NASCAR Craftsman Trucks: Kansas Speedway Kansas Speedway is a speedway in Kansas City, in the U.S. state of Kansas. The speedway is a 1.5 mile tri-oval with 15 degree banking in the turns. The track held its first race on on June 2, 2001, when the Winston West came and raced in the Kansas 100. has been a den of disappointment for driver Brendan Gaughan Brendan Gaughan (born July 10, 1975 in Los Angeles, California) is a truck racer from Las Vegas, Nevada. Gaughan is the grandson of Vegas gaming pioneer Jackie Gaughan and son of Michael Gaughan, a hotel and casino magnate. . His run of bad luck at the track continued when his day in the O'Reilly Auto Parts O'Reilly Auto Parts (NASDAQ: ORLY) is a publicly traded chain of Auto Parts stores that started with the first store in Springfield, Missouri in 1957. It has since grown to over 1,500 stores in 25 states. The corporate headquarters of O'Reilly are still located in Springfield. 250 on Saturday ended in a crash with driver Travis Kvapil Travis Kvapil (pronounced kwah-pil) (born March 1, 1976, in Janesville, Wisconsin) is a German-American NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver. He pilots the #6 Ford F-150 for Roush Fenway Racing, and will move full time to the Sprint Cup series as the driver of the #28 . Similarly, the two-time NASCAR Winston West champion from Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. ended his day in a crash at last year's Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway. But Gaughan's troubles started before the race even began. He had an oil leak in his engine during practice. His team decided to switch engines after his No. 62 NAPA Auto Parts/Orleans Racing Dodge qualified sixth for the race. As a result, and per NASCAR rules, Gaughan was moved to the last starting spot on the grid because the engine in his truck was not the same one with which he qualified. ``It was just one of those weekends,'' Gaughan said. ``Last year, I made a mistake, but this time, it was one of those unfortunate racing instances. It was disappointing because we knew we had a really fast NAPA Dodge. This truck was one of the best yet and had we not had any problems, we would have been on the podium.'' --SCORE Off-Road Series: George Seeley of Glendale leads a handful of Valley-area drivers and riders who are entered in this weekend's Henderson's Terrible 250, round four of the six-round SCORE Desert Series. Seeley leads the Class 5 Unlimited Baja Bugs class in points. This is the first running of the Henderson's Terrible 250, which starts today outside of Las Vegas. Other area drivers include: Chet Huffman of Northridge in the ProTruck class, Brian Jeffrey of Acton and Bobby Altamirano of Glendale in Class 1/2-1600, and Darin McGuffin of Canyon Country in Class 9. Several Valley-area motorcycle riders are also entered, including Dean Hayden of Shadow Hills and Chuck Dempsey of Van Nuys in Class 22, Kevin Ward of Chatsworth and Daryl Hambleton of Acton in Class 30, Kenny Hayden of Shadow Hills in Class 40, and Jim O'Neal in Class 30 and Class 40. The 55-year-old O'Neal will be competing in two classes, for riders over 30 and 40. THIS WEEKEND'S RACES NASCAR WINSTON CUP Tropicana 400 Site: Joliet, Ill. Schedule: Today, qualifying (Speed Channel, 1 p.m.); Sunday, race (NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. , 11:30 a.m.) Radio: Sunday, race (590-AM, 11 a.m.); Monday Night racing (590-AM, 8 p.m.). Track: Chicagoland Speedway (tri-oval 1.5 miles, 18 degrees banking in turns). Race distance: 400.5 miles, 267 laps. Last race: Michael Waltrip, who won the Daytona 500 last year in the race in which Dale Earnhardt was killed, finished first again at NASCAR's most famous track, beating Rusty Wallace in the Pepsi 400. Last year: Kevin Harvick posted his second win of the 2001 season by winning the inaugural Winston Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway. Fast facts: Last year's was the first Winston Cup event in Illinois in 45 years, and just the second ever. Fireball Roberts won at Soldier Field in Chicago on July 21, 1956. Next race: New England 300, July 21, Loudon, N.H. On the net: www.nascar.com BUSCH GRAND NATIONAL Hills Brothers Coffee 300 Site: Joliet, Ill. Schedule: Friday, qualifying, 11 a.m.; Saturday, race (NBC, 12:30 p.m.) Track: Chicagoland Speedway (tri-oval 1.5 miles, 18 degrees banking in turns). Race distance: 300 miles, 200 laps. Last race: Joe Nemechek won the first-ever Busch Series night race at the Stacker2/GNC Live Well 250 in Daytona, blocking Greg Biffle over a two-lap shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. after a 16-car accident halted the race. Nemechek became the first Busch driver to win from the pole at Daytona International Speedway Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is a 2.5 mile (4 km) tri-oval race track facility with a seating capacity of 168,000 spectators. since 1975. Next race: Carquest Auto Parts 250, July 20, Madison, Ill. On the net: www.nascar.com CRAFTSMAN TRUCKS Kroger 225 Site: Sparta, Ky. Schedule: Today, qualifying, 3:30 p.m.; Saturday, race (ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network , 5 p.m.) Track: Kentucky Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles, 14 degrees banking in turns). Race distance: 150 laps, 225 miles. Last race: Mike Bliss overcame a missing lug nut to win the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway. Bliss, with one of the fastest trucks on the 1.5-mile speedway all day, took the lead on lap 165 when leader Rick Crawford's Ford developed rear end problems after leading 127 of the 167 laps. Crawford finished two laps down in 12th. Next race: New England 200, July 20, Loudon, N.H. CHAMPIONSHIP AUTO RACING TEAMS Marconi Grand Prix Site: Cleveland Schedule: Saturday, qualifying (Speed Channel, 10:30 a.m.); Sunday, race (CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. , 10:30 a.m.) Track: Burke Lakefront Airport (temporary road course, 2.106 miles, 10 turns). Race distance: 242.19 miles, 115 laps. Last race: Cristiano da Matta Cristiano Monteiro da Matta (born September 19, 1973, in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil) is an auto racing driver, winner of the American CART Championship in 2002, and former Toyota Formula One driver. led from start to finish in the Toronto Molson-Indy, matching the CART record of four consecutive victories and extending his series points lead. Da Matta started from the pole and led all 112 laps. Next race: Molson Indy, July 28, Vancouver, British Columbia. On the net: www.cart.com. CAPTION(S): box Box: THIS WEEKEND'S RACES (see text) |
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