TRUCK SERIES HITS TALLADEGA FOR FIRST TIME DRIVERS FINDING NEWLY REPAVED TRACK SMOOTH, SPEEDY.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 The 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. Craftsman Truck Series will race at Talladega Superspeedway Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex located in Talladega, Alabama. It was constructed in the 1960s in place of abandoned airport runways by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by NASCAR's founding France family along with Daytona International today for the first time, and it is making an impression on some of the veteran drivers. Ron Hornaday Ron Hornaday, Jr. (born in Palmdale, California on June 20, 1958) is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver. He is the father of former NASCAR driver Ronnie Hornaday, and the son of Ron Hornaday, Sr., a two time Winston West Champion. Jr., a two-time Truck Series champion and driver of the No. 33 Chevrolet Silverado for Kevin Harvick For the racing team owned by Kevin Harvick and his wife Delana, see . Kevin Michael Harvick (born December 8, 1975 in Bakersfield, California) is an American race car driver and car owner, competing in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup and Busch Series for Richard Childress Racing, driving Inc., was 16th fastest in practice at the 2.66-mile tri-oval on Thursday. ``You know what? I have raced in a lot of places,'' Hornaday told the Sporting News, ``but I have never raced on anything this smooth.'' The track was recently repaved for the first time in 26 years. The NASCAR Truck Series and Nextel Cup Series are scheduled to race at Talladega this weekend. Mike Skinner posted the fastest time in Truck Series practice sessions. His fastest lap was at 193.980 mph. Skinner's time was more than 5 mph faster than the pole-winning time for the Cup Series race in the spring. Elliott Sadler won the pole at 188.511 mph. Talladega is the biggest track for NASCAR races. The next biggest is 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. in Florida. Mark Martin won the pole for the Truck Series race in February at Daytona at 178.628 mph. Irwindale Speedway: The NASCAR Late Models open invitational will offer the largest purse of the year to the winning driver tonight at Irwindale Speedway. The winner of the Late Model open invitational will earn $2,000. This will be the only 100-lap Late Model race of the year and could attract drivers from all over the West Coast to enter. Any car that meets the track's requirements for entry into its Late Model division will be allowed to enter the race. The Late Model entries will be making a switch in tires for the open invitational. The track is requiring cars have Hoosiers instead of Goodyears for the race. Late Model teams have used Goodyear tires all season and in every season since the track opened in 1999. One driver said he thinks the track will make the switch permanent next year. Canyon Country's Aaron Staudinger, the top rookie in the Late Model division, said the open invitational is a great opportunity for Hoosier to collect data from the teams and supply tires to the track. The track made the NASCAR Super Truck drivers switch to Hoosiers earlier this year. The decision to change tires was not popular with the Super Truck drivers. Staudinger said the change, in particular with his car, will have its benefits in the open invitational. ``From where we're sitting, we're a top-five car looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. any little bit to put us out front,'' Staudinger said. The track is not letting the Late Model teams test the Hoosiers before the race and will not be supplying tires to teams until the day of the race. Newhall's Travis Thirkettle, winner of eight Late Model races at Irwindale Speedway this year and the track's division champion, is expected to be one of the regulars entered in the race. Acton's Chris Houwen and Valencia's Dana Moore have entered Late Model cars in races at Irwindale Speedway this year. The NASCAR Super Trucks, Mini Stocks, Pure Stocks and the Cisco Burger Figure 8 Championships are scheduled to race tonight at Irwindale Speedway. Gates open at 4 p.m. Races start at 7. American Le Mans Series The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada. It consists of a series of endurance and sprint races, and was created in the spirit of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. : Lowe's Fernandez Racing announced its driver line-up for its American Le Mans Series team that will begin competition in 2007. Adrian Fernandez, owner of the No. 15 Acura-powered team, will be joined by Luis Diaz in the LMP LMP left mentoposterior (position of fetus); last menstrual period. LMP abbr. last menstrual period LMP Last menstrual period, see there 2 prototype entry for the 2007 season. Honda Performance Development, based in Santa Clarita, is providing engines and technology development for the Acura-powered teams in the American Le Mans Series. It is Acura's first year competing in the ALMS. ``I am thrilled to announce that Luis and I will be teammates in the ALMS next season,'' Fernandez said at the Petit Le Mans The Petit Le Mans (French for little Le Mans) is a sports car endurance race held annually at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia, USA. The race was first run on October 10, 1998 as part of the IMSA season, then in 1999 became one of the original events of the at Road Atlanta last Saturday. ``We tried to put a program together a few years ago where Luis and I would compete together, so this has always been in the back of our minds.'' Diaz, a 28-year-old driver from Mexico, won the 2006 Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series The Rolex Sports Car Series is the premiere series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. It is a North American-based sports car series that was founded in 2000 under the name Grand American Road Racing Championship championship with co-driver Scott Pruett and Chip Ganassi Racing Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is an automotive racing organization with teams competing in NASCAR, IRL, and Grand-Am racing. It is owned by businessmen Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates. The team is based in Concord, North Carolina, which is a suburb of Charlotte. . In addition to announcing its 2007 driver line-up, Lowe's Fernandez Racing also unveiled the team's Acura Lola, which will make its competition debut at the 12 Hours of Sebring in March. Honda Performance Development will be preparing engines for three ALMS teams in 2007. Honda Performance Development currently provides engines for every team in the Indy Racing League The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. The League consists of two series, the premiere IndyCar Series IndyCar Series, including for both of Fernandez's teams. ``We are happy to welcome Luis to the Acura family,'' said Robert Clarke, president of Honda Performance Development. ``We first met Luis when he substituted for Adrian in the 2002 Mexico City race and later did some test driving for Fernandez Racing. His obvious talents in sports car competition the past few years alongside those of Adrian's will be a valuable asset for not only our winter testing program but a strong effort next season.'' timothy.haddock@dailynews.com (818) 713-3715 CAPTION(S): box Box: NASCAR |
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