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Podpisan · at 6:48 PM

2013 NNS Driver Alex Bowman - Photo Credit: Rainier Ehrhardt/Getty ImagesThe No. 99 SchoolTipline.com Toyota Camry, piloted by Alex Bowman, had a strong run in the early going of Sunday’s rain-delayed DuPont Pioneer 250 at Iowa Speedway, but a late-race faux pas left the team with a 22nd-place finish. Making the first of two trips...more»

The article Alex Bowman Posts 22nd-Place Finish at Iowa Speedway is from Catchfence.

Source: http://www.catchfence.com/2013/nationwide/06/10/alex-bowman-posts-22nd-place-finish-at-iowa-speedway/

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Podpisan · at 10:48 PM

We have a small staff of real talented photographers On Pit Row. I am not one of them. I leave the important work to BethAnne, Glenn and Jordan. But that doesn’t stop me from taking my camera to the track. I don’t try to take serious pics. I mostly goof around. But sometimes, I like [...]

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Podpisan · at 2:48 AM

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will run its sixth race of the Chase this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway.
Aric Almirola will lead a field of 43 cars to the green flag after qualifying was rained out. Almirola was the fastest driver in the first practice session at the track. Joining Almirola on the pole will be Jeff Burton. The lone car who failed to make the race was Sam Hornish due to owner points dictating who would be in the race.
Entering Sunday?s race Matt�Kenseth leads Jimmie Johnson by four points in the point standings with Kevin Harvick 29 points back. Kenseth will start 11th, Johnson 12th and Harvick will start 33rd for Sunday?s race.
The Sprint Cup Series will run 188 laps around the 2.66 mile Talladega Superspeedway to account for the 500 miles in Sunday?s race.
Coverage of the race will air on ESPN�beginning at 2:00 pm ET with the green flag set to wave at 2:20 pm ET.
Starting Lineup for Sprint Cup Series at Talladega Superspeedway

1
Aric Almirola
43
Ford
Charter

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Source: http://network.yardbarker.com/nascar/article_external/talladega_sprint_cup_starting_lineup_green_flag_and_tv_info_for_camping_world_rv_sales_500/14833667

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Podpisan · at 6:48 AM

It's time for Power Rankings! After every race, we'll opine about who we think is at the top of the Sprint Cup heap and how and why they got there. Remember, this isn't scientific, as our formula is the perfect blend of analytics and bias against your favorite driver. So let's get on with it now, shall we?

1. Matt Kenseth (LW: 1): This is the second sentence of Kenseth's first comment in the post-race transcript: "Overall, for how bad I felt like we struggled with the car, that was a decent finish." Dear Matt, you finished seventh, and you were in the top five for the majority of the race. Yes, I know you said that both Kyle Busch and Jimmie Johnson finished ahead of you, so that does hurt the points lead, but you finished seventh.

2. Jimmie Johnson (LW: 3): Vader's back. Wait, he never left, so nevermind. Here's a question that probably has no right answer: if you could only pick Jimmie Johnson to win at one track, are you taking him at Dover or Martinsville? Johnson's win at Dover tied his Martinsville mark for most wins at a single track (8). Yeah, he's got one less start at Martinsville and he may very well make it nine in a few weeks. But that's how good he's been at Dover.

3. Kyle Busch (LW: 2): It was brought up on Twitter on Sunday afternoon by Jenna Fryer, but it bears repeating; Busch's average finish through three Chase races is a staunch 3.0. And he's in third in the standings. And now he's third in Power Rankings. We haven't seen the best of the No. 18 yet this Chase, which is a bit scary. But what's also scary is the fact that from what we've seen through three races, the No. 18's best could end up being third best.

4. Jeff Gordon (LW: 10): Right now, being fourth in Power Rankings (and in the standings) is being like the first guy left out of the Chase and then being added in because the powers that be felt sorry for you. Hey-oh! Really, while he's almost 40 points out, Gordon may still be in this thing and we don't know it. Who's to stop Brian France from awarding him 30 extra points and making this a four person race? That'd ruin the headline in this post too. Which would not be cool.

5. Kevin Harvick (LW: 7): Harvick's ability to get a good finish in the latter half of a race looked like it'd be an advantage in the Chase. Now, it's become blatantly obvious that it isn't one, simply because the three guys dominating the Chase have been up front the entire race. Harvick's going to finish in the top five, and may even end up fourth, but he's an usher at the wedding right now.

6. Greg Biffle (LW: 5): Appreciate the optimism, Biffle, but what's going to change to not make this a three-car race? Well, a crash involving all three of them at Kansas could do it, I guess. Hmm... Wonder if I gave anyone any ideas with that? Biffle's running the best he has all season. It's just not enough, nor will it be.

7. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (LW: 12): Think of the reaction to Junior's missed pit entry had it ended up costing him the race? It didn't, so it's an afterthought, and the memory from Sunday will be Johnson holding Junior at bay. Johnson got the advantage when Junior tried the high line a little too early, but don't blame him for doing that. Junior knew that he needed to do something different to run Johnson down. It just didn't work out.

8. Kurt Busch (LW: 4): Before Sunday's race, Busch's pit crew was reshuffled and members were added from Brian Scott's Nationwide team in a boost to help Busch on pit road. And what do you know, a loose wheel forces Busch to pit under green and then a caution flag comes out and his race was essentially over. We had no idea that the Kurt Busch wheel of destruction's "game over" space actually involved a literal wheel.

9. Ryan Newman (LW: 10): Free Bloomin' Onions again on Monday. I'm starting to really wonder if Ryan Newman's Stewart-Haas Racing tenure is not going to be defined by the Chase appearances or the Brickyard 400 wins, but rather by the number of free appetizers and month's worth of mortgages his sponsors delivered. If that's not a sign that you've made it as a NASCAR sponsor, I don't know what is.

10. Carl Edwards (LW: 6): Speaking of wheels, a hub made Cousin's Chase chances go kaput too. Edwards and Biffle were locked in a battle for fourth and for the right to call themselves the highest finishing Roush driver this season. Now Biffle has a significant advantage and Edwards is wishing his proclamations that his team would win the Chase would have actually come true.

11. Clint Bowyer (LW: 8): Anyone else think jokingly for a second that the final debris caution was the "Yes, we realize Clint Bowyer could win this race and no, we're not going to let that happen" caution? I kid, kind of, but Bowyer was looking like he'd be the only guy able to make it on fuel to the finish without a caution. And a Bowyer Chase victory would have been a tad awkward for NASCAR, don't you think? Would have been fun to watch though.

12. Joey Logano (LW: NR): Welcome back, Joey. Nice third place run. Logano is still in 12th in the standings but is only 18 points back of seventh place. If Chicago was his only poor finish, expect him to keep climbing.

Lucky Dog: With Chasers in the top 10, we'll give it to the highest finishing non-Chaser, which was Jamie McMurray. But poor Zoolander was in Power Rankings last week and dropped out, so this kind of feels like a pity award.

The DNF: That could be Edwards, but we'll go with Brad Keselowski, whose engine broke a seal and started leaking oil. The team was able to fix it and get him back on track, however. But that's of little consolation.

Dropped out: Jamie McMurray

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/power-rankings-yes-definitely-three-man-race-now-131047191--nascar.html

Jason Leffler David Carl Allison Gregory Jack Biffle David Lee Blaney

Podpisan · at 10:48 AM

Kenny Wallace - Photo Credit: Rainier Ehrhardt / Getty ImagesRAB Racing and Kenny Wallace came into a familiar Iowa Speedway with high hopes of a good finish and excitement to have U.S. Cellular on board for the first time. Iowa Speedway is a track that Kenny Wallace has an almost perfect lap completion record (99.7%),...more»

The article Kenny Wallace Finishes 13th at Iowa Speedway is from Catchfence.

Source: http://www.catchfence.com/2013/nationwide/06/10/kenny-wallace-finishes-13th-at-iowa-speedway/

Mark Anthony Martin Jeremy Allan Mayfield James Christopher McMurray Casey James Mears

Podpisan · at 10:48 AM

Every Body Walk!, the new campaign spearheaded by Kaiser Permanente and a host of other organizations — including the Office of the Surgeon General — is on fire. Two weeks after hosting its first sold-out conference in Washington, DC, the campaign has put out this excellent documentary on the importance of integrating walking into our [...]

Source: http://dc.streetsblog.org/2013/10/21/spend-30-minutes-watching-this-doc-and-youll-spend-the-next-30-walking/

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Podpisan · at 2:48 PM

Bill Elliott's speed record at Daytona International Speedway will still stand in NASCAR, but it's no longer a track record.

In a Ford event Wednesday, Colin Braun took to the track in a Daytona Prototype Grand-Am car to break Elliott's record. After a few runs in the morning, he broke the record twice in the afternoon. His fastest lap was 222.971 MPH, easily ahead of Elliott's record of 210.364 MPH.

Of course, there's a caveat here. Elliott's record came before the Sprint Cup Series instituted restrictor plates in the cars at Daytona to keep speeds down. An unrestricted Cup car would likely eclipse Elliott's record. However, we've never gotten the opportunity to see it.

The DP's engine (DPs are the fastest category in what was the Grand-Am series and take to the track every January for the 24 Hours of Daytona.) was a Ford EcoBoost V-6, a different engine from the powerplant that the cars have previously run in races.

From Autoweek:

The race engine uses the production-based engine block, cylinder heads, valve train -- ?They're all real parts,?� Ford's John Maddox said. There were challenges, among them cylinder cooling, exhaust valve cooling, and cylinder pressures. Think about it: All the Daytona Prototype engines are getting a 60-horsepower boost, meaning the EcoBoost is pumping out about 600 horsepower. ?So figure that the V-8 was putting out about 540 horsepower, and that was divided between eight cylinders. Now we're making about 100 horsepower per cylinder with this engine.? This engine, as well as its competition, has spent a lot of hours on the NASCAR dynamometer in Charlotte as the sanctioning body tries to equalize power."

Still pretty cool nonetheless. Though we'd really like to see an unrestricted Cup car at Daytona make a run to see what the heck could happen. Could 230 be a realistic possibility?

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/colin-braun-broke-bill-elliott-daytona-speed-record-151845484--nascar.html

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