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Michigan NASCAR Notebook - Friday
Compiled By Connie Felix
August 16, 2003
Michigan August 15-17, 2003 Goodyear Tire Facts NASCAR Winston Cup Series - Race No. 23 - Michigan 400 NASCAR Busch Series - Race No. 23 - Cabela's 250
Number of Tires Required Winston Cup: Left - 1,100, Right - 1,100 Estimated Pit Window Every 48-52 laps, based on fuel mileage. Notes
Sharon Speedway NASCAR Autograph Session Dave Blaney, Ken Schrader and Kyle Petty will sign autographs at Sharon Speedway Saturday night at 6 p.m. to raise money for the Victory Junction Gang Camp. The Speedway is located in Hartford, Ohio, 330l Orangeville-Cluster Road, and all donations will go directly to the Camp. Blaney, co-owner of Sharon Speedway will contribute all the proceeds from his merchandise sales Saturday night to the Victory Junction Gang Camp. The Victory Junction Gang Camp, a retreat for seriously ill children and their families scheduled to open next summer in Randleman, N.C. "There are many ways people can help Victory Junction – from making quilts, to making teddy bears for the campers, to making a financial donation – and we will have all that information available on Saturday night. Our fans have big hearts, so I’m sure at the end of the night we’ll have a nice contribution for the camp."
Upper South Carolina State Fair NASCAR Autograph Session NASCAR Autograph Day at the Greenville, Upper South Carolina State Fair is scheduled for Monday, September 1, 2003, on a first come, first serve basis. Appearing Drivers
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 10 a.m. until NOON Kevin Harvick NOON until 2 p.m. Ricky Craven 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. Larry Foyt 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. Gates open at 8 a.m. and admission for everyone on any day is only $12.00, and includes unlimited rides, shows, and entertainment. Senior citizens (55 and over, ID required) is $3.00 for any day of the Fair.
Birthday Celebration Paul Menard, a Wisconsin native will celebrate his 23rd birthday, August 21st. with a busy week of racing. Wednesday he will drive in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Bristol, then jump in the No. 3 red Jaguar XKR for the Trans-Am 100, Round 8 of this year’s championship, Sunday, Aug. 24 at Road America. Menard, who raced in the Series season opener at St. Petersburg, finishing seventh competes in a car normally driven by three time Trans-Am Series champion Paul Gentilozzi and sponsored by John Manville and Menards. The son of IndyCar team owner John Menard, the younger Menard is a three-year veteran of NASCAR’s RE/MAX Challenge Series and has also raced in the Winston Cup Series, Busch Series, Truck Series, and in ARCA. Menard’s Trans-Am Series experience speaks volumes in his six starts in Trans-Am Series competition, Menard has finished in the top 10 five times. Meanwhile, he earned two American GT class wins in Grand-Am competition last season.
Speaking Of Birthday's
August 13th Hideo Fukuyama
August 14th Rusty Wallace (47)
August 23rd Steve Park (36)
Kenny Wallace (40)
1983 Vintage Paint Scheme Miller Brewing Company has announced it will celebrate its "High Life" brand 100th Anniversary by sponsoring the No. 26 Dodge driven by Chad Blount in six additional NASCAR Busch Series races. Along with this Saturday’s (Aug. 16) race at Michigan International Speedway, High Life will sponsor the Jesel Racing team and Blount at Richmond International Raceway (Sept. 5); Kansas Speedway (Oct. 4); Lowe’s (Charlotte) Motor Speedway (Oct. 10); Atlanta Motor Speedway (Oct. 25); and Homestead-Miami Speedway (Nov. 15). At all these events, the car will continue to recognize High Life’s 100th anniversary and feature a vintage paint scheme resembling Bobby Allison’s 1983 car. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Bobby Allison driving a High Life car to the first -- and only -- NASCAR Winston Cup title of his 25-year racing career.
NASCAR Winston Cup Leader Bonus worth a record $230,000 The check has Matt Kenseth's name on it, but he has to win this weekend's GFS Marketplace 400 at Michigan International Speedway in order to cash it. It has been 53 races since the NASCAR Winston Cup Leader Bonus was awarded, and the bonus has now grown to $230,000. The guaranteed purse for the Michigan race winner is $137,630. The $230,000 Leader Bonus would be the largest payout in program history. Kenseth leads the battle for the Winston Cup by 258 points and is the only driver mathematically eligible to collect the bonus this weekend. The Leader Bonus hasn't been collected since March of 2002, 53 races ago.
McDonald's/POWERade Drive-Thru Pit Championship Award The pit crew of Elliott Sadler’s No. 38 M&M’s Ford won the McDonald’s/POWERade Drive-Thru Pit Championship Award at Watkins Glen by getting Sadler in and out of the pits in a total of 84.106 seconds during two pit stops on Sunday. The award, which is presented to the eligible pit crew with the shortest cumulative pit time at each race, culminates with a year-end award based on a points system. Michael Waltrip’s No. 15 NAPA Chevrolet crew leads the season-long competition with 794 points. Earnhardt Jr.’s No. 8 crew is second in the contest standings with 717 points.
3 Doors Down Gives Concert At Michigan 3 Doors Down will be performing on Saturday a post-race concert after the Michigan Busch Series race, in the Water Tower Lot across from the Speedway’s Administration building outside turn 1 of the track, on Saturday, admission is free to any fan that purchased a Cabela’s 250 race ticket. Tony Stewart will be participating in his first NASCAR Busch Series race since 1998 in a car that will feature a 3 Doors Down paint scheme for Chance 2 Motorsports car owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. at Michigan International Speedway this weekend. Stewart, and Earnhardt Jr. recently appeared in the band’s latest video The Road I’m On. 3 Doors Down released its debut album in 2000 titled The Better Life selling over six million units world wide and spawning three Top No. 1 Rock songs, as well as the group’s first Top Five hit on Billboard’s Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart with “Kryptonite.” The group’s most recent album, Away from the Sun, was certified Platinum, and the hit single “When I’m Gone” continues to climb the Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, where it appeared in the Top Five, and has set records at radio for holding the No. 1 position on the Modern Rock Chart for over 17 weeks.
Sunday's Flyover The GFS Marketplace 400 flyover will once again be performed by two members of the 127th Wing of the 107th Fighter Squadron of the Michigan Air National Guard. The two F-16s, based at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, will make two passes from South (turn one) to North (turn four) in pre-race ceremonies at the end of the National Anthem.
Michigan Registered Campground Michigan International Speedway is the largest registered campground in the State of Michigan. MIS has three different camping areas on the property. The MIS infield is 150 acres and houses over 2,600 campsites. The Brooklyn Highway Campground off of Brooklyn Road across from the track has 1,681 reserved spaces. The third MIS campground is the Cabela’s Campground off of the M-50 entrance to the track and opens on a first-come first-served basis on Thursday of each race week and holds about 1,000 campsites.
Stewart Foundation Donates To Earnhardt Foundation Tony Stewart has formed his own charitable foundation to raise funds that will be primarily distributed to organizations that help care for critically ill children, as well as to lend support to families of race car drivers who have been injured in motorsports. Stewart has a long term relationship with Victory Junction Gang Camp, Ronald McDonald Children's Charities and Make-A-Wish Foundation. Regardless of where Stewart finishes in the Cabela's 250, he earns 50 percent of the winnings, with Chance 2 receiving the other 50 percent. Stewart's share of the purse, will be donated to his recently formed foundation, whereupon the money will then be granted to the Dale Earnhardt Foundation. Also going to the Dale Earnhardt Foundation will be Stewart's race-worn firesuit and helmet. Those wishing to make a tax deductible contribution to the Tony Stewart Foundation can do so via the following address.
Tony Stewart Foundation
Stewart Could Share Triple Crown It's been seven-and-a-half years since Tony Stewart competed as a full-time USAC driver, but remains fully immersed in the sport. J.J. Yeley, 26 year old, is a name we could see in NASCAR in the future, currently he is on track to match Stewart's record as a Triple Crown Champion. At this point, Yeley leads the Sprint standings by 253 points, the Midget standings by 35 points and the Silver Crown standings by 30 points. Stewart is owner of Yeley's Sprint Car ride and co-owner with Bob East in the Silver Crown car. "I'm behind J.J. a hundred percent this year and I'd love to share that record with him," said Stewart, "especially from the standpoint of being able to be a part of it with him as a car owner in two of the three series. Nothing would make me prouder for him to tie my record and be beside me in the record books."
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