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RedGiant: 'Bullet for Vegas users
2008-06-11 05:15:00 Red Giant Software, publisher of a line of professional digital video tools, including Knoll Light Factory and Trapcode, today released Magic Bullet Looks 1.1 with new support for Sony Vegas 8. Magic Bullet Looks has become the defacto standard plug-in for helping to set the mood for everything from a wedding to the next Sundance original. Support is available for After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Avid, Adobe Premiere Pro, Motion, and now Sony Vegas.Magic Bullet Looks also includes the standalone Magic Bullet LooksBuilder, for pre-visualizing looks on set or anywhere. Portable presets load into any editing hosts, so the same Looks you create on set are the ones you finish with in the editorial suite: no need for an expensive finishing system.What's New?• Added plug-in support for Sony Vegas 8• Floating point rendering support for Vegas that produces high-quality cinematic resultsCheck it out at HTTP://WWW.REDGIANTSOFTWARE.COM-
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Verizon Wireless Buys Alltel Communications
2008-06-05 18:07:00 $28.1 billion is the agreed upon price. That includes $5.9 billion in cash and $22.2 billion in debt. This deal will launch Verizon to the top of the chart for total number of customers. Verizon is currently 2nd to AT&T but adding 13.2 million customers from Alltel will put Verizon at about 80 million ...
Blogging Update
2008-06-05 07:52:00 I will be flying to New York in a few hours, which will put me on a blogging sabbatical through Sunday. Through the magic of Blogger's new scheduled posting feature, however, I do have several posts lined up for the interim to satisfy your political appetite. Thus, Political Realm will live on during my brief absence, though I won't be able to post on any breaking news. Be sure to check in this weekend for the return of the long lost Saturday Stew feature as well. Regular posting will resume Monday. Cheers!
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Sprint All-star Race 2008 ? Your Complete Guide
2008-05-12 21:00:00 This years All-Star race will be the 24th Annual NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race . It will be held on Saturday, May 17, 9 p.m. (ET) at Lowe?s Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C. You can catch the All-Star race on SPEED TV at 7 p.m. or on MRN/Sirius. Also included in this weeks events is the All-Star Pit ...
Penske Silly Season Talk - Ryan Newamn, Martin Truex Jr, Sprint
2008-05-06 00:00:00 We all know that Ryan Newman's Contract is up this year with Penske Racing. It is unclear if Newman will stay with Penske, but he has said that he is looking around, but that he is happy where he is. [MEDIA=9] Newman says it "potentially (opens up) more doors." "I wouldn't say that my phone ...
Ryan Newman On ESPN?s NASCAR Now
2008-04-23 05:49:00 According to ESPN’s NASCAR Now, Ryan Newman will be making an appearance on the show Wednesday night. Tonight they had on Roy McCauley in the Penske shop. They talked to Roy about the new chassis that they were going to take to Talladega. Roy stated that they had done a lot of testing on ...
Under Construction
2008-04-22 18:52:00 We're making the switch to a new template today, so the site may look strange for a little while. Right now the top link bar as well as the columns to the right are still under construction. Hopefully we will have all the kinks worked out soon.Please let us know if you find any persistent problems with the new format or simply share your thoughts on our new look. Thanks!Regular posting should resume this afternoon.
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Fox Claims To Be Super-Sizing Talladega Prerace Coverage
2008-04-21 17:57:00 READ ARTICLE HERE at FOX FOX has decided to honor the NASCAR fans with a 1 hour prerace show for the Arron’s 499 at Talladega. They have decided to start prerace coverage at 1pm instead of 1:30pm. Personally I watch all the SPEED Chanel prerace “stuff”. I think they do an excellent job. Plus, you might ...
The Sprint Cup Off Week
2008-04-19 05:32:00 Bloggers, Newman, Dodge, MIS, NASCAR Day and fund raising. For starters, leave some comments about your plans of the off week. Let us know what your up to! This week Ryan Newman and most of the other Sprint Cup drivers have the week off. Other Cup drivers have headed down to Mexico for the Nationwide ...
Odds & Ends
2008-03-31 20:25:00 Just a few housekeeping items to mention:We will be adding new sites to our blogroll today. If you would like to see your site in our blogroll, just leave us a comment (a return link would be nice too). We'd also like to send a link back to everyone that links us, so if you already link to Political Realm and we haven't returned the favor, just let us know.Political Realm readers can now find some of our posts at Donklephant. Justin Gardner was kind enough to invite me to join the blogging team there and I encourage you to check out his excellent site. Donklephant is a centrist blog that offers thoughtful commentary and analysis of the day's political news and is well worth a look.You can still find us posting at Mirror On America as well. Mirror On America is a blog focusing on news, politics, race, religion, and media.We currently have a post featured in the latest Carnival of Politics. Stop by and check out the other great offerings there this week.Remember to check out o...
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Sorenson Squeeze 5
2008-03-31 18:37:00 As posted on the Macworld, Sorenson Media, have are releasing a new version of Sorenson Squeeze, 5. The big feature mention in the article is the ability to do multi-file encoding.From reading the article, it sounds like there are some really interesting new features.I used to use Sorenson Squeeze to encode videos, before H.264, and was very happy with the results, but, if I'm to be honest, I can't afford to upgrade, since it's essentially just updating the capabilities of the interface, with some new features.If it had been a new version of the Sorenson Codec, then that might be a different story entirely.But for what I do on a day to day basis, I can manage with Compressor.
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Stewart, Newman to show their car collection at LMS
2008-03-24 20:57:00 I found this on NASCAR.com. By Track Release March 24, 2008 12:48 PM EDT CONCORD, N.C. — Sprint Cup drivers Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman and World Wrestling Entertainment superstar John Cena will prove their need for speed is not limited to the track or ring when they display their personal rides during the April 3-6 ...
Alltel and Cingular/AT&T Puttin? It To Sprint
2008-03-19 04:14:00 What comes around goes around? As you may know I was very much against NASCAR suppressing AT&T?s re-branding to Cingular. And we all know it was NASCAR in the courts, but it was NEXTEL/Sprint backing the whole thing. As a Ryan Newman fan I was very happy to see Newman win the Daytona 500 ...
Thank You Friday
2008-02-15 16:38:00 Again, we'd like to take some time to thank the people who joined in the discussion here over the past week or so.Anthony Palmer, from The 7-10Bianca, from Funnel IdeasCarr50 (no link)DavidMM (no link)Erik, from Truth & BeautyHG (no link)Hillblogger, from HillbloggerJason, from the Washington Interns Gone BadJohn4Hillary (no link)JohnQ (no link)LaPopessa, from Make It Stop! Make It Stop!Larry, from Let's TalkLeftdog, from BuckdogLen, from Esoterically.netOld Geezer (no link)Peter Porcupine, from Peter PorcupinePurpleMinded, from PurpleMindedSordid Business, from Divine VenganceS.W. Anderson, from Oh!pinionTexmex (no link)Thomas, from The IndependentTomCat, from Politics PlusWally Banners, from The WTF BlogThanks for reading and sharing your thoughts.Remember, if you'd like a free link, join the conversation and leave a comment (make sure to leave a link to your site, as well). Please make sure your comments are relevant--we won't link spammers or those just trolling for link...
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Happy Birthday, Political Realm
2008-02-05 14:54:00 Political Realm was started on a whim one year ago today. We have had a lot of fun doing this and we hope you have enjoyed the ride as well. Cheers!
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NASCAR Weekly Schedule / Broadcast Schedule
2008-02-02 15:54:00 Well, NASCAR has started releasing thier weekly broadcast. That means that you can find that schedule here on this website every week. Typically the new schedule will come out during the CUP race for that week. That is when you can start finding here. Also, you can subscribe to a feed I have with the ...
Charlotte Will Continue To Host All-Star Race
2008-01-22 18:05:00 NASCAR will continue to hold it’s All-Star race at Lowes Motor Speedway through 2008. Some minor changes have been made to the format though. 1. This years race will be the NASCAR Sprint Cup All-Star Race XXIV. The event was previously known as All-Star Challenge. NASCAR officials in an attempt to simply numerous items throughout ...
NASCAR Changes Qualifying Rules For 2008 - And More
2008-01-22 03:43:00 QUALIFYING For the 2008 season NASCAR has decided to change how drivers qualify that are not locked into the top 35. This change will take place in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Craftsman Truck Series. The new rule will make it so all the drivers not locked into the field will qualify at the end of ...
Thank You Thursday
2008-01-17 22:38:00 This week, we'd like to thank the following for joining in on the discussion at Political Realm:Anthony Palmer, from The 7-10Hillblogger, from HillbloggerJason, from the new Villainy, Inc.Jeff Versteeg, who unfortunately left no linkKell, who unfortunately left no linkLarry, from Let's TalkLeftdog, from BuckdogOld Geezer, who unfortunately left no linkPurpleMinded, from PurpleMindedSchmuckraker, from ScmuckrakerS.W. Anderson, from Oh!pinionTomCat, from Politics PlusTorrance Stephens, from Raw Dawg Buffalo Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts.Remember, if you'd like a free link, join the conversation and leave a comment. Please make sure your comments are relevant--we won't link spammers or those just trolling for linkage.
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Ad Wars: En Español
2008-01-16 18:34:00 Political Realm TVI'd like to direct all of you to Political Realm's new YouTube channel. On this site, you can get access to all the videos posted on Political Realm going forward. Subscribing to the channel will update you on the latest videos before they are even posted here. In the future, we'd like to try our hand at video blogging, but for the time being, you will find campaign ads and related videos from races across the country. Check it out. Hillary ClintonThe Clinton campaign has released two new ads. In "Voices," Clinton says she will listen to the voices of Americans across the country, continuing a theme that began with her New Hampshire victory speech.The campaign also released a Spanish language ad, "La Voz," which discusses the same themes. The ad targets voters in Nevada. The pro-Clinton AFSCME union is airing a new ad, "I Didn't Know." The ad targets female voters, featuring several women talking about the significance of Clinton's candidacy. John Edwar...
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Thank You Thursday
2008-01-10 19:44:00 This week, we'd like to thank the following for joining in on the discussion at Political Realm:6000, from 6000 Miles From CivilizationAnthony Palmer from The 7-10Catmoves, from The Querkey TurkeyHector, from Young ObserversHillblogger, from HillbloggerLarry, from Let's TalkPatrick Behrens, from Super Pissed OffSimmons, from Thoughts On The WorldSteven M. Nielson, from The New ConservativeSuzie-Q, from Suzie-QS.W. Anderson, from Oh!pinionTomCat, from Politics PlusWally Banners, from The WTF BlogThanks for reading and sharing your thoughts.Remember, if you'd like a free link, join the conversation and leave a comment. Please make sure your comments are relevant--we won't link spammers or those just trolling for linkage.
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Daytona Sprint Cup Testing-Week 1
2008-01-10 05:15:00 Today ended the first round of NASCAR Sprint Cup Preseason Thunder testing at Daytona International Speedway. I have to admit I have not followed it to close this week. Some of the news that I have seen includes a possible tire issue. Apparently tire blistering was an issue. Casey Mears, driver of the Hendricks ...
United States Senate Designates 2008 Daytona 500 As ?Race Day in America?
2008-01-03 22:06:00 By unanimous consent, the United States Senate recently designated February 17th, 2008 ? the date of the historic 50th running of the Daytona 500 ? as “Race Day in America.” The resolution, introduced during the 110th Congress by Florida Senators Bill Nelson and Mel Martinez highlights the historic 50th running of the Daytona 500 and ...
SPEED TV Will Cover NASCAR Beginning JAN 7th 2008
2007-12-28 20:04:00 SPEED TV is going to be covering NASCAR practice session starting JAN 7th as part of it’s NASCAR Preseason Thunder on SPEED . The coverage will include practice sessions for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. John Roberts will anchor SPEED?s NASCAR Sprint Cup coverage on-site, ...
2007 NASCAR Crash Data - Ryan Newman Better Than 2006
2007-12-22 07:01:00 DATA FROM USA Today USA Today recently released their annual crash data for the Nextel Cup 2007 NASCAR season. Ryan Newman was involved in 10 crashes in 2007 (27.8%) compared to 15 (41.7%) in 2006. Newman had 4 DNF’s this year for accidents. 2006 was Ryan Newman’s worst year for accidents. ...
Thank You Thursday
2007-12-21 06:47:00 This week, we'd like to thank:Anonymous, from Capital PolitickingAnthony Palmer from The 7-10Davenp35, who unfortunately left no linkEisenmond, who unfortunately left no linkJason, from Washington Interns Gone BadLarry, from Let's TalkPatrick Behrens, from Super Pissed OffS.W. Anderson, from Oh!pinionThanks for reading and sharing your thoughts. Remember, if you'd like a free link, join the conversation and leave a comment. Please make sure your comments are relevant--we won't link spammers or those just trolling for linkage.
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Thank You Thursday
2007-12-13 15:35:00 This week, we'd like to thank:Angel86, who unfortunately left no linkAnthony Palmer from The 7-10DaisyDeadhead, from Daisy's Dead AirJ. Scott, from Before I Am FamousLaPopessa, from Another Democratic Woman For ObamaM, who unfortunately left no linkMsadak, who unfortunately left no linkS.W. Anderson, from Oh!pinionTom Harper, from Who Hijacked Our CountryTomCat, from Politics PlusWeb Loafer, from Sanity's BluffThanks for reading and sharing your thoughts.If you'd like a free link, join the conversation and leave a comment. Please make sure your comments are relevant--we won't link spammers or those just trolling for linkage.
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Thank You Thursday
2007-12-07 05:34:00 It's time again to thank those who participated in the discussion on Political Realm this week by leaving a comment.This week, we'd like to thank:Anthony Palmer from The 7-10James, who unfortunately left no linkLarry from Let's TalkMedia Czech from BlueGrassRootsScribex, who unfortunately left no linkThomas from The IndependentThanks for reading and sharing your thoughts.If you'd like a free link, speak up. Please make sure your comments are relevant--we won't link spammers or those just trolling for linkage.
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?Stewie Awards? handed out
2007-12-03 15:22:00 Two-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart and radio sidekick Matt Yocum decided earlier this year that the stock car sport needed some awards to rival Hollywood’s Oscars and Emmies. Thus were the Stewie Awards born. Stewart and Yocum, who co-host a weekly show on Sirius Satellite Radio, asked listeners to vote online in 12 categories. They handed out ...
Thank You Thursday
2007-11-29 14:40:00 Commenting has slowed down a bit lately here, so to turn that around and hopefully attract some new readers to the site, we thought we'd offer a little incentive for your participation. Each week, we'll provide links to all those who joined in the discussion on Political Realm. If you'd like a free link, speak up. Please make sure your comment is relevant--we won't link spammers or those just trolling for linkage.This week, we'd like to thank:DaisyDeadhead from Daisy's Dead AirLarry from Let's TalkMirth from Liberally, MirthS.W. Anderson from Oh!pinionTomCat from Politics PlusThanks for reading and sharing your thoughts.
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PR News
2007-11-17 19:18:00 Just a few housekeeping items to note:Political Realm has been accepted as a member of the Political Grind Network organized by the folks at Political Grind. The network brings together various political blogs from across the spectrum and is a wonderful community. Eventually, you will be able to read our submitted posts on the Political Grind blog.You can also now find some of my posts at Mirror On America. The Angry Independent who runs that site was kind enough to ask me to join the team and I hope to post something there once a week. Mirror On America is a blog focusing on news, politics, race, religion, and media.The feedback we've received about the new three-column look has been entirely positive, so we've decided to make the change permanent.I'd like to thank all of you for your support and loyal readership. If you haven't done so already, we urge you to subscribe to the Political Realm feed, currently with more than 50 subscribers, and join our My Blog Log community ...
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Under Construction
2007-10-30 19:22:00 As you can see, assuming you're reading this post on site and not through a feed reader, we are in the process of changing our template. We've switched from a two column template to a three column template and are still playing around with the look of things. The extra column will give us a little more room to add new features, links, polls, etc--hopefully without making the site look too crowded. Special thanks to Blogcrowds for providing the free template.Let us know what you think. Do you like the change? Does the site appear correctly in your browser?Also, we'll be cleaning up our link list today and removing any sites that haven't updated in at least a month. If you find your site removed, let us know when you start publishing again and we will link you then.Regular posting should begin later this afternoon.
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2008 Nissan GT-R news update
2007-10-18 08:18:00 More news on Nissan?s new GT-R has come through overnight and although four articles on the same car in 24hrs may be overkill?its got to be done. As we suspected and previously reported there will be no manual gearbox option. Nissan have elected to only offer the one transmission, their GR6 dual-clutch six-speed along with leather wrapped paddle shifters. Nissan have been busy at the Nurburgring with their new baby and have confirmed (to Motor Trend at least) that the best lap time so far has been 7:35 but they are still out there with every intention of going faster. Again, we reported on this some weeks ago and it seems our sources at the time were correct. To get this sort of performance in perspective, the GT-R is lapping the ?Ring faster than the 996 GT2, Porsche 977 Turbo and the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, is one second slower that the Koenigsegg CCR and two seconds slower than the Pagani Zonda F. With an estimated entry price of around US80,000 that equates to cheap access ...
MIS improvements slated for 2008
2007-10-11 03:32:00 With Michigan International Speedway celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2008, the Irish Hills track has begun construction on several capital improvement projects that will strengthen the speedway?s on-going commitment to its race fans.Michigan International Speedway will spend about $10 million in the coming months to continue enhancing the speedway based on feedback from the fans. The latest round of improvements will be completed by the start of the track?s 40th season of racing in June.?It is an exciting time at MIS,? track president Roger Curtis said. ?We have incredible momentum from the success of our improved traffic patterns following our June events, and are looking forward to further implementing some of the fan feedback that our guests continue to give us. All of these ongoing projects to elevate and enhance the fan experience are a result of the fans taking ownership of Michigan International Speedway and telling us what they want.?Projects include:* A new, state-of-th...
500 Posts!
2007-10-09 17:21:00 Thanks, to all our readers, for following us over the past eight months. With more than 1000 comments, your continued participation and interest makes blogging all the more worthwhile.Whether you are new to the Political Realm, just stopping by, or a loyal reader, we encourage you to join the Political Realm community and subscribe to our site feed. We also invite you to check out our freshly updated About Us page. To contact any of our bloggers or to offer questions, comments, or suggestions, email us at politicalrealm@gmail.com or use the form on our contact page.
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Kansas race finale sets ESPN2 race record
2007-10-03 04:26:00 ESPN officials say the late-day coverage of Sunday's LifeLock 400 NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Kansas Speedway set a record as the highest-rated and most-viewed auto race in ESPN2's history. The race, which was switched from ABC after two rain delays, earned a 2.8 rating and was seen by 2.7 million households and 4.1 million viewers.
Nationwide could become new Busch Series sponsor
2007-10-03 04:25:00 Nationwide is moving into the final stages of negotiations to replace Anheuser-Busch?s Busch beer as title sponsor of NASCAR?s #2 series, sources are telling Street & Smith?s SportsBusiness Daily. Michael Smith of Street & Smith?s SportsBusiness Journal this morning reported in the Daily that Nationwide submitted an offer last Thursday, as did Subway, the sandwich franchise operation that had been considered the frontrunner.Nationwide?s talks with NASCAR progressed over the weekend, the story said, and a contract proposal is believed to be in the legal pipeline at Nationwide. Officials at NASCAR say that it does not have a deal with a new sponsor, but sources say an agreement with Nationwide could be finalized in the coming days.
NASCAR 2008 Sprint Cup Series schedule
2007-09-28 03:28:00 **********Sprint Cup ........... I really don't like that name. At All.**********DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The 2008 Sprint Cup Series schedule was announced Wednesday, a 36-race slate that kicks off with the 50th running of the Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 17 at Daytona International Speedway. The 2008 season also marks NASCAR's 60th year as stock-car racing's longest operating sanctioning body.Following the "Great American Race" the series travels to Southern California, then to the bright lights of Las Vegas before returning to the Southeast for races at Atlanta and Bristol. The first scheduled off date for the series will be in March during the Easter holiday.Following the race in Martinsville, the series makes another swing to the Southwest, racing at Texas and Phoenix in early April. The second scheduled off weekend occurs in mid-April.The series then picks back up with races at Talladega, Richmond and Darlington prior to the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Challenge at Lowe's Motor S...
Rain disrupts first day of test at Daytona
2007-09-19 04:47:00 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The future arrived at Daytona International Speedway on Tuesday as Goodyear kicked off a two-day Car of Tomorrow tire test with five NASCAR Nextel Cup Series teams in preparation for the historic 50th running of the Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 17.Drivers that participated in the test include Denny Hamlin (Joe Gibbs Racing), 2007 Daytona 500 pole winner David Gilliland (Yates Racing), David Stremme (Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates), Mark Green subbing for Michael Waltrip (Michael Waltrip Racing) and recent Nextel Cup Series winner Clint Bowyer (Richard Childress Racing).The Car of Tomorrow, a five-year project by NASCAR's Research and Development Center, is designed to be safer, more competitive and cheaper for the race teams.NASCAR's next generation race car made its debut in Cup competition earlier this year and was scheduled to be used in 16 races.It will be utilized on a full-time basis in 2008.Rain slowed the first day of testing, which Goodyear is...
Households up for ABC's broadcast of NHIS Cup race
2007-09-19 04:15:00 ABC drew a 3.3 fast national rating for its Sylvania 300 telecast Sunday from New Hampshire International Speedway, according to the network. Households (3,676,000) were up 7 percent from last year when the race was shown on cable (TNT). The telecast saw a two percent increase in males 18-34, an eight percent for males 25-54 and nine percent increase for males 18-49, according to the network.
NASCAR slows COT speeds on second day of Talladega test
2007-09-12 04:23:00 TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) ? NASCAR slowed speeds Tuesday on the Car of Tomorrow at Talladega Superspeedway, where only half the field topped 190 m.p.h on the second day of the test session.With a smaller restrictor-plate, only 27 drivers went over 190. Paul Menard turned the fastest lap of the day at 193.045 mph in a Chevrolet. Speeds reached 196 m.p.h on Monday, and 44 drivers topped 190."We have the tools to slow them down. NASCAR did a good job with that," driver Ryan Newman said. "Basically we're just acclimating the car to the race track."The CoT is being phased into competition this season, and it will make its restrictor-plate race debut at Talladega in October.That event is also in the Chase for the Nextel Cup championship.NASCAR experimented with several restrictor-plate packages and wicker setups, and there didn't seem to be many complaints about the car's handling."It drives like it's on a rail," Carl Edwards said. "We have to work on the visibility through the cars. You c...
Penske Racing to build test track in Mooresville
2007-09-01 17:04:00 Penske Racing plans to build a test track in Mooresville similar in size and layout to the track at Richmond International Raceway. The 54-acre site on Mazeppa Road would include 1/4- and 1/2-mile ovals within the 3/4-mile oval track, and a 1.8-mile road course, documents filed with the Iredell County Planning Department show.At its neighboring race shop, Mooresville-based Penske already designs, makes and tests high-performance vehicles for competition in the Nextel Cup and Busch series, Indy Racing League, and Automobile Racing Club of America and American LeMans series.The test track also would accommodate law-enforcement training and recreational motorsports, but is not for spectators paying admission, Penske says in its filing with the county. Testing would be between 8am and 6pm/et, according to the filing. The acreage now includes two ball fields and a vacant lot. The land is zoned for heavy industrial uses, including race tracks, Iredell County Planner Rebecca Harper said.Pe...
ESPN's NASCAR Coverage Needs MAJOR Overhaul
2007-08-28 04:15:00 I have grown very sick and tired of ESPN's NASCAR coverage. From the live races to there "NASCAR Programs" like NASCAR Now. They don't seem professional to me and especially their race coverage is boring.This past weekend at Bristol, Kasey Kahne was leading with Newman in second. Caution came out and everyone came down pit road. They never showed Kahne or Newman on pit road except of Kane leaving and being the first off of pit road. They showed other guys on pit road that were much farther back. All the viewers new was that Kahne was the first on and first off. Newman was second on and 4th off. They didn't even really know that, they had to wait for the restart.How many times do they not show the top 2 on pit road especially when they are racing pretty close? Granted, no matter what and no matter what station, Newman does not get much coverage. But running in second should have got some and with Kane leading he should have been shown on pit road. Commercial. Could they possibly h...
AT&T - Nascar Forcing AT&T To Put Cingular Name On RCR/Jeff Burton's #31
2007-08-23 22:18:00 *************** In this article AT&T is quoted as saying that NASCAR is REQUIRING then to not only remove the AT&T name and logo immediately, BUT also they MUST have the name Cingular on the car. Are you kidding me. If Budweiser wanted a red and white paint scheme that did not actually say "Budweiser" on it, would NASCAR force Budweiser to have their name on it? I don't think so. What if Home Depot just wanted a orange car with out the "Home Depot" on it. Would NASCAR make them? Don't think so! NASCAR is WAY over board here. I can understand wanting the "Go Phone" off of the car IF IF IF that was not part of the previous Cingular. But MAKING them put the name Cingular on the car...WOW! Sounds like AT&T really wants to stay in the game and keeps trying. Good luck to them, RCR and Jeff Burton. WAY OUT OF CONTROL- Don't know why, but this story and this subject gets my blood boiling.*************** BRI...
Court says AT&T must be removed from No. 31 car
2007-08-23 03:26:00 The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a mandate allowing NASCAR to require the removal of AT&T logos from the No. 31 Chevrolet owned by Richard Childress Racing and driven in the Nextel Cup Series by Jeff Burton.Tuesday's mandate was an affirmation of the 11th Circuit's unanimous decision to vacate the preliminary injunction granted to AT&T in May by U.S. District Senior Judge Marvin H. Shoob. The appeals court had ruled Aug. 13 that, because AT&T was not an intended third-party beneficiary of the "grandfather clause" that allowed Cingular to continue its sponsorship of the No. 31 car, the injunction was not valid on breach-of-contract grounds.The grandfather clause was a provision of NASCAR's agreement with RCR that allowed Cingular to sponsor the car after NASCAR contracted with Nextel, a competitor of Cingular in the telecommunications industry, as exclusive title sponsor of the Cup Series, beginning in 2004. A series of mergers brought AT&T and Cingular together, ...
NASCAR expects AT&T logos off RCR car by Bristol this weekend
2007-08-22 17:07:00 **** Just curious as to what RCR/Jeff Burton will run for a logo/sponsor. I don't think AT&T really wants to go back to Cingular. They have almost completly phased out Cingular, except that there are some comercials still out there about the two merging. Any ideas??? ****** NASCAR expects the AT&T logos to be removed from the No. 31 Richard Childress Racing car for the Nextel Cup events this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway. The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a mandate Tuesday that its decision to be followed that NASCAR is not legally required to allow the AT&T logos on the Jeff Burton car, NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said Tuesday night. Court documents indicate that AT&T plans to ask the district court to consider another injunction under the premise that NASCAR's actions indicated that a logo change was permissible and therefore it's an injustice that they cannot.
Well, What Logo will Jeff Burton and RCR have on the #31 car
2007-08-20 21:45:00 I have not heard anything about this. And I am kind of suprised about it. On Monday the Judge said that they had 5 days to reply. AT&T did ask the court to reconsider on Friday and determned that they would be racing with theAT&T logo in SUNDAY's race. But here it is Monday and I think the 5 days is up. And if it is postponed even farther to Tues, then definetly the 5 days is up. And more importantly, what are they going to do after that. Is AT&T just going to use the Cingular brand name on the car. That doesn't make alot of sense because there isn't a Cingular anymore. Will AT&T be allowed to just pull out. Where will that leave Jeff Burton and RCR. I think the Judge should at least let AT&T finish out the year. BUT - Ultimetly AT&T , RCR and Jeff Burton are completly right in this situation. AT&T should be able to have that logo on their car. Mike
Qualifying changes as soon as New Hampshire?
2007-08-14 16:29:00 ***Don't know if there is truth to this or not, but this is what autoracing.com and captianthunder racing.com are reporting. I don't know. I guess it helps. I still don't think it should be a top 35. I understand that the most revenue is from people coming to see the top drivers race, but.....I don't know. And I don't know the correct answer. I agree a change is needed. Maybe top 25? I don't know. I hate seeing people have a good qualifying run, but not be allowed to race ***** STORY NASCAR will make changes to the Nextel Cup qualifying format sooner rather than later. A source within NASCAR confirmed to Captain Thunder that they would indeed change the way teams qualify for Nextel Cup races, and the changes will take place this season instead of next. Currently, all race entries are placed in to a'lottery type' format to decide qualifying order and all entries must qualify against one another. But, not for long....
Appeals court sides with NASCAR in AT&T dispute
2007-08-14 06:12:00 I totatlly disagree with the court --- in case you wanted my opinion!!!MikeATLANTA -- A ruling by a federal appeals court cleared the way for NASCAR to prevent AT&T Inc. from featuring its logo on Jeff Burton's No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Monday in its order that San Antonio-based AT&T lacks standing to challenge NASCAR's decision.The court, therefore, threw out a lower court's ruling that prevented NASCAR from stopping AT&T's plans. The appeals court remanded the case to the U.S. District Court in Atlanta for dismissal.At issue is AT&T's desire to change the Cingular logo on Burton's car to the AT&T logo. AT&T bought Atlanta-based BellSouth Corp. last year, gaining full control of Cingular and has since rebranded the cell phone provider under the AT&T name.NASCAR has tried to prevent the Cingular logo from being changed to the AT&T logo on Burton's car because AT&T rival Sprint Nextel Corp. sponsors NASCAR's premier ...
Earnhardt Jr. making cameo in Nickelback video
2007-08-10 17:55:00 Dale Earnhardt Jr. wants to be a rock star, and soon, he will be. The Dale Earnhardt Inc. driver is one of the celebrities appearing in the new Nickelback music video, "Rockstar." It's Earnhardt Jr.'s eighth appearance in a music video. This one debuted last week and is available on MTV.com. "It's always cool to be in videos for big-time music artists, because it allows us to branch out and reach a whole group of people we might not reach through racing," Earnhardt Jr. said. "I really like Chad Kroeger and the guys from Nickelback. I met them in Richmond a few years ago. They were really cool then, and it was an honor to be asked to be in their latest video." The video captures the everyday dreams of someone to be a rock star and includes a mix of actors, musicians and athletes in their own respective environments lip-syncing the lyrics to the song. Other celebrities appearing in the video include rapper/musician Kid Rock, former hockey standout Wayne Gretzky, Gene Simmons of Ki... |
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