Author Topic: TMS Gets 2nd Race! (Read 192 times)

rpm · « **on:** May 13, 2004, 10:42:10 PM »

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Source: Rockingham, Darlington to lose races
May 13, 2004
7:43 PM EDT (2343 GMT)

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- North Carolina Speedway will lose its only remaining race and Darlington Raceway will have just one as part of a realignment plan for 2005, a NASCAR source told The Associated Press on Thursday.

The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Texas Motor Speedway and Phoenix International Raceway would each get an additional race.

An announcement by NASCAR chairman Brian France was scheduled for Friday at Richmond International Raceway, the source said.

NASCAR officials declined to discuss specifics of France's announcement, saying only that the series has decided not to return to the track in Rockingham, N.C.

The changes mean North Carolina Speedway will have lost both of its Nextel Cup weekends in the span of a year. The struggling track's other date was given to California Speedway at the start of this season.

Under the realigned schedule, Texas will gain a race in November during the 10-race dash for the championship. Phoenix would add a race in the spring, the source said.

Sad to see "The Rock" lose it's last race, but a November race at TMS is going to be GREAT! See ya in the infield!

DiabloTX · « **Reply #1 on:** May 13, 2004, 10:43:42 PM »

Well, at least it won't be raining then.

Be nice to see my GM boys spank your Ford babies at the end of the season!

rpm · « **Reply #2 on:** May 14, 2004, 12:56:24 AM »

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Originally posted by DiabloTX
Well, at least it won't be raining then.

Be nice to see my GM boys spank your Ford babies at the end of the season!

Remind me...who is the current champion and what does he drive?

DiabloTX · « **Reply #3 on:** May 14, 2004, 02:06:30 AM »

2003 Matt Kenseth Ford Winston Cup
2002 Tony Stewart Pontiac Winston Cup
2001 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Winston Cup
2000 Bobby Labonte Pontiac Winston Cup
1999 Dale Jarrett Ford Winston Cup
1998 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Winston Cup
1997 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Winston Cup
1996 Terry Labonte Chevrolet Winston Cup
1995 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Winston Cup
1994 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet Winston Cup
1993 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet Winston Cup
1992 Alan Kulwicki Ford Winston Cup
1991 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet Winston Cup
1990 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet Winston Cup
1989 Rusty Wallace Pontiac Winston Cup
1988 Bill Elliot Ford Winston Cup
1987 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet Winston Cup
1986 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet Winston Cup
1985 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet Winston Cup
1984 Terry Labonte Chevrolet Winston Cup
1983 Bobby Allison Buick Winston Cup
1982 Darrell Waltrip Buick Winston Cup
1981 Darrell Waltrip Buick Winston Cup
1980 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet Winston Cup
1979 Richard Petty Chevrolet Winston Cup
1978 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile Winston Cup
1977 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet Winston Cup
1976 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet Winston Cup
1975 Richard Petty Plymouth Winston Cup
1974 Richard Petty Plymouth Winston Cup
1973 Benny Parsons Chevrolet Winston Cup
1972 Richard Petty Plymouth Winston Cup
1971 Richard Petty Plymouth Grand National
1970 Bobby Isaac Dodge Grand National
1969 David Pearson Ford Grand National
1968 David Pearson Ford Grand National
1967 Richard Petty Plymouth Grand National
1966 David Pearson Dodge Grand National
1965 Ned Jarrett Ford Grand National
1964 Richard Petty Plymouth Grand National
1963 Joe Weatherly Pontiac Grand National
1962 Joe Weatherly Pontiac Grand National
1961 Ned Jarrett Chevrolet Grand National
1960 Rex White Chevrolet Grand National
1959 Lee Petty Plymouth Grand National
1958 Lee Petty Oldsmobile Grand National
1957 Buck Baker Chevrolet Grand National
1956 Buck Baker Chrysler Grand National
1955 Tim Flock Chrysler Grand National
1954 Lee Petty Chrysler Grand National
1953 Herb Thomas Hudson Grand National
1952 Tim Flock Hudson Grand National
1951 Herb Thomas Hudson Grand National
1950 Bill Rexford Oldsmobile Grand National
1949 Red Byron Oldsmobile Strictly Stock

Hmmm...33 GM champs vs. 7 Ford vs. 10 for Mopar.

Tell me, who has the most manufacturers titles?

Chevrolet has 27. Ford? A paltry 6.

But I wil give you this; Ford has 546 wins vs. Chevy's 532.

IMHO they should scratch Martinsville from the schedule and give it to Rockingham. Martinsville just plain sucks.

gofaster · « **Reply #4 on:** May 14, 2004, 08:30:33 AM »

Short tracks suck for those big NASCAR racers. Anything less than a mile is better served for the smaller/slower Modifieds nowadays. The superspeedways are usually the better races (excluding Pocono and Atlanta - I'm not sure about the Vegas track yet). TMS has been lobbying for another race for years and even threatened a lawsuit (which might be why NASCAR made this announcement).

DiabloTX · « **Reply #5 on:** May 14, 2004, 08:43:26 AM »

I disagree. Bristol is one of the funnest races ever invented, esp. the night race.

As Rusty Wallace once said, "It's like flying Lear jets inside a hangar."

Nuff said.