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Title: TMS Gets 2nd Race!
Post by: rpm on May 13, 2004, 10:42:10 PM

From NASCAR.COM (http://www.nascar.com/2004/news/headlines/cup/05/13/bc.car..nascar.schedule.ap/index.html)

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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!

Title: TMS Gets 2nd Race!
Post by: DiabloTX 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!

;)

Title: TMS Gets 2nd Race!
Post by: rpm 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?

Title: TMS Gets 2nd Race!
Post by: DiabloTX 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.

Title: TMS Gets 2nd Race!
Post by: gofaster 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).

Title: TMS Gets 2nd Race!
Post by: DiabloTX 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.