November 2011

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Guest Column By Cathy Elliott

Thirty-five weeks a year, one of the most fun and challenging things about this column is the fact that it can often be quite speculative in nature.

Based on what happened the previous week or month in NASCAR, we have the luxury of utilizing what has gone before in order to predict what might happen next. Each week is an important link in a chain that begins when the season is tossed overboard in February, and ends in November when a champion lands to anchor it for the next 12 months.

But this is Week 36. As of this writing, mere hours separate us from the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and NASCAR’s championship anchor is dangling so close to the ocean floor that the sand is already swirling. After the closest and most exciting year in recent memory, all that stands between this moment and the end of the 2012 season is the simplest of toddler math, countable on a single hand: one race, two drivers and three points.

Continue reading “Giving Thanks For NASCAR Now And Next Year”

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By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

(November 18, 2011)

HOMESTEAD, Fla.—Austin Dillon withstood a strong challenge from race winner Johnny Sauter to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship in Friday night’s Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

NASCAR called the event with 15 laps left with Sauter in the lead and Dillon in 10th place, giving Dillon, 21, the youngest champion in series history, a six-point edge in the series standings over Sauter.

Denny Hamlin finished second in the No. 18 Kyle Busch Motorsports truck, followed by Kevin Harvick, Nelson Piquet Jr. and Joey Coulter.

Continue reading “Johnny Sauter wins Miami Truck race, Austin Dillon is the 2011 Champion”

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Author: Dwight Drum racetake.com

FYI WIRZ: NASCAR’s Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart talk finale at Homestead
Much talk will happen before the green flag in Homestead on Sunday Nov. 20 when Carl Edwards takes his skinny three point lead over Tony Stewart to the 1.5-mile oval track Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida.
That talk will include the playful comments between Edwards and Stewart as they toy with one another’s mind while the media focuses on them like eagles on prey.
But when the flag drops the public words cease and radio words begin between drivers, spotters and crew chiefs.
ESPN will bring the hi-definition excitement to waiting millions who are not in the stands starting at 3 p.m.
The pleasant south Florida weather is expected to bring warm sun and rainless moments as this time of the year is generally dry for the area.

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Race Time Radio

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Race Time Radio
Re: Mon. Nov. 14th 2011 – 8pm ET.
Presented by: Shell Rotella – RAIN-X Clear Vision Interview with:
– Go Canada Racing Team Owner: Steve Meehan, and Driver Andrew Ranger who are preparing for Ford Championship weekend in Miami.
-Andy Ford Street Stock Driver from Kawartha Speedway prepares for his second trip to the Frank Kimmel National event at Rockingham Polar Bear 150 at End of Nov. and he will be joined by:
Kawartha Track Champion Willie Reyns.
– Josh Richards World Of Outlaws Late Model Driver just about grabbed his 3rd title but had a flat tire with 2 laps to go.
– Jason Meyers 2011WoO Sprint Champion.
– Gary Elliott a minute with the ‘The Iron Man’, plus more auto racing sports news.
For More Info: http://www.racetimeradio.com

Here’s The Broadcast – http://www.racetimeradio.com/Sh-Nov14th-RTR-_JasonMeyers_WoO/RTR-Nov14th2011.mp3

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Edwards Vs. Stewart: An Epic Matchup
Sunday it all comes down to Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart. All other drivers have been officially eliminated from championship consideration. A deeper look at the two combatants…

Carl Edwards: A picture of consistency, Edwards owns series-best numbers in top fives (18) and top 10s (25). But the reason he owns the points lead: his win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway earlier this season. Both Edwards and Stewart have scored the exact same amount of points over the first nine Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup races (356), but Edwards holds his scant three-point edge thanks to the three Chase bonus points he earned for his win at Las Vegas.

THE FINAL LAP PODCAST #183 – EDWARDS VS. STEWART

If Edwards holds on to his lead, he’ll join Bobby Labonte as the only two drivers to win both the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Sprint Cup championships.

Continue reading “NASCAR’s Driver Showdown Tony Stewart Vs. Carl Edwards”