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* calvin's quiz #343 - Animals - ANSWERS & SCORES - 3 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/b84beee59fea96ce?hl=en
* calvin's quiz #344 - disputed zones - 9 messages, 9 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/a0c6df153707d3c7?hl=en
* QFTCIC Game 10, Rounds 2-3: kiddie lit and fish - 3 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/f12bc10d3902888d?hl=en
* QFTCICR14 Current Events 5-6-2014 - 3 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/56aaa99ccb43e2d0?hl=en
* swpKO: The Next Generation #11 - 3 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2bf75ee3b719011e?hl=en
* swpKO: The Next Generation #12 - 3 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/070df8902a0f3cda?hl=en
* swpKO: The Next Generation #10 - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/a12f4a49786924b4?hl=en
* QFTCIC Game 9, Rounds 7-8: games, fictional planets - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/0896534f18ab56da?hl=en
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TOPIC: calvin's quiz #343 - Animals - ANSWERS & SCORES
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/b84beee59fea96ce?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 2:08 am
From: calvin <334152@gmail.com>
On Sun, 16 Feb 2014 10:48:15 +1000, calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote:
Apologies, again, for the delay.
> 1 Capable of accelerating from rest to 100 km/h in three seconds, what
> is the world's fastest land animal?
Cheetah
> 2 Reaching speeds of 300 km/h while in dive mode, what bird of prey is
> the fastest bird?
peregrine Falcon
> 3 Weighing up to 20 tons, what is the largest living species of fish?
Whale Shark
> 4 Which bird is known for making the longest annual migration, about
> 70,000 kilometres each year?
Arctic Tern
> 5 Weighing up to 180 tons, what is the heaviest animal ever known to
> have existed?
Blue Whale
> 6 Weighing just 2 grams, what is the world's smallest species of bird?
[Bee] Hummingbird
> 7 Weighing up to 100 kilograms, what is the world's largest living
> species of marsupial?
[Rd] Kangaroo
> 8 Which species of jellyfish can weigh up to 150 kilograms and have
> tentacles reach 40 metres?
Lion's Mane
> 9 What fish can hold objects in its tail
Seahorse
> 10 Foot and mouth disease is caught by animals with what type of hoofs?
Cloven
I'll happily consider any suitable referenced appeals.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 343
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 75 David Brown
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 9 69 Bruce Bowler
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 9 69 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 71 Stephen Perry
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 71 Rob Parker
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 7 54 Dan Tilque
1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 6 51 Jeffrey Turner
1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 45 Mark Brader
1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 33 Gareth Owen
1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 35 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 28 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
11 7 6 7 6 10 9 4 7 8 75 68%
Congratulations David.
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cheers,
calvin
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 4:06 am
From: "David B"
"calvin" <334152@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:<op.xbvvr9v82wood3@homepc>...
> On Sun, 16 Feb 2014 10:48:15 +1000, calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Apologies, again, for the delay.
<<SNIP>>
> I'll happily consider any suitable referenced appeals.
>
>
> Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB
> Quiz 343
> 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 75 David Brown
> 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 9 69 Bruce Bowler
> 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 9 69 Marc
> Dashevsky
> 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 71 Stephen Perry
> 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 71 Rob Parker
> 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 7 54 Dan Tilque
> 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 6 51 Jeffrey
> Turner
> 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 45 Mark Brader
> 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 33 Gareth Owen
> 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 35 Pete Gayde
> 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 28 Erland S
> - - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
> 11 7 6 7 6 10 9 4 7 8 75 68%
>
>
> Congratulations David.
>
Woohoo, I won one !!!!! :o)
D
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 9:58 am
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <op.xbvvr9v82wood3@homepc>, 334152@gmail.com says...
> Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 343
> 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 75 David Brown
> 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 9 69 Bruce Bowler
> 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 9 69 Marc Dashevsky
You gave me undeserved credit for Q3 and Q8.
> 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 71 Stephen Perry
> 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 71 Rob Parker
> 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 7 54 Dan Tilque
> 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 6 51 Jeffrey Turner
> 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 45 Mark Brader
> 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 33 Gareth Owen
> 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 35 Pete Gayde
> 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 28 Erland S
> - - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
> 11 7 6 7 6 10 9 4 7 8 75 68%
>
>
> Congratulations David.
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TOPIC: calvin's quiz #344 - disputed zones
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/a0c6df153707d3c7?hl=en
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== 1 of 9 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 2:10 am
From: calvin <334152@gmail.com>
I nominate a disputed territory, you name the two countries that claim it.
1-2 Golan Heights
3-4 Kashmir
5-6 Gibraltar
7-8 Mont Blanc
9-10 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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cheers,
calvin
== 2 of 9 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 2:41 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
> I nominate a disputed territory, you name the two countries that claim it.
> 1-2 Golan Heights
Egypt, Israel. (Alphabetical order.)
> 3-4 Kashmir
India, Pakistan, and I think also China.
> 5-6 Gibraltar
Spain, UK.
> 7-8 Mont Blanc
It sits on the border between France and Italy, but neither one disputes this.
> 9-10 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Argentina, UK.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "I wish to God these calculations had been
msb@vex.net | executed by steam!" -- Charles Babbage, 1821
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 3 of 9 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 3:03 am
From: Dan Tilque
calvin wrote:
>
> I nominate a disputed territory, you name the two countries that claim it.
>
> 1-2 Golan Heights
Israel, Syria
>
> 3-4 Kashmir
India, Pakistan
>
> 5-6 Gibraltar
UK, Spain
>
> 7-8 Mont Blanc
Switzerland, France (had no idea this was disputed)
>
> 9-10 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
UK, Norway
--
Dan Tilque
== 4 of 9 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 7:07 am
From: Bruce Bowler
On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 20:10:30 +1000, calvin wrote:
> I nominate a disputed territory, you name the two countries that claim
> it.
>
> 1-2 Golan Heights
Israel and Syria
> 3-4 Kashmir
Pakistan and India
> 5-6 Gibraltar
Spain and the UK
> 7-8 Mont Blanc
France and Italy
> 9-10 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Argentina and the UK
== 5 of 9 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 7:18 am
From: "David B"
1-2 Golan Heights
Never heard of it/them.
3-4 Kashmir.
India & Pakistan.
5-6 Gibraltar.
UK & Spain.
7-8 Mont Blanc
France & Italy.
9-10 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
UK & Argentina.
D
== 6 of 9 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 9:58 am
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <op.xbvvvsqm2wood3@homepc>, 334152@gmail.com says...
>
> I nominate a disputed territory, you name the two countries that claim it.
>
> 1-2 Golan Heights
Israel, Syria
> 3-4 Kashmir
India, Pakistan and China
> 5-6 Gibraltar
Spain, UK
> 7-8 Mont Blanc
>France, Italy
> 9-10 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
UK,
== 7 of 9 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 10:58 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
calvin wrote:
>
> I nominate a disputed territory, you name the two countries that
> claim it.
>
> 1-2 Golan Heights
Israel & Syria
> 3-4 Kashmir
India & Pakistan (& China)
> 5-6 Gibraltar
UK & Spain
> 7-8 Mont Blanc
France & Switzerland
> 9-10 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
UK & Argentina
Peter Smyth
== 8 of 9 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 12:42 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog
calvin (334152@gmail.com) writes:
> I nominate a disputed territory, you name the two countries that claim it.
>
> 1-2 Golan Heights
Israel, Syria
> 3-4 Kashmir
Pakistan, India
> 5-6 Gibraltar
UK, Spain
> 7-8 Mont Blanc
France, Switzerland
> 9-10 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Argentina and UK.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 9 of 9 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 3:57 pm
From: "Rob Parker"
> 1-2 Golan Heights
Israel, Egypt
> 3-4 Kashmir
India, Pakistan
> 5-6 Gibraltar
Spain, UK
> 7-8 Mont Blanc
France, Switzerland
> 9-10 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
UK, Argentina
Rob
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TOPIC: QFTCIC Game 10, Rounds 2-3: kiddie lit and fish
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/f12bc10d3902888d?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 2:15 am
From: calvin <334152@gmail.com>
On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:24:39 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Literature - Children's Books
>
> For questions #1-4, complete the titles with the animals described.
>
> 1. Written by Eric Carle, this beloved book entitled "The Very
> Hungry <answer>" follows this famished insect as it eats its
> way through different foods during the week.
Caterpillar
> 2. "<answer> Go Berserk" is a Sandra Boynton classic counting story.
> These exuberant animals show up in ever-increasing numbers,
> until an all-night party is inevitable. Who go berserk?
>
> 3. "Goodnight, <answer>" is a funny story by Peggy Rathman about
> this mischievous animal that snags the keys from the zookeeper's
> back pocket and quietly lets himself out. After the zookeeper
> goes to say goodnight to each animal, the troublemaker goes to
> let them out too.
Monkey
> 4. Mo Willems has written a number of books with this bird as the
> main character. Titles include: "Don't Let the <answer> Drive
> the Bus!", "The <answer> Eats a Hot Dog!" and "Don't Let the
> <answer> Stay Up Late!"
>
> For questions #5-10, give the title.
>
> 5. This Chris Van Allsberg book tells the story of a boy who goes
> on an amazing journey to the North Pole to meet Santa. It is
> a Caldecott Medal winner and was made into a movie in 2004.
The Santa Clause
> 6. Another Caldecott Medal winner written by Chris Van Allsberg,
> this one is about a magical game that leads to a wild jungle
> and the only way to get rid of the rowdy animals is when someone
> wins the game. It was also made into a movie, in 1995.
Jumanji
> 7. When there is orange juice rain, hamburger hail, and mashed
> potato snow, there is no need to cook or shop, only the need
> to eat all that comes down and not get hit by giant pancakes
> that might crush you. Name the fun book by Judy and Ron Barrett.
>
> 8. Scientific, humorous, and silly, this is one story that will be
> helpful to those who are in the midst of potty training and a
> riot for those who love bathroom humor. Comparisons about the
> size, look and smell of "#2" from different living creatures
> are the focus of the story. Written by Tari Gomi.
>
> 9. In award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney's wordless adaptation of
> one of Aesop's most beloved fables, an unlikely pair learns that
> no act of kindness is ever wasted. A Caldecott Medal winner
> with vivid depictions of the landscape of the African Serengeti
> and expressively-drawn characters, Pinkney makes this a truly
> special retelling, and his stunning pictures speak volumes.
>
> 10. A Robert Munsch classic, this book tells of Princess Elizabeth,
> whose Prince Ronald is kidnapped by a dragon. The dragon burns
> down her castle, including all her fancy clothes so she has
> nothing to wear. Spoiler alert: She rescues him, but when he
> tells her to come back when she looks more like a princess,
> she realizes she's better off without him.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Science - Finding Nemo
Pass
--
cheers,
calvin
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 2:53 am
From: Dan Tilque
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Literature - Children's Books
>
> For questions #1-4, complete the titles with the animals described.
>
> 1. Written by Eric Carle, this beloved book entitled "The Very
> Hungry <answer>" follows this famished insect as it eats its
> way through different foods during the week.
ant
>
> 2. "<answer> Go Berserk" is a Sandra Boynton classic counting story.
> These exuberant animals show up in ever-increasing numbers,
> until an all-night party is inevitable. Who go berserk?
>
> 3. "Goodnight, <answer>" is a funny story by Peggy Rathman about
> this mischievous animal that snags the keys from the zookeeper's
> back pocket and quietly lets himself out. After the zookeeper
> goes to say goodnight to each animal, the troublemaker goes to
> let them out too.
>
> 4. Mo Willems has written a number of books with this bird as the
> main character. Titles include: "Don't Let the <answer> Drive
> the Bus!", "The <answer> Eats a Hot Dog!" and "Don't Let the
> <answer> Stay Up Late!"
>
> For questions #5-10, give the title.
>
> 5. This Chris Van Allsberg book tells the story of a boy who goes
> on an amazing journey to the North Pole to meet Santa. It is
> a Caldecott Medal winner and was made into a movie in 2004.
>
> 6. Another Caldecott Medal winner written by Chris Van Allsberg,
> this one is about a magical game that leads to a wild jungle
> and the only way to get rid of the rowdy animals is when someone
> wins the game. It was also made into a movie, in 1995.
>
> 7. When there is orange juice rain, hamburger hail, and mashed
> potato snow, there is no need to cook or shop, only the need
> to eat all that comes down and not get hit by giant pancakes
> that might crush you. Name the fun book by Judy and Ron Barrett.
>
> 8. Scientific, humorous, and silly, this is one story that will be
> helpful to those who are in the midst of potty training and a
> riot for those who love bathroom humor. Comparisons about the
> size, look and smell of "#2" from different living creatures
> are the focus of the story. Written by Tari Gomi.
Everyone Poops
>
> 9. In award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney's wordless adaptation of
> one of Aesop's most beloved fables, an unlikely pair learns that
> no act of kindness is ever wasted. A Caldecott Medal winner
> with vivid depictions of the landscape of the African Serengeti
> and expressively-drawn characters, Pinkney makes this a truly
> special retelling, and his stunning pictures speak volumes.
>
> 10. A Robert Munsch classic, this book tells of Princess Elizabeth,
> whose Prince Ronald is kidnapped by a dragon. The dragon burns
> down her castle, including all her fancy clothes so she has
> nothing to wear. Spoiler alert: She rescues him, but when he
> tells her to come back when she looks more like a princess,
> she realizes she's better off without him.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Science - Finding Nemo
>
> For each photo, tell which of the following fish is shown in it:
>
> Anemonefish Flounder Parrotfish
> Angelfish Frogfish Snapper
> Barracuda Ghost pipefish Surgeonfish
> Barramundi Grouper Sweetlips
> Blenny Lionfish Tang
> Boxfish Mandarinfish Triggerfish
> Damsel Moorish idol Wrasse
>
> (Yeah, I know, Nemo was a clownfish and that's not one of the
> choices. Never mind that.)
>
> 1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-3/fish/1.jpg
> 2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-3/fish/2.jpg
> 3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-3/fish/3.jpg
> 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-3/fish/4.jpg
Moorish idol
> 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-3/fish/5.jpg
ghost piperfish
> 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-3/fish/6.jpg
tang
> 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-3/fish/7.jpg
> 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-3/fish/8.jpg
> 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-3/fish/9.jpg
> 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-3/fish/10.jpg
>
--
Dan Tilque
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 4:08 am
From: "Rob Parker"
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Literature - Children's Books
>
> 5. This Chris Van Allsberg book tells the story of a boy who goes
> on an amazing journey to the North Pole to meet Santa. It is
> a Caldecott Medal winner and was made into a movie in 2004.
The Polar Express
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Science - Finding Nemo
>
> For each photo, tell which of the following fish is shown in it:
>
> Frogfish Snapper
> Barracuda Ghost pipefish Surgeonfish
> Barramundi Grouper Sweetlips
> Blenny Tang
> Boxfish Mandarinfish
> Damsel >
> (Yeah, I know, Nemo was a clownfish and that's not one of the
> choices. Never mind that.)
>
> 1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-3/fish/1.jpg
tang; mandarinfish
> 2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-3/fish/2.jpg
angelfish
> 3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-3/fish/3.jpg
moorish idol
> 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-3/fish/4.jpg
tang; mandarinfish
> 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-3/fish/5.jpg
frogfish (?)
> 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-3/fish/6.jpg
ghost pipefish -never heard of this, and it's likely to be really weird!
> 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-3/fish/7.jpg
boxfish
> 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-3/fish/8.jpg
wrasse
> 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-3/fish/9.jpg
coral trout - but that's not on your list, so please translate to what your
name for it is
> 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-3/fish/10.jpg
triggerfish
Rob
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TOPIC: QFTCICR14 Current Events 5-6-2014
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/56aaa99ccb43e2d0?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 2:19 am
From: calvin <334152@gmail.com>
On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:56:11 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
>
> * Game 5 (2014-02-10), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Battling mass unrest against his rule, Ukraine's president faced
> demands from the opposition this week for a constitutional
> change that would seriously curtail his powers. Who is he?
Yanukovitch
> 2. The president of Canada's largest private sector union has
> challenged PC leader Tim Hudak to a debate anywhere, anytime,
> on Hudak's anti-union agenda and jobs plan. What is the name
> of this union?
>
> 3. In an appearance before the Senate national security and
> defense committee, the head of CSEC defended the actions of the
> agency in tracking the cell phones of people traveling through
> Canadian airports. What does CSEC stand for?
>
> 4. Nominations for the Juno Awards were announced this week,
> with Montreal-based Arcade Fire leading the list. In how many
> categories was the group nominated for a Juno?
>
> 5. The US Federal Reserve made a historic appointment this week
> when it named a female chair. What is her name?
>
> 6. Who won Canada's first medal of the Olympics, on Saturday,
> February 8?
>
> 7. What US company, and sponsor of the Olympics, this week took the
> lead in releasing an unprecedented corporate statement condemning
> Russian laws surrounding homosexuality and urging other sponsors
> to do the same?
Nike, McDonalds
> 8. Which major national law firm has been making headlines with
> stories of its closure? It is the largest failure of a legal
> firm in Canada ever.
>
> 9. Further to his brother's announcement that he would not be
> attending the World Pride Parade in Toronto this June, Doug
> Ford stated his own objection to the event, using the same
> 3 words 5 times in 4 minutes, according to the Toronto Star.
> What are these 3 words?
>
> 10. Toronto city councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong has proposed renaming
> Union Station after who or what?
>
>
> * Game 6 (2014-02-24), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Shortages of consumer goods and soaring inflation were among
> the causes of violent demonstrations in Venezuela last week.
> Who is the current president of Venezuela?
>
> 2. On Friday the former prime minister of Ukraine was released
> from prison. What's her name?
Yulia Tamushenko (hope you are being generous!)
> 3. Tim Hudak announced Friday that he had dropped what labor policy,
> opposed by unions but implemented in many US states?
>
> 4. Rob Ford voted against allowing restaurants to serve alcohol
> during yesterday's gold-medal hockey game because he said it
> wouldn't be fair to what businesses?
Pubs
> 5. Tim Hortons announced it will end its partnership with an
> American dairy and stop selling their ice cream products
> in Canada. Name the US company.
>
> 6. A federal court ordered an Ontario Internet service provider to
> provide film production company Voltage Pictures the names of
> users it says illegally shared its films over a 2-month period
> in 2012. Name the ISP.
>
> 7. British researchers found that a saliva test measuring levels
> of the hormone cortisol in teenage boys could identify those
> at high risk of suffering from what condition?
>
> 8. A lemming population explosion last summer led to an increase
> in the number of *which northern birds*, which have been observed
> far south of their normal range this winter? Be specific;
> we need the exact species.
>
> 9. Name *either* the Canadian speed skater who gave up his place
> in the 1,000 m event, *or* his teammate who went on to win the
> silver medal.
>
> 10. Russia became the first nation since 1952 to lead the winter
> Olympics in both gold medals and total medals. They took
> the lead by winning all three medals in what event yesterday?
> Again, be specific.
>
>
> * Game 6, Round 4 - Sports Current Events - The 2014 Olympics
>
> Yeah, you get an extra round this time.
>
> 1. Name either member of the women's bobsled team that won gold
> medals in 2010 and 2014.
>
> 2. This nation won 24 medals including 8 golds, despite sending only
> 41 athletes to Sochi. 23 of the medals were in speed skating
> and the other one was in short-track speed skating. Name the
> country.
Switzer;and, South Korea
> 3. The men and women of what country won all 4 gold medals in luge?
Russia, Norway
> 4. Biathlete Darya Domracheva won 3 gold medals, more than her
> entire nation had won at all 5 previous Winter Olympics in which
> they participated as an independent country. Name the country.
>
> 5. In Olympic alpine skiing, standings are based on timing only
> to the nearest 1/100 of a second, resulting in a tie and the
> award of two gold medals for the first time in what event?
> Be specific.
>
> 6. Canada won its first alpine skiing medal in 20 years, a bronze.
> Name either the medalist or the event (again, be specific).
>
> 7. Name the hockey player who scored both goals in Canada's 2-0
> gold-medal win in 2010, and the tying and winning goals in the
> gold-medal game Thursday.
>
> 8. What country won the bronze medal in women's hockey?
>
> 9. The brother tied for first place in scoring in the men's
> tournament with 5 goals and 3 assists; the sister tied for
> third place in scoring in the women's tournament with 3 goals
> and 3 assists. Give their surname.
>
> 10. Name the skipper of either of Canada's gold-medal-winning
> curling teams.
>
--
cheers,
calvin
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 11:07 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
Mark Brader wrote:
> This set of current-events rounds is running concurrently with
> QFTCIC Game 10, currently Rounds 2-3 and later 4-6.
>
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates
> indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any
> answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to
> give the answers that were correct on those dates.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Cellar Rats and are
> used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
> been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
> my 2013-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 5 (2014-02-10), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Battling mass unrest against his rule, Ukraine's president faced
> demands from the opposition this week for a constitutional
> change that would seriously curtail his powers. Who is he?
Yanukovych
> 2. The president of Canada's largest private sector union has
> challenged PC leader Tim Hudak to a debate anywhere, anytime,
> on Hudak's anti-union agenda and jobs plan. What is the name
> of this union?
>
> 3. In an appearance before the Senate national security and
> defense committee, the head of CSEC defended the actions of the
> agency in tracking the cell phones of people traveling through
> Canadian airports. What does CSEC stand for?
Citadel Security
> 4. Nominations for the Juno Awards were announced this week,
> with Montreal-based Arcade Fire leading the list. In how many
> categories was the group nominated for a Juno?
7, 8
> 5. The US Federal Reserve made a historic appointment this week
> when it named a female chair. What is her name?
>
> 6. Who won Canada's first medal of the Olympics, on Saturday,
> February 8?
Hamelin
> 7. What US company, and sponsor of the Olympics, this week took the
> lead in releasing an unprecedented corporate statement condemning
> Russian laws surrounding homosexuality and urging other sponsors
> to do the same?
Coca-Cola, Visa
> 8. Which major national law firm has been making headlines with
> stories of its closure? It is the largest failure of a legal
> firm in Canada ever.
>
> 9. Further to his brother's announcement that he would not be
> attending the World Pride Parade in Toronto this June, Doug
> Ford stated his own objection to the event, using the same
> 3 words 5 times in 4 minutes, according to the Toronto Star.
> What are these 3 words?
>
> 10. Toronto city councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong has proposed renaming
> Union Station after who or what?
Rob Ford, Justin Bieber
>
> * Game 6 (2014-02-24), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Shortages of consumer goods and soaring inflation were among
> the causes of violent demonstrations in Venezuela last week.
> Who is the current president of Venezuela?
>
> 2. On Friday the former prime minister of Ukraine was released
> from prison. What's her name?
Timoshenko
> 3. Tim Hudak announced Friday that he had dropped what labor policy,
> opposed by unions but implemented in many US states?
>
> 4. Rob Ford voted against allowing restaurants to serve alcohol
> during yesterday's gold-medal hockey game because he said it
> wouldn't be fair to what businesses?
>
> 5. Tim Hortons announced it will end its partnership with an
> American dairy and stop selling their ice cream products
> in Canada. Name the US company.
Dairy Queen
> 6. A federal court ordered an Ontario Internet service provider to
> provide film production company Voltage Pictures the names of
> users it says illegally shared its films over a 2-month period
> in 2012. Name the ISP.
>
> 7. British researchers found that a saliva test measuring levels
> of the hormone cortisol in teenage boys could identify those
> at high risk of suffering from what condition?
>
> 8. A lemming population explosion last summer led to an increase
> in the number of *which northern birds*, which have been observed
> far south of their normal range this winter? Be specific;
> we need the exact species.
>
> 9. Name either the Canadian speed skater who gave up his place
> in the 1,000 m event, or his teammate who went on to win the
> silver medal.
Hamelin
> 10. Russia became the first nation since 1952 to lead the winter
> Olympics in both gold medals and total medals. They took
> the lead by winning all three medals in what event yesterday?
> Again, be specific.
Mens 50km cross-country skiing
>
> * Game 6, Round 4 - Sports Current Events - The 2014 Olympics
>
> Yeah, you get an extra round this time.
>
> 1. Name either member of the women's bobsled team that won gold
> medals in 2010 and 2014.
>
> 2. This nation won 24 medals including 8 golds, despite sending only
> 41 athletes to Sochi. 23 of the medals were in speed skating
> and the other one was in short-track speed skating. Name the
> country.
Netherlands
> 3. The men and women of what country won all 4 gold medals in luge?
Germany
> 4. Biathlete Darya Domracheva won 3 gold medals, more than her
> entire nation had won at all 5 previous Winter Olympics in which
> they participated as an independent country. Name the country.
Latvia, Lithuania
> 5. In Olympic alpine skiing, standings are based on timing only
> to the nearest 1/100 of a second, resulting in a tie and the
> award of two gold medals for the first time in what event?
> Be specific.
Womens Slalom, Womens Giant Slalom
> 6. Canada won its first alpine skiing medal in 20 years, a bronze.
> Name either the medalist or the event (again, be specific).
Mens Giant Slalom, Womens Giant Slalom
> 7. Name the hockey player who scored both goals in Canada's 2-0
> gold-medal win in 2010, and the tying and winning goals in the
> gold-medal game Thursday.
>
> 8. What country won the bronze medal in women's hockey?
>
> 9. The brother tied for first place in scoring in the men's
> tournament with 5 goals and 3 assists; the sister tied for
> third place in scoring in the women's tournament with 3 goals
> and 3 assists. Give their surname.
>
> 10. Name the skipper of either of Canada's gold-medal-winning
> curling teams.
Peter Smyth
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 12:38 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog
Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> 1. Battling mass unrest against his rule, Ukraine's president faced
> demands from the opposition this week for a constitutional
> change that would seriously curtail his powers. Who is he?
Viktor Yanukovich
> 4. Nominations for the Juno Awards were announced this week,
> with Montreal-based Arcade Fire leading the list. In how many
> categories was the group nominated for a Juno?
Ah, they are from Montréal? That explains why were some parts in French
on their album.
What's a good guess? 5?
> 5. The US Federal Reserve made a historic appointment this week
> when it named a female chair. What is her name?
Janet Yellen
> 6. Who won Canada's first medal of the Olympics, on Saturday,
> February 8?
Who cares? :-) Sweden won both the ski relays. We are not talking about
curling or hockey at this time.
> 7. What US company, and sponsor of the Olympics, this week took the
> lead in releasing an unprecedented corporate statement condemning
> Russian laws surrounding homosexuality and urging other sponsors
> to do the same?
Google
> * Game 6 (2014-02-24), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Shortages of consumer goods and soaring inflation were among
> the causes of violent demonstrations in Venezuela last week.
> Who is the current president of Venezuela?
Nicolas Maduro, who hopefully drives a bus better than he runs a
country.
> 2. On Friday the former prime minister of Ukraine was released
> from prison. What's her name?
Julia Tymoshenko
> 5. Tim Hortons announced it will end its partnership with an
> American dairy and stop selling their ice cream products
> in Canada. Name the US company.
Häagen Dasz
> 7. British researchers found that a saliva test measuring levels
> of the hormone cortisol in teenage boys could identify those
> at high risk of suffering from what condition?
Burnout
> 10. Russia became the first nation since 1952 to lead the winter
> Olympics in both gold medals and total medals. They took
> the lead by winning all three medals in what event yesterday?
> Again, be specific.
Men's 50 km cross-country skiing.
> * Game 6, Round 4 - Sports Current Events - The 2014 Olympics
>
> 2. This nation won 24 medals including 8 golds, despite sending only
> 41 athletes to Sochi. 23 of the medals were in speed skating
> and the other one was in short-track speed skating. Name the
> country.
The Netherlands.
> 3. The men and women of what country won all 4 gold medals in luge?
Poland
> 4. Biathlete Darya Domracheva won 3 gold medals, more than her
> entire nation had won at all 5 previous Winter Olympics in which
> they participated as an independent country. Name the country.
Czech Republic
> 5. In Olympic alpine skiing, standings are based on timing only
> to the nearest 1/100 of a second, resulting in a tie and the
> award of two gold medals for the first time in what event?
> Be specific.
Women's Super-G.
> 7. Name the hockey player who scored both goals in Canada's 2-0
> gold-medal win in 2010, and the tying and winning goals in the
> gold-medal game Thursday.
I was about to say Sidney Crosby, but that's the wrong day of the week?
> 8. What country won the bronze medal in women's hockey?
Switzerland. Nor do we talk about that at this point. Well, one
comment: the game was too long. At least for our ladies.
> 10. Name the skipper of either of Canada's gold-medal-winning
> curling teams.
They *are* after me! Protest!
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
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TOPIC: swpKO: The Next Generation #11
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2bf75ee3b719011e?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 2:49 am
From: Russ
On Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:30:15 -0800 (PST), swp
<Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote:
>This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, Russ, and Joshua Kreitzer.
>
>***
>#11. What year is it in the Jewish calendar?
>***
>
>Please submit your answers by 9:30pm (GMT-5) on February 27th, 2014.
>
>swp
AM 5774
Russ S.
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 10:53 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
swp wrote:
> This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, Russ, and Joshua Kreitzer.
>
> ***
> #11. What year is it in the Jewish calendar?
> ***
5774
Peter Smyth
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 11:01 am
From: swp
On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 9:30:15 PM UTC-5, swp wrote:
> This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, Russ, and Joshua Kreitzer.
>
> ***
> #11. What year is it in the Jewish calendar?
> ***
5774 Joshua Kreitzer
5774 Russ
5774 Peter Smyth
5774 *** Correct Answer ***
and this is the problem with randomizing the questions. a 3 way tie for first place!
This contest is still open to Peter Smyth, Russ, and Joshua Kreitzer.
swp
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TOPIC: swpKO: The Next Generation #12
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/070df8902a0f3cda?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 11:06 am
From: swp
This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, Russ, and Joshua Kreitzer.
***
#12. How many calories are there in 100 grams of raw banana?
***
Please submit your answers no later than 2:00pm on February 28th, 2014.
This question is based upon a scientific study done to measure the caloric value
of various types of food. The highest values were of course for lard and
vegetable oils. I was surprised to find nuts (pilinuts, macadamia nuts, and
pecans) next on the list.
swp
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 11:31 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
swp wrote:
> This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, Russ, and Joshua Kreitzer.
>
> ***
> #12. How many calories are there in 100 grams of raw banana?
> ***
80
Peter Smyth
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 3:01 pm
From: Russ
On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 11:06:25 -0800 (PST), swp
<Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote:
>This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, Russ, and Joshua Kreitzer.
>
>***
>#12. How many calories are there in 100 grams of raw banana?
>***
>
>Please submit your answers no later than 2:00pm on February 28th, 2014.
>
>This question is based upon a scientific study done to measure the caloric value
>of various types of food. The highest values were of course for lard and
>vegetable oils. I was surprised to find nuts (pilinuts, macadamia nuts, and
>pecans) next on the list.
>
>swp
100
Russ S.
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TOPIC: swpKO: The Next Generation #10
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/a12f4a49786924b4?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 12:26 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog
Erland Sommarskog (esquel@sommarskog.se) writes:
> ObTrivia: which significant city fell to its beseigers on this day, for
> the first since it rose to that great importance many centuries earlier?
>
Last chance to guess now, spoiler below.
Constaninople.
It was sacked some 40 years later when the Greeks took it back, and
then in 1453 which was the final end of the Roman Empire.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
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TOPIC: QFTCIC Game 9, Rounds 7-8: games, fictional planets
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/0896534f18ab56da?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Wed, Feb 26 2014 7:21 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 2/18/2014 2:57 AM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 7 - Sports - Board Games
>
> Given some parts or components, name the board game.
>
> 1. Princess Lolly, Peanut Brittle House, Gingerbread Plum Trees,
> Lord Licorice.
>
> 2. The crank, the rickety stairs, the thing-a-ma-jig, the cage.
Mousetrap
> 3. The conservatory, Miss Scarlet, lead pipe, dining room.
Clue
> 4. House Atreides, the Bene Gesserit, the Spacing Guild, House
> Harkonnen.
>
> 5. Creative Cat, Word Worm, Data Head, Star Performer.
>
> 6. Mr. X, the London Underground, taxis, River Thames.
>
> 7. Swellfare, Savings and Loan Calculator, Lottery, Deal.
>
> 8. Homeowner's Insurance, Millionaire's Estates, Pay Day, Get
> Married.
Life
> 9. Butterflies in Stomach, Brain Freeze, Charley Horse, Broken
> Heart.
Operation
> 10. Quebec, Siam, Kamchatka, Irkutsk.
Risk
> * Game 9, Round 8 - Literature - Sci-Fi Planets
>
> Given the planet, name its science-fictional source -- novel,
> movie, book series, TV series, etc. For printed sources you
> can also give the author's name, and for book series we will
> accept specific books in the series.
>
> 1. Arrakis.
> 2. Trantor.
Foundation
> 3. Gallifrey.
> 4. Qo'noS (or Kronos).
> 5. Magrathea.
Star Wars
> 6. Barsoom.
> 7. Klendathu.
> 8. Kzin.
> 9. Kithrup.
> 10. Coruscant.
Star Wars
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Friday, February 28, 2014
The Frontstretch Newsletter: February 28th, 2014
THE FRONTSTRETCH NEWSLETTER
Presented by Frontstretch.com
The Best Seat at the Track, The Best View on the Net!
February 28th, 2014
Volume VIII, Edition XVII
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This Weekend's TV Schedule
Friday, February 28
Time Telecast Network
1:30am - 2:00am NASCAR Now ESPN2
1:00pm - 2:00pm Nationwide Series Practice No. 1 FOX Sports 1
2:00 - 3:30pm Sprint Cup Series Practice No. 1 FOX Sports 1
4:00 - 5:00pm NASCAR RaceHub FOX Sports 1
5:00 - 5:30pm NASCAR America NBC Sports Network
5:00 - 6:30pm Nationwide Series Happy Hour FOX Sports 1
6:30 - 8:00pm Sprint Cup Series Qualifying FOX Sports 1
9:00 - 11:00pm NASCAR Mexico Series Toyota 120 Mun2
Saturday, March 1
Time Telecast Network
11:00am - 12:00pm Sprint Cup Series Practice No. 2 FOX Sports 1
12:00 - 1:30pm Nationwide Series Qualifying FOX Sports 2
1:30 - 2:00pm NASCAR Live FOX Sports 2
2:00 - 3:00pm Sprint Cup Series Happy Hour FOX Sports 2
3:30 - 3:45pm NASCAR Countdown ABC
3:45 - 6:00pm Nationwide Series Blue Jeans Go Green 200 ABC
7:30 - 10:30pm AMA Monster Energy Supercross: Indianapolis FOX Sports 1
Sunday, March 2
Time Telecast Network
1:30pm - 2:30pm NASCAR RaceDay FOX Sports 1
2:30 - 3:00pm FOX Pre-Race FOX
3:00 - 6:00pm Sprint Cup Series The Profit on CNBC 500 FOX
8:00 - 8:30pm NASCAR Victory Lane FOX Sports 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Top News
by Justin Tucker
Hamliton to Drive for Carter Motorsports
A familiar face to many NASCAR fans is ready to charge back up the ranks of major league stock car racing.
It was announced Thursday (Feb. 27) that Bobby Hamilton, Jr., son of the late Bobby Hamilton, will drive for Carter 2 Motorsports full time during the 2014 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards season.
Hamilton, Jr. will make his season debut at the Mobile International Speedway in the Mobile ARCA 200 on March 22, piloting the No. 40 Dodge Charger for longtime ARCA car owner Roger Carter.
Hamilton, a 36-year-old native of Nashville, Tenn., has competed at all three levels of NASCAR-sanctioned competition, but looks at this opportunity with Carter 2 Motorsports as a chance to go "old school racing."
"I've always liked running in ARCA," he said. "Plus, I love the old school car that's run in the series. I'm also thrilled to be going back to some of the historic short tracks that ARCA runs on."
Presented by Frontstretch.com
The Best Seat at the Track, The Best View on the Net!
February 28th, 2014
Volume VIII, Edition XVII
----------------
This Weekend's TV Schedule
Friday, February 28
Time Telecast Network
1:30am - 2:00am NASCAR Now ESPN2
1:00pm - 2:00pm Nationwide Series Practice No. 1 FOX Sports 1
2:00 - 3:30pm Sprint Cup Series Practice No. 1 FOX Sports 1
4:00 - 5:00pm NASCAR RaceHub FOX Sports 1
5:00 - 5:30pm NASCAR America NBC Sports Network
5:00 - 6:30pm Nationwide Series Happy Hour FOX Sports 1
6:30 - 8:00pm Sprint Cup Series Qualifying FOX Sports 1
9:00 - 11:00pm NASCAR Mexico Series Toyota 120 Mun2
Saturday, March 1
Time Telecast Network
11:00am - 12:00pm Sprint Cup Series Practice No. 2 FOX Sports 1
12:00 - 1:30pm Nationwide Series Qualifying FOX Sports 2
1:30 - 2:00pm NASCAR Live FOX Sports 2
2:00 - 3:00pm Sprint Cup Series Happy Hour FOX Sports 2
3:30 - 3:45pm NASCAR Countdown ABC
3:45 - 6:00pm Nationwide Series Blue Jeans Go Green 200 ABC
7:30 - 10:30pm AMA Monster Energy Supercross: Indianapolis FOX Sports 1
Sunday, March 2
Time Telecast Network
1:30pm - 2:30pm NASCAR RaceDay FOX Sports 1
2:30 - 3:00pm FOX Pre-Race FOX
3:00 - 6:00pm Sprint Cup Series The Profit on CNBC 500 FOX
8:00 - 8:30pm NASCAR Victory Lane FOX Sports 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Top News
by Justin Tucker
Hamliton to Drive for Carter Motorsports
A familiar face to many NASCAR fans is ready to charge back up the ranks of major league stock car racing.
It was announced Thursday (Feb. 27) that Bobby Hamilton, Jr., son of the late Bobby Hamilton, will drive for Carter 2 Motorsports full time during the 2014 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards season.
Hamilton, Jr. will make his season debut at the Mobile International Speedway in the Mobile ARCA 200 on March 22, piloting the No. 40 Dodge Charger for longtime ARCA car owner Roger Carter.
Hamilton, a 36-year-old native of Nashville, Tenn., has competed at all three levels of NASCAR-sanctioned competition, but looks at this opportunity with Carter 2 Motorsports as a chance to go "old school racing."
"I've always liked running in ARCA," he said. "Plus, I love the old school car that's run in the series. I'm also thrilled to be going back to some of the historic short tracks that ARCA runs on."
During his career at NASCAR's top levels, Hamilton has competed in 64 Sprint Cup Series races, 253 Nationwide Series races and 37 Camping World Truck Series races -- with five career wins in the Nationwide Series. He made his ARCA debut in 1998.
The Tennessee native is looking to make the ARCA Series his permanent home. "It's a great series with a bunch of competitive teams," he said. "I would love to finish in the top 10 in driver points for 2014. I want to run the series until I retire and hopefully score a bunch of victories along the way.
"ARCA brings my career full-circle. It's sort of like going back home."
Dale Jr.'s 500 Die Cast Makes History
There is no denying the popularity of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Just hours after capturing his second Daytona 500 win, the die-cast version of his National Guard Chevrolet is predicted to the best selling die cast since Lionel Racing became the official die cast creator of NASCAR in 2010.
"When Dale Jr. crossed the finish line at Daytona, we had no doubt this car would be one of the biggest sellers of the year," Lionel Racing SVP and general manager Howard Hitchcock said. "We are now predicting this win car to be the biggest seller in our company's history."
The day after the Daytona 500, Lionel Racing was selling Earnhardt, Jr.'s cars at a rate of more than 100 per hour. The company's distributor and dealer orders are also trending at record levels.
The die-cast car is now available for pre-order at www.lionelracing.com and also is available through the NASCAR.com Superstore and other authorized dealers.
The die cast replicates how the No. 88 looked in victory lane -- complete with confetti, tire scuffs, scratches and the piece of bare bond tape across the nose.
Lionel says that this die cast will be a part of its "golden ticket promotion." More than 700 golden tickets will be randomly inserted in the company's 2014 edition 1:24 die casts through out the season, with the grand prize winner getting a ride along experience with Earnhardt, Jr.
Have news for Justin and the Frontstretch? Don't hesitate to let us know; email us at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com with a promising lead or tip.
~~~~~~~~~~
Keepin' It Short: Time to Mine for Some Copper in the Dirt
by Mike Neff
The Copper World Classic was first run at Phoenix International Raceway in 1976 as an open competition. It had a long and distinguished run that ended in 2011. Fortunately, before the elite open wheeled competition came to an end, it spawned another race on dirt at the famous Manzanita Speedway. For three years, from 2007 through 2009, the race ran at the extremely fast half mile track. When Manzanita closed in 2009 the race moved to USA Raceway for two years. After a year off, the race has now been reborn at Canyon Speedway Park.
The two-day event will take place this weekend, Feb. 28 and March 1. It will include four different race vehicles: USAC Sprint Cars, USAC Midgets, IMCA Modifieds and Late Models sanctioned by CDM and West Coast. Friday night is the preliminary night, while Saturday night will have the championship features. The 7th Annual Copper on Dirt will kick off the seasons of the USAC Sprint Cars and Midgets along with the CRA Sprints. It also continues the seasons of the CDM Late Models, West Coast Late Models and IMCA Modifieds.
For fans in the Phoenix International Speedway area that are looking to get a little dirt on their seat cushions, they should head to Peoria on Friday or Saturday night, to Canyon Speedway Park. The gates open at 4:00 with racing starting at 7 p.m. Tickets for Friday at $20 while Saturday admission is $25. An advance two-day pass is $40. Children 7-12 get in for $10. Under seven get in for free. VIP Suites are $30 and $35, or $60 for both days while All Access passes are $35 for Friday, $40 for Saturday and $70 for both.
Former Copper on Dirt Winners:
USAC/CRA Sprint Cars
2007 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
2008 – Shane Cottle
2009 – Darren Hagen
2010 – Levi Jones
2013 – R.J. Johnson
USAC Midgets
2007 – Cory Kruseman
2008 – Darren Hagen
2009 – Brad Sweet
2010 – Brad Sweet
2011 – Kyle Larson
2013 – Bryan Clauson
IMCA Modifieds
2013 – George Fronsman
USRA Modifieds
2011 – R.C. Whitwell
Late Models
2011 – Steve Drake
2013 – Garrett Alberson
ASCS Sprint Cars
2011 – Shane Stewart
USAC Silver Crown
2007 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
2008 – Jerry Coons Jr.
2009 – Bud Kaeding
2010 – Levi Jones
This Weekend's Race Schedule
Friday 02/28/14 East Alabama Motor Speedway Phenix City AL Bombers
Friday 02/28/14 East Alabama Motor Speedway Phenix City AL Cruisers
Friday 02/28/14 East Alabama Motor Speedway Phenix City AL Hobby Stocks
Friday 02/28/14 East Alabama Motor Speedway Phenix City AL NDRL Kings of Dirt Super Late Models – Time Trials and Heats
Friday 02/28/14 East Alabama Motor Speedway Phenix City AL Super Street
Friday 02/28/14 Canyon Speedway Park Peoria AZ Copper on Dirt – CDM Super Late Models
Friday 02/28/14 Canyon Speedway Park Peoria AZ Copper on Dirt – IMCA Modifieds
Friday 02/28/14 Canyon Speedway Park Peoria AZ Copper on Dirt – USAC Western Dirt Midgets
Friday 02/28/14 Canyon Speedway Park Peoria AZ Copper on Dirt – USAC/CRA Sprints
Friday 02/28/14 Canyon Speedway Park Peoria AZ Copper on Dirt – West Coast Late Models
Friday 02/28/14 Cocopah Speedway Somerton AZ ASCS Southwest 305 Sprint Cars
Friday 02/28/14 Cocopah Speedway Somerton AZ ASCS Touring Winged Sprint Cars
Friday 02/28/14 Cocopah Speedway Somerton AZ Street Stocks
Friday 02/28/14 Magnolia Motor Speedway Columbus MS USCS Outlaw Thunder Sprint Cars
Friday 02/28/14 Southern New Mexico Speedway Las Cruces NM Mini Sprints
Friday 02/28/14 Southern New Mexico Speedway Las Cruces NM Street Stocks
Friday 02/28/14 Southern New Mexico Speedway Las Cruces NM USMTS Modifieds – Casey's Cup Series
Friday 02/28/14 Southern New Mexico Speedway Las Cruces NM USMTS Modifieds – Gulf Coast Border Region
Friday 02/28/14 Southern New Mexico Speedway Las Cruces NM X-Mods
Friday 02/28/14 Clarksville Speedway Clarksville TN MARS (Mid America Racing Series) DIRTCar Super Late Models
Friday 02/28/14 Cotton Bowl Speedway Paige TX ECO Stocks
Friday 02/28/14 Cotton Bowl Speedway Paige TX IMCA Hobby Stocks
Friday 02/28/14 Cotton Bowl Speedway Paige TX IMCA Modifieds
Friday 02/28/14 Cotton Bowl Speedway Paige TX IMCA Sport Mods
Friday 02/28/14 Cotton Bowl Speedway Paige TX IMCA Stock Cars
Friday 02/28/14 Cotton Bowl Speedway Paige TX Racesaver Sprints
Friday 02/28/14 Cotton Bowl Speedway Paige TX Stock Cars
Friday 02/28/14 Cotton Bowl Speedway Paige TX Street Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 East Alabama Motor Speedway Phenix City AL Bombers
Saturday 03/01/14 East Alabama Motor Speedway Phenix City AL Crate Late Models
Saturday 03/01/14 East Alabama Motor Speedway Phenix City AL Cruisers
Saturday 03/01/14 East Alabama Motor Speedway Phenix City AL Hobby Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 East Alabama Motor Speedway Phenix City AL Late Model Sportsman
Saturday 03/01/14 East Alabama Motor Speedway Phenix City AL NDRL Kings of Dirt Super Late Models
Saturday 03/01/14 East Alabama Motor Speedway Phenix City AL Super Street
Saturday 03/01/14 Havasu 95 Speedway Lake Havasu AZ Lucas Oil Modifieds
Saturday 03/01/14 Havasu 95 Speedway Lake Havasu City AZ ASA Street Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Havasu 95 Speedway Lake Havasu City AZ Bandoleros
Saturday 03/01/14 Havasu 95 Speedway Lake Havasu City AZ Factory Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Havasu 95 Speedway Lake Havasu City AZ Legends
Saturday 03/01/14 Canyon Speedway Park Peoria AZ Copper on Dirt – CDM Super Late Models
Saturday 03/01/14 Canyon Speedway Park Peoria AZ Copper on Dirt – IMCA Modifieds
Saturday 03/01/14 Canyon Speedway Park Peoria AZ Copper on Dirt – USAC Western Dirt Midgets
Saturday 03/01/14 Canyon Speedway Park Peoria AZ Copper on Dirt – USAC/CRA Sprints
Saturday 03/01/14 Canyon Speedway Park Peoria AZ Copper on Dirt – West Coast Late Models
Saturday 03/01/14 Cocopah Speedway Somerton AZ ASCS Southwest 305 Sprint Cars
Saturday 03/01/14 Cocopah Speedway Somerton AZ ASCS Touring Winged Sprint Cars
Saturday 03/01/14 Cocopah Speedway Somerton AZ Go-Karts
Saturday 03/01/14 Cocopah Speedway Somerton AZ Mini-Dwarf Cars
Saturday 03/01/14 Cocopah Speedway Somerton AZ Quarter midgets
Saturday 03/01/14 Cocopah Speedway Somerton AZ Street Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Western Speedway Victoria BC Go-Karts
Saturday 03/01/14 Bakersfield Speedway Bakersfield CA American Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Bakersfield Speedway Bakersfield CA Hobby Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Bakersfield Speedway Bakersfield CA Modifieds
Saturday 03/01/14 Bakersfield Speedway Bakersfield CA Sport Mods
Saturday 03/01/14 Marysville Raceway Park Marysville CA Pacific 360 Sprints
Saturday 03/01/14 Marysville Raceway Park Marysville CA Wingless Sprints
Saturday 03/01/14 Hendry County Motorsports Park Clewiston FL Top Gun Sprints
Saturday 03/01/14 Bubba Raceway Park Ocala FL Dirt Late Models
Saturday 03/01/14 Bubba Raceway Park Ocala FL Dirt Modifieds
Saturday 03/01/14 Bubba Raceway Park Ocala FL Gladiators
Saturday 03/01/14 Bubba Raceway Park Ocala FL Hobby Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Bubba Raceway Park Ocala FL V-8 Thunder Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Showtime Speedway Pinellas Park FL Enduro
Saturday 03/01/14 Showtime Speedway Pinellas Park FL Kids Fast 4
Saturday 03/01/14 Showtime Speedway Pinellas Park FL Mini Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Showtime Speedway Pinellas Park FL Outlaw Winged Sprints
Saturday 03/01/14 Showtime Speedway Pinellas Park FL Pro Figure-8
Saturday 03/01/14 Showtime Speedway Pinellas Park FL Racecars of Yesteryear
Saturday 03/01/14 Showtime Speedway Pinellas Park FL Street Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Showtime Speedway Pinellas Park FL Winged Outlaw Figure-8 Series
Saturday 03/01/14 East Bay Raceway Park Tampa FL 4-Cylinder Bombers
Saturday 03/01/14 East Bay Raceway Park Tampa FL Late Models
Saturday 03/01/14 East Bay Raceway Park Tampa FL Limited Late Models
Saturday 03/01/14 East Bay Raceway Park Tampa FL Street Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 East Bay Raceway Park Tampa FL V8 Warriors
Saturday 03/01/14 Waycross Motor Speedway Waycross GA E-Mods
Saturday 03/01/14 Waycross Motor Speedway Waycross GA Enduro
Saturday 03/01/14 Waycross Motor Speedway Waycross GA Limited Late Models
Saturday 03/01/14 Waycross Motor Speedway Waycross GA Pure Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Waycross Motor Speedway Waycross GA Super Street
Saturday 03/01/14 Magnolia Motor Speedway Columbus MS USCS Outlaw Thunder Sprint Cars
Saturday 03/01/14 Southern National Motorsports Park Kenly NC Chargers
Saturday 03/01/14 Southern National Motorsports Park Kenly NC Late Models
Saturday 03/01/14 Southern National Motorsports Park Kenly NC UCARs
Saturday 03/01/14 New Egypt Speedway New Egypt NJ Dirt Modifieds
Saturday 03/01/14 New Egypt Speedway New Egypt NJ Sportsman
Saturday 03/01/14 Southern New Mexico Speedway Las Cruces NM Mini Sprints
Saturday 03/01/14 Southern New Mexico Speedway Las Cruces NM Street Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Southern New Mexico Speedway Las Cruces NM USMTS Modifieds – Casey's Cup Series
Saturday 03/01/14 Southern New Mexico Speedway Las Cruces NM USMTS Modifieds – Gulf Coast Border Region
Saturday 03/01/14 Southern New Mexico Speedway Las Cruces NM X-Mods
Saturday 03/01/14 Lincoln Speedway Abbottstown PA 410 Winged Sprints
Saturday 03/01/14 Shippensburg Speedway Shippensburg PA 125 Sprints
Saturday 03/01/14 Shippensburg Speedway Shippensburg PA 270 Sprints
Saturday 03/01/14 Shippensburg Speedway Shippensburg PA 600 Sprints
Saturday 03/01/14 Shippensburg Speedway Shippensburg PA Go-Karts
Saturday 03/01/14 Shippensburg Speedway Shippensburg PA Mini Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Shippensburg Speedway Shippensburg PA Strictly Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Shippensburg Speedway Shippensburg PA Thunder Cars
Saturday 03/01/14 Shippensburg Speedway Shippensburg PA Truck Enduros
Saturday 03/01/14 Greenville-Pickens Speedway Easley SC PASS Pro Late Models
Saturday 03/01/14 Greenville-Pickens Speedway Easley SC PASS Super Late Model
Saturday 03/01/14 Cherokee Speedway Gaffney SC Southern Nationals Bonus Races Dirt Super Late Models
Saturday 03/01/14 Clarksville Speedway Clarksville TN MARS (Mid America Racing Series) DIRTCar Super Late Models
Saturday 03/01/14 Clarksville Speedway Clarksville TN Quick Car Dirt Late Models
Saturday 03/01/14 Clarksville Speedway Clarksville TN American Modified Series Modifieds
Saturday 03/01/14 Royal Purple Raceway Baytown TX Dwarf Cars
Saturday 03/01/14 Royal Purple Raceway Baytown TX Hobby Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Royal Purple Raceway Baytown TX Limited Modifieds
Saturday 03/01/14 Royal Purple Raceway Baytown TX Mod Lites
Saturday 03/01/14 Royal Purple Raceway Baytown TX Modifieds
Saturday 03/01/14 Royal Purple Raceway Baytown TX Pure Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Bronco Raceway Park Cleveland TX 360 Sprint Cars
Saturday 03/01/14 Bronco Raceway Park Cleveland TX Limited Modifieds
Saturday 03/01/14 Bronco Raceway Park Cleveland TX OEM Pro Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Timberline Speedway Corley TX Factory Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Timberline Speedway Corley TX Limited Modifieds
Saturday 03/01/14 Timberline Speedway Corley TX Modifieds
Saturday 03/01/14 Timberline Speedway Corley TX Super Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Battleground Speedway Highlands TX Dwarf Cars
Saturday 03/01/14 Battleground Speedway Highlands TX Hobby Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Battleground Speedway Highlands TX Late Models
Saturday 03/01/14 Battleground Speedway Highlands TX Limited Modifieds
Saturday 03/01/14 Battleground Speedway Highlands TX Mod Lites
Saturday 03/01/14 Battleground Speedway Highlands TX Pure Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Kennedale Speedway Park Kennedale TX Factory Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Kennedale Speedway Park Kennedale TX IMCA Modifieds
Saturday 03/01/14 Kennedale Speedway Park Kennedale TX IMCA Southern Sport Mods
Saturday 03/01/14 Kennedale Speedway Park Kennedale TX IMCA Stock Cars
Saturday 03/01/14 Kennedale Speedway Park Kennedale TX Racesaver 305 Sprints
Saturday 03/01/14 Kennedale Speedway Park Kennedale TX Street Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Cotton Bowl Speedway Paige TX ECO Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Cotton Bowl Speedway Paige TX IMCA Hobby Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Cotton Bowl Speedway Paige TX IMCA Modifieds
Saturday 03/01/14 Cotton Bowl Speedway Paige TX IMCA Sport Mods
Saturday 03/01/14 Cotton Bowl Speedway Paige TX IMCA Stock Cars
Saturday 03/01/14 Cotton Bowl Speedway Paige TX Racesaver Sprints
Saturday 03/01/14 Cotton Bowl Speedway Paige TX Stock Cars
Saturday 03/01/14 Cotton Bowl Speedway Paige TX Street Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Gator Motorplex Willis TX Eighth Mile Sprint Association Sprints (Wings)
Saturday 03/01/14 Gator Motorplex Willis TX Hobby Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Gator Motorplex Willis TX Jr. Sprints
Saturday 03/01/14 Gator Motorplex Willis TX Limited Modifieds
Saturday 03/01/14 Gator Motorplex Willis TX Pure Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Gator Motorplex Willis TX Restrictor Sprints
Saturday 03/01/14 Gator Motorplex Willis TX Street Stocks
Saturday 03/01/14 Gator Motorplex Willis TX Winged Micro Sprints
Sunday 03/02/14 Indianapolis Speedrome Indianapolis IN Hornets
Sunday 03/02/14 Indianapolis Speedrome Indianapolis IN Jr. Faskarts
Sunday 03/02/14 Indianapolis Speedrome Indianapolis IN Jr. Hornets
Sunday 03/02/14 Indianapolis Speedrome Indianapolis IN Roadrunners
Sunday 03/02/14 Cherokee Speedway Gaffney SC Southern Nationals Bonus Races Dirt Super Late Models
Sunday 03/02/14 Kennedale Speedway Park Kennedale TX Factory Stocks
Sunday 03/02/14 Kennedale Speedway Park Kennedale TX IMCA Modifieds
Sunday 03/02/14 Kennedale Speedway Park Kennedale TX IMCA Southern Sport Mods
Sunday 03/02/14 Kennedale Speedway Park Kennedale TX IMCA Stock Cars
Sunday 03/02/14 Kennedale Speedway Park Kennedale TX Street Stocks
Wednesday 03/05/14 The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Las Vegas NV CDM Super Late Models
Wednesday 03/05/14 The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Las Vegas NV West Coast Late Models
Wednesday 03/05/14 The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Las Vegas NV World of Outlaws Sprint Cars
Thursday 03/06/14 Batesville Motor Speedway Batesville AR Mid-America Modified Championships IMCA Modifieds
Thursday 03/06/14 The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Las Vegas NV USAC Southwest Sprint Cars
Thursday 03/06/14 The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Las Vegas NV USAC West Coast Sprint Cars
Thursday 03/06/14 The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Las Vegas NV World of Outlaws Sprint Cars
Mike Neff is a senior writer for The Frontstretch. He can be reached via email at mike.neff@frontstretch.com
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Frontstretch Folio: The Profit on CNBC 500(k)
by Brad Morgan
The Sprint Cup Series travels to Phoenix International Raceway for the second race of the 2014 season on Sunday (March 2). Television coverage of The Profit on CNBC 500(k) begins at 3 p.m. ET on FOX, or tune into your local MRN affiliate or SiriusXM Channel 90 for the radio broadcast. Drivers will compete for at least 312 laps (312 miles) before the checkered flag waves.
Records and Facts
Carl Edwards won this event in dominant fashion last season, leading a race-high 122 laps. After the race went into overtime because of a Ken Schrader wreck, Edwards quickly separated himself from a group of drivers headed by Johnson.
The NSCS began racing at PIR in 1988, but the series waited until 2005 to grant the track multiple dates. Kurt Busch won the inaugural spring race in his final season partnered with Jack Roush. Busch beat Michael Waltrip to the line by 2.315 seconds for his only victory of the year.
Track Facts
Track Length: 1.0-mile "D"-shaped tri-oval
Pit Road Speed: 45 mph
Degree of Banking: 11 degrees in Turns 1-2, 9 degrees in Turns 3-4
Frontstretch: 1,179 ft., 3 degrees of banking
Backstretch: 1,551 ft., 9 degrees of banking
Grandstand Seating: 55,000
Website: http://www.phoenixraceway.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhoenixRaceway
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PhoenixRaceway
Pre-race Schedule
Practices: Friday, February 28, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. on FOX Sports 1
Saturday, March 1, 11:00 - 11:55 a.m. on FOX Sports 1
Happy Hour: Saturday, March 1, 2:00 - 2:50 p.m. on FOX Sports 2
Qualifying: Friday, February 28, 6:35 p.m. on FOX Sports 1
VIPs
Grand Marshal/Command/Honorary Starter/Wave Green Flag: Marcus Lemonis
Honorary pace car driver: Chael Sonnen
National Anthem: Jesse Maguire
Flyover: TBA
Race Day Forecast
Sunday: Partly Cloudy
High: 72
Low: 52
They Said It:
"Phoenix is a good indicator of who has their stuff together to start the season. Daytona is sort of its own deal. The next few weeks we will see who some of the contenders will be." – Clint Bowyer
"Tire management will be the key [to qualifying]. A set of sticker tires versus scuffs can be three-tenths (of a second). Three-tenths on the stopwatch in normal qualifying is first to 25th. It will be interesting to see how that is balanced out. You cannot cool the cars down during qualifying runs, so we'll have to let the rough edges drag in the beginning of qualifying sessions to see what patterns develop." – Kurt Busch
"Phoenix International Raceway is a track I have been looking forward to for several weeks. I am a rookie and I have a lot to learn - I know I will have a lot to learn all season. I feel like I showed my rookie stripes quite a bit during the Daytona 500, but Phoenix is a track where I have made a ton of laps as a driver." – Austin Dillon
"We ran well [at Phoenix] in November 2012, my first race with [Tony] Gibson. Unfortunately, we have not left there without a torn-up race car. We got caught up in accidents in November 2012 and then again in November 2013. We cut a tire and crashed last spring, so it would be nice to have a good clean run with the GoDaddy car." – Danica Patrick
"Phoenix is a difficult racetrack because the turns are so much different. Turns three and four are kind of a flat, big-wide sweeping corners like New Hampshire; turns one and two are a little tighter with more banking like Richmond. So trying to balance out the banking differences and the radius differences makes it hard to get the car working good in the corners." – Martin Truex, Jr.
Brad Morgan is a staff writer for The Frontstretch. He can be reached via email at brad.morgan@frontstretch.com.
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In Case You Missed It
by Ashley McCubbin
Neat Traditions for Victories
When it comes to winning races, some teams have special traditions for how they celebrate the victory. JR Motorsports is one of those teams.
Last Saturday, Regan Smith took the victory in the DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway to kick off the Nationwide Series season. The following Monday at the shop, JR Motorsports hosted a beer toast for their employees, with each employee was allowed one beer to toast to the victory. It continued a tradition that JR Motorsports started a couple years ago.
Along with the beer toast, Smith and team got to ring the Hendrick Motorsports victory bell at the JR Motorsports shop; each time a Hendrick Motorsports team wins, they get to ring the bell. A photo from the toast can be seen on the JR Motorsports Facebook page.
Smith, along with Chase Elliott and Kevin Harvick, will try to take JR Motorsports to victory lane for the second straight weekend at Phoenix International Raceway.
Pepsi Max Test Drive -- Pt. 2
Last year, Pepsi Max released an advertisement with Jeff Gordon that had him pranking a sales representative at a dealership with a wild test drive. Pepsi Max had stated that it was real -- however, it was quickly proven that its claims were false -- with Travis Okulski of Jalopnik among those refuting the statement.
Pepsi Max and Gordon got their revenge this year with "Test Drive 2," as they pranked the journalist with a special taxi cab ride. The full prank can be viewed on YouTube.
David Ragan Heads to Pizza Hut as NASCAR Takes Social Media By Storm
When drivers are hanging out during the rain delay, sometimes they get hungry and want some food. That was the case for David Ragan, as the Sprint Cup Series driver made a trip to the local Pizza Hut during the Daytona 500 rain delay to get food for the race team -- in his firesuit.
@JacquelynRagan: @DavidRagan made a pit stop at @pizzahut during the rain delay. The @FrontRowNASCAR r getting hungry. #Daytona500 pic.twitter.com/qNzKY7ke1v
Ragan finished 34th in the Daytona 500 after being involved in one of the wrecks during the Daytona 500.
Ragan's tweet was just one of many that helped propel NASCAR to record social media heights during and after the Daytona 500. Per NASCAR statistics, the race marked the highest volume of social media interaction (twitter, facebook, Instagram) in one day that NASCAR has seen.
"The 2014 Daytona 500 generated more than 86,000 social posts for the 15 minutes around the checkered flag, which was the highest peak volume seen so far by FMEC – and up 76% YOY (year-over-year) during the same period of last year's Daytona 500," NASCAR announced in a release. "According to Nielsen SocialGuide, a total of 6.55 million people saw 623,000 tweets about the 2014 Daytona 500. On average, each person in the Twitter TV audience saw 10.65 tweets about the race, which is the highest per person average for any sporting event on the same day. The 2014 Daytona 500 was the No. 2 daytime sports event for the month of February ranked by Twitter TV audience and had more tweets than any episode of the 2014 Winter Olympics except the opening ceremony."
NASCAR has also seen a lot of activity since the Daytona 500 on Twitter, with the sport's most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. joining Twitter. As of Sunday night, the 2014 Daytona 500 winner had approximately 200,000 followers when he tweeted for the first time. As of Thursday night, with 121 tweets in the books, Earnhardt, Jr. now has 524,000 followers.
One of Earnhardt's most memorable tweets of the week that generated 43,000 favourites and 28,000 retweets: Look who I ran into at the Daytona Experience. Dad's Happy! #2XDaytona500Champ pic.twitter.com/I0zf5PLfr5.
Ashley McCubbin is a newsletter contributor and one of The Frontstretch's new writers for the 2014 season. She can be reached via email at ashley.mccubbin@frontstretch.com.
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TODAY ON THE FRONTSTRETCH:
Can NASCAR Carry Daytona Momentum Forward? Yes, If It's Done Right
by Amy Henderson
Happiness Is... NASCAR Fans, FOX, Kasey Kahne and Phoenix
by Huston Ladner
Frontstretch Foto Funnies: He's Got X-Ray Vision
by Frontstretch Staff
Mirror Driving: Championship Potential, Botched Calls and Double Dipping
by Frontstretch Staff
Nuts for Nationwide: Judging Your 2014 Title Contenders
by Tom Bowles
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FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:
Q: The 2008 Lucas Oil 150 was the site of a crazy incident at the beginning of the race that could have decided the Camping World Truck Series championship (ultimately, it didn't). What happened?
Check back Monday for the answer here in the Frontstretch Newsletter!
Thursday's Answer:
Q: In 1996, Kevin Harvick's NASCAR career was in its infancy. Driving for his father Mike at Phoenix in the Chevy Desert Star Classic, Harvick qualified a decent 21st, but got taken out early. What happened?
A: Exiting Turn 4, Bob Keselowski rubbed up against the No. 12 of Dave Smith and spun in front of traffic. From there, it was on. Harvick, Walker Evans, Terry McCarthy and Mike Chase piled in. Kenny Irwin, Jr., who was making his Camping World Truck Series debut for the Mittler Brothers, got booted from behind by Butch Gilliland and spun out as well. The crash can be seen here.
Harvick, Evans, Keselowski and McCarthy were all out on the spot. Gilliland, who spun out in Turn 1 in fluids that he dropped after hitting Irwin, continued after repairs and finished 24th.
Frontstretch Trivia Guarantee: If we mess up, you get the shirt off our backs! If we've provided an incorrect answer to the Frontstretch Trivia question, be the first to email the corrected trivia answer totrivia@frontstretch.com and we'll send you a Frontstretch T-Shirt ... FREE!
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Coming Monday in the Frontstretch Newsletter:
-- The Profit on CNBC 500 Recap by Justin Tucker
-- Never Fear, the Underdogs Are Here by Amy Henderson
-- Sidebar Stories: Daytona by Phil Allaway
-- Links to your favorite Frontstretch articles, trivia, and more!
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This Weekend on the Frontstretch:
Four Burning Questions: Phoenix by Matt Stallknecht
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The Frontstretch Newsletter: February 27th, 2014
THE FRONTSTRETCH NEWSLETTER
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February 20th, 2014
Volume VIII, Edition X
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FRONTSTRETCH AT DAYTONA: Remember, our own Tom Bowles and Mike Neff are in Daytona and have all the latest news on their Twitter feeds: @MNeffShortTrack and @NASCARBowles. Add them and join in the discussion.
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FRONTSTRETCH FANTASY: GET IN THE GAME
Frontstretch's own Jeff Wolfe is once again running a private NASCAR Fantasy league this season on Yahoo! We'll have more of our writers onboard to compete against you. If you're interested, go here and create a Yahoo! account (if you don't already have one). Once that's completed, create your team and click on Join a Group. Then, click on Join a Private Group once there. Here, you'll have to enter our League ID and password. The League ID is 10532, and the password is "stenica." We hope to see you there!
Come back every Thursday to the website to get Jeff's advice on who to pick for your team, all season long and see if you can beat your favorite staff members! More special announcements about this league to come.
What to Watch: Thursday
- Tonight, the K&N Pro Series West holds their season opener, the Talking Stick Resort 75, at Phoenix International Raceway. The race is scheduled for 7:00pm tonight. However, the race will not be seen on TV until next Friday at 1pm on FOX Sports 1.
Top News
by Phil Allaway
France Believes Earnhardt Jr. Victory Benefits NASCAR; Downplays Permanent Nighttime Move for Daytona 500
On Wednesday, NASCAR CEO Brian France talked about the impact of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. on the Sprint Cup Series in a phone interview. If there is anything to take away from that conversation, it is that Earnhardt Jr. is quite important to NASCAR's success on and off of the track.
"Anytime his fanbase gets revved up, that's a good thing," France told Sporting News' Bob Pockrass. "That's good for him, and that's good for us."
However, unlike past years, Earnhardt Jr. is beginning to open up a little more. According to ESPN's Marty Smith, Jimmie Johnson convinced Earnhardt Jr. to start tweeting due to the importance of sponsorship and current relevance. Michael Waltrip also tried to convince Earnhardt Jr. to start tweeting during a portion of an interview that aired on NASCAR RaceDay. Earnhardt Jr. claimed that he might do it if he won the Daytona 500. Sure enough, Earnhardt Jr. kept his word.
Since joining Twitter, Earnhardt Jr. has posted selfie pictures of himself in Victory Lane, and in front of the statue of his father in Daytona. He has held a Q&A while flying to California from Texas. Since the wee hours of Monday morning, Earnhardt Jr.'s follower count has grown from roughly 200,000 to 518,670 (yes, Earnhardt Jr. had 200,000 followers before tweeting anything).
In regards to the Daytona 500 running in prime time for the second time in three years due to rain, the possibility of the race moving to the night has been broached. However, moving the race would not be France's call.
"We have considered it and for lots of reasons have not done that," France said. "But it's always a consideration. Of course, it's not just our decision. FOX has to believe that's the right time and all the rest."
In addition, Daytona International Speedway would have to sign off on moving the race from 1:00pm to 7:30pm. Moving the race to prime time does not guarantee high ratings. The Monday night race in 2012 couldn't crack an 8.0 rating. This year's rain delayed Daytona 500 pulled in a 5.6.
Target's Cartwheel to Sponsor Larson in Nationwide Series
On Wednesday, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates announced that Target is expanding their sponsorship of Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year candidate Kyle Larson. In addition to full-time sponsor of the No. 42 in the Sprint Cup Series, Target will sponsor Larson's Nationwide ride with Turner Scott Motorsports via their new Cartwheel app.
Cartwheel is an unusual app, described as a "first-of-its-kind digital savings app." Fans can download the app for their smartphones, or sign up at Target's website and choose from hundreds of discount offers in Target stores. They'll have to sign up for a Target account (if they don't already have one), then pick up to ten offers to store on their cartwheel. As of this writing, there are 431 offers to choose from with savings anywhere from five to 50 percent. The offers can be printed out, or stored in a barcode on your smartphone. The discounts would be applied at the register.
Larson is very happy to have Target continue their support of his career.
"I'm proud to have even more opportunities to drive behind a great brand with such a strong history in motorsports," Larson said. "I'm already a huge fan of the Cartwheel app and placing it on my Nationwide car and fire suit is a fun way to differentiate the team on the track."
The white Cartwheel app paint scheme will debut this weekend in Phoenix and will run for the majority of Larson's Nationwide races this year.
Entry List Update:
Note: These entries are accurate as of Wednesday night. They are still subject to change.
Sprint Cup Series The Profit on CNBC 500: 46 cars entered
Drivers Ineligible to Earn Points:
No. 33- Brian Scott for Circle Sport/Richard Childress Racing
No. 35- Blake Koch for Front Row Motorsports
No. 40- Landon Cassill for Hillman Racing
No. 66- Joe Nemechek for Michael Waltrip Racing/Identity Ventures Racing
No. 87- Morgan Shepherd for Identity Ventures Racing
Driver Changes:
No. 32- Travis Kvapil is in the seat, replacing Terry Labonte.
No. 35- Blake Koch is in the seat, replacing Eric McClure.
No. 66- Joe Nemechek is in the seat, replacing Michael Waltrip.
No. 87- Morgan Shepherd is in the seat, replacing Joe Nemechek.
Drivers who must qualify on speed in the top-36:
No. 26- Cole Whitt for Swan Racing (No points)
No. 41- Kurt Busch for Stewart-Haas Racing (No points, Guaranteed to start via the Past Champions' Provisional)
No. 77- Dave Blaney for Randy Humphrey Racing (45th in owners' points, 23 attempts)
Other drivers in danger of failing to qualify:
No. 23- Alex Bowman for BK Racing (34th in owners' points, 36 attempts)
No. 32- Travis Kvapil for Go FAS Racing (37th in owners' points, 36 attempts)
No. 33- Brian Scott for Circle Sport/Richard Childress Racing (38th in owners' points, 36 attempts)
No. 35- Blake Koch for Front Row Motorsports (39th in owners' points, 36 attempts)
No. 36- Reed Sorenson for Tommy Baldwin Racing (35th in owners' points, 36 attempts)
No. 40- Landon Cassill for Hillman Racing (43rd in owners' points, 16 attempts)
No. 83- Ryan Truex for BK Racing (36th in owners' points, 36 attempts)
No. 87- Morgan Shepherd for Identity Ventures Racing (40th in owners' points, 36 attempts)
No. 95- Michael McDowell for Leavine Family Racing (44th in owners' points, 22 attempts)
No. 98- Josh Wise for Phil Parsons Racing (42nd in owners' points, 33 attempts)
Not Entered:
No. 21- Trevor Bayne for Wood Brothers Racing
No. 52- Bobby Labonte for Phoenix Racing
No. 93- BK Racing/MacDonald Motorsports
Nationwide Series Blue Jeans Go Green 200: 40 cars entered
Drivers Ineligible to Earn Points:
No. 20- Matt Kenseth for Joe Gibbs Racing
No. 22- Brad Keselowski for Team Penske
No. 39- Ryan Sieg for RSS Racing
No. 40- Josh Wise for The Motorsports Group
No. 42- Kyle Larson for Turner Scott Motorsports
No. 54- Kyle Busch for Joe Gibbs Racing
No. 88- Kevin Harvick for JR Motorsports
Driver Changes:
No. 10- Blake Koch is in the seat, replacing David Starr.
No. 23- Carlos Contreras is in the seat, replacing Robert Richardson, Jr.
No. 24- An unknown driver will be in the seat, replacing Harrison Rhodes.
No. 44- Will Kimmel is in the seat, replacing Blake Koch.
No. 46- Matt DiBenedetto returns to the seat, replacing JJ Yeley.
No. 67- Tommy Joe Martins is in the seat, replacing Clay Greenfield. This will be Martins' Nationwide Series debut.
No. 87- Daryl Harr is in the seat, replacing Joe Nemechek.
No. 88- Kevin Harvick is in the seat, replacing Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Since there are only 40 cars entered, no one will miss the field. However, these teams must still qualify on speed:
No. 10- Blake Koch for TriStar Motorsports
No. 17- Tanner Berryhill for Vision Racing
No. 28- Mike Wallace for JGL Racing
No. 46- Matt DiBenedetto for The Motorsports Group*
No. 55- Jamie Dick for Viva Motorsports with Frank Cicci
No. 60- Chris Buescher for Roush Fenway Racing
No. 67- Tommy Joe Martins for Martins Motorsports
No. 76- Willie Allen for Martins Motorsports
No. 90- Martin Roy
No. 93- Matt Carter for JGL Racing
Not Entered:
No. 00- Jason White for SR2 Motorsports
No. 13- Carl Long
No. 15- Rick Ware Racing
No. 29- Scott Lagasse, Jr. for RAB Racing with Brack Maggard
No. 30- Danica Patrick for Turner Scott Motorsports
No. 37- Vision Racing
No. 80- Johnny Sauter for Hattori Racing Enterprises
No. 84- Chad Boat for Billy Boat Motorsports
No. 85- Bobby Gerhart for Bobby Gerhart Racing
No. 91- TriStar Motorsports
No. 98- David Ragan for Biagi-DenBeste Racing
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February 20th, 2014
Volume VIII, Edition X
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FRONTSTRETCH AT DAYTONA: Remember, our own Tom Bowles and Mike Neff are in Daytona and have all the latest news on their Twitter feeds: @MNeffShortTrack and @NASCARBowles. Add them and join in the discussion.
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FRONTSTRETCH FANTASY: GET IN THE GAME
Frontstretch's own Jeff Wolfe is once again running a private NASCAR Fantasy league this season on Yahoo! We'll have more of our writers onboard to compete against you. If you're interested, go here and create a Yahoo! account (if you don't already have one). Once that's completed, create your team and click on Join a Group. Then, click on Join a Private Group once there. Here, you'll have to enter our League ID and password. The League ID is 10532, and the password is "stenica." We hope to see you there!
Come back every Thursday to the website to get Jeff's advice on who to pick for your team, all season long and see if you can beat your favorite staff members! More special announcements about this league to come.
What to Watch: Thursday
- Tonight, the K&N Pro Series West holds their season opener, the Talking Stick Resort 75, at Phoenix International Raceway. The race is scheduled for 7:00pm tonight. However, the race will not be seen on TV until next Friday at 1pm on FOX Sports 1.
Top News
by Phil Allaway
France Believes Earnhardt Jr. Victory Benefits NASCAR; Downplays Permanent Nighttime Move for Daytona 500
On Wednesday, NASCAR CEO Brian France talked about the impact of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. on the Sprint Cup Series in a phone interview. If there is anything to take away from that conversation, it is that Earnhardt Jr. is quite important to NASCAR's success on and off of the track.
"Anytime his fanbase gets revved up, that's a good thing," France told Sporting News' Bob Pockrass. "That's good for him, and that's good for us."
However, unlike past years, Earnhardt Jr. is beginning to open up a little more. According to ESPN's Marty Smith, Jimmie Johnson convinced Earnhardt Jr. to start tweeting due to the importance of sponsorship and current relevance. Michael Waltrip also tried to convince Earnhardt Jr. to start tweeting during a portion of an interview that aired on NASCAR RaceDay. Earnhardt Jr. claimed that he might do it if he won the Daytona 500. Sure enough, Earnhardt Jr. kept his word.
Since joining Twitter, Earnhardt Jr. has posted selfie pictures of himself in Victory Lane, and in front of the statue of his father in Daytona. He has held a Q&A while flying to California from Texas. Since the wee hours of Monday morning, Earnhardt Jr.'s follower count has grown from roughly 200,000 to 518,670 (yes, Earnhardt Jr. had 200,000 followers before tweeting anything).
In regards to the Daytona 500 running in prime time for the second time in three years due to rain, the possibility of the race moving to the night has been broached. However, moving the race would not be France's call.
"We have considered it and for lots of reasons have not done that," France said. "But it's always a consideration. Of course, it's not just our decision. FOX has to believe that's the right time and all the rest."
In addition, Daytona International Speedway would have to sign off on moving the race from 1:00pm to 7:30pm. Moving the race to prime time does not guarantee high ratings. The Monday night race in 2012 couldn't crack an 8.0 rating. This year's rain delayed Daytona 500 pulled in a 5.6.
Target's Cartwheel to Sponsor Larson in Nationwide Series
On Wednesday, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates announced that Target is expanding their sponsorship of Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year candidate Kyle Larson. In addition to full-time sponsor of the No. 42 in the Sprint Cup Series, Target will sponsor Larson's Nationwide ride with Turner Scott Motorsports via their new Cartwheel app.
Cartwheel is an unusual app, described as a "first-of-its-kind digital savings app." Fans can download the app for their smartphones, or sign up at Target's website and choose from hundreds of discount offers in Target stores. They'll have to sign up for a Target account (if they don't already have one), then pick up to ten offers to store on their cartwheel. As of this writing, there are 431 offers to choose from with savings anywhere from five to 50 percent. The offers can be printed out, or stored in a barcode on your smartphone. The discounts would be applied at the register.
Larson is very happy to have Target continue their support of his career.
"I'm proud to have even more opportunities to drive behind a great brand with such a strong history in motorsports," Larson said. "I'm already a huge fan of the Cartwheel app and placing it on my Nationwide car and fire suit is a fun way to differentiate the team on the track."
The white Cartwheel app paint scheme will debut this weekend in Phoenix and will run for the majority of Larson's Nationwide races this year.
Entry List Update:
Note: These entries are accurate as of Wednesday night. They are still subject to change.
Sprint Cup Series The Profit on CNBC 500: 46 cars entered
Drivers Ineligible to Earn Points:
No. 33- Brian Scott for Circle Sport/Richard Childress Racing
No. 35- Blake Koch for Front Row Motorsports
No. 40- Landon Cassill for Hillman Racing
No. 66- Joe Nemechek for Michael Waltrip Racing/Identity Ventures Racing
No. 87- Morgan Shepherd for Identity Ventures Racing
Driver Changes:
No. 32- Travis Kvapil is in the seat, replacing Terry Labonte.
No. 35- Blake Koch is in the seat, replacing Eric McClure.
No. 66- Joe Nemechek is in the seat, replacing Michael Waltrip.
No. 87- Morgan Shepherd is in the seat, replacing Joe Nemechek.
Drivers who must qualify on speed in the top-36:
No. 26- Cole Whitt for Swan Racing (No points)
No. 41- Kurt Busch for Stewart-Haas Racing (No points, Guaranteed to start via the Past Champions' Provisional)
No. 77- Dave Blaney for Randy Humphrey Racing (45th in owners' points, 23 attempts)
Other drivers in danger of failing to qualify:
No. 23- Alex Bowman for BK Racing (34th in owners' points, 36 attempts)
No. 32- Travis Kvapil for Go FAS Racing (37th in owners' points, 36 attempts)
No. 33- Brian Scott for Circle Sport/Richard Childress Racing (38th in owners' points, 36 attempts)
No. 35- Blake Koch for Front Row Motorsports (39th in owners' points, 36 attempts)
No. 36- Reed Sorenson for Tommy Baldwin Racing (35th in owners' points, 36 attempts)
No. 40- Landon Cassill for Hillman Racing (43rd in owners' points, 16 attempts)
No. 83- Ryan Truex for BK Racing (36th in owners' points, 36 attempts)
No. 87- Morgan Shepherd for Identity Ventures Racing (40th in owners' points, 36 attempts)
No. 95- Michael McDowell for Leavine Family Racing (44th in owners' points, 22 attempts)
No. 98- Josh Wise for Phil Parsons Racing (42nd in owners' points, 33 attempts)
Not Entered:
No. 21- Trevor Bayne for Wood Brothers Racing
No. 52- Bobby Labonte for Phoenix Racing
No. 93- BK Racing/MacDonald Motorsports
Nationwide Series Blue Jeans Go Green 200: 40 cars entered
Drivers Ineligible to Earn Points:
No. 20- Matt Kenseth for Joe Gibbs Racing
No. 22- Brad Keselowski for Team Penske
No. 39- Ryan Sieg for RSS Racing
No. 40- Josh Wise for The Motorsports Group
No. 42- Kyle Larson for Turner Scott Motorsports
No. 54- Kyle Busch for Joe Gibbs Racing
No. 88- Kevin Harvick for JR Motorsports
Driver Changes:
No. 10- Blake Koch is in the seat, replacing David Starr.
No. 23- Carlos Contreras is in the seat, replacing Robert Richardson, Jr.
No. 24- An unknown driver will be in the seat, replacing Harrison Rhodes.
No. 44- Will Kimmel is in the seat, replacing Blake Koch.
No. 46- Matt DiBenedetto returns to the seat, replacing JJ Yeley.
No. 67- Tommy Joe Martins is in the seat, replacing Clay Greenfield. This will be Martins' Nationwide Series debut.
No. 87- Daryl Harr is in the seat, replacing Joe Nemechek.
No. 88- Kevin Harvick is in the seat, replacing Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Since there are only 40 cars entered, no one will miss the field. However, these teams must still qualify on speed:
No. 10- Blake Koch for TriStar Motorsports
No. 17- Tanner Berryhill for Vision Racing
No. 28- Mike Wallace for JGL Racing
No. 46- Matt DiBenedetto for The Motorsports Group*
No. 55- Jamie Dick for Viva Motorsports with Frank Cicci
No. 60- Chris Buescher for Roush Fenway Racing
No. 67- Tommy Joe Martins for Martins Motorsports
No. 76- Willie Allen for Martins Motorsports
No. 90- Martin Roy
No. 93- Matt Carter for JGL Racing
Not Entered:
No. 00- Jason White for SR2 Motorsports
No. 13- Carl Long
No. 15- Rick Ware Racing
No. 29- Scott Lagasse, Jr. for RAB Racing with Brack Maggard
No. 30- Danica Patrick for Turner Scott Motorsports
No. 37- Vision Racing
No. 80- Johnny Sauter for Hattori Racing Enterprises
No. 84- Chad Boat for Billy Boat Motorsports
No. 85- Bobby Gerhart for Bobby Gerhart Racing
No. 91- TriStar Motorsports
No. 98- David Ragan for Biagi-DenBeste Racing
*- Expected to Start-and-Park
Have news for Phil and the Frontstretch? Don't hesitate to let us know; email us at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com with a promising lead or tip.
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The Critic's Annex: New Smyrna 150 presented by JEGS
by Phil Allaway
Hello, race fans. Welcome back to another edition of the Critic's Annex, where breaking down additional bits of motorsports programming is our goal here. In recent years, Speedweeks has become an incredibly busy time in Volusia County, Florida. All three of the county's racing facilities host 10-day racing festivals at the same time.
For 2014, NASCAR decided to start the K&N Pro Series East season at the .480 mile New Smyrna Speedway, a track that recently joined the Whelen All-American Series. The event served as a standalone event in the much larger World Series of Asphalt Racing. How did FOX Sports do with the telecast? Let's take a look.
Adam Alexander had the play-by-play call for the race with Johnny Benson alongside. While Alexander has some play-by-play experience through his Sprint Cup work with TNT, this is the first time that I can recall seeing him call a K&N Pro Series race. As for Benson, he's done some TV work in the past, but it's been a few years. This combination was actually not that bad, but it's not the normal group. Normally, Rick Allen and Phil Parsons call K&N Pro Series East races. However, they call the races from a studio in Charlotte. With both men in Daytona for Speedweeks and FOX not sending booth commentators to the race, the decision was made to bring in the subs.
Meanwhile, Kristen Beat made her debut as a pit reporter on this telecast. A couple of weeks before this race, Beat ended up in a Twitter fight with the infamous Orange Cone. The Cone believed that Beat had a conflict of interest because not only is she pit reporting, but she's also working as a PR representative for one of the teams. Needless to say, Beat won out and made her pit reporting debut.
With tape delayed races, FOX Sports has the discretion to air as much or as little pre-race coverage as they like. Here, we got one pre-race interview with pole sitter Cameron Hayley and some keys to the race from Benson before we got to the start. Ultimately, they were partly right. Based on what I saw, it was a little easier to pass than Benson thought it would be.
I'll admit that I actually followed this race on the live feed co-produced by NASCAR Home Tracks and Bob Dillner's Speed51.com. As a result, I knew that this was an excellent race to watch. Those in attendance back on February 16th got their money's worth, that's for sure. There was a lot of good action out there and FOX Sports' cameras did a pretty good job bringing the racing for position to viewers.
Having said that, I did have some gripes. I feel like FOX Sports could have done something to make Beat's pit reports a little easier to hear during the telecast. This is nothing against Beat, but I could barely hear her. I know it's loud down there, but it's loud in the pits at every track. If FOX can figure out a way for everyone to be heard and understood at Bristol with 43 cars racing there, they can figure it out for New Smyrna Beach with 30 cars.
Benson's color commentary strategy was to take what he was seeing on the track and compare it to his own experiences. Not a terrible strategy. However, Benson was never the most aggressive guy on the track. This is someone that abhorred the bump n' run. In the 2002 Old Dominion 500, all he needed to do to claim his first Winston Cup victory at Martinsville was to bump Kurt Busch out of the way. But, he didn't do it. And Benny Parsons in the booth for NBC knew he wouldn't do it. Benson is a big proponent of, in his own opinion, winning the right way. Luckily for him, he got his victory the right way two weeks later.
I'm not really sure about Alexander's comparison of New Smyrna Speedway to Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, to be honest. Yes, there was a good amount of side-by-side racing in this race, but those two tracks are wildly different.
Post-race coverage was fairly decent in quantity, but not so much quality. FOX Sports provided three post-race interviews and checks of the unofficial results and point standings before leaving the air.
Unfortunately, the first interview contained a fairly substantial faux pas. Here, FOX didn't air the audio of what Beat asked Suarez in Victory Lane. Instead, Alexander covered up Beat's question with more commentary. Yeah, that's not going to work, Adam. Don't do that next time.
I don't really know what Beat asked Suarez, but since I've critiqued something like 750 races for Frontstretch since 2009, I could probably render a decent guess. The thing is that I shouldn't have to guess. That's quite the screw-up. Hopefully, next time out at Bristol, it doesn't happen. Of note, Beat has stated that she won't be working the pits during the next K&N Pro Series East race, which is the PittLite 125 at Bristol Motor Speedway right after the Nationwide race, but that she'll be back at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in a shade over three weeks.
Overall, this was definitely one of the more exciting K&N Pro Series East races that I can remember watching. There was a lot of action for position that we were able to see. It was definitely a great way to kill an hour on Saturday morning. Alexander and Benson do work fairly well together. Benson's inexperience in the booth showed at times, though. It seems like he didn't take enough time to memorize who the drivers were. Granted, that's more Alexander's job, but names are important. The audio issues with Beat's microphone during her pit reports are fixable, but Alexander shouldn't be taking time out of post-race interviews in order to give himself more time. Knowing that this is a tape delayed telecast where commentary is recorded in post-production, that is inexcusable.
I hope you enjoyed this look at the New Smyrna 150 presented by JEGS. Next week, I'll be back with either a look at NBC Sports Network's NASCAR America, or the Toyota 120 for the NASCAR Mexico Series from Phoenix, the first ever NASCAR telecast on mun2. Until then, enjoy this weekend's action in Phoenix.
Phil Allaway is the Newsletter Manager and a Senior Writer for Frontstretch. He can be reached via e-mail at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com. Follow him on Twitter at @Critic84.
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Frontstretch Line of the Week
From Beyond The Cockpit: A Member Of NASCAR's Next Generation Gets His Shot
"My biggest gripe with our sport is there's only one winner each weekend. To the fans, to the media… to everyone. But in all honesty, just like in football, there's 16 winners throughout a 43-car field because unlike any other sport, we put all our top teams, and every other small team all on the field at once.
So we can't "say" there are 16 winners, but there are actually 16 cars in the field, sometimes more each week that have overachieved, done well, done something above and beyond. At Texas, for example, with 18th we would be considered a Jacksonville Jaguars that went out and beat the Philadelphia Eagles. We achieved above what we were supposed to. You would see that in the NFL… you don't see that here."- Parker Kligerman on how overachievement is hidden in NASCAR.
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TODAY ON THE FRONTSTRETCH:
Voice of Vito: Daytona Dilemma, Flagship Ford, and Points ParadoxOverall, this was definitely one of the more exciting K&N Pro Series East races that I can remember watching. There was a lot of action for position that we were able to see. It was definitely a great way to kill an hour on Saturday morning. Alexander and Benson do work fairly well together. Benson's inexperience in the booth showed at times, though. It seems like he didn't take enough time to memorize who the drivers were. Granted, that's more Alexander's job, but names are important. The audio issues with Beat's microphone during her pit reports are fixable, but Alexander shouldn't be taking time out of post-race interviews in order to give himself more time. Knowing that this is a tape delayed telecast where commentary is recorded in post-production, that is inexcusable.
I hope you enjoyed this look at the New Smyrna 150 presented by JEGS. Next week, I'll be back with either a look at NBC Sports Network's NASCAR America, or the Toyota 120 for the NASCAR Mexico Series from Phoenix, the first ever NASCAR telecast on mun2. Until then, enjoy this weekend's action in Phoenix.
Phil Allaway is the Newsletter Manager and a Senior Writer for Frontstretch. He can be reached via e-mail at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com. Follow him on Twitter at @Critic84.
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Frontstretch Line of the Week
From Beyond The Cockpit: A Member Of NASCAR's Next Generation Gets His Shot
"My biggest gripe with our sport is there's only one winner each weekend. To the fans, to the media… to everyone. But in all honesty, just like in football, there's 16 winners throughout a 43-car field because unlike any other sport, we put all our top teams, and every other small team all on the field at once.
So we can't "say" there are 16 winners, but there are actually 16 cars in the field, sometimes more each week that have overachieved, done well, done something above and beyond. At Texas, for example, with 18th we would be considered a Jacksonville Jaguars that went out and beat the Philadelphia Eagles. We achieved above what we were supposed to. You would see that in the NFL… you don't see that here."- Parker Kligerman on how overachievement is hidden in NASCAR.
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TODAY ON THE FRONTSTRETCH:
by Vito Pugliese
Fantasy Insider: The Second Race Starts NASCAR's "Real" Season
by Jeff Wolfe
Beyond The Cockpit, Part II: How NASCAR, Business, And "Nootelligence" Mix
as told to Tom Bowles
Tech Talk: Danica's Crew Chief "Fuels" Through Daytona And Diagnoses Phoenix
as told to Mike Neff
Truckin' Thursdays: Meet Your 2014 Rookie Class
by Beth Lunkenheimer
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FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:
FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:
Q: In 1996, Kevin Harvick's NASCAR career was in its' infancy. Driving for his father Mike at Phoenix in the Chevy Desert Star Classic, Harvick qualified a decent 21st, but got taken out early. What happened?
Check back Friday for the answer, here in the Frontstretch Newsletter!
Wednesday's Answer:
Wednesday's Answer:
Q: The 1984 Stroh's Bobby Ball Memorial 150 was the slowest CART race ever run at Phoenix International Raceway, due to 46 laps of caution. The longest of these yellows came for a wreck just after halfway. What happened?
A: Just after halfway, a multi-car crash on the frontstretch swept up the cars of Howdy Holmes, Pete Halsmer, Al Unser and Danny Sullivan. It is unclear as to what happened. What is known is that the blinding sun that shines on the frontstretch definitely played a role here (this was long before the grandstand was built in Turn 1). Holmes spun and backed into the inside wall. Unser and Halsmer likely collided trying to avoid Holmes and crashed. A replay did catch Sullivan hitting Unser. The crash can be seen here.Frontstretch Trivia Guarantee: If we mess up, you get the shirt off our backs! If we've provided an incorrect answer to the Frontstretch Trivia question, be the first to email the corrected trivia answer to trivia@frontstretch.com and we'll send you a Frontstretch T-Shirt ... FREE!
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Coming tomorrow in the Frontstretch Newsletter:
-- Top News from Justin Tucker
-- In Case You Missed It by Ashley McCubbin
-- Keepin' It Short by Mike Neff
-- Links to your favorite Frontstretch articles, trivia, and more!
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Tomorrow on the Frontstretch:
Mirror Driving by the Frontstretch Staff
A collection of your favorite writers are back to discuss a number of pertainent issues in NASCAR. Topics this week include Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s potential momentum from his victory, the curtailment of Sprint Cup drivers in the Nationwide Series, officiating issues and more.
Holding A Pretty Wheel by Amy Henderson
Amy returns this week with another intriguing Friday commentary.
Frontstretch Foto Funnies by the Frontstretch Staff
Pictures can lead to a thousand laughs; join us in our weekly dose of humor that comes from those candid moments at the track.
Pictures can lead to a thousand laughs; join us in our weekly dose of humor that comes from those candid moments at the track.
Happiness Is... by P. Huston Ladner
Don't let your life sink into the pits. Huston takes a look at the racing stories from the last seven days that should leave you smiling.
Don't let your life sink into the pits. Huston takes a look at the racing stories from the last seven days that should leave you smiling.
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