From AutoWeek.com regarding the media tour, note that Showtime will also have a NASCAR program
Among other comments from the R&D Center:
-- "We won't start working on the 2011 schedule until the spring. We still can't even consider Kentucky (Motor Speedway) until all the litigation is gone. When it is, we'll review Kentucky's situation."--Brian France.
-- "We've had fewer (disciplinary) visits to the hauler than in the past, and that's good."--Mike Helton.
-- "We're glad to have her but we'll let that team (JR Motorsports) set its own level of expectations for Danica Patrick."--Joe Balash, Nationwide Series director.
-- "There was a lot of debate about (whether to keep) the yellow line. We respect the competitors' opinion and it wasn't 50-50 (to get rid of it). In fact, it wasn't even 70-30."--Robin Pemberton.
-- Quote of the day: This from Dale Earnhardt Jr., shortly after pro wrestler Ric Flair playfully quipped that the sport's most popular driver can do anything he wants except win races: "I'm 35, I've got two Nationwide championships, 18 Cup wins and a Daytona 500 win. I can build a house as big as I want."
-- Showtime has jumped into the NASCAR "news magazine" pool. It'll debut its weekly "Inside NASCAR" on Feb. 10 with Chris Myers working with team owner Brad Daugherty, driver-owner Michael Waltrip, and Randy Pemberton, brother of NASCAR executive Robin Pemberton and crew chief Ryan Pemberton.
-- Charlotte Motor Speedway will host a $1 million race for the Legend Car Series on July 15-16-17. After starting their careers on short tracks in the scaled-down cars, Cup drivers David Ragan and Joey Logano are expected to compete on the speedway's quarter-mile track.
-- Quote of the day 2: From Michael Waltrip on the possibility that Jimmie Johnson might win a fifth consecutive championship: "I can't get my arms around the fact that he's won four straight, so I'm betting heavily against him winning a fifth. Man, y
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