The LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway is one of the younger races of the NASCAR history and also marks the beginning of the second half of the Sprint Cup season. The Nationwide Series is also a guest during a break, the trucks for another week.
Before the Sprint Cup rings in the middle third of four weekends off-season and in the U.S. television broadcasts once again change the station, the baggage train makes first NASCAR in Joliet, Illinois to the southwest of Chicago station. The LifeLock.com 400 marks the beginning of the second half of the season and is also the sixth and final race, for which TNT has the broadcast rights. From the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard again, the crew from ESPN will be used.
The track in Joliet is one of the NASCAR so typical "cookie cutter tracks", ie a 1.5-mile oval with the usual D-shaped layout. A special feature on the racetrack, however, because basically the Chicagoland Speedway is one big curve, because the back straight as the "Trioval" the home stretch is also curved. The banking in the turns is not very steep at 18 ° and occupied a seat behind the faster routes from Atlanta, Texas and Lowe's Motor Speedway. The start-finish line can provide at least 11 °, while the "counter-curve" for 5 °.
The complex was pounded 1999-2001 for 130 million U.S. dollars from the soil and is therefore still relatively young. The facility, which provides 75 000 spectators, is led by NASCAR's International Speedway Corporation and NASCAR ride out of here since 2001 and the Indy cars. Sam Hornish Jr. was the way this race twice before deciding for themselves, and together with Dan Wheldon, the winner of Statistics at the Open Wheelern.
The LifeLock.com 400 of the Sprint Cup will be hosted the same length, but can only look back on eight issues. This is due to the fact that here is driven only one race per season. Between 2007 and 2008 at the Speedway a floodlight system was installed, which for us European fans once again does NASCAR racing at bedtime. The first night race Kyle Busch won last year and the Nationwide race, he also took the same. The record, however, are winners Kevin Harvick and Tony Stewart, who was twice a visiting Victory Lane. Harvick is the only rider who managed to win his right to repeat the following year. He won the first two in Joliet Sprint Cup race at all.
As more drivers were able to so far Kyle Busch, Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman and Dale Earnhardt Jr. won once each. The Chicagoland Speedway is also a route that the Chevrolet is really good, so go here equal to 6 of 8 race wins to her account. Dodge and Toyota can each recorded only one victory, while Ford is still waiting for a place in the Victory Lane. When I was in the last week a little verpokert with the rain forecast, I would like to try my luck again: None of the eight races so far has been stopped early because of rain! Only one issue was a "green-white-checker finish" extended to 405 miles. The standard race distance of 400 miles is otherwise completed in 267 rounds.
To tap a winner, I find this season a bit difficult because the field is surprisingly in contrast to last year, closer together. Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch have seen here in the past, always look good and also Kevin Harvick could end his losing streak at the Chicagoland Speedway, because in the last two years he reached the top 5. Juan Pablo Montoya can remember a 15th and a 18th place and in its current form it would not surprise me, he should get his first top 5 finish of the year - the Top10s are now already on a regular basis. Probably what you'd underestimated the Hendrick fleet not, Jimmie Johnson was second last year.
As in Daytona night race begins at the weekend in Joliet on Thursday. It is, however, returned to the normal principle (1st Practice - Qualifying - Practice 2 - Happy Hour - Race) without "impound" rules of the stage. The qualification takes place on the night of Thursday to Friday at 02:30 clock held under floodlights and will be broadcast on SPEED. On Saturday racing at TNT's on Saturday night at 00:30 clock on the air, the start of the race against clock is then shortly after 2. The Nationwide Series runs on the night of Friday to Saturday also artificially illuminated from about 2 Clock on ESPN.
The trucks pause one more time before meeting again in two weeks, all series in Indianapolis. During the intermission of the Sprint Cup at Kentucky Truck and Nationwide Series in St. Louis go to the Gateway International Raceway - albeit in a very un-Christian Time: Clock at 03:30 at night!
NASCAR News:
- The biggest story of the week should be the exchange of Martin Truex Jr. to Michael Waltrip Racing, which has placed it after the contract extension by Mark Martin at Hendrick Motorsports another puzzle piece on the Silly Season. Truex takes Waltrip's car and emerges with his owner points and the # 56 to which his family has some history. MW even deny at least the Daytona 500 qualifying with his # 55 and would then be on the pole qualifying, the Gatorade Duels or. All of his four victories came Super Speedway but unable to, so I do not trust him too well to qualify. Sponsor of the # 55 at Daytona and the # 56 NAPA will remain full time, have signed a "multi-year" contract with MWR. Waltrip would like to run in 2010 of four to twelve rounds, with the rest of the sponsorship is not known for the # 55th Supposedly he could with Phil Parsons # 66 so much "Start & Park" as he likes. Truex wants to fulfill his contract with Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing to the end of the season and could possibly be his crew chief Kevin Manion to take on the new team, however, is "Bono" still under contract until late 2010 when EMD. The change came about through loud Truex uncertainty about the future of EGR. As his sponsor, Bass Pro Shops but also signed by the end of 2010, it actually seems to improve the quality of the material from EGR to go. David Reutimann was able to enter the first victory for MWR and Marcos Ambrose, who operates with the JTG Daugherty team Waltrip out of the shop know as a rookie to be quite convincing. No later than next year will show whether it was a wise decision. As the successor of Aric Almirola Truex at EGR is traded, the # 8 team in the Texas race was shut down for lack of sponsorship.
- Furniture Row Racing looking for more sponsors seem, to expand the part-time program with Regan Smith. The Bristol race in August it has been 16 races now add the comprehensive plan.
- Tony Stewart confirmed that the tire problems were solved in Indianapolis. He took out during the season by testing some of Goodyear and his statements were a result the tires now 30 rounds instead of ten or twelve. Congratulations: It was about time, in two weeks is at the race!
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