Gentlemen, Start Your Engines!!

[Spydertrader]

His first win since 2002, Sylvania's own Terry Cook came from one lap down to win TheO'Reilly Auto Parts 250 Craftsman Truck Series Race at Kansas Speedway.

- Spydertrader

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Congrats to Pasta Boy for winning his second consecutive Pepsi 400.

- Spydertrader

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[Spydertrader]

Still More Formula One News

Michael Schumacher spearheaded a Ferrari 1-2 at Indianapolis this afternoon, as the red cars ran away and hid from their opposition. The American Scott Speed did not finish.

- Spydertrader

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[Spydertrader]

Speed Channel plans to broadcast Qualifying for The Pepsi 400 Nextel Cup Series Race from Chicagoland Speedway - on Friday at 4:30 PM Eastern Time.

This weekend's racing schedule:

Formula One
Off Week

Nextel Cup
USG Sheetrock 400 - NBC Sunday 3:00 PM Eastern Time

Busch Series
USG Durock 300 - TNT Saturday 4:00 PM Eastern Time

Craftsman Truck Series
Built Ford Tough 225 - Speed Channel Saturday 8:00 PM Eastern Time

IRL
Off Week

"No, no, he didn't slam you, he didn't bump you, he didn't nudge you... he *rubbed* you. And rubbin', son, is racin'. "

- Spydertrader

 

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Two Busch Series crew chiefs suspended for six weeks.

- Spydertrader

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[DrChaos]

http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/formulaone/27956/

Bridgestone and Microsoft have been granted exclusive contracts to be the sole suppliers, of tires and ECUs respectively, of Formula 1 beginning in 2008.

Bridgestone's been making tires for at least half a century, but since when has Microsoft made hardware and software for the ultra real-time demands of F1 control systems?

This is really hard stuff, different in nature from desktop computing {Can the OS deal with hardware glitches from RFI---there's no ground on a carbon fiber car!}, and the experts who do this have lots of specific deep experience.

And now it's being all thrown away and given to geeks at Microsoft, just because Ballmer waves a stack of ca$h at some marketing droids?

Gentlemen, restart your engines!

In addition, the WMSC also announced that due to a significant increase in cornering speeds in F1 this season, the sport's Technical Working Group will be consulted regarding possible measures to slow the cars down

Now it's starting to make sense. "I thought we had a tight setup for Monaco, but then the computer needed to defrag the injectors when we hit turn three. When we tried to pass Schumacher our tires caught a virus."

Windows, the ultimate restrictor plate.

 

[Spydertrader]

Jeff Burton says he's a bad qualifier. He disproved that Friday when he won the Bud Pole for Sunday's Nextel Cup Series USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland.

- Spydertrader

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[Spydertrader]

Quote from DrChaos:

"I thought we had a tight setup for Monaco, but then the computer needed to defrag the injectors when we hit turn three. When we tried to pass Schumacher our tires caught a virus."

Windows, the ultimate restrictor plate.

"I don't care who you are, that is some damn funny $hit."

- Larry The Cable Guy

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Casey Mears and his team rolled the dice, and this time, they came out ahead to get his first career NASCAR victory in Saturday's Busch Series race at Chicagoland.

- Spydertrader

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