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11 Apr 2007, 11:06 (Ref:1888925) | #1 | |
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2007 O'Reilly 300 @ Texas Busch Series Event Thread *SPOILERS*
While the NEXTEL Cup Series was on a break over Easter the Busch Series battled on the concrete banks of Nashville Superspeedway, and now it's time to team up with the NEXTEL Cup Series again and head over to the Great American Speedway; Texas Motor Speedway.
Track Specs: 1.5-mile oval, 24 degrees of banking in the turns, 5 degrees of banking on the straightaways. Roughly 155,000 grandstand seats. There are 46 cars going for 43 spots. NASCAR.com has the entry list. Juan Pablo Montoya returns to the #42 Dodge while Mark Martin looks set to make his second Busch Series start of the season, again driving the #06 Dish Network Ford he drove at Daytona. TV: Pre-race show on ESPN2 starts at 2:30pm ET, April 14th. Green flag is scheduled for just after 3:00pm ET. My pick for the win: Carl Edwards (err.. surprise! surprise!) |
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12 Apr 2007, 10:50 (Ref:1889627) | #2 | |
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Will there be a live stream on nascar.com? To my surprise there was a free live stream last weekend.
Was/is there a live stream because ESPN2 is not mainstream channel? |
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12 Apr 2007, 11:17 (Ref:1889645) | #3 | |
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According to this schedule I just came across the race from Texas will indeed be carried live via NASCAR.com. If that schedule is accurate - which it should be - we have no less than 25 live webcasts, Texas included, to look forward to during the rest of the year
As for your second question I honestly have no idea, but if I were to make a guess I'd say it's part of a marketing plan to bring attention to ESPN2 (which carries a majority of the Busch races this season). I'm not sure how widely available ESPN2 is in the US, but perhaps it's slightly similar to Eurosport and Eurosport 2, where Eurosport - at least here in Sweden - is widely available as part of basic cable packages etc while Eurosport 2 requires a subscription package of some sort. Last edited by rustyfan; 12 Apr 2007 at 11:23. |
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So all Busch races will have a live stream except for the races covered by ABC. The first 3 races of the season had a live stream, then there were 3 races covered by ABC which had no live stream. Last week ESPN2 took over the coverage and the live stream returned. I think your comparison with Eurosport/Eurosport 2 is a good one. In Holland Eurosport 2 is only available if you subscribe to digital TV or satellite TV. |
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14 Apr 2007, 20:55 (Ref:1891344) | #7 | |
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Oops, was watching CORR on MotorsTV and forgot about the Busch race. Got the feed up and running now though.
EDIT - Montoya running fourth with 60 odd laps to go. Seems the 1.5 mile cookie cutters suit him quite well. |
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14 Apr 2007, 21:02 (Ref:1891351) | #8 | |
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Yeah, he's had a great run, looks really confident like at Atlanta.
He has Busch Series experience here of course. |
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14 Apr 2007, 21:07 (Ref:1891354) | #9 | |
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Montoya on Ragan now...
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14 Apr 2007, 21:11 (Ref:1891361) | #10 | |
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Montoya leads now after pitstops.
Did he take on four tyres there? EDIT - he just took two apparently. Bit of a gamble! |
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14 Apr 2007, 21:13 (Ref:1891364) | #11 | |
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Did they mention what the caution came out for?
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14 Apr 2007, 21:15 (Ref:1891366) | #12 | |
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No, I didn't hear what for. I thought it odd!
Oh dear, a lug nut has come off. The gamble worked big time then. |
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14 Apr 2007, 21:15 (Ref:1891367) | #13 | |
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Blah, figures the pit crew screwed up.
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14 Apr 2007, 21:17 (Ref:1891370) | #14 | |
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Just went from bad to worse right there, ugh.
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14 Apr 2007, 21:17 (Ref:1891371) | #15 | |
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Hit the wall now.
A real shame, I thought the oval was finally gonna be cracked. Can't he borrow the Hendrick crew for some race sometime? |
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14 Apr 2007, 21:23 (Ref:1891374) | #16 | |
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That would help, yeah
If the previous restart was any indication I doubt we'll go green the rest of the way. |
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14 Apr 2007, 21:27 (Ref:1891378) | #18 | |
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Hit the wall harder now. Game over.
Gutted. |
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14 Apr 2007, 21:27 (Ref:1891379) | #19 | |
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Ok, now Montoya's race went from worse to downright crappy.
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14 Apr 2007, 21:28 (Ref:1891380) | #20 | |
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Who did he get together with there?
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14 Apr 2007, 21:32 (Ref:1891386) | #21 | |
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So Ambrose and Montoya got together.
I guess... that's one way to get two of my favorite drivers shown at the same time. |
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14 Apr 2007, 21:37 (Ref:1891392) | #22 | |
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Bloody Australians, eh?
He apologised though, fair play. |
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14 Apr 2007, 21:41 (Ref:1891400) | #23 | |
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Good racing for the lead, c'mon Denny!
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14 Apr 2007, 21:43 (Ref:1891403) | #24 | |
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Watch them collide as Carl Edwards cruises into the win again!
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14 Apr 2007, 21:43 (Ref:1891404) | #25 | |
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Bleh, Kenseth gets it.
Good race though, enjoyed it! |
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