2014 5-Hour Energy 400 at Kansas Speedway Weekend Discussion

[ShadowKnight508]

Discuss the Kansas race weekend here. In 2013, it was Matt Kenseth in the #20 Husky Tools/Dollar General Camry who pulled away from the field and took home the win in the STP 400. Race Weekend and TV Info Below (Credit to Jayski):

Weekend Schedule

Thursday, May 8
11:30 AM NSCS HAULERS ENTER
1:00 PM NSCS GARAGE OPENS & INSPECTION BEGINS
1:30 PM 2:30 PM SFP 250 PRACTICE
3:00 PM 4:30 PM SFP 250 FINAL PRACTICE
6:00 PM NSCS GARAGE CLOSES

Friday, May 9
9:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
10:00 AM NSCS ROOKIE & SPOTTER MEETINGS & RANDOM DRAWING
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 5 Hour Energy 400 PRACTICE (FS1)
1:30 - 2:20 PM 5 Hour Energy 400 FINAL PRACTICE (FS1)
3:40 PM (4:40 PM) SFP 250 QUALIFYING
5:40 PM 5 Hour Energy 400 QUALIFYING (FS1)
7:30 PM NSCS GARAGE CLOSES
7:30 PM (CWTS) 2014 SFP 250 (FS1)

Saturday, May 10
1:00 PM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
4:30 PM NSCS DRIVER / CREW CHIEF MEETING
6:00 PM NSCS DRIVERS INTRODUCTIONS
6:30 PM 2014 5 Hour Energy 400 (FOX)

ALL POSTED TIMES LOCAL TO TRACK

Entry Lists

2014 SFP 250 (32 Drivers)
Jayski's® NASCAR Silly Season Site - Race Info Page

2014 5 Hour Energy 400 (44 Drivers)
Jayski's® NASCAR Silly Season Site - Kansas Entry List

Race Replay: 2013 STP 400 (Full Race)
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T97LnGXkSzg]2013 NSCS: STP 400 at Kansas [FULL RACE] - YouTube[/ame]

 

[ShadowKnight508]

NASCAR News and Updates (Credit to Jayski)

Doug Yates Discusses Upcoming Engine Changes for Cup Teams

Doug Yates from Roush Yates Racing Engines talks about what's coming in regards to reduced horsepower for Cup teams:

Yates: So where we are today is reducing RPM, talking about taking 500 RPM away. Effectively, that reduces speed on the racetrack and goes along with making the parts last longer. Talking about roller cams. The Cup series is the only series that has a flat tappet cam. It is a really hard application and it is probably the only series in the world that has a flat tappet cam. It gets it more like Nationwide and Truck so the parts could be passed down and they would last longer. If we need to reduce power more, we'd do it through a reduced throttle body size, reducing the air flow through the throttle body. Those are the mechanisms that will be utilized to reduce power.

They are [also] looking at [limiting RPM] through gear ratios. We crossed that bridge years ago when we decided to limit the RPMs and they did it with the final drive ratio. It was a really good way to do it. If the engine will achieve more RPM because it is making more power or the driver gets off of the corner better and he achieves more RPM, then so be it. I think the final drive ratio is a good, easy-to-police way to get there. That is the adjustment they'll make. They do the same thing today in Nationwide and Trucks based on the RPM range they want to run. That has been a good, effective way to run.

NASCAR has had more engagement with the engine building community than they ever have before. We've had five meetings now and Gene Stefanyshyn has done a great job leading those meetings. At first, it was a little bit of going through a process to get everyone to talk and open up. Our lives are about competition so those meetings, at first, were a bit of "I can outdo you on this." Everybody has now settled in to try and achieve Brian France and NASCAR's two initiatives of trying to improve racing through a reduction of horsepower and to try and figure out how to save some cost for the teams."

Kansas Farm Bureau Featured on #66 Camry of Joe Nemechek at Kansas

As the Joe Nemechek #66 car accelerates around Kansas Speedway for the Kansas 400 Sprint Cup race this Saturday, it will carry Kansas Farm Bureau's 'Voice of Agriculture' message on each lap. The farm-grown ethanol powered race car will help show race fans and a huge television audience the importance of agriculture, from growing the food they enjoy, to the clothing they wear, to the high octane ethanol powering the cars around the track. "This sponsorship represents the hard-working farm and ranch families in rural Kansas," said Kansas Farm Bureau President Steve Baccus. "We are pleased to work with the #66 team to illustrate both the professionalism of our farmer and rancher members and an excellent race team."

Pocono Raceway, Jimmie Johnson Team Up for 4th Annual Jimmie Johnson Fan Experience

Pocono Raceway will host the fourth-annual Jimmie Johnson Fan Experience, which includes an exclusive, kids-focused question-and-answer session with the six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion, prior to the start of the Pocono 400 on Sunday, June 8. In addition to the ticket package, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers Clint Bowyer and Jamie McMurray will visit Pocono's seventh annual Bowlopolis Kids Day on Saturday, June 7. The 2014 Jimmie Johnson Fan Experience will feature a kid-generated question-and-answer session with the three-time Pocono race winner and a Lowe's Build and Grow Clinic, prior to the start of Sunday's 400-mile race.

Pocono 400 ticket holders have two options to choose from for this pre-race experience: the $48 family-four pack or the $20 individual pass. For more information and to purchase access passes, please visit 2014 Jimmie Johnson Fan Experience. Clint Bowyer and Jamie McMurray will visit Pocono Raceway's annual Bowlopolis Kids Day, a free event for all to enjoy, for their question-and-answer session on June 7. Bowyer and McMurray will appear in the Chalet Village, located behind the Grandstands and near Gate 8, in between the two scheduled NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practices on Saturday morning.

 

[carboneandrew]

no #35 Front Row Motorsports entry this weekend? thats too bad hopefully they will be back at Charlotte

 

[Sgt Slaughter]

This is the first time for lights at Kansas right?

 

[Hendrick4life]

This is the first time for lights at Kansas right?

For Sprint Cup yes, they run K&N East (or is it Arca?) under the lights all the time here.

 

[ShadowKnight508]

NASCAR News and Updates (Credit to Jayski)

Carsforsale.com Announces Additional 3-Race Sponsorship Deal with Landon Cassil & Hillman Racing

Carsforsale.com, one of the fastest-growing online automotive websites, announced a three-race Sprint Cup Series partnership with driver Landon Cassill and Hillman Racing as primary sponsor of the #40 Chevy SS beginning with this weekend's 5-hour Energy 400 race event under the lights at Kansas Speedway. Building on the success of its sponsorship of Cassill and the #40 in the Daytona 500, Carsforsale.com will also serve as the primary sponsor of the #40 Carsforsale.com Chevy SS at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (July 27) and Talladega Superspeedway (October 19), where just last week Cassill posted a Sprint Cup Series career-best 11th-place finish.

National Guard NASCAR Sponsorship Examined by Congress

The National Guard spent $26.5 million to sponsor NASCAR racing in 2012 to bolster its marketing and recruitment but failed to sign up a single new soldier to its ranks, according to data provided to USA Today. Even though the Guard spent $88 million as a NASCAR sponsor from 2011 to 2013, it is unclear how many new recruits, if any, signed up because of it, according to documents. The Guard on Wednesday would not confirm the figures on prospects and recruits developed through its NASCAR sponsorship. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., who will hold a hearing on the recruitment program Thursday, assailed the Guard for "wasting a bunch of money on a very expensive sports sponsorship." The Guard received 24,800 recruiting prospects from the program in 2012, documents show. In those cases, potential recruits indicated the NASCAR affiliation prompted them to seek more information about joining.

Of that group, only 20 met the Guard's qualifications for entry into the service, and not one of them joined. In 2013, the number of prospects associated with NASCAR dropped to 7,500, according to briefing materials for the Senate subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight led by McCaskill. The National Guard needs 1 million leads to meet its annual recruiting goal of 50,000 soldiers. The NASCAR initiative, along with the $38 million spent on an IndyCar racing sponsorship, over the same period, will be the target of the hearing led by McCaskill. Rick Breitenfeldt, a National Guard spokesman, said 90% of Army National Guard soldiers who enlisted or re-enlisted from 2007 to 2013 indicated that they had been exposed to information about the service through NASCAR-related recruiting and retention materials. Sponsoring NASCAR and driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. puts the Guard's name in front of 77 million fans, he said.

Cherry 5-hour Energy Featured on Clint Bowyer's #15 at Kansas for 5 Hour Energy 400

The week doesn't get any less eventful for Clint Bowyer as he spends the week in his hometown of Emporia, Kan., for various appearances and then heads to his home track of Kansas Speedway. The rest of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will join him for the track's first race under the lights in Saturday's 5-hour ENERGY 400. Bowyer's #15 Toyota will be specially painted for the event as well. In support of a new 5-hour ENERGY flavor, Bowyer pilots the #15 Cherry 5-hour ENERGY benefiting Special Operations Warrior Foundation Toyota.

 

[dalejrgamer]

Piss off, McCaskill.

 

[carboneandrew]

only 31 entries for the truck series race? and about 5 of those will most likely start and park?
ouch these body changes to the trucks are really hurting the teams

 

[AMLNet49]

Ryan Blaney had better make the race, Penske fielding extra cars have a rather tortured history (Sam Hornish 6 DNQ's in a part time car in 2007, Hornish crashing and DNQ'ing last year, Travis Kvapil DNQ's in 2004)

 

[ShadowKnight508]

SFP 250 Practice #1 Results
http://www.jayski.com/cts/next/2014/pdfs/cts_03kansas2014prac1.pdf

SFP 250 Final Practice Results
http://www.jayski.com/cts/next/2014/pdfs/cts_03kansas2014prac2.pdf

 

[ShadowKnight508]

2014 5 Hour Energy 400 Practice #1 Results
http://www.jayski.com/stats/2014/pdfs/11kan2014prac1.pdf

UPDATE: 2014 5 Hour Energy 400 Final Practice Results
http://www.jayski.com/stats/2014/pdfs/11kan2014prac2.pdf

 

[ShadowKnight508]

2014 SFP 250 at Kansas Qualifying Results
http://www.jayski.com/cts/next/2014/pdfs/cts_03kansas2014lineup.pdf

Kyle Busch is on pole for the race tonight at Kansas.

 

[ayrwolf]

Breaking News!!!....DW is impressed with Danica

 

[Hendrick4life]

Got dangit. Its going to be Kevin Harvick again. Should kept him as my pick. Jimmie yerr lettin meh down this year.

 

[starscream24]

It's confirmed. Kansas is still derpfest.

 

[bigrolltide1877]

Be nice if they would stop wrecking.

 

[Elio Lugaru]

Man, That was a hard hit for Ickler.

 

[ThatOneShredder]

It's confirmed. Kansas is still derpfest.

What's happened so far?

 

[Hendrick4life]

Everything that can, has. Kyle Busch has been good on restarts. That last one though, blaney gave him a run for his money. Lap 1 about 5 trucks got together. Rom Hornaday let off for a loose Tim Peters but Hornaday got bumped from behind and everyone wadded up. Then the 7 got into the wall, and now we are green! Oh and the 17 had suspension and toe prawblems! Three wide racin at Kansas! Joey Logano leads!

 

[bigrolltide1877]

What's happened so far?

Not even 1 lap into the race you have a wreck involving 5 trucks then on the following restart you have another wreck.


EDIT: 2 races in 78 days is pathetic.