Nextel Cup Headline News, Commentary and Race Coverage

Buyselltix.com
NASCAR Race Tickets
Onlineseats.com
Daytona 500 Tickets
NASCAR Tickets
StubHub.com
Ticket Specialists
Nextel Cup Tickets
Pepsi 400 Tickets





Click on button to go to
Home Page
Insider Racing News


TickCo Premium Seating
NASCAR Race Tickets
Daytona 500 Race Tickets
SoldOutEventTickets.com
F1 Tickets
MotoGP Tickets
TicketSoliutions.com
Bristol Race Tickets

Insider Racing News
Copyright © 2000-2007. All Rights Reserved.

Nextel Cup® and NASCAR® are registered trademarks of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. This web site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by NASCAR®. The official NASCAR® website is "NASCAR® Online" and is located at.. www.NASCAR.com


Insider Racing News * October 22, 2007



Peter Sospenzo Hospitalized
Peter Sospenzo, crew chief for the No. 7 Mac Tools Ford, had a mini-stroke Sunday morning and was taken to Martinsville Memorial Hospital according to his driver Robby Gordon.

Sospenzo, 48, joined Robby Gordon Motorsports on September 26. "He's a wonderful man," said Gordon, who finished 39th after he cut a tire on Lap 44. "He's brought a calming side to our race team and we need that."

Sospenzo has been transferred to Lake Norman Regional Medical Center in Mooresville, N.C.(foxsports.com)

Edwards-Kenseth Spar After Race
Roush Fenway Racing drivers Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth got into a heated verbal exchange while both were leaving Martinsville Speedway on Sunday night.

Kenseth was about to be interviewed by Speed Channel reporter Bob Dillner in the area of Turn 4 near the access tunnel when Edwards came up to Kenseth to complain about an on-track incident in the race.

The two exchanged words and Edwards appeared to raise his hand as if to strike Kenseth, but pulled away. Part of the incident was captured by Speed’s cameras and shown on the network’s post-race programming, “NASCAR Victory Lane” and “Speed Report.”

Officials with Edwards and Kenseth’s teams could not be reached late Sunday for comment.(thatsracin.com)

Race and Commercial Breakdown For The Subway 500

  • Total number of commercials: 152 (in 2006: 143)
  • Total number of companies or entities advertised: 78 (in 2006: 72)
  • Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 26
  • Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 21 (companies: Subway, Ford, Chevy, Toyota, AFLAC, mycokerewards.com, GoodYear, Allstate, Pennzoil, Busch Series at Memphis, Cup Series at Atlanta, ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’, ‘Extreme Makeover’, ‘Desperate Housewives’, ‘Brothers & Sisters’, ESPN Monday Night Football, ABC HD presented by DLP HDTV, espn.com/techcenter, espn.com/autotech, espn.com/knowhow, espn.com/communications)
  • Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 3 min.

    Also, there are the following race statistics during the broadcast, sponsored by companies:

    AT&T ‘Crew Chief Challenge’
    Pepsi ‘Race Rundown’
    Chevy ‘Cutaway car’
    ESPN/Dish ‘Tech Center’
    AFLAC ‘Trivia Question’
    Allstate ‘Good Hands Move of the Race’
    Ford ‘Lap Leaders’

  • Start time to record race/commercial periods 09//07: 1:30 PM (in 2006: 12:43 PM)
  • End time to record race/commercial periods 09/08/07: 5:47 PM (in 2006: 4:44 PM)
  • Total minutes: 257 (in 2006: 241)
  • Minutes of race broadcast: 189 (in 2006: 173)
  • Minutes of commercials: 68 (in 2006: 68)
  • Number of missed restarts: 2 (in 2006: 1)...MORE AT...(cawsnjaws.com)





    Discuss this and other racing matters in the Prodigys@Speed Forum


    You can contact us at.. Insider Racing News




    St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    Finding cures for children with catastrophic
    illnesses
    through research and treatment


    return to top