Jeff Gordon will start from the pole position in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway after steady rain washed out qualifying Friday.
Being the points leader also earned Gordon the prime stall on the cramped pit road of NASCAR’s tricky, 0.526-mile oval. He will be seeking his eighth victory at Martinsville, tops among active drivers, and his first in 47 races.
The qualifying rainout, he figures, only helps his chances.
“I think because of the pit road situation here, this is probably the most important place to start on the pole because you get that No. 1 pit stall,†said Gordon, who has … Details
Ten-year-old Anthony Simmons has spent most of his time over the last three weeks practicing moves like Disaster and Spine Transfer on the quarter pipes, banks and pockets of the Tigard skate park.
The long-haired fourth grader is preparing for Skateboard Challenge, scheduled for Sunday, March 29 at the Jim Griffith Memorial Skate Park in Tigard.
“I think I’ll get the trophy,†Anthony said, holding the 8-inch deck he’d just purchased for the competition…. Details
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A full on Skate-A-Thon is going down this Sunday in San Francisco for all of you up in that area. I would be the first one there and ready to skate to my hearts content, if only I was nearby. A chance to skate, pretty much all day with a bunch of other skateboarding brothers is a beautiful thing.
It starts bright and early at 8:00am and ends at 11:00 am. That’s relatively short, I guess, but you know you’re still going to skate the rest of the day with other skateboarders you meet there. Trade spot locations, talk skateboarding, play games of S.K.A.T.E. and just overall have a great time.
All that is required to enter the skate-a-thon is for you to be …Â Details
NASCAR is no different than the corporate world. Prime parking is a sure sign of success.
Tony Stewart has won two races on NASCAR’s shortest, trickiest oval, but when the first-year team owner pulled into Martinsville Speedway on Friday, the place where he saw his team’s hauler parked meant more to him than it probably ever had.
It was, he said, “a proud moment,†and one earned on the track by his seventh-place position in the points standings with a new team that needed to start with some success…. Details