Allstate 400 at the Brickyard

Saturday, August 5th - Practice & qualifying
Sunday, August 6th - Race 2:30 pm (local time)

Congratulations to last year's winner

Tony Stewart

NASCAR Glossary

They have a unique vocabulary all their own. Checkout some of the terms below. Then visit the nascar site for more details. They even have a NASCAR 101 page.

200-MPH Tape - The ultra-sticky tape they use to hold a car together.

Apron - The flat part of a racetrack below the banking not part of racetrack, using it can cause a spin out or a penalty.

Bump Draft - One race car bumping (ramming, really) the car immediately ahead to speed up the car ahead.

Deck Lid - The trunk lid of a race car.

Garage - the covered area where cars are prepared at a racetrack.

Gas Can - What the gas man uses to add gas to a car during a pit stop.

Hat Dance - The ritual performed in front of camera by a driver and his crew after he/they win a race.

The Gray - the part of the racetrack, usually on the outside of a turn, that has had little traffic rolling over it. Also, where the wads of rubber that have been scrubbed off tires collects. The Gray is not a place to drive a race car as there is rarely much traction there.

The Groove - The path through a turn that is the optimum racing line. There can be a high or a low groove.

Lucky Dog (AKA, the Free Pass) Awarded to the highest place car one lap down to the race leader, it gives permission for that car to drive past the field under caution, past the pace car and go all the way around and rejoin the field at the tail-end of the longest line, but on the lead lap.

Visit Nascar.com for all the information you ever wanted on NASCAR.

Now its time for a really short race report flashback...

NASCAR Brickyard Race 2000

It was a good race.