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THE RACE: Harrah's 500

Winston Cup Race #7 of 36 for the 2001 season

Updated: often, leading up to the race

Race: Sunday, April 1, 2001 in Fort Worth, TX
Texas in in Central time, all times listed here are Eastern Time(1 hour ahead)
TV: Fox 1:00pm/et(pre-race at 12:30pm/et)
Announcers: Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
Pit Reporters: Dick Berggren, Matt Yocum, Steve Byrnes, Jeanie Zelesko
Posted Awards/Purse: $5,048,203 (was $4,376,666 in 2000)
Entry List: Entry List for the: Harrah's 500 from NOL
2000 Race Winner: Dale Earnhardt Jr, 131.152mph
Track Race Record: Terry Labonte, Mar 1999, 144.276mph
Track/Race Length: 1.5-mile quad oval, 334 laps, 501 miles
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Practice
Practice: Friday, Mar 30th from 12:45 - 2:45pm/et
Happy Hour Practice: Saturday, Mar 31st from 11:00am - 12:30pm/et, TV-FX tape delayed at 4:00pm/et
Qualifying
Qualifying Draw: Friday, March 30th at 11:45am/et
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Qualfying Order - Harrah's 500: at NASCAR Online or That's Racin'
Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-36, Friday, Mar 30th at 4:00pm/et, TV-FSN(Fox Sports Net) and live via PRN radio/internet
NASCAR.com will have live lap-by-lap coverage of Winston Cup qualifying via the web using it's Racecast feature
Second-Round Qualifying: there is no longer a 2nd round of qualifying
Track/Event Qualifying Record: Terry Labonte, Apr 2000, 192.137mph
Last Year's Pole Sitter: Terry Labonte, 192.137mph
Track Specs:
Degree of Banking: Turns: 24 degrees
Straightaways: Banking: 5 degrees;
Straights: Frontstraight - 2250 feet; Backstraight - 1330 feet
Track Homepage: Texas Motor Speedway
Scanner Frequencies: are linked on my Racing Links Page/ Scanners Section
Pole Winners at Texas
2000 Terry Labonte, #5 Chevy, 192.137mph, finished 8th
1999 Kenny Irwin Jr, #28 Ford, 190.154mph, finished 15th
1998 Jeremy Mayfield, #12 Ford, 185.906mph, finished 23rd
1997 none, rained out
Race Winners at Texas
2000 Dale Earnhardt Jr, #8 Chevy, 131.152mph, started 4th
1999 Terry Labonte, #5 Chevy, 144.276mph, started 4th
1998 Mark Martin, #6 Ford, 136.771mph, started 7th
1997 Jeff Burton, #99 Ford, 125.111mph, started 5th

RACE BONUS INFO
The NASCAR Winston Cup Leader Bonus is $20,000 at Texas for leading the points and winning the race(Dale Jarrett last won the award, $50,000 at Darlington on Mar 18, 2001). The $360,000 annual award is paid at $10,000 per race to the point leader at the end of each event if he is also the winner. The award increases by $10,000 each week the it goes unclaimed. If the point leader is not the race winner at the end of the year, the balance of the award is distributed among the top-10 finisher in the point standings(3-25-2001)

WEATHER, TV/RADIO COVERAGE, LOCAL NEWS, TRACK/FAN INFO

Radio Coverage:
Performance Racing Network(PRN), with live RealAudio coverage
Airtime: 12:30pm/et with Announcers: Doug Rice and Mark Garrow
Turn Reporters: Chuck Carland and Robin Albright and Pit Reporters: Brett McMillan and Steve Richards

Satellite/Backhaul Listing's:
Satellite/Backhaul Listing's: Stutzman Computer Service/Sales - Racing Feed Locations

Local Newspaper and other Sites that cover the Fort Worth, TX Area:
Dallas Morning News
Star-Telegram
Texas Online
Times Record NewsWEATHER FORECASTS:
Weather forecast for Fort Worth, TX by The Weather Channel
Weather Underground - Fort Worth, TX
Weather Point - Fort Worth, TX
The Weather Pit
Intellicast - NASCAR weatherTRACK INFO FOR THE FANS:
go2races.com
TMS Fan Guide
TV Coverage/Info/News Pages:
MotorsportsTV
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