2007 NHRA NATIONAL EVENT SCHEDULE
Listen to Trackside Interviews with Champions, Drivers and Crew Chiefs
Robert Hight
Hillary Will
Bob Vandergriff
Dave Connolly
Ed Iskenderian
Cory McClenathan
Robert Hight
Jim Yates
Tony Bartone
Hillary Will
Whit Bazemore
Byron Hines
| NASCAR Champion Jimmie Johnson to Drive Cadillac CTS-V |
| Reigning NASCAR Nextel Cup champion Jimmie Johnson will drive
Team Cadillac's No. 16 CTS-V in the SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT
race at Lowe's Motor Speedway, May 24 - preceded by a one-day SCCA
Pro Racing test at Lowe's, Monday, March 19. The SPEED GT race will
follow NASCAR Nextel Cup qualifying for the Coca-Cola
600. "I've driven thousands of laps at Lowe's Motor Speedway and enjoyed success there, but it's going to be a new experience for me to turn right as well as left when I race in the SPEED GT event in Charlotte," said Johnson. "When I tested with Team Cadillac on the Sebring road course in February, I discovered that the Cadillac CTS-V race car's handling and braking are similar to the setups we use in NASCAR Nextel Cup road races. I'm hoping that my experience at Lowe's Motor Speedway will benefit the team because we only have one day to practice, qualify and race." |
| The Weekend Ahead |
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series - American Commercial Lines 200
(Atlanta), March 16 SCCA SPEED World Challenge - SPEED World Challenge GT race (Sebring), March 16 World of Outlaws (Houston), March 16 American Le Mans Series - Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring, March 17 NASCAR Busch Series - Nicorette 300 (Atlanta), March 17 World of Outlaws (Magnolia, Miss.), March 17 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series - Kobalt Tools 500 (Atlanta), March 18 NHRA POWERade Series - ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals (Gainesville, Fla.), March 18 |
| Storyline |
| Fans Calling Paul McMahan a Liar? |
| With the 2007 World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Series firmly
underway, Chevrolet's Paul McMahan is successfully settling into his
sophomore season with Tony Stewart Racing (TSR). But he just can't
figure out why he's called a liar more often than a used car
salesman working on the bargain lot. As McMahan and his team travels back and forth across the country, they meet thousands of race fans along the way. One of the most common questions McMahan answers each night is whether or not his team owner, Tony Stewart, is at the track or if he'll be attending that night's event. "In all of my life combined, I've never been called a liar to my face as much as I have been in the past year and a half," joked McMahan. "At first, that reaction would bother me.now it's almost comical. They (fans) never believe me when I tell them Tony's not here or that we don't know when he'll show up at a race. I just stick to my story and let them wonder if he's really around. It's part of the fun." |
