Pepsi 500
so you're attending the Pepsi 500 NASCAR race on Sunday in Fontana, or watching it on television, but don't know much about stock car racing and don't get the hoopla.Here's some help to put you at ease with your gear-head friends for all 500 miles. With these shortcuts, you might even feel a bit smug by the time the checkered flag falls.
Choose any driver befo
re the race starts (at noon) and root for him all day. There are 43 to pick from and it's more fun tracking his progress than getting dizzy watching the whole field go around in circles. If your driver falls back early, don't despair, there will plenty of time to recover.
NASCAR's version of a playoff is called the "Chase for the Sprint Cup." A dozen drivers try to win the Chase, and hence the championship, over the last 10 races of the year.If you're coming to the race, drop the names of actors Kelsey Grammer (its grand marshal) and Christian Slater (its pace car driver).If Carl Edwards wins, casually mention to everyone that he won't be doing his signature victory back flip off his car because he broke his right foot playing Frisbee.
Pepsi 500
so you're attending the Pepsi 500 NASCAR race on Sunday in Fontana, or watching it on television, but don't know much about stock car racing and don't get the hoopla.Here's some help to put you at ease with your gear-head friends for all 500 miles. With these shortcuts, you might even feel a bit smug by the time the checkered flag falls.
Choose any driver befo
re the race starts (at noon) and root for him all day. There are 43 to pick from and it's more fun tracking his progress than getting dizzy watching the whole field go around in circles. If your driver falls back early, don't despair, there will plenty of time to recover.
NASCAR's version of a playoff is called the "Chase for the Sprint Cup." A dozen drivers try to win the Chase, and hence the championship, over the last 10 races of the year.If you're coming to the race, drop the names of actors Kelsey Grammer (its grand marshal) and Christian Slater (its pace car driver).If Carl Edwards wins, casually mention to everyone that he won't be doing his signature victory back flip off his car because he broke his right foot playing Frisbee.
