GREEN GREEN GREEN!!!!!!...Pocono Raceway,Aug.5th,2012,The Pennsylvania 400
As expected, NASCAR was forced to postpone the Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race to Monday at noon ET. Will the weather be better for plan B?
Mist and light rain most of the day Sunday at Pocono Raceway forced NASCAR to postpone theAxalta "We Paint Winners" 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race to Monday at noon ET. While weather was a problem at Pocono on Saturday and Sunday, it will not be an issue on Monday.
Mostly to partly sunny skies are likely at Pocono Raceway on Monday. Winds will be a bit breezy out of the west between 10 to 15 mph and temperatures during the race will be in the low 70s.
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GREEN GREEN GREEN!!!!!!...Pocono Raceway,Aug.5th,2012,The Pennsylvania 400
The winner of the Nathan"s Hot Dog eating contest at Pocono Raceway came down to half a hot dog.Eric Booker of Selden, New York qualified for the National Hot Dog competition that will be held on July 4 at Coney Island.The 10-minute feat had Booker eating 23 hot dogs.Before the event, Booker took some time to rap for the audience, showing that his skills don"t all lie in eating, even though the raps were mainly about food.About 400 hot dogs were grilled up for the field that included rookies and veterans of the eating contest circuit.Veteran William Myers of Allentown, said though his numbers aren"t great, he keeps trying. He will do between 13 and 18 contests through the year. Recently, he took part in a Peeps eating contest in Washington D.C. Other contests he"ll do this year include pepperoni rolls, chicken spiedie and slug burgers.To get through the contest, many of the eaters had their own drinks to help get the food down better, from water flavorings to Gatorade and iced-tea.Rookie Tom Serpico of Whitehall, was notified last week that he would be part of the contest."I got put on the wait list," he said, adding he was excited to be part of the experience. "My goal is to stay consistent (and) eat as many as I can."Realistically, he was hoping for 10 to 12 hot dogs.The hot dog eating contest was preceded by a short question and answer session with Richard Petty, a seven-time championship winner in NASCAR.The contest was only one aspect of the fan fair area that was not as crowded with fans because of the wet and foggy weather.Almost cutting the fan fair in half was the Wall of Remembrance on the Global War on Terror. This is not the first time the wall was at the track, as it was damaged in 2012 in a strong storm that came through the area. The wall was destroyed and it has taken four years and $60,000 to repair the wall, said Richard Nichols, director and chairman of the Rare Area Support Foundation, which built the wall.He said coming back to Pocono Raceway set a timeline for them to finish fixing the wall.On one side the wall was a timeline, starting at April 1983 with the U.S Embassy bomb attack and runs through February and North Korea"s launch of a long range rocket.The other side of the wall has a list of the 11,000 names of those that were lost during the wars and terror attacks."It"s a constant reminder to stay vigilant," Nichols said.The rainy weather chased away fans as the race was postponed to Monday. Tammy and Marissa Marsh from Walnutport said it was a bummer to have to go back home without getting laps in on Sunday. To pass the time, the two went through the tents, finding the freebies, as well as buying shirts.Marissa Marsh had been up at the track every day during the weekend and will back again Monday at noon.Those from further away, such as Melissa and Robert Oliver from New York were at Pocono for Melissa"s birthday. The pair were disappointed the race didn"t happen Sunday, but said they would be back Monday and stay the night in the area.
