Team Terrier

These pictures were taken 03/25/05 through 03/27/05 at the California Speedway in Fontana, CA. The race is the Auto Club 500. Click on any thumbnail and a new window will open with a larger version so you can see the details.

These pictures were taken with our Panasonic Lumix FZ20, 5 mega pixel, 12 power optical zoom camera.

Loading...
Friday morning 1st practice - Ryan ran a few laps and headed back for adjustments.
Loading...
Dale Jarrett was in an out of the pits a lot!
Loading...
Dave Blaney in his new Jack Daniels ride.
Loading...
Mike Bliss takes over the NetZero car.
Loading...
Jeff Green needs some adjustments.
Loading...
Jeremy Mayfield stops for a tire check.
Loading...
Casey Mears is off to the garage for adjustments.
Loading...
I like when the drivers go by with the net down and their helmet offso you can see them.
Loading...
Jimmie Johnson works his way to the attention of his crew.
Loading...
All day long I kept calling this car Robby Gordon's and had to keep correcting myself to say Jeff Burton!
Loading...
I rather like Kasey Kahne's black and green paint scheme.
Loading...
Ken Schrader heads for the garage. Meanwhile "Bootie" Barker sits on the edge of pit road timing Mike Bliss's run.
Loading...
The crew pushes Kasey back to the garage for a little more work.
Loading...
Matt Kenseth had a different paint scheme this weekend.
Loading...
Bobby waits while the Goodyear technicians check his tire temps. If you look real close you can just make out his helmet.
Loading...
Here come Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Loading...
Scott Wimmer takes the "Cat" car back to the team.
Loading...
Casey Mears dropped the net to get a little air on his way to the garage.
Loading...
Things haven't been going very well for poor Michael.
Loading...
Jeff Gordon hasn't shown a lot of speed so far in practice.
Loading...
Travis Kvapil took his helmet off while he was getting his tire temps checked.
Loading...
Carl Edwards got a new sponsor for this race.
Loading...
Mark Martin doesn't know it but he's gonna have a pretty good weekend.
Loading...
Jamie McMurray is hoping to do the Dodge teams proud.
Loading...
At least Bobby isn't in that jinxed Welbrutron car! He needs to make up a lot of ground after blowing up on Lap 15 of the Daytona 500.
Loading...
Ricky Rudd's crew hussles to meet him back in the garage.
Loading...
Joe Nemechek hopes for a more consistent 2005.
Loading...
Matt is off to the garage again
Loading...
Greg Biffle stopped for a tire check and climbed out to walk back to the garage. He's in his Busch uniform but has his Cup hat on.
Loading...
Practice is winding down as Rusty heads to the garage.
Loading...
Kevin will go talk to the crew about how to set up for "Final Practice".
Loading...
What an ugly paint scheme on Kyle Busch's car. Terry's car was always so cute!
Loading...
DJ waits for his tire sheet.
Loading...
Brian Vickers gives a little ware as he gets his tire temps checked.
Loading...
Travis Kvapil looks so serious.
Loading...
I saw Dave Blaney walking along with his crew chief so I real quick grabbed "his" card out of my book.
Loading...
As he got to where I was standing I called out "DAVE".
Loading...
He came right over and took the card and sharpie from me.
Loading...
Can you see the "What the heck?!" look on Dave's face - I had given him a Greg Biffle card. He said "That's not my hard" and handed in back to me. Everybody around me laughed as he stalked away.

Sorry Dave - I didn't mean to insult you.

Loading...
Elliott Sadler walked by explaining how the car was handling to his crew chief.
Loading...
Sunday morning - Terry and Rusty walk out for driver introductions.
Loading...
The scoring tower shows the starting line up.
Loading...
Mark Martin looks like a child standing next to Magic Johnson.
Loading...
Terry also looks pretty small.
Loading...
Elliott talks to crew and the press while waiting for things to get started.

Dave Blaney is by the back of the car talking to some visitors. He's in a backup car cause he crashed the primary in qualifying. Michael said it was my fault for insulting him on Friday.

Loading...
Dale Jr leans against the car doing a TV interview.
Loading...
Kyle Petty is sitting on the pit wall just biding his time.
Loading...
Nice fly over.
Loading...
Arnold Schwarzenegger is gonna waive the green flag.
Loading...
Pace laps - almost time to go racin'!
Loading...
Arnold waves the green flag and they're off!
Loading...
Lap 26: Caution is out as Bill Elliott's car has spun and come to a stop against the wall. Everybody pits.
Loading...
Bill's crumpled up car gets towed to the garage- he's done for the day.
Loading...
Lap 38: Dale Earnhardt Jr. making unscheduled stop to repair a flat left front tire. He will go at least a lap down.
Loading...
Dale Jr had all kinds of problems.He was in the pits way to often.
Loading...
Terry made a scheduled pit stop and then the darn caution came out trapping he a lap down.
Loading...
Greg Biffle makes a quick pit stop.
Loading...
Rusty's crew is rushing to get him tires and gas.
Loading...
OUCH!! Lap 160: Caution out for Kasey Kahne crash. Ryan Newman gets the Lucky Dog pass.
Loading...
Kasey takes his battered machine to the garage.
Loading...
Lap 161: Jimmie Johnson takes the lead with a gas-and-go stop. Nemechek takes two tires. Mark Martin takes four tires. Rusty Wallace comes off pit road in third.
Loading...
Lap 203: Caution out for Michael Waltrip's blown engine - off he goes to the garage.
Loading...
Poor Dave Blaney's car is a little worse for the wear. He crashed back on Lap 143.
Loading...
Kevin Harvick had a pretty good pitstop.
Loading...
Terry came in for a normal pitstop but then the rear gear broke.
Loading...
He'll join Nemechek, Leffler, Waltrip, Kahne, Rudd, LaJoie and Elliott in the garage.
Loading...
Lap 234: Matt Kenseth cuts a right front tire. Race stays green.

Look at the damage to his right front fenders.

Loading...
Jeff Gordon makes an unscheduled pit stop and the crew goes under the hood. Looks like another Hendrick engine problem.
Loading...
Lap 238: Jeff Gordon is slowing down. Gets black-flagged.
Off he goes to the garage - he'll finish 30th.
Loading...
And the winner Greg Biffle does Victory donuts in the grass!
Loading...
The other top finishers are stopped on pit road for inspection.
Loading...
Scoring tower has the finish order.
Loading...
Although we have great seats just off the Start/Finish line I had to "borrow" the last two pictures.
Loading...
Much to my disgust California Speedway has moved Victory Circle from the Start/Finish line to the back end of the Pit Suites - pretty STUPID!

Official Race Results

Auto Club 500 | California Speedway

February 27, 2005 | Race 2 of 36
Average Speed: 139.697 mph
Margin of Victory: .231 second
Time of Race: 03:34:45
Lead Changes: 26
Cautions: 26-30, 60-66, 108-114, 144-150, 161-164, 204-209, 218-221

Site Map HOME Driver Lists Race Winners Driver's Finishes Points Desktops/Wallpapers
Race Pics B. Labonte T. Labonte D. Earnhardt K. Irwin Adam Petty Trading Cards for Sale Links
Races Victories Champ&Rookie E. T. Annie Marineland Vacation Pics San Simeon

This page created on a Macintosh using PhotoPage by John A. Vink.