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MOTORSPORTS a North Carolina Growth Industry Under Threat
MOTORSPORTS A North Carolina Growth Industry Under Threat A REPORT PREPARED FOR NORTH CAROLINA MOTORSPORTS ASSOCIATION BY IN COOPERATION WITH FUNDED BY: RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER, THE GOLDEN LEAF FOUNDATION AND NORTH CAROLINA MOTORSPORTS FOUNDATION October 2004 Motorsports – A North Carolina Growth Industry Under Threat TABLE OF CONTENTS Preliminary Remarks 6 Introduction 7 Methodology 8 Impact of Industry 9 History of Motorsports in North Carolina 10 Best Practices / Competitive Threats 14 Overview of Best Practices 15 Virginia Motorsports Initiative 16 South Carolina Initiative 18 Findings 20 Overview of Findings 21 Motorsports Cluster 23 NASCAR Realignment and Its Consequences 25 Events 25 Teams 27 Drivers 31 NASCAR Venues 31 NASCAR All-Star Race 32 Suppliers 32 Technology and Educational Institutions 35 A Strong Foothold in Motorsports Technology 35 Needed Enhancements in Technology Resources 37 North Carolina Motorsports Testing and Research Complex 38 The Sanford Holshouser Business Development Group and UNC Charlotte Urban Institute 2 Motorsports – A North Carolina Growth Industry Under Threat Next Steps on Motorsports Task Force 40 Venues 41 Sanctioning Bodies/Events 43 Drag Racing 44 Museums 46 Television, Film and Radio Production 49 Marketing and Public Relations Firms 51 Philanthropic Activities 53 Local Travel and Tourism Professionals 55 Local Business Recruitment Professionals 57 Input From State Economic Development Officials 61 Recommendations - State Policies and Programs 63 Governor/Commerce Secretary 65 North -
Modelling Rankings in R: the Plackettluce Package
Computational Statistics (2020) 35:1027–1057 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00180-020-00959-3 ORIGINAL PAPER Modelling rankings in R: the PlackettLuce package Heather L. Turner1 · Jacob van Etten2 · David Firth1,3 · Ioannis Kosmidis1,3 Received: 30 October 2018 / Accepted: 18 January 2020 / Published online: 12 February 2020 © The Author(s) 2020 Abstract This paper presents the R package PlackettLuce, which implements a generalization of the Plackett–Luce model for rankings data. The generalization accommodates both ties (of arbitrary order) and partial rankings (complete rankings of subsets of items). By default, the implementation adds a set of pseudo-comparisons with a hypothetical item, ensuring that the underlying network of wins and losses between items is always strongly connected. In this way, the worth of each item always has a finite maximum likelihood estimate, with finite standard error. The use of pseudo-comparisons also has a regularization effect, shrinking the estimated parameters towards equal item worth. In addition to standard methods for model summary, PlackettLuce provides a method to compute quasi standard errors for the item parameters. This provides the basis for comparison intervals that do not change with the choice of identifiability constraint placed on the item parameters. Finally, the package provides a method for model- based partitioning using covariates whose values vary between rankings, enabling the identification of subgroups of judges or settings with different item worths. The features of the package are demonstrated through application to classic and novel data sets. This research is part of cooperative agreement AID-OAA-F-14-00035, which was made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). -
1968 Hot Wheels
1968 - 2003 VEHICLE LIST 1968 Hot Wheels 6459 Power Pad 5850 Hy Gear 6205 Custom Cougar 6460 AMX/2 5851 Miles Ahead 6206 Custom Mustang 6461 Jeep (Grass Hopper) 5853 Red Catchup 6207 Custom T-Bird 6466 Cockney Cab 5854 Hot Rodney 6208 Custom Camaro 6467 Olds 442 1973 Hot Wheels 6209 Silhouette 6469 Fire Chief Cruiser 5880 Double Header 6210 Deora 6471 Evil Weevil 6004 Superfine Turbine 6211 Custom Barracuda 6472 Cord 6007 Sweet 16 6212 Custom Firebird 6499 Boss Hoss Silver Special 6962 Mercedes 280SL 6213 Custom Fleetside 6410 Mongoose Funny Car 6963 Police Cruiser 6214 Ford J-Car 1970 Heavyweights 6964 Red Baron 6215 Custom Corvette 6450 Tow Truck 6965 Prowler 6217 Beatnik Bandit 6451 Ambulance 6966 Paddy Wagon 6218 Custom El Dorado 6452 Cement Mixer 6967 Dune Daddy 6219 Hot Heap 6453 Dump Truck 6968 Alive '55 6220 Custom Volkswagen Cheetah 6454 Fire Engine 6969 Snake 1969 Hot Wheels 6455 Moving Van 6970 Mongoose 6216 Python 1970 Rrrumblers 6971 Street Snorter 6250 Classic '32 Ford Vicky 6010 Road Hog 6972 Porsche 917 6251 Classic '31 Ford Woody 6011 High Tailer 6973 Ferrari 213P 6252 Classic '57 Bird 6031 Mean Machine 6974 Sand Witch 6253 Classic '36 Ford Coupe 6032 Rip Snorter 6975 Double Vision 6254 Lolo GT 70 6048 3-Squealer 6976 Buzz Off 6255 Mclaren MGA 6049 Torque Chop 6977 Zploder 6256 Chapparral 2G 1971 Hot Wheels 6978 Mercedes C111 6257 Ford MK IV 5953 Snake II 6979 Hiway Robber 6258 Twinmill 5954 Mongoose II 6980 Ice T 6259 Turbofire 5951 Snake Rail Dragster 6981 Odd Job 6260 Torero 5952 Mongoose Rail Dragster 6982 Show-off -
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS MEDIA INFORMATION 1 FOX NASCAR PRODUCTION STAFF 2 DAYTONA 500 PRODUCTION ELEMENTS 3-4 DAYTONA 500 AUDIENCE FACTS 5-6 DAYTONA 500 AUDIENCE HISTORY 7-8 DAYTONA SPEEDWEEKS ON FOX PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE 9-12 JEFF GORDON’S DAYTONA 500 KICKOFF CELEBRATION ON FOX 13 FOX DEPORTES 14 FOX DIGITAL 15-17 FOX SPORTS SUPPORTS 18 FOX NASCAR HISTORY & TIMELINE 19-21 MOTOR SPORTS ON FOX 22-24 BROADCASTER & EXECUTIVE BIOS 25-48 MEDIA INFORMATION The FOX NASCAR Daytona 500 press kit has been prepared by the FOX Sports Communications Department to assist you with your coverage of this year’s “Great American Race” on Sunday, Feb. 21 (1:00 PM ET) on FOX and will be updated continuously on our press site: www.foxsports.com/presspass. The FOX Sports Communications staff is available to provide further information and facilitate interview requests. Updated FOX NASCAR photography, featuring new FOX NASCAR analyst and four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon, along with other FOX on-air personalities, can be downloaded via the aforementioned FOX Sports press pass website. If you need assistance with photography, contact Ileana Peña at 212/556-2588 or [email protected]. The 59th running of the Daytona 500 and all ancillary programming leading up to the race is available digitally via the FOX Sports GO app and online at www.FOXSportsGO.com. FOX SPORTS ON-SITE COMMUNICATIONS STAFF Chris Hannan EVP, Communications & Cell: 310/871-6324; Integration [email protected] Lou D’Ermilio SVP, Media Relations Cell: 917/601-6898; [email protected] Erik Arneson VP, Media Relations Cell: 704/458-7926; [email protected] Megan Englehart Publicist, Media Relations Cell: 336/425-4762 [email protected] Eddie Motl Manager, Media Relations Cell: 845/313-5802 [email protected] Claudia Martinez Director, FOX Deportes Media Cell: 818/421-2994; Relations claudia.martinez@foxcom 2016 DAYTONA 500 MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL & REPLAY FOX Sports is conducting a media event and simultaneous conference call from the Daytona International Speedway Infield Media Center on Thursday, Feb. -
Terry Labonte Racing Reference
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Modern Day Modified Top Five Finishes
RANK DRIVER TOP FIVES 1 George Kent 37 2 Richie Evans 34 3 Jan Leaty 33 4 Matt Hirschman 27 5 Brian Ross 22 6 Chuck Hossfeld 21 7 Maynard Troyer 19 Tony Hirschman 19 9 Geoff Bodine 18 10 Jerry Cook 16 Jim Shampine 16 12 Mike McLaughlin 15 13 Jamie Tomaino 14 Lee Sherwood 14 15 Reggie Ruggiero 13 Roger Treichler 13 17 Sege Fidanza 12 Billy Putney 12 Earl Paules 12 Erick Rudolph 12 21 Doug Hewitt 11 22 Brett Bodine 10 Pete Brittain 10 24 Jimmy Spencer 9 Zane Zeiner 9 Mike Leaty 9 27 Tommy Baldwin 8 Jeff Fuller 8 Greg Sacks 8 Bill Hebing 8 Patrick Emerling 8 32 JR Kent 7 Eric Beers 7 Tony Hanbury 7 Andy Jankowiak 7 36 Doug Heveron 6 Merv Treichler 6 Satch Worley 6 TJ Potrzebowski 6 40 Sonny Seamon 5 Mike Stefanik 5 Jimmy Zacharias 5 Rusty Smith 5 Darren Scherer 5 45 Guy Chartrand 4 Don Diffendorf 4 Wayne Edwards 4 Rick Fuller 4 Randy Hedger 4 Mike Loescher 4 Steve Park 4 Gary Reichert 4 Tim Arre 4 Ken Wooley 4 Ted Christopher 4 Kyle Ebersole 4 Austin Kochenash 4 Tyler Rypkema 4 59 Ron Bouchard 3 Bill Cane 3 Ron Martin 3 Dale Merz 3 Paul Radford 3 Charlie Rudolph 3 Tim Mangus 3 Rick Kluth 3 Ryan Preece 3 Doug Coby 3 Justin Bonsignore 3 70 Chuck Ciprich 2 Billy Colton 2 Denis Giroux 2 Billy Griffin 2 Dean Hoag 2 Tony Jankowiak 2 Charlie Jarzombek 2 Ron Shepard 2 Neil Truesdale 2 Bentley Warren 2 Don Whalen 2 Jim Winks 2 Mike Ewanitsko 2 Ken Troyer 2 Rowan Pennink 2 Bryan Sherwood 2 Timmy Solomito 2 Todd Burley 2 Tommy Catalano 2 Eric Goodale 2 Ron Silk 2 91 Graeme Bolia 1 Tom Bolles 1 Bill Carey 1 Tim Connolly 1 Jerry Cranmer 1 Tom Cravenho 1 Duane Delamarter 1 SJ Evonsion 1 Ed Flemke Sr. -
1994 Brickyard 400 Fact Book Table of Contents
WELCOME The Indianapolis Motor Speedway family extends a warm welcome to the media covering the inaugural Brickyard 400. It is our wish to see the Brickyard 400 develop its own unique traditions, and for all of us at the Speedway to build strong and lasting ties with NASCAR. We sincerely appreciate your interest in stock car racing, and hope you share our excitement in witnessing this historic sporting event. Tony George President Indianapolis Motor Speedway BRICKYARD 400 MEDIA CONTACTS IMS Press Room: 317/247-8500 (Bill York) Press Room Fax: 317/248-0743 Trackside Reports: 317/243-0577 (Jan Shaffer) Media Credentials: 317/484-6500 (Roger Deppe) Director, IMS PR 317/248-6780 (Bob Walters) PR Office Fax: 317/248-6759 NASCAR/Winston Cup PR: Kevin Triplett 317/247-8500 NASCAR Winston West PR: Owen Kearns 317/247-8500 RJR/Winston PR: Ty Norris 317/247-8500 NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES INAUGURAL BRICKYARD 400 - 1994 IMS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Thursday, August 4, 1994 Practice & Top 20 Qualifying for Brickyard 400 Practice 9:30AM-1:30PM Qualifying 3PM (1-20), 1 lap Public Gates Open 7AM $10 Admission IMS Hall of Fame Museum Open 7AM (Admission $2) (Credential Gates open 5 a.m.) Friday, August 5, 1994 Practice & 2nd Round Qualifying for Brickyard 400 Practice 10AM-Noon, 1-2PM Qualifying 3PM (21-40) Final Practice after qualifying for 1 hour Public Gates Open 7AM $10 Admission IMS Hall of Fame Museum Open 7AM (Admission $2) (IMS Credential Gates open 5 a.m.) (Evening: Kroger 200 NASCAR Busch Grand National Race at Indianapolis Raceway Park*, west of Indy, 317/291-4090) Saturday, August 6, 1994 The Inaugural Running of the BRICKYARD 400 12:15PM (400 Miles, 160 Laps on 2.5-mile oval) Public Gates Open 6AM Reserved Seating Sold Out No General Admission Race Day TV: ABC Live (Noon) RADIO: IMS Radio Network Live IMS Hall of Fame Museum Open 6AM (Admission $2) (Credential Gates open 12 a.m.) Schedule Subject to Change. -
Legends of Racing Championship Series
The Old School Racing Champion’s Tour For any new technology there is always controversy and there always is some fear associated with it. Sometimes I think that's just the price of BEING FIRST. “A. G. Bell” Old School Racing… With a New Twist Old School Racing Champion’s Tour is a new racing series involving retired NASCAR and other racing series champion drivers competing in a 10 regular season races and two championship races. The Natural Gas Vehicle: • The Natural Gas Vehicle will be a fully adjustable complete race vehicle, meeting the current safety standards approved by an outside third party. The vehicles will be equally prepared,NOW…. maintained, transported and provided to the drivers by OSRCT. The body style has yet to be determined. THE TWIST! Racing Background Norman Weaver – Racing Family – 35+ year Team Owner/Driver/Coach – 1999 ARCA Racing Career began • ARCA Partner – NGV Conversion Specialist Gene Weaver – 15+ year Owner/Team Manager/Spotter – Spotter – 2007 ARCA Daytona International Speedway – 2007 Daytona: The interview that changed everything Thanks D.W. Darrell Waltrip………. “I wish I could still be out there rubbing fenders with these guys!” Driver Eligibility • Eligibility for Drivers to Compete – Previous NASCAR® (Cup, Nationwide, CTS) race winners. – Previous CART, INDY Car, ARCA Series Champions – Previous INDY 500 winners – Other (i.e. Sponsor’s Exemption, OSR invitation) – Drivers can not currently be a full-time participant in any racing series – 15-20 drivers per race The Beginning of Old School Racing • Competitiveness Is Bread Within And Remains For Life – OSR is the after life for former Champion Drivers! – Similar to other sports with a series for retired players – The drive to compete is still there for these retired champions • OSR has 35+ NASCAR stars contracted to compete. -
Ford Absolute Ink 2 Cale Yarborough Hardee
Card Set Number Player Team Seq. Absolute Ink 1 Brett Bodine Lowe's | Brett Bodine | Ford Absolute Ink 2 Cale Yarborough Hardee's | Ranier Racing | Chevrolet Absolute Ink 3 Dakoda Armstrong WinField | JGL Racing | Toyota Absolute Ink 4 Dale Inman No Team Absolute Ink 5 Dale Jarrett UPS | Yates Racing | Ford Absolute Ink 6 Darrell Waltrip Gatorade | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet Absolute Ink 7 Dave Blaney Caterpillar | Bill Davis Racing | Dodge Absolute Ink 8 Dick Berggren No Team Absolute Ink 9 Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic | Hoss Ellington | Chevrolet Absolute Ink 10 Ernie Irvan M&M's | Ginn Racing | Pontiac Absolute Ink 11 Geoff Bodine Levi Garrett | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet Absolute Ink 12 Harry Gant 7-Eleven | Mach 1 Racing | Buick Absolute Ink 13 Hershel McGriff Frank Christian | Oldsmobile Absolute Ink 14 Jack Ingram Skoal | Jack Ingram | Chevrolet Absolute Ink 15 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries | Roush Racing | Ford Absolute Ink 16 Jeff Hammond Tide | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet Absolute Ink 17 Joey Gase Donate Life Nevada | Means Racing | Chevrolet Absolute Ink 18 Josh Wise Dockside Logistics | Front Row Motorsports | Ford Absolute Ink 19 Junior Johnson Holly Farms | Junior Johnson | Ford Absolute Ink 20 Kelley Earnhardt JR Motorsports Absolute Ink 21 Ken Schrader M&M's | Ginn Racing | Pontiac Absolute Ink 22 Kenny Wallace Square D | Andy Petree Racing | Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops | Richard Childress Racing | Absolute Ink 23 Kerry Earnhardt Chevrolet Absolute Ink 24 Kyle Petty Hot Wheels | Kyle Petty | Pontiac GM Goodwrench | Richard Childress Racing | Absolute Ink 25 Larry McReynolds Chevrolet Absolute Ink 26 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries | Joe Gibbs Racing | Pontiac Absolute Ink 27 Michael Waltrip Aaron's | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota Absolute Ink 28 Mike Wallace X8 Energy Gum | Premium Motorsports | Toyota Absolute Ink 29 Ned Jarrett B.G. -
Race Results
Race Results 1 Table of Contents NASCAR Sprint Cup Series ................................................. 4 NASCAR Nationwide Series ............................................. 36 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series ............................. 60 NASCAR Camping World Series East ............................... 76 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour ..................................... 130 NASCAR Sportsman Division ......................................... 182 2 3 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 4 SYLVANIA 300 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 9/20/2009 Purse: $5,423,189 Fn St # Driver Hometown Team Laps Led Money Status 1 14 5 Mark Martin Batesville, Ark. CARQUEST / Kellogg's Chevrolet 300 68 $232,750 Running 2 4 11 Denny Hamlin Chesterfield, Va. FedEx Freight Toyota 300 22 $179,275 Running 3 1 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Bogota, Colombia Target Chevrolet 300 105 $195,998 Running 4 16 48 Jimmie Johnson El Cajon, Calif. Lowe's Chevrolet 300 14 $168,526 Running 5 9 18 Kyle Busch Las Vegas, Nev. M&Ms Toyota 300 $149,523 Running 6 3 2 Kurt Busch Las Vegas, Nev. Miller Lite Dodge 300 33 $114,750 Running 7 18 39 Ryan Newman South Bend, Ind. U.S. Army Chevrolet 300 1 $131,679 Running 8 35 19 Elliott Sadler Emporia, Va. Stanley Tools Dodge 300 $103,500 Running 9 22 16 Greg Biffle Vancouver, Wash. 3M/SCOTCH Ford 300 $104,300 Running 10 17 33 Clint Bowyer Emporia, Kan. Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet 300 $96,700 Running 11 26 83 Brian Vickers Thomasville, N.C. Red Bull Toyota 300 $113,723 Running 12 13 00 David Reutimann Zephyrhills, Fla. Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 300 $110,973 Running 13 19 07 Casey Mears Bakersfield, Calif. Jack Daniel's Chevrolet 300 $97,950 Running 14 2 14 Tony Stewart Columbus, Ind. -
1997 Schedule of Events
1997 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Wednesday, July 30 Opening Winston Cup Practice Session Practice 1 - 5 p.m. Public Gates Open 9 a.m. $5 Admission IMS Hall of Fame Museum Open 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. $2 *Credential Gates Open 5 a.m. Thursday, July 31 Busch Pole Qualifying and Practice Practice 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. $10 Admission Busch Pole Qualifying 1:30 p.m. (Positions 1-25, 1 lap) Public Gates Open 7 a.m. $10 Admission IMS Hall of Fame Museum Open 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. $2 *Credential Gates Open 5 a.m. Friday, August 1 Practice & 2nd Round Qualifying Practice 10 - 11:30 a.m. $10 Admission Qualifying 1:30 p.m. (Positions 26-38, 1 lap) Final Practice after qualifying for 1 hour Public Gates Open 7 a.m. IMS Hall of Fame Museum Open 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. $2 *Credential Gates Open 5 a.m. Saturday, August 2 The Fourth Running of the Brickyard 400 12:15 p.m. (400 miles, 160 laps on 2 ½ mile oval) Public Gates Open 6 a.m. Reserved Seating Sold Out - No General Admission Race Day TV: ABC Sports Live (noon CDT) RADIO: IMS Radio Network Live IMS Hall of Fame Museum Open 6 a.m. - 6 p.m. $2 *Credential Gates Open Midnight Schedule Subject to Change All Times Local (same as Central Daylight) TICKET INFORMATION Ticket information is available from the: Indianapolis Motor Speedway Ticket Office P.O. Box 24910 Speedway, IN 46224 (317)/484-6700 Note: There is no general admission for race day. -
Modelling Rankings in R: the Plackettluce Package
Computational Statistics https://doi.org/10.1007/s00180-020-00959-3 ORIGINAL PAPER Modelling rankings in R: the PlackettLuce package Heather L. Turner1 · Jacob van Etten2 · David Firth1,3 · Ioannis Kosmidis1,3 Received: 30 October 2018 / Accepted: 18 January 2020 © The Author(s) 2020 Abstract This paper presents the R package PlackettLuce, which implements a generalization of the Plackett–Luce model for rankings data. The generalization accommodates both ties (of arbitrary order) and partial rankings (complete rankings of subsets of items). By default, the implementation adds a set of pseudo-comparisons with a hypothetical item, ensuring that the underlying network of wins and losses between items is always strongly connected. In this way, the worth of each item always has a finite maximum likelihood estimate, with finite standard error. The use of pseudo-comparisons also has a regularization effect, shrinking the estimated parameters towards equal item worth. In addition to standard methods for model summary, PlackettLuce provides a method to compute quasi standard errors for the item parameters. This provides the basis for comparison intervals that do not change with the choice of identifiability constraint placed on the item parameters. Finally, the package provides a method for model- based partitioning using covariates whose values vary between rankings, enabling the identification of subgroups of judges or settings with different item worths. The features of the package are demonstrated through application to classic and novel data sets. This research is part of cooperative agreement AID-OAA-F-14-00035, which was made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).