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Sprint Nextel Race Weekend Highlights - California Speedway

Sprint Nextel Race Weekend Highlights

CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY

 

NEXTEL Wake-Up Call

When:       Breakfast - Friday, Aug. 31, 8 a.m. PT
                NEXTEL Wake-Up Call, Friday, Aug. 31, 1:45 p.m. PT

 

Who:         Ricky Rudd, driver of the No. 88 Snickers Ford

 

Where:     G2 Press Conference Room, California Speedway

 

NEXTEL Leader Bonus - $110,000
The NEXTEL Leader Bonus increases by $10,000 each race and is awarded only when the race winner is the same as the point leader. Each time the bonus is awarded, the money starts over at $10,000.  

 

2007 NEXTEL Leader Bonus Winners

Jeff Gordon $80,000 Phoenix, April 21

Jeff Gordon $10,000 Talladega, April 29

Jeff Gordon $20,000 Darlington, May 13

Jeff Gordon $30,000 Pocono, June 10

 

Last Weekend to Register for The SprintSpeed(tm) Million presented by Motorola

One fan will win $1 million at the season finale in Homestead-Miami Speedway. To register visit a Sprint Nextel retail store, the NEXTEL Experience, sprint.com/speed or text "million" to 7777. 

 

NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Streaming Broadcasts on Sprint Handsets

Live broadcasts of the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series races airing on ESPN in 2007 also will air on Sprint Power Vision capable handsets. Sprint Nextel customers with devices capable of streaming video will be able to access races through NASCAR.COM To Go via the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Web portal. To get to the portal, customers can text "NASCAR" to 7777 to receive a link to the main page or through the Sprint Home wireless Web page (select: Sports; then NASCAR). Standard text messaging and data rates apply. Fans also can access the content directly from their Media Player channel listings, where the channel will appear as "NASCAR Live Racing."

 

 

At-Track Media Contact:

Crystal Emerick    704.361.5230

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