Wednesday, June 3, 2015

The 2000 NASCAR Busch Series Season began February 19 and ended on November 11. Jeff Green of ppc Racing was crowned series champion. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_NASCAR_Busch_Series.
The 2000–01 NBA season was the 55th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning their second straight championship, beating the Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 1 in the 2001 NBA Finals. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_NBA_season

Final Stats:

Rank Team
Champion Los Angeles Lakers
Runner-Up Philadelphia 76ers
Conference Finals Milwaukee Bucks
Conference Finals San Antonio Spurs
Conference Semifinals Charlotte Hornets
Conference Semifinals Toronto Raptors
Conference Semifinals Dallas Mavericks
Conference Semifinals Sacramento Kings
Conference First Round New York Knicks
Conference First Round Utah Jazz
Conference First Round Orlando Magic
Conference First Round Indiana Pacers
Conference First Round Phoenix Suns
Conference First Round Minnesota Timberwolves
Conference First Round Miami Heat
Conference First Round Portland Trail Blazers
45 37 Houston Rockets
44 38 Seattle SuperSonics
40 42 Denver Nuggets
36 46 Boston Celtics
32 50 Detroit Pistons
31 51 Los Angeles Clippers
30 52 Cleveland Cavaliers
26 56 New Jersey Nets
25 57 Atlanta Hawks
23 59 Vancouver Grizzlies
19 63 Washington Wizards
17 65 Golden State Warriors
15 67 Chicago Bulls

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

The 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season began on February 10, 2007 at Daytona International Speedway with the Budweiser Shootout and ended on November 18 of that same year at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the Ford 400. The Chase for the NEXTEL Cup began with the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway. 2007 was the final year that the NASCAR Cup Series was known as the NEXTEL Cup Series. As a result of the 2005 merger of NEXTEL Communications with Sprint Corporation, and the subsequent decision by the newly named Sprint Nextel Corporation, the name of the series was changed to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for 2008. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won his second straight Nextel Cup title, with teammate Jeff Gordon finishing second. Chevrolet captured the NASCAR Manufacturers' Championship with 26 wins, and 290 points over second place Ford who had 7 wins and 208 points. Dodge finished third with 3 wins and 178 points and Toyota finished out with no wins, but 116 points. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_NASCAR_Nextel_Cup_Series.
The 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on August 30, 2007,[2] progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and (aside from all-star exhibition games that followed) concluded with the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship Game in New Orleans, Louisiana on January 7, 2008, where the top ranked Ohio State Buckeyes were defeated by the second ranked Louisiana State University Tigers, who became the BCS National Champions and undisputed national champions (topping all the major year-end football polls). For just the second time in the BCS era, no teams finished the season undefeated, and only one AQ-conference team finished with 1 loss (#7 Kansas, who did not participate in the Big 12 championship game).
There was only one conference change in 2007, with Temple leaving the Independent ranks to become the 13th member of the MAC. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season

Final Stats:

Conference Best Team Worst Team
SEC Louisiana State Mississippi
Pac-10 Southern California Washington
Big 12 Kansas Baylor
Big Ten Ohio State Minnesota
Big East West Virginia Syracuse
ACC Virginia Tech Duke
MWC Brigham Young Nevada-Las Vegas
WAC Hawaii Idaho




























































Monday, June 1, 2015

The 1993 PPG Indy Car World Series season was the 15th national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART (d.b.a "IndyCar"). The season consisted of 16 races. Nigel Mansell was the national champion as well as the Rookie of the Year. The 1993 Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by USAC, but counted towards the CART points championship. Emerson Fittipaldi won the Indy 500, his second career victory in that event.
The biggest story going into the season involved Newman/Haas Racing. Nigel Mansell, the reigning Formula One World Champion made worldwide headlines, switching from Formula One to the CART IndyCar Series. Mansell joined Newman/Haas Racing as teammate to Mario Andretti, taking the seat formerly held by Michael Andretti, who departed for one year to McLaren. Mansell came to the American open wheel series with considerable fanfare and huge media attention. He won the season-opener at Surfers Paradise, the first CART "rookie" to win his first start. At Phoenix, Mansell crashed during practice and was forced to sit out the race due to a back injury. At Indianapolis, he was leading the race with 16 laps to go when he was passed on a restart by Emerson Fittipaldi and Arie Luyendyk, and wound up third. He still won the Indy 500 Rookie of the Year award. Despite having missed the race at Phoenix, Mansell won five races (four of which were on ovals) en route to the CART championship.
After winning his third CART championship in 1992, Bobby Rahal entered the 1993 season driving the R/H chassis (formerly the Truesports chassis). He finished second at Long Beach, but struggled to get his car up to speed, and shockingly, was bumped from the field at Indianapolis. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_PPG_Indy_Car_World_Series
The 1993 NFL season was the 74th regular season of the National Football League. It was the only season in league history where all NFL teams played their 16-game schedule over a span of 18 weeks. After the success of expanding the regular season to a period of 17 weeks in 1990, the league hoped this new schedule would generate even more revenue. However, teams felt that having two weeks off during the regular season was too disruptive for their weekly routines, and thus it reverted to 17 weeks immediately after the season ended.
When new TV contracts were signed in December 1993, CBS lost their rights to the then-fledgling Fox Network.
The season ended with Super Bowl XXVIII when the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Buffalo Bills for the second consecutive year. This remains the only time both Super Bowl participants have been the same for consecutive years. The Cowboys became the first team to win a Super Bowl after losing their first two regular season games. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_NFL_season.

Final Stats:

Rank Team
Champion Dallas Cowboys
Runner-Up Buffalo Bills
ConfChamp San Francisco 49ers
ConfChamp Kansas City Chiefs
Division Los Angeles Raiders
Division Houston Oilers
Division Green Bay Packers
Division New York Giants
WildCard Detroit Lions
WildCard Pittsburgh Steelers
WildCard Denver Broncos
WildCard Minnesota Vikings
9 7 Miami Dolphins
8 8 San Diego Chargers
8 8 New Orleans Saints
8 8 Philadelphia Eagles
8 8 New York Jets
7 9 Phoenix Cardinals
7 9 Cleveland Browns
7 9 Chicago Bears
6 10 Atlanta Falcons
6 10 Seattle Seahawks
5 11 New England Patriots
5 11 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
5 11 Los Angeles Rams
4 12 Washington Redskins
4 12 Indianapolis Colts
3 13 Cincinnati Bengals