Kevin Harvick, a two timer series title holder won on Friday NASCAR Nationwide Series Camping World 300 lapped the famed 2.5 mile Daytona tri-oval in 49.78 seconds at 180.799 miles per hour in his chevrolet to claim the pole for the opening season of Camping World 300.

Harvick on the front row is Matt Kenseth, who put down a lap of 49.88 seconds, clocking 180.448 mph in a Ford.

Harvick also won the Busch Series title in both 2001 and 2006. Then, He won the NASCAR Nationwide Series Camping World 300 in 2007.

Harvick said “I want to thank all the guys that worked on the car. We worked on handling all off-season.”

After winning the race two years ago, he followed on this following by winning the Daytona 500.

Harvick also won last Saturday’s Bud Shootout. Harvick said “Absolutely momentum is a good thing in this sport.”

Carl Edwards will roll off at the 10th in a Ford.

Tony Stewart, who won this race last season from the pole with his chevrolet starts at the fifth. He is joined in the third row by the Ford of 2002 in Busch Series champion Greg Biffle.

On Thursday will be released of the qualified racer.

The race is on Friday at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida.

Lap length: 2.5 miles

Car number (in parentheses), driver, car, laps completed.

1. (6) Colin Braun, Ford, 177.441 mph.

2. (88) Matt Crafton, Chevrolet, 175.891.

3. (30) Todd Bodine, Toyota, 175.877.

4. (33) Ron Hornaday Jr, Chevrolet, 175.685.

5. (5) Mike Skinner, Toyota, 175.552.

6. (4) Ricky Carmichael, Chevrolet, 175.548.

7. (25) Terry Cook, Toyota, 175.528.

8. (23) Jason White, Dodge, 175.473.

9. (13) Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, 175.421.

10. (60) Stacy Compton, Toyota, 175.394.

11. (81) Tayler Malsam, Toyota, 175.391.

12. (16) Brian Scott, Toyota, 175.029.

13. (10) James Buescher, Ford, 174.784.

14. (7) J.R. Fitzpatrick, Chevrolet, 174.527.

15. (14) Rick Crawford, Ford, 174.503.

16. (15) Shane Sieg, Toyota, 174.500.

17. (11) T.J. Bell Jr, Toyota, 174.479.

18. (17) Tim Peters, Toyota, 174.408.

19. (51) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 174.263.

20. (85) Brent Raymer, Ford, 174.162.

21. (1) Johnny Benson, Toyota, 174.132.

22. (32) Chase Austin, Chevrolet, 173.856.

23. (06) Johnny Chapman, Toyota, 173.809.

24. (07) Chad McCumbee, Chevrolet, 173.180.

25. (47) Brandon Knupp, Chevrolet, 172.848.

26. (24) David Starr, Toyota, 172.758.

27. (40) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 172.523.

28. (53) Justin Hobgood, Chevrolet, 172.222.

29. (44) Lance Hooper, Chevrolet, 172.084.

30. (48) Bryan Silas, Chevrolet, 171.393.

31. (12) Mario Gosselin, Chevrolet, 171.367.

32. (21) Dennis Setzer, Dodge, 171.067.

33. (22) Wayne Edwards, Dodge, 170.950.

34. (74) Larry Foyt, Dodge, 170.380.

35. (08) Butch Miller, Chevrolet, 170.329.

36. (77) JC Stout, Toyota, 170.107. Failed to qualify

37. (28) Andy Lally, Chevrolet, 169.985.

38. (57) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, 163.455.

A Duke student in Duke University has been diagnosed with meningitis after camping outside for UNC game (men’s basketball game) against North Carolina.

Officials say the infection was caught early in the morning, then the student is expected to fully recovery. Bacterial meningitis or Meningococcal Meningitis can be fatal if not treated early.

A statement from the Duke University says people who were in close contact with the other students including her roommate and tent mates began receiving anti-biotic treatment on Wednesday.

Duke students camp out for tickets for big games such as the Annual showdown Wednesday with the Tar Heels.

Krzyzewskiville, the makeshift campsite, in honor of basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski (shuh-SHEF’-skee).

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Two men died after using a camping stove inside at home in Moreno Valley, and 8 other people were treated a poisoning at the scene, said by authorities. They got carbon monoxide poisoning.

Jonathan Phillip Mendez, 24 year old, and the other 52 year old man were found inside the home at 8:49 p.m. Wednesday, said Riverside County Coroner’s office.

Mendez was dead on the spot at Riverside County Regional Medical Center. The older men died at the scene.

That time which had no water or electricity, the men had run a hose from a propane tank outside the home then through a window in the bathroom, they were cooking, authorities said.

The authorities warned residents not to use fuel burning appliances without proper ventilation.

Le Mars park facilities users saw the few changes in the recommended fee schedule to the Le Mars City Council, recommended Tuesday.

The fee schedule means for retention of current membership fees for the Willow Creek Golf Course at all levels.

The require an up-front payment of 1/2 of the fee and full fee to Family, Maried Couple and Single. The stated fee and full fee payment by June 30.

A $50 reduction is applicable for membership categories if membership is paid in full by May 15, 2009.

A $14 “fundraiser fees for event” comparable to the current daily 9-hole playing fee will also be available for non-members in the new schedule.

The new for the year for clubhouse pre-booking for two days will be a charge of $525 (on season) and $450 (off season) includes the day before event set up, and 25% discount for rental of the facilities.

Affiliated with the City rentals will be eligible for a 50% rental rate.

20% discount for camping will be available on monthly campground rental fees in the recommended 2009 schedule.

The Girls Aloud stars have elected to climb Africa’s highest mountain to reach Mount Kilimanjaro. They will climb for Red Nose Day for a grueling eight day reaching Kilimanjaro’s summit.

But the shared partner in a tent of Alesha Dixon, said they were not overly enthusiastic about the idea of camping.

Cheryl, 25 year old said “I can’t think of anything worse,” when asked if she was a keen camper and Kimberley, 27. We’re not like festival girls. We don’t do camping at all so that is a real personal challenge for us. I actually put myself forward for this so the rest of the girls were all like ‘what were you thinking’…but they’re all really supportive and will be going to rednoseday.com and supporting us and watching the climb and raising money for us, which is amazing.”

Cheryl and Kimberly will be joined by Alesha Dixon, Gary Barlow, Ben Shephard, Chris Moyles, Fearne Cotton, Denise Van Outen and Ronan Keating to climb up hill and aired in the run up to Red Nose Day on March 13, 2009.

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Camping World Truck Series facing the likelihood of short fields this season, NASCAR has amended its rulebook with changes intended to cut costs.

Teams will be allowed a maximum of 12 crew members at the track in 2009, and only five will be permitted to pit the truck. Crews also can’t add fuel and change tires on the same stop.

“The strategy is going to change a lot, because you’ll have to pit twice,” says Mike Hillman Jr., crew chief for Todd Bodine’s No. 30 Toyota. “It’ll be completely different, and there might be races where the best truck doesn’t win. But this is NASCAR’s way to limit travel costs and payroll to help us in the hard economic times, so you just adjust.”

To reduce motor budgets, teams also can’t compete in more than three consecutive races without using an engine from a previous race.

The Germain Racing Tundra driven by Bodine, the 2007 series champion, still is hunting for a primary sponsor, but Hillman expects to run a full season — one of about 15 teams expected to contest the full 25-race circuit that campaigns 36-truck fields. About a half-dozen teams have full-season sponsorship.

Pakistan Professional Race Car Driver:

A professional race car driver from Pakistan, Nur Ali, 34, is trying to leverage his ethnicity to overcome a weak economy. Ali, who is seeking funding for the full ARCA season and will race Saturday’s Lucas Oil 200 at Daytona, is focusing on attracting sponsorship from companies that sell products in convenience stories. Ali, an American citizen who left Pakistan as an infant and lives in Southlake, Texas, has a deal with a Budweiser distributor and wants to expand the relationship with Anheuser-Busch InBev.

“There’s a lot of people from India, Pakistan, Nepal and Korea who own convenience stores, and I speak their language, eat their food and listen to their music,” says Ali, whose father ran convenience stores after the family moved to the USA 25 years ago. “The guy behind the counter … is from my community, and if they’re on board, they’ll push that product. With Asian-Americans, I’m representing a consumer that doesn’t follow the sport, and I hope that’ll help us get to Sprint Cup by bringing in new fans.”

Ali often returned to Pakistan while racing for his home country in the A1GP Series from 2005-07. NASCAR Camping World Series

The 6th annual camping recreational festival opens today in the Sakhir region.

Shaikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, a Southern Governor will patronize the ceremony.

The camp for girls will be organized in co-operation with the Organization for Youth and Sports. The festival have a tournaments, contest and folk shows with the help of Interior, Health and Social Development ministries, Water and Electricity Authority and Goys.

The 300 contenders will compete starting tomorrow. The winners will received a cash prizes worth BD3,000.

The Festival will end this coming February 14, the day before schools reopen for 2nd term.