Matt Kenseth made the save first, then he picked up the victory.
That might sound a little backward for baseball fans, but it made perfect sense Saturday in the O’Reilly 300 Busch Series race.
Kenseth ended Carl Edwards’ two-race Busch winning streak by pulling his car out of a spin without hitting the wall early in the [...]

After posting the fastest speed in Friday’s combined practice sessions for the Samsung 500, Kyle Busch wrecked his primary No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet just five minutes into the opening 50-minute Nextel Cup Series session Saturday morning at Texas Motor Speedway.

Pos, Car, Driver, Make, Time, Speed, Laps
1 99 Carl Edwards Ford 28.642 188.534 33
2 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge 28.716 188.048 32
3 1 Mark Martin Chevy 28.753 187.806 24
4 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevy 28.760 187.761 42
5 20 Tony Stewart Chevy 28.760 187.761 42

NASCAR fans often ask Richard Childress when he’ll bring back the black #3 Chevrolet made famous by the late Dale Earnhardt. Fans who attended last Saturday’s dirt-track races at 311 Speedway know the answer. And they know that Childress, who has said since Earnhardt’s death that it would take a unique situation to bring back [...]

Tony Raines, driver of the #96 DLP HDTV Chevy for Hall of Fame Racing, talked with Juan Pablo Montoya between practice sessions. Raines was looking at a possible top-10 finish at Martinsville until Montoya swerved inside of Raines and sent him into the wall on lap 377 of 500.

Michael Waltrip isn’t talking or racing this weekend. Waltrip will miss his sixth straight NASCAR Nextel Cup race after qualifying at Texas was canceled Friday because of severe storms.
The two-time Daytona 500 winner, in the first year with the Toyota team he owns, doesn’t have enough season points to get in the 43-car field.

Kyle Busch, who complained about NASCAR’s car of tomorrow on national television after winning the first COT race at Bristol Motor Speedway, needs to get over it, rival Kevin Harvick says.

Dale Earnhardt Jr., on NASCAR’s difficulties in selling out California Speedway in Los Angeles: “If you have empty seats, you need to grow faster. Maybe expectations were set a little high. Obviously in Fontana there was an oversized expectation to be able to fill those seats.
People in Hollywood could care less.

Magna International Inc. confirmed today that it “continues to review potential alternatives regarding the future of the Chrysler Group.”
The Canadian automotive supplier has been believed to be considering a bid for Auburn Hills-based Chrysler Group. Chrysler parent DaimlerChrysler AG said in February that “all options” were on the table for the struggling U.S. automaker.

Pos, Car, Driver, Team, Time, Speed
1 6 David Ragan # Discount Tire Ford 28.263 191.063
2 60 Carl Edwards Scotts Bonus S Max Ford 28.518 189.354
3 5 Kyle Busch Spectracide Fire Ant Killer/Lowe’s Chevy 28.614 188.719
4 24 Casey Mears National Guard/36th Infantry Division 28.743 187.872
5 9 Kasey Kahne Hellmann’s Dodge 28.770 [...]