Clint Bowyer won a stirring duel with Matt Kenseth on Friday night, taking the lead with 14 laps to go and holding on in the Busch Series race at Phoenix International Raceway.

Pos, Car #, Driver, Manu, Time secs, Speed mph, Fast Lap, Laps Run
1 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevy 27.786 129.562 3 46
2 01 Mark Martin U.S. Army Chevy 27.846 129.282 2 50
3 31 Jeff Burton Cingular Chevy 27.899 129.037 2 69
4 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevy 27.904 129.014 2 64
5 20 Tony Stewart Home Depot [...]

Dale Earnhardt Jr. said an online report that he has been offered ownership in DEI is “news to me.”

Waltrip, who missed his seventh consecutive race Thursday as he failed to qualify for the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, said before qualifying Thursday that he has considered pulling himself from the seat as well as the changes he did make - hiring Buddy Sisco to replace Scott Eggleston as crew chief.

COMMENT ON CHEVY’S SUCCESS “Chevy has good teams. They have some good drivers and good teams, and so does Dodge, Toyota and Ford. Chevy just seems like they’re always a little bit ahead, whether it’s aerodynamically, or their teams are doing a better job of figuring out how to make their cars right. I don’t [...]

Despite having only competed in five of seven races this season, Mark Martin finds himself 11th in the Nextel Cup point standings as the series rolls into Phoenix. As a part of his planned limited schedule in 2007, Martin took off races at Bristol and Martinsville, but four top-five finishes in five starts have Martin [...]

Max Siegel, President of Global Operations for Dale Earnhardt, Inc., announced today the formation of the Earnhardt Entertainment Division, a new entertainment division within DEI that will merge the various aspects of the entertainment industry with NASCAR.