Archive for May 13th, 2007

FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS, WINNINGS
1 10 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 190/5 367 Running 323,286
2 7 11 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet FedEx Express 180/10 367 Running 211,550
3 12 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s 170/5 367 Running 197,761
4 29 12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL 165/5 367 Running 159,875
5 4 99 Carl Edwards Ford Office Depot 160/5 367 Running 125,475

Nobody was more upset with today’s latest Hendrick Darlington victory than Denny Hamlin, who finished second or third for the fifth time in 11 races. First there was the bad pit stop that dropped him from second to 16th with 58 laps remaining.
Then there was NASCAR’s decision not to call caution with two laps to [...]

Jeff Gordon wins his third race of the year as Hendrick domination continues
Jeff Gordon overcame a leaky radiator and used a gutsy late call to race to his third victory of the season Sunday at Darlington Raceway.Gordon made it four in a row for the powerful Hendrick organization, which has won eight of the last [...]

Last Friday isn’t the only time Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman have tangled with each other on the track. Here is a clip from New Hampshire in 2006:
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J.D. Gibbs, president of Joe Gibbs Racing answered questions from members of the media at Darlington Raceway on Saturday afternoon:
ON HIS REACTION TO DALE EARNHARDT, JR.’S ANNOUNCEMENT: “Really from our standpoint we’re kind of watching stuff unfold as you guys were. I thought they did a great job on their press conference. I know that [...]

The bad news continues for the No. 8 Dale Earnhardt Inc. team. During pre-race inspection Saturday at Darlington Raceway, the No. 8 Chevy was found to have illegal brackets used to mount the rear wing on the Nextel Cup Series’ new Car of Tomorrow, an infraction series director John Darby said could result in [...]

Don’t expect to see Kasey Kahne and David Stremme partying together anytime soon. Just getting the drivers to speak to each other would be a coup.
The two are feuding over a late-race incident last week at Richmond - Kahne called Stremme “fat’’ after and Stremme later said Kahne had “mental problems’’ - and it hadn’t [...]

Ryan Newman and Tony Stewart had two of the fastest cars in Friday night’s Diamond Hill Plywood 200 at Darlington Raceway, but they ended up beating on one another until each was knocked out of contention. That led to some minor oral fireworks following the race.
After the race, they offered different takes on what had [...]