Archive for June 2nd, 2007

Pos, Car #, Driver, Manu, Time secs, Speed mph
1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevy 24.122 149.241
2 99 Carl Edwards Ford 24.191 148.816
3 5 Kyle Busch Chevy 24.212 148.687
4 11 Denny Hamlin Chevy 24.250 148.454
5 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 24.280 148.270

Carl Edwards’ hard push to the finish line was slowed only by the caution flag. Edwards had the car to beat under green — even if it was only a few laps at a time — and that was enough to win the wreck-filled Busch Series race at Dover International Speedway on Saturday.

SI.com reports that Toyota is pursuing Joe Gibbs Racing hard and that Gibbs is indeed interested.

“I have never had the opportunity to see any shops outside DEI in my driving career. That was a big surprise for me. I didn’t see anything out of the ordinary or didn’t see any golden eggs laying around. But there were basically, you know, I was surprised at how on par in some places [...]

Robby Gordon has issued the following statement regarding Paul Menard:

When doctors told Kelley Earnhardt Elledge she might have cancer and needed emergency surgery, her first thoughts were not about her health.
Instead, she found herself worrying about her kid brother - Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Travis Kvapil likely will replace the ailing Jon Wood in the No. 47 Wood Brothers/JTG Racing car for the Dover 200 Busch Series race Saturday at Dover International Speedway.
Wood, suffering from severe headaches, missed the second practice session Friday. Mark Martin practiced the car, but having already run the truck race Friday, he didn’t want [...]