Archive for July 15th, 2007

FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS, WINNINGS
1 19 20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet The Home Depot 195/10 267 Running 342,161
2 10 17 Matt Kenseth Ford USG Sheetrock 175/5 267 Running 255,566
3 25 99 Carl Edwards Ford Office Depot 165/0 267 Running 179,625
4 14 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 165/5 267 Running 192,986
5 1 25 Casey Mears Chevrolet National Guard / GMAC [...]

Aric Almirola is set to join Ginn Racing next season to split the 2008 season in the organization’s No. 01 Chevrolet team with veteran Mark Martin, the [Charlotte] Observer has learned.
Almirola, a 23-year-old Tampa native, is currently a development driver for Joe Gibbs Racing and has run 22 Busch races, 30 Truck races and made [...]

Tony Stewart passed up new tires on the final pit stop and the strategy worked as he captured Sunday’s USG Sheetrock 400 at the Chicagoland Speedway. The No.20 Home Depot Chevrolet driver crossed the finish line 1.727 seconds ahead of Matt Kenseth.
The victory was Stewart’s first of the season and 30th of his Nextel Cup [...]

With his contract with Ginn Racing set to expire at the end of this season and nothing in place for 2008, Joe Nemechek says he could soon consider himself a free agent. “If I’m not [a free agent], time’s getting pretty close,” he said Saturday.

A week ago at Daytona, lame-duck Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Busch complained his teammates weren’t doing enough to help him win. Friday at Chicagoland Speedway, Busch made it clear he won’t be doing anything for them in the future, either.

Denny Hamlin and Tony Stewart met and talked through their differences Saturday from the Daytona accident that ruined the chances of their potential race-winning cars last week.

The annual Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America rolled off Saturday from Bar Harbor, Maine, to begin a 2,800 trek toward Hollywood, Fla. The annual charity event is going north to south for the first time this year after crossing the nation from west to east in its 12 previous editions.

Wally’s World returns with Bill Engvall, star of TBS’ newest comedy The Bill Engvall Show, jumping in Wally Dallenbach’s car for a wild ride around the track at Chicagoland Speedway. Pre-race coverage will also include a visit to #07 Clint Bowyer’s home in Welcome, NC for a tour of the race track right he built [...]