Archive for September 1st, 2007

Jeff Burton made a smart late-race stop for new tires and they helped him capture Saturday night’s Camping World 300 Busch Series event. The No.29 Chevrolet driver crossed the finish line 2.627 seconds ahead of Kyle Busch.
The victory was Burton’s third of the season and 25th of his Busch career. With the win Burton takes [...]

FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS, WINNINGS,
1 5 29 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Holiday Inn 195/10 150 Running 96,400
2 3 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Spectracide Hot Shot / Lowe’s 175/5 150 Running 63,400
3 1 20 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet Rockwell Automation 170/5 150 Running 59,300
4 8 148 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools 165/5 150 Running 34,475
5 7 21 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Act [...]

FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS, WINNINGS
1 4 23 Johnny Benson Toyota Toyota Certified Used Vehicles 190/5 160 Running 61,375
2 2 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet Camping World / RVs.com 180/10 160 Running 43,050
3 17 9 Ted Musgrave Toyota Team ASE / Germain Mtr Co. 165/0 160 Running 33,350
4 14 30 Todd Bodine Toyota Lumber Liquidators 160/0 160 Running 24,300
5 6 47 [...]

Final Practice 3 (Saturday):
Pos, Car #, Driver, Manu, Time secs, Speed mph, Fast Lap, Laps Run
1 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 40.280 178.749 1 22
2 38 David Gilliland M&M’s Ford 40.640 177.165 1 28
3 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Chevy 40.807 176.440 1 18
4 29 Kevin Harvick Shell/Pennzoil Chevy 40.902 176.031 2 25
5 40 [...]

David Reutimann has one of the hardest crash impacts ever recorded in NASCAR, and he walked away
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Kenny Wallace may return to the NASCAR Cup series next year if a meeting with Robert Yates goes well Sunday in California. “He called me up and said that his brother-in-law told him that the driver he needed to hire was right under his nose - me,” Wallace said with his signature laugh.

Hall of Fame Racing general manager Philippe Lopez said the team hasn’t decided which manufacturer it will partner with next season. If Hall of Fame Racing doesn’t go to Toyota, it would look at other Chevy teams like Richard Childress Racing and Hendrick Motorsports.
Lopez said his team has talked to both owners about that possibility. [...]

The Music City Motorplex will honor Adam Petty, who was killed in 2000 while practicing for a Busch Series race, during the 25th annual All-American 400. The All-American 400, scheduled for Nov. 2-4, is an ASA Late Model Series race which pits stockcar drivers from the North and South against one another.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. will host a live call-in show on XM Satellite Radio on September 4 from 8 pm to 9 pm ET.
The show will air nationwide on the sports talk radio channel XM Sports Nation (XM Channel 144). Dale hosts a weekly radio program on XM Sports Nation on Thursdays at 7:30 pm [...]

Before making his way to Fontana this weekend for the Sharp Aquos 500 at California Speedway, Roush Fenway Racing driver Jamie McMurray stopped in Hollywood for a brief cameo appearance on the soap opera “Passions.” On Wednesday afternoon, McMurray visited the set of “Passions” located in Studio City, Calif., where he participated in a scene [...]