Archive for September 22nd, 2007

FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS, WINNINGS
1 4 20 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet Rockwell Automation 195/10 200 Running 49,875
2 7 8 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Sea Watch International 175/5 200 Running 25,025
3 33 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Weyerhaeuser iLevel 165/0 200 Running 27,625
4 13 22 Mike Bliss Dodge Supercuts 165/5 200 Running 35,464
5 6 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Memorex / Imation 155/0 200 Running [...]

FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS, WINNINGS
1 1 6 Travis Kvapil Ford K&N Filters 190/5 146 Running 54,100
2 22 23 Johnny Benson Toyota Toyota Certified Used Vehicles 175/5 146 Running 35,100
3 14 21 Jon Wood Ford Smith’s / U.S. Air Force 175/10 146 Running 25,325
4 18 59 Terry Cook Toyota Harris Trucking 160/0 146 Running 16,200
5 5 00 Erik Darnell Toyota Red [...]

Denny Hamlin captured Saturday afternoon’s RoadLoans.com 200 Busch Series race at the Dover International Speedway. The No.20 Chevrolet crossed the finish line 1.797 seconds ahead of Martin Truex Jr.
The victory was Hamlin’s third of the season and fifth of his Busch career.
“The best medicine is a strong race car,” said Hamlin. “Once we got our [...]

Practice 3 (Saturday):
Pos, Car #, Driver, Manu, Time secs, Speed mph, Fast Lap, Laps Run, Start Pos
1 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Chevy 23.946 150.338 2 42 3
2 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt Nano Technology Ford 24.026 149.838 2 20 10
3 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 24.068 149.576 2 29 15
4 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s [...]

Robert Yates, recently owner of the No. 38 and 88 Ford Fusions and a fixture in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series garage since the 1960s, made his first appearance at a race track on Friday since announcing his retirement a few weeks ago.
“A few weeks ago, I decided that it’s time for me to [...]

Jon Wood will be behind the wheel of the #21 at Kansas next week, where he’ll make his 2nd Nextel Cup start. Regardless of how Ken Schrader fares Sunday at Dover, the team cannot fall out of the top 35 [since #22-Dave Blaney missed the race and is 36th in owners pts].

A common misconception in NASCAR Nextel Cup racing is that the teams own their numbers and can trade them freely among each other. In fact, NASCAR owns each and every number in the Nextel Cup, Busch and Craftsman Truck Series and licenses them to the teams on an annual basis. That’s the formal policy. Informally, [...]

David Gilliland knows he’ll likely need a new sponsor following this season since M&M’s has emerged as a candidate to sponsor Kyle Busch’s #18 Joe Gibbs Racing entry in 2008. Gilliland, the Robert Yates Racing driver who has driven with M&M’s sponsorship since he entered the Nextel Cup Series in August of last year, said [...]

Ricky Rudd says there’s a chance he could be back behind the wheel of the #88 Robert Yates Racing by next Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway. “I won’t know that until Wednesday,” said Rudd, who suffered a dislocated shoulder at California Speedway on Sept. 2. “On a scale of 1-10, the pain was at level [...]