Archive for September 29th, 2007

FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS, WINNINGS
1 6 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Lowe’s / Sta-Green 190/5 200 Running 78,450
2 1 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Arby’s 180/10 200 Running 68,075
3 9 24 Casey Mears Chevrolet Nat’l Guard / 35th Infantry Division 170/5 200 Running 49,875
4 23 2 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet BB&T 160/0 200 Running 35,525
5 7 126 Jamie McMurray Ford Dish Network 155/0 [...]

Kyle Busch took his first lead with 17 laps to go and captured Saturday afternoon’s Yellow Transportation 300 Busch Series race at the Kansas Speedway. The No.5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet driver crossed the finish line just 0.085 seconds ahead of Matt Kenseth.
The victory was Busch’s third of the season and 10th of his Busch career.
“It’s [...]

Jimmie Johnson bobbled, spun and tapped the wall between turns 3 and 4 during final practice for the Nextel Cup Series LifeLock 400 on Saturday, requiring his team to pull out a backup car at Kansas Speedway.
As a result, the polesitter for Sunday’s race will now start from the rear of the field.
“I just lost [...]

Practice 3 (Saturday):
Pos, Car #, Driver, Manu, Time secs, Speed mph, Fast Lap, Laps Run
1 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevy 31.683 170.438 1 25
2 41 Reed Sorenson Target/Lysol Dodge 31.882 169.375 1 43
3 38 David Gilliland M&M’s Ford 31.907 169.242 1 29
4 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevy 31.928 169.131 1 35
5 20 Tony Stewart Home [...]

UPDATE:
What started as a good qualifying run that left #12-Ryan Newman second beside pole sitter Jimmie Johnson, turned into a bad start for Newman and the #12 Alltel Dodge at Kansas Speedway. Newman was just three one-hundredths of a second slower than Johnson, but following post-qualifying inspection, NASCAR officials deemed the Alltel Dodge Charger’s roof [...]

Martin Truex Jr. will race this weekend at Kansas Speedway with a broken bone. It’s a small bone in the “pinky” toe of his left foot.
“It’s all good,” Truex said Friday. “I’m fine. I kicked the ottoman in my living room,” Truex said. “It hurt a little to put my shoe on Friday morning, but [...]

Robert Yates Racing is planning to move from its shop in Mooresville, N.C., to next to the Roush Fenway Racing shop in Concord, N.C., likely in the building that Boris Said’s No Fear Racing team currently occupies. Yates said the move will allow better technology flow. Yates Racing will purchase chassis and bodies from Roush [...]

UPDATE 2:
Kyle Busch was shocked to learn that former Formula 1 and CART champion Jacques Villeneuve will attempt to make his Nextel Cup debut next weekend at Talladega. “He’s doing what? Holy cow, that’s not good,” Busch said when asked for his reaction to Villeneuve racing at Talladega. “You’ve got to start somewhere but the [...]

This Sunday, The NASCAR Foundation will present a $500,000 check to the Victory Junction Gang Camp during pre-race activities at the LifeLock 400 at Kansas Speedway. Sprint Vice President of Experiential Marketing and NASCAR Foundation Board Member Tom Murphy will present the donation, which is made possible by funds raised mainly through NASCAR Day, The [...]