Archive for October 27th, 2007

FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS, WINNINGS
1 3 51 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Red Top Auto Auction 195/10 130 Running 54,525
2 1 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet Camping World / RVs.com 175/5 130 Running 39,750
3 8 23 Johnny Benson Toyota Toyota Certified Used Vehicles 170/5 130 Running 26,450
4 15 21 Mark Martin Ford BUBBA Burger / Bush’s Beans 160/0 130 Running [...]

California Speedway along with International Speedway Corporation and the France family have joined together to pledge a minimum of $250,000 in services and aid to be donated to relief efforts for the wildfires that have ravaged Southern California this week.
“An amazing thing about being part of the ISC family is that during times of need, [...]

David Reutimann won Saturday afternoon’s Sam’s Town 250 at the Memphis Motorsports Park despite a record 25 caution flags. The No.99 Toyota crossed the finish line ahead of Mike Bliss as the caution flag flew one more time during a green-white-checker finish.
The victory was the first of Reutimann’s Busch career.

Bruton Smith got his way Friday night. The billionaire owner of Lowe’s Motor Speedway had threatened to move his track after Concord barred him from building a drag-racing strip on his property. On Friday, council members voted unanimously to remove that restriction. But it’s not clear whether Smith wants to make up with the motorsports [...]

Kyle Busch captured Saturday afternoon’s EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. The No.51 Chevrolet crossed the finish line 0.971 second ahead of Ron Hornaday Jr. but Hornaday Jr.’s finish was good enough to give him the series points lead.
The victory was Busch’s first win in eight starts this season and fifth [...]

Practice 3-Happy Hour (Saturday):
Pos, Car #, Driver, Manu, Time secs, Speed mph, Fast Lap, Laps Run
1 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 29.419 188.450 2 43
2 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 29.533 187.722 1 41
3 40 David Stremme Coors Light / St. Jude Dodge 29.566 187.513 1 34
4 38 David Gilliland M&M’s Ford 29.590 [...]

FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS, WINNINGS
1 2 99 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine 195/10 253 Running 72,045
2 16 22 Mike Bliss Dodge Supercuts 175/5 253 Running 46,890
3 26 6 David Ragan * Ford Discount Tire 165/0 253 Running 36,400
4 1 59 Marcos Ambrose * Ford Kingsford Tailgate / Bush’s Beans 165/5 253 Running 43,665
5 4 38 Jason Leffler Toyota Great [...]

GREG BIFFLE — No. 16 Lumber Liquidators Ford Fusion (Qualified 1st)
“That was a lot of firsts. A first for Atlanta, a first for the season. I’m kind of surprised we don’t have a pole here. We run very well at Atlanta and enjoy coming here and racing. Our car was really fast right off the [...]

Although Casey Mears and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. will test with their 2008 teams at Atlanta, they will not drive cars branded with their 2008 numbers. Mears, who will drive the #5 Chevy next season, will run his customary # 25 National Guard/GMAC paint scheme during the two-day session. Earnhardt, who is slated for the #88 [...]

CARL EDWARDS — No. 99 Office Depot Ford Fusion (Qualified 16th)
“That’s the best lap we ran all day, so that’s all we could do. Going out first, I guess we made two runs in qualifying trim in practice and we just parked it and said, ‘We’ll just go out there and get a lap.’ We [...]