Archive for February 25th, 2008

Tony Stewart was dominant Monday in winning his second straight NASCAR Nationwide Series race, holding off hard-charging Kyle Busch again.

MATT KENSETH — No. 17 Carhart Ford Fusion — (finished 5th)
“We got the sun today and I felt a little bit better about it. We were just off all weekend. We really didn’t get enough practice time to figure out what we needed to fix. We really struggled with it all day, but we had [...]

It didn’t matter to Team Chevy drivers how long it took to run the Auto Club 500 at Auto Club Speedway of Southern California (ACSSC), formerly California Speedway, they were there to contend for the win.
Hendrick Motorsports (HMS) teammates Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Impala SS who started on the pole and Jeff Gordon, No. [...]

KASEY KAHNE (No. 9 Budweiser Dodge Charger)
ON THE RACE: “We had a great car. The team did a good job. We had good pit stops. Everything was nice. That final run we were a top-four car and just got the car loosened up a little too much — maybe a slippery set of tires, maybe [...]

FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS, WINNINGS
1 2 20 Tony Stewart Toyota Z-Line Designs 195/10 150 Running 77,245
2 14 32 Kyle Busch Toyota Beringer Vineyards 175/5 150 Running 62,350
3 6 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet RoadLoans.com 170/5 150 Running 50,800
4 5 99 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine 160/0 150 Running 45,643
5 3 60 Carl Edwards Ford Scotts Miracle-Gro 155/0 150 Running 35,700

FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS, WINNINGS
1 9 99 Carl Edwards Ford Dish Network 190/5 250 Running 340,500
2 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s 180/10 250 Running 252,336
3 2 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont Cromax Pro 170/5 250 Running 214,186
4 22 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Interstate Batteries 165/5 250 Running 154,050
5 4 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Carhartt 160/5 250 Running 169,841

For Carl Edwards, it’s a signal. At least one NASCAR Sprint Cup team is ready to take on Hendrick Motorsports.
Edwards won the rain-delayed Auto Club 500 on Monday, finishing ahead of Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon. In a race that resumed with the 88th of 250 laps, Edwards assumed the lead for good with 13 [...]

NASCAR officials felt they were always on the brink of getting the Auto Club 500 resumed late Sunday night at Auto Club Speedway but finally had to give up battling the weepers and dew at about 1:55 a.m. EST.
NASCAR Vice President Robin Pemberton: “We had thought when it had quit raining that we could [...]

After a weekend of almost constant rain at California Speedway, NASCAR was eager to get Sunday’s Sprint Cup Auto Club 500 in before more rain moved into the area. And although the track was dry, water was still seeping from underneath the track surface which ultimately ended up sending a few race cars into [...]

NASCAR just released its estimated attendance figure for the Craftsman Truck Series race in California today.
According to the race report, there were 37,000 people here.
I don’t know where they got that number, but the actual amount of fans in attendance was by far closer to 3,700 than 37,000.