Archive for April 26th, 2008

FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS, WINNINGS
1 1 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet Camping World/ RVs.com 195/10 167 Running 61,475
2 3 2 Jack Sprague Chevrolet American Commercial Lines 175/5 167 Running 37,500
3 6 6 Colin Braun * Ford Con-way Freight 165/0 167 Running 29,220
4 25 23 Johnny Benson Toyota Toyota Certified Used Vehicles 165/5 167 Running 20,335
5 18 5 Mike Skinner Toyota Toyota Tundra [...]

FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS, WINNINGS
1 1 20 Tony Stewart Toyota Old Spice 195/10 117 Running 59,320
2 24 64 David Stremme Chevrolet Atreus Homes & Communities 170/0 117 Running 44,243
3 36 25 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Ford Smithfield 165/0 117 Running 40,768
4 3 38 Jason Leffler Toyota Great Clips 165/5 117 Running 38,893
5 26 170 Mark Green Chevrolet Foretravel Motorcoach 155/0 117 Running [...]

UPDATE 2:
David Stremme will sub for the injured Franchitti at Talladega tomorrow.
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UPDATE:
Dario Franchitti broke his left ankle in a hard crash Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway that sent him and another racer to a hospital for observation.

Greg Biffle, driver of the No. 16 3M/Red Cross Ford Fusion, is in 10th place in the points standings heading into this weekend’s Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway. Biffle has three top-fives and five top-10s through the first eight races of the season.

YOUR THOUGHTS ON COMING TO TALLADEGA? “The track is entirely different from the aspect that you don’t have to handle very much here. Daytona was a handful to drive the cars around there. I don’t think you’re gonna have the handful here (at Talladega). The handful here is going to more of a mentality standpoint. [...]

KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 29 SHELL-PENNZOIL IMPALA SS met with media and discussed driver’s hand signals, drug testing at KHI, on the possibility of Tony Stewart being a NASCAR car owner, racing at Bakersfield, visiting the Shell Oil rig and more.

Tony Stewart held off Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s last-lap charge to win the Nationwide Series race Saturday for his first career victory at Talladega Superspeedway. “This is not like winning a regular Nationwide race,” he said. “To me this is the biggest one I’ve had. To finally win at Talladega, it’s more than I can [...]

Joe Nemechek drove his Chevrolet to the No. 1 starting spot for today’s Aaron 499 in Saturday’s qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway.

ARCA RE/MAX Series rookie Scott Speed, with an assist from the Aaron’s Lucky Dog, won the Kansas Lottery $150 Grand Friday afternoon at Kansas Speedway.

Officials from Roush Fenway Racing “had a conversation” with IndyCar driver Danica Patrick as recently as two weeks ago when the Sprint Cup Series was in Phoenix for the Subway Fresh Fit 500. And while Jack Roush, the founder and co-owner of the organization, said that he was not part of the conversation, he also [...]